; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 00005551151 9 £& a IT I f II |ii\\\ ll\ll. WASHINGTON STRKET, BROOKI.IXK [Erected in \s7.l] 1705 I 9°5 A HISTORY OF Brookline, Massachusetts FROM THE FIRST SETTLEMENT OF MUDDY RIVER UNTIL THE PRESENT TIME I 630- I 906 COMMEMOKAl IM. I 111 TWO HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE TOWN Based on the Early Records and Other Authorities and Arranged by Leading Subjects. CONTAINING PORTRAITS AND SKETCHES OF THE TOWN'S PROMINENT MEN- PAST AND PRESENT; ALSO ILLUSTRATIONS OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND RESIDENCES published by The Brookline Press Company brookline. mass TABLE OF CONTENTS. Introduction politicai \nd territorial character HlSTi IRII \l I'l RSl'l CTIV1 "1 I II I i'' PWN Cenesls vxd Development of khe Town Government PlIYSTi \i I SOLUTION t>l III! I'lKKlh'KN Ol BROOKLINI Votes on Punch Bowi I'm P \i;k Systi m of Brooki i\i i kline's Water System Hi oki i\ i 's S w 1 1 \i;\ System Bri I0K1 1 N I > ARTIST!! DeVEI.I 'I'M EXT l'n i. I 'in i;i ii \^ \ l'i iw \ Institution I'll I t 'in k. 11 \> \ N't 1 1 I \ I \k'\ ORG \\l ' \ I ln\ S( lit it l| s \M> KlM'l \ [TON .... likookl l\ I I'l l.l It I .ll'.i; \ k\ Ml'XICIP.M \NI) SotTAl CONVENIENT] Bri IOKI.1XI ( 'l M I I I RIES .... BROOKI l\l BATH HoUSI ^'t - I I \l . Kk't IOK1 IM I'' >U \ GOVERNMENT Brooki.ini Polici Department Bri ioki [XI FlRl I in 1 \i; ['Ml \ i . Tiir \ i wsp \i'i rs i >i Brooki ixe . Post Okfici Ci crs \ni> Sociai < >rg \niz\tions v Ski n.ERs oi- Bri " iklini iMi' Families vxn Noted Pi rsons Klixtric Railway Systems of Brooklinf . ( 'HRONi i| i I . \ Ol I CENTS 1\ BROOKI INE . Brook line's Hi Centenary . i >u \ i ion by Hon. 1 1 1 \i;\ Caboi Lodgi ■i !'ii it \i Ski rcHES \nd Portraits Brooklini Streei Department Brooki.ini Water Department CiAS VXD I'l ECTRIC LIGHTING Members oi Town Government for Year iqo6 Fist hi Selectmen i\ Brooklini From 170(1 ro 1006 Representatives to M\ss\chusetts Stati Legislatcri From 17 In in -.11 PiKiHikiiM Pi mil Library From 1857 ro 1 16 1.' igo^i PAGE 5 (1 1 1 -' 5 .'S • 1 - 1 VI <•■ , I ;« 79 >7 1 1 . .; I I I i !C 240 340 247 148 251 PUBLISHER'S Pkl I NCI The Brool line Press wishes to thank our public-spirited residents, men and women, without whose generous co-operation this work could not have been published. We have endeavored to make not onlv an exhaustive history oi the town but to present .1 contemporarv view as well. Ii would be, of course, impossible in am one volumi publish the portraits and sketches of even' citizen who has furthered the progress oi Brookline, but we feel that those which do appear are representative of many who ire ii"i tin luilcd. 1.1,1 >ec< in In 1 . BROOKLINE THE RICHEST TOWN IN THE WORLD. THERE are only six cities and no in- dividual towns in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts with a larger tax list than the town of Brookline. The town of Milton is the only one approaching it in the value of its taxable property, ami the relative value on the tax lists of the two towns is as $65,- 000,000 is to $20,000,000. Watertown, West- l l( .l,l Detlham, Manchester, Framingham, Ply- mouth, Falmouth, Weymouth, N'atick, Attleboro, Marblehead and Amesbury, all delightful colonial towns, each brin- to the Commonwealth a tax in- come of less than one tenth the amounl contri- buted by Brookline. When the town of Brookline was bom mi No- vember 13, 1705, Massachusetts bad over sixty towns in her family ranging in age from one to eighty-five years. The same form of town govern- ment inaugurated at the birth of each has been preserved by Brookline and carried nut in the town meetings of cad, year. The officers taking part in the celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of Brookline's birth, November 13, [005, were elected to office and performed the same functions as did i1m.sc chosen in 1705 to stand sponsors t<> the infant town. The voting list df the town lias increased to 1,300 and the limits of the town include the villages of Cottage 1 .inn, Fongw I and Reservoir Station. Its population at the time of the celebration of its •w,, hundredth birthday numbered over 23,000. Brookline is unique, as a Massachusetts town, in that scarcely any manufacturingis d ■within its limits, the only exception being electric motors and philosophical instruments. Its wealth and importance is due mainly to its natural and ac- quired beauty, and its healthfulness a- a residen- tial town. The private fortunes of its inhabi- tants furnish the means for its multiplying wealth of attractions as a place of suburban residence, and unlike most Massachusetts towns, no rich corporations are sheltered within its borders. To see Brookline to advantage the visitor to Bos- ton and it:- suburbs must take a carriage or auto- mobile, passing from the Back Bay, by way of the Fenway, within it- gates, and through it- quiet and beautiful shaded streets, avenues and boule- vards, over perfectly constructed mads, along circuitous routes, gradually rising to the summit of its beautiful lulls. There is -hade, seclusion, comfort m every mile of the drive. Back from ,|,e roads on every available building site and dotting the hillsides slopes are innumerable private dwellings. Each home has an extended view, unobstructed by it- neighbor and separated from ,, by no defined boundary line. You now have a commanding view of the beautiful cities and towns contiguous to Boston, as they lie at your feet or cover the lull- of the surrounding neighbor- hood. The beautiful Charles River winds its way between the hill-, and the best examples of modern residential architecture are exhibited in elegant a,,d princely residences, many with extended park.- and all with ample grounds laid oul and beautified by the applied art of the most -killed landscape architects of the world. To add to the charm, a welcome is extended by the hospitable host or hostess of these beautiful park- and grounds to the stranger visitor-, who are through this courtesy enabled to visit more at their leisure the copies of the world-renowned gardens.conscrva- tories and parks of the old world, touched up by tll e modernized skill of the landscape artist, who ha S adapted the old to the new and added many examples of wealth, in shrub, tree, fruit and flow- er- to the grounds and conservatories, not found in the besl examples of England, France. Ger- many or Italy. In this way Brookline is always able to maintain the reputation for hospitality, accorded to Boston, in enabling the stranger within its -ales to view the best examples of modern home environments, a- well as the places of historic interest, and the museums and libra- ries of art and literature preserved and exposed to BR( H )KLINE, MASSACHUSETTS view and use in and ahoul the modern Athens. The result lias been thai the money of the town It is hard to find an uninteresting locality with- has been well expended in administration and in in its borders. public improvements; and the latter have so It is the purpose of this work, dedicated to the added to and developed the natural features of the men and women who founded, progressed and territory that today the town in its length and idealized this banner suburban town of the greal breadth has few equals and nn superiors in New citv of Huston and state of Massachusetts, to England tor beauty and picturesqueness in it- trace, as we at'e ]ia--iiiL r the two hundredth mile- residence localities, which constitute the greater stone on the journey toward perfection, the his- part of its area. torv of this evolution, and through the lives of the Situated southwest of the central part of the men who wrought this great work, to show to the original peninsula on which the old town and world the power that intelligently directed effort. city of Boston is located, the town of Hrookline applied to a definite purpose, can exert in the approaches in it^ nearest part to but little more direction of making beautiful the suburban than two miles in a direct line from tin- State towns of great cities. House, while its most remote boundary i-. onh a little over -i\ miles away. The territory is ob- long m shape, between three and four miles in length bv about a mile and a half wide, containing Political and Territorial Character. 'ldie town of Hrookline has several unique dis- an area of about six square mile--, and is a rolling Unctions. It is said to be the richest town m the country with many hills, the highest in the west- 1 mted State-, the best governed and the most ern part rising to between three and four hundred beautiful. Geographically, it is a part of the feet above tide water. On the east, the territory territorv of the metropolitan city of Boston, and i< bounded by the Charles River, which was 10 all intent- and purposes of community and originally the town boundary, but in order to pro- soda] lite it i- a- much an integral part of that vide for the extension of Commonwealth Avenue citv as an\ other section within the same radius. ai the time of the Hack Bay improvements, a I'nlike any other near-by suburb of Boston, strip along the river was ceiled to Boston. < In however, while it has a population larger and more the southeast, between Brookline and Roxbury. dense than manv Massachusetts cities, it i- an in- was a narrow and shallow tidal estuary, known as dependent town, governing itself under the forms Muddy River, or brook, into which a fresh water of the old New England town meeting, inherited brook flowed, and in t urn Muddy River debouched from our Germanic ancestors. It is. moreover, into the Back Bay. as the shallow tidal basin be- so well governed. — or perhaps the better word to tween Brookline and tin' Boston peninsula was use would be. Administered — that in these days named. The shores of Muddy River and the Back when there is so much said, and proved, in regard Bay were low lying salt marshes, and on the i,i corrupl practices existing in cities, it is remark- Brookline side the_\ were backed by meadow laid able for the cleanness and efficiency with which suitable for grazing and farming purposes. 1 his its business has been conducted. This is largely substantially was the physical condition of the due to the fact that its people have applied mod- section of country now constituting the town ol ern ideas to the town meeting principle: have Brookline. at the time of the settlement of Boston conducted their gatherings a- orderly assemblies, and long afterward. It was a beautiful, pictures- and prevented the intrusion of unauthorized que. hilly region, bordered by fertile meadows, person- or any mob-like tactics: and while dele- and they in turn faced by salt marshes and the gating authority to the competent and instructed tidal river and basin, the latter separating the for administration and investigation, have al- region from the town of Boston, so that in order to ways retained in their own hands the ultimate reach the locality by land a long detour had to be decision of public questions. This is the referen- made around the head of the river. The locality diim in actual operation: while the projection of and the village which sprang up here took its any public question into the arena of debate in name from the tidal river, and until the incorpora- town meetings i- obviously easy, so that here is tion of the town was known by the name of Muddy the principle of the initiative, also in operation. River. BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS Historical Perspective of the Town. Brooklino is pari and parcel of Boston, histori- cally. Her early inhabitants and landholders were citizens of Boston, and for seventy-five years the region u a- a par) of the town of I lust mi. Consequently Brookline, as an integral pari of old Boston, has .'in heritage in its splendid histon which il shares equally with all the surrounding country. The earlv histon of Boston is the most council and in action, lis history leads mil to and largely includes thai of the whole of New England, and it has been the germinating poinl of a large section of American life. The influences in the domains of literature and art diverging from Bos- ton have I ii and are greater than from anv other American city. Talented sons of the old Bay State have from many standpoints, in sober prose, in stately orations, in graceful poetry, in tales, stories and novels, pictured forth on the BROOKLINE POLICE STATION AND MM III ROOM, WASHINGTON STKEE1 interesting of thai of any American city. \\i'\r screen of time all phases of its ancient and modern the influence of the Puritans and the Pilgrims life. The dry facts of iis history can be studied was concentrated, and from here all the northern in many ancienl chronicles and records, as well as in reliable and comprehensive i lorn histories, while the stories and novels of Hawthorne bring up English colonies received their chief impetus. Although settled ten years after Plymouth, Bos- ton early became the central colony, the head- before the mental vision with startling distinctness quarters from which settlers went forth to found new 1 es in the wilderness, and its influence has the very texture of t he sombre life of t he Puritans. The achievements of the Forefathers, both in the always been paramount in New England both in early settle nts and at the Revolution, have been BROOK LINE, MA SS. ICHL'S E I ' I S fittingly eulogized in noble orations on num- erous occasions by Webster, by Everett, by Quincy, by Winthrop, and others, while the legends of the Red .Men. the traditions and stories of the settlers, and the aspirations of the people, have been grandly voiced by the poetry of Long- fellow, of Lowell, of Holmes, and of \A hittier. The more recent life of the community has f< und able delineators in the pages of Howells, James, Robert (nam. Edward Bellamy. Louisa M. Alcott, Arlo Bates, and a host of others. With such a history and such historians, the life of Boston past and present, is an open hi ok. accessible not only to the studenl but to all. first located on the neighboring shores, the name Trimountain, subsequently conl racted toTremont. The English emigrants who had come to the Xew World under the guidance of John Winthrop, first pitched on Charleston n as a place for their homes; but, it is said b\ some, finding that water was scarce there, on the invitation of Blackstone they went over to Shawmut, as the Indians and Blackstone named the peninsula, and settled there, thi' transfer being made on the 7th of Sep- tember, 1030, and the name Boston given to the settlement, by order of the court held at Charles- town on that date This name was chosen in 11 i limn of Boston, England, the former home of BHoOKLIXE PUBLIC LIBRAHY, \\ VSHIXUTOX SII.'KKT, BUILT 1.SG9. The first white inhabitant of Boston was an English clergyman named William Blackstone w ho had been living t here some years In 'fore 1 1 >: II I and had a house and garden with fruit trees. Tin territory was a pear shaped peninsula, connectei with the mainland at the south by a narrow neck u mile long, and so low that it was sometimes submerged by the tide. The narrowest part wa near the junction of the present Dover and Wash- ington streets In extent the original peninsula was about two miles long by one broad, and con- tained 7S3 acre-. It was distinguished by three hills, which earni d for it from the settlers who had Mime of the colonists, and especially oi Mr. Isaac Johnson, whose wife, the lady Arabella, died in Salem before their house could be built in Boston, and the husband survived her only a few weeks, his body being the first interred in King's Chapel Burying ( I round. The name ' ' I lost on" is a con- traction of Botolph's town. The English Boston, in Lincolnshire, was founded in 6.50 L\ St. Bo- tolph, a pious Saxon, and contains at presenl about fifteen thousand inhabitants. The princi- pal building is St. Botolph's church, built in 1309. It is a mammoth edifice, and has a tower 300 feet high, which can be seen forty miles at Sea. The BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS Rev. John Cotton, the second minister of the First Church in Boston, and the most famous of the early Boston preachers, was vicar of St. Bo- tolph's for t wiiii \ years. The firsl grant of land ai MuiUh River appears by the early records to have been made to Mr. Cotton, and his farm or "planting ground" included a large part of the land occupied by the original village of Muddy River. William Blackstone sold all the peninsula of Shawmut to Winthrnp and hi- a--ociale-, except six acres where his house stood, for thirty pounds. Blackstone's home lot extended from the top of Beacon Streel to the Charles River, and included Mr. Blackstone, in regard to a "rate of thirty pounds," probably the price paid to him for his land- At the time of "the great allotments al Muddy River," to the inhabitants of Boston. January S, Id:!?. "Mr. William Blackstone" re- ceived the forty-third allotment, which is de- scribed as follows: "Fifteen acres bounded on the southeast with Thomas Wardall extending itself eighty rods in length to the southwesl and northeast and on Robert Titus to the northwest, li was probably before this dale thai Blackstone removed to Study Hill, a- no further mention of him i- found in the records, lie received lhi> allotment al Muddv River as of righl because of PIERCE HALL. I ERST Ti >\\ \ II \LL. the land through which Beacon and Mt. Vernon -i reel - now run, and his house is supposed to have been in the neighborhood, of the presenl Louisburg Square. He did not continue to live in Huston. Soon he tired of his neighbors, and removed to Study Hill "ii the Blackstone River i named after him), within the limit.- of the presenl village ef 1. mi-dale. R. I., where he lived all isolated life, varied by occasional visits to Boston, or to Roger Williams at Providence, until his death in 1 r, 7 ."> . at the age of eighty years. The first reference ill the Boston records to .Muddy I!ive!\ November in, li;:!t. also contains a reference to his ownership of land in Boston. The greatest of the early Boston preacher-. Rev. John Cotton, and the firsl settler en the Boston peninsula, William Blackstone, were thus among the original landholders at Muddy River, and are consequently connect ei I historically with the genesis of the town. John Winthrop, the leader of the immigrants who settled at Boston, was elected by the people themselves in "General Court assembled" as the governor of the colony. He had also been ap- pointed governor by the land company under whose auspices the settlements al Salem had been begun bv Endicott in 162S. This company had BRi H )KLINE, MASSACHUSETTS obtained a charter dated March 4, 1628-9, for the "Plantation in Massachusetts Bay in New Eng- land," and Winthrop was the firsl governor under this charter to exercise authority in \<'\\ England. The charter was iiol very explicit, but the colo- nists gave it a liberal interpretation, assuming powers not granted b\ its terms, and practically governed themselves under its authority, while still stretching its limits. Between 1630 and 1640 twenty thousand per- sons arrived from England, and during this period the colonies on Rhode Island and at Providence, and those in Connecticut, were formed by compa- Massachusetts Bay, New Hampshire and Maine. and the Narragansetl Country or King's Province- Sir Edmund Andros succeeded Dudley in Decem- ber of the same year, and exercised his authority in Boston m a very tyrannical manner. When the rumor of the English revolution of Kiss and the accession of the Prince of < (range to t lie throne reached Boston in the spring of 16S9, the people rose in rebellion, deposed Andros and put him in prison, and then instituted a provisional govern- ment under the old charter officers. A new charter was received and put in operation in 1602. constituting Massachusetts a royal pro- HAHVAKI) SQl'AUK 1\ IN(i. r > LOOKING \"|;l!l nies of the English, wl ither went willingly or were compelled to emigrate because of differences in religious opinion. After 1640, immigration dwindled, and for years, it is supposed that inure people returned to England than came from there to Boston. The restoration of the Stuarts to the English throne in 1660 brought trouble to the settlers at Boston. Soon there began a series of differences with the home government which resulted in the abrogation of the charter in 16S4. The charter government expired with the appointment of Jo- seph Dudley in 16S6 as Presidenl of the Council for \ mce. a ic I the governor was sent from England in- stead of being elected by the people as under the old charter. At this time Boston had about seven thousand inhabitants. This charter continued in force down to the tune of the Revolution, and the colony was ruled over by eleven royal governors. Boston took an especially prominent pari in the Revolution. Her sons, with the strong instincts for liberty which had I n nurtured in them by their education and association, resisted t he aggres- sions of the British government. The celebrated "Boston Tea Party" occurred Dec. Hi, 177.'!. In 177o the war really began, with the skirmishes in BIU X )KLINE, MASSACHUSETTS at Lexington and Concord in April of thai year. The Battle of Bunker Hill occurred June 17th, followed by the seigc of Boston by the American army under < leneral Washington, and the evacua- tion of Boston I iv the British troops in March, 1 776. Genesis and Development of the Town Government. 1 ur seventy-five years, from the settlement in 16.30 I" 1705, the territory now comprising the present town of Brookline was a pari of the town ot Boston. The relation ii bore to Boston was is evidence which apparently shows that ii came near being annexed to Cambridge. According to the colony records for Sept ember, 1634, the < leneral Court at a session held in Cambridge, ordered "that the ground aboul Muddy River belonging to Boston, and used by the inhabitants thereof, shall hereafter belong to New Town, the wood and timber thereof growing and to be growing, to be reserved to the inhabitants of Boston; provided, and it is the meaning of the court, thai if Mr. Hooker and the congregation now- settled here shall remove hence that the ground at Mud- dy River shall revert to Boston. The Rev. Mr. HARVARD SQUARE IN 1905 LOOKING SOUTH. graphically and quaintly described by Wood in Hooker and most of his congregation removed to his book "New England's Prospect .' ' in 1675, as Connecticut in the summer of 1636, and according follows: to this vote the land reverted to Boston. "The inhabitants of Boston for their enlarge- By vote of the governor and council. Dec. 30, inent have taken to themselves farm houses in a 1639, five hundred acres at Muddy River were re- place called Muddy River, two miles from then- served for "perpetual commonage to the inhabi- Iiiwii. where is good ground, large timber, ami tants there and the town of Boston." To such an store of marsh land and meadow. In this place they keep their swine and other cattle in tin' summer, whilst corn is on the ground at Boston; and brine; them to town in the winter." extent were these common meadow- al Muddy River used for the pasturing of cattle that on t his account the locality likewise became known by the name "Boston Commons" ; and the early re- While undoubtedly Muddy River belonged to cords contain regulations as to roadways leading Boston from the first settlement of the town, there to the commons, the maintaining of gates, and the i i HR( X WLINE, MASS. 1(7// r SETTS prohibition of waste by the cutting of timber. \i the -ainc time the land was being allotted to inhabitants of Boston, some of whom evidently cultivated ii or used it for their rattle whilst others, and an increasing number as the years went by, I mill boniest eads and settled here. The resident inhabitants gradually began to wish tn control their own affairs independently "I Boston, largelv because of the fact that they ty (upon a public hearing of the inhabitants of the said Hamlet I shall determine. As also main- tain an able reading and writing master there from and after that day, and that the inhabitants annually meet to choose three men to manage their affairs.'' The inhabitants of Muddy River accepted tins grant six weeks later. Jan. 10, Kisii- 7. "at full ting" and elected Andrew Gard- ner, John White. Jr., and Th asStedman as the MAMAI. TRAINING UK ill SCHOOL FRONT VIEW. wen' so isolated and consequently had interests distinct from the parent town. < Mi Dec. S. 16S6, in response i" t heir petit inn in the town of l>"sti>n, the Provincial Council exempted their paying rates tn Boston mi condition that thev maintain three men In manage their affairs, and Thomas Boylston t>> he town clerk. This was the first town meeting. March 16, 16S9, tin' Boston town meeting re- scinded the vote granting separate government tn "their own highways and pour and other public Muddy River, in the following words charges arising among themselves; and that with- V'oted that Muddy River inhabitants are nut in niie year next coming thev raise a schoolhouse discharged from Boston t" be a hamlet by them- in such place as the two next justices of the coun- selves, but stand related tn Boston as they were BR( H )KLIXE, MASSAi 'HUSETTS before the year 1686." The village in 169S was, however, given the privilege of choosing its own assessor, who was ''to set with the selectmen" of Boston for the making of the rate for Muddy River. Thus was recognized the principle that taxation and representation must go together. The independent spirit in Muddy River con- tinued active and the inhabitants continued to elect their own village officers, notwithstanding the vote of the Boston meeting. In 1700, another attempt was made by the inhabitants to secure control of their own affairs, as the following extract from the records for that vear shows: in the town rate, yet for the time to come the select- men should rate them in the town tax a- the other inhabitants and a- formerly thev used to be "And fur their encouragement, it was voted that the selectmen should provide a schoolmaster for them, tn teach their children to read, write and cypher, and order his pay out of the town treasury." This action, however, although it practically granted a free si hool to the inhabitants of the hamlet, evidently did not satisfy their desire for indepen- dence. But mi further definite action was taken until 1704. when the inhabitant- of Muddy River presented two petitions to the General Court, the RESIDENCE OF F. E. A.TTEAUX. LAGRANGE AND N'EWTON STREETS. "Upon the petition of the inhabitants of Muddy River, to be a district or hamlet separate from the town for these reasons following, namelv, the re- moteness of their situation which renders them incapable of enjoying the equal benefit and advan- tage with other of the inhabitants of public schools for the instruction of their children, relief of their poor, and repairing of their highways. "Their petition being read and the reasons given therein debated, it was voted in the negative, and that though they had not for some years been rated first of which recited the action which had been taken in 16S6, and went on to "further humbly pray that being grown to a greater number of good settled inhabitants we may be allowed a separate village; to have selectmen and all other rights belonging to ,1 township, whic h may further encourage us as we may lie able to settle a minister and other benefits amongst us." Hearings were held and delays occurred: Boston opposed the separation, strenuously, at these hearings and by answers to the petitions. A second petition w as sent in as follows: BR( X )KLINE, MASSAC 'HUSETTS "In liii Excellency tin Governor, Council and Assi mbly, in General ( 'onrt convened. "The humble petition of the inhabitants of Muddy River, showeth, that at a session of this Honorable Courl held in Boston on the thirteenth of August, 1704, the said inhabitants exhibited their humble petition praying that the said Muddy River might be allowed a separate village or peculiar and be invested with such powers and rights as thev mav be enabled b\ themselves to manage the general affairs oi >aid place. Whiili petition has been trans mitted to the selectmen of the town of Boston that Benjamin \\ hite, - Thomas Stedman, John \\ ini hester, Samuel Aspinwall, I leazer Aspinwall, William Sharp, Edward 1 levotion, [osiah Winchester. |r. John Ellis, ]< ihn \\ ini hester, I'll imas \\ lward. Joseph Gardner, Thomas Stedman, Jr., John Ac l.i 1 , Joshua Stedman, Thomas < lardner, )r., Ralph Shepard, Abram ( 'hamberlen, Peter Boylstone, John Ai kers, Jr.. \\ illiam Ai kers, Benjamin \\ hite, Jr., Caleb ( lardner, RESIDENCE OF THOMAS li. FITZPATKICK, WINTHROP ROAD. they 111,1} consider the same, since which your humble petitioners not having been informed of any objei tion made by the town of Boston aforesaid, we presume thai there is no obstruction to our humble request nude in our petition. "Wherefore \\e humbh beseech Your Excellency that this Honorable Court will be pleased to pro- ceed to pass an act for the establishing the said place .1 separate village or peculiar with such power- as aforesaid, and your petitioners will ever pray, etc. Samuel Sewall, Jr., John Winchester. 'I Is imas < lardner, John 1 levotion, ( lardner, John Seaver, Joseph While. Henry Winchester." In response to this petition from the "fathers of the hamlet," a granl constituting the community an independent village or peculiar was finally passed in concurrence November 16, 1705, in the following form : "Read and ordered that the prayer of this peti- tion be granted, and the powers and privileges of a township be given to the inhabitants of the land commonly known by the name of Muddy River, the town to be called Brookline, who are hereb) >4 BROOKHNE, MA SSA CH U SETTS enjoined to build a meeting house and obtain an able orthodox minister according to direction of the law, to be settled amongst them within the space of three years next coming. "Provided thai all common lands belonging to the town of Boston lying within the bounds of the said Muddy River, not disposed of or allotted out, shall remain to the proprietors of said lands." The use of the terms "a separate village or pe- culiar" in the petition has occasioned much com- ment. Hon. Robert C. Winthrop in his oration at the dedication of the new town hall. Feb. 22, 1873, thus explains the matter: part of Norfolk county in 1703. Its area, accord- ing to a survey taken in 1S44, was 4,695 acres. When the town was incorporated in 1 705 probably not more than fifty families lived within its limits. The signers of the petition numbered only thirty- two, but there were only half that number of surnames. Undoubtedly these petitioners were the most prominent and substantial of the inhabi- tants, but that there were many other families both the town and other records show. 1'or more than a century after its incorporation, however, it continued to be a sparsely settled rural com- munitv, and not until about 1875 did it begin to VIEW t\ RIVERIIALE PARK, NEAR LOXOWOOD BRIDGE. "A peculiar" was an old English ecclesiastical term which stood for a parish exempt from the jurisdiction of the ordinary of the diocese, and subject only to the metropolitan. lint there was another signification, for which 1 )r. Worcester has given ii- the authority of John Milton's glorious prose. — 'Mine'- own property." This doubtless was the sense in which it was used in the petition. B rook line was henceforth to be "its own property, and to do its own rating and taxing." With sume slight changes in its boundary lines on the oast and south. Brookline has, since 1705, continued as an independent town. It became a have any very notab le growl h. A com] larison of the figure s of the po| ail atioti from c oh mial time-. will clear ly illustral (' the -low "J mvi 1 ill the earlier pi ■riod and t he rapid iiicro. ase in recent limes. 1765, 338 1860, 5,164 1770, 51 12 LS65, 5,262 170(1. 184 IS70, 6,650 1800, 605 L875, 6,675 LS10, 784 L8S0, 8,057 L820, 900 lNSf). 9,100 1830, 1,043 1S90, 12,103 1840, 1,365 LS95, 16,164 L5 BR( H )KLINE, M. I .S'.V. 1 CI 1 1 'SETTS 18.50, 2,516 1900, 19,935 1S55, 3,737 1905, 24,500 After the civil war a movement began in Bos- inn fur die annexation of the surrounding cities and towns. The city of Roxhury to the south- ward, was annexed in IS67, the town of Dorches- ter in 1.S09, 1 1n- city of ( 'harlestown and the towns of Brighton and \Vesl Roxhury in 1S73. In 1S70 an at tempi was made to annex "towns and parts .May 16th, of that year, an act was passed provid- ing for the annexation of Brookline to Boston, to take effecl the following January if a majority of the voters, on the first Tuesday in ( k'tober, IS73, casl their ballots in favor. The proposition was defeated, however, by a vote of 299 in favor to 7ti7 against. This result was accomplished by means of a strenuous agitation conducted by of the must influential citizens of the town, ^m m \m \i. i i: \i\i\i; SCHOOLS of t c i\\ n> lying within six miles of the city hall of the oil \ of Boston, on the southerly side of Charles liner " These included the towns of Brighton, Brookline, and VYosi Roxhury. This attempl was not successful as to any of these three towns. In InTl' the question of the annexation of Brookline was broughl up on the petition of some of her own citizens, hut the project was again defeated. The real struggle, however, began in 1873. when on including T. I'. ('handler. Augustus Lowell, Igna- tius Sargent, John L. Gardner, Amos A. Law- rence. Robert Ainory. T. K. Francis, James S. Amory, John C. Abbot i. Isaac Taylor, A. 1 1 Chandler, and other-, and the outcome demon- strated that they had worked hard anil effectively. Although defeated, the advocates of annexa- tion persisted, and further attempts were made in 1ST"). 1 n 7 < > . and 1879, but in no instance in these if, BR( >( >KLINE, MASSACHUSETTS years did the project get beyond hearings before legislative committees. During this period the leader of i! pposition to annexation was Alfred D. Chandler, Ksq., a prominent lawyer, who had taken an active pari in the legal proceedings againsl the ad of 1S73. Mr. Chandler appeared before the legislative committee in 1879 and de- monstrated that the petitioners in favor of annex- ation l'epri sented only aboul seven per cent of the valuation of the town, and of the 333 petitioners only 210 were legal voters. A tesl vote was taken in Brookline in the spring of 1SS0, which independence "I' Brookline. In 1SSU Wesl Rox- linry exceeded Brookline in valuation. At pre- sent Brookline exceeds in valuation Brighton and West Roxbury combined. Since LSSO in i further attempts have been made to bring Brookline into the jurisdiction of Boston. Although almosl surrounded by the annexed territory of Boston, and being in reality pari and parcel of the metropolitan district, Brookline has during the past quarter century made greater gains in population and wealth than any other section of the metropolitan territory. In the I'l MITVC SI VI K IN resulted in 5 1 1 votes against annexation and 'J?'-' votes in its favor. The legislative committee re- ported againsl annexation, and the report was accepted by the legislature. Brookline has since LSSO increased in population and wealth much more rapidly than West Rox- bury and Brighton, which were annexed to Bos- ton in 1ST:!, and ii is I he -el tied belief of many of the Brookline people and of students of the si'ua- tion that this result is mainly due to the political opinion of many of her own citizens and ol stu- dents of municipal affairs, these results are due to her admirable town government, which has made possible a policy of public improvement superior in administration and consequenl results to that practiced in any neighboring localities. These points of superiority in Brookline's government are three, and may be summarized as follows: first. — There is no " Legislative Government." the chief officers ai'e five ''selectmen.'' who have I 7 - ■ - - " - - - - • - M i - - - 512.40 T'C-r S - _ • ,- - - ■ f i he ? - - - I - 2 _ ; ■ - i - ■ - - . ■ . ... - - - i .- - " - _ _ • BROl )KLIXE, M. 1 \N. Will SETTS while the evident out - administration wh ration. Thesi - - e not due 1 - ■ : I - : i rTerent in c eighboring true. A ag to 1 cent - a poll lax only and ' ' a pre: i with plutocrai ■ . •■ ! by ts town _ ■ - phant I ■ - u r « •verninrnt and polil -tit cann from the poll tax payers and small property owners. by men of exceptional talent. "In Massachusetts you must look elsewhere I ] >i kline f >r a a° instance of pluto- " in municipal a Iministratii m. " Numerically, in Brookline. most of its wealth - i hands of men whose incomes vary from, we will say, 86(11) to 86,000 a year, while the legal Br i ikline who pay only a poll tax were last census 1900) in the majority, being 54 put , of tin i number of \ oters. Hi >re- 820.000.000 — ■ nearly one-fi mrth —of •rally taxed property in Brookline. is owned COUNTRY < I.' l:. CLYDE >TREET, BROOKLINE "To the usual assu that Brooklim hom< c ci m- trolled by an i from I rative trial-, and quesl ■ _ - exan fers little ■ ■ nuld l>e said : Tl i - are far sound, because 1 stimulatii _ cidedly mixed, with a ' . • _ . _ > wealth beinj Taxation by non-residents who cannot vote in the ' Much property in Brookline is owned by women te on appro] iriatii ms : and probably if i he ti i\\ ti's larger ta sable partially or wholly unpro- ducl The ti Brookline i •] ■ ii changei 1 but Hi rigii iid out : I lines bet i Boston and Roxbury have been Bel een I re and ! in 1640; the i _'i BROt >KLIXE, MASSACHUSETTS from t In • - I ■ I - River to Boston, improvement of Brig] ti n A- \ ■ \ _ Miss W* Is "the the s I ; lown wii: t has \ illage t-ane.fi street. The line cross entrance of Pear] street 3 in Roxburv. Th< ed the brook, now the sewer, and tl windings and turnings of Miukb I ! Bos t on a i I When Brook! \ tapers eras works parkway] - _ ti Street west to Chestnut - eet, and back ti \ illag< Lai e. High Street and aiea Road. There - 5 to have been - misunderstanding as to tl - gonthewest R which was still within 1. 1 >r. I plains the - \ . 24. ISOo - ■ It is - ary of 1 - - Mm Idv River to its • and that when this town was incorp thn nij i I ludley in tin :. the boundary "i Muddy River, where it nua PLACE OF THE EDWARD DEVOTION HoUSI i mid go in and oul of Ro achi "A large part of the Punch Bowl village was cons Ro: tavern s jusl I hin the 1 ! line. The boundary between Boston and Brookline was fined in 1825. and ois thei I ecentreofthi nel of the Charli 3 R cross tl into the Back Bay. and on to 1 M . River, ' ' where the resp indaries f Bos- ton I !n ii ikline and R re said 1 In February, 1844, that part old villaa R : ury. was a Brookline. and this ■ antially in- cluded the region exten _ ng 1 present ■ brook which now ] - ■ " in than _ - ires which cam s in possession of thos who now lr n Muddy River and Brookline. - places was know obi thi ng before t hi Brookline. I ■ i instances said I n the east by Muddy River. In an old - given in 1675, twenty- ey came to tin land - sa I to be in Roxbury. and i northwest bv the dividing line BROOK LI XE, MA SSA CII U SETTS which separates Roxbury from Boston. From the land described, this line is known to run up the lane which passes by the engine house, in a south- westerly direction, and which is now (1S05) the boundary be1 ween Roxbury and 1 Srookline. In 1S70 the low lying and marsh lands at the end of the old mill dam, where the three Mill Dam Roads converged, nanielv, Beacon Street, Brook- line Avenue ami Brighton Avenue (now Common- wealth Avenue), were annexed to Boston in order to facilitate the street and park improvements. This boundary was readjusted in 1S72, largely for sanitary reasons, so that Brookline might improve its sewer system and erect a dam and tide gate at within a few rods, we pass alternately into Rox- bury and Brookline, eight times." The further side of Commonwealth Avenue (then Brighton Avenue), between thai highway and the Charles River was annexed to Boston by an act of the legislature which went into effect May S, 1S74, largely in order to give to Boston a connection with Brighton, which had been annexed to it the year before. The southern line of the avenue was made the boundary line, May 27, 1S90, in order to provide for park improvements, the boundary bel ween Boston and Brookline was readjusted and defined along the parkway from St. Mary's Street to Chestnut Street, FIRE HOUSE WASHINGTON STREET, N'EAK BEACON STREET the mouth of Muddy River, and the present line was then established at the easterly side of St, Mary's Street, while the alignment of 1X70 had left the line on the westerly side of that street. The readjustment of 1872 followed the line of Muddy River from Washington Street to the mouth of the river, and thereby the crooked lines to which Dr. Pierce referred in his discourse at the opening of the town hall in 1845, were then straightened out. He said: "As the boundary between Brookline and Roxbury is now consti- tuted, it is somewhat amusing, that, on entering the Brookline Avenue, toward the main dam, Brookline has probably accomplished more tor the money spent by the town than any other town or city in the commonwealth of Massachusetts, or indeed in the United States, The citizens have obtained tic worth of their money to a much greater extent than elsewdiere. This result is un- doubtedly due to the efficiency of the town govern- ment , as compared with other similar governments, and with city governments, in the state. All the great improvements, including the parkway, Beacon Street widening, the construction and ii aintenance of the l>est description of roadways throughout t he town, the erection of schoolhouses 23 - - - - - - _ - - - BRl h >KLIXE, MASSACHUSETTS Physical Evolution of the Territory of Brookline. The neigh b 'rli I of Muddy River undoubtedly presented to the view of the first setl lers al Boston a beautiful prosped of forest-clad hills behind smiling meadows. Two miles westward across the salt marshes and waters of the Back Bay the present Town of Brookline filled the landscape in the background, the conspicuous features being route followed the present line of Washington Street, through Roxbury Street to Roxbury Crossing, and thence by Tremont Street and Huntington Avenue to the present parkway bridge at Brookline village. According to the Massachusetts Colony Records at a court helden in Huston. August 6th, 1633, "it was agr 1 that there shall be a sufficient cart bridge made in some convenient place over Muddy River." At a general Court held at Cam- ST. PAUL'S i III "IK II \XI) ASPINtt \l.l. AVEXL'K. Babcock's and Corey's hills on the lefl and Aspin- wall and Fisher's hills slightly to the southward. The Charles River bounded the territory on the northeast, on the easl the w hole width of the Back Bay intervened between it and the peninsula of Boston, while the Muddy River with it- marshes meandered along the southeast frontier. To reach it from Boston a long detour of mure than four n iles, over the neck, around the Back Bay, and the head of the river, was necessary; and the bridge, March 1. 1634-5, il was "ordered, thai Mr. Rich, Dinner and John Johnson shall build a sufficient carl bridge over Muddy River before the next Genera] Court." and that Boston. Roxbury, Dorchester, Watertown and Cambridge shall equally contribute to its cost. This is supposed tn have 1 ti built on the site of the present bridge. According to the Boston records, on < let. 26, 1640, William Colborn, Jacob Eliotl and Peter Oliver were detailed to see tci the building "f a bridge al BRl H )KLINE, MASSACHUSETTS Muddy liner. Undoubtedly the reason why the cost of the first bridge was assessed on all the surrounding towns, was because of the fact that it formed the connecting link or converging point for all the early roads connecting those towns. Evidently between 1635 and 1640 the village at Muddy River had its origin, as the principal allotment of land was made during this period ol five years. Who settled here and \\ ho did nol . of :l i Boston men \\1m> had hind allotted to them at this time, it is impossible to say definitely, but probably only a few" erected houses and transferred their dwelling places from Boston here. It is cer- tain that only a very small and scattered village grew up; but it probably was established im- One thing which contributed to the growth of the village was l he tact that it was situated at a. central point -at the natural parting of the ways to the adjoining towns, as is evidenced by the circumstances connected with the early building of the bridge. Two oi' the men who were appoint- ed to -,r thai a bridge was built. William Colborn and Jacob Eliott, and who were evidently "first- comers," were on March 30, 1640, "appointed to lav out the highways at .Muddy River towards Cambridge." This is the first record in reference to the laying oul of a road, March 27, L654. "Mr. William Davis, and Mr. Peter I Uiver, John White and Peter Aspinwall" were " chosen to join with Cambridge to lay out a highway through Muddy EDWARD DEVOTION HOUSE HOMESTEAD -BUILT 16S0, mediately after the principal allotment was made in 1637, and grew very slowh after that time. It was in fact, a community settlement, as were all the English .settlements at that lime- by a com- pany of people who had been previously associated and who considered themselves bound to each other much closer in religious and social fellow- ship than can be conceived today. In 1679 the number of men living in Muddy River who took the oath of allegiance, was only 64, representing but little over forty families. In 1705, when the place became an independent town "a separate village or peculiar," — it i- -aid there were only fifty families in its limits. River to Cambridge." William Colborn and Jacob Eliott, with Mr. William Paddy and Peter Oliver, were directed to lav out a highway to Watertown mill, April 30, 1657. On the '-'1st of May of that year, it is recorded, this road, proba- bly the present Washington Street, was laid out by this committee aided by committees from Watertown and Cambridge. ' 'four rods in breadth and directed by mark i rees. All these mads had undoubtedly existed as paths through the primeval forests, originally de- veloped and used by the Indians, and were utilized by the white settlers. These trails followed tin hue- of least resistance, avoiding the swamp-. 26 BROOKLINE. MASSACHUSETTS C0XTAG101 S HOSPITAL going around the water courses, fording the streams at shallow places, flanking the hills, and following the easiesl routes through valleys. Such were undoubtedly the characteristics of the first highways laid out by the village fathers at Muddy River. Like their contemporaries else- where, they only enlarged or widened the old trails, preserving their lines and direction. Probably it is not possible to definitely decide which of the well-known highways of the present day the records already quoted refer to. Traffic westward passed over the old Sherburne road, now the presenl Walnut and Heath streets, which ran along the southern slope of Fisher's Hill. The general impression is that this is the oldest road. which is very likely, as probably it was the leading trail westward from very early times. Reservoir Lane, now only a cart path, which lead- out of the old Sherl mrne road a mile or more from the village is said to have been the trail which the Indian Apostle Eliol followed on his journeys from Bos- ton to his Indian freinds and congregation at their village of Nonantum, now- Xewton. < In old maps this read is named Eliot's trail, The Watertown Road was in the valley between Aspinwall and Usher's Hills, and is now- the present Washington Street; while the Cambridge Road, the presenl Harvard Street, probably, passed along the north- ern base of Aspinwall Hill and between it and Babcock 1 1 ill These three main arteries of tra\ el -till constitute the main travelled ways in and through the town. The locality from which the) radiated became by force of circumstances the centre of population.and here the village of Muddy River grew up. Xo path seems to have existed and no road was laid out in the valley between Fisher's and Aspinwall Hills, but this depression, through which flowed the village brook, afforded an excellent road-bed for the railroad when it was built m 1S4S. Inevitably at this "cross roads." a tavern was built to accomodate the travellers passing to and from Boston and the various towns and settle- ments near and remote. This house of entertain- ment was built before 1740. and was known as the Punch Bowl Tavern, from the fact that on its sign, suspended from a high red post, was depicted a punch "bowl and ladle overhung by a lemon tree, resplendenl with fruit, some of which lay around the bowl as if fallen from the tree." I he building stood on the eastern corner of Pearl and Washington Streets, and was of a yellowish color, two stories in height, the upper story projecting. A seat ran along under the projecting story, where travellers or village worthies foregathered. Fot a century this tavern was the nucleus of the life of the immediate community. Its porch and com- mon r ns were the centre of a social lite tor the villagers w here they could hear not only the gossip of the neighborh 1 hut the "travellers' tale-" which afforded them the most direct mean- of communication with the outside world. It like- w i-e was a famous place for convivial reunions and social parties from Boston and elsewhere. I he old inn. like all it- contemporaries, was in fact a social clearing house of intelligence, news and opinions for the people in the vicinity, and conse- quently became the be-t known institution ill the community, so that the place before the revolu- tion and after was better known elsewhere in \ew England as the "Punch Bowl Village," than by any other name. The tavern was a very busy and livelv place in the heyday of its prosperity, during the stage coach era. between the time of the Revo- BR( H )KLINE, MASSAC 'HUSETTS lution and the building of the railroads; but with the coming of the latter its usefulness departed, and the old house was torn down. The original part of the tavern was buill by .lames Goddard as a private dwelling, and about 1710 came into the possession of John Ellis, who enlarged it and converted it into a tavern, li was subsequently conducted by William Whitney. Eleazer Baker, Eliphalet Spurr, William Panghton in 1S01, franklin Gerry in 1S20, bonis Boutell in 1826, William Jenerson in 1sl>7. The Punch Bow] Tavern was pulled down about 1833 by .Mr. Isaac Thayer, and the substantia] old timbers of which it was constructed were used to Whereas. The recent painful and distressing occurrence in the death of Robert Noyes from Ardent Spirits, and by the verdict of the jury his death was caused "by liquor obtained at the Punch Howl anil elsewhere,'' and whereas the location of the Punch Bowl Tavern renders it identified in the weal orwoeof the town of Brook- Inn', and by the indiscriminate sale of Ardent Spirits is more clearly identified as injurious to the town, producing consequences that call loudly on t lie friends of g I order and sobriety. Therefore resolved, That this meeting view the untimely death of Robert Xoyes from intoxication with pain and sorrow, and that as good citizens we will do all UIVKRDALE CASINO. build tenement houses in the neighborhood. The old Wynian house, which stood on Washington Street near the Punch Bowl, was originally the residence of Dr. George Griggs, was converted in- to a tavern after the destruction of the original inn, and retained the old name, as t he original sign had been acquired and erected in front of this second Punch Bowl Tavern. Miss Woods says: "it hail little except local patronage, and that of of the lowest sort, and was finally given up." The following action taken at the town meeting, March 25, 1844, substantiates this statement: VOTE ON PUNCH BOWL. Preamble and Resolution offered by S. A. Walker. in our power to prevent a like disastrous occur- rence. Voted, That a committee of twenty of the inhabitants of the town of Brookline be appointed who shall repair in a body to the Punch Bowl Tavern, and under the sanction and authority oi the town remonstrate with Mr. .1. Sprague or whoever may have charge of the Punch Bowl, against intoxicating drinks hereafter being sold by him orthem. the results of which are disastrous to the town and community and especially to the youth, and should a friendly remonstrance prove unavailing, then said committee are hereby fully authorized and instructed to abait said nuisance Js BROOKLINE, M. 1 SS. 1 CHI SETTS and maintain the honor of the town and vindicate the violated laws of the i imonwealth. Voted, Thai the Town Clerk furnish the pro- prietor and Mr. J. Sprague, the keeper of the Punch Bowl, or whoever may occupy the same (asi the proprietors with a copy of the foregoing Preamble, Resolution and Vote. The committee appointed to visit the Punch Bowl Tavern on that occasion were the following: Samuel A. Walker, Caleb Craft, Jr., A H Clappi Joshua W. Blanchard, Daniel Sanderson, William Hardy. David Coolidge, Charles Stearns, Jr., Thomas GrUgs, A. W. Goddard, were covered with a primeval forest and traversed by a few Indian trails which had been gradually developed into cart roads. The few Ik. uses .if the settlers, constituting the village, were in the near neighborhood of the cross mads, chiefly along the hue of the old Sherburne road, while the cattle of the settler.- and of the inhabitants of Boston who had allotments here, were pastured on the meadows belonging to their owners, or on the five hundred acre common field. A school had been secured in 16S6. Before the incorporation, and afterward, the inhabitants of Muddy River, wor- shiped with the First Church m Roxbury, and did 11. .t have a church building of their own until 1.11. ( ttis Withington, Muses Junes, Samuel Goddard, Hugh M. Sanborn, James Bartlett . \ II. LACK SCJl' \l:K. 1905 LOOKING N'OK I II am l t he church society was not organized until Timothy Corey, .lame- I. ceil-. Harrison Fay. Samuel Craft. Thomas Keiida At the time of the organization of the village into an independent town or "Peculiar," in 170.'). the physical characteristics of the locality were as appears by the records, substantially as follows: Natural marshes and meadows on the Charles River, the Back Bay. and Muddy River, suitable for pasturage; hills of a gentle slope, which were separated from the rivers and bay by these mea- dows, while their slopes and the valley- between 1717. When the settlers from Boston came to Muddy River the mosl noticeable artificial -tincture within the limit- of the territory was the Indian fort, which stood on a knoll in the centre oi "the great swamp, "as the low lands in Longwood were called bv the early settlers, on what is now the eastern 'corner of Powell and Beacon Street-. Tin- "old fort", which remained an object of his- toric i n t e res1 in a tolerable state of preservation , mll | L844-45, was built of pah-ad.-, enclosing abou1 an eighth of an acre ,.f ground in square form and surrounded by a ditch about three feel 29 BROC KLINE, U. 1 SS. Will SETTS in depth, and a parapel three feet in height, with an opening or gateway on each side, one of which was toward the swamp," The first mention of Muddy River is in connection with this fort, by Governor Winthrop in his journal, under date of 1632, as follows: ' ' Notice being given of ten sagamores and many Indians being assembled at Muddy River, the governor sent Captain Qnderhill with twenty of Walnut and Chestnut streets, opposite the old cemetery, and is thus described by Miss Woods in her Historical Sketches of I'rookline : ' ' It was a log house, with one door but no win- dows in the lower story. The upper story pro- jected overt Ik dower three or four feet on all sides. This was fort and storehouse for the whole settle- ineiit, and into it were huddled the women and children in all cases of alarm from the Indians. In BAPTIST CHURCH, CORNER OF HARVARD AND PIERCE STREETS musketeers to make discoveries, but at Roxbury the\ heard that they were broken up.'' It is to be regretted that this old fort could not have been preserved, as no other memorial of the red men in existence would have been so typical of their life anil manners, nor would have made such an appeal to the intelligence and sentiments of the people of today. A garrison house for the protection of the settle- ment, was early erected near the southeast corner the projecting Hour of the upper story were loop holes, from which the boards could be taken up. and through which the women could pour down boiling water upon the savages in case they came close to the building to set it on fire. Whether the Brookline garrison house was ever thus at- tacked and defended, we have unfortunately no historical records in existence to tell us. " Willi animals do not appear to have troubled the settlers here to any great extent, the only IV- ;n BROOK LINE, MA SS. ICIIL T SE 1 ' 1 \S cord of their presence being thai Philip Curtis was paid a premium of twenty shillings for killing a wolf in November, l(i- r >7. Several brooks flowed through the eastern part nf the territory and exercised an important effect on its development. Themost important of these was Muddy River, or brook, which gave its name to the original village, and has always had an important influence on the locality. Village Brook was a beautiful stream of clear water, with considerable volume, flowing down the valley be- tween Aspinwall and Fisher's Hills: it emptied into .Muddy River a short distance north of the Bridge, and was the largest supply of fresh water now remains. Smelts Brook starts at the foot oi Corey Hill near Winchester Street, and follows a natural valley t<> the Charles River, taking the general direction of the Naples Road. The lower portion of this brook formed the original boundary between Boston ami Cambridge, and between Brookline and Cambridge. It also formed the western boundary of Judge Samuel Sewall's farm, which according to his diary was allotted to him in June, 1687, and probably from the fact of its loca- tion on the town's boundary the judge nai I his estate ' ' Brooklin. The name of the town when incorporated eight years later, is supposed to have been taken in BROOKLINE BATH HOUSE which that tidal stream received. At present in most of its extent it is now covered over, as it was degraded in its lower portion to be a "common sewer," many years ago; still it can be seen in snme approach to its original form along the rail- mad tracks in the highland district, where its clear waters and pebbly but turns still afford pleas- ure to the passing traveller on the highways or on the trains, and adds to the beauty of the landscape as it flows along or passes under the railroad and high- way bridges. Tannery Brook was a small stream flowing between Corey and Aspinwall Hills, and emptyinginto MuddyRiver; but of it little trace honor of the judge, a- he was at that time chief justice of the colony, while his sun, also named Samuel, was town clerk of Boston, a resident and land holder at Muddy Kivcr.and sun-in law to the governor, Joseph Dudley. The references to this farm in the judge's diary are: Under date of Monday, June 20, 1687— "Went to Muddy River with Mr. Gore and Mr. Eliot to take a pint of Brooklin"; and Wednesday, June. 22— "Went to Muddy River. Mr. Gore finishes comparing the land with his plain table; [doit chiefly that I may know my own, it lies in so many nooks and corners." Judge Sewall's farm extended to the 33 B1H H )KLINE, MASSACH I SETTS Charles River and the Back Bay, and the land lie- only on Brookline bu1 on Boston and all its en- tween the river and bay was known as Sewall's virons, was the building of the Mill Dam from the Point. Another explanation of the origin of the end of Beacon Street, at Charles Street, on the name Brookline is the fad thai while Smelt's Boston Peninsula, across the shallow waters of the Brook was the boundary on the northeast corner, Hack Bay, to Sewall's Point in Brookline. The Village Brook and Muddy River formed the boun- project was conceived in 1M I, and in thai year a dary on the southeast, so thai in fad the most ob- charter was granted by the General Court to the vious and best known boundaries were thus Boston and Roxbury Mill Corporation, empower- Brook lines on both sides of the town. Dr. Pierce ing it to construct not only the mam dam but a seemed to favor this opinion. cross dam from ( iravelly Point in Roxbury to the Muddy River afforded some facilities for a main dam. and a road from the western end al limited amount of traffic bj water with Boston Sewall's Point to the Punch Bowl Tavern in and nearby ports on the coast. March 6, 1769, at Brookline. The corporation was empowered to the town meeting, "Mr. Xehemiah Davis, Capt. make roadways of these dams, and to levy lolls White, Deacon Ebenezer Davis, chosen a com- for their use, as well as for the use of the new road mittee to see if there is any landing place belong- from the tavern: and was also authorized to ing to said town." Sailing \ essels came up as far utilize the power created by the dams for opera I - as the present Longwood Avenue bridge to the ing mills, or to let the power for that purpose. Alter oyster beds and later to the brick and lumber several years' work this "real engineering under- yards, bul the building of the mill dam across the taking was completed in L821. About six hum Back Bay m 1821 destroyed this traffic. died acres of tidal Hats over which the tide flowed In 1806-07 the Worcester turnpike, a loll road, from seven to ten feet deep, were enclosed by the was built over Bradley Hill to the reservoir. Il main dam. A loll of six and a quarter cents was was intended to take the place of the old Sher- charged on this road, which had the effect of pre- burne road -Walnut and Neath Streets— and, venting the small population of Brookline village following tin' custom of the time, when road at that time from using it freely. In lime, how- building by private corporate ms was the mean- In ever, the Mill Dam Road, or Beacon Street, as it which transportation facilities were secured, it wa- finally called, became a much patronized was Imilt in a straight line over hill and dale. ( >n thoroughfare and gradually made the remote and this accounl it never was popular with earners. isolated town of Brookline accessible for suburban who preferred the easier grades of the old huh- residences. At one ti the Mill Dam Road was way. Thelirsi entry in the records m regard to a favorite place tor Boston people to speed their this road is under date of Now ;;, 1806, when horses. "Col. Isaac S. Gardner, Mr. Ebenezer Heath and In this connection the following quoted from Mr. Jonathan Ham rid were chosen a committee the appendix to Dr. Pierce's discourse al the to agree with the agents for building Worcester dedication of the town hall. Oct. II. 1845, is of turnpike relative to the road from Mr. Goddard's interest: land lo Mr. Heath's corner, and to do whal in " Distances according to Francis Jackson, land their judgment may be most for the benefit of the ( !ommissi t, Boston, as published in the Boston town respecting the same. " At the town meet- Centinel, December 26, 1832. ing in March, 1827, a committee was appointed to " From parsonage of First Church of Brookline to to see that the turnpike corporation lived up to its the Old State House, Boston contract and kept the road in the town limits in Miles. Qu. IMs. good repair. After si : negotiations in 1832, Over the Neck •"> <> '- of the latter year a vote was passed appropriating money for building the section of the road from Washing- ton Street to the Brighton line, and on June fol- lowing the other portion of the road, from Wash- Water Works, and consists of two macadamized roadways, between which is a grass-grown park- way through which the electric ears now run. It forms a continuation of Beacon Street in Boston, and makes at present one of the great avenues ni the world. As an investment the construction of this road paid the town of Brookline in the enormously increased valuation of the property ahing its mute, brought about by the erection of elegant and expensive residences an increase of BROOK LI XE. MA SSA CH U SETTS ] - - The Park System. BR( H )KLINE, MASSACHUSETTS nearly five millions in the six years after its com- the channel of Muddy River." In order to pletion. remedy, at least partly, this state of affairs, au- Iii 1S3-1 the Boston and Worcester (now the thority was obtained from the legislature to build Boston >V Albany, Xew Vork Central, Lessee) a dam with a tide-gate across Muddy River, al railroad, was built as far as Newton, and passed its intersection with Brookline avenue in Boston through the eastern end of Brookline. April 8, This dam was completed in 1873, and maintained 1848, the Brookline Branch Railroad was opened water in the river at a uniform height, thereby for travel. It diverged from the main line near concealing the foul and muddy flats, and render- the end of the Mill Dam road, and passing along ing the prospect much more pleasing. The the western bank of Muddy River was then car- change which occurred here after the laying out of ried through the deep valley between Aspinwall the parkway was well described by Charles Idiot, and Fisher's Hills, following the course of Village the land-rape architect : Brook. Although the road was bitterly opposed, it proved of greal benefit to the community. The topographical changes which were brought alioiit by the building of the railroad-, were of "Only a few years ago the tide from the sea great moment. In ls.il both the Boston & Wor- ebbed and flowed in a narrow channel which cester and the Boston & Providence railroads were wound through broad and narrow salt marshes projected, and when built their tracks were laid from tin' Back Bay to Brookline. At low water across the tide-flowed lands enclosed by the Mill each day the muddy bed of this tidal creek was ex- Dam. As a result the usefulness of the basin for posed to the air and to view, while at extreme furnishing power was affected, while the claims of high water the marshes were flooded so that the riparian owners to fill in the fiats opposite their salt tide lapped the bases of the bluffs on either land also introduced questions difficult of solution. hand. Before the Brookline branch of the Boston Ultimately on sanitary grounds, because the and Albany Railroad was built along the fool of water area had become an ''open cesspool, re- the western bluff, the sinuous creek, the sunny ceiving the sewage of a large community.'' and marshes, and the framing woods, composed a pret- after discussions and negotiations extending over ty picture of a type characteristic of the Massachu- inany years, the entire area was filled in by the setts seacoast . | J ,ut with the incoming of the state, with the exception of narrow waterways, a railroad and the accompanying great increase in large portion converted into a park, while the re- the adjacent population, an ominous change maindcr was built upon and now constitutes the took place. The bluffs became the backyards of finest part of the city of Boston. This is the fa- suburban houses, the edges of the marshes were mous Back Bay District, and the parkway in Bos- made places for dumping rubbish, the marshes ton is known as the Back Bay Fens, and in Brook- themselves began to be occupied by shabby line a- Riverdale Park. These parks have been buildings, which rented cheaply because they were developed into places of surpassing beauty, and set too low. The situation, indeed, seemed hope- the unsightly, foul-smelling, mud-bordered water- less. The valley of Muddy River was ob\ iouslj ways have become most attractive localities. destined to become one of those all ton numerous While the ultimate result of all these changes in plague spots of the neighborhood of Boston, which the topography of the Back Bay region, has been are not only ugly and dangerous in themselves, very beneficial to Brookline, there was a time but also extremely damaging to all surrounding when for years t he effect was to make a portion of life and property." the town little better than a slum, and convert the This result was not to be. however, lor a- Mr. valley of Muddy River into a foul and unwhole- Eliot goes on to sa\ : some region. A report on its condition made to "The city of Boston and the town of Brookline the town meeting, March 26, 1872, said: "The have thwarted 'destiny' through the coopcra- difficulty arises mainly from the setting back, by tive action of their park < imissions. The pri- the tides, of water loaded with impurities of the vate owners of the backyards, bluffs and mat Back Bay, which upon the receding of the tide have been bought out. The Riverway has been are left upon the margin and -hallow bottom of built, affording not only an agreeable plea ure 30 BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS drive, but also a desirable frontage for private and debt limit for the purchase and improvement of apartment houses. By means of a dam the tide land for park purposes. The work then went on has been completely shut out, and prevented from according to the original plans, and the parkway alternately drowning and exposing the low lands. in Brookline was substantially completed in 1S95, By means of a gate at Brookline Avenue, the fresh and then presented the appearance depicted by water, which now fills the channel, is kept perma- Mr. Eliot. At present | 1905), the vegetation has nentlvat about the level of the high water in Bos- grown up, and the whole outcome of the design ton Bay. By means of suitable pathways and as conceived by Mr. Olmstead justifies his fore- bridges the completely changed but pleasing seen- sight, presenting as it does a satisfying and har- ery of the transformed valley has been made acces- monious landscape effect. The total cost of sible and enjoyable." Riverdale Park, including maintenance, but de- Within the limits of Brookline this parkway, ducting the amount received for betterments, has formed of the valley of the Muddy liner, extends been $457,069.97. for about two miles along the sout heastern border of the town, from the Back Bay Fens to Jamaica Brookline Water System. Pond, and is about a thousand feet in width. Frederick Law Olmstead, the celebrated landscape By an act of the General Court passed May (i, architect, originated the designs for the park 1872, Brookline was authorized to take a water and parkways, and supervised the entire work. supply from the Charles River, not in excess of At first a proposal had been made to connect the 1,500,000 gallons daily. This act was accepted Back Bay Fens with Jamaica Pond by a parkway by the town. May 7, IS72, and Feb. 27, L873. over Barker's Hill in Roxbury, but the Brookline On March 19, 1873, it was voted to take 750,000 people suggested that the more natural course was gallons .lady, but April 27, 1874, a vote was the valley of the Muddy River. A difficulty was passed to increase the amount to 1,500,000, the at once apparent, namely, that the territory to be ''mil of the act, » let. 28, 1873, a vote was passed treated was partly in Boston and partly in Brook- appropriating $400,000 for the construction of the line, but this was provided for by the election by water work.-, the streets in which the pipe- to be Brookline of three park commissi -r-. Theodore laid were specified, and an ordinance defining the Lyman. Charles S. Sargent, and Francis W. Law- powers of the water commissioners was adopted, rence, who could cooperate with the Boston Park April 26, 1875, $75,000 was appropriated to corn- Commissioners. At the adjourned annual town plete the works which were completed within meeting, March 15, 1882, the selectmen were au- three years fr the time construction began, and thorized to issue bond- to the amount of $40,000 the final report of the water commissioners was "to be expended by them from time to time in accepted April 17. 1876. Complaints were fre- procuring by purchase or otherwise the land lying quent in the early days of the water system as to within the limits of the town required to carry out certain impurities in the water. Afters e iu- Mr. Olmstead's plan." Boston appropriated vestigations and experiments a unique plan was $200,000 for its proportion of the work, while some adopted, which has been thus outlined by Mr. land owners in Brookline presented land to the Chandler in hi- pamphlet entitled "Brookline; A town and others sold land led, for nominal Study in Town Government " : sums, the whole amounting to about 844,000 "The water now distributed through Brookline square feet. For a time Boston was hampered by for household uses has the advantage of being lack of funds growing out of her inability to bor- taken from subterranean sources of remarkable row as the debt limit had been reached. Under purity, at a temperature of about fifty degrees, these circumstances, Bo-ton wished to de- and of never being exposed to the sun or light un- lay the work, but Brookline insisted thai a- the til drawn at the faucet for use. It has been found enterprise had been undertaken jointly neither that for reasons not well underst 1. alga? would party could withdraw without the consent of the form in water, however pure, thus taken from the other. In the end, in deference to this very reas- ground, if the water was left in storage reservoirs onable contention, the legislature passed an an exposed to the light. The algse were harmless but allowing Boston to borrow $600,000 beyond the unpleasant to note. Brookline first introduced in- :;|>lv being ample. The value l>\ tin' high service pumping engines mi Newton Si reel near ( Irove St reel . [•'isher Hill Reservoir of the Boston Water Work- is als fisher's Hill, a short distance from the covered reservoir; while mi the southern side of the hill on Boylston Street, is the old Brook- line Reservoir formerly the property "I the Boston Water Works, but recently purchased by the town of Brookline. The Brookline water is nut actually taken di- rect l\ from the Charles River, but from a In mi one RESIDENCE < >l Mi; JOSEPH WALKER, I'll. AND ROAD. of this pure, cool water to the development oi Brookline can hardly be over-estimated. It is often the reason why householders have selected Brookline for a residence. Its importance is such that the town has no hesitancy in appropriating whatever sum of money is reasonably needed for tin' maintenance of such a necessary luxury." (•n the top of fisher's Hill two covered reser- voirs are situated; while about a mile westward, mi the still higher elevation of Single Tree Hill, is a high service tank into which the water is pumped hundred and sevent} driven wells situated mi the banks of the upper reach of that stream. They are supposed tn tap the springs which supply the river, so in this sense the water comes from the Charles. From the wells the water is pumped direct t<> the reservoir mi fisher's Hill, withoul having been exposed t" the light. By an act passed March 13, lsss. Brookline was authorized Intake an additional 1,500,000 gallons daily from the Charles River presumably in the same indi- rect manner. :17 BR( H )KLINE, MASSACHUSETTS Sanitary System. centre of population. A store was opened here on one of the corners in 1S57 by William D. Coolidge ami ni her members of his family, and was conducted for many years by them under the firm name of Coolidge Brothers. From this fact the locality became known as "Coolidge Corners," which name it has since retained. ' 'The old store, with Brookline had the usual experience with the question of how to dispose of sewage. The brooks and the river were at first utilized, with ultimately very unsatisfactory and disagreeable results. By vote of the town meeting, Sept. L3, 1867, Village Brook was utilized as a common sewer. That it ,, 11 • i i its town pump in front . and its hav scales, was a well served this purpose is evident from the fact ... familiar landmark, and was torn down only a few years ago to make room for S. S. Pierce's mam- thai it was the natural channel for the surface water, and was amply sufficient for the then limited , , , ., i- moth building. The store was a great place to population of the town in view of existing sam- ' tary condition-, conveniences and habits. A system of sewers was, however, projected in 1869, and $62,500 was appropriated to build them. I he\ all finally emptied into Muddy River, through the Milage Brook. As Muddy River and the Back Bay were at thai time more or less obstructed liv various highways and railroads, the effect ... , the present White and Kerrigan Places and all the tended in become more and more m a nuisance. ,,, ,.,_,. . , land between bordering on Bovlston Street. Miss Jan. IV), 18/b, a i lllltlee was appointed to . , ., ,. , . ,, . YA Is thus described this locality al that period: "consider the suliiect ot treeing the natural ,..,." .. , .. ,, ,, " I he lieautiliil brook which is now walled up water courses ot the town from all sewage matter. ,.,,., alongside the railroad, then wound through grass gather the neighbors, who were mostly farmers on a rainy day or in winter time, and many a g I story has been told a roii i id 1 1 Id stove Before the building of the Brookline branch railroad in 1M7. the land immediately west of Washington Street through which the railroad now runs was a beautiful meadow, and included The Legislature in 1875 passed an act granting the town permission to borrow $300,000 to con- struct sewer. and wild flowers, and coming oul from the meadow through two arched openings in a low ... ,, ... ,, , .-,. i -ionewall.il spread itself alone beside the street 1' mall v, on rebruarvll, IS/!), a comprehensive , ,. i ■ ,i i ii for a space at least twenty feet wide and more than plan tor a system ol sewerage, designed by J. Her- liert Shedd. civil engineer, and which provided for a main intercepting sewer emptying into the Charles River, was adopted. This has proved to he a very complete and satisfactory system, and was designed to take in "all the sewers hereto- fore built and hereafter to lie built in said town'' Brookline'.- -ewer- were connected in 1891 with the Metropolitan system of sewers, a comprehen- . . ..' .. ., . . sparkling water invited the great droves of cattle si ve scheme providing tor Hos ton and its environs. twice as long, and then Mowed under the road through a broad culvert. < m the east side, where il came out, exactly where Mahoney's building -lands, it was covered by the engine house which the town built, after the old one at the foot of Walnut Street was torn down. The brook as it stretched along beside the road over a stony bottom, was clear and not very deep, and its which came from Brighton on market days: and few drivers were so heartless as to hurry them through without allowing them to drink their till The railroad bridge and the street cover all the space 1 he brook thus occupied, and the driveway to the depoi is where the old road used to be. The railroad was not continued beyond the depot in the village for several years, and therefore there being no necessity for a bridge, the old road and the watering-place beside it remained a few years longer. Brookline at the present time may be said to After the opening of Beacon Streel as a narrow consist of four quite clearly defined districts. town street in 1852, the neighborhood where it was which merge into each other it is true, but are intersected by Harvard Street became a minor nevertheless essentially distinct in character 38 While the town takes care of and builds its own local sewers, the operation of the general system and the disposal of the sewage are under the con- trol of the Metropolitan Board. The cost of the Metropolitan system is apportioned to each locali- ty in proportion to service estimated to be ren- dered, and the moiiev i- paid by the town or city into t he state treasury annually as a portion of the -late tax. Brookline's Artistic Development. BRt hQKLINE, M. 1 55. 1 C 111 SETTS First, there is the old village on the southern bor- der of the town, along the parkway and at the conjunction of the highways, which contains dwellings, stores and simps of an ordinary charac- ter, and is not particularly different from any similar community. Second, tin 1 eastern end of the town, including the districl known as Long- wood, which adjoins the Hack I '>a\ in Boston ; this contains many closely limit Mocks of buildings, and lias a citified appearance, especially mi the lower portion of Beacon Street and the immediate are tin' show places of the town, and sot I' t hem are notable lor t heir beauty. It i- to tins latter part of her territory that Brookline owe.- much of her reputation. As has been said : " The w hole of t his neighborhood is a, sort of landscape garden. " lion, Ftoberl C. VVin- throp In Ins address at the dedication of the town hall. teb. 22, is?:!, said: "Brookline was for a long lime pre-eminent in the littl rdon of towns which have so long constituted the ex- quisite environs of Boston, embossing it with a RESIDENCE < >V .MU. \\ 11,1.1AM UIIITMW. ( ii >I >| > \l,'l > AYEXCE neighborhood. Third, the middle and north- eastern part of the town, including the region oc- cupied by Fisher's, Aspinwall and Corey Hills, the .-lopes of which and t In- valleys bet ween are dotted with detached residences situated in small estates ot from a few thousand feet to an acre or two; the effect being an appearance of neighborliness wit hout close contact . Fourth . the west el ii I of t he the town, and especially the southwest part . w here are situated many extensive estate.-, the country se.lts of well-known people or families. These rich ami varied margin of lawn and lake and mi a dow and wooded hillside, and encircling its old 'plain neck' with an unfading wreath of bloom and verdure. I think no one will dispute her claim to have given the earliest celebrity to those environs for rural culture and beauty. Visitors from other countries or from other state-, carried home with t hem a deeper impression of the charms of this spot and its surroundings than of any other region in New England. Nature had done much, but cultivation and taste had hardly done less in :;. was a very successful cultivator of grapes, and at the exhibitions of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society he made fre- quent exhibitions ol n ises \iiiu- Lawrence, a celebrated Boston nierchanl and philanthropist, became t lie owner of that por- tion ui' the old Mull gran! which forme. I the lower part of Judge Sewall's farm, in the section known as l.ongwood, which derived its name from the ■ 1 1 ; 1 1 i .I w Hand formerly extending from Aspin- wall Avenue to the Mill Dam. on the bluff along the northern bank of Muddy River. Here Mr, Lawrence established an elegant estate which a quarter oi a century ago ranked with the finest in other portions of the town. i tiie of the iiiu-t famoii- estates in Brookline is thai uf the Sargenl family. It is known as "Holm Lea." is a beautiful place of over one hundred acres, composed of hill and dale, gi mh rolling, will 'adows, winding roads, woods and a ml i- -it iiated in t he region soul h of the kir-t Church. Ignatius Sargent, the father of the present owner. Prof. Charles S Sargent, devoted a greal deal of time, mure than half a centurv, to the cultivation of grapes, and since then it has been famous for its abundance of rhododedrons, azaleas, and an extensive and rare collection of native and foreign trees and shrubs. At certain tune- this estate i- throw n open to the public Before it came into the possession of the Sargenl family this estate was the property of Mr. Thomas Lee, whose wife, Mrs. Eliza Buckminster Lee of an old Brookline family, was an author of some re- pute in her day. 1 ndoubtedly at the present lime the most picturesque and the must beautiful estate in Brookline is Faulkner Farm, the property ol Mrs. Edward D. Brandegee, formerly Mrs, Sprague, widow of the late Congressman Charles F. Sprague. I he estate lies west of those already mentioned, on the southern border of the town, south of the grounds of the Country Club, casl <>( Walnut Hills Cemetery, and i- bounded by Newton Street and Allendale Road. This extensive tract has been improved by the utmost skill of the landscape architect, so thai to original features of rugged hillsides and woods have been added all the charms thai the art of man can devise, by clearings giving beautiful vistas, and the placing of tree- and shrubs where the best effect- are had. until the result hasbeenacuhnination ol effects thai is very impressive and satisfying, On the estate is a hill of considerable elevation- much higher than on t he neighboring properties and on this the house is built. It is a modern brick structure, three stories in height, with wings mi each end, a fine facade facing an inclosed courl on the south. and an Italian garden at the we-t end. It is situated en the brow of the lull, and with the surrounding grouping of tree- i- eminently in harmony with it - setting, From it- terrace- and garden- a mosl magnificent view is spread out. including till the hills in the western part uf Brookline; to the southeast, on the horizon, are the Blue Hills; to the south and ea-t in the foreground are the Ron bun Hill-: northward is Chestnut Hill, and be- yond tire I he elevations in the New tons, i he whole forming an unsurpassed picture of beauty. The Italian garden i- about 200 \i-r\ by I 13, and i- en- tirely enclosed by a wall with gate- "At the lartlie-t puint from the house .and marking the limits of the garden, is the Casino, a graceful, charming structure, entirely unenclosed on the garden front .and decorated within in the Pompeii- an style in colors. Beyond is a poo] with a foun- tain, and mi either side stretch the columns and piers of the pergola. The whole of the pace tu BR( )( )KLINE, MASSACHUSETTS otherwise unoccuj>ied is given to the garden pro- per, to the plants and shrubs which make it joyous, and to the aii \\ > irk- which give il life. The foliage is chiefly that of perennials, but ample space has been left for annual plant.-, and many brilliant notes of color are worn by this combination of natural growth. The garden contains not a few furnishings in the form of old wine jars, well heads from Venice, classic busts, carved stone work and balustrades. Vet every one of these objects has been placed with care and with a result in view times as the Walley place and the Tildeii place. Faulkner Farm estate is open to the public even Wednesday afternoon, during the summer, and many people avail themselves of the opportunity t<> visit it. Among the other extensive and beautiful estates worthy of mention in this section of Brookline, a few may be noted: The Farz Andersen estate. formerly the Weld, on Avon Street, is situated conspicuously on a hill, and has an Italian garden similar to Faulkner Farm in dimensions and con- CSIDENCE OF MRS. E. D. BRANDEGEE, MOUNT W'ALLEY AVENUE. thai has justified its employment." The hill on which this house stands was one of the outposts of Washington's line of circumvallation around Bos- ton when he besieged the British army there dur- ing the Revolution. A house stood here at that time, and the hill has long been known as Mount Walley. IV the Hon. Samuel II. Walley, who at one time owned the house and estate. The old house was a square hip-roofed structure, was built early in the eighteenth century, had many successive owners, and was knownt at various struction. On Warren Street is the extensive estate of Mrs. John Lowell Gardner, who resides here in the summer and in her Italian palace on the Back l'.a\ . Boston, in the winter. In the near neighborh 1 is the former residence of the Hon Robert ('. VVinthrop, now the property of Mr Moses Williams. The estates of William Whit- man. Dr. Charles G. Weld. Flint C. Fee, John G. Wright, (ieorge F. Fabyan, Sherman F. Whipple, and alsu .1. M. Longyear who is erecting a beauti- ful residence on Fisher's Hill. ii BR( H >KLINE, MASSACHUSETTS The Theodore Lyman estate has been in that nal forest trees have been cut down, but they have family fur generations, and 1ms noticeable land- been replaced by-descendants. andbynew varieties scape feature-: one of the entrances to its grouped and isolated, which by theirsituationalong grounds has the finesl overarching avenues of roads, on si. .pes. or near dwellings, a. hi a beauty tree- in the town. The Schlessinger, .-fate on which the old foresl giants never did to the sur- Warren Street, is a large property, and its sunken rounding landscape. The marshes and the val- garden bordering the roadway i- especially strik- leys have been drained, many depressions filled up. ing. The house of Miss Julia Goddard on Green the riverway re-made, and the whole territory Hill. Warren Street according to the in- transformed by roads, paths, lawns and dwellings scription on the chimney was ere. -ted in 1730, by int.. ,•. place which seen on a tine .lav in summer Xehemiah Davis, but it then consisted of only hastheappearanceofaterrestrialparadi.se. Fr four rooms and two chambers. The house and the slopesof the hills the views of the neighboring estate, then of about one hundred acres, became hillsides, covered with fine artistic dwellings. in 1793 the property of Senator George Cabot, the immeshed in trees, surrounded by lawns and great grandfather of Senator Lodge and after sue- shrubbery, reached by perfectly constructed and ■ .■ changes of ownership it 1 ame the prop- well-kept winding roads and paths, present a con- erty of Mr. Samuel Goddard. in whose family it stanl succession of charming effects which are has since remained. hardly surpassed anywhere. It would be a work of supererogation to men- Mrookline as it exists today well illustrates the tion more of these houses and estates. The truth of what Charles Kh,.t once wrote: "The whole countryside is filled with them. work of man and his dome-tic .animal- mi the N'he striking feature in this region is not the | aru ] an ,| vegetation of rural Xew England has architecture: for except it asional instances greatly increased the variety, interest and beauty that, while appropriate and excellent, is not the of theprimitivelandscape. * * * Standing here we impressive feature. The landscape is the thing. perceive that all of man's works uj the surface The winding road- the rolling hills, the tree- ,,f the earth his useful tields. his orchards, his -Landing out againsl the sky, the wide stretching | :m ,.< a nd cottages In- temples of the gods none fields, the vistas through the trees, are the features ,. ;in be separated from the natural and historical which impress and make a visit t.. tin- rep conditions which give birth to them and surround worth while. I hem. ' ' Here finally ha- Keen evolved a beautiful coun- If man can so change and modify the surface of try-side— to use that expressive and accurate old t he around, and make his material dwelling place English word— which in its presenl condition, such a scene of beauty as compared with its origi- outside the limits of the original village and it- n al condition, the hope springs up that finalh hi imt liate neighbor)) 1. is much more charming, after the lapse of other generations, may be able more satisfying to the eye, more pleasure-giving to so arrange and adjust the relation-' of men to in it- effect to multitudes of people than ever it ,. ;lr j, ,,ther a- to bring about a social state which was or could have I n in its natural condition. vv j]] i„. j us ter. nobler, more equitable -in fad in When the fir-t settlement was made, its hills were harmony with the material aspect of the greater covered with virgin forests, in s place- no portion of this country-side. doubt relieved by grand cathedral-like vistas, but as a whole, -ombre, dense, gloomy, awesome and impenetrable. shutting out the view and hid- .^ church as & y^ Institution> ing the landscape: while the lower grounds. covered with mar-he-, were generally impassible. When Mrookline was incorporated in 1705, it and, from a scenic point of view, uninviting. was on condition that the inhabitants "build a Now, as a result of the labors of ten generations of n eeting house and obtain an able orthodox minis- men, the original conditions have been greatly ter * * * * within the space of three years next modified The highest of the original hills re- coming." hi those days in the colony of Massa- main. while many of the lower elevations have chusettes May the church was a very essential part been cul away or greatly changed. All the origi- of the community; indeed church and state < re 4J. BR( H )KLINE, MA SS< It'// 1 SETTS in reality firmly united, for the man who refused to affiliate himself with the town church was both a social ami political outcast, as membership in and attendance at church were pre-requisites to the full enjoyment of tin- political privileges of a freeman. 'I'lif people of the new town of Brookline natu- rally expected to establish a meeting house of their own and seftle a minister, but for the first few years after the incorporation they were too poor to do so. During this period it appears they wor- shiped with the First Church in Roxbury, which 171(1 was favorably considered. June 10, 1713, a further extension of time was granted; but early in that year a committee of three men was ap- pointed to survey the town "to find the centre or middle thereof and to inquire where a convenient place may he procured whereon to build a meet- ing house, a- near the centre of said town as may he." It was reported to the town meeting, Dec. •J. 1713, that Mr. Caleb < lardner, Jr., would give a piece of land near his dwelling on "the left hand of the n.ad leading to Roxbury." on which to 1, uilda meeting house. This offer was accepted, RESIDENCE I >1' MRS. A.J. HOUGHTON, KENT STREET. was nearer to them than the mother church in Boston. Indeed, an arrangement was made in 1698 between the inhabitants of .Muddy River and "the selectmen of RoxblllV with the Deacons." that one fifth part of the expense of repairing the Roxbury meeting house be paid by the people of Muddy River; and in 1699 this sum was found to be six pounds and four shillings. Brookline petitioned Governor Dudley in 1709 for three years longer to build the meeting house and settle a minister, and a similar petition in ami a meeting house ordered built of the same dimensions as the one in the southwest part of Roxbury. At the town meeting March 1 . 17K'>-1 I an assess- ment of one hundred and fifteen pounds was vot< d lo pay the expense of building the meeting house, this amount tube "levied by way of rate upon the inhabitants in the same way that the Province tax is." November in. 1711. the building was raised, and was located westward of Mr. ( Gardner's house on the north side of Walnut Street, on the 13 iTTS ' - h - - - _ i ■ - ■ - - ■ - ' - ■ rcer ~ez up all doors. - ■ _ ■ - •■ ■ ■ : " z ■ ■ ■ ■ j - - - . - • : • z t ! - - - - 5 2 - - i _ - - - • - - - - - BROOKIJXE, MA SS. ICI/l SETTS the 26th of < Ictober, 1717. by the Rev. Mr. Thayer of the Second Church in Roxbury. At that time seventeen males and twenty-two females were united in church fellowship." Dr. Pierce says thai the Rev. Mr. Allen was ordained "minister of this church and people'' on November 5, 1718, bu1 the town records say thatat a meeting on Oct. 7, 1717. it was "voted thai the 13 day of Novem- ber lie the day for the ordination of Mr. Allen." The founders of the Church and original members, according to I >r. Pierce, were : John Winchester. Jr.. son of John. Caleb Gardner, son of Thomas, Benjamin White, 1 leacon, son of Joseph. Samuel White, son of Joseph, Amos ( lates, Ebenezer Kenrick, Addington < lardner, Sisters: Mary Gardner, wife of Thomas, Joanna Winchester, wife of John. Sen., Hannah White, wife of Joseph, RESIDENCE OK VIR. CALEB CHASE, BEACON ST REE' Brethren : James Allen. Pastor. Thomas < lardner, 1 >eacon. John Winchester, Joseph White, Josiah Winchester, Samuel Sewall, William Story. Joseph ( ioddard, 'I h as Stedman Joshua Stedman, Mary Winchester, wife of Josiah Mary Boylston, Sarah Stedman. 1 tesire Ackers. Hannah Stedman. Rebecca Sewall. wife of Samuel, Abigail Story. Mary Stedman, Sarah Winchester, Abiel Gardner. Ann White, wife of Samuel, 45 BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS Hannah rlenrick, public charge that arises in the town, in either Tryphena Woodward, of these cases afore mentioned any such person Eunice Clark, or persons shall forfeit their right to t heir pew and Mary Gardner, it shall return again to the town to lie disposed of Susanna Gardner, by them to any other person. Provided that the Elizabeth Boylston, town pay hack to the last proprietor so much Elizabeth Taylor, money as the town received lor the spot or space Francis Winchester, whereon the pew was buill and also the cost of A manuscript found between the floors in the building the. -ante." house of Deacon Benjamin White when it was The Rev. .lames Allen, or "Allin" as the old pulled down in 1809, contained an account of how town records spell the name, was pastor of the the congregation was seated in this house on church from his ordination until his death. Feb. .March 9, 1719: "Whole number of individuals IS, 1747, at the age of 56. He thus served the seated lili. of whom 2S couples were men and church and people between twenty-nine and wives." They did not sit together, but in the thirty years, during which time 115 new members seats set apart for the sexes. were added, ''besides forty-four who owned the Caring for the church and its interests was as covenanl without coming to the Lord's table. much a part of the public duty of the town as was The baptisms were I wo hundred and sixty -one. the ma mi etna ice of roads, or any other obvious While he seems to have been a talented, judicious public duty. The minister was considered a town and faithful minister, he provoked dissension in functionary; his salary was paid out of the taxes ; the church during the religious revival produced the care of the meeting house was constantly in by the preaching of the Rev. George Whitefield, the thoughl of the people, and matters relating to by first favoring and t hen opposing t his ' 'awaken - it. such as repairs, location and letting of pews. inn.'' This vacillation on his part brought building of a steeple, and the opening of roads so about the withdrawal from the church of a nuni- thal the townspeople could reach H more readily, ber of members, who in a letter addressed to him were discussed and settled in town meeting as April 'I'l, 1744, state their reasons for seceding. part of the official business of the town. The re- The signers of this letter were Ebenezer Kenrick, assignment of pews was frequent in the town .Nathaniel Shepard, John Seaver, Jr., Elhanan meetings. Thus on June 13, 1734, Justice Samuel Winchester, Jr., Richard Seaver, and Dudley White was given "the deserted pew formerly Boylston, Jr., Elhanan Winchester subsequently Joseph Gardner's" on the payment of twenty became the leader of a new religious sect, the pounds into the town treasury ; Dr. Zabdial Boyl- "New Lights." The austere spirit as to religion -ton was given "the deserted pew that was his which prevailed at that time, the awe which the Brother Peter Boylston's," for twenty-two dignity of the ministry then inspired, the gloomy pounds; Henry Winchester was assigned a pew, and fearsome views as to the future life held by price thirteen pounds; Abraham Woodward, ten the majority, provided suitable environment and pounds; Samuel Clark, thirteen pounds; John opportunity tor extravagant religious manifesta- Goddard, ten pounds. The tenure on which the tions in revivals and the promotion of new sects pews were held is evident from the following re- so common at that period, but which are so dilti- cord of March Hi. 1716, confin 1 in substance cult for the people of the present to understand. June 13, 17.'!7: Mr. Allen undoubtedly saw in a measure the folly "Voted that those pel-sons that are allowed to ofsomeof the religious excesses thai were common, be proprietors of pews, or spaces whereon to erect and after realizing their character spoke out pews in the meeting house, they and their hears againsl them. The trouble incident thereto no shall have good and legal right to them forever. doubt preyed upon his mind, and "is said to have Provided nevertheless that if any person who is a been the cause of the consumption which ended proprietor of a pew shall remove out of the town his life. " March 2, 1746-7 the town voted to raise so that he dwell not in t he said town, or if reduced sixty pounds toward defraying Mr. Allen's funeral to such mean circumstances that he or they do not , neither are able to pay their proportion to the expenses. 40 BR( H )KLINE, MASSACHUSETTS Ill J ^'. Cotton Brown succeeded Mr. Allen as minister. He was chosen by the town meeting Feb. 29, 1747-S, and ii was voted his salary be ''■"'i)H pounds a year ok] tenor, and thai lie have 600 pounds towards lus settlement." lb' ac- cepted "ii condition that Inn pounds be added to the amount of his settlement, making in ■all a thousand pounds, "the last part of it to be paid within 3 years. ' ' ( lei . 2(i, 1 7 IS, lie was ordained, the town having voted t\ a vote of the town, Ma\ Hi, I 7">ii. and the tm\n by advice of t his " Venera- l;l SIDEXCE hi MR. El. MOT C, l.l'.i: \\ \RREN STREET. 13, 1751, aged 25 years, having been minister of the town church less than I wo years and a half. 1 or si n ne years thereafter the town was wit In ml a settled minister, bill the pulpit was supplied by the neighboring ministers. 'The Rev. Samuel Haven, afterwards of Portsmouth, was invited Dec. 10, 1751, to become the minister by a vote of the town meeting, and Jan. I, 1753, the Rev. Stephen Badger, afterward of Natiek, was invited, but both declined. Oct. 15, 1753, Rev. Robert Rogerson, "a young man of unimpeachable character, a native of Scotland," was invited, and ble Council" voted Mr, Rogerson twenty pounds March 3, 1755. I'll. in \'..\ . 19, 1755, in June 17. 1759, the \l<-\ Nathaniel Potter was minister, and was dismissed at his own request, on condition, however, thai he would repay the town his settlemenl monev amountingtoan hundred and thirty-three pounds, six shillings and eighl pence. Mrs. 1'ntter appeal's tn have settled this indebtedness by paying £66, 13s and Id. less £20, Is and Sd, due Mr. Potter from the town, on November 5, 17.V.). as appears from the record. Mr. Putter evidently did not 47 BR( H )KLINE, MASS. 1(7// 'SETTS give satisfaction, and the refusal of the town to raise his salary or increase his allowance of fire- wood, prompted him to tender his resignation. A bill which has I n preserved of the expenses incurred in connection with the ordination of Mr. Potter, Nov. 19, 17.")."). illustrates the habits of the limes, and explains, perhaps, some of the reasons which prompted the protest as to the "cost ami manner of t he dinner at the raising of t he meeting house," Nov. HI, 171 1, This bill, which was pre- sented to tin' town by Deacon Elisha Gardner, was as follows: to monney Pad til The ordination, old tenor £6,000 to Hum 1.1 in to Shugar 1 ,106 to spice to nieces (turkeys?) 3,000 to fouls 1,100 i., pork :-;.<)4i; to crambres 0,080 to puding pans 0,1">(> £ 18,026 "( if 1 1 1 is charge the selectmen ordered the pay- ing of £2, 8s, Id. and probably the society paid t In 1 rest . « trili nations in t hose days evidently in- volved the consideration of material as well as spirit ual wants. With its next minister the low n ha.l better suc- cess than with his immediate predecessors. At the town meeting held on Dec. 24, 17">'.>. the Rev. Joseph Jackson, then a tutor at Cambridge, was chosen, anil he accepted by a letter written Feb. 1760. lie had pleached ill the chinch and was well known to the people. lie was ordained April 'J, 1760, and "through a ministry of more than thirty-six years maintained a uniform character for prudence, integrity and piety.'' Mr. Jackson was the pastor during all the exciting period of t he Revolution. He seems to have been a man of equable temper, dignified in manner, and a good preacher. The chief troubles which con- fronted tin' church during his ministry wen- the losses of membership through organization oi other church societies, started originally in Mr. Allen's time by some of the seceding members of the old church, but none of which obtained a per- manent foothold in the town, although the "New Lights" under the lead of Elhanan Winchester held religions meetings in dwelling houses for more t han a quarter of a century. Samuel While offered a woodlol in Needham to the town lor t he use of t he ministry, a in I on March 7. 1 7.")7. t he gift was accepted. At that time only the wood on the lot was given, evidently, as the language \\>n\ was. "so long as ye w I in said lot shall hold out.'' A deed of this lot containing about twenty acres, was delivered to l he town May 18, 1761, by Henry Sewall, Esq., one of Mr. White's executors ; it was dated March 12, 17.">'.t, and the consideration was fort)' pounds: m 1835 the wood on this lot was sold at public auction and realized about eight hundred dollars, which was divided between the two parishes then ill the town. At the annual town meeting March '_', 1846, a committee consisting of Thomas Griggs, Samuel Craft and A. W. Goddard, made a report in regard to this woodlol in which the statement is made that t his lot as " appears from t he original deeds was bought by the town of Samuel White for the sum of forty pounds in the year 17">'.h as ex- pressed in the deed for the use of Brookline for a woodlot to supply I he minister or ministers that may be settled in said town from time to time.'' This statement does not agree with the general impression that I his lot was a "gift " to t he town, but its accuracy is unquestioned as n is thoroughly borne out by the record. What Mr. White evi- dently did give to the town was the wood on the lot. before he sold it to the town ; as to the lot itself he may have sold It at less than lis value, and color is given to this supposition by the fact that the expression occurs in the records under date of May 18, 1771. "wood lot lying in Needham, which said Samuel gave to the town of Prookliiie." March 2, 1846, the selectmen were directed to sell this lot "and pay over the proceeds thereof, one third part to the t reasiner- of each of the religious societies now exist i 1 1 l; in Brookline." This vote was reconsidered March lb. 1846. During Mr. Jackson's ministry the town built a parsonage. May 31, 1781, it was voted to raise the sum of two hundred pounds in silver money ' ' for the purpose of purchasing a piece of land and building a Congregational Ministerial House thereon,'' and on March 21. 17S'_', it was voted that this amount "be raised by a tax on polls, real and personal estates of the inhabitants of this town and on non-resident possessors," The lot 48 BR( H )KLINE, MASSACHUSETTS for the parsonage was given by Mrs. Hannah Wal- cott, wife of Edward Kitchen Waleott and a daughter of Judge Sewall, and the building was erected in 17m'. Mr. Jackson at once occupied the house, which adjoined the church, and there spent the remainder of his days. August 21, 1S06, after the erection of the Second Church, the town meeting "voted thai the old meeting house yard be added, and is hereby added to the parsonage. The Rev. Joseph Jackson died July 22, 1796, and was succeeded bv the Rev. John Pierce, who livered, beginning with that oi November 24, 1805, and concluding with the address at the opening of the town hall, Oct. II. 1845, contain, outside of the town records, th iginal facts of the local history of the town to which all subse- quent workers in this field have resorted as their primary authority on many points. Dr. Pierce was born in Dorchester, July 14. 177:i. was grad- uated from Harvard College in 1793, and for the nexl two years was assistant preceptor al Leices- ter Academy. lit- was married to Miss Lovell of RESIDENCE OK JOHN k\n\ MARSHALL, CORE"^ IIII.I. was ordained March l~>. I7!>7, and continued as minister of the church until his death, August 24, 1849, a period of fifty-six years. Dr. Pierce's ministry was the most notable not only in the his- tory of the church but also of the town. He was an active, energetic man. imbued with public spirit and with a decided interesl in men and affairs; during the course of his long pastorate he became thoroughly acquainted with the town and its Med way in October, 1798, but she died in July, 1800, leaving an infant son. who lived bul two years. In 1802 he was married to Lucy Tappan of Northampton. An interesting sketch of Dr. Pierce's life, written by Thomas B. fox, was pub- lished in 1861, in the second volume of American Unitarian Biography edited by William Ware. Soon after Dr. Pierce began his ministry i1 was apparent that the old meeting house, which bud pcopl... He may with truth be said to have been Keen in use more than fourscore years, was not the original historian of the town, because the various discourses of a historical character he de- large enough to accommodate tin 1 increasing population of the town. Accordingly, at the 4U BR( H )KLINE, MASSACHUSETTS town meeting May 13, 1802, it was voted to choose a committee "to examine the slate of the meet- ing house, whether it is in a situation to enlarge, and it' it will admit of an enlargement, how many new pews may lie made and what measure is best Ini- the town in adopt to accomplish the same.'' Dr. Aspinwall, Stephen Sharp, Deacon Robinson, Colonel Gardner and Nathaniel Mur- dock, were members "1 this committee, which on June 1 1. reported in favor of enlarging the meet- ing house. The same men. with the exception of Nat ham el Murdock, were chosen in carry nut the work. This vote was. however, reconsidered on May 11. 1803. Meanwhile an attempt was made in burn i he did edifice, l>ut t he lire was discovered and e . tinguished after it had dune some damage in one of the rear corners. April L\ 1804, the town meeting "Voted that a reward of five hundred dollars be given to any person who may detect i he villain or villains that attempted in hum the meeting house in i his town." Ai the same meet ing a cum mil lee of nine persons was chosen ' ' to enquire whether a new situation for a meeting house can be procured ami on what terms whether an addition to the presenl spot can be ob- tained In make an estimate oi the expense oi a new meeting house — and what shall be done with the present meeting house and what compensa- tion shall he made to the presenl pew holders in case the town should determine in build, and all such other matters a- pertain in the subject." The committee reported, May lii. 1804. in favor of building a new house, on t lie site of t he old edifice, a- a small piece of adjoining land could I" 1 -< cured. To use the old site was found, however, impracticable, probably from lack of room, and mi Sept ."). 1804, it wa- voted in build the new house on the largest of two lots of land east of the brick school house the site occupied by the present edifice of I he First I niiarian Society, junction of Walnut and Warren Streets. The ci. riier -tmie wa- laid in April. 1805, and the structure was creeled li\ Mr. 1'eter Banner, an Englishman, who was both architect and master builder. This church is thus described by Miss Woods: ''The new meeting house stood fronting the -treet, with a grass plot in front of ii. li was sixty-eighl feet long and sixty-four feel wide, with a porch nineteen feet long and thirty-eight feet W hie There were lobbies OI - a III e-l'i n ill is each side of the porch, eleven feel square. There was nn cellar under the building, it being a rocky foundation, and the house was raised up a little from the ground, and openings on either side in the underpinning afforded space fur ventilation. The height of the house wa- thirty-five feet and six nches from the foundation to the eaves. The spire measured one hundred and thirty-seven feet from the ground. There were seventy-four pew- on the Hour and fourteen in the gallery." In the original church there was no arrange mem I'm- heating, according to the custom of the period, bill I he women carried foot stoves with them. In the new edifice the conditions at lirst were the -ainc iii regard to heating as hail pre- vailed in the old, and il was not until the winter of IMS thai stoves were introduced, as is shown by the following vote passed on November Sth ol thai year: "Voted the report of the committee be accepted and that permission be granted to have the stoves erected in the meeting house agreeable to the re port of t he committee. These stoves were to ' ' be supported and taken care of at t he expense of I he tow n. Among the donations to the church were; The bell, which was cast in London, cosl a thous- and pounds, and was given by lion. Stephen Hig- ginson : the pulpit and caps of the pews, of south- ern cherry given by Mr. Stephen Higginson, son of the above; a clock, purchase, I out of four hundred dollars given by Mr. John Lucas; i he -tone steps. given by Richard Sullivan. Ksq..; a pulpit Bible, given by Mr. Thomas Walley; and a bap- tismal basin, given by David Hyslop. "The whole COSt of 1 he house w a- $18,0S3. Si mie ,'n Idi tional expenses, of furnishings probably, broughl up the amount In $20,193, and the whole was apportioned on the pews which were sold at auc- tion." 'The lowest priced pews on the first floor were $160, and in the gallery $1 10, and the high- est price paid was $525, which included a bonus paid for a choice. 'The manner of buying I he pews was regulated by the following vote, passed May 22, 1S06, which likewise well illustrates the close connection between t he town a in I the church : "Voted that the right to choose an) pew (sub- ject to the conditions hereafter mentioned) shall be Mild to the highest bidder at public auction, being a freeholder or inhabitant of the town of r>o BR( H )KIJXE, MASSACHUSETTS Brookline and all aon residents being proprietors of land in the said town, and those persons be- longing tn the first parish in Roxbury who live west of Muddy River and adjoining Brookline may have an equal privilege to bid al said auction and purchase a pew. provided they or any of them signify their intention to bid for the same to the Town Clerk on the day before the sale, and the purchaser shall make his choice forthwith, and shall pay the sum he shall bid for his choice, together with the sum apportioned on the pew of his choice in the following manner, viz., When it is considered that the population of Brookline in 1800 was |, u t 605, and that these people with the small number of persons added who were drawn from the portion of the village thru in Roxbury, constituted the entire neighbor- hood, it is evident thai the available congregation was limited. Still, all were church going people and were obliged to contribute to the support of the church in paying their taxes. Dr. Pierce, consequently, could easily know every man. woman and child in the town; he seems to have cultivated this knowledge, and was RESIDENCE OF FREDERICK I.. GAY, HOLLAND ROAD twenty per cenl down (which shall be forfeited unless the succeeding payments shall be made at the ti s stipulated) and twenty per cenl within every sixty succeeding days after the time oi sale until the whole is paid with the interest on the said payments from the time oi sale. ' ' Voted that a Ai-al shall be given by the town clerk to each purchaser when his or her payments are completed, provided they are made in due season, otherwise the purchaser shall not be en- titled to his died, and shall forfeit his pew and all his former payments to the town.'' besides an excellent pastor, and a man of cultiva- tion and education, lbs written and printed re- miniscences contain a very complete record of the in ha bit a nt.-. t heir houses and details of t heir lives. During the earlier years oi his pastorate, Dr. Pierce's salary was only S400 annually, but was afterward gradually increased to double thai amount. In addition, however, he had a free house and his tire wood from the minister's lot in Xeedham. At t his period i he people of the town were chiet- lv farmers and mechanics, with a few wealthy />7\'< X )KLINE, MASSACHUSETTS landholders and old families. The church was the liable to taxation on his poll and property real and real centre of the intellectual and social life of the personal for the support of public worship; but community. No other influence equalled it in any inhabitant, being a member of any other re- scope and power. The town meeting only met ligious society in another town, was entitled under occasionally, but the people, both men and alawoflSll to require that any such tax assessed women, mel at the church every week and some- should be paid over to his own minister. The as- times oftener. tnder these conditions the meet- sessorsofthe town were the parish assessors, the ing house Idled the place in the life of the people town clerk was also the parish clerk and the town which is now occupied by a large variety of inter- treasurer was the parish treasurer. The parochi- ests. and its power was as much or more social al expenses were not paid from any fund kept than it was religious. apart fr the funds of the town, but in the esti- March l">, 1S47, with the consent of Dr. Pierce, mates of the Minister's salary and other parish the Rev. Frederic N. Knapp, was appointed assis- charges were classed as items of a general estimate taut past of. and Mr. Knapp was ordained Oct. 6th, of monies required for the disbursements of the of the same year. At that time, Dr. Pierce, al- town though then 74 years of age, was alert and vigor- "The Supreme Court have decided that when- otts. It was during the closing years of Dr. Pierce's ever any number of individuals, being inhabitant pastorate that the Congregational Church. — the of any town and belonging to the territorial parish old state church as it may be called in Massachu- therein, secede from said parish and form another setts, became divided into two parties. Orthodox religious society within thelimitsof the same town, and lunarian: and the Brookline church went the property before appropriated by the town to with the liberal wing. Dr. Pierce, however, the use of the First Parish shall be considered seems not to have taken a very decided stand in t hereafter as t he property of said parish and not of tin- matter, but continued to call himself a Con- t he town. gregationalist. and so far as deciding between the By this report it is quite evident that church two parties, "allied himself with neither, prefer- and state were united in Massachusetts in those ring to remain true to t he old traditions which as- days — tor the situation in Brookline w a- I he same sneiated the church with the whole town." On as existed elsewhere ; but the law of 1S11 was an the death of I )r. Pierce in is 40. his colleague. Rev. equitable solution of the difficulty in the situation, Frederic Xewman Knapp, became his successor a- and one. the absence of which ha- been productive minister of the church; but Dr. Pierce was the of much bitterness in countries where established last n inister who served both town and church. churches exist. Intil 1S2S the "meeting house" was the only This committee suggested that the First Parish church in the town, but in that year the first edi- (the old meeting house society) lie given title to lice of the Baptist Society was erected on the cor- the land on which the house stood to be "appro- ner of Harvard and Washington streets. Eventu- priated to the exclusive use of said parish"; ally the organization of tin- second church that the land around the meeting house and the brought a In 'lit changes in t he relation of the town lot south of it . be common land as bet ween the to the old church, and in IS34 a committee was town and parish, except that the town reserved appointed by the town to report on this important the right to take gravel and stone from the hill matter. This report dated April 7. 1S34, is quite back of the meeting house; and that the income explicit, and describes the situation so clearly of the woodlot in Needham be divided between that a la rue part of it is herew ith quoted; t he two parishes. This solution was agreed to by "The committee appointed to define the inter- vote of the town, and it marks the dividing line of ests of the town and the first Parish as they t he old era from the new — the town affairs being stand related, having considered the subject, re- conducted separately from the affairs of the church. port: That until the organization of the second A final settlement of the joint ownership of the religious society the First Parish under the exist- town and church was brought about at a town ing law- was deemed to be a territorial parish, meeting Dec. 6, 1S47, when it was and a.- such its limits were identical with those of "Voted, That the select men be and they are the town, and each and every inhabitant was hereby directed to execute, acknowledge and de- 52 BROOKLINE, MASSAC 1 1 1 SETTS liver to the first Parish in Brookline, a quit claim deed on the part of the town, releasing in fee sim- ple all the rights of the town in and to all that lot of land on which the meeting house now stands. bounded north and west by Walnut Street, south by land formerly of Samuel Clark, east by a line identical with the east side of the range of horse sheds standing in the rear of the late town house, north by a line passing along the north side oi the shed nearest said house, and east by a line drawn parallel to the west side of said house and fifteen the benefit of light, air and prospeel for the a I- joining estates. This last lot, which still remains open, was "the first village green, the site of the firsl town school, and later of the brick scl I. ' ' With the settlement in 1834. the separation of the church from the town may lie said to have taken place, and it was emphasized in 1S47 when the property was definitely divided. From that time the history of the town and the church are distinct. RESIDENCE OK .1 M. I.ONGYEAK, FISHER'S llll.l. feet distant therefrom, upon receiving from said parish a like deed of release to this town and all persons claiming under it. of all the residue of the land described in the deed to this town from Wil- liam Aspinwall and Stephen Sharp, dated Sept. .">. 1804. * * * But the legal rights of the owners of the horse sheds standing on the land to be re- h asi d to the parish are to be excepted in the deed. and the tow n is to cove nant that the triangular lot of land lying east of the c state of John E. Thayer shall forever remain open and unencumbered, for The Church as a Voluntary Organization. While tl riginal Brookline church had for more than two centuries been the only housi ol worship in the town, it had well fulfilled its func- tions. It was not only a religious but a political institution, a publicly owned and managed church , but the form of its organization was in harmony with the character of the people whom it served. The New England people were a homogeneous race, descended largely from the same stock, an 53 BROOKLIXE. MASSACHUSETTS - 2 ■ 2 - - - - - - 2 - - - 2 - - N - ■ - I - - 2 V - • ■ ■ - - - - - ■_..■■.-. So-J - • \ - .- = parts ■ - i sing ii rs [n its - -• i - ■ ii the pla - ern- 2 ■ -- setl ?tion of 1 ■ $47. s • - ■ - - I S4S ■ _ ■ ■ - l>r. ' . - . . A turns t 27 S 2 <72 Dr. H _ - 2 rch in -- ■ I '. r. Pierce's 2 Rev. Howai - - . - S-tSres " vv - - i - - t friei Fairs BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS community; its people have always been among the must progressive and public spirited, and its ministers and leading men have always taken an active interest in education and in the movements which have made the town what it is at present. A pleasant survival of the old times, which in sentiment connects the best of the present with the best (if the past, is thus told by Mr. Bolton ill his book, "Brookline: the History of a Favored Town," as follows: ''The old custom of ringing the bell at seven every moring, at noon, and at nine o'clock everj evening, has been continued through all these years of change. And still upon the tow n records will be found an annual appropri- ation for this purpose." March, 1S30, and he was succeeded by the Rev. Joseph A. Warne. who began In- ministry April II. 1831, and remained with the church until December 31, IS36. During Mr. VVarne's minis- try the baptisms took place in the salt waters of Muddy River near the present bridge al the cud of Washington Street ; but his successor, Mr. Shailer, preferred to go to the more open waters oi the Charles River. The next pastor of the Baptist church was Rev. William II. Shailer. who was installed Sept. 1, 1S37, and continued to serve the society until Jan. 31, 1854, a period of over sixteen years. He did much to upbuild the church, and was greatly interested in the cause of education and in promo- RESIDENCE OK JOHN V. OLMSTED, W VRRKN STREE'l After holding meetings in private houses, for some time in 1827, a number of persons m Brook- line, of the Baptist faith, in March, 1S2S, erected a church, twenty-six by thirty-six feet in dimen- sions, on the corner of Harvard and Washington streets. On June 5th, the Baptist Church in Brookline was organized in this edifice with thirty- six members. Before the first year had passed the first building proved to be too small and the society erected another edifice, west of the first. which was dedicated November 1. 1828, the three deacons of the church. Elijah Corey. Timothy and Thomas Griggs, together with Daniel Cool- idge and Elijah Corey, Jr., agreeing to bear the expense. Rev. Joseph Driver became pastor in ting the interests of the town. Shailer Hall in t he new Highschool building is named in his honor, in recognition of his interest in and services to the school- of Brookline. Mr. Shailer was a great friend and close associate of Dr. Pierce. From May, 1855, to August, 185S, the Hew Nehe- iniah M. Perkins was pastor, but ill health com- pelled him to give up the work. During Mr. Perkins's pastorate a new church building was in process of erection, and it was dedicated \>n\ 1. [858. A \ear later the Rev. William Lamson became the minister, and served the church until February, LS75. He was an eloquenl and force- ful preacher. Since then the pastors of this church have been: Rev. Henry C. Malm. 5b BROOKLIXE. M. i 55.4 CH I SE T TS 1 . 1 s70 . t o Angus t . 1 ST 18SS: Rev. <). ] - « I. 1S9'J - • - - - . ■ _ ■ i Re - September 20. IS . a ■ _ '• _ - 21 _ _ - ■ - _ .- IS4„: t. 27 ' - - tor t<> the i - - - 1 2 . 1 S." -. - I A- a - - til his - - S 27. 1^7 - • - - ■ ■ - . I - ■ - _ I fifed _ S . i The 2 -ha- - 1 l.s~3, i 2 ■ - - - - f 1 ■ i i _ ' - Mr . 2 vS7 ■ - - 2 - - - - _ -" - _■-'-- - s i BRl. >< >KLINE, M. 1 SS. [CHI r SETTS ber of 1849, services being held in the town hall. Next year it was decided to erecl a church. Au- gustus Aspinwall donated the lot at the corner of the present St. Paul Street and Aspinwall Avenue; other members gave large sums until a total of $12,000 was raised. The building designed by Richard Cpjohn. when completed cost for the tower and the body of the church complete $26,- 000, and the extra cost was paid by William Ap- pletonand Harrison lay. The bell, worth nearly $1,000, was presented by T. C. Bell of London, a native of Brookline. The church was o msecrated December 23. 1852. Mr. Horton resigned in May, 1852. and. in September. Rev. John S. Stone was chosen rector, and served u in i I October. IS02, morial tablets in the church to Henry Savage Chase, Harrison lay. Rev. Dr. Stone, and James S. Aniorv: and memorial windows to William Chadbourne; Man I.ile\ ( 'ani]>i>i'll. wife of \V. I'". Humphrey; Marland Cogswell Hobbs; l.ila (!. Floyd and Edward K. Floyd, Jr.; Colonel William Latham Candler; Sarah Leveretl Chase; Thomas Parsons; and Hon. William Aspinwall. who died in 1S23, Brookline thus had in 1850 three church edifices, the First Parish Church (Unitarian), the Baptist Church, the Harvard Church. (Orthodox Congrega- tionalist i. and one in course of erect ion. St. Paul's (Episcopalian). In 1,852, steps were taken to or- ganize congregations of Roman Catholics in Brook- RESIDEXCE OF JOHN I'. WEHBKR, UEAt'OX STREET when Rev. Francis Warton was elected. He re- signed in Xovember. 1N69. From that time until .March. 1875. Rev. William Wilberforce Xewton. D. D., was rector, and he was succeeded by the present rector, the Rev. Leonard Kip Storrs. I). 1 >.. in I lecember, 1875. During Dr. Storrs's service as rector, the chapel on the north side was added. In 1885, the rectory- was built in memory of Mr. Henry S. Chase, by his children. In 1896, a parish house was built aftet designs by Mr. J. A. Schweinfurth. and is said to be in harmony architecturally with the church, which has always been considered a masterpeice of Richard L'pjohn. There are inc- line and Bright i in. a large numer of fa mi lie- of thai fait h having settled in both towns. Rev. Michael t I'Beirne was delegated to do this work, and suc- ceeded so well that the erection of St. Mary's Church of the Assumption was begun that year in Andeni Place. Meanwhile services were held in Lyceum Hall. 'Lin- first services in the new church were held on Christinas day. 1853. ami 1 he church was dedicated Sept. 24, 1854. The Rev. Mr. O'Beirne was obliged to give up the work on account of failing health, and in December. 1854, the Rev. J. M. I i in .1 1 i took charge of the parish, but he was not actually appointed pastor until Me.'. S, IS56. On Thanksgiving Dav, Nov. 27. BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS 1855, the church came near being destroyed liv General Pastor, the Rev. Thomas Worcester, fire, but ii was at once repaired and enlarged, the with twenty members, name]} : Tilh R Hay- sealing capacity being increased to over one ward, William A Wellman, Matilda G. Wellman, thousand. A greal increase in the congregation I'heophilus I'. Chandler, Kli/a J. Chandler, soon after look place, and for some time Rev. -I David Wilder. Jr., Celia Cotton Wilder, Sarah ('. Murphy was associated with Father Finotti as Searlc. Abraham I.. Cutler, Harriel H. Cutler, colleague. In 1872. shortly after Faster, Father Daniel II Rogers, Lucy S, Rogers. Francis R Finotti was succeeded by the Rev. I'. F I. ami). Towne. Man R. Morland, Ellen M Hale. Fllen M. who. however, was soon obliged in give up tin' Wellman. Fdwin Field, Sarah M. Field, William work of caring for the parish and go south on ac- I '• I la -el i me. [Catherine II Haseltine, nearly all of count of liis health, lie died in New York, Juh whom were tn embers of the I lost on Society of the ■">. 1873, and his body was brought home to St. New Jerusalem and resigned to unite in forming Mary's, where the funeral services were conducted. the Brookline church. A building corporation. The same month the Rev. L. J. Morn- was ap- formed in June. I860, under Massachusetts laws, pointed pastor of the parish. Work was begun was authorized to hold property besides the mi a new church. Sept. I, I8N0, at the western church building, to the value of $50,000. This corner of Harvard Street ami Linden place: the corporation subsequently purchased a lot, corner comer si one was laid June 19, 1881, t he sermon of High and Irving Street-, for .$2,000, began the being delivered by the Rev. C. IL McKenna. (). erection of a church designed by Philbrick & S. B.. while Archbishop Williams took pari in the Wan', architects, in the autumn of 1800, and the ceremonies. Services took place in the new building was finished in 1862, at a total cost, church for the first time in October. 1882, but it including organ and furnishings, of $12,908.03, all was not until August 22, 188(5, thai the church of which was paid a1 the time, except a balance of was finished and dedicated. This church is His $3,500. The seating capacity of the new church leet m length, of (Inline architecture, with a was about 250. Mr. Hayward continued as min- tower on the side toward Harvard Street . and is ister until .July, 18(31. Aug, 12. 1861, Rev. John built of brick, with trimmings of Longmeadov (' Ager was invited to bei e the minister for brown-tone. Rev, 1. .1 Morris, after a long and one year Feb. 22. 1S62, the church was dedi- successful pastorate, died Jan. 11. 1900. and was cated. Rev. Thomas Worcester and Rev. John C. immediately succeeded by the Rev. Michael T Vger officiating. Mr. Ager continued as minister McManus, who for eighteen years previous had until September, 1S64, and in November of that been pastor of St. Patrick'.--. Lawrence, and St. year tin- Rev. Samuel M. Warren was engaged, Michael'-- churches, North Andover Since com- and preached tor the society until the spring of ingto P. rook 1 1 ne, Father McManus ha.- through hi- 1868. lie was followed by t he Rev. Abie] Si her. exertion- cleared off a debt of $34,000 on i he who preached in this church Sunday mornings church, and beside- ha- raised an encouraging and in Roxbun in the afternoon. In April, 1871, fund toward the erecti f a parochial school, for Mr. Silver ceased to preach in Brookline, and which ground i> expected to be broken in the 1 1 1 1 1 li-t ered exclusively thereafter to the New spring of 1906. Lather McManus is assisted by Society at Roxburv. Lor two years the pulpit Rev. John A. Butler and Rev. George A Costello, was supplied l>\ different ministers until, in the who have been in Brookline for yeais. as well as spring of 1873, Mr. Warren (ioddard began to by Rev. . I oh 1 1 P. Sheehan, who became connected preach and coni i titled one year; he was then in- with the parish early in 1903. vited to become the pastor, and was ordained at A movement which resulted in the formation of the requesl of the society, April 2. 1874. April a Swedenborgian Church in Brookline, began m 3, 1878, the corporation voted to place the house 1852, when meetings of person- mieiv-ied n i In- of worship in the custody, care and keeping of the faith were held at lii'st in private house.- and after- society, free of rent, so long as the society keeps wards in the town hall. The Rev. Tilly P. Hay- the building in good repair, maintains public ward wa- the first minister On April 29. 1857, worship therein, and pays the interest on the as an outgrowth of these meetings, the Brookline mortgage the rights of the pew- holder- not to be Society of the New Church was instituted, by the impaired. June, ISSl.Mr. Goddard resigned, to 58 BK( )OKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS go i" the Providence, R. I., society, and lie was succeeded by Rev. Willard II. Hinckley, who was installed as pastor by the Rev. Joseph Pettee, tin' General Pastor, on Dim-. 4. ISS1. In the summer of ISS2 a parsonage was erected in the church grounds at a cosl of $6,000, and on lice. Llthof the same year, the corporation exe- cutedadeed of this property to the society, under the same conditions as the church building was transferred on April .">, 1878. March 22, 1S95, tin- Rev. Mr. Hinckley resigned, and terminated his connection with tin' church, June •'!'). York City, and the Rev. Charles \V. Harvey, then in tin' Xrw Church Theological School at Cam- bridge. Mass., was asked to preach. In the spring of 1S99, he was ordained to the ministry hv the Rev. James Reed, "I' I '."-ton. ( leneral Pastor of the Massachusetts Association of the \ T e\v Church. Mr. Harvey is very popular and greatly loved by i he members of his church. Not until 1863 did the Metho lists appear mi t he -i'. 'iir in Brookline. In that year the Rev. Gilbert Haven, thru stationed in B iston, and afterwards fainnii- as an all ilitionist an I later as a bishop of gSge^cfe.^ '^— ^-^'- v - >.\VK ESTATE i IF MRS E G. C< iREY SKAKS. ( 'iu.'kv Hill, Erected 1 S2] . For the next year the pulpit was supplied by different ministers, with the assistance of Mr. I lab- bell in the Sunday School, and in September, 1 896, the Rev. Julian K. Smyth, the pastor of the Rox- bury snciety. was asked to take ministerial charge of the Brookline society of the New Church, with a service in the afternoon in addition to his duties at Roxbury. With the consent of the Roxbury society, Mr. Smyth accepted, and began his min- istry in October, 1896. During the winter of 1S97-S, the Rev. Mr. Warren took charge of the Sunday School. In the .summer of 1898, Mr. Smyth accepted a call from tin church in New his church, held Sunday evening services in the town hall. A Methodist society was not, how- ever, organized, until IS".'!: it purchased the old Harvard Church, now- the Bethany Building on Washington Street, then just vacated by the Har- vard Congregational Society, and rededicated it as a Methodist Church. June 23, 1S73. The Rev. \ . I >. Winslow was the first pastor, but he was suc- ceeded in the spring of 187-1 by the Rev. Mark Trafton, a man of ability and power, financial troubles in 1S76 compelled the society to sell the Bethany Building, and from lsTti to 1S79 services were held in the town hall, ruder the leadership 59 BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS of the Rev. William McDonald, the well-known ing rapidly and attracts large numbers of young advocate of the doctrine of holiness, in 1879, a people. chapel was build on the southeastern corner of In Longwood, on Colchester Street, the Hon Cypress and Washington streets, and since then David Sears erected in istHi a church edifice copied the church has prospered. This chapel had lie- after an old church in Colchester, England. This come too small for the growing membership of the structure was dedicated June 30, 1S62, and named church, and was let in 1892, to the Universalists, Christ's Church. It has Keen devoted to the and sold tu them in 1895. Unitarian faith. .Mr. Sears's object was to furnish i in April 9, 1892, the corner stone of a new a church "where all might worship in the unity of church, situated on the corner of Bark ami Vernon the spirit and the bond of peace. " Among the streets, was laid (in that occasion, an historical ministers who have been connected with the church address was given by the pastor, the Rev. William were: Rev. James M. Hubbard in 1862; Rev. X. Brodbeck, and addresses were also made by C. C. Tiffany, in 1863; Rev. S. B.Crufts.in 1864, Bishops Hurst and foster. During the building and a part of 1st;."); Rev. Henry A. Miles, suc- of the church, which occupied between four and eeeded Mr. Crufts, and officiated for a year or two. five years, services were held in the town hall. lor about fifteen years t he church was without a ()ct. II. 15, and is. St. Mark'- was dedicated, regular minister, but in April, 1893, Rev. Caleb Bishop Fowler preaching tin' dedication sermon. Davis Bradlee, D. D., took charge and built up The pastors of the church have been: Rev. E. a flourishing society and congregation. l'nder D Win-low; Rev. Mark Trafton, 1874-5; Rev. Mr. Bradlee's leadership this congregation was or- W. S. Robinson (supplied), 1S76; Rev. Elijah R. ganized in October, 1896, as the Second Unitarian Watson (supplied), 1877-8; Rev. William Mc- Society in Brookline, which continued to hold Donald, 1879-1881: Rev. Joshua ( iill. I SSL' ; Rev. services in Sears's Chapel until January, 1902. William G. Leonard, 1SS3-4; Rev. Joshua Gill, Mr, Bradlee resigned as the minister of Christ's 1885-6; Rev. John II. Twombly. 1SS7-1890; Church, or Sears's Chapel. April. 1897, preached Rev. William N'ast Brodbeck. 1891-3; Rev. Wil- his farewell sermon April 25th,anddied suddenly liam [ngraham Haven, 1S94-7; Rev. A B. Ken- and unexpectedly six days later. May 1. 1897. dig, D, D.. 1897-1900. The present pastor, the Since the Second L'nitarian Society ceased to Rev. Dillon Bronson, D. D.. began hi- ministry worship in the edifice. Sear-'- Chapel has been here January I. 1901. l'nder his pastorate the unused. Sears's Chapel is practically a mortuary membership has increased remarkably. Mr. monument to Mr. Sears and his family. In its George A. Clough.of Brookline. was t he architect vaults his body and about a score of those of the of St. Mark's. The church, which is one of the members of his family have been buried. Mr. mosl striking and beautiful in the town, cost. Sears by his will provided for the care of the build- including laud, organ and furniture, $160,000. ing and grounds, all repairs, and that the edifice It ha- 1 n thus described: be heated in winter whether occupied or unoccu- " The nave is 150 in length and 75 feet in width. pied. Then' is a story doubtless true -that I he wall,- are of variegated Brighton ledge stone, at the death of a son of Mr. Sears, a provision of with trimmings of gray Nova Scotia sandstone. his will was carried into effect which called for t he A beautiful tower rises at the northeastern corner shooting of his favorite saddle horse and its burial, of the nave. The general effeel is not unlike that fully caparisoned, under the lawn of the church. of the Romanesque cathedral churches of Mr. Sears's hope in building this church was that Southern France. " In the church are the follow- t he people of the vicinity would be able to unite in ing memorial windows: At the north end of the a common form of worship, with which dream in nave, to .lames M. Burgess; at the western end of view he prepared a liturgy or book of worship for the transept, to Mrs. Rachel Moore; at the the use of the congregation. He evidently be- eastem end of the transept, to the Rev. Mark lieved that people would sink their mental differ- Trafton. Rev. William McDonald, and Rev. John ences, and unite to form a "Gospel Church", of H. Twombly, early pastors of the church. In the which this building would be the home His vestibule is a memorial tablet to the memory of book of worship, instead of the thirty-nine articles .lame- Rothwell. At present this church is grow- of the Athanasian Creed, contained only sixteen no BROOK LI XE, MASSAC// IS/: I I "S articles which he conceived would lie sufficient fur all people in united worship. The attempt failed. The Second Unitarian Society in Brookline was organized in Sears's Chapel, under the leader- ship of Rev. Caleb I). Bradlee, l>. D., in ( >cto- ber, 1S96. Nov. 11, 1S97, the Rev. Edward David Towle was settled as its first minister, and is still in charge. Services continued to be held in Sears's Chapel until January, 1902, when the society moved to the corner of Beacon and Charles streets, having built then- a parish house, in Rev. Reginald 11. Howe, l». !».. son of Bishop Howe of Central Pennsylvania, became rector. In addition to the church building, t hi- parish now has a parish house erected in 1879: a rectory and cloister, in 1885; and a memorial transepl and choir room, in 1893. All these structures were largely erected by the members of the Lawrence family. One of the features of the church is a window in the nave by the celebrated English artist. Sir Edward Burne-.Iones. This parish attracts many people from Longwood, in Brook- residexck of John o. \\i:h;iii \\n<>i>i \\i>- which since then services have been held, prepara- tory to the erection of a church edifice. The Second Episcopal Church in Brookline was organized Feb. 19, 1868, and its edifice, the beautiful ( 'hurch of < lur Saviour, on the corner of Monmouth and Carlton streets, was consecrafed in March of the same year. The church was built in memory of the Hull. Allies l.awi'elice. the celebrated Bus- tell merchant, by his sons, Amos A. Lawrence and William R. Lawrence. Rev. Elliott D. Tomkins was the first rector, and he was succeeded in 1n7."> by Rev. Frank L. Norton, D. D. March. 1877, line, from the Back Lay. Boston, and from the Roxburv Districl aero-- the parkway adjoining. A third Episcopal Church, All Saint.-, was or- ganized in Brookline, Nov. 1. 1894, and tin' first service was held on September 30th. Novem- ber 25th, the Rev. Daniel Dulany Addison, D. D., was elected rector, and was installed December 23d, a( a morning service held in tin- Beaconsfield Casino. February S, 1895, the parish was incor- porated, and since September of the same year the chapel on the southwestern corner of Beacon Si reet and 1 lean Road has been in use for service. m BROO KLIXE, MA SS. ICHl SE T TS - - - ■ in Bi ■ stations 29. 1S91 . Walnul streets. A 1 - _ kiln S _ V ■ ?. a S95.it was M .-• - Rev. T. E. i 5 - - - t. 1. IS - _ dzation - - Cousens as - - ■ '■ - 25. IS He S \ . 1901. united with ... lostoi . - Shawmut - - ston 1 Eton and Boyl- st on streets. Bosi Sha ' A", i - The first service of - • Sepi the s ciety a Selfridge es - v S t ree t . i first lot non - Rr\ - . n. 1. 1SS3. s - — in s94. A s soon R I S. Dev a s pasi and services firsl in Harvard Hall and after- irdHali K Will . I'll. 1'.. became pasi a Sepi ■as - - -• sal a turch and ■ _ _ ■ im that tl ostrucl a chi s begui spect Street, in ■ -■ - a- I )a_\ .and 1 597 Dr. At trch until 1903. when he the present pastor. B r. I). 1).. - oistrv 1 Within the past iw<> ■ r 400. l>r. Sinclair came Si Paul. Min - Scoi - this untry 15 years. _ a . Church which was the s - a - uext thrc - ,vor- which site . by the Hotel Street, opposite Em> was built in f thai ar. It ares [the churi _ I Since theorg I the ben. le in the denom- R. •. . Harris 51 - Cat St. Lawi - -. Streei ' -•nut . and ii was dedicated Api 2c - by Ar - V\ - The ] arish Ian. 1. 1S9S \] st Re 1 s. Archbis to that .-• - tti _ f the i St. Ma ts of th sten it Hill district were. Si Mai - that the : L Mor- BR( H )KLINE, .\T 1 .S'N. 1 ( 111 'SETTS ris conceived the idea of erecting a new church to accommodate this section, in which the people of hi- faith were rapidly increasing, with the resull thai he liuili the St. Lawrence Church. From t lie time u|' ii> dei licat ion, divine sen ices were con- ducted by the priests of St. Mary's until the found- ing nf the parish the following New Year's Day, when Rev. Thomas 1'. McManus was appointed rector. At its inception, the new parish included but about Till) persons, but now more than l.tiou Catholics reside within its boundaries. Connect- Schools and Education. From the beginning of the settlement, the in- habitants nf Muddy River had paid rates and sent their children to school in Boston or to the nearer schools in Roxbury where tuition fees had to be paid. This was inconvenient, and doubtless in many cases expensive, and seem- to have been the chief reason that prompte I them in L686 to desire t anage their own affairs. Iu the Boston Re- cords, under date of March 29, 1686, is the following inn it )K Hi ni.i >\\, (nil mm. si i;t:t:i I < iHM I I'M I HE I 'link ('mi I ALI- ed with the church are sodalities and societies for the men and women of the congregation, and a Sunday School in which more than a thousand children are enrolled. The most recenl acquisi- tion of the parish, the Sunday School hall, is used during the week as a club room by the men of the vicinity, and is fitted with all the con- veniences usually found in parish clubs. St . Law- rence's Church is a picturesque edifice, in the < l< it hie style "i architecture, and i- located in one of the most beautiful regions in Brookline. "A motion of the inhabitants of Muddy River fur a writing school fur their children was read at a public meeting of the inhabit ant of this town, the Sth of March, and that their town rates may be improved to that use and the selectmen appointed tu choose a place for the erecting of a house: "In answer tu said motion, it was voted that the selectmen take this matter into consideration and inquire into the reason thereof and represent it tu tin' next general town meeting what is neces- sary tu be dune therein. " BR( >( )KLINE, MASSACHUSETTS It was in accordance with this petition that the chief matter which caused the bickering between Provincial Council in December of the same year the village and the mother town, and led to the gave them the right to practically govern them- final separation, selves, and among other things, to build a school- At the first town meeting after the incorporat ion house and maintain a schoolmaster. At a fully of the town, held March 4. 1706, n was voted to attended meeting of the inhabitants of Muddy levy a tax of twelve pounds upon the inhabitants River, held .Ian. 19, 1687, six weeks after the Coun- fur repairing the sehoolhouse and I'm- the support cil had empowered them to govern themselves, of the school for the current year. In 1707, tlie they voted to accepl the grant, to assess scl I tax for these same purposes was twenty themselves twelve pounds per annum, to be pounds. The records arc silent as to the first raised in the usual manner of collecting rates or cost and the location of this original (own school- taxes, and that the remainder of the money house. needed to pay the salary of the schoolmaster be Instead of trying to support a school and main- obtained by a charge to "be laid equally upon lain a sehoolhouse, the town s e years later the scholars' heads, save any persons that are changed its policy and only assisted in defraying poor to be abated in part or in whole." At a the cost of the schooling of the children, allowing meeting of the inhabitants of the village on May private persons to take t he initiative in providing 28, 1697, it was voted to lure Mi'. John Sear] to the school buildings and the teachers. This is teach scl 1 from the firsl Monday in May. evident by a vote passed March !>, 1711. as fol- 1697, until the last day of February follow- lows: ing. This was, to judge by the dates, ten " Voted, That there be liberty granted to erect years after the vote was passed providing for two sehoolhouses at their own charge that im- the method of raising the money to pay a school- prove them. Also that they maintain a good master, but it was provided that the same method school dame half of the year at each house. was to be used at this time as was formerly voted. That l he town allow t he charge for a master one Ai this same meeting the selectmen were di- quarter at one sehoolhouse and the other quar- rected to levy a ' ' rate upon the inhabitants to de- ter a( the other, to teach, to write and cypher." Ira\ the charges of repairing the sehoolhouse In accordance with this plan, at the town meet- and pound." It would appear by this vote thai ing May II, 17ll.it was a sehoolhouse had been built in accordance with "Agreed with Win. Story to keep school .'■! the original grant. On March."), 17i>~>. a tax of months, he beginning January 7th, 1711-1'-'. Al- ton \ shillings was voted by the inhabitants at the lowing £5.0.0 for his services. Agreed with John village meeting, to be assessed for the repair of the Winchester, Jun'r for his man Ivl. Ruggles, to sehoolhouse, and at the same meet ing a duplicate keep school at t lie New Sehoolhouse 2 months, he of the vote of Jan. 19, 16S7, in regard to the assess- beginning .Ian nary 2:!. Wednesday, 1711-12. Al- ment for the support of the school, was passed. It lowing for his services, £4.0.0." would thus appear that the village possessed a This method of partial support of the schools sehoolhouse erected at its own expense, and a was evidently followed for a considerable period. schoolmaster supported by the people themselves. In the years immediately following the incorpo- ( tn March 11, 1700, the town meeting of Boston, ration of the town larger sums were appropriated in denying the petition of the inhabitants of Hud- for the support of the schools than what were dy River to be a separate village, had promised voted afterward. Thus in 17U7, twenty pounds to provide a schoolmaster for them and pay him were appropriated, but in 17b! and 1 71 I only ten out of the town treasury. Whether this was pounds were appropriated each year, and in 1714 il done or not, does not appear from the records; was voted " that i he sums of money raised for the but at any rate the people of Muddy River five keeping of schools at the three parts of the town be years later took the matter into their own hands. distributed .and paid to the school which each man and provided tor the payment of their own school- -hall improve." In other words, to use the lan- master in a sehoolhouse which they already guage with which we tire familiar today, the owned. More than any other one thing this schools in Brookline at thai lime were "subsi- difnculty in regard to the school was e\ idently the dized." ci BROOKLINE, MASSAl 'HUSETTS By a vote of the town meeting, May S, 1 71 (>. the town was divided into three school districts or precincts, as follows: "From a place known liv the name oi Caleb Gardner's walnut tree at the north end oi the town, from said tree to Cambridge line. The centre or middle pari of ilic town from -aid wal- nut tree to Xewton line, including Joseph Adams, Joseph Goddard and Henry Winchester. The south end of the town taking in Samuel N'ewel and all t he other families at t he sunt h end. sides of the way, and to the line to run up the new lane straighl over to Roxbury line. "The southerly precinct extend so far north as to take in Mr. Joseph Goddard's land and so inns between Mr. \Y Iward's and Mr. Child's land taking in Sam'll Newell's land, and from thence straighl to Troublesome Swamp Bridge, from thence straight to Xewton line. ■ -'I he middle part of the town I hat is not cut off l>v anv precinct, to be a precind l>\ them- selves. ST. LAI It 1A( i: CATHOLIC CHURCH, la 'VLSI' '\ si 1:1 I I December 29, 171S, the selectmen agr 1 with At this meeting it was also voted that the Amariah Winchester to pay him seven pounds and people in each precinct should be taxed to support four shillings for keeping the Center school, three the schools in their own districts, and that Ed- months. The amounts appropriated lor schools ward White and John Winchester should be trus- about thisperiod were: for 1718, 20 pounds; 171!), tees for the north precinct. Deacon While and IT, pounds; 1720, 15 pounds; 1721, 15 pounds; John Seaver lor the middle precinct, and James 1722, 25 pounds; 1723, -ill pounds; 1724, 30 Griggs and Joshua Child for the south precinct. pounds; 1725, 30 pounds; 17'- > (i. 30 pounds. According to tradition the first schoolhouse At the town meeting March 1. 1723, the limits erected by the town of Brookline was built about of the school districts were again defined, as tollows : ■'The north precinct exti ml so tar south as to take in all the land 11] Watei'town road on both 171.'! on the triangular plot of ground at the June tion of Walnut and Warren streets, and nearly op- posite the present First Parish church. As ap- pears from the records, however, it is evident that BRCh )KLIXE. MASSACHUSETTS - thai •" tants. . " ■ - - ■ - the s - I - - - - - - " - - - _ - ■ ■ - 71S ir t lie ! - - -. ■ - ~ - first i - - - '■''■ I \Yin- - - I sr. it was voted 1 stresses fi r rty pounds • I - - _ . - Samuel .*? as - "We the ; twenty- egs's ■ - ■ - 27. 1727 • ng to 1 s to i S . 1 72S . i i as voi -1 ■ i - " .- - .- i S 72S .vas voted 1 it if 1 May 1 20th I • the hous ston's _ to si ss st reel - a Mi BR( )OKLIXE, MASSAt 'HUSETTS says thai "if this vote was carried out a school- house must have stood on or near the present High School playground." The other school was to "stand half way between Christopher flier's and the corner of the lane near Thomas \Y [ward's in the land of Thomas White." Edward White, Caleb < lardner, and Robert Sharp were elected a committee to ered the north school; and Abraham Woodward, Thomas Sted- man and Isaac Child, to erect the other. 1 1 1730,1 \vi i schools were in operation supported by the town, as on .March 2d it was voted "to keep school ten months this year, five months with two mistresses, one in each school; and five months with a master, ten weeks in each school, " May 17.17 15, it was voted to raise one hundred and eighty pounds ''fur poor schools and other charges." lines this mean that the scl Is sup- ported bv the town were for the children of the I rer families, and that there were other schools not so supported? December 17. 1745, it was voted to build a schoolhouse on land given to the town by Joseph and Moses White for that purpose The new schoolhouse on the land given by the Whites was probably erected the following year, as on May 10, 1746. certain persons were exempted from paying taxes for the cost of the newsehool- house. and a rate of fifty pounds was laid on the resl of the inhabitants, while the selectmen were directed to engage a schoolmaster to teach from HARVARD SQl'AKE AM) hSROOKLINE K I: STATION \\|i BRIDGE, lssl). and Abraham \Y I ward, Elhanon Winchester and William Gleason wen- appointed a commit- tee i ' > secure a schoolmaster and schoolmistresses. The services of a schoolmaster and t wo schoolmis- tresses were thus equally divided between the schools, ami forty pounds were voted 1" defray school expenses The locations of the school- houses were evidently not satisfactory, a- for aboul half a century from this time motions were i i asionally introduced in the town meeting in re- gard to finding "the most convenient spot to erect a ~chiH.lhi.u-e for the benefit of the whole town," as to how n, any schools t here should be, and w here additional schoolhouses could best be place. I S'ovember to March. It would seem thai the method of assessing scl 1 rates practically amounted to making a man pay in proportion to the number of children he had, as \vi iuld appear by the following, passed March 2, 1747: ' ' Voted. Thai Mr. .lame- Shed and his son have liberty to -end their children to Brookline school. they finding their proportion of wood and paying their proportion for their polls according ■■-■■ led ii. en apportion upon other children." [•Tom 1717 until 1700 the town records have little menu. .ii of the scl Is. but on March 3.1700, ii was voted to assist the inhabitants in the south part of the town i" ered a school, and to exempt WKUXE, MASSACHUSETTS -~<- i ,1 i i< I K A HI "1 ! I BR( >< )KLL\ /■:. 1/ . I SS. ICT1L SETTS iIiciii from the town school tax as long as they would maintain this school. Ma\ IS, 17(il,i1 was voted to repair the upper and lower schoolhouses. May '■'. L762, the town meeting voted to appro- priate the interest of a legacy left toil by Mr.Ed- ward Devotion, to the use of the Middle School- house. At thai time the legacy amounted to 7'W pounds and I shillings. The present Kdward De- votion School, 'Mi Harvard Street, which stands on the "M Devotion farm, commemorates the mem- ory of this i ill I benefactor of the Brookline schools. A controversy arose in 1707 as to whether the grammar school should be open in the summer next vear, however, the town voted to assist the Sunt 1 1 District to 1 mild a school house " to be of the same bigness as the Woman's School House thai i- in i he middle dist rid . " At t he meel oil: of March I. 1771. the selectmen were instructed to inspect the old scl Ihouse and report as to whether it was besl to repair it or pull it down and erect :i new one in another place. In June, 1771. the town voted to assist the Middle District "ly- ing .in Sherbun Rode," to build a schoolhouse. The controversy as to the opening oi the grammar school in summer, seems to have been :i favorite bone of contention, as it came up repeatedly. JOHN I) IM \ M.I. ■ \I.W ■ .-< '!!< " 'I I'l.'l i I. .- I l.'l I I time. At t he M;i \ meel mil: i he vote u as nol 1 1 1 • > j x ■ 1 1 the school, but al the July meeting it was voted tn keep it open in summer. Al the same meeting it was decided to remove "the upper woman's school to the South District," to provide ;i room for it, at the charge of the town, and to continue its sessions, or as phrased in the record,' ' to another meeting in 17H7 it was voted to keep the Middle School open for six months, and lo remove the upper school to the South District, but the town refused to build a new schoolhouse. The During the war of the Revolution the reference? in scl I- are meagre In 1777. the selectmen houghl .'i lot of land front Joseph Smith of Rox bun mi the "count ry road leading to Newton," for the erection ol a scl Ihouse. March 2, I77S, the (own voted to purchase an iron stove for the grammar schoolhouse, in order t" lessen the ex- keep said Woman's School in for the presenl \t pen.se for fuel. Ma\ 24, 1 7S0, t he tow n meet ing voted nol to hold sessions of the grammar school during the summer, and "thai a woman's school be kepi three months, one month in the schoolhouse al the it'.i BRt H >KLIXE, MASSACHUSETTS ■ ml of the town, one month in the middle of the >' 'V. n, and one month in the schoolhouse at the south part of the town." The strenuous times undoubtedly interfered, as thus appi a t ■ v. h li t he ilurai i' in i >f t he schi The leading scl 1, probably the one known as the grammar school, was evidently a popular in- stitution, as w null 1 appear l>\ the following record of tlir tow ti meeting of Jan. S, 17S1 : "Whereas upward of nit \ children belonging to tin- tow n daily attend at scl 1. and a nun thers from the adjaeenl tow n have also been ad- mitted there this season as usual foi si vera! years past , v. hereby the whole number <> < is be- come so great that it cannot be expected the schoolmaster can teach them all with any pros- pect of advantage to the scholars t herefore voted that Mr. Isaac Reed, the presenl schooln aster, be directed not to permit the children from an\ adja- eenl ti iw ti to con e i > • -i-l.i 'i il v, hile the number of scholars belonging to this town continues so large as to retpiire all his attention to their instruction. " March (i, 17N3. the town meeting directed the en to engage a schoolmaster 1. 1 teach hi the schoolhouse in tin 1 middle of tin- town from that the first day of N pinl ier, and at a rig in Sept ember it was voted to keep two schools during the ensuing winter for fourmonths each. The following vote, passed at the annual town meeting March S, 1 7^ 4 . srives a clear idea of ethod which had 1 n evolved in running the scl Is : '• Vote !, thai schools be kepi by suitable ters, where they ma \ besl accot late each part of the town, for the term of three months inthe winter ti nd t hat a suitable master be en- i;a ;ed to i ei [) school the other nine months in the vear in the schoolhouse in the middle of the town, and that two women schools lie kept where they will best accommodate each part of the town for the - of three months in the summer season." In 17Nn, a woman's school was directed to be kept at the upper end of the town within one hun- dred rods of Daniel White"- house, for three months in the summer, and in I7N7 tin seL - were instructed to engage a schoolmistress to keep school in the schoolhouse in the middle of the town for three months in the summer. I he schoolhouse in the middle of the town was tre of the school system. It was probably junction of Walnut and W arren streets Here the long term of the school from April To November was always held, and tl i troversy as to the keeping of the grammar school the summer undoubtedly related to this school. The old w len structure on tin- site wa- replaced liv a brick schoolhouse in 1793. and a i lea -i pa i' i of the expense of its erection was paid : a gift from William Hyslop, blsq., to whom the town tendered its thanks January I. of thai year, "for In- generous donation for the purpose of building a schoolhouse in said town for the en- couragcmenl and promotion of learning among ith mi' the rising-generation."' Whilst this new house was in process of construction the schoolmaster was directed to "divide In- time co, nail v in the schoolhouse al the upper end of the tew ti and the schoolhouse in t he lower end of the town, nfter the first day of April next, until tin- sel Ihouse in the middle of the town is completed and fit te keep -el 1 in." ['he I5rick School- house wa- a square, hip-roofed building, fr eastward: it had no porch and was without blinds to tin- win. lew-, -e that n was a bare looking st ruel ure. The arranged cut of the school terms as oul by the records, March v I7.S-J, continued to be iwed in the new school. Here sessions were held frot \pril to November, while the winter schools were kept m the immediate neighborhoods • convenient for the children to get to during tin- severe weather. One of these schools was kept in the house on School Street already men- tioned; another wa- on Heath Street, near its junction with Warred Street. In addition, there were "Women's School-." which were kept in the summer, and probably utilized the same school tigs, although separate buildings were in some in-tai ice- erect et I specially for t heir use \ ' example of one of these remote small school] II in existence, although probably modernized. in the neighborhood of the high service pumping station, near the junction of Newton and Grove streets, in the western part of the town. This building was known as the Putterham schoolhouse. and is still in use. but is now called the Newton Street School; it was built in 1768 and enlarged in 1S39 From the tii if its erection until the const ruc- tion of the Brick Schoolhouse, the town meetings were usually held in the Meeting House, that building being town property but probably some 70 BR( >< )KLIXE, MASSACHUSETTS of the special meetings were at times held in the old Middle Schoolhouse. The Brick Schoolhouse, however, became tin' place fur the assembling of the town meeting, and continued t<> be so used until Pierce Hall was erected and dedicated as a school, Jan. 1, 1S25. The upper story of Fierce Hall was the town hall, which was also used fur singing classes, lectures, public meetings, and sometimes used for religious services by organiza- tions that had no church building. Pierce Hall i^ mi the next hit tu the Firsl Parish Church, and was named in honor of Dr. Pierce. At the servi- scl 1 committee reported to the town meeting, Xov. 13, 1S43, that it had been fitted up fur this purpose at an expense of $281.67. The school committee at this time consisted of Dr. Pierce, Rev. William H.Shailer of the Baptist Church, and Samuel Philbrick, Esq., who were all enthusiasts mi the subject of public education. The first principal of the high school was Benjamin H. Rhoades, who began teaching here May, 18-13. He was succeeded by Hezekia Shailer, bri it her of Re\ William 11. Shinier, who served from May 1, 1846, tn April _'ii, 1852. Since then the high school v - , -■v LOXGWl » )l> AVENI I. URIDCJK ces held by the town, Feb. 22. 1800, tn show re- spect for the memory of Washington, who had just died, the militia assembled at the Brick Schoolhouse and walked in procession to the existing church, which stood in the present yard of the parsonage, where Dr. Pierce conducted the services and delivered an address, three hundred copies of which were afterwards printed at the expense of the town. By a vote of the town. Aug. 17. 1843, the town hall was set apart fur a high school; and the principal- have I n: George Moore, May. 1 s •">_'. to July. 1852; William P. Atkinson, Sept.. 1852, in 1 -I, 28, 1853; Rev. John X. Bellows. Feb. 28, 1853, tu May, 1853; Isaac Coffin, April 26, 1853, tu April. 1S51; .1. Emory Hoar. April Hi. 1854, to July, ISSS; Frederic T. Farnsworth, Sept. 1888, tu .bine 2(1. 1891; Daniel S. Sanford, Sept. 7 1891, to June 1905; George P. Hitchcock, from September, 1905, to the present time. April 7. 1856, it was voted to erect a high school on land belonging tn the town mi School and BROOKLINE, MASSAC 1 1 1 SIJ IS Prospecl streets, -the location of the first school- house in the town or its immediate vicinity. The building was completed and read} for use early in 1857. and its entire cosl was about $14,000. It continued in use as a high sel I until the present high school was finished in 1S95 No comparison will better illustrate the differ- ences between the conditions in the past and the present than the cost of the school building; the present high school, which stands at the corner of Tappan Street and Gorham Avenue, facing the common, cost with its furnishings $225,000, as against $14,000 for the former high school forty years before. Even at that the present seln.nl is who was given full control of all the sel Is. He served until Aug. 21, 1900, and was succeeded) Sept. 1, 1900, by the present superintendent. George 1. Aldrich. School committee 1906: F. W. Hobbs, chairman; Geo. I. Aldrich, secretary; Michael Driscoll, .Mrs. Ruth C. Paine. Dr. E. W. Bowker, Rev. \V. 11 Lyon, YV. T. Sedgewick, Dr. Walter Channing, Mrs. Edith C. Baker, Thos. B. 1 it zpatrick. A comparison bet ween the condition and cost of maintenance of the schools in 1S34, and seventy- two years later, in 190G, presents some striking differences : March _'■">. 1834, a committee appointed to '(•■• •■'■; •■ ■ •■■■ %&&&k ^•"- x ~~c^ ?"5^C* corky iiii. i. 1 1 * imks'i had. a plain, but iui])osing building, the chief cosl hav- ing been put into the interior fittings and applian- ces. It is seated in a plot of ground of 19,750 square feet, which was laid out by Olmsted, Olmsted .V Eliot, and now forms with its surroundings, a harmonious combination in a scenic sense, char- acteristic of the Brookline of the present. The first person to hold the office of superinten- dent 1 1 1 selii H ils was William T. Reid, who was ap pointed April 22, 1872. and served until 1875 In 1879, 1). H, Daniels was appointed superintendent of the primary and grammar schools, the high school in it being under his direction. He resigned in 1890, and was succeeded bv Samuel T. 1 lut ton, examine into the condition of I he schools made the follow ing report : "The school in the South District, under the care of Mr. Converse, lias 13 scholars, 17 on the list School in the Middle District, under care of Moses Burbank, 35 were present, 50 mi the list. First North District, under the care of Leonard Spauld- ing, 11 were present, ti.'! mi the list. Also one school under the care of Hannah Pern and Lucy Davis, -19 were present, 53 mi the list. Whole number i on li-t I 183. "Your committee recommend I" the town to dispense with a male and employ a female teacher in the Smith District— forty-eight week- at $2.50 —$120; and they further recommend the town BROOK! J XE, MASSACHUSETTS to support two schools in the First North District throughout the year, one female teacher 48 weeks at 82.50 per week, $120; also one other female teacher 32 weeks at $2.50 per week $80, the schocil to commence the first of April, keep to the first of December. Grant to the Second North District $100 a year during the town's pleasure. That the $46 saved to the town by the alteration in the Smith District should go to pay a female teacher in the hirst North District the ensuing winter.' ' .\i>\\ for what was dime in 1906, and the value of 1 he school property in t lie d >w n tion, are as follows: High School, hs'.iti. < rorham Avenue; New Manual Training, 1902, Tappan Street; .1. Elliot Cabot, 18S8, Marion Street; Ed- ward Devotion Primary, 1892, Grammar, 1899, both on Harvard street; Heath. 1904, Reservoir Lane; Lawrence, 1874, enlarged in 1885 and 1891, Francis street; William 1L Lincoln, 18S8, Simp. L889, Annex. 1894, Primary, 1898, all four on Boylston street ; Longwood, 1864, enlarged 1898, St. Mary's St reel ; Newton Street, 176S, enlarged 1839; Parsons, 1883, Walter Avenue; Pierce Grammar, 1900, School Street: Pierce Priman IS55, enlarged 1905, Prospect Street; John I). Ilnl.M LEA Appropriation for maintaining the public schools of Brookline, 1906, $207,558.00 Value of school buildings and -rounds. $1,472,100.00 Whole number of pupils in day schools. 4,024 A \ erage attendance, 3,547 Number of teachers, 138 With one exception all the old school buildings have ceased to be used for school purposes, or have been pulled down in recent year- and replaced by modern structures. The names of the present schools, the date of their erection, and their loca- Runkle, 1897, enlarged 1901, Druce Street; Se wall. 1892, Cypress Street; Robert C. Winthrop, 1887, Brookline Avenue. All these structures are of brick except the Lonuw 1. Xeutoii Street and Parsons Schools, and a portion of the Lawrence, and I hey are nearly all beautiful structures in an architectural sense, in harmony with their sur- roundings. A el ass i i 'a 1 school was started in Brookline about the year 1822 by a number of gentlemen, in- cluding Richard Sullivan. General Dearborn, Ebenezer Francis, Lewis Tappan, Rev. John Pierce, Oliver Whyte, Elijah Corey, Timothy Co- 7.; BR( H )K 1.1 X /■;, I/. I SS. ICHl 'SETTS rev, and others, and they erected a fine school building mi the northern side of Boylston Slrccl, east of Cypress Street. Subsequently an addition was limit for I lie accommodation of t he boarding students. Mr. Gideon Thayer, founder of the Chauncy Hall School, Boston, bought the place, and conducted it as a branch school, where deli- cate boys cnul 1 1 have better air. The nexl owner was George B. Emerson. LI,. 1).. eminent as a teacher and naturalist: but the classical school ceased to exist here, was transferred to various private houses with more or less success, and was finally abandoned. During Mr, Emerson's owner- ship, William Ware leased the house and here wrote m the north parlor, his historical romance, "Zenobia, or the Fall of Palmyra." Dr. A. S Shurtlcff became the owner about 1838. Brookline was included in the sweep of the ly- ceum tin i\ enieiit which swe])t over New England during the second quarter of the nineteenth cen- turv. and continued a potent influence down to ,iiiei I - 7o A series of Lyceum lectures were started in the town hall in 1832, by Mr, I aai Thaver. and the Brookline Lyceum Society was organized, which for several winters con- ducted led ures and at t racted as t he old reports sav the " 'ht< " ,,f the town. Through the efforts of Mr. Thayer, Dr. S. A. Shurtleff :uiil others, a corporation known a- t he " Lyceum el' tin- Town hi Brookline," was incorporated in 1S41, and then erected Lyceum Hall, which Mill stands mi Washington St reel . west oi the site of the Bunch Bowl Tavern, anil opposite the end iif Walnut Street. Tin- institution did much for the education of the townspeople, and aided ma- terially in broadening their outlook on life. The leading orators and lecturers of the time appeared on i1s platform, including Ralph Waldo Emerson, Rufus Choate, Dr. Webster Hillard, Christopher Duncan, Charles Emerson, and many others. Brookline Public Library. A library was started in Brookline in 1S25, through the efforts of Rev. John Pierce. This was the firsl library in the town of a public nature. An association was formed, of which Dr. Pierce was president : Deacon Otis Wit hingt on, secretary. Deacon John Robinson, treasurer; and the town clerk, < Miver Whyte, librarian. Rules were adop- ted Dec. 27, LS25, and the 1 ks were kept at the house of the librarian, which was on the south- eastern corner of Walnut and High streets, or between Walnut Street ami Village Lane. Later the library was located m the shoe shop of John Leeds ,m Washington Street, east of the present Public Library. For t he first and second years an annual subscription of live dollars was charged. but i lie rate fin- subsequent years was only two dollars. An institution of the nature of a Mechanics' Institute, similar to those organi ?ed in many of the New England towns at tins period, was started in Brookline in I ' ,46 by a number of young men. among whom were Isaac R. Atwood, J. D. Long, Elisha Hall, Jr., Edward Hall, Eben Haskell. Isaac Farrington, Jr., Abraham C. Small, IS. F. Baker and Oliver Cousens. They maintained a room w Inch was kept open in the evenings, winter and summer, and here they accumulated a library formed by the contribution of members. Occa- sionally the} held debates and gave readings ami led me- in i lii- room or a larger one. This institution was the forerunner of the move- ment which resulted m the formation ol the Pub- lic Library. One of iis members, Elisha Hall, is -a id tu ha ve suggested I o Horace Mann the draft- ing uf i he Massachusetts law of 185 1 . winch auth- orized cities and towns In appropriate money to equip and inaint am public libraries, Brookline was one of t he first towns to establish a library under the provisions "I the statute of of 1S51. Votes were passed at the town meeting, March 30, 1No7, appropriating $934 fur the "foundation ami commencement " "t the library, and $233 for its "maintenance ami increase.'' The libra r\ was opened to the public Dec. 2. 1S57, with 900 volumes mi its shelves, in a room on the firsl il -uf the town hall, then mi Washington Si reel mi the site of the present town hall. The first librarian was J. Emory Hoar, then principal of the high scl 1, who was chosen in t he position N'iiv . II, |N.">7, and continued to be librarian until Sept. 19, IS71. He was succeeded by Mi-- Mary A. Bean, who held I he position until her death. Sept. 1. 1893. Charles K. Bolton of the Harvard College] ilirarv, was elected librarian November 2 1 , 1893, ami continued to administer t he library un- til he resigned in February, 1898, to become libra- ri; f the Boston Athenaeum. He was succeeded by HillerC. Wellman, win, resigned in Mac 1902, since which time Mi-- Louisa M. Hooper has been 71 BR( H )KLIXE, MASSACHUSETTS librarian. Miss Hoorjer had been first assistant tor some i ime. The main part of the present library building on Washington Street was completed and opened to public use in IS69, but several addition have since been made, a summary of which and of the work of the library, is given in the trustees' report fort he year ending Jan, ">!. 1905, as follows: ''The population of the town in 1870 was 6,650, and was in t increasing rapidly. The library then My 26,000. The library contains 65,000 volumes, and the circulation at the desk for home use is more than 100,000 a year. ' ' The trustees strongly urge the erection of a new libra rv, for the reasons t hat the present edifice is overcrowded and that additions to it will not se- cure satisfactory results. Probablj the near fu- ture will see a fitting library building in the town, which will be large enough to meet the increasing need-, and sufficiently dignified in architecture IT. PA1 L'S i 111 Kill. \>I'I\U \l.l. AVEXl'E contained about 12,000 volumes The circulation in 1870 was about 25,000 volumes. Owing to the subsequent growth the northern extension was built in 1SSS. In 1S90 the library ci ntained 35,- 000 volumes; the circulation was 50,000; the population to be served was 12.103. In IS92 < ia t'd tier Hall, the reading room of the library, was constructed, but added little room for book shelves and none for administration. At the present time the population of Brookline is proba- t o compare with the i own hall and the general ap- | lea ranee of I he town. Donations of money have at various times been made to the library. John L. Gardner gave $10,000 in 1871. and a bequest of $5,000 was re- ceived front Martin L Hall the same. year. These are the two principal funds, but gifts have also been received from John S. Wright, J. M. Howe. Mrs. Samuel Philbric. Abijah W. Goddard, Mrs. I). W. Russell, C. D. Bradlee. BR( 'OKLIXE, MASSACHUSETTS The library now ma d delivery stations at Coo ' irner and at upper Boyl- st on Street 1904. From the first nai on 15.45-) were issued during the year, ami from thi 3.73 l The I ■ ital number of bi i iks -- i e use in 1904 was 146.475. includi - - lie t\\<> delivery stations. ; of Pub] ina n : I\ Si UTS, '" [)ai iel 1 'u- .M. C'od- ■ ,■■-.( , ■ tigs Leslie < H. I. ymi. Frederick 1.. Gay. Rufus G. 1 I I, Tappan K. Fram -. Mi - i ran is i ipen i m <-\ en -■ [I A. M. tn '.i 1'. M 7 and during July and August , when it is H 1' M 1 2 to 9 1'. M. Municipal and Social Convenience. i _ - i! - - - stei - ■ - - 1 1 tie as at 81 .095.000 for - i h i.i ii ii i f, r 1 1 i ewi - ; ■-■" ' ' own in IS53, Gas Light I - ted its At a spi [ eld Dec. '26 , ,sit ii in 1 • ii con- rty. lint i he town subsequent- bei _ until in 1904 R 1059 -i reet lights, ol 260 \\i 633 iaslif BRt, U )KLINE, MASSACHUSETTS ducted nil the tracks in its center, and it has sometimes been claimed that this was the first successful elect I'ii- street railway in the world. Ho\ve\ it t hat mav l>c, I >|i i< ikline is in >w -er\ ed by many lines of the street railways of the Boston Metropolitan District, and the streel railway ta\ paid to the town in l!)()5 was $29,756.(51. While Brookline has at present no large park laid out, the splendid Kiverdale Parkway, the old Avenue, across the street from the parkway, which i- used for ball playing, while it is also pro- vided with swings and gymnastic apparatus, the Cypress .Street playground, on which fronts the High School, the Public Path, and the Manual Training School, is about equal in area to the Brookline Avenue, and is used for all sorts of children's play; the Longwood Avenue playground, winch i- largely utilized for ball playing; the si m \i;y of i in: \ssi mptiox cathi ilic cumcH, ii \i;\ \i:ii >i i:i i i channel and valley of the Muchly River, extending for two miles along the southeastern border of the town, a thousand feel in width, admirably fills the place of such a park. This is well supple- mented by numerous playgrounds throughout the town, sn located as to provide fur the centres of densest population. The principal playgrounds are located as follows: A large held on Brookline Longwood Mall; the Washington Street play- ground; the Stedman Streel playground in the neighborhood of the Devotion Schools; the Bea- con Street playground, and others. The town owns an extensive area on Hammond and Newton Streets, which can be and may be at some future i nee converted into a public park. In addition there are about a score of other 71 BR( )OKLIXE. MASSACHUSETTS ■ - - I parks and "ri - many of whiel are playg The - 5 is m ::ii a million dollars lude 1; ei lale Parkway. The Cypress I] ill \ . ■ ; .■ _ purchased in 1S71. Miss Woi ids pul ik in 1S74, - sugges -- _ - to tin- • - public \ ' igl _ - ire her - Lggi s| t sin st thai shed I ; " A brea t hi ng .- a _ 2 - iburb lik< • s town, thus -■ would tion for all c< Harvard tie * * * * Wl s - ■ J tn tin f Xew Yi e north lost on. with grass, s I drink- city would I ■ Cemeteries. - _ M ■ 7 in Mr. i - • lie hill Plac< i ntly it ■ i:i 1 T 1 M r . Co 1 1 tery, t as iurial of the di • en Si mewhat of a pub- ed by the following 'Tion hi" tin 3 _'. 1713: rhat Mr. - Sewall. Jr., and Mr. 1 'eter Bi .; pall or bui ; cloth to com s cost, anil i with • iwn tn rear 17 - - lid cloth. ' ' 'iii. 1717 I lark. " near the - ' eh another - i was added in 1840. H hies of the village. By a vote of tli' I '. 1S74, • [in on Gr ?t cornet 17. 1^7 I ■ A'alnut Hills I - The •he pro] i ?4S,000. and ed at S a Hills the Wi - I - -■ I - if the ; i C. S. Sargi Desmoi 1. K >;. rrs. H. H. Baki i ii - i: w < ir. ' 11 Wi irt !..!■'. . tn - the Tow n Hall. i on Hi ■ Hammond - : : Cemetery is n. Many pr liuried . - s s ' - Mr. - the Brookline Bath House. - ■ ■ 1 1 . ■ ■ ■ -- _ BROOKLINE, MASSAC 'HUSETTS town meetings, it was finally voted Oct. 24, 1895, to eonstrucl a Public Bath at a cost of $25,000. Jan. 30, 1896, the appropriation was increased to $40,000, not, however, to include the furn Nihil; "i' the land on the southern side of Tappan Street. The building was finished in December of the same year. It is a beautiful structure architectu- rally. The principal tank is eighty feet in length l>v twenty-six feet wide, lined with white-glazed brick, and has a sloping bottom, making it deeper at one end t ban at the other; tins makes a superb swimming pool, the dressing rooms being around the edge of the tank and separated from it by a footway four or five feet wide, '['here is also a Brookline Town Government. Probably the first town meetings were held in some of the original schoolhouses. The early records state that many of the meetings were held in the meeting house, which was erected in 171 t, and they probably continued to be held within its walls until tl rection of the Brick Schoolhouse in 1793. Tins building was then the meeting place urn il the erection of Pierce Hall, in 1825, on the lot adjoining the First Parish Church, when the upper story of the new building became the town hall, the first apartment to be specifically known by that name and whose priman use was I 1 1 >( ;i : n irxeh smaller tank, similarly constructed, twenty-two for the town meetings. In 1845 a town hall was feel by ten in dimensions, which is mainly used to erected on Washington Street, on the site now give swimming lessons. In additions there are a occupied by the present town building, and was number of tub baths and rain baths. The dress- ing rooms, of which there are about fifty, have both fronl and rear entrances. A gallery over- looks the main tank, to which visitors are ad- mitted. Certain days and hours are set apart respectively for the sexes to use the tanks and baths, and the building in all its conveniences is thoroughly appreciated and well patronized by the town people, li was dedicated January 1, 1897. dedicated Oct. 14, with appropriate exercises, [)r. Pierce delivering an historical address, which was afterwards printed in book form at the ex- pense of the town. This edifice was a frame build- ing, which stood with its Liable to the street, had projecting pilasters in front, a basement story con- taining three rooms, a hall and committee room in t he second story, and it - dimensions were 70 by .">.x feet. The hall was 53 feet in length, 36 in width. 17 feet in height, with a gallen at one end Police Department. BRO( >KLINE, MASSACHUSETTS 16 feet in depth. The selectmen were "authorized wholly a community affair today, where at one to open the town hall for all purposes of public time they were partly public and partly private in good, on application of three legal voters, pro- their support and management; the water sys- vided all expenses of opening the same be paid by tern and the sewers are wholly under public those who apply except when such expenses can management, while the primitive methods which he legally paid by the town." The Public they supplanted were largely private; the care Library was first opened in one of the rooms of of parks, tree planting, public baths, are all largely this building, and two rooms were also subse- new developments. In fact, the only direction quently fitted up for t he use () f t lie schools. To in which community act ion has ceased is in the do- make way for the erecti f the present town main of religion, where the voluntary organization building, the old town hall was removed to Pros- has supplanted the town church. peel Slice! ;iiul converted into a police station. Some of the details of the cle\ elopinent of tile The present town hall was built in 1872, and administration of the town are of interest. The dedicated with appropriate exercises February 22, select men are t he governing body of t lie tow ii, hut 1873. Hon. Robert C. Winthrop delivered an their powers are only ministerial, in that they can oration, which was afterward printed by the town. only carry out t he decisions of the low n meetings. The cost of tin- building, including land, has been The same is in fact I rue of t he ot her boards, to about $260,000. whom special duties are entrusted. The administration of the town of Brookline has iii some respects changed very little. At the first town meeting five selectmen wore elected, The police department dates from 1857, when a and ai the last annual meeting the same number special police ami night watch was appointed un- was elected. There have been times when only der the control of Mr. Augustus Allen. For a few three were elected, but the usual number has years following, patrolmen wore only on duty always been live. The first town meeting, March Saturday nights and Sundays, but in 1870 about 4,1705-6, also elected a town clerk, three assessors, eight men were employed. June 23, 1870, it was two tything men. three surveyors of highways, voted "that the sum of $3,000 be appropriated to two fence viewers, two overseers of the common finish and furnish a police station in the new hose land-, two field drivers, and a constable. The house." John I'. Sanborn, who was elected a village of Muddy River had elected three select- truant officer in 1860, and a constable in 1864, was men. a town clerk, surveyors of highways, fence for years the only regular police officer, but he had viewers, tythingmen and constables, from the power to call on the other constables when he vear 16S7, presumably, and certainly from 1697 to needed assistance. Mr. Sanborn was appointed 1705. The present elected officers are: Five chief of police in 1870, and in ls74 made his first selectmen, who also constitute a board of health: report to the selectmen. He was succeeded by seven overseer- of i he poor; a treasurer, who is Alon/.o Bowman in lN" building erected in 1899, and was ready theory communities are supposed to interfere in for occupancy November, 1900, at a cost of about the hie of the people. The striking fact about the $45, 1 II II I. whole mailer, too, is thai community control The police force al present consists of a chief, a instead of lessening has on the whole increased in captain, two lieutenants, t hree sergeants, and fifty comprehensiveness and grasp. The schools are patrolmen, besides a number of special officers. BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS ALL SAINTS' CHURCH, BEACON STREET RESERVOIR DISTRIC1 8] BRl >( )KLIXE, MASSAl 'HUSETTS Brookline Fire Department. process of construction on Washington Street, where a lot of la ml had Kern bought for a nominal The first action taken by Brookline in regard to price from Mr. Thayer on condition thai n should fire protection was in 1 788, when Col. Aspinwall always lie used for this purpose, and into this new and Lieut. Crofts were chosen firewards. At that house the reorganized engine companv with its tunc and for long afterwards, Brookline had no renovated machine, moved in September 1844, i i nIc 'pcnilci 1 1 fire extinguishing apparatus, but de Feb. .">, Is in, S5U0 was a ppropriated for repairs to pended on the neighboring town of Roxburv. At the engine and the purchase of new apparatus, the town meeting of March 9, 1 7!i.~>. it was " voted In the spring of I S55 il was voted to spend 83,000 tu pay niie hall the expenses ol the repair ol the for the fire department, 8700 for hose and a ppara- fire engine in future." Tins was the Roxburv tus, $1,300 for a building and land for the hook engine. May IS, 17'.t7. the town voted in bear and ladder and hydrant-hose carriages, anil 81,000 one-half the expense of a "new wagon for convey- for a reservoir. An engine house was built on ing the fire engine. " April 0, I 820, a committee Washington Street in 1X71, on the site of the was "chosen to see what amount the town of Rox- former building, which had been erected in I'll. bun have allowed for the purchase of hose and In 1\71 it was voted to omit the election of fire- buckets for the new engine Norfolk, and that this wards and to empower the selectmen to appoint town meet them in any expense for the same nol a board of engineers of the lire department in exceeding fifty dollars. " April I, 1S31, the town their place. Alfred Kenrick Jr., was appointed i reasurer was directed to pay fifty dollars in t he chief engineer b\ I he new board. 'I' I hi engine, i lea surer of i he Norfolk engine for t he purchase of which was I he original one purchased in 1N39, I mt hose and carriage. Tin- engine was purchased practically rebuilt in IS43 after the fire, was still jointly by the people ol the two towns, the mi in use at tin- time. \ steam lire engine was en- uf Brookline subscribing $325, ami those of ordered in IS73 at a cost of $0,050. Mr. Kcn- Roxburv $150. The Norfolk engine cost $400, rick resigned as chief in IS74, and his sucessors and the balance of the money subscribed was useil have been .1. Thomas Waterman, William B. m building an engine house, which was located Sears, Horace A. Allvn. Moses .Jones, and since in the Punch Bowl Village on the site ol \Ial '\ ' I NTs, George II. Johnson. There are seven fire building, stations, and the apparatus consists of two steam In Is: Is, t he u|i I Norfolk engine was found nol to fire engines, and a plentiful supply nl hose, ladders be satisfactory, and ii was also considered that combination trucks, chemical engines, etc., and in Brookline should have an independent engine. addition 30 horses, Accordingly a committee was appointed to look The appropriation for the department in 1005 into the matter, with the result thai in 1830 an was $73,027. engine was purchased from W. it ( '. Hunnemann Mr. Willard Estabrook, the present lire Com- at a cost of $000, and was named the " Brookline." missioner, was appointed In succeed Mr Ii. W. Although Brookline had paid the greater pari of Neal. who retired in 1005, after having served the the cost of the old engine, the town offered to give town faithfully for main years. it to Roxburv on condition that h be repaired, a company organized to man it, and that it lie lo- cated at the Punch Bow] village, which was partly in both towns. Roxbun accepted these On account of its proximity to Boston, Brook- terms, I n it tailed in carry I hem out. Eventually line ha- not been a y 1 field fur I neal newspapers ll Id engine was sold for $107.40, and the pro- A boys' paper was issued in 1855 and 1850 by F. ceeds divided, Roxburv receiving $50 and Brook- (.). Well man ami W. G.Willson, and the latter car- line 8147.40. A fire on Sept. 1-'. 1843, totally de ried il mi in 1857 and 1858. The Brookline Tran- ■it roved the engine house and almost destroyed the script, a weekly, was published from Oct. IT engine ami n- apparatus. The cost of repairs in 1870, to Ma\ 1873, by Bradford Kingman. the engine, new apparatus ami incidental expen- The Brookline Chronicle, was started by W. II. ses, paid the following spring, amounted to $833.- Hutchinson, April 0, 1874, ami has since been 70. A new engine house had meanwhile been in issued weekly. The successive owners nl the The Newspapers of Brookline. BRO( )KLINE, MASSACHUSETTS Chronicle since Mr. Hutchinson's time, have Other important clubs are the Chestnut Hill been Wing & Arthur, C. M. Vincent, Arthur & Golf Club, the Warren Farm Coif Club, the Long- Spencer, and finally, in 1881, the present owner, w 1 Club on Monmouth Street, incorporated C. A.W. Spencer. From Augusl 7, 1S86, to March 188S,and the Riverdale Casino mi Francis Street, 24, 1888, the Brookline News, an illust rated week- Longwood, organized 1803, also the Klk's Club on ly, edited by Louis Cassier, was published. The Harvard Street near Coolidge Corner, latest arrival in the field of Brookline journalism Brookline thus has all the advantages of the i- the Brookline Press, published and edited by best equipped modern city. In fact, she has supe- Ambrose K. Pratt, which is now in its third year, nm- advantages to most cities. Her affairs arc and Kids fair to be an influential and longlived better administered; ami her inhabitants live in publication. a locality, which, in addition to its nat ural advan- r-> . r\ii- tases, has all the improvements which art and in- Fost Oltice. ,,. , , • v. i ii n telhgence oi a high order, exerted disinterestedly, Thr first post office which served Brookline was | iau , , ls sno wn in these pages, been able in secure nut in the town limits, but was located in that part f or 1 1 |(1||| of the Punch Bowl village then in Roxbury, and about 1820 was housed in the tailor shop of Mr. Early Settlers. Pippen. Oliver Whyte, for forty years the town Brookline has always been so intimately con- clerk of Brookline, was the first postmaster. He neeted with Boston that its social, family and was appointed in 1829, and was succeeded by intellectual life has in reality been a part of the Stephen S. C. Jones in 1S45. dark S. Bixby was |, IM ,, rv f that city. The annals of the town, as appointed in 1852; Alexander II. Clapp, June 30, chronicled by Miss Harriet F. Woods, in " Histori- 1855; John McCormack, Dec. 12, 1858; Cyrus W. eal Sketches of Brookline," contain many interest- Ruggles, Sept. 30, 1865. In 1883 the Brookline ing , l||( | some amus i ng accounts of neighborh I post office became a branch of the Boston office. events, incidents and happenings, together with narratives about ancient and more recent village Clubs. ,,,. town worthies, descriptions of old houses and Brookline, because of its proximity to Boston, estates, family histories, and much genial gossip never has had a need for places of amusements, all of which combine to present an interesting and as a consequence it has had no theatre. It is picture of a quiet, contented, but rather humdrum however, provided with the usual number of se- ami somewhat isolated community, with no par- cret societies, including lodges of the leading or- ticularly distinctive characteristics to distinguish del- common throughout the country, patriotic it from other similar contemporary places societies, business, social, and charitable organiza- Of the sixteen family names represented in the lions. petition asking for the incorporation oi the town The most important pleasure organization in in 1705, eleven are now preserved in the names oi the town is the Country Club, which has an exten- streets, places and squares, namely: Sewall, sive e-tate of a hundred acres of held and wood- Gardner, White, Stedman, Winchester. Aspinwall. land, on Clyde and Newton streets in the west part Devotion, Holland. Boylston, Woodward and of the town, in the neighborh I of tine pn\ate Seaver. The descendants of some oi these fami- estates lies ami of others who resided in the town at its It i- a beautiful drive of six mile- from Boston formation -till hold property, and the name- of City Hall. Tin- club ha- a race track and a line those first families endure in a few instances. polo -round known as Civile Park on Clyde Between 1635 and 1648, the land at Muddy Street, beautifully laid out. and witha grandstand River was allotted to the citizens of Boston, some for spectators capable of accommodating hun- of whom came to reside here, but the greater part dreds of people. On the property are a large only used the land as "planting -round" or to clubhouse, one of the best -oil .-our-.'- m the pa-ture their cattle. The ",-reat allotment" country, tennis courts, and other facilities for the was made .Ian. 8, 1636-7, and during the next diversion and entertainment of the members two years the original village of Muddy River was The member-hip is over one thousand in all likelih 1 virtually settled. The following BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS :i i,. (he names ol these original landowners, with the date on which il was allotted to them, and the amount of I heir allot menl . Alcoek, Tin imsi -. "In- great allot incut . ' ' Feb. 7, 1 030 7. Arotishv, Kdniund, great lot, 3 heads, Vpril 10, I03S. .",() Arratt. John, "the servant of William Bren- toii" "great alhtment," Dec. 12. 1636; | (lucres Atkinson. Theodore, great lot - hea acn Biggs, John, s acres. IS Blackstone, William, 1") acres. Blanton. William, carj)enter, great lot. .'i heads. Feb. 24, 1 039. ."i Bourne, Jarrat t , S acres. Bowen, i In lien, great lot. March 2.5, 103!). 1 I (row nc. Kdw ard, S acres. 22 Bulgar, Richard, 20 acres. I ', Burchall, Henry, I ."> acres 2i) Bushnall, [■'rancis, 24 acres. Buttle-. Leonard, bricklayer, great lot, -I Is, Feb. 24, 1039 Coll .i.ine. \l r \\ illiam, ' ' In- proport ion ol irround fur a farm near unto anil about In- house which he has there built ," Dee. I 1. 1655. 150 acres, and Ml acres marsh, at time ol great allot- ment, fresh meadow, .Inn. 27, 1039, Cut ton, "Our Teacher, "Mr. John, "a sufficient allotment for si farm." Dee. II. 1035; and on \"o\ I. |(i:i(i. "all the land between the two brooks, next to William Colborne's allotment there, and so to the other end unto the shortest over cut be- voiid the lull towards I he northwest, containing 250 acres; "this latter allotment of 250 acres, was confirmed at the tune of the great allotment'' January S, |fi">7. 45 Courser, William, In acres, 3 ( 'ramme, John, I acres .'.7 < in nwell, John, Hi acres ( 'urtys, < 1 ue. sresit lot . 2 heads. I >ec 30 103!) ■ \ I I la \ isse, James, 10 acres. Day, Mr. Wentworth, Km acres. April 20. 1041 l'i Deining, William. 10 acres Dominqe, William, "great allotment," Dee. 12. 1030. 27 Dyneley. William. 21 acres. Kliot, Jacob, "swampthal joineth in hisallot- melil . next In ( 'nil mi Flax's house by I he ei ill 1 1 in i ii 1 1 eh I. reserving the liberty to cut w I in il fur t he common fence that runeth through said swamp," February 20. I04S-!) 30 l.lk\ n, I lenry, S acres. :; I Fairl isincke, Richard, 2-1 acre ■ . -old to Thomas Sa \ age, Jan. 21 . I OSS. I (i I n eh. James and Richard, 10 acre-. Fletcher, Kdward. great lot . 3 head-. < let 20, 1040 Flint, Mr. Tin ana-. 24 acre- marsh ground, a I the mouth ui i he \lndd\ River, June 2. 1037. 15 firiggs, (leorge, 2N acre-. i Irosse, Kdward, lot 2 head-. April 27. 1040 < i n isse, Isaac, ' ' great allot ment . ' ' .la n. !'. I ii 10 7. 511 acre-, 54 (irosse, Isaac, ''ureal allotment," 50 acres, Jan 'i, 103G-7. 1 -\ I larker, Ant hony, S aire-. 20 lleaii.ii. N'al liamel. 20 acres. Hibbins, William, .'inn sicres, Uigusl 20. 1040. In acres, May 25. 1640. Hollidge, Richard, great lot , :; head-. March jr,. 163!). I Houltoll, Robert . 10 acres. Hudson, William. I he vounger, ureal Int. •! hesids, \|.nl Hi. 163S Hull. Robert, "great allotment," Dee. 12, 1 1 ;: Hi I 2 1 ne-. Mai hew, S acre-. Inge, Mow illt . ureal lot . 3 head-. April 10. I0SS. 2 1 Jackson, Kdmund, S acre-, l'i Johnson, .lame-. S acres. Kenricke, John, great lot, -I head-. Dei ill 103!), Leveret t, John, ureal lot , III head,-. July 20. 1039. I ,e\ ei ii i . Thomas, propi irt ion of allot ment , Dec. 1 t, 1635; Kin acre-, and 15 acre- Inar-h. al I ilne uf ' ' urea I allot ment . ' ' Love, John, "house plot ami ureal lot , " Feb. 10. Ki37. Mason, llalph, ureal lot . (i head,-. Feb. 10. 1637. ss BR( >( )KLINR, MASSAC 'HUSETTS in -Mears, Roberl . 20 acres. Messenger, Henry, great lot, 2 heads, Jan. 27. 1639. 32 M\ lam, John, 14 acres. Offley,Da\ id, great lot . 1 5 heads, Sept .30,1630. ( (liver, James, 40 acres, Oct. 26, 1640. ( (liver, Peter, 60 acres, ( >ct . 26, 1640. Oliver, Thomas, proportion oi allotment, Dec. I I. 1635; Kio aire-, and 15 acres marsh, at tunc of "great allotment;'' fresh meadow, Jan. 27, 1639. 1 I Reade, Robert . S acres. ;;ii Reynolds, Robert, 25 acres; exchanged 5 acres of uphind f(jr 5 acres "I marsh, July 9, 163S. lu Route Raphe, 12 acres. 2 I Salter, William, S acres Saunders, Silvester, great lot, 2 heads. Feb. 19, 1637. Savage, Thomas, "7 acres of marsh ground for the keeping of his cattle, ' ' Feb. 7. 1(>;>i>-7. Scottoe, Joshua, great lot, 3 heads, Jan. 27. 1639. i in (in i,a ii i )| in i; s\\ n w R, longwi >• »I). 1 1 ( Irmesby, \nne. S acres. Fainter, Thomas, joiner, great hiis, 1 head Jan. 27. 1639 'ell. William, 25 acres. 'eininerl on. John. 8 acres. head 39 'eb. 19. 1637. 'ormont, Philemon, 30 acres. 'Urton, Elizabeth, widow, S acres. .'cade, I'.sdl'as. a tailor, great lot, I heads Dec 24, 1638. Scottua, Thomas, great lot, 3 heads. Feb. 19. Hi.'!7; increased to 5 head-. Dec. 30, 1639; small quantity, May 31, 1641. S Scottua, Tomasyn, widow, 16 acres. Sherman, Richard, great lot, 7 head-, Dec. 'errv, l-aac. house pint and great lot, 2 30, 1639 Smvth, John, tailor, great lot, '■'< heads. .Iul\ 2!), 1639. 53 Snow, Thomas, " great allotment,'' Dec. 12. Ki.",ii: 10 acres at time of "great allotment." TTS _ _ " - ■ * * * 27 _ ■ - - : -7: - _ _ - . _ i 25 — 2 . ~ - - H 7 - _ - - I _ BR( H >KLINE, MASSACHUSETTS Isaac Heath, Jr. Sam. Duncan, .1 mm '| ill 1 );i vis, Robt. Harris, Timo Harris, Danll Harris, -I ■ > 1 1 1 1 Harris. William Willis. John ( Iriggs, Erhvd. Cooke, Tho. Steadman, Jno Sanall, J no Stebbins, Sum hi Gates, The above list is taken from Mr. Bolton's Book, "Brookline: A Favored Town," and was copied by him from the manuscript record of the Suffolk Count_v Court, 1 ii7 1 -SO, now in the Boston At henaeum Rev. John Cotton did nol build a house at Muddy River, but one of his heirs. Deacon Thomas Cotton, erected a dwelling upon Washington Street, between Kent Street and Amden Place, il subsequently becoming the property of the Davis family and afterward of the Atndens, and con- tinued in existence until it was lorn down in ISO", by Michael Driscoll, and replaced by the present brick Muck. At the time of the incorp i- ration of the town, and for a considerable period afterward, the Sewall family seems to have been the leading one. The name of Samuel Sewall. RESIDENCE OF FREDERICK C. FLETCHER, I'l I I t.l',1; K K ROAD Old Families and Noted Persons. Among the families most conspicuous in the history of the town have been: The Aspinwalls, the Boylstons, the Devotions, the Davenports, the Da vises, the Coreys, the (larks, the Goddards, the Gardners, the Harrises, the Hyslops, the Winches- ters, t he Ackers, t he 1 1 rn re,, i hi- Heaths, the Ken- ricks, the Perkinses, the Robinsons, the Sewall-. the Thayers, the Withingtons, the ' . 1 1 'j •_'-'■- . the Whitneys, the Buckminsters, the Lowells, the Lees and i he Lvmans. .1 1 . was the first on the petition for the establish- ing of the town, his father, Judge Sewall. gave the place its name, and Samuel Sewall, Jr., was the lii'.- 1 town clerk. The Sewalls inherited I he estate of Robert Hull, one of the original grantees, who v, a- i he fat her of John Hull. I he fa mous mint niasterof thecolony and treasurer of Boston. The hitter's daughter married Judge Sewall. and in- herited her father's Brookline estate, which is said to have comprised about three hundred acres east of Harvard, and Beacon Streets, extending to the Charles River, in i he section now known as ^7 BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS Longw 1. Probably Judge Sewall wrote pur- 17S8, it was "Voted, That Dr. Aspinwall may tions of In- celebrated diary in the house mi his erect a hospital on his own farm for the purpose of farm here, which In- named "Brooklin." Sew- inoculating with the smallpox, and that the town all's Point was the headland between tin' Charles approve of the said Aspinwall to take charge of River and Muddy River, overlooking the salt the said hospital, observing the directions of the marshes to the south, and was in the neighbor- law relating thereto." During the lifetime of hood nt the presenl corner of Essex Street and Augustus Aspinwall, son of Dr. William, who died Commonwealth Avenue, near Cottage ["arm in 1865, the Aspinwall estate was one of the most statinn mi the Boston & Albany Railroad. Dur- beautiful in Brookline. The last occupanl of the ing the Revolutionary War there was a fort here. nld house on the liill was William Aspinwall. a traces of which continued in existence until the nephew of Augustus, who served the town as a building of the railroad. representative in the General Court, town clerk, Samuel Sewall, Jr. , the first town clerk, had the selectman, assessor, water commissioner, trustee first choice of pews in the meeting house when it of the Public Library, etc. He died Oct. 25, was built. His son, Henry Sewall, was also town 1892, aged 73 years, the lasl of the direct line of clerk. The son of Henry, likewise named Samuel, his family. inherited the Longwood estate. He wasa young In some respects the Boylston family is the attorney practicing in Boston at the outbreak of must famous in the history of Brookline. The the Revolution, but was so virulent a Tory thai he first member of the family to settle at Muddy was compelled in leave the country, forfeiting his River was Thomas Boylston, the sun of Thomas estates, and spent the remainder of his life in Eng- Boylston of VVatertown. The second Thomas land The Sewall house, presumed to have been Boylston was born in Watertown in 1<>44, lunlt about I7(i7. hut which has Keen owned for became a surgeon, in 1665, married Man several generations b\ the Stearns family, is now a Gardner of Muddy River, and settled with his beautiful old mansion owned and occupied by Mr. wife on the lands here belonging to her family. Charles II. Steams. It stands on the southeast The first mention of him in the records i> in 1671, corner of Harvard and Beacon st reets, facing t he and in 1674 lie was appointed sun eyor for Muddy former street. Amos Lawrence, a celebrated River by the town of Boston. His homestead Boston merchant and philanthropist, purchased estate was at the westerly end of the Brookline a portion of the old Sewall farm, including the reservoir, then a marshy meadow, on the present vicinity of Sewall- Point, and converted it into Boylston Street, which at that time in this part of an elegant estate. its extent was part of the old Sherburne Road. From the early years of the settlement of Muddy Dr. Thomas Boylston had twelve children. His River until I he last decade of t he ni net cent h cen- son Peter w ho inherited t he homestead, was one of tury.the name Aspinwall has been conspicuous in I he signers of l he pet it ion for I he in corpora I ion of thi' annals of Brookline. Peter Aspinwall, the the town in 1705. Peter's daughter, Susanna, first of the name, is mentioned m the Boston married John Adams of Braintree, and became the records in 1652 as surveyor of highways for Muddy mother of John Adams, the second president of River. He had evidently settled in the village the United States. While in office President about 1650, buying land from William Colbome, Adams visited Brookline. and was entertained by and is said to have built a house on Aspinwall Jonathan Mason, then a United States senator Street, about opposite the present St. Paul's from Massachusetts, at his residence which Stood Church, in 1667. The most celebrated member on the site of the present mansion of the Theodore the family was Dr. William Aspinwall, who was Lyman family. On that occasion President born in the village in 1743, ami died here 1823 Adams said that the last time he had passed along He built a large mansion house on Aspinwall hill thai road he had carried his mother on a pillion in 1803, which was lorn down in 1900 to make behind him on horseback. In 1S21 President way for a more modern dwelling. Dr. Aspinwall Adams, then 86 years of age,having expressed a was refused permission by the town by a vote, desire to again visit the house in which his mother April 27. 1 77s. to use his house as a "hospital for was born, a grand dinner party, given in his inoculating with the smallpox"; but on May 12, honor by Mr. David Hyslop at which Governor 88 BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS Brooks, General Summer, and other distinguished quests were present, was held in the old Boylston House, which had been purchased from the heirs of Dr. Zadiel Boylston, by Mr. Hyslop's father. 1 )r. Zadiel Boylston, a younger son of 1 >r. Thomas Boylston, acquired fame as the first to introduce the practice of inoculation for smallpox into America, He was born in 16S0. Asa resull of a letter he received from Dr. Cotton Mather,he in- vestigated the subjeel and began the practice of in the town record under date of June i:;. 1737, it I- provided: "That Dr. Zabdial Boylston have the deserted pew that was his Brother Peter Boylston's, to him ami his heirs forever, he pay- ing into the town treasury twenty-two pounds." Dr. Boylston was buried in the old cemeterv on Walnut Street. Miss Woods says thai in his will he "bequeathed hi- house and farm to t he town, as a home for the | r mi certain conditions. In which ime of his relatives was expected to accede, . . ' ' ■ THE M:u PARISH HOUSE OK THE FIRST PARISH CHURCH. file ] irsl Parish lias voted to build at once a Parish House, to include the present chapel, and the transformation oi the Old Town Hall, a stone building ol IS25, into a social hall of two stories. inoculation in 1721. In that and the following years he treated 247 persons in Boston and the neighboring town-. Notwithstanding the fact that the practice seems to have prevented the spread of the disease, Dr. Boylston was very unpopular for a time and in danger of personal violence. About 1737 he purchased the family estate from his brother Peter, and spenl the re- mainder <>f his life in Brookline, dying in 1766. but this not being complied with, the town missed the donation." In 17tis the house and estate, as well as his pew in t he church, as appears by the town records, became the property of William Hyslop, from whom it descended to his -"ii David Hyslop. but ultimately became the property of the Lee family. The house is on the north side of Boylston Street, opposite the west end of t he resen oir. 8a BR( H )KLINE, MASSAC 'H ( SETTS Tlic Goddards have always been an important family in the town. The first of the name men- tioned in the town records was Joseph Goddard, who in L715 was elected leather sealer and a member of the committee i" examine the ac- counts of the meeting house expenditures. He is said to have purchased the farm of William Morean. son of Dorman Morean one of the first settlers of the town. Joseph Goddard built the house "ii Goddard Street, which for a number of generations sheltered his descendants, and re- man in I in the iaiuil\ of its first owner for a longer period than any other dwelling in the town. John Goddard, the son of Joseph, carried on his ancestral farm, and during the Revolution acted as a eommissan to Washington's army when it was besieging Boston. He had charge of the wagons which transported supplies, guns and ammunition to the fortifications mi Dorchester Heights, Sniiili Boston, and performed ven • ■ f t « - < - five service. His son. also named John, was a soldier in the Revolutionary army, and afterward became a well-known physician and a man of mark; he settled in Portsmouth, \. H., and was elected governor of the State of New Hampshire and Cnited States senator, both of which offices lie declined to accept i tin 1 of his grandsons, the Re 1 Warren Goddard, was pastor of the High Street (Swedenborgian) church from 1S73 to 1S7S, Samuel Aspinwall Goddard, a grandson of the first John Goddard, settled in Birmingham, England, before the Civil War, and did effective service by voice and pen in aid of the Cnion cause in that country. He has likewise written his reminiscences of Brookline, which are valuable contributii >ns b i local hist on . The Gardners have always bei n an influential and numerous family in Brookline. The tirst of the name to settle in the town was Thomas Gard- ner, who was appointed constable for Muddy River in 1f>-">7. He had two sons. Thomas and Joshua, and tour daughters, one of whom. Mary married Thomas Boylston. The second Thomas < lardner was one of the signers of the petition for the incorporation of the town: he was known as Lieutenant Gardner, probably on account of par- ticipating in the Indian wars. There was another family of Gardners in the town, as Caleb Gardner was likewise a signer of the petition, and it is sur- mised that the families were related. Their farms were in the middle portion of the town, in the vicinity of Walnut and Heath streets, and the present Cypress Street, originally knownas Bright on Street. Isaac Gardner, a grandson of Lieut. Thomas Gardner, was killed in an attack on British troops the dayof the Battle of Lexington. April l'.». 1775, and as he was a justice of the peace and a graduate of Harvard, the fact that such a man should be engaged in rebellion made a profound impression in England when the fact was known, as it so clearly indicated the temper and attitude of the colonists, [saac < Gardner was commander of the Brookline militia, who had as- sembled at the church and marched from there to Cambridge, and the skirmish in which he was killed occurred about a mile beyond the college on 'he Lexington road. Next west of the Sewall or Hull farm was the farm of the Devotion family, in more recent times known as the Babcock farm. Although no one of the name of Devotion appears to have had an original grant, yet t he family must have settled \ ery early at Muddy l!i\ er. Edward Devotion's name appears in the re cords in connection with the locality as early as 1651, and in 1653 he was appointed to o\ ersee the fences at Muddy River. John and Edward De- votion, who were brothers and the grandsons ol this first settler, were signers of the petition for the incorporation of the town. Ebenezer Devo- tion, a grandson of John, became a clergyman, emigrated to Connecticut, and was the ancestor of "Grace Greenwood," Mrs. Lippineott, at one time well known as an author. Edward Devotion, a son of John was for a long period the tithingman, elected to this office by the town meeting. 'The principal duty of this officer was to keep good or- der during divine service among the children, who sat in rows by themselves instead of with their parent-. A long rod was usually carried by the tithingman. with which to touch any delinquent who might become drowsj or mischievious. Whether this .ancient Brookline tithingman was part icularly feared by the youngsters does not tip- pear, but he was e\ idently not unfriendly to child- ren, as he adopted a boy and girl whom he brought up, as he had no children of his own." Edward Devotion died about 1762, and by his will, after bequests to Ins wife and others, left the remainder of his estate to the town "towards building or maintaining a school as near the centre of said town as shall be agreed upon." This legacy 90 BR( H )KLINE, MASSACHUSETTS amounted in 1 7<>_' to 739 pounds 4 shillings lawful England. The mosl famous members of this fam- money, bul in 1S45, by accumulations of interest ily have been: Hon. Thomas Aspinwall Davis, it amounted to $4,531.01, and was then used to who was mayor of Boston in 1845; Gen. P, pay pari of the expense of the town hall built at Stearns Mavis, who was killed in the Civil War, that time, two of the rooms in which building were July 11, 1S64, in front of Petersburg; and Robert used for school purposes. The Edward Devotion S. Davis, a Boston bookseller, who published -el [houses on Harvard Street, on the lands of Miss Woods' "Historical Sketches of Brookline," the old Devotion farm, now amply carry out the in 1874. .lames Davis was one oi the first land intent of Edward Devotion's will. He also be- owners, and Henry and Joseph Davis were resi- queathed to "the Church of Christ in Brookline, dents of Muddy River in 1679; a century later a one silver tankard containing one quart," and it branch of the Davis family had a house on New- is recorded that the town received from his exe- ton Street. cutors, May L'4. 1762, the sum of fifteen pounds In the neighborh 1 of the lower pari of Wal- a in I four pence for this purpose. nut Street, extending as far as Sewall Street, on Among the early settlers, contemporaneous both sides of the road, is said to be the "great lot" with the As|iinw alls, were the Sharp family. which was apportioned to Thomas Leveritt. one whose Brookline ancestor, Robert, bought land of the two elders, at the division of the lands of aboul 1650 from William Colborne, and the origi- Muddy River. It was probably never used by nal Sharp house was located in the neighborhood him or his son. Governor Leveritt, for any other of Harvard ami Auburn streets. Lieut. John purpose than the pasturing of cattle, bul the Sharp, a son of the firsl settler, was killed at Sud- name is preserved in connection with this farm at bury in the fight with the Indians there, during the present day by Leveritt pond adjoining this King Philip's War. and his son, Robert, was ancient estate on the Riverdale Parkway. Aboul killed in an Indian campaign in 1690. Martha, 1654 John White became a resident of Muddy the daughter of Robert Sharp, married Joseph River, and either at that time or soon after he be- Buckminster, of Brookline. and they were the an- came the owner of the Leveritt farm. John cestors of a distinguished family, among whom White also purchased fifty acres of upland ami was Dr. Joseph Buckminster of Portsmouth, his twenty-four acres of marsh from Thomas Oliver, son the Rev. Joseph S. Buckminster who was a the other elder, of Boston, in 1650; in 1670 he conspicuous Unitarian preacher, and Eliza Buck- bought forty-three acres from Ralph Mason; in minster, who became the wile of Thomas Lee of 1(17-1 thirty-two acres from Joshua Scottow; in Brookline, and was the author of "Naomi," and 167S twenty-nine .acres from Alice Pell, widow. ot her works, popular and much read in the second Jt is thus evident t hat John White became a very quarter of the last century. Members of the extensive landholder, and acquired many oi the Sharp family have for generations been prominenl original grants in the immediate neighborhood oi in town affairs, and have served as town officers. the village. John While lett numerous deseen- Stephen Sharp was town clerk for about forty dants. Three of the members of this family years after the Revolution. signed the petition for the incorporation of the Prom Deacon Thomas Cotton, about 174'J. town: Benjamin White, Joseph White, and Ben- Ebenezer Davis purchased that portion of the jamin White, Jr. Benjaminand Joseph Whitelived Cotton farm lying on both sides of Washington on t lie Sherburne Road, on the present corner ol Street. at the junction of Harvard Street, and be- Boylston St reel and Chestnut Mill Avenue, ami came the owner of the old Cotton House, which Major Edward While lived near I he coiner of -too. I between Kent Street ami Amden Place. Walnut and Washington streets. Samuel White Deacon Kliene/er Da v is, who died in 1775. was a who built a house between Heath and Boylston very successful farmer on this land, cultivating Streets, deeded a hit in Needham to the town for cherry and peach orchard-, and raised the first the use of the ministers, and this lot, twenty musk melons ever offered for -ale in Boston. IP acres in extent, was long known as I he minister,-' had his portrait painted with a musk melon undei wood lot. Oliver Whyte. grandson of Major his arm. and i his picture, under which was written Edward White, was the firsl postmaster of Brook- the legend "An American Farmer," was carried to line, and held ihe office of town clerk for over 91 BROOK LIN E, MA SS. [CHI SE I IS thirt\ years. Major Edward White occupied a mere here. John Ackers, and hits son of the same douse i ii the west side oi Washington Street.be name, were signers of the petition for i lie ineorpo- i ween the present Beacon Si reel and the Brighton nil ion of the town. Mr. Francis Fisher purchased line, which was built either by himself or some of the original Ackers liouse in 1S50, pulled it down, his immediate ancestors. In it his son Benjamin built a fine mansion, and gave his name to the was born, and likewise his grandson Oliver, 1 m t hill. I he dwelling subsequently came into the possession Among t he families of Brook line, i he Winehes- of Captain Timothy Corey, and was afterwards ters have always held high rank. Alexander the property of James Bartlett who sold the house Winchester was one of the first landowners, and ami farm, including the land running to i lie lop of lie received an apportionment of twenty a ere- in Corey Hill, to the late Eben I). Jordan, the Boston the "greai alloit ment :" probably he settled at dry goods merchant, who here erected his beautiful Muddy River, for it is stated that twenty-two \ ilia, "Stonehurst ," on Beacon Street. years later, in L659, he was appointed constable. One oi the early families was the Ackers, who Miss Woods savs the familv was of Welsh origin, remained m possession of I heir farm for more than and that the earliest of the name here wwv John two hundred years. The first of the name to and Josiah Winchester. These were probably the settle in Muddy liner was John Ackers, who be sons of the first landowner. Alexander. I oui came the owner oi the land on the west side of members of this famih signed the petition for i he Chestnut Hill Avenue, near Boylston Street, and formation of the town, namely, John, Josiah. John, t hrough which at present Ackers Avenue extends. Jr. , and Henry, ("apt. John Winchester was the Here he I mill his house, which was I he home of In- first represent at ive from Brookline in the Ceneral descendants for six generations. It is supposed Court. "All the land from Harvard Street to the that he purchased his land from Jacob Eliot, a top of Corey's Hill and west as far as the Brighton brother of Rev. John Eliot, the Indian Apostle, line on that side of the street, belonged to the and minister oi the First Church in Roxbury. Winchesters." They were also principal owner- Jacob Eliot had received an allotment in Murld\ of Corey Hill, which at that time was well wooded River in 1 ( )KLINE, M. I SSA ( Ifl SETTS following autumn he preached the new doctrine in many houses in Brookline, Newton ami Cam- bridge, a- well as 111 many churches of various de- nominations, ami made mam' converts, his aged father being among them. For the next three years, until his death on April IS, L797, he practi- cally art cd as a missionary of the 1 ni\ ersalist doc- trine, preaching in Western Massachusetts ami Connecticut, at Providence, R. I.. Philadelphia, Hartford, New York, and elsewhere. Mr. Win- fur his family of lift ecu children, and also contained a hall I'm- the religious meetings of the New Lights. It afterwards became the property of Ebenezei White, and was sold by Joseph White to Ebenezer Richards who conducted it as a tavern, and when the Worcester turnpike, now Boylston street, was opened in 1S00, an arch was thrown across the new highway from the rear of the old tavern, which then became the toll house. It was subse- quently known as the Sheafe place. In its best II \K\ \KI) COXGRICGATloXAL ('III IK II, H \l;\ ' \i;D STR1 I I Chester was married five times, but left no child- ren, as they all died ill infancy. His father. I lie first Elhanan, survived him, and died in the town of Harvard, Sept. 1S10, aged 91 years, having been iii succession a Congregationalist, a Xew Light, a Baptist and a Universalist in following his son, and after his sun's death, a Shaker. The house of hear. .ii Winchester, as the firs) Elhanan came tu be known by his religious associates, was built by him with their assistance large enough days as a tavern it was frequently resorted to bv parties from Boston, and was a favorite stopping place for travellers and teamsters on the turnpike. It was discontinued as a tavern about IS30. John Seaver was one of the petit inner- for the incorporation of Brookline. His farm included the top of Fisher's Hill, and a house built by his sun Nathaniel in 174'i st 1 on the crest of that elevation until after 1S50. John, .Jr.. ami Rich- ard, the suns of John Seaver, were among those 93 BROOK LI XE. M. 1 55- iCHl SETTS who seceded with Elhanan Winchester from the James Clark was an early resident of Muddy First Church in 1 74: ;. and funned the congrega- River, and bis name is first mentioned in the re tion of the Xew Lights. cords in 1669. His grandson, Samuel Clark, was The Coreys became an important family in the builder of the first meeting house, and also Brookline, and gave their name to Corey's Hill. erected a dwelling house on the corner of Walnut Captain Timothy Corey, of Weston, purchased and Chestnut streets, in the rear of which wa land from the White family, and settled in the garrison house. Robert Harris, an early settler town just before the Revolution. He married in "Putterham," the southwestern end of the Elizabeth Griggs, the daughter of an old Brook- town, being a landholder in 1677. was the ancestor line family. In his house, before the new house of Rev. William Harris, D. D.. president of Co- of Elhanan Winchester was erected, many of lumbia College. 1S11-1S29. the meetings of the Xew Lights were held. The Buckminsters were one of the original A family which from the first settlement has families of Brookline. and their farm comprised at had numerous branches in the town, is the Grigg- least a part of the present estate of Prof. Charles ses In the "great allotment" of 1637, George S. Sargent, on Cottage St reel The first settler in received the fifteenth apportionment, con- Brookline was Tin. ma-, who died in lii.'ifi The sisting of twenty-eight aire-, which was on the first mention in the records i- of a Joseph Buck- east side of Washington Street, in the neighborhood minster, probably the son of this first settler of Pearl, and extended along Muddy River where The second Joseph Buckminster married Martha Brookline Avenue now is. Th 'iginal house stood Sharp, and was the ancestor of Dr. Buckminster, somewhere in the rear of the present gas works. of Portsmouth. Rev. Joseph S. Buckminster, the Dr. George Griggs built early in the eighteenth Unitarian clergyman, and Mrs. Eliza Buckminster century, or at least before the Revolution, "the Lee, the author. Mrs. Lee in one of her 1 ks Long House." which still stands on Washington thus describes her ancestor's farm: St reet : it afterward- became the property of Dr. "If we may infer anything from t he -elect inn of Downer, who added the western end to it. Dr. Thomas Buckminster's farm in Brookline, he 1 ,. rge Griggs agreed with Joseph Craft- and must have had an eye for picturesque beauty. William Heath to pay his proportion toward His dwelling stood at the foot of wi eights building a dam across Muddj, River near the covered with a dense shrubbery, and fringed all up bridge, in 1721. The Griggs house at this time the rocky sides with delicate pensile branches and was m Roxbury Precinct, while the farm was in hanging vines. A rapid brook descending from Brookline. Mary Griggs, the daughter of Dr. these rocky heights, ran past In- door, -pleading Griggs, married Captain Wvinan. and finally in- out and winding in the meadows in front. Ja- herited this property, which was long known as maica Lake, a quarter of a mile distant, embossed the Wyman estate. After Captain Wyman's in beautiful undulations of hill and valley, slept death the old residence was used as a tavern for tranquilly in full sight of the house." -Mine years, and it retained the name Punch The houses of Thomas W Iward and Tavern, being in t he vicinity of t hat old inn ham Chamberlain, two of t he signers of tic pe and having secured t lie old sign when the original t it ion for t he organization of the town, were in the tavern was pulled down, "but it had little except southwestern part of the town, in the neighbor- local patronage, and that of the lowest sort, and hood of Newton Street. Thomas Woodward was wa- finally given up." A branch of the ( Dilili- probably a descendant of Nathaniel Woodward family bought the estate of ('apt. John Winches- who received the eighteenth allotment in 1637 ter on Harvard Street. George and Thomas Abraham Chamberlain sold his farm to Caleb e been family name- among the (.riLii'-e- Crafts, who was the ancestor of a family long con- front the beginning clown to t he present, and they spicuous in t he town. In tin' -a me vicinity was have always been conspicuous in town affair- the farm of the Druce family, and the Heaths George Griggs wa- one of the chief advocates of gave their name to Heath Street, along which their the original extension of Beacon Street in 1849 and property law ISoO, and at the same period Thomas Griggs was Besides the Punch Bowl Tavern, which was the m public matters locally. principal inn in the town, and ha- been already 94 BRO( >KLINE, MASSACHUSETTS desci'ibed, were several ol her hustleries at different as the sett lements of cheap houses he erected near times. The old Winchester house erected by El- Jamaica Pond, chiefly occupied by Irish tenants, liana n Winchester, the father of the Rev. Elhanan were called. He is said to have 1 n a kind and Winchester, at the west end of the town, on the generous landlord; but he was lacking in rever- old road, now Heath Street, near its intersection cure for the religious prejudices of his wealthier with Hammond Street, became eventually a neighbors, and lost aoopportunity.it would seem, tavern. It was originally a large house, and to play pranks and carry out enterprises which passed from the possession of Deacon Y\ inchester offended their sense of the fitness of things. For to Ebenezer White, and then to Joseph White, thirty years he was the sexton of the I nitarian and some time before 1800 Ebenezer Richards be- Church, was town constable fur a numlier of years. came the owner. When the Worcester turnpike, and was captain of the Brookline militia company now Boylston Street, was opened in 1S06, it ran in for about ten years, from which latter eircuin- the rear of the Richards tavern, an arch was here stance he was always known during the latter thrown across the street, a toll gate established years of his life as Captain Bradley, and the tavern became the toll house. It con- The old Wyman House on the lower part of tinued to be used as a tavern until about 1S30. Washington Street, in the village, was conducted Like the Punch Howl, it was a popular place for under the name of the Punch Bow] Tavern for visiting parties from Boston and neighboring more than ten years after the original structure towns, when in its best estate. The house after was pulled down in 1833. In 1n44 this second it ceased to be a tavern became the property of Punch Bowl Tavern was conducted by J. Sprague, Henry Pettes, and subsequently of .Mark W. as appears by the town records of that year. Shea fe. a ud was long known locally as the Sheafe On the western border of the (own. on what is place. now Xewton Street, one of the first settlers was At the junction of Harvard and Washington Krosamon Drew, who was living here at least as Streets, but front i in; the hitter st reet chiefly, t here early as 1694, in which year he was appointed con- existed after the Revolution a large gambrel stable for .Muddy River. In the old records his roofed house which was known as the I >ana Ta\ - name is spelled in more than half a dozen different em for many years. It was conducted by Jona- ways. He was evidently an enterprising citizen, than Dana, and was the favorite stopping-place as after the incorporation of the town he was se- of farmers who had come into Boston from the lectman, assessor, member of the grand jury, and surrounding country to dispose of their produce. one of the committee to build the first Church. In the open space in front of it, now known as Har- He is said to have built his house in 1693, and it vard Square, was the town hay scales. Early in the continued in the possession of his descendants for last century this house was discontinued as a tavern generations, but was finally torn down in 1873 and let for tenements, and in 1S16 was totally de- During the early and middle years of the last cen- stroycJ by fire during a night in January of that tury.this old house was known as the "Huckle- year. On that occasion, Benjamin Bradley, berry Tavern," because, as Miss Woods savs, "the afterwards an extensive landowner on Bradley tenant then occupying it was skilful in making a Hill. Boylston Street, and a man who seems to kind of wme from the abundant huckleberries of have delighted to shock the sensibilities of his con- the surrounding pasture-, and on election days ventional neighbors, in afterlife, "saved the life of the scattered resident- of the adjacent part- oi a woman and child by mounting a long ladder and Brookline and Xewton often resorted thither for taking them from an upper window." Miss the mild stimulants of society and huckleberry Woods makes the observation in reference to this wine." Erosamon Drew operated a saw mill on heroism of Mr. Bradley: "Let us hope this good his land. It was probably the first saw mill in the deed was set down to his account." Mr. Bradley town, and was well situated in that it obtained doe- not. however, appear to have been a bad power from Saw Mill Brook, the natural outlet of man. but only an eccent rie -me. Hi- was a master Hammond's pom I, and which likewise drained t he carpenter. ami erected houses for the poorer people I'utterliam meadow- by a branch stream. In to live in on "Bradley Hill." Boylston Street and addition, the neighbrl I was originally heavily in "( !rab Village," "Dublin," "New Ireland." etc timbered, so that the saw mill had plenty of ma- „ Bl LIXE. MA SSA CH I 'SE T TS LI to i - - ■ ■ ■ i - i - i - -■ ■ £ the si i ] I - ■ - ■ " ~o say s ha _ - - Phillip- i '-. - - _ 251 i - " - • ■ . - - i 5 givi - - - - - ■ 751 He i I his period, - le likewise : - .-■ I - -" . _ e servim ------- I . . ■ The - ■ •■ BR( >< )KLTXE, MASSACHUSETTS for t he I '.in I -h Government, who was also one of the five commissioners to receive the revenues from the stamp act. Mr Hultoii used tin- house .'i- a summer residence, but when during the ex- citing times immediately preceding the Revolu- tion, the hoys of Brookline, manifesting the atti- tude of r he communi) \ . broke the windows of this house, he wisely remained in Boston. After the departure of Mr. Hultoii for Kngland,this house was forfeited to the State From 1793 to ISO;?, the Hon. George Cabot owned ami occupied the mansion house known as "Green Hill." on Warren Street, opposite Cottage bases her thei irv on the fad that the town in thai year gave him permission to change "the direction of the rii: id leading from the meeting house to his d well i ni; house, 111 such a manner as that t he said road when it passes by said dwelling house may be more distant from it than it is at present, provided that said alteration shall in no place exceed twenty feet, and shall in its whole extent nol exceed t went y rods." Mr. Cabot was succeeded in the own- ership of the house by Mr. Stephen Higginson, Jr. From some time late in the eighteenth century until his death in 1.S2S, the Hon. Stephen Higgin- son, a prominent merchant of Boston, resided in I III |; \|;i i ii K-i,i iDDAKU II' 'I SK, WAKHK.N S'J III. 1. 1. It,, Ii bj S'ehi in. .ili I 'avis i lwiie.1 I.-, in !■> II ;,..' s tel ,h, H i. Jr., Vilum B .1 k mil Saim From .1 photograph lent la/ Miss Julia CmhliiTil Street, original!} built in 1730 or 1732, and now the residence of Miss Julia Goddard. Mr. Cabot was one of the best known pi 1 Mir men oi his time. He was a United States Senator from Massachu- setts from 1791 tu 1796, and became the first secre- tan of the navy when that office was created dur- ing the presidency of John Warns in 179S. He was a personal friend of Washington and Hamil- ton. Henry Cabot Lodge, one of tii< j present United State- Senators from Massachusetts, is a preal grandson of Mr. Cabot. Miss Goddard is ol the opinion that the present front part of the mansion was built bv Senator Cabot in 1794. and Brookline. In INOo be presented the town with a bell to be useil in the steeple of the second meeting house of the First Church, then just completed The bell had been cast in London, and weighed a thousand pounds. Thomas Wentworth Higgin- son, the author, was a grandson. and spent some \ ea r- in Brookline as a t tit i>r in t lie home > >i his cousin St i '| nil II Ferkins. I lenry Lee Higginson. the I '» i-i i hi Banker, is a great trrandson of Stephen. I [i in. .Ii mat lian Mason, w ho was a l"i States Senator from Massachusetts in 1S00-1S03 fi ii nut iiv \ ea rs a resident < if I Irookline. I le lived in an old mansion which occupied the -. - ol 97 BR( )OKHXE, MASSM 'IJUSETTS the present fine residence of the Lyman family, ami here entertained President John Adams w hile in office. Col. Thomas II. Perkins, a successful Boston merchant .and his brother Samuel < 1. Perkins, pur- chased estates in Brookline in the early years of the last century, and were among the first to lay nut their grounds and ti give great attention to Imri icult lire. Col. Perkins gave his house and grounds in Soul h Boston to i he Inst it u! ion for t lie Blind, which was thereafter named in his honor. He beautified the grounds. Mr. Lyman was mayor ill' Boston in LS34-5, and in the latter year he per- sonally rescued William Lloyd (larrison from the mob at great personal risk. He died in 1849. His sun. also named Theodore, occupied the fami- ly estate, and his grandson of the -a me name, was a iii in 'i I naturalist, and of the three park com- missioners of Brookline to lay out the Riverdale Parkway. The Lyman family still occupy this beaut if ul esl ate. Mr Henry M. Whitney, the st reel railway capi- talist and man of affairs, has lone been a resident I III. SEW ALL HOUSE, II U(\ UU) SI HE] I 1 1 ESI I) E.VCl "I I ' 1 1 \ I ,' I I - II StEAHXS of Brookline, and occupies a fine residence and es- tate on Boy 1st on Street, opposite the west end of state), and his brother Samuel's was at the corner the Brookline Reservoir, Hi- father, Gen. .lames died m Brookline in 1S")4. Col. Perkins' estate was mi Warren Street , near Heath (now the Cabot if ( 'oi tage and Warren S. \\ 1 1 1 1 r m • \ . was a resident of the town, and was. a Col Perkins entertained Lafavctte al dinner in member of t ho committee which built the present Ins Brookline house, June 20, 1S2S. Hon. Theodore Lyman, al that lime well known as a public man, philanthropist and legislator, purchased in 1S41, the old White house and town hall. Of the literature connected with Brookline, or written by natives or residents of the town, it can- not be said I hat there are any verv i mi able u orks; estate on Heath Si reel . beyond Warren, which bul there are many interesting points and mcr had been occupied by Hon. Jonathan Mason ear- dents in this connection worthy of being chroni- lier in the century. He pulled down the old cled. Governor John Winthrop mentions Muddy- house and erected a i lern mansion, and greatly River in his diary. Joshua Scottow or Scottoe, 9s BROOKLIXE, \IASSA( 111 Si: I IS as the early records spell the name, one of the early grantees of Muddy River, was the author of ''Old Men's Tear- for Their Own Declensions," published in 1691, and "A narrative of the Planting of the Massachusetts Colony," pub- lished in 1694. Judge Se wall's Diary contains a number of references to Muddy River and Brookline, and portions of it may have I n written here. Sermons b\ the Rev. .lame- Allen and the Rev. Nathaniel Potter, ministers of the bir-i Church, have been published. Dr. Pierce published some sermons, and was the author ol u number of historical and antiquarian discourses, ported by the generosity of friends. The Hon Josiah Quincy, Stephen Higginson, William Shaw. and others, raised a fund to purchase an annuity fur her. which enabled her to pass her lasl years in comfort. While undoubtedly a person of much abilit \ Miss \< la m- was e\t remel V absenl -minded, and many amusing stories are told of her forget - fulness and lack of practical knowledge A por- trait of her, painted by Chester Harding, hangs in the I '» isl i in At hemellin. William Ware, the author of several historical novels, wrote one of them, "Zenobia. or the Fall of Palmyra," in Brookline. This h mk was published • ! r/7 - r f c ' , r r r - TOTOp J~7^:^ S"--'--' piw mm 'fi m \:\ \n >\ IMVKRSAI.IS'I < III Itril. HARVARD STREET. already mentioned, which constitute the basis for lished in 1N3X. Mr. W are subsi tjuent ly edited the t he ea rly ln-t ory of t he tow n. The first avowedly literary personage thai the town produced was Miss Hannah Warns, who, though a native of Medfield, Mass . passed many rears of her life in Brookline, and died here Nov. 15. 1832. She wrote: "View of Religion," "His- marriage came to reside in Brookline, in the bee tory of New England," a "Histon of the Jews." homestead, on Perkins Street . near the Roxbury and " Letters on the Gospels," and her books are line, wrote several books about the middle of the said to have had considerable solid worth, and to lasl century in her home here, which were ol more have been superior to the average productions of than usual merit. She wrote: "Sked \"e ' two Volumes of American I mtanaii Biography, the second volume of which contains a lengths skel ch of 1 >r. John I 'ierce Mrs. Id i /a Buc k n li nster Lee. a descendant of the Tlii ii' fa n nl \ of Buckmi listers, anil who ot t he t mie- They did nol bring her a competence, however, and during her lasl days she was sup- Kngla nd." I ' ■ >. " Nai imi," published in I ' novel dealing with the persecution of the Quakers ltR( >OKU \ '/■:. \IASSACIUSETTS in Boston in ,-;i 1 1 \ colonial times, and whii tains main de Brookline in i nine--; memoirs of her fat her and mot her, in I' I' 1 . of \\ hicli Thomas ( 'arl\ Ic sa i< "a much bettei higher sort of N'ov Ki ml than anyl him; : seen a\ is and of Miss Abbv 1. Pierce, a daughter of Dr. 1'icrce \ siren 1 deal ol Miss Wood's m format ion was obtained at lirst hand from old residents and \ pa pers, and she was e\ idem 1\ pains- urate and fa it lit ul M iss \\ oods was born .Ian. 1?H. lS'J.' . tausihl school in Brook] ! wctil \ three vo; rs, and died ( *cl . S, 1 711 1 i I- "7 Mr. Charles K Hull. mi. i hen I lie libra- rian of i he Brookline Pul ilii l.ibran - - tied a e \ I a\ ored I n i;i;itn.K\ in i ion wai.xii sti;i:kt s - \i ~- \\ ! - and Di Mr. Hi i;; to IS! Harvai - 1 1 under of I rt ei 1 in Bur - Ma\ 17. IS70. He was '■ Vsie l-'oi i uii ii ■ if vears BROOKIJXE, MASS \C III' SETTS 1 1, m Koberl ('. \\ Iiit hrop was :i resident "I Brook line, and delivered i lie oral ion a I I lie dedication ol [he present town hall. Feb. 22, 1S73. Mr. Win throp was a descendanl of Coventor John Win throp, and was distinguished as an orator and w riter. 1 [is oral ii us a I Plymouth. I (linker Hill. Washington and Yorktown, were especially me- morable, and he was for years speaker i I the na- tional House of Representatives, serving as a con- ■j i < ■ — 1 1 1; 1 1 1 firm Massachusetts, Cenrge Make- peace Towle, am I her well-known author, was Ii r nianv vears a resident i f Brookline. lie served as have established reputations a- writers, may !"• inenl ioned : 1 he Rev, I i ederic I lenr\ 1 1 < ■ < i ne I in le mi nisi er i I I lie I'irsl Church i i Brookline, and a notcil autlii r and scholar; Rev. .1. Lewis 1 liinan, past or < i t he I la r\ a rd ( 'hurch for some vears. subsequently pn lessor of hist on and i» lit ieal (i ■.in my at Brown l'ni\ersil v. from I' I to I ' ' I . a i id a ul In a' ol many re\ lew s and e.- i Hon. David Hall Rice, author of 'Tmtecti\e I'luli .-( ph\ " : Rev. Francis Wharton, writer on legal subjects; (VI, Theodore A, Dodge; More lield Store\ : Pereival Lowell; Frederic Law < Mm i ,1 i i. H. STONE HOOK VXD LADDER CO., \1 \ 'i '■■■>. 1*7:?. Sillini: .ii Id ■■1,1 . I 'l U illirri II I I Priii l. Xi rt h. si at isl icia n m >\\ c f Brookline when he died March 2. LS96. Kdward Washington; Henry V. Poor, and many others. Atkinson, writer on economic subjects, statisti- \niong present residents who are known as writers riaii. anti-imperialist, insurance expert , bush i here an ■ fid ward St an wood, I'rof. Charles S Sar man, lecturer, and otherwise active, was Lorn in gant. Desmond FitzCerald. James Jeffrey Roche. Ufred I ». Chandler, » > J » rne Howes. Mi- \gnes Blake Poor, and a list of tit hers, more or Brookline, in LS27, and died herein 1905. He wa alwavs active in town affair-. Among other former residents of the town who well known. tot BK( >' )KLIXE, MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL REVIEW OF THE BOSTON ELEVATED RAILWAY SYSTEM FOR BROOKLINE. V 1-5 rmikli lie is known far ami wide as the most at- tractive residential suburb ol Boston \niong the many fart < irs t hat have helped to make Brook- line so desirable a place ol residence is the excel- lence and convenience ol the street car service I hat connect - I his town \\ ii It I lost on. It is impossible to estimate to what extent the prosperity and prestige of Brookline is due to the co-operation of the officials of the street railway company, but it is certain that there has not been ;i more important eonl ribul or. The first line in Xew Kngland to be equipped with elect ricit v was in Brookline This fact is typical of many others thai demonstrate the pnlicv of the Boston Kleva- ted Railwav Company to give to Brookline the best service and most satisfactory pquipmenl thai can be pro\ ided. During the last few years tracks ha ve been ex- tended lo the N'ewton line, manv : i ■ 1 < 1 1 1 nnial live transfer privilege have been "ranted, and the frequency ol the trips has been increased in pro- portion lo tin- growth ol' population ami traffic. Over each ol the four thoroughfares used by the street car lines cars are run as frequent 1\ as even I wo mi iiulc- These cars are of the highest type, are admirable constructed and finished, are always clean anil at tract ive in appearance and are opera- ted 1>\ men who, :i- a class, are noted for their pi iliteness ami efficiency. Boston is said lo have the finest street railway -ii \ ice m i he world. No other company operates under one management , and as a part of one sys- tem, surface, underground, and overhead lines, whh free transfer privileges between the various kinds of service. Tin- vast system has made Brookline accessible from every point in nearly i he entire Metropolitan district at a cost of bin five cents, and at i he smallest expenditure in time I hat science and local com lit ions coin bine to make po-Mblr. The mam lines lo and through Brook- line are located in the 1 1 H i-i attractive portions of Boston and this lown, and the newer lines are bringing into the market and making accessible tracts of land thai have been for years of little value or use. These hue- acquaint the public with the beauties of Brookline, and thereby bring into the town many desirable persi ms who wish to secure homes thai coin bine the convenience of the city, the heall hl'lllness of (he country, ami the c ha nn a ml influence of a community of refined and cull Lired people. 102 BROi 'A7./.YA', MASSACHUSETTS Nn history of Brookline would lie complete without at least a brief reference to the Boston and Worcester Si reel Railway. On accounl of the number of people, who, coining from the various parts of Boston and the suburbs, take the cars In!' Worcester at Village Square, ii may well be c-laii I that Brookline is the actual, though m I the nominal, starting point of that line. This has been an important factor in the business develop- ment of i hat sect ion of the I o\\ n. It is a singular fact, winch seems to have es- caped the attention of historians, that all the great advances in transportation method? in N'ew Kngland have been made in that section of the country which lies between Boston and Worcester. While not the first , the most important attempt at the shortening of the mileage eleven miles, the cut- ting of the running time two hours, and the saving ol ten cents in fare, give I his route an immense ad- vantage over any other trolley line I id wren these nl ies. \ll i Ins has not been done w it limn effort . Ii requied men of genius, ability anil foresight, as well .'is courage, to undertake i he task of maintain ing a line which should not only handle the local business along the route, but which should trans- port passengers from Boston to Worcester without change oi cars, affording them not only the com- forts but the luxuries of street railway travel. Happily such men stood behind the enterprise, ami I lie Boston and Worcester Street Railvvav is a nmmiinc'iii to I heir sasraoil v. uki 1 1 irv i it i in-: church ok < >i i; s.u i< m i: VI iWlnl I'll -.1 l(KK I, l.nM.U mm, stage coach transportation was between these points; the stage coach gave way I" the steam railroad, and i he first thoroughly developed steam road was the old Boston and Worcester. The year I '.hi:; saw another step in advance. The high vvor tat ion, and the latest and greatest development of generated in the p >wer houses of the company, trolley transportation is in the line of the Boston \\ ith a double I rack extending nearly all the way and Worcester Street Railway, which connects from Boston to Worcester delays are not to be Boston with the heart of the Commonwealth. feared. The equipment of the Boston and Wor the Boston and Worcester Street Railway re- coster is of the best and most modern const rue- presents not only the latest development of trol- tion, and ovorv requirement of safety has boon ley travel, but the route lies through a region mot. Such is the electric railroad which has come which attracts thousands of people who use the today to succeed the stage coach and the loconn - electric cars for pleasure as well as business; and the. in.: E. MASSACHUSETTS CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS. Important Events in Brookline's History from Colonial Days to the Present Time. 17! KLINE, MASSACHUSETTS 1S00 Population, 605. IniiJ May 16, voted to build a new meeting house on sit c of one t hen standing. ISflo Corner-stone of new meeting house laid in April. Spire, 137 feel high; church measured 6Sx64 feet, and cost, complete, ahoul 820,000. lsnt: -Thai pari of Boylston street fr the \ illage tn Warren si reel and from I leal h street to the N'ewlon line made a pari of i lie old Worcester Turnpike. I ' mi Dedication of a new meeting house, which was fi r man} \ ears i he property of I he tow n. I >r. John I'ierce was i he ininisl er 1816 Isaac Adams appointed master ol public scl Is. Ilr became famous for the bru- tality and ingeniousness of his devices for i he punishment of i f'fending -'In la rs and i he inconsistency of his devotion to church sen ice. IS16 [-"irst line of coaches to Boston established 1 1\ a Mr. Spurr. Tw o 1 1 1 1 > — w ere nia | After much cont mversy the first town hall unless sooner discharged. 1S16 Dana's Tavern destroyed by fire in Janu- was built by Roxbury builder, and «a.' considered :i poor job. bower floor used ary. This building stood on the site of a brick building on Washington street, next in Harvard square, formerly used sxf the posl office. for a -el 1- Building still stands on Walnut street, next to the first Parish Church, and is known as Pierce Hall. 105 ■ - - • - - - - - - _ _ - - - - - : : : : i - - - BROOKLIXE, MASSACHUSETTS IS57 The Public Library opened in lower hall ol town hall, with mill volumes. Mr. John Emon Hoar was librarian 1S57- Kenri'ck Brothers' building erected on Washington street. 1857 Jamaica 1'ond Aqueduct Company was in- corporated to supply water to residents of Roxbury, Brookline and West Koxbury, from Jamaica Pond. 1S57 -Swedenborgians organi ed \pril 20. with Re\ . T. R. Ha\ ward, pastor. ,. .-,., Baptist Church at corner of Harvard and Pierce streets dedicated 1 >ec. I . 1859 -First horse car run between Boston and Brookline via Tremont street and Rnxbun ( 'rossing. I- 59_(i u ild's l)loek built, comer ><\ Washington anil Bovlston streets. 1860 Sears chapel, I ongwood, buill by David years, and is a reproduction of ;i church m ( 'olehester, England. 1861 -April 23. Wm. I». Coddard was the first soldier to enlist. [861 Wilder Dwighl raised a regiment and be- came major of Second Pegiinent. Was mortally wounded at Antietam. 1862 -Present edifice of the Swedenborg Society ,„, High street, corner of lr\ing street, ere cted. '1'. H. Hayward lirsl pastor. 1S65 Whyte's block built in \'illage square. 1867— Horace .bun.- first elected ;i Selectman 1S6S— Church of Our Savior. Longwood. organi ed Feb. 19. 186S -Church of Our Savior, built as a memorial I,, Amos Lawrence. Lirsl services. March • >■> 1869 Public Library building Imilt on Washing- ton st reel 1S70 Oct. 15, first copy of i lie Brookline Trans- cript appeared. Bradford Kingman, edi- tor and proprietor. This was I lie first regular newspaper issued in Brookline. 1870- Limine house, \ illage square, built. 1870- John L.<;ardner.Esq..gaveS10.000tothe Public Library. 1871- Feb. 25. the Brookline Savings Lank was incorporated. 1871 - Live department building mi Washington street, near Thayer street . was built. 1871- Beth Koran Lodge. A. I and A. M.. was chartered in September. is;:; Lirst steam fire engine purchased at ;i cost ,,f §6.050. ami named in honor ol I hoinas Parsons. 187:? Town hall built, fel.. 22, dedication ol building. I-,;;; Harvard Church built, corner of Harvard a ml Marion st reets. ls7; . | n ,,, U |, meeting < >d . 7, citizens rejected annexation with Boston by a vote of Tih in 200. |. ;7: ; st. Mark- Methodist Episcopal Church i irga n i ed 1-71 The Chronicle, a local weekly . was estab lislied April 0. by W H. Hutchinson. 1S7I Rooney's block, Harvard square, was built. I.S75 Rev. Leiien Thomas, present pastor, was installed as pastor of Harvard Church, May I. 1N75 May 27. water supply turned mi. 1S 7(5 ()ld Masonic building corner of Sri I ami Harvard streets, built. IS76 Centennial elms planted in front of town hall. July I. |..70 Miss Harriet F. Woods, for twenty-three vears teacher in the public schools, and the author of "Historical Sketches of Brook- line," died in Newton, Mass., Oct 8 I; ; o Second attempt at annexation with Boston \ , ited dow n. "'11 to 271. LSs-2 The Country Club, mi Clyde street, was in- corporated. ,... 2 Si Mary's Church of the Assumption was I, u ,li. ai the corner of Harvard street and Linden place. IS: ", lien < linery Twichell died July 2:;. ISSfi Plan to widen and lay out Beacon street ;is ., boulevard first agitated by Henry M Whit ney. 1SS6 Corev Hill Toboggan Club formed. I-,-, \-„rt'h wing to Public Library was added. ISJ)1 (ien. Edward \ Wild, who served with distinction throughout the Civil War and 1 . lU>] . U1 ,iie Crimean War. died at Medellin. Colombia. \ug 2S |..ij Regular services commenced by the I m aists in ehapel. corner of Washington and Cvpress -I reel - IS9-J Cardner Hall reading room in Public Libra- r\ ..pencil. 18 96 The public bathhouse on Tappan streel finished at a cost of $40,000. L07 BROOKLIXE. MA SSA CI 1 1 SE T TS ■ •-■ 7 ; - - - ■ . -- ■ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 ■ - • - 14. a • ?7 a •> • \\ - M ■ &%> TELEPHONE SERVICE. - - - - . - " - - - - -" - ■ - - - - - _ - " ■ - - ■ - Vt 1 • E 27 - - - - - - - 5. Till - - • - - - ". - BROOKLINE, MASS. ICfJL r SETTS BROOKUNE'S BI-CENTENARY. Celebration of the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Town's Incorporation. CHAIRMAN OF GENERAL COMMITTEE. wall. M. .1. O'Hearn, Mrs. Edith C. Baker. Mr-. Rufus 0. P. Candage T,r/ah s - Arnold. -I i IM TARY <>1 GENERAL COMMITTEE BELL RINGING AND ELAG DECOR \TION Edward W Biker Willard V Gross, A. Eugene Kenrick. B. Frank Carroll, Miss Ellen Chase, Miss II. Alma Cum- I'RESIDTNG OFFICER AT THE ORATION. Illllliis. Moses Williams FIREWORKS. HONORARY VICE-PRESIDENTS. Michael Driscoll, Nathaniel Conant, Georse Edward Atkinson, Thomas Doliher, Horace \. Maim - M >" Helen F - Kimball. Mi- Lucy S. Davis. Fisher, Frederick II. Hedge, James I.. Little. DINNER AND ENTERTAINMENTS. Thos. II. Talbot, Rev. Wm. Orne White, Frede- rick Beck. Caleb Chase. Frederic Cunningham, Charles F. White. Albert A. Folsom, George II Francis, Henry W. Lamb. Anson M. Lvman. James R. Dunbar, Taunan E. Francis, William ,, , i- ,, ' , .,■ , ,, ,, 11 Palmer E. Presbrev, Miss Louise Howe. Mi- ll. Hill. Michael W. Quinlan, Henrv M. Whitney, ,.,■ i ,, u - w-ir v • Eli/ahet h \\ . \\ imam-. i i L. Willctitt, Wm. I. Bowditch, James M. Codman, Wm. Tracy Eustis. Thomas IS. Griggs, SUNDAY EXERCISES. Horace James, Charles S. Sargent. James M. Sea- Rev. Leonard K. Storrs, D.D., Rev. William II man-. Francis A. White. Alfred Winsor, George Lyon, P.P.. Rev. Avery A. Shaw, Rev, Reuen Brook-. Henn S. Coolidge, Cieorge 1'. Fabyan, Thomas, D.D., Rev. Michael T. McManus. Rev. Samuel W. Hall. Win. II. Lincoln. Wm. T. R. Charles F. Harvey, Rev. Dillon Bronson, D.D , Marvin, Oscar B. Mowry, Wm. B. Sears, Joseph Rev. George 1.. Perm. D.D., Rev. John Sinclair. II. White. D.I). SUB-COMMITTEES. ORATOR AND SPEAK! RS FINANCE. Prentiss Cummings, Fred II William-, Franklin James M. Codman, Jr.. Jerome Jones, Alfred D. W. Hobbs. Frederick L. Gay, Mrs. Martha Kit- Chandler, Albert L. Lincoln. R. (,. F. Candage, tredge. Patrick .lohn-oii. Luther M. Merrill. INVITATIONS. Charles II. Steam-. Charles II. Utley, Patrick George I. Aldrich. Mrs. Clara P. Blanchard. Mr.- < I'Lousjhlin, Mis> Julia Goddard. Mrs. Susan Vin- Marv A. Driscoll. SCHOOL CHILDREN EXERCISES. Joseph Walker. Rev. Daniel 1 >. Addison, D.D.. ing < Iriggs RECEPTION MEMORIALS, MEDALS AND TABLETS. Desmond Pit/.Gerahl. Fred I.. Olmsted. John G. Henry W. Lamb. Walter Channing, Charles A. Stearns. Thomas P.. Fitzpatrick. Daniel S. San- William-. Mr-. Susan M. Gross, Miss *ignes p. fonl \j r ,, Elizabeth P. Lvman. IW. Mr, William D. Hunt. 1 , |;| ^ , x „,,,,, XT1 X( , MUSIC Charles I Read. Edward H. Clement, diaries II Emery B. Gibbs, .1 Murraj Kay. Thomas Aspin- Pearson, Robert T. Swan. Henry P. < 109 - - - - I. — z - I!" BRt U )KLINE, MASSACHUSETTS PROGRAM OF LITERARY EXERCISES. The 200th anniversary celebration opened on Friday at 3 o'clock in the afternoon when Hon. Henry Cabol Lodge delivered the oration in Town Hall before a large audience. On the platform were seated many representative men oi the town and several of the « Ider residents. Music: American Fantasie -Tallin. Invocation by Rev. Leonard Kip Storrs, l).l> Music: "\ i ice of Love" Schumann- played in remembrance of the founders and benefactors of t he town of I Srookline. Precisely al '■'• o'clock Moses Williams, the pre- siding officer, formally opened the exercises by a in p\ III \l;\ c \|;< i| i i HKIK I ll< v n >i,' in III I > w . few preliminary remarks, after which he intro- duced Senator Lodge, who was given a must llai i ering reeepl ion. A more artistic or appropriate setting for.such a proud event in the history of Brookline could not have been prepared than that which the large hall presented, with its elaborate decorative scheme of national (lags. The walls on either side were hidden with la rge silk Hags, ami across i he top ran streamers of bunting in every direction. Follow- ing 1 1 is im i-i duel ii n i the senator began his oration, in which he had dev< ted much care and attention. Oration by rm Hox. lli:\nv I'uiht Lni»,i. Senator Lodge's address traced the history of the town meeting from the days of Greece and Home through the earliest Saxon civilization to its present development in Brookline. He pointed out its good features and also its limita- tions, asserted representative government should not be coerced by crowds of people representing one portion of the community, and declared that in the i 1 1 1 1 i \ idual liberty as manifested in the I'nited States, and the present form of I . S. government, i he results of endless experiments, were the epi- tome "I many centuries of patient labor for im- provement, lie said they lay midway between anarchism on one extreme and socialism on the ul her. The recent trend inward socialism, under the name of government and municipal owner- ship, was opposed at lengt h. A few abstracts are here given, which have a particular bearing upon Brookline. The history of the towns and counties of Massachusetts and Virginia and of all the colonies which fringed the Atlantic seaboard seems trifling enough unless we lilt our eyes and look out from ii at the United States today. Then i his story of the days ni small things takes on an importance which may well give us pause and which bids us search for the deeper n leanings it contains. \ nil may find those meanings here as in our other towns, for there is a great similarity in the hist ry, the character and the ruling principles of (hem all. The same spirit inspired them in the ea ii \ days. Here, as elsewhere, the space of ground upon which the town stands, becomes visible to history and detaches itself from the rest of the earl 1 1 by the appearance of the Indians. "Ten sagamores and many Indians" are men- tioned in connect ion with this spot in Hi:;:;. Their dark figures show out for a moment against the background of hills and forests anil then vanish, precursors of the fate of their race throughout a continent. Then we hear of a little hamlet by the Muddy ri\ er al tached to t he jurisdicl i I I »i ion. where, iii Hi.Xfi, the si rung love of local self- government made u-ell felt and a degree of inde- pendence was obtained. Then the village ret virus in Boston, and at last in 170o the spirit of inde- pendence prevails and the town is established, giving us the anniversary which we commemorate today. Ii was the S3d community in Massaehu- -ei i - winch i hus at i amei I in im lepem lence in 111 BROOKLIXE. MASSACHUSETTS 7 7 ■ _ _ E - 7_ ^ '■" it E - - I een u - 2 - - pi 1 i : - 51 • ■-. The E I I I E - S I _ _ I - •i - I 112 BROOKLLYE, MASS.U 'HUSETTS \\ lien responsibility vanishes representative gov- ernment is at an end, and all the safeguards i i de- hate and discussion of deliberate action, of amend- ment or compromise, are gi ne forever. Legisla- tive anarchy would ensue, and we might easily find ourselves in a prsition where the mob r-f :i single large citv would dominate legislate n, and modification, so essentia] to wise legislation, is absolutely impossible. "Poverty is a terrible evil which all right- minded men should labor to alleviate and to re- duce, but it '"in hardly lie lessened by a system which would destroy all wealth by removing every pi ssible desire for its creation or increase. (J(.)V. Cl'UTIS oril.D, JH (1()V l.l I. < I \l 1'IMl <'l I \l .!;< 1st laws would be thrust upon us ruinous to the state it sell and to the best interests of the entire people nt the state. Ko constitutional change or statu- torj arrangement should ever be permitted which would take from the representative the responsibility of final action by his own vote or allow him to shift that responsibility on to a reference to a popular vote where amendment or Vel e\ en t he ex! incl ion of the v, i rms of [I. erty, were that possible, would be a heavy price to pa \ for the dest ruction of ho] >e, of striving, of the effort to lift one's self and one's folio) little higher, which alone makes life w "ill! having. If like the Kuropoan socialists you carry the old, old system which you would reimp ise upon man- kind to its logical extreme tst seek the de- 113 ■■ >KLIXE. MASSACHUSETTS - il> in i - V - they i -- - I - _ - - M -3fe « I - _ - -- - - • - 11-1 BRO( )KLINE, MASSAt 'HUSETTS THE FIREWORKS The display of fireworks on the Cypress street playground Friday evening ch sed the first da\ ol the celebration, and was witnessed by a large number of people despite the cool weather The evening was a delightful one in every respect. The exhibition which lasted less than thirty minutes was a creditable one in every respect and seemed to please all. The Brookline band was present and discoursed an interesting musical pri igra m. THE SECi iXD DAY CHILDREN'S EXERCISES. The most enjoyable feature of the entire cele- bration, and one which won more approval than any other, was the children's exercises, both at the memorial tablet and at the town hall. The marching of the children, especially to and from the tablet on Saturday morning was excel- lent, and is worthy of the highest praise. Over two thousand children participated in the exer- cises nl' the day, which consisted of day firew orks on the playground at nine o'clock, and which lasted until almost ten o'clock, singing at the memorial tablet erected on the green in front ol the First Parish church on Walnut street ; and in the afternoon they journeyed to the town hall to listen In addresses l>v some of the must distin- guished men of the state. From early in the morning until the time for the exercises drew near, little tots in their first vear in school, and big, dignified seniors in the high school could be seen here and there, and all wearing an eager and ex- pectant look on their bright faces. Kach and every one were jubilant over the thought thai he or she was going to take part in one of the most gh nun- events of the celebration, and one that will go down to posterity as one of the grandest and mi st uplifting ceremonies of the anniversary of the incorporation of the town of Brookline. The day fireworks on the Cypress street play- ground consisted of a great number of paper bal- loons made after the shapes of all sorts of animals; nf bombs containing quantities of confetti which fell .ill over the crowds when they burst; and of rockets which held small balloons which spread out when the explosion came high in the air. From 0.30 until 1(1 30 the children of all of the scl I- looked on and cl red these features. Following the fireworks came the parade which started from the playground as n as the last balloon went -ailing into I he air. The parade was headed by the members of the local post uf I lie ( I. A, R., a ml despit e t he age of most uf the members of this grand i Id body of men their marching uniild have dime credit to maiiv of our younger militan nun (ieorge I Dearborn uf I lie (band Army was the chief mar- shal, and he was assisted by Willard V. (boss. These two men gathered their jmemle arm\ quickly, and each school inarched with a banner giving the name of the school and the number of the particular grade which followed. The teach- er- acted as sergeants and corporals, and there was not a hitch in the en I ire arrangement. When t he public realize what an undertaking it is to make arrangements for marching for over two thousand children, so that there will not be any confusion, thev can appreciate the mam months of hard work mi the part of those who had the parade in charge. Both in marching on and off the play- ground and also during the line of march, abso- lute order was maintained. There was no shout- ing or cat-calling of any description, and even child seemed to be trying to outdo the other in good beha \ ior. At Bovlston si reel a reviewing stand had been erected and here the reviewing party saw the pro- cession. They were Joseph Walker, the Rev. D. I). Addison, Mrs. Mary A. Driscoll, Mrs. Clara I Blanchard, Mrs. Edith C. Baker, Mrs. Tl las B. In , pat nek. Mr-- Ruth C. Paine, the Be v. William II Lyon, Prof. W. T. Sedgwick, franklin \Y Hobbs, Dr. E. M. Bowker, Michael Driscoll, Dr Walter ('banning and Mr. and Mrs. Hartvig \l--ell. The procession proceeded to the tablet, which was covered with a large \merican Hag and which was well situated in the triangle formed by Walnut and Warren streets. The children then marched around the tablet, until a compact mass had been formed, and then at a given word the direct deseen dants of the men who petitioned to have Mudd\ River set off from I'm. -ton and name. I Brookline, and whose petition \\a- granted just 200 year ago, pulled up the flag which covered the bronze plate set in a huge piece of granite, When the Hag went up the band which led the procession played "America, ' and i he cut ire mass of children cheered and cheered, until even the surrounding I IE BR( H )KLINE, AfASSACHUSETTS woods re-echoed with glad refrain. Charles F. While was ilif presiding officer at the exercises. \Yilli:iin II. I. vim ill" the First Parish church made the invocation. Frederick Law Olnistead, Jr., for the committee on memorials, presented the tablet to the town, and Albert I.. Lincoln re- sponded for the park commissi] tiers. An address was deliveied by Charles II Steams, after which the children pulled the cords, which raised the flag In in the tablet. The tablet gives the names of the signers of the petition, and tells al the 1 >< . 1 1 « m tit' tlif marching from that spot of the men who toi 1. part in t lif hal t le of Lexingt i n. Richard C. Paine, Elizabeth M. Paine, Frank W Small, ( ifii unit' Welling, William Harman- Brown, Helen Winsor, Merrill White, Henry 1> White, Katherine 11 White, Carolyn Ohnstead Francis P. White, Margaret Perry, Marian Hall Agnes Lee Ward, Rosamund Hunt, Miss Wheel* r Herbert White, Francis Rooney, .It hn J. Rooney Thomas Roonev, Cieorge White, Hannah White Evelyn Hitchcock, John Hitchcock. The ladies who liil the unveiling were: Mrs. T. II. Kitson Miss Emily 1!. Shepard, Mrs. William 1 1. Hunt Mi-- \ 1 1 1 1 it ■ I!. Winchester and Miss Grace Dana \\ 1 . ii t In' t \fi rises at i lir tablet were finishei i in ci .auk house, w aim i si i:i it m n.r i\ 171.5. Tlic children who took part in the unveiling the procession re-formed, ami to tin- music of a were: Gardner Aspinwall, George \spinwall, hand, marcher! u> their respective schools, after Lucy Aspinwall, Augustus Aspinwall. Stokelej Mi rgan, William F. Tufts, Amy I.- Rhodes, Miriam A. Rhodes. Man G. Brooks. Clark Rrooks, which they were dismissed. One of the must pleasing features of the parade was t he presence of the teachers, who marched with their respective Royal W. Heal, Benjamin S. P>lanchard, Edith classes. At the etui of the procession came the Blanchard, Martha Eliot. Abby Eliot. John S. faculty. Another very pleasing feature of the t 'ha lee. t Ian 'lire Shepard. Francis Shepard, Hilda Shepard, Katherine Shepard, Went worth Shep anl. Elsa Badger. Salh G. Hawes, I!. salind Win- chester, Dorothy Winchester, Edmund Winches- ter, Nicholas Worthingtt n. Francis II. Cummings, K t 'uminings, Jr.. I lorot hv Kitson, parade was the perfect step maintained by the children during the entire line of march. They kept in time with the music, ami the interval be- tween fours was of 1 he proper distance. In the afternoon the children at t em let I a fest ival given expressh for their benefit in the town hall. 1 1.; BRO( )KLINE, MASSACHUSETTS On the platform were t lie members of the school board, the Boston festival orchestra and the speakers. Gov. -elect Curtis Guild, Jr., Rev. Dr. William II. Lyon, Bishop Lawrence, Rev. Dr. D. D. Addison and Rev. Dr. Reuen Thomas. Frank- lin W. Hobbs, chairman of the school board, pre- sided. The programme opened at three o'clock wit h an overture by the orchestra, after which Dr. D. D Addison delivered the invocation. The children sang "Hamburg,'' which was followed bv an address by Rev. Dr. Lyon on "Old Schools and New." He nave an interesting sketch of the school lifeol the olden days, and compared ii with i he school life of today, with the present excellenl system. The chorus sang the "Festival Hymn," after which came an address by Bishop Lawrence mi "School and Character." The chorus and a trio, consisting of Miss Helen Black, William L. Snow and St. Clair Wordell, rendered "The Heavens are Telling," by Haydn. Mr. Hobbs then introduced the governor-elect, who was re- ceived with loud applause He spoke on "Citi- zenship," Bishop Laurence was also one of the speakers. The exercises concluded with the singing of "America" by the children, and the benediction by Dr. Thomas. Al the close oi the exercises a request was made l>y I he children present to shake hands with Gov. -elect Guild and Bishop Lawrence, which was kindly granted by the two speakers, and nearly every child, as well as every grown person present, shook hands with the two distinguished men. The third day being Sunday, the clergymen m Brookline all preached appropriate sermons with reference to the celebrations. The services were well attended for the ino.-t part, and I lie music was I" t h elaborate and interesting. CLOSING FXKRCISKS. A fitting ending to a glorious celebration, in which the people of Brookline celebrated the 200th aimi\ ersary of the incorporation of our town, came to a close on Monday evening, when about lOOOof our citizens attended a banquet in the town hall. Tin- banquet began sharp at 6 o'clock, and the speaking at S. ('apt. R. G. F. Candage of the board oi assessors acted as presiding officer and toast master. Mr. Candage began the speaking l>\ proposing a t< ast to i he President < if I he I nit ed Stat es which was responded to by the entire audience, who remained .-landing while the orchestra plaved "The Star Spangled Banner." This was followed by a toast to t he ( 'ommonwealt h of Massachusetts, which wits responded to by Lieut. 12. 1S00. Died he had been soughl i ', ,- to speak on puhli \,,\. 16, 1S94. (iraduated from Bi ston Latin- School. Graduated from Harvard University in 1S2S, A. M. Studied law in the office of Daniel ,,. | ',, ,,.,, t j.-| laid on the Fourth of July, 1S4S, and from his pen Mr Winthrop enjoyed the unique distinctii n of <'amc the address read on il -can f the un- having kn.avn personally every l'residenl of the \* " ' ' " ' - " f th at monument the twenty-second of i iccasions. It was from his lips that the i ration came when the corner-stone of the national monument was United States except Washington and Jefferson. h, [S32 lie saw Charles Carroll, the last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence, at his February. ISSo. Had he not been ill, this second address would have been delivered also bv him. The vears between the laving of the corner-stone own ho US e in Baltina re, and in ls:«> he visited and th' dedication of the Washington M. numenl the last surviving member of the first Senate ol n umbered 37. There was a beautiful sentiment the United States, who had dined with Washing- '" Mr. Winthrop'* great speed, at the cornet t„n (it the dav of his first inauguration, when our "tone laying which may well now be brought Constitutional Gover ml was originally organ- «R»in '-efore the eve- of patriotic citizens. "The ized and its machinerv set in motion. He was American Constitution." declared Mr. Winthrop, ami in eulogy added, "like one ol these wondrous rocking stones, retired bv the Druids, which the Speaker of the National House of Representatives, in the Thirtieth Congress, entered the Whig party practically at its birth, and at the early age of 24 finger of a child mighl vibrate to its centre, vet m won the attentionandadinirati.nl of his fellow- themight of ananny could not movefr tsplace, people as to be chosen a representative in t lit our Constitution is so nicely poised that it seems Massachusetts Legislature. He served on the to sway with every breath of passion, yet so firm- floor onlv three vears. when he was chosen Speak- l> l>aso«l in the hearts and affections of the people erof the House' and that office was given to him that the wildest storm- of treas m and fanaticism in the two subsequent vears also. break over it in vain." Mr. Winthrop was the Few men, indeed, had had such exalted ideas of orator at the inauguration oi the Franklin statue the duty of public men as Mr. Winthrop. Soon "' 1 ■-">''> (a statue which he originally suggested); after the election of Gen. Harrison to the l'res- at the inauguration of the statue of Gen. Warren, idency a vacancv occurred in the B, ston Congres- in IS57; at the unveiling of the Webster statue at sional district," Mr. Abbott Lawrence having Central Park, New York, in 1S76, and at the Cen- ,-esigned Vn'u, all the able Whigs in Boston at '''"'"al celebration in I'm, ston the same year; at that time the party selected Mr. Winthrop to the unveiling of I he Prescott statue at Bunker represent it. He took hisseat in 1N40. being-then Hill in 1SS1, and at Vorktovvn, Va., on the ncca- |, u , :;i years of age Afterward can,,' his elec- «'»n of the centennial of the surrender of Corn- t ion as Speaker and il is said t hat even Clav was wallis. October li), 1NS1. While Mr. Winthrop not Mr Winthrop's superior as a presiding officer. had vividly painted his historical pictures in all In isoo Gov Briggs appointed Mr. Winthrop as these addresses, the greatest valu< is orations United States Senator to fill the vacancy occa- «'as in his clear c -option and analysis ol the sioned bv Daniel Webster's resignation to bee,, me underlying causes of the events he narrated. Mr, Fillmore's Secret an of State. IL'O BRO( )KLINE, MASSACHUSETTS James S. Whitney. Whitnkv, J.uiks S.. was born in thai pari of I leerfielrl then called "Bloody Brook," im« South Deerfield, May H)th, 181 1- He wan son of Step- hen Whitney, Esq., formerly of Nelson, X. II . :i prominent merchant al Bloody Brook, and a man highly respected and esteemed in the community in which he lived, lie was the representative from Deerfield in the General Courl in the years 183-1 and 1835. In 1834, he was Monitor of the first division of the House and ;i member of the • ommittee on Accounts, lie was also a Monitor in 1 835, and in the same year, one of the Commis- sioners who had charge of the construction of the enlargement of the State Lunatic Asylum at \\ i ircesl ii (Jen. Whitney was also fortunate on his mother's side. Her maiden name was Man Burgess. She was a daughter of Dr. Benjamin Burgess, who was, for a long series of years, the country doctor in ( loshen, Mass. The early education of James S Whitne\ was such as he was able to obtain al home from the teaching of his parents, who were both well quali- fied to instruct and guide him, and in the common schools of thai day and this vicinit v. 1 1 does no| appear thai he had am advantages be vond these; luit he faithfully improved .'ill his opportunities, and. with natural abilities of a high order, by close application and diligen! study, acquired that knowledge which enabled him to discharge in u highly creditable manner i lie dul ies of the various and important p isitions in which he was placed in the course of his active life. At an early age he en I e red i lie store of his father, in the capacit \ of a clerk, and by his industrious habits, his strict at- tention to his duties and his ready tad in dealing with customers, .-nun established a good business character. In lN-il'. at the age of twenty-one years, he became, by purchase from his father, the proprietor of the business and carried on the same at South Deerfield till about the first of January. 1838. when he removed to Conwav. In that period of his life, though actively employed in his private business, he look a deep interest and active part in public affairs, and especially in the movement al thai time in winch his father also took an efficient part . for the organization, or the reorganization of the militia of the Slate, which. in the words of a journal of the ( lav, "was in a de- plorable condition." lie entered into this work with that zeal and energy, and with such good judgment and .success as gave him a marked prom- inence in military circles, and in 1835, when onlv twenty-four years of age, he was honored with an election and commission as Brigadier-General of the Second Brigade and Fourth Division of Mass achusetts Militia. B\ thai title of General thus early ami honorably earned and worthilv con- ferred, he was known in all the following vears of his life. He was an efficient and popular military officer. One who well remembers him ii\\ ay. In 1843, he was chosen Town Clerk, and was kepi 111 thai office till 1852. That was the only town office thai he held, although he was fre- quently chosen as agent for the town in important matters, and in all cases he was vigilant for the interesl s of his const it uents. • leu. Whitney represented Conwav in the Legis- lature of I Sol, and again in 1X54, The Legisla- ture of 1 So 1 was controlled by that memorable coalition oi the Democratic and free-soil parties of the Slate which placed Charles Sumner in that seal in the Senate of the Inited Stales which he held till his death in 1 s 7 4 . ami passed manv im- portant measures in the line of reform and pro- gress. Among those measures may be ment ioned, the acl to establish a Board ol Bank Commission- ers; an act relating to joint stock companies, k now n as the General Corporation law ; an "act to provide for the belter security of the ballot," known as i he •■Secret ballot " law of 1851 , a law quite as effect nal and more simple t han the present law for the same purpose; an "act to amend some of the Proceedings, Practice and Rules of Evi- dence ol the Courts of the Commonwealth;" an "acl relating to the calling a Convention of dele- gates for the pimp ise of revising the Constitution;" an act lo exempt from levy on execution the Homestead to the value of $500, of a House- holder having a family, known as the Homestead Law; an acl to secure to Mechanic- a m I Laborers their payment for labor In a lien on Ileal Estate, known as the Mechanics Lien Law: and an acl providing for the election of Presidential Electors In a plurality instead of a majority vote and ex- tending the same provision to the election of Representatives in Congress, after a failure to elect mi t he first t rial. In the discussions concerning I hose measures and in all the proceedings of the House, Gen. Whitney took an active and influential pan. and displayed an acquaintance unit public affair-, an understanding and appreciation of the true prin- ciple- oi legislation and government, and a readi- ness and power in debate that placed him among the first in ability and influence in a l>od\ which comprised among its members such distinguished men as Sidney Bart let t. Otis Chi])]), Benjamin R. Curtis, Henry J. Gardner, Samuel Hooper. Moses Kimball, William Scholller, Xallianiel Sea\er. Richard Frothiugham, Junior, .John Mills, Fred- erick 0. Prince, Nathaniel Wood, John M. Earle, Caleb ( 'ushing, Ensign II Kellogg. Caleb Stetson, William Aspinwall, Ezra Wilkinson. Samuel II Walley, and others whose name- were well known through the state and who participated in the debates and proceedings of the House. The el eci ion of Charles Sumner to t he Senate of the Lniteil States, with which the name of Gen. Whitney was at the time so often mentioned, was an e\eiii of too much importance and interesl to be passed without special notice. Probably no election of a Senator in Massachusetts was ever attended with more intense feeling and excite- ment. Mr. Simmer was exceeedinglv popular with the Free-soil party, and in the arrangements of t he coal it it hi it was undersl ood that he was to be elected I nited Slates Senator for the term which began on the 4th of March, 1851. The Hon. Roberl C. Winthrop, who had served with honor as speaker of the Massachusetts 1 louse of Repre- sentatives and of t he House of Representatives of Washington, and who was eminently worthy ol i he confidence ami support of his part v. was the Whig candidal e flic election of Senator was then made b\ the concurrent vote of the two 122 BROOKUNE, MASSACIII Sl-.l Is branches oi Legislature, wit houl vote in joinl eon- \ cm ion. In I lie Senal e I li" ci ialil ii m had I he majority and Mr Suniiier was elected on I he lirsl ballot, In the House the contest was protracted and attended with much excitement. Several Democrats refused to vote for Mr. Sumner. ( ien Whitney was one of them. He was a Democrat of the Jackson school and over had the courage to stand by his principles. He was no friend of I lie svstem of American slavery, bin he was an earnest supporter of the constitution of the I nit cm I States, and regarded the agitation ol the slaven question in Congress as detrimental to the peace and in- terests of the country. He regarded Mr Sumner as an anti-slavery agitator, and while he ae- quiesced in the coalition in local matters and for the purpose ol securing desirable reforms in the administration of State affairs, he fell thai he could not consistently vote to place an anti- slaver \ agitator in i he Senate of i he I nited State* and cast his vote for a Democrat, in some twenty or more balh il ings. In the meantime effi irts were made to convince him thai he was mistaken in his views of Mr. Sum- ner's character and purposes. He was assured thai while Mr. Sumner would not, pending the election, make nor permit to be made any pledges as to In- I'm ore an inn mi any particular subject or question, his course in the Senate would bo that of a statesman and nol of an agitator. On this point he desired further assurance, and it was finally by the efforts of mutual friend so arranged thai Mr. Sumner and (len. Whitney should, ap- parently by accident, meet in the State Library for the purpose of an interview. The meeting took place, and, without any express promise or pledge, Mr. Sumner assured Gen. Whitney in substance, that he was not disposed to act the part of an agitator in the Senate, that he was especially in- terested in the foreign relations of the country, which he had already studied with much care, and that he should hope to be in a position in the Sen- ate in which he could follow his inclinations in that direct ion. The result of the interview was reasonably satisfactory to (ien. Whitney, but knowing that the Democrats of Conway wen- generally opp ised tn the elect urn of Mr. Sumner, and had approved his own course thus far, he decided to refer the matter to them for advice. He accordingly came tu Conwav, and a meeting of the Democrats was called, at w Inch he slat c I full \ and candidh I he I he sit ual ion in i he House U'ler a free con lei once, t he \ i lice ol the meet ing was t hat he should vote for Mr. Sumner. With this expre sum of the sentiments of his constituents, he re- t urned In I', .-tun. ( In l he 2 li h of April, l he House proceeded to the '-'■'it h ha I hit ; I here was no choice, and on a call of I he roll, il appeared ihai I he number ol ballots exceeded 1 1\ I w 1 1 I he until ber ol" members present. < hi the I'tiih ballot Charles Sumner was declared elected In Maw I Sol, (ion. \\ 1 1 1 ( r i < ■ \ was appointed sheriff of 1'ranLlm county. lie held the office a bolll two \ ea fs. 1 ii Is.Vi, the town of Con wa_\ honored it -elf and (len. Whitney by elect oil; hi in as a delegate to the convention of delegates of the people for the pur- pose ol revising the Constitution of the Common- wealth. In IS54, October 19, (Ion, Whitney was ap pointed Superintendent of the I . S. Armory in Springfield, Mass. (ien. Whit i m ■ \ continued in charge of the ar- mory till the first day of March, I Slit), when he re- signed the superintendency, having been called to a lugher position. On the • 3d of March, I .'.(in, in pursuance of pre \ i 1 1 1 1 > arrangements, the officers and armorers ol the armory met Gen. Whitney, to present to him a testimonial of their respect and esteem. There was a full meeting. The testimonial was a ver\ elegant set of silver ware, described as follows: "A pitcher and line goblet . all lined with gold, of original and unique pattern, elaborately orna- mented, and altogether the most superb sol of the kind ever seen in Springfield. L'pon the pitcher was t his inscripl ion : "Presented to (ien. .lame,- S. Whitney by the officers anil armorers of the I. S. Armory. Spring- field, Mass., on his retirement from the superin- tendency, fel,. ■J-Jil. ISoU" Kadi goblet In ire t he follow ing: "(ien, .la me- S, Whitney, from the officers and armorers, Feb. 22d. ISOO." ( )n t he '.H h of Fobruan . I.S(}1 . « len. Whil ney was appointed ( 'oiled, .r of I lie I'ort of Boston President Buchanan and (Jen. Whitney were not particular friend-. The General was nol an original supporter of Mr. Buchanan for the presidency in IS06, and as n delegate to the national convention in that year, at first voted for 123 KROi )KLINE, MASSAi 111 SET IS another candidate. Bui his judicious and suc- cessful superintendence of the national armory, mi Springfield Hill, had placed him in a position in which he could not be hid. It had. in fact, given him a national reputation, and when the ['resident tendered to him, without solicitation or expectation on his part, the collectorship of the port ill Boston, considerations other and inure weighty than regard I'm- his own personal prefer- ences induced him to accept the position. The appointmenl and acceptance were honorable in both parties, and ven few appointments, if anv, ever received more general approval. (■en. Whitney's administration of the business affairs oi the Boston Custom House was efficient and satisfactory in the government, as well as to all who had direct dealings with i he collector or his subordinates, but it was cut short by the suc- cess of the Republican party in the election of I860. He entered upon the duties of the office about the iirsl of March, i860, and was removed very soon, probably within i hi rty days after the inauguration of President Lincoln, on the II h of March. [861. After Ins removal from the collectorship, Gen. \\ lniiie\ engaged in business in Bi stem, and soon became identified with enterprises of large extent and importance He was for some years, and at the time of Ins death, president of the Boston Water Power Oompam and of the Metropolitan Steamship Company, whose steamers formed the "outside line" from Boston to New York. The facts that Gen Whitney represented Con- way in the Legislature of 1851 and 1854, and that he was a delegate in the Constitutional Conven- tion in 1853, have been mentioned, It is to be said further that in 1.849 he was a Democratic can- didate in Franklin county for State Senator; that in 1852 he wa< one of the Democratic candi- dates for president ial electors at large, Col. Charles il. Greene, for many years i he well-known editor of the Boston Cost, being the other; that in 1856 he was a delegate to the 1 >emoerat ic National Con- vention that nominated .lames Buchanan for President ; that in 1860 he was a delegate at large to the Democratic National Convention, which met at Charlestown, adjourned to Baltimore and divided on candidates; that in i hat year he acted with those Democrats who supported John C. Breckenridge fur President : thai in 1872 he repre- sented the first Norfolk district in the State Sen- ate: that in ls?ii he was President of the Demo- cratic Stale Convention thai nominated Hun. Charles Francis Adams for Governor of Massachu- setts; and t hat in 1S78 he presided over the Demo- cratic State Convention in Faneuil Hall. Boston, which Humiliated Hon Josiah G. Abb, ill for Governor, in opposition to Hon. B. 1 '. Butler, who hail received a nomination from Democrats at Worcester. < Mi the last named occasion he made an able and power, u] speech which attracted much attention. Thai was the last public effort of his life, but I here was nothing in il nor in his personal appearance heart) and vigorous thai indicated that he was very near the end ul his earthly career. He was active in Ins attention to his extensive business interests in Boston till and mi the 24th day of October, 1878. On that day- he had. in the forenoon, been in consultation with other gentlemen concerning the affairs ul the Boston Water Power Company, in which labor he applied himself very closely. He was in his customary health at i n. made a call al the headquarters of the Dei Tatic Stale Committee, and manifested his usual interest in the progress of the pending political campaign. Later in the afternoon he heard of the sudden death of Mr. .lames L. Thorndyke, a friend and business asso- ciate. Still later, he met a friend on the si reel to whom he said that he had intended In go to the Democratic meeting in Faneuil Hall that evening, but had just In 'a rd of the death of Mr. Thorndyke and ci included to go home and keep quiet, instead of subjecting himself to t he excitement of a p iliti- eal assemblage. He said. "I am getting to be an cild man and perhaps belter lake care of myself." The two separated shortly before li o'clock. Gen Whitney took a car mi his way in his home in Brookline, where he had resided since his removal from Springfield in 1860. When near I he end of I he car route be became faint and was assisled from the car In a store near al hand While crossing the si reel he asked that aid be sent fur. Doctors were al once called, bill before they ar- rived life wa- extinct. Heart disease was the cause of his death. ()n Monday, October 2,8, private funeral ser- vices were held at his house, followed by public services in the Harvard church, every seal in which was occupied by his friends and associates Gen. Whitney was also eminently happy in his family and private relation. He married earlv in life and "his home was a charming and Ul Francis William Lawrence. BRi H )KLINE, MASSACHUSETTS happy place for him." At his death he lett a of the time being chairman of the board. He was widow, two sun.-- anil three daughters. chairman of the Brookline Park Commission for Hon. William C. Whitney, deceased, was an run- twelve years; was pro\ ost -marshal with the rank iicni member of the legal profession in New \ oik oi Captain, and assistanl adjutant-general with city, and secretary of the navy during the ad- the rank of Lieutenanl Colonel on the staff of the ministration of President Cleveland, and Henry Second Brigade, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, \l Whitnev, Esq., of Brookline. his militia service covering a period of six vears. President Garfield appointed him a member of t he I ma I'd of visitors to t he I . S. Naval Acadenn at Annapolis, Md., in 1881. In 1868 he was made Lawrenck, Francis William, Selectman of •' vestryman of the Church of Our Savior, Long- Brookline for eleven years; chairman of the wood, and also served as treasurer of the Church Brookline Park Commission; twelve years vestry- Corporation 187S-'80. He was junior warden man; treasurer and warden of the Church of Our l885-'93 and held the position of sennit' warden at Savior, Longwood, from 1868; director, clerk and ,1|( ' time of his death. He was a stock-holder, treasurer of the Brookline Gas Light Company; director, clerk and treasurer of the Brookline Gas president of the Brookline National Bank, etc., Light Company; one of the incorporators and a was born in Brookline, Mass., November 20, 1839, director of the Brookline National Bank, and its son of William Richards and Susan Coombs president 1896-1903; president of the Globe (ias (Dana) Lawrence; grandson of Amos and Sarah Light Company of Boston; director of the lp- (Richards) Lawrence; greal grandson of .Major *vieh Mills and of the Merimack Chemical Corn- Samuel and Susanna (Parker) Lawrence and a de- pany.and served as a trustee of several private cendatit from John Lawrence, the emigrant who trusts. His philanthropic work included the pres- came from Wissett, England, to Watertown, idency of the Boston Dispensory; the vice-presi- Massachusetts Bay Colony, about 1635. He was dencyofthe New England Conservatory of music ; a pupil at Lawrence Academy Groton, Mass., trusteeship of the St. Luke's Home for Convales- Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., and at private cents in Roxbury; of the Trustees of Donations, schools in Bcston, and Paris, Prance. and of the Boston Episcopal Charitable Society. He matriculated at Harvard College with the He built a summer home at Bar Harbor, Maine, in Class of 1861, hut left after completing his junior 1882, and wasan active worker in the parish of St. \ear to study medicine at the Portland Medical Savior at Bar Harbor, being a member of the fi- School and at Harvard Medical School, leaving nancial committee. He also inspired the forma Harvard in 1862 to join the Massachusetts Edu ca- tion of the Kelio Valley Chili and of the Mount tional Commission at Port Royal, South Carolina, Desert Reading Room. Mr Lawrence died in a- surgeon. He was subsequently appointed act- Pin.!. ihg assistant surgeon in the C. S. Volunteer army stationed af St. Helena Island. S. ('..and while Chief Justice, Albert MaSOIl. there purchased a large plantation and cultivated sea island cot ton. In 1865 he sold t he plantation ami returned to Boston and the following year settled in Longwood, Brookline. He was married January 27, 1863, to Lucilla, elder daughter of t he Hon. Charles Russell and Martha Ann (Jackson) Train; granddaughter of i he Rev. Charles and Hepzibal (Harrington) Train and a defendant from John Train (1610-1681) who came from Enp land to Watertown. Massachusetts Bay Colony, in 1635, taking passage on t he ship Susan and I:' Hi //. Francis William Lawrence was a public spirited citizen, as attested by hi- services of eleven years as selectman of the town of Brookline, during pari 1-25 Mason, Albert, Chief Justice, was born in Mi Id lei hi in. November 7, 1836. Admit ted to t he bar iii February, 1860. Served in the Thirty- eight h Regiment , Massachusel t - Volunteers, 1862- 1865, as Second Lieutenant, Captain and \ i taut Quartermaster. Chairman Selectmen of Plymouth for several years. Member House of Representatives 1873-1874. Appointed to the Board oi Harbor and Land Commissioners in [874. Appointed Justice of the Superior Court in February, 1882, and became Chief Justice in 1890. Died m Brookline, January 2, 1905. r.Ri >< )KLTXE, M. 1 SS. [CHI 'SE 7 7 .S Frederick Law Olmsted. , i . ; ; ! I rt- \ 1 I ty.) 2 1 1 i 1 1 I. i ii. Hull i I '- i.", be I I • i'l - -■ ; Hi ' 1 II I \ Y. hi'"' , . ■ : ■ 1S52-3. He =1 Hardens of elling com- 1 Xe v Y ■ill- s'.; thi 2 . o7-61 Mr. O He 13. LSoil and. II \ V. States Sanitary I p soldiers in tin H ed thi 1 .,.. ] -.ii4-r,r, |l,. ■ I'ros \ • ■ . ■ I i. Wil- li i I i ut the i ! II,' i of the , : League ( • i i i,.; II-- i lejrrei of A. M II I in ls04, IsOT I I- I '•• M i |N<»3. II Slaver I 56 A Journey Saddle S IS.57): I 1S60); i > vols.. 1S61 used i e preceding M Olmsted . — eded ( ii i ; ihcn . -I. ihn ( '. < )lm- Krederiek La Oil ted. Jr., _' l. 1S7(J - II known Mr. O I while Mass . 2S. I!)i BRl H )KUNE, MASSACHUSETTS Henry Melville Whitney. Whitni i . Hi M-n Mi i.vi i i.i , was born Oct. -'-'» 1X39, al Conway, Franklin county, Mass. His fat her, t lie late < len. .lames S. VVliil nev, was ; Id war horse (if Democracy in the days before the ( 'i\ il \\ :ir, t hough he showed his independence by settling with his vote as a member of the Legisla- ture that Charles Si n unci' should go to the Cnited States Senate. The father was a Conway merchant, with manu- facturing interests. The boy was sent to the Con- way schools, and afterward to Williston Seminary. \\ hen he was read\ to go into business his father had removed to Springfield as superintendent of the Armory. Henry found ;i place as office boy in ilic Conway bank at spin a year. The second year he got a Kin per cent, increase, and the third \car was raised to s:;ui). "I can't remember," he says, "whether my father ever helped me out with am money besides what I earned or not. [know [ boarded with the cashier of the bank and did some odd jobs for him." In 1860 he c: • In Boston and entered the Rank of Redemption a- a clerk. Sunn afterward he took a place in a naval recruiting office, and when his fa i her was made collector of the port of Boston, he entered the Custom House. The fol- lowing year he went to W» York and set up for himself in the firm of Whitney tV - Hathaway, con- ducting a general shipping business. Meantime General Whitney, the father, had e tablished the Metropolitan Steamship Company In |S65 the son returned to Boston as agent of I his company. The fat her dying in lS(iS, t he sun in INTO secured control of the company and re mained its president until a -hurt tune ago, when he Sold mil all his stuck and ret ired. Hi- first big improvement for the city of Boston was the Beacon streel boulevard. His father's dwelling was at Beacon and Harvard street-, where Mr. Whitney's mother st ill resides. Ben- con street was a lane It appealed to Whitne\ that the man who made that alley into a boule- vard, with a street ear line in the middle of it. would nut only confer a tremendous blessing mi posterity, but incidentally make a fortune if he hap- pened in own the adjacent land. He formed the West laid band Co., which raised S1.00U.000, bought the land and sent Mr, Whitney into a Brookline town meeting to demonstrate that if he was willing tu make the improvement cheap for the town as chief abuttor, nobody else ought to complain. Bretty nearly everybody in sight did complain, but it went through, so far as Brookline w as concerned. The trouble came on the stretch ni lane within the Boston limits. The project was resisted in the city, and the Metropolitan street ran which would lay its t racks on t he new boulevard . if it went through, made such a light thai Mr. Whitney said: "There's only one way tu get rid of these railways: we'll have to buy them all." And he did. The West laid Land Coinpam < quired controlling interests in the Metropolitan, the Highland, the Middlesex, the South Boston and the Cambridge street railways, and consoli- dated I hem as t he \\'e.-i End street railway The Beacon street boulevard was finally laid nut. and Boston had the basis of the most mag- nificent parkway system in the world. It was characteristic of Henn \l Whitney that in drawing the charter of the West End Si reel Railway Company he peered into the Inline and foresaw that the surface lines were never going to suffice fur all I he traffic thai was In be. In that document permission was expressly given the com- pany to build and operate, under certain restric t inns, a subway under Boston Common. This was fought like almost every one of the remarka- 12" BRi H >K/.IXK. M. 1 55. 1 ( 'HI SETTS S'l'i INK Hi USE ' i.N THE PHI - \ IE. M -• 27A. S - - - - -• BR( H )KLIKE, MASSACHUSETTS ble Whitnej prophecies, and il was nol until years later t hat the ] pie had to yield t o cither manage- ment what it had refused t ii him. In a trip South Mr. Whitney happened to see one of the earlier short-line trolley installations. He saw at once thai electricity was the motive power nf the future for city traction, and came back tn Boston resolved to get thai imprcTN ement. People said he was crazy. Others said he desired t ii elect rocute his fellow -cil izens. lie went right ahead. The consolidation made a system on such a scale it was possible to t rv ex- periments which iin .-mall line could have afforded. It was all pioneer work, anil involved an immense amount of labor and expense. Many cities sent agents to see w hat Whitney was up to. The next meat Whitney enterprise was the coal business in Canada. He organi ed the Dominion Coal ( 'ompany, \\ Inch cum I lined a large number of mines uii Cape Breton Island. The product was sold for manufacturing purposes chiefly along the St. Lawrence River. In the winter that river is fro en and the men had no work. Mr. Whitney conceived the idea of gh ing the men work the year round and boosting international trade besides, li\ selling coal in Boston. A fleet of colliers was chartered, and coal carried to this port. It de- veloped that the kind of coal mined at Sidney was more profitably relieved of it- gas, leaving a mar- ketable coke; -11 Mr. Whit ney went to the Legisla- ture fur a charter fur what are now known as the New England Gas & Cuke Company, and the Massachusetts Pipe Line Company, to sell gas tn the district gas companies of Boston and cuke in the public. Here again he was bitterly opposed. Before the Dominion Compam was organized, t he product was 800,000 tons. N'ow it is 3, 500,000. The next commercial company was the Sub- marine Signal, which make- and sell- appliances based mi an invention u< i-t i >u Chamber of Commerce acquired without paying for ii the site on which it- building -lands. The land belonged originally to two wharf companies, t he India and t he ( 'ent nil. The India wharf peo- ple desired to deed over their half for nothing ex- cepting to get back the value with interest from sales of adjacent land. The Central Wharf Com- pany refused to du likewise. Mr. Whitney came forward, bought the whole property and gave the ( 'hamber it- site. Hotel Beaconsfield, Brookline, is another of his enterprises. The only other commercial concern with which he i- now connected is the American Asl ie-i os I 'onipanj . In the course of liis dealings in Canada Mr. Whitney had occasion to make many acquaintan- ces among the people of that country, and became impressed both with their line qualities as asso- ciates and with the unparalleled resources of their new land nf promise. When he had disposed of hi- interest in the Dominion Coal Company he look i he time to renew earlier studies of t he t rade relations between the two peoples, and became thoroughly imbued with the idea thai in Canada lies the opportunity fur \ew England to re.ua in all that great financial prestige which was formerly hers in building the railways and cities of t he West . "The artificial wall, the tariff, which obstructs I rade. ought 1 1 > come dow 11 ." he says. He let it be known tu his friends that he stood ready tn give nf his time and means to help that fight. The President nf tin' ('hamber of Commerce, which hasbeen doing things tn further reciprocity for maii\ year-, about this time resigning, Mr. Whitney, was chosen his successor. He immediately decided that the way tu get a new tariff law was tu notify the law makers t hrough t he ballot box i hat t he people of Massa- chusetts wanted it. Since then lie has been mak- ing a colli nuiiiii- fighl nil t hat line. Mr. Whitney's family life ha- been peculiarly happy. The son nf a mother w hu at s "> find- her -on one of the most distinguished citizens of the State, he married in 1869 Miss < ireen. daughter of Admiral Joseph L. Green of Brookline, and has been blessed with five children. Miss Ruth, Mrs. .1 P Gardiner, Miss Laura. James S.. now a Har- vard sophomore, and Miss Josephine. flic \\ hitneys live in Brookline. with a summer In une al < 'i iha--el lie has a -mall but tine stud ui riding and driv- ing horses. These he never races or exhibits. He i- fond or riding and indulges in that sport much . if i he t ime. 129 BROOKLINE, MASSACHl SE1 TS He is pres ' asset Goli Club, but this is •■ Taken seriously. He has never held a stick in his hand. His usual means of pro- pulsii n about the city is an automobile. He has , nl\ been ti i Europe once. 11. is a member i :' the Algonquin. I'., sti n Art and Country clubs. He has friends rigs he older em; reet railway .wiin -peak < I I h great respect and n, to the bus • n v\ it h w hi ini he is ] lar h\' ! ■ ■ i fellowship and making 1 feel that he is iii him. M. Whitney is the man oi the hour. He public He - a clear-headed, earnest advi rate of New El . .. 2 Sev, ghts of New Ei sdai capital and rable sei ■ luntrv. Augustus Lowell. - ■ ■ ■ ifacl urer. wa- in ni in Bi ston. Mass tsi tts. January 15. 1S30; ■ John Amory 179S-1SS1 and Elizabeth I Put nam 1 . grandson 1 769-1841 i and Rebecca Am r\ Lowell Judge Putnam; t s andson of .Indue John 1 1743- - - - Higginsoi _ ■ • • _'• t grai ' • he K.-'. . John 1704-1767 ir I I 'hanfrey i Lov great. ia - Ebenezi 1675-171 1 - of John i 1629- 1 694 and 11. ■ -■ jreat, great, grandson of John Lowell .■-.-- n England, in 1595. mat ried i mpanied his parents Percival and Ri '-vie or Lowell to Amei f thi ■ Newbury, M - tsetts Kay Colony. in 639 The Li wells in the I - tes - i ,f Xori ' heir ancesti irs pi accompanied W Duk f Normandy to Eng- 1066 • ■ . ly "Lowle" 5 fort graphy enturies i i 1830- 19(11 i In ed with 1 t I he ancest ral home in Roxbury and was a - - d to ride with his ! - :. every morning in order to attend ■ n Latin School preparatory to entering 11' I ( _ lated at Han a i S B.. 1S50. A. M.. IS53. He accompanied his father to Europe in 1S50, and travelled in £ and Germany in c< ship with his mate Edm i I Lit oil B es in 1S51 with him ti i m the autui year. He erk in the mi if Bullard and Lee. who were East India Merchants in B ars 1852-53 and he was then sent to Lowell. Mass . where ' Cotton M - conducted by his fat her. and I hus nbtaii i act ical knowh themanufacturing of cotton goods. In January, J. M. Beebe, M - A- Co.. B June 1. 1S54, I i to Kathi f the Hot \ Eat herine became officially connected with tl ' n Mills at Lawrence and I India tr; de, in parti - Franklin II St< rey 1 1 inEun 64-66. where he travelled with his family fi thi enefit of Mrs. Lowell's health, and on his ret urn ti i Bi isti m he i ■ \ here he a ve much I He ag the cares i manufacturing I added I He was treasurer of the Boot! Cotton M the execul of the Massachusetts H - Life Insurance • : ent Ins thi Bostoi Gas Light Co. : tn - irer and p Manu- facturing Company: presidei U ■ setts Mills in Georgia. Massachusetts i Mills, Pari: c M - Boi tt < Mills Lowell • ty. Lowell Mae! - G n Iron i Hi -...- - \1 klli sex Company. Lawrence Mills. Lowell Manufacturing Compai Bank. Cranberry Iron Company. Ply- mouth! 'ordageComj d as a trustee in the Union Trust Company of \"< Vork His public service included a many years trusteeship ol the Mass I d Ear In- loll BRi >( )KLINE, MASSACHUSETTS firmary, the Boston Museum of Fine Ails, ami a single term as a member of the Boston School Com- mittee. On the death of his fal her in 1881 , he suc- ceeded a,- the trustee oi the Lowell Institute which institution experienced great prosperity un- der his able management. He was vice president of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a member of the corporation of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from its organization up tn 1883, and a member of t he executive committee from 1' S3 in 1901. Hi- son Percival Lowell pre- pared a memoir oi his father which was printed in i In- proceedings of t he American Academy of Arts ami Sciences, Vol. XXXVII, he brings out the leading traits in Mr. Lowell's character m these words. "Three qualit ies he possessed to an unusual de- gree; will, ability ami integrity. * * * * He was noted for his determination. To his lot, in consequence, fell many necessary ami thankless tasks. He likewise escaped main - empty honors, for u here In 1 went he worked. "Xo one ever thought of proferring him a p si merely 'honorus causa.' For people knew that in gettinghimthey got, not a figurehead, but a man who was certain to make himself felt ; not because he t ried to do SO, but because it was in him tn do it." Tin- children of Augustus and [Catherine (Bigelow) Lowell , were : Percival, born March 13, 1S55; Alilmtt Lawrence, born December 13, L856; married June 20, l^T'.t tn Anna Parker Lowell, daughter of George Lowell and Man Ellen (Parker) Lowell. Katherine, born N'ovem- ber 27, 1858, married December 5, 1882 at Brookline, to Alfred Roosevelt son of James Alfred and Elizabeth Emlen Roosevelt of New York and cousin german to Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United State-. Mr. Roosevelt died in ls'.i] and Mrs. Roosevelt married T. J. Bowdker in Dec. 1903. Elizabeth, born February '_'. 1862, married at Brookline June 9, 1.88S to William Lowell Putnam: Roger, born February 2, IS62, died August 31.1863; May, born May 1. 1870, died same day; Amy, born in Brookline February 9, 187-1 Mrs. Lowell died April 1, 1895, and her youngest child Miss Amy Lowell became mistress of the home and after the death of her fal her still continued to reside in the Lowell homestead in that beautiful town. Augustus Lowell died at Ins home in Brookline, Mass., June 22, 1901. William Whitman. Whitman, William, has beena cit i Massa chusel t s for nearly fifty years. He is a son of John Whit man and a descendant in the eighth generation of John Whitman, who came from England prior to 163S and settled at Weymouth, near Bi ston. Hi- great great grand- father, also named John Whitman, w a - born in Massachusetts, and weni to \"ov:i Scotia to take possession of the fruitful lands of Acadia. Mr. Whitman is of old Massachusetl - nncest r\ lli- motlier was Rebecca Cutler, a direct descendant of Ebenezer Cutler, a conspicuous loyalist, whose attachment to the name of King George was the reason of his banishment during the war oi the Revolution, and of his settlement in Halifax. V va Scot ia .in 1 778. William Whit man was born at Hound Hill, May 9th, 1842, lie -petit the early years of his child- h 1 1 here and in I he neighboring town of Annapo- lis being brought up in the Church of England faith and acquiring the rudiments of education in ■i small country school, and at the Anna; Acadenn .and through the t raining of his father's 131 BR( H )KLINE, MASSACHUSETTS house At the age of eleven, however, his school of mill architecture in the world. They have days wei'e over, and circumstances compelled him a capacity for consuming 1,250,000 pounds oi to starl out and make his own way in the world. wool weekly, equivalent to the fleeces of 33,000 He acquired early a g I legible hand-writing, an sheep daily. While wool is t he principal material accomplishment which will never he out of date of manufacture, yet the cotton mills of the in business. The early age al which he was corporation consume annually 12,000 bales of thrown upon his own resources developed in him cotton. that self-reliance which lias been our of his most The recapitulation of these farts is necessary in conspicuous qualities in later life. He left home, any sketch of Mr. Whitman's life, because the May 13th, 1854, to take a position in the office of greater pari of his business life is measured by a wholesale dry guilds store in St. John, New this period of development of the Arlington Mills, Brunswick. He was dissatisfied with the limited under his management and by the corresponding opportunities of thai city, and two years later period of development in t lie worsted industry of came tn Boston, and secured a position as entry the lulled States, to which he has largely con- clerk in the firm of James M. Beebe, Richardson tributed. Much of the growth of the Arlington iV Co., successors to .lames M. Beebe, Morgan & Mills and of the general worsted industry has been Co. He remained with that house eleven vears, in fields which were untouched when Mr. Whit- iii)i i 1 the firm was dissolved. man firs! devoted his energies to the worsted In 1807 Mr. Whitman became associated with manufacture. The wonders worked by maehin- 1!. M. Bailey >V Co. as Treasurer of t he Arlington er\ in our modern i m lust ries are in. lira ted by t he Woolen Mills, of which Mr. Bailey was at the time tan that the man whose mind has fur so many President, and his firm the selling agents Two years controlled the operation of the Arlington vears later Mr. Whit man became dissatisfied wit h Mills can remember the time when the clothing oi the management of the nulls and resigned his po- his family and of the community in w Inch he lived sitioii as Treasurer. He bought an interest in a was woven on the hand loom, and the yarn from Woolen mill at Ashland, New Hampshire, and which it was woven was spun on the old-fashioned there devoted himself to the manufacture of g Is spinning w heel. on his own account. But, six months later, the During the last ten years. Mr. Whitman has in- Arlington Mills were re-organizod. and Mr. Whit- fluenced the construction of new mills in Massa- maii was asked to resume the position which he chusetts, in which he acts as managing director. had resigned. In 1895 and 1902 the Whitman Mills were built, |'r 1X67, — with the exception of this brief and in 1903 the Malioinel Mills, both m the city interval until the present tune. Mr. Whitman of New Bedford, Massachusetts. The former has has been continuously associated with the Arling- a capitalization of SI. 500,000, and is equipped ton Mills. — until 1902 as Treasurer, and since with 132.000 spindles and 3,400 looms used in the that dale as President. lie ha- been I he chief manufacture of cotton cloths; while the latter, factor in the development of that establishment with$S00, 000 capital, has 54,000 spindles, its pro- I'rom a small mill with limited capital and poor dud being confined to cotton yarns. Each null equipment into one of I he largest nulls of I he kind is a model of a modern American mill, in New England, if not in the world. Mr. Whit- In 1887, while still acting as Treasurer of the man's energy and foresight have enabled the mills Arlington Mills, Mr. Whitman became a member io anticipate and to keep pace with the changes of the firm of Harding, Colby & Co., of Boston and which have taken place in manufacturing indus- New York, commission merchants, who were at tries during this long period, and so to adapt their the tune selling agents of the mills. Two years resources and methods to meet them as to gain later the firm was dissolved by the death of Mr. unusual benefits. During his connection with Colby, and Mr. Whitman then became the manag- i he milk-, the capitalization has grown from ing partner in the firm of Harding. Whitman & $150,000 to $5,000,000 and the number of em- Co . which succeeded it. The firm has offices in plovees from 300 to 0,000. The mills, which are the leading cities of the country, and it- growth all within one yard, contain more than sixty acres has been on the same scale with t hat of t he A rl ing- ot' Hour space, ami are among the finest specimen- ton Mills. 132 BRO( >KLINE, MASSACHUSETTS lie has for many years been a prominent mem- ber of the National Association of Wool Manu- facturers, He was honored with the presidency of the Association in 1XN8 and was re-elected each year until in 1S9 I the stress of his business duties compelled him to retire. After an interval of ten years, during which he served upon the Executive Committee, he was again chosen President in I !>u 1 and was re-elected in Kill."}. Mr. Whit man is also a member of The X. E. Vi tton Mfrs. Association. ( )n the reorgani; at ion of the directorate of The Equitable Life Assurance Society, Mr. Whitman was in June, 1005, elected ;i director as a represen- tative i f policy-holders of the Society. While he has never held public office , he has al- ways been identified with the Republican partv, and has exerted a large influence upon public affairs, especially as related to industrial econo- mics and the trade and I a riff of this country. lie is an acknowledged authority in tariff matters, particularly in connection with the manufacture of woolens, and his advice has frequenth been sought upon the wisdom and effect of proposed tariff legislation. Wide and thorough study as well as large personal experience have given weight to his views; and have enabled him, on many occasions, by speech and brief, to render valuable service to the textile manufacturers i I this country. He has labored indefatigably for I he building up of the commerce and indust ries of Massachusetts and the count n at large, lie has prepared and published papers on economic sub- jects which have attracted marked attention and have been widely circulated. Among them are: "Free Raw Materials a- Related to .New England Industries", "Free Coal, Would it Give New England Manufacturers Cheaper Fuel?", "Some Reasons why Commercial Reciprocity is Imprac- ticable", "Objections to Reciprocity on Constitu- t ional and I 'tact ical < Irounds. " He belongs to several clubs and societies, such as the Arkwright Club. American Academy of Political and Social Science (life member), Boston V. M. C. C. (life member), Bostonian Society, Bunker Hill Monument Association, Chamber of Commerce, Commercial Club. Country Club, 1 astern Yacht Club, Home Market Club. Middle- sex Club. Massachusetts Club, Massachusetts Horticultural Society (life member), Manufact- urers' Club, Philadelphia. X. E. Historic Geneal- ogic Society, Republican Club of Massachusetts, Society of \rts, and the I'n ion Club, but his ta le are domestic and he finds hi- chief happiness in his home. Mr. Whitman was married on the lilth of January, Is6">, to Jane Dole Hallett. She wa- ll rn in Boston, but is a descendant of distin- guished loyalist families which left New York in 17' •> at the close of the [{evolutionary War and settled at St. John, N'ew Brunswick. Mr. and Mrs. Whitman have had eight children, of whom four - ins and I hive da light ers a re li\ ins. Charles Sprague Sargent. S \ia. i. vi , Cii \i;i i sSpif \i;i i , botanist .dendrolo- gist. director of the Botanic Garden of Harvard I "niversity and Arnold Arboretum, and professor of Arboriculture from IS7o was bom in Boston. Mass., April 24, l! II. son of Ignatius and Henrietta (Gray) Sargent; grandson of Ignatius and Sarah (Stevens) Sargent and of Samuel and Man (Brooks) Grav; great grandson of Daniel and Mary Turner Sargent : great, great grandson of Col. Epes and Catherine (Osborn) Sarget great, great . great . grandson of William ami Mary l.;:: "TTS * «t, .•- ■-» «- -*• <*•- I Hmv 1 Str M - BRl x )KLINE, MASSACHUSETTS (Duncan) Sargent and great, great, great, grand- trustee of the Boston Museum of Pine Arts; son of William and .Mary (Epes) Sargent. trustee and president of the Massachusetts Socie- William Sargent (1606-1675) the emigrant ty for Promoting Agriculture; trustee of the came from Exeter, England, to Agawam, Massa- Massachusetts Horticultural Society; member of chussetts Bay Colony, about Hi'-'-"), where he re- the National Academy of Science, American ceiveda grant of a tract of land April, lii.'!:i. He Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Philo- also appears to ha ve lived in Newberry, Hampton, sophical Society. St. Louis Academy of Science. Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts Bay honorary member of the Scottish Agricultural Colony. Charles Sprague Sargent's father was a Society, of the Deutsche Dendrologisehe Gessell- banker and railroad director, and resided first in schaft and of the Royal Horticultural Society of Boston and subsequently in Brookline, where the England; foreign member of the Societe Nationale sun was brought up and was prepared for college d'Agriculture de F ranee and of the Linna?an So- at private schools. piety of London; corresponding member of the He was graduated at Harvard, A. B. IS62, and Soeiete Central Forestiere de Belgique; Associate the same year entered the military service of the member of the Societe Royale de Botanique de ("nited States as lieutenant and aide-de-camp on Belgique, ami a regular member of the Societe the headquarters staff of tin' Department of the National d'Horticulture de Prance and of the So- Gulf, and he remained in the service as a staff ciete Botanique de France. His club affiliations officer up to August, 1S65, when he was must ered were as a mem her of the St . Botolph Club of 1 ln>- out, having attained the brevet rank of Major. ton. the Country Club of Brookline, and the Cen- He was professor of horticulture at Harvard tury Association of New York. Mr. Sargent University as successor t" Francis Parkman edited Garden and Forest (1889-97) and is the 1872-74; director of the Botanic Garden, as author of: "Catalogue of Forest Trees of North successor to Asa Gray Fisher; Professor of Natu- America" (1S80); English translation of "Prun- ral History 1S73-79; director of t he Arnold Ar- ing of Forest and Ornamental Trees" (1X81); boretum In 'in 1S72, and Arnold Professor of Arbo- "The \Y Is of t he F nited St tiles" ( 1885) ; "Silva riciilt ure from 1879, the chair having been estab- of North America" 14 vols., 740 plates, (1891- lished that year under the will of James Arnold l902);"Forest Flora of Japan" (1894); "Trees who died in 1872. He was married November 29, and Shrubs" vol. 1. (1902-1905); "Manual of 1873. to Mary Allen, daughter of Andrew and Trees of North America" (1905). He also edited Mary (Allen) Robeson of Tiverton. R. F, and the the scientific papers of Asa Gray (1889), and pre- fix e children born of this marriage are now li\ inc.-. pared vol. IN of the "Filial Reports of t he Tent h He served t he town of Brookline as trustee of t he Census "( 1S85). Walnut ( 'emeterv from ls7">. and as park commis- sioner from 1880 Hon - Samuel Sewall. He served as a special agent of t he Tenl h ( 'en- Si w m.l. S wt i hi, .Chief Just ice of the Province of mi-. 1879-S5, tn investigate the forests and forest Massachusetts Bay, was born in England, March wealth of the Fnited State-: as chairman of the 28, [652. Came to New England in 1661. Mem commission appointed by the Governor of New ber of the Council under the Proxincial charter, York in 1884 to recommend a plan for the care of 1692-1725. One of the Assistants under the the Adirondack forest; as chairman of the com- Colonial charter, and ex-officio a Judge of the Su- mission appointed by the National Academy of preme Court. Appointed Judge of Superiot Science in 1S96, to prepare a plan for the preserva- Court in 1692. and Chief Justice in 1718. Chosen t ion and management of the forests of the Nat ion- in 1699 one of the Commissioners of the Socict\ in til domain : and he planned t he Jarauf collect ion of England for t he Propagat ion of the Gospel in New known woods in the American Museum of National England. Sometime Resident Fellow, afterw a rd History. New York, 18S0-1900, tin- collection one of the Board of Overseers of Harvard College being illustrated by life size water colors by Mrs. ][,. home in Brookline embraced -"oil acre.-. ex- Sargent. He wa- a director of the Boston ami tendingfrom Harvard Street to Charles River, the Albany Railroad from 1880; vice-president of t he house being near the present site of Sears Chapel. Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company ; Died Januan I. 1730. 135 KM U > K 1. 1 N /•:, .1 / . 1 SS. [CHI r SE 1 ' 1 'S Ginery Twichell. Tw icnKi.i.. Gin - born in At In .1 . Massa- chusetts, Augusl 2(3. ISlI.n son of Francis and A I sixteen he left school and entered the employ of a local merchant, and three years later took e of 1 he -i age In:' 1 i '""in I iarre to IVm cester Iiv patience, and strict devotion to the interests in his charge he soon became a partner and in fifteen years became sole o\\ tier of this and se\ era] additional lines which required the use of over two hundred horses. In 1S40 Mr. Twichell performed :i remarkable feat which illustrates his indomita- ble energy as well as i he n ■ . iri.se of t he newspaper pre--. The leading newspapers of New York were eager to secure despatches ex- pected i" arri\'e at Boston by the foreign steam- 1S46. The Xew Vork Herald 1 to carry its nun despatches. The Tri- bune and other papers, being excluded, made ar- rangements with Mr. Twichell who was obliged to use ■ stead < if steam p >wer for m >st i ii the distal ce He could obtain an engine to run from Bosti >n to Worcester only on condition of its fifteen n 'hind the Herald's train. From Worcester to Hartford, sixty-six miles, he nde on horseback through drop snow in three hours and twenty minutes. From Hartford to New lla\rii l'\ railroad, and from Now Haven to \'i \\ Vork. seventy-six miles, bj horses. reaching the latter city in season tort he print ing of the de~ - pat rlic-, before the arrival of t hose of the Hera Id. 1 his remarkable feat of horsemanship was com- memorated by an engraving entitled. "The 1 n- ri vailed Express Rider." In IS4S he was appi inted assistant superinten- dent of the Bi st on & Worcester R. R and in 1849 was superintendent, which position he held until ISo7, when he became its president He moved to Brookline in 1S.50 and was a prominent figure in the si rial and political life of Brookline taking a kindly interest in local affairs. He prided him- self on never failing to vote. He did his part in sen ice to the Union during the Ch ii War. In- note- worthy public service being a special trip by steamboat from Washington to N'ew Vork in April, 1N61, car.ying the foreign despatches con- cerning the blockade, and it is said, that, to the timely arrival of these despatches, much weight was given by the Alabama claim- commission Ho remained president of t he Boston & Worces- ter II R. until his election to Congress in 186(3. He served in three Congresses from IS66 to LS72. In INTO ho became president of the A. T. & S. F. R 1! . . t In 'ii a road of only '-'7 miles, which, during his four years as president was completed to the Colorado State line, a distance of nearly five hun- dred miles. He was president of the Boston, Barre & C rcl tier R. R. from 1873 to IS78: and later was also president of the Hoosac Tunnel & Western and Central Mass. Railroads. Mr. Twichell was a prominent member of the Unitarian Church. His acts of charity and help tut he needy were many. He was twice married. first on August 26, 1846, to Miss Theolotia. daughter of freight on Ruggles, of Barre. Mass., by whom he had eight children, of whom only one survives, a daughter. Mrs. Twichell died March 0. 1S76. He married again June 28th. 1877. Mrs. Catharine M. (Burt) Vinal, daughter of William S Burt of I N'ew Vork. Mr. Twichell died at his residence on l now bent Street, in Brookline. Julv 23rd. 1883 BR( H )KLINE, MASSAi 'HUSETTS ■1 William Henry Lyon. Lyon, Willi \m Henry, clergyman and author, was born in Fall River, Bristol County, Massachu- setts, December 23, 1846. His father Henn Ly- on was :i descendant from Caleb Lyon, a Scotch- man who came from Hertfordshire, England, to New England, in the seventeenth century, and a descendant of this Caleb Lyon was a lieutenanl in the ( 'ontinental army and was wounded at the bat- tle of Hunker Hill. This Caleb's grandson, Caleb Lyon (1822-1875) was the son of Caleb Lyon the founder of Lyondale, X. V. , and was a representa- tive in the -lord Congress, 1853-55; Governor of Idaho 1864-66, and an extensive traveller in Tur- key, Palestine and Eg\ | it , and a pioneer in Califor- nia before the admission of the terril < iry as a state, and designer of the state seal adopted Sept. 2, 18 l'.». I [enry Lyon was an engraver, trustee of the Fall River At hena'um and of the Fall River Pub- lic Library, a man noted for his inventiveness, geniality and loveof literature. Henry Lyon, who was brought up in Fall River, was a slender child, fond of reading, especially books of biography and history, and was taught by his mother lessons in usefulness, simplicity and frugality. He had regular tasks to perform about the house, and thus acquired halm- of regularity and indusl ry \\ hah were useful in afterlife. He earned the money t o pav part of his tuition in college by si nging in the church choir and playing the organ. He was prepared for college at the Fall River High Sid I, and was graduated at Brown Cniversitv, A. I'... 1868, and at Harvard l)i\ init\ School, Cambridge, Mass., I; D..1S73. His nu. si helpful reading was biograph\ and tii'M came the works of Herbert Spencer, Emerson's Divinity School Address, a little life of 1 Micrlin. and ( 'harles ( 'arm]] Everett '- led lire His most inspiring helpin his formathe period was from his home minister and t he master of I lie Hisli School I pun entering t he minis) rv he served the First Cnitarian Church, Ellsworth, Maine. 1873-78. In 1878 he came to Roxbury, Mas.- . as pastor of the Mount Pleasant Congregational Church, where he remained (en years 18' 0-90, and i f All Souls Fnitarian Church, Roxbury, I' 110-96 The First Parish of Brookline called him a.- t heir ministerin 1S!)6, and he is si ill actively working in that society. He is also serving the Town of Brookline as a trustee of the Public Librarv, as a member of i he school comniil tee. and has been president of the Education Society: he has Keen ■ >\-'> a \ isitor at t he I >h inii \ School, of Harvard Cniversitv; president of the Cnitarian Sundav School Society : chancellor of the Cnitarian Svnod "I Hungary; secretary of t he National Cnitarian Conference. His club affiliations are with the St. Botolph Club and the Twenl iei h ( 'ent ury ( 'lull of Boston. He is t he ant hor of "A St udy of t he Sects" 1891; "Early old Testanienl Narratives" 1893; "Later Old Testament Narratives" 1905. Brown I niversity conferred on him the honorary degree of l». 1 1. in 1896. Dr. Lyon was married April5, 1893, in Louisa, daughter of Eliphalet M., and Lydia A. (Beal) Dennison of Boston, and the v hail t hree chili lien. The law - uf health were close! v observed b\ hi Lyon from his early you! h, and his recreation ami exercise were boating, tennis and golf, bv mean- of which In- tendency to lack concentration of thought on one line of Work and In look on I he dark side of life were warded off. To young men he says: "The selection as earl \ a possible of the work you mean in do, and then 5. His father, Joseph Henn V\ alker, II I) was the son of Joseph and Hannah Thayer (Chapin) Walker; grandson of Joseph and Mehi- tal)le (Gibhs) Walker and of Kli and Libby (Thayer) Chapin and :i descendant in the ninth generation from ('apt. Richard Walker of the Ancienl Artillen Conipam of London, who im- migrated lo Massachusel I - I'm \ ( 'olotiy in 1 <".:'.( » . and located in Saugus, which plantation was in- corporated as a i ow 1 1 July ,"), I (i:;i . and on Novem- ber 2(1, Hi: ',7, I he name was changed I < > Lvnn. lie was a constituent member of the Ancienl and Honorable Artillen Company of Boston. Joseph Hcnn Walker wa- married Mav IS, 1N52, to Sarah, daughter of .lubal and Lucretia (Keys) Harrington of Worcester, and secondly, \pnl '■',. IS02, to Hannah M. I Keller ) S] r, daughter of Michael I'... ami Rachel (Cross) Kelley, of Hamp- ton, X. II. lie was admitted as a partner in his father's boat factory in IN50, and with his brother formed I he linn of .1. II. ,V (!. M. Walker after their father's death, and continued in business up to ISN7. Me was also a partner in the firm of Walker. Oakley Company, Leather Manufactu- rers, Chicago, lNO.N-05. lie was a prominent leader in i he Republican party; served as a mem- ber of I he common council of Worcester ami president (if that bi«lv; representative in the General Court of Massachusetts fur three terms, IN70-S0 and N7; a representative in the United State- Congress in the 51st and 55th Congress I NNO-09, serving as chairman of i In 1 i nit tee on banking and currency. His work as an educa- tionist was through his trusteeship of Brown I niversity from 1SS0 and of 1 he Newton Theologi- cal Institution from 1S74; the presidency of the board of trusteef "I Worcester Wademv; as cor- respondent i I the Brooklyn Institute of Art and Physics from ISO!); hi* directorship in the Ameri- can Institute of Civics from ISOO and In- member- ship in the American \cademv of Political and Social Science, from 1N02, placed him in dose touch with I lie men of thought engaged in politi- cal and ecoii ie research, throughout the World. lie u,'i a director in various banking and other financial institutions of Massachusel I s, and presi dent uf | lie Worcester Board of Trade. He was one of I he founder." and the lirst president of the Kcoiiomic ('bib uf Worcester. Tufts College conferred on him the honorarv degree of 1. 1.. I'. in ISill. He was a voluminous writer on eco nomic subjects, and a lit hor of" Money, Trade and Banking." Hisson, Joseph Walker, h\ In- second wife Hannah M. (Kelley) Speer Walker, was a I ii 1 1 H I in t he public schools of Worcester, in rvxeter Academy, a ml at Brown I* niversity where he was graduated A. B., IS85, and Harvard University Law School, where he received In- degree "I LI,. I '>.. in I SOO. He practiced law in Boston, and had tin- care uf large estates, lie was married .lime :;t), 1S90, I,, Can. line, daughter of Waller and Julia ( Ant hi.ii v I Richmond and a direct descen- dant through her father from John and I'riscilla (Mullins) Alden of the Mayflower, 1620. He made In- Inline in Bl'ooklitie, that most beautiful suburb of Boston, and 1 here five of his six children were burn. Joseph Richmond burn in I'rnvidence, I!. I., George Richard, Katharine, ICvelyn and Dorotln (deceased), lie was elected a Republi- can representative to the General Court oi Massa- chusetis from Brookline in 1004, and was re- elected annually serving 1005-6, and in the legisla- ture he served as a member of i he committees "I Rules and Wars and Means of the House, and IMS BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS proved himself one ol the most useful meml)ei> i f I hese impnrtanl commit Ices. He also rej)resented his town on the State Board of Charities, and as ,'i member of the Re- publican State Committee for several years. As a speaker before the legislative body he was practical and convincing, not easily excited, and his oratory commanded the close attention of the members of the House. He was active in town affairs, served on the school board and on various committees, and he was chairman of the Republi- can tow n commit I ce for i hrce years. As a member ol the Massachusetts legislature he was a prominent candidate for the nomination by his party for speaker of the House in 1900, and his friends predicted for him rapid promotion through the Senate to the governorship, or to the National Congress where his father made so pronounced a success. John Knox Marshall. Marshal] , John Knox, was born February 16, I s | 1, at Fairfied, Pennsylvania, a few miles west of the famous battlefield of Cettysburg. His par- ents were the late Hon. James II. Marshall and Rachel I! i Knox), both strictly of the Scotch- Irish Ancestry. When the civil war broke out Mr. Marshall was in ( iettysburg preparing fur Prim -el mi I'ni \ ersity. The firing upon Port Sumter stirred his Scotch- Irish blood, and filled his heart with a patriotic purpnse to become a soldier. Ai IS years of age, lSti'J, he enlisted as a private in the 15th Pennsyl- vania Cavalry a regiment selected from a certain number of youths from Philadelphia and Pittsburg and other counties in the state. The stirring times on the border, the winters of 01 and '(>:.> had given Mr. Marshall a semi-opportunity to practice a soldier's life. The regiment went into training at the Carlisle 1. S. Barracks, and became pro- ficient under the tutorage of regular army soldiers, and was an important link in keeping < ieneral I .ee from invading Pennsylvania in IN62, and \\a- presenl at the battle of Antietam. November 1S02, the regiment was ordered west, and became a pari of i he Army of the Cumberland. Mr. Marshall spent three years in the service, and passed through all the non-commissioned grades, commanding In- eoinpanv "F" on several campaigns as a 1st sergeant. Hence the following order, tiled in the archives of the war department a i Washington, he prizes with much satisfaction. ( ieneral < Irders, \*o. 7. Headquarters Firsl Brigade, Cavalrv Div. Department of the Cumberland, Huntsville, Ua. May 20, lXf>. r >. The general commanding accepts the present opportunity to compliment Sergts. John Burton Company P. and John K. Marshall Company P., Fifteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry, for the faithful discharge oft he duties which, owing to the absence of their officers, devolved upon them during the recent campaign, and to congratulate I hem up >n i fie entire success of t heir effort s to maintain the discipline of t hei r re-pert i \ e n unpanies. By command ol Brevet Brigadier-( ieneral Win. J. Palmer. Henrv McAllister, ('apt. and acting assistant ad- jutant general Prom Brevet Brigadier ( Ieneral Palmer's report. I 'lease add the following list of 15th Pennsylva- nia for promot ii in, First Sergeant John Burton, First Sergeant John K. Marshall fortheefficiencv with which they commanded their respective companies and discipline during the ac- tive campaign, there being no commissioned offi- cer.' in i heir companies. 139 BR( H )KLIXE, MASSACHUSETTS He ■ _ - ■ 1 5 ;. • - _ Store.- • W. I,. - 1 : I Hair ' - ■ "'■'-■ "■' ■ ! 2 Y. M i S s 1 1 I _ 2 - _ ' - B - 2 < six - M : -- Annn K. ] S Diesco. H =ides i ev Hill. Prentiss Cummings. 1 - - - Si - 1 •■- v - 1 . ■ - ! - 7 ■ 14- /;A'( )( )KLINE, MA S. 1 Cfl L r SETTS to the Elevated Railway, and ha? clone much for the solution of the question of rapid transit in Boston and the suburbs, lie is a member of the Society of the Cincinnati, the Boston Chess Club, liiiuii Chili, and man}' others, lie married Miss Annie I). Snow of Cambridge, Mass., Feb. '_'~>th. 1' ' u. He has resided in Brooklinc since 1885. where he has been chairman el' the School Board, trustee of i he Public Library, anil otherwise ac- tive in town affairs. He is now serving his second term in the Senate where he is chairman of the Committee mi Street Railways, chairman of Metropolitan Affairs, and member of the Commit- tee on Labor; and has in fori) er years been chair- man of the Commit lee en Ta xation, and member of the.Judieiarv and Woman Suffrage committees ' - / Desmond FitzGerald. I'n z( li.i: M.ii. Dksmond. president oftheAmeri- can Society of Civil Engineers, was born in Nas- sau, \'e\\ Pro\ idem e, May 20, 1' Hi. ( 'harles Lionel William Henn I it /.Gerald was an officer in the English Army and received several decora- tion from t he Crown for gallant fighting, lie married Caroline, daughter of the Hon. Patrick and Harriet Brown of Providence, I!. [. and a descendant of Roger Williams, the founder of Rhode Island. The Fit zGeralds were prominent for many centuries in the history of Ireland. II riet Brown FitzGerald came to t he city of her birth m 1849. She was i hen a widow, and brought with her her three year old boy, and he attended the public and high schools of Providence and Andover's cele- brated Phillips Academy, where he was graduated in LS64. He then studied in Paris. France, for one vear, and was deputy secretary of the state of Rhode Island under secretary John II. Bartlett. and pri- vate secretary to Governor Burnside, 1866. Dur- ing this interval he was preparing himself for the profession of engineering, and soon afterward en- tered the office of Cushing >v Dewitl of Provi- dence, R. I., who sent him with an engineering corps in survey railn ads in the west. He was so employed 1867-70 and on returning east in 1870, he was married June 21, 1870, to Elizabeth Parker ( lark, daughter of Stephen and Elizabeth Salisbury of Brookline, Mass., and thev made a new home in that beautiful suburb where four children were born of the marriage. lie was of the Boston and Albany railroad from 1871- 73; s ii peri lit ende lit of I he We -I en i Division of the Boston Water Works, and resident engineer for an additional supply of water for Boston from He was also consulting engineer in t he const ruc- tion of sanitary works both on the Atlantic and Pacific slopes oft he I niled Stales, and in I '.lit I was sent to Manila. Philippine Islands, to study the sanitary needs of that city. He was a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and served as president of the sociely as he did of the Boston Sociely of Civil Engineers and of t he \*e\\ England Water Works Association, lie was a member of the corporation of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; treasurer of the council of t he New filmland Meteorological Society, and a fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society of England. His papers on professional subjects have appeared in the various periodicals on engineering subjects and have been widely ci in non-professional journals. He twice received the Norman gold medal for the besl engineering pa per published during I lie \ ea r His club affiliations were with the Union Club of Boston, t he St, Botolph < 'lull of Boston, and t he 141 BR( H »/\V./.\7-:. MASSACHUSETTS Country Club of Brookline. Ho served the town of Brookline as a trustee of the Public Library and as chairman of the Park Commissioners, ami the Commonwealth of Massachusetts through the ap- l> inl nirni of Governor Russell was benefited by In- sen ices as chairman of I lie fop 'graphical Sur- ve\ * '' inmissii n. Alfred D. Chandler. Chandi.ki;, Ai.;'Ki:i) 1).. has been a resilient of Brookline since 1N4N. He was educated in the public schools of i lial tow n, and at Harvard < 'ol- 2 raduat injz i here in I ' (>.' I le has followed the law as a profession, it being t hat ol some of his ancestors for several generation? Ill- preference i- for chamber practice in connection with muni- cipal anil private corporation law, with trust estates, ami with land interests, though on occa- sions he has appeared before Committees at the National Capitol at Washington, and at the State House in I'm -tmi. and also before various Federal and State Courts In different parts of the l'nited Slate-, in admiralty, tariff, patent, will, and re- eel \ er-ln | i ea -e- lle drafted I he bill for I he establishment of national savings banks, known a- Senator \\ in- dom's lull, which was introduce I by Mi'. Windom in the l'nited States Senate, March I, 1SS0. Mr. ('handler's arguments on national savings banks, mi opposing the annexation of Brookline to Bos- ton , on creating a tribunal to decide that a public necessity for a railroad exists before property can be i a ken for its construction (Acts of ISS2, Chap. '_'(i.">i. on Nationalism and municipal control of public lighting, his article entitled "Brookline, — a St in U in Town ( !o\ eminent ," in the New I a i- la ml Magazine for August, I S93. and his pam- phlet i m "The Mel n p ilitan I lebt - of I loston and \ icinitv." in I !•()/), a re leading contributions up m i In -e subjects. Mr. Chandler has been active in the discussion and practical working of municipal administra- tion, and ha- aided several New ['"ngland towns. The enii-l mil loii of I lie Ki \ erdale I 'a rk betwei II Brookline and I" -ton i- due mainly to hi- con- tinued efforts in surmounting legal and practical difficulties in the way. lie ha- had an influential hand in directing the largest public improvements in Brookline fc r the past twenty-five years, and has given especial attention to drafting legislation lor i he adapiai ion ol' i he town meeting system oi local government to communities large in numbers. lie served as ( 'ha in nan of the Boards of Select- men, Surveyors of Highways, Health, and Over- -eei of the Poor, in Brookline. in IS.S4, 1SS5 and I' Mi, and as a Trustee <<\ the Brookline Public Library in 1S74, 1N7.5 and 1S7G. The animal Brooklme Town Reports, the most complete per- haps of an v in the country, now follow the i node I established by his direction in ISSo. lb- ha- been a constant contributor to the press on a \ ariety of questions touching municipal and national ad- mi nisi ration. He was I he president of I he Brook- line Republican ''I" 1 ' in |s ' 1 -'- He i- a iiieinl ier of t he I iosti in I !;ii Associat ion, In American Bar Association, the American Kconomic \ssociation. the American \cademy ol Political and Social Science, the National Munici- pal League, the National Geographic Society, the Immigration Restriction League, the Metropolitan Improvement League, the Exchange Club of Bos- ton, of w I lie 1 1 he w a- an active founder, the Massa- chusetts Horticultural Society, and ot hers. Mr. Chandler was married in Brookline. Decem- ber 2'_>. 1SS2, to Miss Mary Merrill Poor, daughter of Henry Y. and Mary W. (Pierce) Poor. They 1 . e six children, five sons and one daughter. l )_' BR( X )KLIXE, MASSACHUSETTS Thomas B. Fitzpatrick. Fitzpatrick, Thou vs I ' . , Member of the School Board of Brookline. was bom in (irafton, Mass., Dec. 17. 1844, the son of Patrick and Mary Fitz- patrick. In his youth the family moved to Hop- kintoii. Mass.. and here young Fitzpatrick learned hi cultivate habits of industry, working mi his father's farm, spring and summer, attending school fall and winter, and graduated from district and high schools with signal honors. He was the first Catholic boy to attend and graduate from tin 1 Hop- kintini High School. When eighteen years of age, he came to Boston and found employment for about a year with K. 1 1. Bell iV Co.. dry goi ds, at a salary of I wo dollars a week. Here also his future partner, Oliver II. Durrell. worked for the same pay. Mr. Fitzpat- rick engaged with the wholesale house of Mason, Tucker A: Co., Boston, a- travelling salesman, ami during the next eight vears built up a large trade, ln.lulv, 1872, In' entered the employ of Brown. Dutton&Co. On Nov. 9, 1 872. the great Boston lire took place, brought about a dissolution of I he house, a i n 1 1 nit 1 1 Mr. Brown and Mr. Dutton under- took to form separate firms, which had been con- templated some t line before. Although but a lew months in the employ ol these gentlemen, their observation of the character, energy and busine capacity of Mr. Fitzpatrick induced c;ir\\ of them to offer him a proposit ion of coparl nership. I [e icci [)ted that of Mr. Brown, as did also Mr Dur- rell, and thus the firm of Brown. Durrell A; Co.. was formed. Commencing small, the firm has teadih gained, and now is one of the largest and most successful whole-ale t ; i in- \ dry goods houses in the I nited States. Mr. Brown retired from the firm in De- cember, 1893. Mr. Durrell is now dead, and Mr. Fitzpatrick is now the sen mi- member. Hi- ,'|i se attention to business does not pre\ ent him from active co-operation in philanthropic and charitable work. In these connections he has been associated with many of the most active or- ganizations, among them the Catholic I nioii ol I;, -ioii (of which representative society he was president two terms), the Associated Charities, i lie Working Boy-' Home. St. Mary's Infant Asylum, Child Helping Society, lie helped to es- tablish the Working Girls' Home on 1'iiioii Bark St reel , in charge of Gray Xuns. He contributed generously to the Catholic University of Washing- ton, 1 >. ( '.. and was the originator of the prop, sal to -ecu re one hundred annual contributors to that ill-tit 111 ion. lie lias been treasurer of t lie 1 nited Irish League since its establishment in America, and his support of the Irish ( 'mist it ut ion struggle f, r over twenty years is well known. April '_'. 15)05, the Notre D; ■ I niversity of South Bend. Indiana, conferred upon him the Laetare Medal, it being t In' first nine to honor a Catholic layman. for a number of year- he has been president ol the I'ihoii Institution lor Savings, is director in t he I'nited Stale- "I'm -l Company and 1 lie New Ion Co-operative Bank. In 1899 lie was elected a member of the Newton Board of Aldermen. Mr. I'll /.pal rick was married in 187(i to Sarah M. < ileason, daughter of Martin < Ileason of Fitch- burg, Mass. Seven children were born to them. five sons and two daughters. <> I the sons 1 1 1< -< I u hen i hree years old. Three of t lie ot hers graduated from the Newton High Scl 1 ami from Harvard Cnivcrsity. \nother son is at present in the Brookline High School. His daughters wore ducated ai Kdeu Hall Seminary. Pennsylva- nia. For twenty years he resided on Walt ham Street, West Newton. Since 1904, he has resided in Brookline. occupying a residence on Gard net I M i i . BROC )KLINE, MASSACHUSETTS Guy Lowell. [,(>\vi l.l,(!i v, l>uil >i h public an I private buildings in the City of Boston. William Aspinwall. Asia \ w vll, Willi im, only son of Colonel Thomas Aspinwall. who was United Slates consul at Lon- don. Lug., from 1815 to 1853, was born in London, [•'eb. 16, [S19. His grandfather was Dr. Wm. As- pinwall of Brookline, a patriot of Revolutionary days, who took a pari with the Brookline minute men in attacking the British troops on their re- Heat from Concord on tin.' memorable 19th ol April, 177o. His great grandfather was Isaac Gardner, the only Brookline minute man who was killed on that day. He is a direct descendant ol Peter Aspinwall of Toxtet h I 'ark. near Li\ erpool, who came to America in 1630, settled in Dorches- ter, and in 1650 removed to Muddy River (Brook- line). Here ten years later he built the house which stooil no Aspinwall Avenue opp site St. Paul's Church until LS91, when it was taken down, as it had become uninhabitable and in a dangerous <• lition. Wm. Aspinwall was edu- cated m a private boarding school at Hammer- smith, near London, until he was fourteen, and then coming to the lulled States with his father and family entered Harvard in 1S34 ami gradua- ted in 183S. lie began the study of law' in Cam- bridge, under Professors Joseph Story and Simon Greenleaf, in 1S40, receiving the degree ol LL. B., and continued his studies another year in the office of Franklin Dexter and < leorge W. Phillips, when lie was admitted to the liar. From thai lime until his death he was engaged in the prac- tice of his profession. Since 1847 he had been a legal resident of Brookline. and look an active pail in its affairs as well as in State and national poli- tics. From 1850 to 1852 he was town clerk; in 1851 and 1852 he represented the town in the lower house of the Legislature, in 1853 in I he con- stitutional convention; in 1854 he was a Slate senator from Norfolk county; and from 1857 to I860 he was trial justice lor Brookline, finally re- signing I his position. lie has also held the offices of select man, assessor, water commissioner, and trustee of I he Public Library (being chairman of the latter board). In national politics he was a Whig of the Webster order until 1861. From i ii BK00KL1NE, MASSACHUSETTS 1S52 to 1S56 he was a member of the Whig State committee; in 1S56, in the Fremont campaign, its chairman, with Frederick 0. Prince as secretary and Peter Butler as treasurer. From 1S61 he acted with the Democratic party, serving for many years (until IS8S, when he resigned) upon its State central committee and as chairman from 1n7'_' to the election of Governor Gaston in 1874. In 1866 he received the nomination of his party for Congress. He was an ardent supporter oi the government during the Civil War, and called the first meeting in Brookline to urge its vigorous proseeut ion. He served t wo years on the milit an committee of the town, and was at the same time secretary of I he Mass. Rifle Club, at whose head- quarters in the old Boylston Hall in Boston sever- al regiments were recruited and drilled. In Jan- uary, 1S4S, Mr. Aspinwall was married to Miss Arixene Southgate, daughter of Richard King Porter, of Portland, Me., a nephew of Senator Rufus King; they had three children, a daughter, now the wife of Dr. W. I'). Trull, and two sons, Thomas and Win. Henry Aspinwall. both in busi- ness in 1 (osl .in. William Aspinwall died October 25, 1902. Robert Treat Paine, 2nd. Paine, Rohert Treat, 2nd, lawyer and member of many business corporations, was born in New Bedford, December 3, 1861; he is the sun of William Cushing Paine of Boston. He was married in 1890, to Ruth Cabot, daughter of Wal- ter Channing Cabot, "t Brookline. He has four children: Walter Cabot, Richard Cushing, Eliza- beth Mason and Ruth Cabol Paine. He graduated from Harvard in 1882, studied law, and became a member of the Suffolk Par. He is now occupied in attending to the affairs of many business corporations, either as officer or director, including those of the General Electric Company, and of many Elecl rical, Railway, Indus- trial and Securities companies; United Shoe Machinery Company, Rutland Railroad, Boston Children's Aid Society, Milton Academy, Suffolk Savings Bank, Workingmen's Loan Association, Greater New York Development Company, and othercompanies. He is also interested inland in Brooklyn, N. V. He resides on Heath street in a house on the Walter ( '. Cabot estate. Moses Williams. Williams, Moses, lawyer, legislator, president of State Street Trust Company, was born in Rox- littry. Boston, Mass., December I. I' Mi. His father, Muses B. Williams, son of Moses and Mary (Blake) Williams ami a descendant from Robert Williams, was a merchant. He married Mary Jane, daughter of Elisha and Sybil (Allen) Peni.i- iiKin and a descendant from James Penniman. Moses William- was a pupil in the Brookline pub- lic -el Is and was graduated at Harvard, A. I'... June. 1S68, and was admitted u> the Suffolk Bar the following December. He practiced in Boston and in IN?:;, 1874 and 1875 served in the lower house ill' the Massachusetts legislature where he was a member of the Railroad Committee and for one term chairman of the committee, also serv- ing a- chain nan of t he Committee mi Resumption of Specie Payments In 1875. lie was also chair- man nl' the committee appointed by the House oi Representatives nl' Massachusetts to represent that body in the reception given to President ( Irani on the occasion of his visiting the Common- wealth fn take part in the celebration of tin e hundrethanniversarv nl' the Battle of Lexington 145 BR( H )KLINE, MASSAl 'HUSETTS and Concord. He was elected president of the Third N'ational Hank of Host on in 1SS6, and was a director when that institution was consolidated with the Shawmul N'ational Bank in 11)01. He became president of the State Street Trust Com- pany of Boston in ISill. He is a member of the [*nion Club of Boston, and in 1N91 he was elected n member of t he board of ovei seer.- i il I la n a n I Cniversity. lb 1 was married September 11), I ' 68, in Maiilia Caroline, daughter of Henry and Anne Loder) Finley of Brookline, Mass., and their children were Moses '.id, Man Kleanor, Hugh. I 'oust ance Marl ha and < ilad\ s \\ il Caleb Oiasc. Chasi . I'm i a, i- the head i if i In- great ci ifl'ee- li i use ol Cha V Sanborn, by which title it has been known for the past twenty-six years. [•'or -several years prior to 11)03 the firm occu- pied .i s])aciotis building running through from Broad to Batlcrvniareh Streets, but a few months ago i he I ii i -i ne-- offices were removed to mere e.\- leusi\e quarters, which were especially filled up in the most commodious and luxurious manner. The building is several ti rie in height, and lias ent ranees mi High a nd la "ml Si reel - Mr. Chase i- reckoned among the millionaire merchant princes i i I >i iston. I [e at I ribul i go id fortune in In- strict attention to the business of his house, without entering into an\ outside speculation, coupled with the fact thai he lias been blc ed wnli the best of partners, and also that n hoi el w a \ In en a liberal user of prin- Rufus George Frederick Candage. C i ■ w , I , 1! i il s Gt;i ihi , i. 1 i; I in [ill k. was Inn n iii Blue Hill, Me.. July 28, 1826. Retired Ship- master. Surveyor of Shipping. Brookline < Hfices field: School Committee, Trustee I'ublic Library, Select man. I ie] iresenl at i\e to I }<<■ ' leneral C iitrt or. Moderator of town meetings. Chairman line house occu] lie a commanding \ iew en Beacon ' cent i\e Committee on 200th Annh ersa ry el i lie Boulevard, and i- one of the most luxuriously town's incorporation. President Historical Socie- furnished home- in I In- I own. Mr. Chase was born in West Harwich, Mas-. December 11. 1831. and there ha- a partial sum- mer home. Hi- parent- were Job and ['ho be \. tv. and ex-I'rcsidcnt Boston Marine Society Member of Historical Genealogical Society, Bos Ionian Society, New York Ma fine Society, Ameri- can Shipmasters' Association, Blue Hill (Me.) \\ in -low i Chase lie received In- earl v educa- Historical Society. Corresponding Member Maine nan eii Cape led, and. when approaching man- Historical Society, and Holioran Membei ol fi I. entered his father's count n store ai West Beverlv Historical Society. i a; BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSE1 ES Solomon Adams Woods. \\" < i< > i >-. Solomon Adams, a prominent citi/.i n i i I in ii i] line. * in i if < '< ill mel Nat lni niel ;i ml Han- nah (Adams) Woods, was horn in Farmingtc.n. Mc. October 7, 1827. < )n the paternal side he descended from Samuel Woods, an original landed proprietor of Grot on, Mass., where the family long lived; On the maternal side he is a grandson of Major Solomon Adams, a cotton manufacturer, fourth in descent from Captain Samuel Adams, magistrate and representative of Chelmsford, Mass., in its first half century. Mr. Woods' paternal grandfather was a pioneer at I annington, and his father a leading man In the town. The son was brought up on a good farm, and attained his education in the district school and at the Farmington Academy. At the age of twenty he engaged with a local carpenter in learn the use of tools and the trade of house- building. Four yea I later he came to Ma.-.-achu-et ts tn purchase machinep. for the manufacture ot door; i , and blinds, his purpose being to erect a mill in his native town and to enter this business with his former employer as a partner. Instead, however, of carrying ou1 this plan, he engaged in the same business in I li ston as a journeyman with Solomon S. Gray. Within the first year Mr. Wind- purchased the plant, and on the lsi of Janua r\ . 18.Y2, went into the manufacture on his own account. In 1854, he entered into partnership with Mr. Gray, and under the name ot Gray >V Woods, for the manufacture and sale of a wood-planing ma- chine, originally designed 1>\ Mr. Gray, I ml ren- dered more practical bv the inventions of Mr. Wcxids. This partnership continued for the term of live vears, during which peried additii nal impro\ements were patented. In lNno, Mr. Woods' business, then conducted under his name alone, was considerably extended by the addition of the manufacture of the Woodbury planer, with the Woodbury patent improvements, of which he was the sole licensee; and to meet its demand-, he erected manufacturing works in South Boston, and established branch houses in N'ew York and Chicago. Kight year- after, in 1873, the S. A. Woods Machine Company, with a capital of three hundred thousand dollar-, was fi nned, Mr. Wi n ds as president . This position he still holds. More than fifty patent.- for devices and improvements in machines for planing wood and making mouldings have been issued to the successive firms oi Gray KL1NE, MASSACHUSETTS Jerome Jones. ,Io.\Ks, Jkkoml, head of the great cmcken and glass importing house of Jones, McDuffee ^ St rat ton Company, Boston, was born in At hoi , Worcester County, October 13. 1S37. He is the youngest son of Theodore and Marcia (Hstabrook) Jones. Welsh upon his father's side, upon his in ither's he is a grandson of Re\ . Joseph Esta- hrook, who was for forty-five years t lie minister of At hoi, 'it' Pilgrim stock and a graduate of Har- vard. Cp i" the time he was thirteen year- of age Jerome Jones was a pup! I in the At hoi schools, when he went to work in the country store oi Goddard & Ward, of Orange, Mass. In 1S53 young Jones entered the store of ( 'tis Xorcross A; Co., Boston, a- an apprentice. In lstil, when li<- was only twenty-four years old, Mr. Jones was made partner, and in I860 he wenl in Kurope as foreign buyer for the house. When Mr. Xorcross retired to assume the mayoralty, Mr. June- and Mr. Ichabod Howland became partners. Mr. Howland died in 1871, when the firm of Jones, McDuffee & Stratton was formed, and in 1896 the house was incorporated as the Junes, McDuffee a Stratton Company. Mr [ones has honored Boston in many ways, and the citizens have long looked to him as a leader in ci \ ic affairs. The sen ices which tie has rendered to the community have been varied and r ;acting. He was oi f the early members oi the Tariff Reform League. The Commercial Club is another ass iciation of which he has been the head. Very lew reform movements or effort to save Boston's landmarks from constant en- croachment and carelessness have failed of Mr. Jones's assistance. He was for two years a member of the mayor's ad\is u\ board, appointed by the Board of Trade. He is an active member of the Merchants' Association, and has filled the presidency of the Associated Board of Trade and of the Earthenware Association. He is a vice- presidenl of the Home Savings Bank, was a di- rect ir in the Third National Hank, of the Massa- chusetts Loan and Trust Company, of the Cham- ber of Commerce, and a trustee of Mt. Auburn Cemel erv. He is a member of the I 'nitarian Club, of the Brookline Thursday Club, and of the I hi in Club. All these functions may be per- formed bv some men alter a dummy manner, but it is not s i with Mr. June-. In all he i- an active spirit ; and. without putting forth the arts ol oratory, he always exerts that influence which sincere conviction and lucid truthfulness oi state- ment carry with them. In the first group oi im- portant citizens Jerome Jones's name would al- ways be enumerated by t hose who know the bean ill' Boston. Mr. Jones was president of the Worcester Xorth- we-i Agricultural Society at At hoi, the town of his nativity, where his sisters have occupied the old Theodon Junes homestead; and in Brookline, bis later home, he has occupied positions of trust. Mr. June-, whose health was impaired thirty war- ago, was advised to seek some lofty, [Hire situation for his dwelling, and he pitched upon i 'ore\ Hill, in Brookline, where he has found full health and comfort for himself and family. Books and works of art crowd the delightful home, and make t he inlook as at t ract ire as t he i ut lm k and but h are \ erv la i r Mr. Junes lias been twice married. His first u ile was Eli/abet h R. Wait, of I Jreenficld. M June- died July 10, 1878, leaving four children. Theodore, Elizabeth W., Marcia E.. and Helen I; June-. He wa- married the second time in I eb ruarv, 1881, to Mrs. Maria E. Dutton. of Boston, W.i BRi. HDKLIXE, MASSACHUSETTS Jonathan L. Dexter. !ii xtf.h, Jonathan L., one of Brookli no's wide- ly known citizens, was born a( Martha's Vineyard, Jan. 23rd, 1S43, where he spenl In- boy It 1 and received his education. Forty years ago he came i" Boston and entered the produce business, w liirli he made his life-w ork. I [e connected him- self with the old established lirni of Sands. I'ui'- ber &(.'()., anil his faithful work soon brought him the position of junior partner. A- junior partner almosl the entire conduct of the firm's business fell tohitn. Must of us realize thai no other busi- ness requires such constant application and hard work as fruit and produce. While this is true I argelossesof the fruit could be a\oided only by tl»' creates! care, as in those days practically everything came as far as New York by canal. This firm also supplied a large number of the oranges consumed, and it max be said that it was through Mr. Dexter's firm and a few other firms thai Cali- fornia and Florida oranges were introduced into Boston. The linn also sent cranberries to Cali- fornia by way of Cape Horn in casks, filled will) water to keep from decaying, as they were si\ months in going. The linn had quite a trade. mic lime, before ice machines were made, shipping fruit and vegetables in vessels partly loaded with ice io Barbadoes and as far as Calcutta and the Fast India Islands. \\ here Mr. Dexter's enterprise gained cusl outer; his integrity and fair dealing retained I hem. An interesting fact to note in this connection is thai he supplied .1. it. \\ hippie's hotels. > barker House and Touraine from the day they were opened until Mr. Dexter reined from busi- M - Mr. Dexter has identified himself with the growth of Brookline by his interest in real estate, having been connected with a number of ike largest builder.-. Si. Paul St.. Babcock Hill dis- trict, and certain parts south of Coolidge Corner, for example, owe their development largelv to his i le i- also a i rustee of a number of es- tates. .Ian. 7lh. 1S75, he married Miss Marv I.. Seav- ems, daughter of Thomas Keaverns. Mrs. Dex- ter's birthplace was on the site of the present Baptist Church. l'i\ eehildren.werebnni to t hem Lucy Amelia, who i- now Mrs. Geo. 11. Hutchin- son, Alary Love, Hiram, Delia Carrie, and frank Sea \ erns. I in \|.nl 4th, 1901. Mr. Dexter losl ike wife w In. had been such an inspiration and aid to him. This loss was fell not only by him but by all who had come in contact with her. Mr. Dexter lias, today, it must be remembered with what greater difficulties il was beset before the introduction of though possessing so many friends, never allied our improved means of transportation, and freight-cars, whose temperature can be regulated to -uit the needs of the various fruits and vege- tables. In I he earlier yen rs of Mr. I k'Xter's career. New Fngland apples were practically unknown, and the demand for this fruit had Io be supplied by i he western article. The firm of Sands. Furber >v Co. were the largest receivers in I his line, some having as manv as Go.000 or 70,000 bbls. himself with any social organi finding the besl relaxation in hi- home. lie ha- keen a mem- ber of the Boston fruit - ' member of the Boston Fruit and Produce Lx- ( . ham re. one of the largesl associations oi its kind inthe countrv. numbering upward of 700 mem He w . ls elected it- Vice President in 1000 and ( . uU edto its highest office in 1001. re-elected Presi- ,!,.,,, in m02.an honor never lief ore accorded an> (lther man since its institution. l . i BR( X )KLINE, MASSAi 'HUSETTS I luring his official term there were knotty ques- tions requiring exceptional tact a in I dipL macy to solve, notably the agitatii f the extension of Broad street through the market district, and the questions as to the right of market gardners in occupy the streets adjacent to Faneuil Hall Market. He was appointed a delegate by the lessees of Markets to confer ami treat with the late Major Collins in the matter of leases, ami appointed by the mayor to act with Mr. Duane asto fixing amount to be paid by tenants above the market. He was also called in consultation with the mayor asto the advisability of remov- ing I he i racks < n Tn tin nt St.. and later in t he ley, Norfolk and Middlesex Clubs. Since 1S95, ln> home has been on Columbia Street, near Harvard. His wife was Julia K. Flanders of Brad- ford, Vt. ; he has two son.-., Edward Dunn, ami John B., and one daughter, Fanny May. Mr. Ciaii;'- record speaks let- itself. It is the record of a successful business man, a man who enji ys in a remarkable degree the confidence ami hyalty of In- business associates, lie has pro- nounced ideas ami dares to uphold them. His judgment and ability are unquestionable. Practi- cal, with unlimited common sense, he is genial ami jovial tit the same time. Impelled by public spirit rather than an j desire for office, he accepted HOME m MR. .1. MURRAY KAY, GARDNER ROAD. teamsters' strike ami the coal strike did especially the right of the people with whom he has so loir. pracl ical and \ allied work. During his presidency he "made good" with hi "neighbored'Today, whether he should be one to assist in the government of the town in which thev associates by strongly advocating and finally bring ha\o mutual interest. The Boston Herald said ing about shorter hours fort he employees of Faneuil "Select man Craig was generally conceded to be a Hall Market. He isa delegate from the Exchange sure winner long before the polls were opened," to the Association Board of Trade, also one o the Legislative conn nit tee ; he has also served tb town of his adoption on many important com mit tees, not ably the Citizens Commit tee of Thirt v and i he commit tee on t he ad\ isabilil \ of 1 iuild ing a covered resen oir on I 'isher Hill. Mr. Craig is affiliated with the Brookline Lodge man of the board June. 1906 of Free Masons, also a member of the Foinl Shir- 152 and in one of the closest and most bitterly con- tested town elect am- 1 in h >k 1 1 1 ie has seen iii recent years, this prediction was fulfilled by his election to the vacant place on the Board of Select men in 1904, this office he still retains, having been re- elected in March, 1905 and 190G. Elected chair- BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS Henry Franklin Miller. Milli r, Hi -i:v Fraxklix, eldest son nf the late Henry F. Miller (founder of piano manu- facturing business of the Henry F. Miller & Sons Piano Co.) and Fran,.- V. (Child) Miller. Born in Providence, R. I., in LS4S. and eame to Boston when a child. Mr. Miller is descended on both sides from oldesl Rhode Island families, and is a lineal descendant of Roger Williams, and is also a Mayflower descendant. One of his ancestors is Joseph Jenks, who came to this country in 1636, settling in bvnn, Mass., and who established the first brass foundry on the Western Continent; of his several sons Mr. Miller is a descendant of Col. jenks of the Revolutionary war, and another son was one of Rhode Island's colonial governors. Mr Miller attended the Boston public schools, graduating from the Boston English High School in LS67, with honors, receiving the franklin Medal and three Lawrence prizes; he was captain of the first company to receive the first prize ever given to a Boston School Regiment, and still holds as a very precious possession the blue banner awarded at thai time. Immediately on leaving scl 1 Mr. Miller en- tered his father's business, and in 1884 (on the deathof Mr. Miller. Sr.. when the present corpora- tion was formed) became president of the Henn T. Miller vV Si. ns Piano Co., which office he has held ever since. The Henry F. Miller & Sons Piano Co. Massachusetts corporation, with a large and pn - perous business extending throughout the entire country. The Boston retail warerooms are at :;.i.-, Bovlston St., in the beautiful building recent- ly erected especially for this company. The com- pany also has a branch house in Philadelphia at 1 in;, i hestnul St., occupying an entire Imilding in the heart of the piano trade of thai city. The factory is ai Wakefield, Mass., and it- product is senl to the wholesale trade direct from Wake- field. Por years Mr. Miller has been particularly in- terested in the development of the artistic side of the business, to the furnishing of the pianos from special designs, with special decorations, &c, which has given to this house a leadership second ,,, no other house in the trade. From a musical standpoint the Henry F. Miller pianos have from the first maintained a high standing, and the Hem-} F. Miller pianos today are maintaining for this company the highest position. and have a re- cognition from the musical world which today makes this company one of the most important in tne pi an oforte industry of the country. Mr. Miller is interested in the various piano trade associations, as well as in various financial and philanthropic organizations, &c. He was the first president of the National Piano Manu- facturers Association of America, and held this office for the first two years, and is at the present time chairman of the Executive Committee, for the Fastern States, of this Association; he was ,No the first president of the Boston Music Trade Association, serving for three years, and, aftei an interval of five vears, is president of this Associa- tion at the present time. He represents the Bos- ton Music Trade Association in the Boston Asso- ,,,.„,.,, u ,,. u ,i of Trade, and at the present time is treasurer of the latter Association. He is a direc- tor of the Mechanics Trust Company, treasurer oi the Boys Institute of Industry, a vice-president „f the 'industrial Aid Society. Mr. Miller is a Unitarian, and is prominent in 1 nitanan work: he is a member of the Channing Club, oi which he was the first president; a mberofthel nitanan Club and a life member of the American 1 nitanan 153 BR( >< >KLINE, MASSACHUSETTS Association; he is also ;i member of the Boston Young Men's Christian I nion. He is also a member of the Bostonian Society , a Fine Member of the Eirst Corps of Cadets, a member "I the Masonic Order, and also a inember of the Tedesco Club at Beach Bluff, Mass., where he has a country residence. Mr. Miller married in 1X74, Mi's. Miller is a de- scendant of (io\ernor Endieott of colonial days, and is also of distinguished French Huguenot descent. Mr. and Mrs. Miller and their daughter Miss Margaret Ogden Miller, became residents of Brookline alioiil se\ en years ago. Benjamin Chase Dean. hi, w, Bkxjamix Chask, was born in Lowell, Mass., March 3, 1843. Gradual e Brown I'niver- sity, 1X04. Assistant Clerk Massachusetts Senate 1804-186S. Admitted to bar in 1S67. Priyate Secretary to Governor Talbot in 1874, and was Assistant Inspector General on his si a IT. Deputy Insurance Commissioner in 1875. Presidenl Lowell Common Council in 1876. Superinten- dent Manchester Print Works from 1S76 to 1901. Representative from Brookline in the Legislature, 1890-1903. Hied in Brookline, January 26, 1005. Stephen Holbrook Rhodes. bin no s, Si i ci 1 1 \ Holuhook, president "I t he John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company I r. mi IS79. was born in Franklin, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, November 7, 1825. His lather, Stephen Rhodes, was a son of Stephen and Anna (Daniels) Rhoades, and a descendant from Henry w Ihi came from [England In Massachusetts and settled in Lynn in 1040. He married Betsey, daughter of Elijah and Sarah ( Pratt ) Bird of Eoxboro. Stephen Holbrook Rhodes attended i he I hi hi ic scIk Mils and Bristol Academy, Taunton, and (iii graduating engaged in the mercantile and manufacturing line as clerk, and subsequently en- gaged m life insurance as a s ilicitor ami agent in which hi' was eminently successful. He sen'ed t he ( ii v nf Taunton as member of t he Board of Aldermen in 1867, as mayor, IS67, 1868 and 1869. lie also represented the first 1 iristol disl rid in the Slate Senate. 1870 and 1871, where lie served on important committees bearing on insurance hi- ts He served the commonwealth as depot \ insurance commissioner, 1874-79, being appointed Slater inissioner in 1874 by acting Governor Talbot. He resigned the position of State Insur- ance Commissioner in the spring of In 70 to accept the presidency of the John Hancock Mutual Life insurance Company which organization had been chartered in 1861, and lie held t he nil ice for over twenty-six years to the great benefit of the com- pany and the satisfacti f its policy holders. I le w as married November 27, In 17. to Elizabeth M., daughter of Charles and Hannah (Shaw) God- frey, and a descendant from Captain Richard Godfrey, an officer in the Colonial army which marched to t he defence of Crown Point , N. V. , in 1755 and to Pert William Henry, Lake George, in August, 1757; and from Brigadier-General George Godfrey who commanded the Bristol comity brigade at the outbreak of the Revolut ionary war in 1775. Their two children wen- Henry Hol- brook, burn November 6, 1848, died September 20, 1854, and Anne Elizabeth, burn April 30, 1851, married Lieut, .lames M. Grimes, II. S. N. Mr. Rhodes removed from Taunton to Boston, Mass., in 1n7-"> w here he continued to reside, his residence in 1905 beiiej "HI Commonwealth Avenue. He was elected to membership in the Exchange Club and in the Boston Society of Natural History, lie was also a member of the Roxbury Charitable Si iciet v. IS I BROOK LINE, MASSACHUSETTS 9 Edward Russell. Ui --M.i.. Euw \hd, was burn in North "i ar- mouth, Cumberland county, Maine, in 1S20. He was the sun of Cieneral Edward Russell, a promi- ncnt citizen of 1 hal town. Hi- early education was derived from oppor- tunities afforded by the Academies al North Yarmouth, CJorham and Portland, Maine. Having given up the idea of a college course, he entered l)lr employ of the well known house ol Hurd, Hutchins w Skinner, Boston, Wes1 India ,, Is and groceries. While yd a lad he was promoted to the responsible position of I k- keeperin the Chariest own store carried on by the same linn. Following this engagement, he be- came the book-keeper for two years in a bank in Charlestown. 1,, 1MJ Mf. Russell became a partner with David Dow, under the firm name of Do" & Rus- sell, groceries and ship stores, •' mercial Street. Boston. This was terminated in 1S44, when he entered the service of the Mercantile Agency in ,.„,_,,,,, f oun ded two years previously by Hon. Lewis Tappan. of Now Vork. Becoming its duel elerk, he followed up the method and system es- tablished, adding such improvements as the con- tinuous enlargement of the business required. A ..hange was made in 1S53, and the firm name of the Mercantile Agenc> became Kdward Russell & , ■,, M r . Russell being the controlling spirit ol the ( , n'oern, until 1S9S, when he retired and was suc- ceeded in Boston by the R. G. Dun Co. His success has shown his ability. October K. is-l.V Mr. Russell was married to Man W. Field, of North Yarmouth, Maine, by whom he had three cdiildren. all of whom died. His first wife having deceased, Mr. Russell was married in June, 1*76, to Gertrude, younger daughter of the late Loring Wheeler, of East port, Manic Mr. Russell was long a member of the New His- ,,„.„..,! Genealogical Society, and his residence is in Brookline. Edward W. E. Thompson. Thompson, Edward W. E., was born in San- ford, Maine, March 11, IS4S. He came to Boston, Mass.,whena lad, and was educated in the Brook- line grammar and Roxbury Latin Sri Is. [n 1S70, he graduated from the Harvard Law School and was admitted to the Massachusetts ,,.,,.,„ ,s71. He never engaged in active practice, as his time was chiefly engaged in the manage- ment of private property. For several vears he served the town of Brook- line as a member of the Tree Planting Committee: he was also one of the original members ol the Riverdale Casino, acting as Treasurer for four vears. His associates in the Casino say oi him. '■■I'. W. 1-:. Thompson was respected, honored, and loved for his sterling character, strong integrity and unimpeachable ma. . line-, which evinced t h „ S e attributes found only in Cod's best men. For several vears he was a member oi the [oseph Warren Commandery of Knight Templars of Ruxburv, and President of the "Boston Parents' Association for Deaf Children." which he helped to establish. _ Mr Thompson married in October. 18,0. Ruth H .laughterofNahumWard.ofRoxbury. I had three children, a daughter and two sons. Mr Thompson died suddenly of pneumonia, afteran'illnessof three clays, on February 1 1004. a , I,,, home on Francis Street, Brookline, Mass. 155 BROOKLINE, MASSAi 'HUSETTS wr m Lionel J. A. L. Norman. Norman, l.io\i i .1. \ I, . financier, lawyer .•mil trustee, was horn in New Vork City, April 17. I Mi'i lli- Fal her, Li< me] A. .1. Norman, an English gentleman, was a memher of t lie well- known Norman family of Cambridge, England. Lionel, A. ,1. married Marie Anita Bolton Lowther, ..I' (iloucestershire, England, the mother of the ui 'iri of i his sket i-li. hionel Norman was educated in private schools, supplemented hy several years of travel in v ;i ri > . 1 1 - parts nf the world. He afterward entered the Mass. Institute of Technology when' In- studied I'm' three years, and then attended Boston I'ni- versity from which he received I he degree of LL. I'.. lie has been identified with large financial in- terests fur many years, has acted as trustee let" large estates ami engaged in I he practice of law Mi'. Norman is considered In he a man ol wide information. He ha.- contributed many articles ;iinl essays, mi a variety nf subjects, to magazines and other publications; and has been prominent in Brookline public affairs though never having held public office. He was married January Hi. 1890, tu Florence Sprague nf Providence, Rhode Island, daughter nf Byron Sprague and grand- daughter ui' I iiited States Senator Sprague, deceased, of the same State. Ex-Governor Wil- liam Sprague, nf Rhode Island, who was also in t he United States Senate, is Mrs. Norman's cousin Mr. and Mr>. Lionel Norman have one child, a -mi. Lionel Aubrey, born < >cti her ' , ISfll. James Robert Dunbar. Dr.Nii.wi, .1 vmf.s In i'm i; i . lawyer, judge of the Massachusetts Superior Court, State Senator, president V M. C. A. Evening Law Schools, was born in Bittsfield, Berkshire county, Massachu- setts, December 23. LS47. lli- father, Henry William Dunbar, son of John and Ann (Delmage) Dunbar of Scotch descent, was a manufacturer oi w i H ilen-. a man of integrit \ . gener.isil \ a ml indus try. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Rebecca Tragan/a and Henry Richards el' St. Erth's, Cornwall, England. James Robert Dunbar as a child had uniformly good health, was lend nf out door sports, fishing, etc. His mother died when he w.-i- eight years eld Me was lend nf reading history, biography, and travel. He passed through I he primary, grammar and high schools, and wasgraduatcdat WilliamsColloge, \ I '■ . 1,X~1. lie si iidied law iii 1 he office of Mill on B. Whitney al We-t field, Mass . wa- admit ted tu I he bar in I.N7-1, and he w a- a t once admit ted as a partner in Mr. Whitney's law business, lie was married May l.">. 1ST"), tu Harriet I'eirce, daughter nf ( leorge A. and Electa N. I Lincoln) Walton, nf We-i Newton, Mass. ami of the six children born ul' this marriage live were living in I !)().">. lb' made his home in West field, where he served as chairman of t he school cum mil lee. and in ISS5 and Ivti was a Senator in the Massachusetts legisla- ture, lb- was appointed in INNS one ul' t he judges uf i he superior court nf Massachusetts by Gover- nor Vines, and he served on the superior bench, i !)S. In ls',17 he was made chairman ol the Taxation Commission and after retiring from the bench he engaged in the practice of his profession in Boston. Hi- club membership includes the New Ugonquin, the Agricultural, the Curtis, the Beaconandthc Economic, all of Boston, He is a Congregationalist in church affiliation and a Re- publican in party politics. He resides at 156 Mason Terrace, Brookline. BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS a HP John A. Kohl. Kohl, John A., a residenl of Brookline n num- ber of years, was born in Easton, Pennsylvania. H,- father, (leorge A. Kohl, was an extensi e brewer in Lambertville, N. J. After completing. his school training at public schools and the Acadeim al Easton, he learned the business ol brewing' ale in his father's establishment, which b e had conducted al Lambertville, X. J., from a- bout LS40. Having thoroughly mastered the brewer's art, he came to Boston to take the p< si tinn of brew master in the Norfolk Brewery, owned by A. Richardson, where lie remained mi- ni 1S70, when he formed a partnership with An- drew J. Houghton in the business of manufactur- ing ale! In 1S75 they purchased the old Jutz property and established the Vienna Brewen which proved a very profitable investment. Hi was thoroughly honorable in his business methods His fellowship affiliation was with the Masonic and odd Fellow orders, ha ;ii een a member ol the Leni Lenape Lodge of Lambertville, New Jersey, the Washington Lodge, and Massasoil rampmenl of Bi ston. He died in Brookline Mass., Aug. 2, 1001. Reuen Thomas, M.A., Ph.D., D.D. Thomas, Ri i i n, son of William and Ann Cotton fWilkins) Thomas, was born in Walmly, Warwick- shire England, June 14, 1S40. His ancestors were representatives of old Warwickshire families. He was first in educational training in the gram- mar school, Sutton, Coldfield, Warwickshire: ,,,,,,, in diversity College, London, IS62, M. A. and I'll. D., by examination (Rostock 1 .) lS6o. ',!,, revived in 1SS7 the honorary degree of D. D. from Bowdoin College, Maine. 1„. Thomas began the ministry as assistant to |;,.x Xewman Hall. LL. B., of Christ Church, London, afterwards was pastor of Berkley Street Church (Conn i Liverpool, whence he was called t o succeed Rev. Dr. Andrew Reed, the great philanthropist, al Wycliffe chapel, London. He was called to Harvard Church, Brookline, m IS/o, where he has since ministered. Dr. Thomas married Elizabeth, daughter of John and Eliza- beth (James) Cotton, but there were ■lnldrcn |,v the union. October 24th, 1005, In n e«I for ,,,.,„! wife Lydia Cotton, daughter of William an ,l Ann Cotton, of Gloucestershire, England. II,. !- the author of "Through Death to Life." is"; /,'AV X )KLINE, MASSACHUSETTS " I >i\ ine Sovereignty," "< Irafenburg People," and several pamphlet s. 1 )r. Thomas was for several \ ears a governor oi the London Hospital, and is a life member of several literary and benevolent sociel ies in Europe and America. ||r is a contributor to leading religious news- papers and reviews on both sides ol the Atlantic. Theodore Lyman. I.'.mw. Theodokk, soldier, naturalist, repre" sentative in the United States Congress, fish com- missioner, trustee of the I'eabody Education Fund; was bom in Waltham, Mass., August 23. In:;:;, son of Theodore and Man E. (Henderson) Lyman; grandson of Theodore and Lydia i Williams) Lyman : a direct descendant from Richard and Sarah (Osborne) Lyman the pro- genitors of the Lymans in America. Richard l.vinan came from Essex, England, to Boston. Massachuset ts Ba \ Colonv in 1031 . and removed from Charlestown. Mass., to Hartford, Connecti- cut in 1635. Theodore Lyman, Si\. was a distin- guished philantliropist, legislator, Mayor ol Bos- ton, and aut lair. Theodore Lvinan, Jr., was graduated at Har- vard, A B . IS")"). S. B., 1S5S. He was assistant in zoiilogv al tin' Harvard I'niversity Museum IS60-61; studied iii Euro])e lSGl-G.'-J ; was a vol- unteer aid with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, on I he staff of Gen. George (!. Mead, commanding the Army of the Potomac 1X63-05; was mustered mil April 20, 1X65, and returned to his home in Brookline, Mass. He was fish commissioner for the State of Massachusetts IS65-S2, and as such lie made I lie first successful scientific experiments for the cultivation and protection of food fishes made bv :m\ State in the I'nited States, lie re- presented t lie ninth Massachusetts district in the I'ah Congress 1SS3-S5; was an overseer <>l Har- vard I'niversity 1X6S-XS; fellow of the American Academv of Arts and Sciences; honorary member of the National Academv of Sciences and a mem- ber of the Massachusetts Historical Societj : he was a trustee of I he I'eabody Educational fund, and :i trust if t he I'eabody Museum of Archeo- logy and of I he Massachusetts Stale Reform School. He was also president of the Boston I mm School, which institution was liberally en- dowed by his father. He was the author of numerous reports and scientific papers relating to his professional and official investigations, cover- ing eight to ten subjects. He received the honorary degree of LL. I)., from Han ard Univer- sity in 1X91; was a generous contributor to the building of Memorial Hall connected with the University and served on its building committee. He left i" Harvard University' his collection of scientific books for use in the Museum of Compara- tive Zoologj . and left to the college SIO.OOO I Lyman was married Nov. 2S, 1X56, to Elizabeth, daughter of < leorge R., and Sarah (Shaw i Russell, who survives him. He died al Nahant, Mass.. September 9, I' 97. Charles L. Edgar. Ein;.\h Cit vui.Ks L., was born near Princeton, N. .1 I >ec . 1N00. ( Iraduated fr Rutgers College in IS! 2. I legree, I >. A.. and E. E. < ienera] Superintendanl Edison Electrical Illuminating Co., in ISXO. Sin i I- ivelv f leneral Manage] \"ice-l'resident , and President since 1X99. Elec- ted President National Electric Light Association in 190.",. President Boston Electric Light (' Somerville Electric Light Co., VYoburn Light, I leu i and Power Co., Newton and Watertown ( i Light ( 'ompanv . 158 BR( H )K/J\F, MASSACHUSETTS Franklin W. Hobbs. HnliliS, I'l; l\kl,I\ ^ 'kiI'Ii in IJoxbuiV, September - 1. lf-'CS, I lived in Brookline lS7o. He attended a private school for a few years, and later was graduated in in the Pierce Grammar School. He fitted al the high school for the Massachusetts Institute of Tech- nology, where he was graduated in ISN!) in t lie de- partment of mechanical engineering, in v hicli de- partment he remained for a year and a hall as a member of the staff of instruction. In 1X91 he entered the employ of the Arlingti n Mills, and is now the treasurer and executive officer of thai ci i'pi rut ii n. The Arlingl i n .Mills, located in Lawrence Mass. is one oi tin' la rgesl textile mills in t he \\o I'M. employing •">. i( )() people and engaged in t he manufacl Lire of hi t h w< ml and ci itti u. Mr. Hobbs has been identified with the busini -- and social life of the town, and has served on va- ra ius pi mimil tei s, and d ir si nie i ime has I icen the chairman of the School Committee. He is a mcm- I i r of the Education Society, the Historical So- ciety, and a vestryman of St. Paul's Church. Mr. II hbs has always heen interested in educational mat ters, and ■ - ; filial t rustees of t he Lowell Textile School. In 1900 < iovernor Crane appointed him a State trustee of thai institution, which position he still holds. He i- a direcb i i f the Arkwrighl Mutual tin' Insurance Comp of the Home Market Club, a member of the N'ational Association of Wool Manufacturers and of the New England Cotton Manufacturers' Asso- ciation, also of the Technology, Country and ("nil .ii ( 'lulis. Ho is also a member of the Sons of the Revolution and the Society of Colonial Wars. Mr. Hobbs was married in 1S92 to lam' II. Whitman, a daughter of Mr. William Whitman, i if i li iddard A\ enue. They ha \ e fi air chili and reside at Xo. 7s Upland Road. Charles W. Holtzer. lli ii.r/i n, Chahi.ks W.. presidenl of the Holt- er-Cabol Electric Ci iinpany of t his town, is one ol the men whom Brooklinians are proud to acknowl- edge as a -ol f-mai le man < it a lla i rs. Ho was horn in Germany, and was educated in thecil y i'l Karlsruhe, al the I nsl ii ute "I' La I mi- taine. Later In- was apprenticed ;<> In- irraiid- father to Irani the machinist trade: hut, becom- ing dissatisfied. In- came to this count r\ in iStiO. 159 BROOKLINE, UASSACHUSE1 TS He firsl engaged in experimental work upon :i n tilery ammunition, but later came to Brookline, rinding employment with K. S. Ritchie .V Sons, philosophical instrument makers. In 1 s 7 -l Mr. Holtzer started in business for liiniself as a maker of electrical apparatus in a small room in the Harvard Building. There be remained for about five year.-, his business con- stantly increasing; and his firsl shop was built on Boylston Street. Two years later it was found necessary to enlarge this shop, and soon al- ter lie purchased the Catholic church building on Station Street. Here ii was thought he would find ample room for years to come. At that time the general offices of the company were on Frank- lin Street, Boston, bin at tin- writing the main offices are in the factory building, with branch offices in New ^i ork and ( 'hicago. The next step in the development of the plant was the erection «'t' an (ilhee building and of a power-house en Andem Place in the leaf oi the wooden structure, and later a four-story brick faeb >ry building was erected, having an immense frontage on Station Street. The past year, the company's business having outgrown t his big fac- tory building, a large building en Albany Street. Boston, was leased tor a term of years, as an ad- junct to the plant. This is being used lei- the large machine Work. The Helt zer-< 'abot Fled ric < 'ompany was incor- porated in 1SS9. Mr. Holtzer has held the p ■ tioii of president of the company since that time. From a payroll of 30, when the business was es- tablished en Station Street, to one el' 500 at the present time, is a vast stride, and indicates, as in no ot her way, the immense growth of t he business of t he company . Horace James. .1 ames, Horai i , was born in Jamaica Plain t ricl of the old tow n of Roxbury, Ma — .. Feb. in. IM 1 ;. Came to Brookline. Juh . 1' 19. Mason, Contractor and Builder. Kstablished in business, July, LS55. Selectman, Overseer »f the Poor, and member of the Beard of Health, Surveyor of Highwavs. Trustee ol Brookline Savings Bank. Vice-President of Savings Bank. Chosen Select- man in March. |Mi7. and has served continuously since, except four years; was Chairman ol tin Board for eight years, from March. 1S9I5, to March, 1901. Charles Lincoln Ayling. Ayling, Chaiu.es Lixcoi.x, born Januarj 22d, 1S75, Centerville, Mass. On account of appoint- ment <>f fat her. August us 1 ». A\ ling, to Adjutant- Generalship of New Hampshire, moved to Con- cord of that State, iii 1S79,. Finished High School in thai city and employed with the bank- ing house of K. II. Rollins iV Sons in September, 1S92. This house moved to Boston soon after that dale, and continued with them until the breaking out el the Spanish-American war. Temporarily withdrew and enlisted; received commission of captain, and A. A. A. G. from the Governor of New Hampshire, ami at the begin- ning of the war was put under special detail to thoroughly equip the New Hampshire Volunteers. At the close of the war returned with K. H. Rol lins iV Sons, and shortly removed, to Chicago, tak- ing charge of their Central Western business. In March, 1S99, formed a partnership with Mont- gomery Rollins, who withdrew his interest from the above named house, the new firm locating at No. 27 State Street , under t he name of Montgom- ery Rollins >V ( 'o. In .lime. 1902, Mr. Rollins re- tired from business and the partnership, under the name of Baker, Ayling -t< in, and served in that « apai itv for ten years, and in 1 74 j he was one of the military commission to plan the fortitic ations about Bosti in. William Forsvth, a great grandson of Capt. Alex ander Forsyth, and the father of George Henry Fors) tit bei ame interested in the Boston Melting Co., (the original manufai Hirers of villi anized rubber g Is), about 1855 and the famih moved to Roxburv « here ( ieorge 1 1, received his education in the publii scl Is. Three other sons of William Forsyth, -till living, were born in Brookline and have been for mum \ ear- connei ted with the Boston belting Co., oci up\ - ing the following important executive positions. James Bennett Forsyth, President and General Manager; Thomas Alexander Forsyth, Manufactur- ing Agent; [ohn Hamilton Forsyth, Superintendent. ('it 1 iko 1 Henry George Henry Forsyth married, February 10, 1875, Man E. \V. (wh 1 survives), the daughter of Joseph and Caroline T. (Furber) Drew of Dover. N. II., families with an ancestry in that region of several generations. He became connected, in 1878, with the Boston belting Co., with which his lather and brother- were also associated, and continued active and prominent in it- affair- for more than a quarter of a centurv. lie was for main' years a director and assistant manager of that company, travelling exten- -ivelv in it- interests and was well known to many prominent business men throughout the United States and Canada, by whom he was very highly esteemed. He removed tc 1 brookline September 1, [880, and continued to reside there until he died September 6, 1906. lie was one of the original member- of the Trade Club of Boston and also of the New England Rubber Club. Although a man of dome-tic tastes, a great lover of his home and never a seeker of public life or office of any sort, Mr. Forsvth was ahvavs deeply interested in Brookline and in all that pertained to its wel- fare, beauty and develop- ment. Perse mail) < reorge I fenry Forsyth was wonderfully attractive; of medium height, with a well knit figure, dark eyes, regular features and thick, wavy hair, he was always a striking figure and withal a manly one. His kindly nature and thoughtfulness of cithers made- him a great many friends in brookline and elsewhere, and his numerous acts of generosity were done so quietly that his charity was known only to th» rec ipieril and the donor. [ill BRi u IKLINE, MASSACHl SETTS B. F. Keith. Keith, B. 1'., whom Brookline has claimed as one of its most progressive citizens for the past fifteen years, is :i native of New Hampshire. He is one of the most prominent men in theatricals to-day, and yet, in spite of the rinse application to In-- far-reaching enterprises, Mr. Keith finds many opportunities to demonstrate his good citi- zenship in strenuous advocacy of all local measures tending t<> the general welfare of the public. Having no business interests other than theatri- cals, it is in that respect alone to which this biography of Mr. Keith will refer. We, therefore, quote liberally from the leading theatrical pub- lication, the New York Clip/iir, of recent date, as follows: "The man of the hour- in vaudeville- is B. I ■'. Keith, the originator of the continuous per- formance, which lias new reached the twentv- h i -i \ ea i i 'I its existence. The ver\ recent merger df the great vaudeville interests of the country has brought Mr. Keith forward as the dominant figure, with others, throughout the proceedings. Benjamin Franklin Keith was born in I lillsboro Bridge, New Hampshire, the youngest of a familv ol eight, whose father was of Scotch parentage and the mother, a descendant of the French. Rural district schools and the village academy gave him his rudimentary education, and he was content with a fanner's life until his eighteenth year. Eventually he found himself in Boston, where mi January S, 1S83, modern vaudeville, as exemplified in the reigning Keith entertain- ment, had its inception confessedly a most modest one in every way — and from this singu- larly insignificant beginning lias evolved the twentieth century completeness of vaudeville wiili its gorgeously appointed, theatres and fault- less entertainments. On July 6, 1885, was created that strikingly original idea, the con- tinuous performance, which marked an epoch in theatrical history. Palatial edifices have been reared especially for the production of Keith vaudeville in many cities, notably in Philadelphia and Providence. The dedication of the Phila- delphia house on November 10, 1902, caused staid, demure Quake rt own to sit up straight, rub its eyes and marvel tremendously. Its amazement has never ceased, and small wonder, for the new Chestnut Street house is as an Alad- din'.- wish creation. From erecting beauteous temples, Mr. Keith, of recent years, has devoted his attention to augumenting the scope of his enterprises, until now his interests in theatricals in territorial extent reach literally from ocean to ocean." Despite an incessant activity in his business career. Mr. Keith has found time to interest him- self in local civic questions and assist in procuring relief from irksome conditions, which have clearly demonstrated his keen perception in municipal matters. This was shown in the removal of the tracks on Treinont Street, when the Strongest opponents of the measure to abolish them at the outset, were eventually found to be those who were mosl highlj pleased in il nd. Mr. Keith clearly saw it was a railroad issue for personal ends only, and. together with a do/en associates, he strenuously favored the abolishment, in the successful accomplishment of which, quite as much credit, he insists, belongs to all as to one. He is st rem ion sly opposed to any legislation that would tend to curtail the public's privileges, or in any way infringe upon the public's rights, regardless of all faction.-. He is a strong believer ill having all questions in which the public at 1rt2 BROOK LINE, MA SS, 1 CHU SETTS [ ar ge is interested decided by the vote of the people. He is proud of Brookline and glad thai it is a town, and hopes it will always remain so. His liking in tins respect was formed in early years, for he was reared in a country town with a board of selectmen, the same as Brookline, and to that the Corinthian, and the Boston, of Boston: the Rhode Island, the New York, the Larchmont, and the Columbia, clubs of New York. In ad- dition , he is a member of the Boston Athletic Association and the Riverdale Casino of Brook- line 20th Century and Economic Clubs, Boston. UEKIIJK.M'K OF H F. KK1TH, KF.N'I *TR1 1 I fact is attributed the strong affection he holds for Brookline. Yachting is a diversion which Mr. Keith follow, with uncommon enthusiasm. an d he is a member of no loss than seven of the leading vacht clubs. They are the Eastern, Mr Keith's residence is at No. 310 Kent Street, Longvvood, Brookline, and he has a charming summer home in Pevereaux, which was formerly the residence of the late Daniel Ford, the I. .under of the Youth's ( 'ompanion. Hi;; BR( H )KLINE, MASSACHUSETTS James J. Hughes. Hughes, James .)., dry-goods merchant of Boston, was born m Leeds, England, October 13, 1853. He was the son of John Briggs Hughes, a British Army officer. Mr. James .1. 1 1 ui; ht-s re- ceived his education in the schools of his native place, Lpon leaving school he decided to come to the 1 'nit c(| Si ate-, which he did, and set I led in Boston. He connected himself with the old dry- goods firm of Chandler >V Co., on Winter Street. where he remained for some years. Wishing to enter business for himself he resigned his position and became interested In several well-known firms in Worcester and Lawrence. Desiring to return to the dry -goods business in Boston, he be- came t reasurer of the firm of 'I'm mi hy J. Smith & Co.. on Washington Street, Roxbury, where he remained until the time of his death, December 20, 1905. Mr. Hughes was a man of remarkable ability and judgment, fair-minded and honorable, and enjoyed the respect ami confidence of all those who had dealings with him. He was married June 10. lN77.to Miss Ida E. Balcom, of Provi- dence, R 1. Two daughters were bom to them Marion and Rachel Balcom Hughes. Mr. Hughes was a resident of Brookline up to t he t mie ol his deal h. and Ins w iilow and children st ill make it l heir home. * ^4 Joseph Foster Green. (iiii.i.v Jnsj-.rii LosTKii, of Brookline, naval officer, was born in Topsham, Maine, Now '_'4, 1811; son of Peter Hazeltine and Margaret (Foster) (liven, lie was warranted a midship- man m the l'. S. Navy, Nov. 1. 1827, and was promoted, passed midshipman June lu, 1833; lieutenant Feb. 2S, 1 838; commander Sept. 11, 1855; captain July lii, 1862; commodore July 24, 1867, and rear-admiral .Inly 13, 1870. lie was reined from active service, Nov. '_'.">. hs7'_'. lie served on board the sloop-of-war I 4. and on duty at the Naval Academy, Annapo- lis, 1S55-5S. He was in command oi the steam sloop Canandaigua of the South Atlantic squad- ron, 1862-64, and he took part in the bombard- ment of Fort Wagner, July 18, 1863, taking the Canandaigua over the bar in Chariest on harbor himself. Admiral Dahlgren having failed to carry- congress, as he had been regularly retired from active service, Nov. 25, 1872. He relinquished his hist command afloat, the U. S. S. Powhatan, May 28, 1873, and lived in Brookline, Mass. Dartmouth college conferred upon him t he honor- ary degree of A.M. in 1S61. He was married in 1S40 to Ruth Elizabeth Bowman. They had four children; Albert, died in infancy; Frank Hazel- THE THOMAS J PARSONS HOUSE Fonnerh on Cottage Street, BrooUinr The 1., i.- Mr. Parsons was oi f the town's prominent men See sketch. out the previous arrangement for sending him a pilot, lie was mi ordnance duty at Charleston navy yard, 1866-68; in command of the Southern squadron of the Atlantic fleet, 1S70-71, and in command of the North Atlantic station, 1872-73, being retained in his command by a special act of tine, deceased; Etta, Mrs. Robert VV. Lord, de- ceased; Margaret, Mrs. Henry M. Whitney. Mr. Green died in Brookline, Mass., bee. 9, 1897, age si; years, 16 of which was spent in the service of Ins country. 165 BRi KDKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS * mf John Prcscott Webber. \Y I 1:1:1 ];, JoHN I'hkscott, was born ill New Portland, Maine, Junr '_':!. 18IV2; lie is the son of Israel and Hannah I'resrotl Webber. His father was a seafaring man, in the merchant marine ; he died in 1 > 68 John P., the subject of tins sketch, attended the county schools m childhood and obtained the rudiments <ii\\i,i>. William James, a resident of Brookline, and a progressive and enterprising business man, engaged in real estate mortgage, and insurance brokerage. Mr. McDonald, a son of .lames W. and Mary A. (Percy) McDonald, was burn October 11. 1869, in the northern part of New York SI ate, and was educated in t he pub- lic schools of his native place. Wishing to enter business life, he left School at the age of nineteen, and settled in Nashua, X. II. Nashua, however, 106 BROOKLINE, .1 /. 1 SS. i CHUSE ITS did not offer a sufficient ly broad field for a profita- ble career, so lie left that place and came to Bos- ton. Opening an office then', he formed a real estate and insurance firm of Merrill and McDonald. A few years later he acquired Mr. Men-ill's interest and became the sole owner. Within a verv short period after coming to Boston, lie be- gan operations in Brookline real estate, and his transactions in that section have grown to a re- markable extent. By building residences of a very high class, thus bringing people of large means to the town, he has done much for the improvement and development oi Brookline. He is also interested in some of the largest land companies in Massachuset I - Mr. McDonald was married to Miss Maud A. Severance of Chelsea. June 7, 1N01. They have one child, a daughter, born in 1892. m if *■_ II r . I v iij! « |. ilM ii Hampton Court. One of the finest types of architecture in Brookline is Hampton Court, situated at the corner of Beacon and St. Paul streets. This beautiful building is a hotel, conducted on the American plan, with an excellent restaurant "I sufficient size to accommodate not only the guests of I he house, but also a number of I he nearby residents, by whom it is much patronized. The clientele of the house may be best described by the word "exclusive". The proprietor is Mr. Harry L. Brown (a resident of Brookline). who is also the proprietor of The Victoria in Boston. Mr. Fred M. Crosby is the resident tnanagei L67 BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS 11KSID1 u] i c I'AllSoXS WIXTHKOP Ro.M) I'.ROoKLIXl KESIDFXC1 dl I P KISH I'RESCOTI STREET, BROOKLIXE 10S BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS Charles P. Greenough. Greenough, Charles P., of Boston, is descended from William Greenough, who came from Lanca- shire, England, to Boston, Mass.. in 1648; his great, great grandfather Thomas Greenough, was one of Boston's selectmen during the Revolution- ary war, and his great grandfather, William Green- ough was for fiftv years pastor of a church in Xewton, succeeding Rev. John Eliot. His grand- father, also named William, a prominent Boston merchant, married Sarah Gardner, daughter oi John Gardner, of Leominster, Mass.. and a neice of Mrs. John Hancock. William W. Greenough, son of William just mentioned, and the father of the subject of this article, was treasurer of the Boston Gas Light Company for thirty-eight years and a trustee oi the Huston Public Library for thirty-two years. He married Catharine S. Curtis, daughter oi Charles Pelham Curtis, first city solicitor of Boston, and a law partner of Judge Benjamin H.Curtis. Charles P. Greenough, son of William W. and Catharine S. (Curtis) Greenough, was born July 29th, 1844, in Cambridge, Mass. He was gradu- ated from the Boston Latin School in I860, being a 1'iaiiklm Medal Scholar and receiving several prizes for proficiency in his studies. He then entered Harvard University, where he hail a Detur, and from which he wa- graduated in in 1864. While in college lie was a member of the Institute of 1770. of the Hasty Pudding Club and of the Natural History Society. Soon after graduating he entered the Cnited States service in the blockading squadron on the I". S. Steamer Vanderbilt, where he remained several months, being stat ioned off the coast of North Carolina. He subsequently spent some time in travel in EgA pt, Turkey. Palestine, and the Holy Land, and in 1867 entered the Harvard Law School, from which he was graduated with the degree of LL. P.. in 1S69. He continued his legal studies in the office of Ropes >v Gray, of Boston, and was ad- mitted to the Suffolk Par in December,1869. Im- mediately afterward he formed a copartnership withRobert M. Morse, Jr.. which continued under the firm name of Morse & Greenough and Morse, Stone & Greenough for ten years. Since 1880, Mr. Greenough has practiced alone. Mr. Green- ough is one of the leading members of the Suffolk Bar. He was counsel for the Boston Gas Light Company and for other gas corporations from 1S69 to 1895, when he resigned, and since then he has devoted himself to the practice of hi.- pro- fession. As a counsellor and advocate he has achieved success and honor. In politics he is a Republican, Hewasan original member of the Bar Associa- tion of the city of Boston, in 1S76, and has served it as treasurer since 1S.S7. and president, for the vears 1902, 1903, 1904. He is the author of a ''Digest of Gas Cases" published in 1883, and the editorofthe ninth edition of "Story, on Agency," and has made numerous addresses on the subject of water gas, and contributed several important articles to leading magazines and law journals. For seven vears he prevented the manufacture of water gas in Massachusetts, by appearing before the various committees of the Legislature. As a citizen he is public-spirited and enterpris- ing, and liberally encourages every worthy move- ment. He founded the Boston Legal Aid Society and has been it- president since 1900. He has also been a member of the standing committee „f the Diocese of Massachusetts for several vearSi and a trustee of the Boston Atheseum. 1C0 BR( H >KLINE, MASSACHUSETTS lie is a studenl of history ami of general litcratu it, a scholar endowed with rare intellectual attainments, and a man of the highest integrity and honor, lie is a member "I the Antiquarian Society of Worcester and of the New England I Ii>- toric Genealogical Society, ami a corresponding member of the New Hampshire Historical Society. June 11. 1S74, Mr. Greenough married Mary D wight Vose, of Boston, daughter of the late I bin. Henn Vose, associate Jutsice of the Superior Court of Mass. They have four children; Constance Pelham, Ruth Mary, Henry Vose, and Alfred. to Greenfield, Mass., where he became connected, both as printer and writer, with the Gazette and Courier. While here he met and married Miss Sarah F. Allen, daughter of Sylvester Allen. Eight children were born, two of whom are citizens of Brookline, Winthrop 1!. and Geo. Ripley. Mr. Jones was a prolific writer of fiction and was the founder and proprietor of Harry Hazel's Yankee Blade, a paper of greal popularity in its day: he was also a general contributor to other story papers. In polities, Mr. Jones was early in life a Whig UKSIDEXCK or \\\I. J. SULLIVAN, WIXSLOW KOAD. Justin Jones. Jones, Justix, an old time Boston editor and publisher, became a resilient of Brookline in 1S64, residing on Kent Street where he lived until his death, February 19th, 18S5). Mr. Jones was born in Brunswick, Maine, Oct. I. I SI I. and at the e:ni\ age of fourteen became apprenticed to a local printer. When about seventeen he located in Boston and became in- terested in a semi-monthly literary paper: after two vears retaining his Boston interests, he went ami served in the Mass. Legislative and City Government of Boston, and for many years was a director of public institutions of the city. As a Democrat he sen ed for twenty years on t he town committee, and was also one of the first board of registrars of voters appointed by the town. Socially and in his home he was a delightful man, always having something bright and enter- tainingto relate. He was one ofthe first to join the Brookline Club, and his kindly ways will long re- main in the memory of his many warm friends. 1711 BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS Eugene P. Carver. Chveu, E UGE ne P., is descended from Robert Carver, a nephew of John Carver, the first Gover- U()ro fthe Plymouth Colony, who came from near Plymouth, Devonshire, England, to Marshfield, M ass ., aboul 1627. Jonathan Carver, a descen- dant of the common ancestor, and the first white man after Hennipin to visit the source of the Mississippi River, wrote the work entitled " ^origines of America," the first book m the English language on the American Indians Capl Reuben Carver, great uncle of the subject of this article, captured the first English vessel in the Revolution, which was loaded with arms and munitions of war, and which he delivered over to Washington, then engaged in the siege of Boston. Mr Carver's ancestors have been ship builders, ship owners, and ship masters for two hundred years His great grandfather, Isaac, was a ship builder, and hi- grandfather, Woodburn Carver, and father, Nathan, were ship owners and sea cap- tains Onhis mother's side he is descended from Brian Pendleton, who came to Boston with John Winthrop,inl630, and who was the first survey or general, and made in the colony the first map ol Massachusetts. Resettled in Wat ertown, Mass., an d subsequently became one of the original set- tlers of Portsmouth, N. II. His grandson, Colonel William Pendleton, of Stonington, Conn., served ,„ th e colonial wars, and his son l'erley was a lieutenant in the 1st. R. Q. Artillery in the war oi th e Revolution. Nathan Carver, the lather of the subject of this sketch, married Francis A., .laughter of Joseph Pendleton of Searsport, Me., , U1(] a granddaughter of William Pendleton, who was taken prisoner in the war of 1812. Herfather was a prominent ship master. Eugene P. Carver is the son of Capt. Nathan Carver and Francis A., daughter of Capt. Joseph Pendleton, his wife, and was born in Searsport, Me September 5, I860. He spent much of his boyhood at sea with his parents, going to all parts of the world. He attended the Polytechnic Institute in Brook- lyn, \. Y., and the public schools of Newburyport, Mass., and was graduated from the Boston High School in 1877. Uter having the advantages of a private tutor for a year, he entered the Boston University Law School and received his degree of LL. B.. there- from, in June. 1S82, having been admitted to the Suffolk Bar, the preceding month. He at once began active practice in Boston, at 28 State Street, where he still remains. In 1890 he formed a co- partnership with Edward E. Blodgett, which still continues under the firm name of Carver & Blod- „,.„ tne other partners, subsequently admitted, being Stephen R. Jones and Addison C. Burnham. He has been called upon in relation to this class of business to try cases in nearly every seaboard Sta te Fast of the Mississippi. Ill- ability as a counselor and advocate, his intimate knowledge of thelaw, his personal qualities and high charac- ter have brought him into special prominence, and have already won for him a recognized standing at the bar He has been eminently successful, and as a citizen as well as lawyer is highly es- teemed. He was admitted to practice before the ba r f the United States Supreme Court in 1SSS, and has tried a number of important cases in that tribunal He is a member of the Algonquin Club „f Boston, of the Boston Art Club and of the Bos- ton, American, and International Bar Associations, and resides in Brookline, Mass. Mr Carver was married on the 11th of August, i«86 to Mis- Clara •!'.. daughter of Hon. Robert p or ter,of Searsport. Me. They ha vefive children Francis A.. Eugene P. Jr.. Lois M., Clara, Nathan and Ransom F. ni BR( HDKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS William Lincoln. Lincoln, William, was born in Falmouth, Mass., March S. 1N0S. lie was educated a1 the Derby Academy in Hingham, and graduated in 1821. He came to [Boston and went into Deacon James Loring's printing office. After serving a year here, he wenl Wes1 to Caledonia, \. V.. and look a position in John Buttcrfield's store. In 1826 he returned I" Boston, and went into Joshua Scars' store. In 1S20, lie entered the commission business on his own account, dealing in Xan- i nriicd i ci the nil business. Now came the ml dis- coveries and petroleum wells, anil Mr. Lincoln was i he second man to go into the manufacture of coal nil m ihis country, forming a partnership with William I ». Philbrick, establishing an agency in Titusville. and building a refinery in Ka-t Boston. After the dissolution of this firm, Mr. Lincoln built a large manufactory in East Cambridge. 'I'lie business required the equipment oi a line oi schooners, to ply between Philadelphia and Bos- ton, for the transportation of the petroleum. In IS7'_\ the factory was destroyed by lire, and then RESIDENCE (>!• J. \V. PIEliCE, CHKSTXUT Hill. AVEXCE. tucket and New Bed ford oil. In Is:;, . he sold mil Mr. Lincoln and his sun. William F,., entered the to his brother, Henry Lincoln, and joining Major real estate business. Mr. Lincoln was a resident John Fairfield at Central Wharf, established the New Orleans packet-line, which sunn became the principal packet-line of Boston, and did a large business for years. He went to Californiain ls-l'.i. Mr. Lincoln left this firm and again joined his brother Henry, in India Street, establishing line* ui' Brookline for a number of years, and for sev en- teen years was a member of the board of assessors uf t lie town, during must of that time its chairman. Mr. Lincoln was married in Boston, in ls.'ls, to Mis? \Iarv M . daughter of David Francis, and had four sons, David !•".. Wm. I' . Rev. .lames of packet- to California and Australia, lie built (Mis. and the fourth, Walter Lincoln, is in the and sailed twenty ships and barks, retaining the insurance business in Boston. managing interests in all of them; but finally this business proving somewhat disastrous, ho re- Mr. Lincoln died in Brookline. May L'.'!, 1902, at the age of 04 years. 17:' John A. Curtin. Ci iciix, John A., selectman of Brookline, was bom in Boston, April '■'<, 1870. He received his early education in the Boston public schools. He then attended the Mass. [nstitute of Technology, graduating with the class of 1892, with the degree of S. I'., in the department of Civil Engineering. After leaving Technology he went abroad and spent a year in the University of Berlin, Germany, and up in his return he entered the Boston Univer- sity Law School and graduated, after taking the law course, in 1896, with the degree of LL. B. Since then Major Curtin has been actively en- gaged in the practice of commercial law. He has taken an active interest in politics and lias served as secretary of the Republican Town Committee of Brookline. In the present year (1906) he was appointed to the military staff of Governor Curtis Guild, .Jr.. and at the town meeting in Brookline was chosen a member of the Board of Selectmen. In 1900 l.e married Miss Mabel W. Curtis, a niece of former Mayor Edwin U. Curtis of Boston, and granddaughter of Oliver Whyte who was for many year- a selectman of the town of Brook- line. They have one child. John Curtis Curtin. Major Curtin is a member of the University Club and the Boston Athletic Association. BROOKLINE, MA SS. 1 CH U SETTS Sherman Leland Whipple. Whipple, Sherman Leland, is the youngest sun of Doctor Solomon Mason Whipple and Hen- rietta Kimball Hersey, and was born in Xew London, New Hampshire, March t. 1862. He is descended in the tenth generation from Matthew Whipple, who migrated from England with his brother John and settled in Ipswich Hamlet (now Hamilton), Massachusetts, in 1634. John Whip- ple's great-great-grandson, General William Whipple, of Portsmouth, N. II. , was a signer of the Declaration of Independence and a Genera] in the Continental Army, second Xew Hampshire brigade, Moses Whipple, great-great-grand-father nt Sherman, was a Captain of a militia c pany which he enrolled in the Town of Croydon. X.H., and which was in service at the battle of Ben- nington. Was one of Croydon's earliest settlers. Doctor Whipple, father of the subjecl of this -ketch, was born in Croydon. October, 1820, and graduated from Norwich University and from the Dartmouth Medical School. He practised as a physician in Xew- London, X. II.. until his death, June 12, 1884. He was a frequent contributor to medical literature and a president of the Xew Hampshire State Medical Society. His wife, Henrietta Kimball Hersey, was the daughter of Amos Kimball Hersey. She was bom in < Ictober, 1830, and is still living. Sherman L. Whipple prepared for college at Colby Academy, Xew- London, graduating in 1877. He graduated from Vale University A. B., 18S1, and from Vale University Law School LL. ]'>.. ISS4. He taught for a season in the Boys' High School of Reading, Pa., and al Colby Acad- emy. He was admitted to the bar of Connecticut m June, 1884, of New Hampshire. August, 1884, and of Massachusetts, June, ISS5. Since that dale he has practised his profession in the City of Boston, residing in Brookline, since L8S9. He is a member of the University, Country, Algonquin Vale of New York, \ ale of Boston, and Twentieth Century Club-, of the Xew England Historic ( ienealogical Society and the Bostonian Society. December '27. 1893. he was married to Louise ( lough, of Manchester, X. 11. Since 1S97 he has resided with his family on Warren St reel . Brook- line. Mr. and Mrs. Whipple have three children. Dorothy, bom July 27. 1894, Katharyn Carleton, born November 30, IS95 and Sherman Leland, Jr., bom February 21, L898. 173 BROOKLINE, M. 1 .S.V. [CHI SETTS Brandon Hall. lixclusiveness is the distinctive feature of Bran- don Hall, Brookline, established in I'.mii under the able management of Mr. Charles K. I'henix. The considerate care with which a guest is greeted, the order and seclusion found in each suite, the rich, subdued and tasteful furnishings, the excellence of the cuisine, and the solicitous [it- reached in the art of anticipating every wish. Located in the centre of Boston's most fashiona- ble suburb, and with every means of transit with- in easy reach, it is the acme of the mosl practical, artistic and beautifully furnished hotel of its kind, and the hotel in its entirety is permeated with an atmosphere pleasing in every particular. The countn round aboul is healthful ami enjoya- ble, and fnii n i lie Ik it el radiate the famous \la-sa- BRAXDOX IIM.I., BEACON STREET, BROOKLIXE tention shown by the attendants speak for the able management i >i t lie hotel. The hotel is equipped with a very artistic ball room and is frequent ly used by fashionable classes. It is specially equipped to serve ladies' luncheons, private dinners and suppers. Patrons and visitors at this house cannol fail ti> appreciate the fact that a new standard has been chusetts State Roads leading to all chief points of interesl aboul Boston. The hotel offers a semi- country life for the summer, and is a plea-ant al- ternative tn seashore residence, yet almost within the shadow of the city. There are comparatively few people who realize the fad t hat Brookline pos- sesses in Brandon Hall, the most modern, unique and comfortable hostelry in America. H i BR( >OKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS m fca ■ Marquis Fayette Dickinson. Dickinson, Marquis Fayette, eldest son of Marquis F., and Hannah (Williams) Dickinson, was born in Amherst, Mass.. January 16, 1840. He received his early education in the common schools of his native town, at Amherst and Monson Academies, and Williston Seminary, Easthamp- ton, from which he graduated in the class of 1N.5K. He entered Amherst College in the same year, graduating therefrom in 1S62, having one of the three highest of the commencement appoint- ments. After teaching classics in Williston Semi- nary for three years, IS62-5, he studied law with Wells & Smile, Springfield, at the Harvard Law School, 1S66-7, and with linn. George S. Hillard, nf Boston. He was Assistant United States At- torney from lsti'.t tn 1871. He then became a member nf the law firm nf Hillard, I tyde & I >ick- insiin, the style subsequently changing tn the well-known firm nf Hyde. Dickinson & Howe, later Dickinson; Farr .V Dickinson, at the present time the firm name is M. F., & Charles Dickinson. Mr. Dickinson was a member nf the Boston Com- mon Council in 1 S7 1 and Is7'_\ holding the office of president nf that body during the latter year. He was a trustee of the Boston Public Library in 1S71 , has been a trustee nf (he Williston Seminary since 1872, trustee nf the Mass. Homoeopathic Hospital, and nne nf the overseers nf the charity fund nf Amherst College since 1S77. He was a lecturer nn law as applied tn rural affairs in the Massachusetts Agricultural College, IS7I-7; au- thor nf "Legislation mi the Hours nf Labor," Is71 ; and nf the "Amherst Centennial Address," 1 sTti. Mr. Dickinson is one of the counsel fur the I'm.- inn Elevated Hallway Company, his especial work being the defence of their accidenl cases in court. Mr. Dickinson was married at Easthamp- ton, Nov. 23, L864, to Cecilia R., adopted daugh- ter of Samuel and Emily (Graves) Williston. Of his three children only one is living, Charles. Williston and Florence having deceased. He has an adopted daughter, Jennie Couden Dickinson, daughter of his deceased sister. George Sumner Mann. Mann, George Si mm u. a resident of Boston and Brookline since 1S58. Was born in New Salem, Mass., November 25, 1834. His father. William Mann, and grandfather, Ensign Mann, Jr., were natives of Petersham, Mass. His ureal grandfather, Ensign Mann. Sr., was born on "Mann Hill," in Scituate, Mass., in 17 Hi : gradua ted from Harvard University, 1764; taught in 170 BR( >< )K L I X A". .1/ . i .s.v. It'll I 'SE TTS BIRDS' EYE VIEWS 01 BROOKLIXE. 17(1 BROOK LIN A', MA SS. 1(7// 'SE J ' I 'S Lancaster three years. Settled in Petersham in 1768, and married Alice, the eldest daughter of Rev. Aaron Whitney (Harvard, 1737), the first and long-time minister oi said town. Ensign Maim, Sr., was a school teacher and private tutor in Petersham for a long period. From 1708 to his marriage in 177:!, he was the leader of the "Sons of Liberty" in the town; and figured in a law suit wiih the patriol Josiah Quincy, Jr., againsl one Beaman, a noted lory. The mother of the sub- ject of this sketch was Abigail Cook, a dired descendant oi Henry Cook ol Salem, maternal grandmother was Lydia Fillmore, whose father was a soldier in the Revolution. George Sumner Mann was educated ai "-Bennett Hill" school, in Petersham, and Goodale Academy at Bernardston. In 1S53 was clerk in the old Theodore Jones store in A i IkiI. 1 So !-•"), clerk and part nership with Ah in Houghton in the same town. After a brief period in the post office in Erving, came to Boston in the employ of Farley, Bliss & Amsden on Bowdoin Square, from 1859 to 1877, Mr. Mann was in the retail drygoods business; having three stores on Treinont Row, 'Fremont and Hanover Street-, un- der Ihe firm names of Mann iV Co., Barker, Mann Co. and Geo. S. Mann .V Co. Retired in 1877. Since then he has passed the time in rare oi trusts, travel and study, lie has compiled notes on Petersham, and is the Author of the "Mann Memorial", published in 1884. He is president of " I '.ei i ne it Hill Association ;" a member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, Essex In- stitute of Salem, the Bostonian Society. Brook- line Thursday Club, Brookline Historical Society, etc., etc. He married in 1865, Susan Alzea, born in Topslield. Mass., daughter of Dr. Jeremiah and Esther (Wildes) Stone, and they have two daughters ( I ), ( 'a me Wildes, born 1 SOS, married William A. Spalding of Chestnut 1 1 ill, and they have two sons; Richard Mann, born 1003, and Philip Wildes, born 1905; (2), Gertrude Whit- ney Mann, born 1 N71 . Charles H. Steams. Sti \k\s. Charles II .. Chairman of the Board of Assessors of Brookline. was educated in the public scl Is of the town and the Chauncy Hall School, Boston; and after completing his course of study, assisted in the labors of the home farm. ( 111 1 he death of hi.- fat her he a --ill lied the entire management of the property, and for some years engaged in the nursery business. He subsequent- ly divided the farm into building lots, which met with a ready sale, each lot being a desirable loca- tion for building purposes; retaining for his own use the house in which lie was burn, lie has made many changes and improvements, rendering n one ol the most attractive and conveniently ar- ranged Colonial residences iii this vicinity. In 1892 he was elected Assessor, and to this im- portant office he has since been re-elected each succeeding year. lie is a trustee oi the Brookline Cemeterv, and one of the vice-presidents of the Brookline Savings Bank, with which he has been officially connected for many years. I in ( Ictober 23, 18(52, Mr. Stearns married \nna M. Melleii. a daughter of the late Michael and Sa- rah Mellell, of this town. Mr. and Mrs. Stearns have two children. Anna and Marion, William F. Fitzgerald. tiizoi i: \ i,i>. William F., born in Boston. Mass., September 1. 1867. Educated in Boston, after which he entered I lie banking business and is now a member of the firm Towle A Fitzgerald, Bankers A: Brokers. 177 k^LtMrnmrn KLIXE : ' ETTS ■•■ '■. diiam Henry HiU v J - - ■ _ _ ■ ■ : i I _ : - _ ■ - - _ Henry Lee. ! - ~- _ ■ - ■ - - BIH >< )KLINE, MA SS. ICHl SETTS w::- a contributor to the tree Trade Advocate of Philadelphia, and an associate of Alberl < lallatin, in preparing statistical papers on the effects oi the tariff at the free trade convention al Philadelphia in September, is.'ll. He married Mary, daughter of Jonathan and Hannah (Tracy) Jackson, granddaughter of Ed- ward and |)orothy (Quincy) Jackson and of Cap- tain Patrick Tracy, and their youngest son. I ran- cis I.. Lee, IS2H-1SSG. Harvard A. B., IS43. A. M.. IMC; was Colonel of the I Mi Massachusetts Volunteers in the Civil War. The Lees of Massa- chusetts descended from John and Marv illun- with his father who was a merchant in Boston, conducting a large foreign and domestic trade. In IS40, he became the junior partner in the firm of Bullard >V Lee. Hast India merchants, with commission houses in Boston and Calcutta. This l in 1 1 was dissolved in 1853. and Henry Lee, with George Higginson and John Clarke Lee. es- tablished the banking house of Lee. Higginson \ Co., and he continued the senior partner in that meal banking establishment up to 1897, in De- cember of which year he withdrew, having passed his eightieth birthday. He was the pioneer banker in Boston to establish safe deposits for i: l -I 1 1| \i I "I I .1 Ml I 1 1 >\, I IK M 1 1\ >l KKK I valuables heretofore kept in private houses, and in IStiS projected and carried out the establish- ment "I the lnion Safe Deposit Vaults, and he "Teat, great, ureal, grandparents of Henry Lee, was manager of the enterprise up to the time <>t the banker. His great, grandparents, Thomas ni-rford) Leigh, who sett leil in Ipswich, Massachu- setts Bay Colony about 11)154. Thomas and De- borah ( Flint ) Leigh or Lee. of Ipswich were tin (Harvard. IT'-'-', and Louis (Orne) Lee, and his grand parents were Joseph (Harvard. 17(55). and Elizabeth (Cabot) Lee, and he was thus closely allied to the Massachusetts families of Winthrop, Saltonstall. Pickering. Cabot. Higginson, Endi- eott and others equally prominent. On leaving Harvard I niversit} . where he was graduated A. I'... 18:5(5, A. M., Is: 1 )'.', lie engaged iii business his death. Dining the Civil War he was active in advancing the cause of the lnion, by personal service, and by large contributions of money, and he served on the staff of Governor Andrew as Ude-De-Camp, with the rank of Colonel! 1861-05), at a nine when the duties of an officer on the staff df the Governor of Massachusetts, meant hard and constant service, lie also served the com- monwealth as a representative to the General 180 BR( H )KLINE, MASSACHUSETTS Courl (1876-77), and lie was an overseer of liar- In the summer of 1S47, after spending a few vard University (1867-79). and again (1880-98). months in the office of Samuel M. Felt on, he bo- He was a member of the Massachusetts Historical yn field work on the Km land ,V Burlington Rail- Society : a founder, and for several years presidenl road, in Vermont, holding the position ol as- of the Union Club of Boston; a stockholder in the sistant engineer on location and construction. Boston Athenaeum; a trustee of the Museum of Upon this work he was engaged some three years. Fine Arts, and a member of the New England His- Then going to Canandaigua, X. Y.. be was em- toric Genealogical Society. Identified a- ho was ployed in the construction of some branches oi with the highesl intellectual and artistic life of the Erie Railway. Ho held here the position oi Boston, ho was a generous and influential patron resident engineer of location and construction, of the opera and drama, and of all enterprises of a and this work occupied another throe years till benevolent and educational nature. He was near tin- end oi 1853. married. October 20. 1845. to Elizabeth, daughter A few months after he had finished work in of Colonel Samuel and Elizabeth (Cabot) Perkins. western New York he sailed for Europe, and re- am! they established their home in Brookline on mained abroad a year and a halt. Several a large and beautiful estate, a section of the old months were spent al Paris in professional studios, town noted for the beauty of its scenery and the In the summer of 1855 he returned home and soon command il has of extensive views. afterwards entered the employ of the Boston Two sons survive him : George and Eliot ('.. it Worcester Railroad as Assistant Su]>erinten- l.nih resident? of Brookline. dent and Engineer. For five or six years ho was Colonel Fee is the author of "The Militia of the engaged in improving the location of the road and United States; What it Has Been, and What it rebuilding some of its structures. Should lie." lie died at lii- homo in Brookline, After the war closed Mr. Philbrick was em- Mass., November 21. 1S9S. ployed upon some town improvements in Brook- line and connected with some manufacturing en- terprises. In 1869 he was appointed by the Governor of Massachusetts Inspecting Engineer Edward Southwick Philbrick. Philbrick, Edward Sovthwick, son of Sam- of the Boston. Hartford .V Erie Railroad, to ttel and Eliza (Southwick), was born Nov. 20, which the State had made a loan of 83,000,1 1827, and died Feb. 13, 1889. He was descended About this time the Boston >V Albany Railroad from Quaker ancestry that had been native to the was formed by the consolidation oi the Boston .V shores of Massachusetts Bay from near the date of Worcester and the Western railroad.-. The the settlement of Boston. He was born in Bos- traffic of the road increased to such an extent thai ton. but excepl during early infancy hi- home was the work of rebuilding it.- bridges in iron was do- always in the adjacent town of Brookline. His cided upon and Mr. Philbrick was appointed Con- father was :l merchant in Boston, a director in suiting Engineer and had charge of it. A largo several corporations, and for thirty years treas- number of bridges were built, mostly between urer of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society. Worcester and Albany. The type he adopted In 1843. after fitting for college at the Brookline was the riveted lattice, or for small -pan- the plate High School, he entered the sophomore class at girder. The most notable among these bridges Harvard College. Paternal consent to this step, was that over the Connecticut at Springfield, and however, was conditional upon hi- living at home, it occasioned a good deal of controversy a- to the walking the three mil,- each way to and from comparative merits of riveted and pin-connected college daily, and spending no time on the study trusses. Without entering into the details of of Greek. These requirements were strictly c - the question, it seems proper to say that Mr Phil- plied with, but the restriction as to Greek pre- brick's judgmenl i- supported by the practice ol vented hi- receiving the customary degree on the some of the largesl and besl managed road? and completion of his course; at a later date, however, that even pin-connected bridge? in recenl year? in recognition of hi- merits in other directions. have been made to conform in some features to the degree was conferred as of the class of 1846. to the riveted typo. Mr. Philbrick'- preference for riveted connections did not extend to very largo which he belonged 181 BROOK LINE, MA SS. 1 CHUSETTS spans. Other works on the Boston iV Albany Railroad constructed under his charge were the large Union Station al Worcester, and the grain elevators in Boston, that al Eas1 Boston being notable on aceounl of the difficulties encountered in securing good fi mill la tions. Near the close of ISfiS the State of Massachu- setts contracted for the completion of Hoosac Tunnel. The Trcn and (ireenfield Railroad Com- pany had previously received State aid to the amount of several million dollars to build the tunnel and connecting railroad. l>ui after twenty tion of the works was intrusted to Mr. Philbrick. The supply i- taken from a filtering gallery near Charles River at a point a few miles from the town. These works were constructed during 1ST 1-5 al a cost of a half million of dollars. The improvement of the flats at South Boston was also carried ou1 under Mr. I'hilbrick's charge, and is a work of considerable local importance. The State contracted for building the sea walls and filling a portion of the Hats in the lat ter pari of ls7o. A large area adjacent was owned by the Boston A Ubanv Railroad, and a contract was RESIDENCE <)I \\ J. MeDONALU, WOLCOTT UO.U). years' effort much the larger pari of the tunnel made for filling this at t lie same time. Mr. I'hil- remaincd unfinished and the Slate had come into possession. A \ ear or two after the contracl was made Mr. Philbrick was consulted upon some questions thai arose as to alignment and quanti- ties, and was soon afterwards appointed Consult- brich had charge of i his alsi >. Included in his professional practice were con- sultations as to i he foundations of Trinity Church and the new public library building in Boston; service on commissions to award damages for ing Engineer to the Coventor and Council for diversion of water by the city of Worcester from this work, and held thai position till the tunnel was opened. The amount of this contracl was $4,500,000. \\ hen the growth of the town of Brookline nece naied a public water supply, the construc- Blaekstone Valley, and by the city of Cambridge from Stony Brook, and to investigate the causes and management of the Greal Fire in Boston. A- a citizen he was public-spirited, indepen- dent in polities, and deeply interested in whatever 132 BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS tends to promote good and honest government, often devoting time and money to this end, though seeking for himself no conspicuous part. In religious belief lie was a Unitarian, and served as treasurer of the First Unitarian Church in Brookline fi t many years. ("in the 16th lit' September, 1S57, he married Miss Helen M., daughter of the late Alfred Winsor, of Brookline. John Wilson Candler. Candler, John Wilson, son of Captain John and Susan (Wheelwright) Candler, was born in Boston, Fell. 10, 1S2S, and died al his home in Brookline. lb- was educated in the Marblehead Academy, in tin 1 Dummer Academy, Byfield, and finished his scholastic course in Schoharie Academy, V Y. On leaving school he accepted a clerkship in Boston. Soon after tin- death of his father in 1S49. thr family removed in Brookline, where Mr. Candler had to the time of his death resided. For thirty-1 wo years Mr. Candler had been a mem- ber i>f differenl firms of shipowners engaged in foreign trade. In 1S66, Mr, Candler was a member of the legislal ure. From 1869 to 1 S73, he was an earnesl advocate of a board of prison commissioners: he served for several years as its chairman. For four years he devoted much of the time to the prosecution of the work of building the separate prison fur women, lie was a prominenl member ill" the National Board of 'Trade. lie was president of the Boston Board of Trade, 1 s77 and 7*: president of the Commercial club three terms. He was a republican in politics. In 1S76 and 7s, he was candidate fur Congress. In 1S80 he was elected a member of the 47th ( !ongress of the 8th Congressional District, and in Isss he was eleeted tn the 51st. Congress in the 9th districl by a large majority. Mr. Candler was married in 1851, to Lucy A., daughter of Henry Cobb, of Boston. She died in October, 1855. His second marriage occurred in November, 1867, with Ida M.. daughter of John and Amelia Garrison, of New York. T T i — family consists of three daughters: Cora, who married ('has, T. Bush of Weston, and who resides in Wes1 New Brighton, Staten Island, X. Y. : Anita, who married Hon. David S. Baker, Jr.. of North King- ston, 1!. I.: and Amelia Candler. John Henry Allen. Ai.i.i \. John IIi.nkv. assistant chief of the Brookline hire Department since 1903, was born ii Machiasport, Maine, August 27, 1848. He is a direct descendant of Col. John Allen of Revolutionary' lame. Chief Allen is the sun of Abijah 0. Allen, who enlisted in 1861 and died a year later in New ( h'leans. Young Allen who in- herited the pluck nf his father, enlisted in the Civil War in 1865. with the loth Mate of Maine Regiment, and was discharged as Corporal at the expiration of his service. He came to Brookline in 1S69, and entered the tire department soon after. He served the town faithfully as call engi- neer for nine consecutive years, i he last two years as Chief. He was placed mi t he permanent list in 1891, and was promoted tn the position nf Assis- tant Chief nf the I tepartmenl in 1903. Chief Allen was married in 1S74, t<> Marietta Willi- Palmer, daughter nf the late Charles Lewis Palmer; they have two children, Sadie Allen Mitchell, who is on the staff nf the Brookline Press, and Harry Berton Allen who is connected with the firm nf John F. Fleming A Co., of Brook- line, Mass. is:; BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS Amos Adams Lawrence. Lawri si i . Amos Adams. u;i- born in Boston. Mass.. Juh 31. 1814. second son of \inos and Sarah (Richards) Lawrence: grandson of Major Samuel and Susanna (Parker) Lawrence, and of Ciles and Sarah (Adams) Richards; greatgrand- son of Amos and Abigail (Abbott) Lawrence; great, great grandson of John and Hannah (Tar- bell) Lawrence; great, great, greal grandson of Nathaniel and ' Sarah (Morse) Lawrence; and great, great, great, great grandson of John, (sun of Heurv and Marv Lawrence) and his wife second daughter of the Hon. William and Mary Anne (Cutler) Appleton; and their children were Marianne Appleton, Lorn Max 12, lsld. who mar- ried Dr. Ruber! \morv: Sarah, born in Brookline, July 5. 1845, who married I'eter Chardon Brooks; Amory Appleton. merchant, Lorn April 22. 1848, who married first. Emily Fairfax Silsbee, and second, Gertrude M. Rice : William. Lorn Max 30, 1 s.'iO. Bishop of the diocese of Massachusetts, married Julia Cunningham; Susan Mason. Lorn February 1. 1852, married a! Longwood, Septem- ber '_'.">. iss:;. i.i .Indue William Caleb Luring, of the Supreme Judicial Courl of Massachusetts. I. \\\ KKXCK SCHOOL Elizabeth John Lawrence was the emigrant ancestor and came from \\ isset. Suffolk . England, Hett\ Sullivan. Lorn Now 21, 1855; married I "red eric Cunningham, and Harriett Dexter. Lorn io Watertown. Massachusetts I '.a \ Colour, about June 8, 1858, married Augustus Hemenway the vear 1035 Aim"- Adams Lawrence, with his brother William Richard Lawrence, on the death Amos Adams Lawrence resumed the commis- sion drvg Is business in Boston in 1st:!, with of their mother in 1S19. were senl to Groton. and Mr. Roberl M. Mason mule]- the firm name of their school training was received in Boston and Mason .V Lawrence, and in IS46 the celebrated ai Franklin Acadenn . Andover. Mass., where he firm of Lawrence .V Co. came into existence, and epared fur college. He was graduated at he was I he head of the house up 1" the lime of his death He was president of the Cocheco Manu- facturing Company, treasurer of the Salmon Falls Manufacturing Company, director of the Suffolk Bank, of the Massachusetts General Eospital. of was [ire] Harvard, \ B 1835 He engaged in the dry i> 1- commission business in Boston as clerk and proprietor. LS35-30; visited Europe in 1S39-42. and on March 31. 1842. married Sarah I li abeth. 184 BROOKIJXK, MASSACHUSETTS the American Insurance Office, nf the Boston Water Bower Corporation, of the Amesbury Com- pany. of the Middlesex Canal, of the Massachusetts Bible Society, of the Massachusetts Board of Domestic Missions and of Grot on Academy. He founded the town of Applet on on a large trad of land which he owned on the Fox River in eastern Wisconsin, about 1846. and he gave $20. to es tablish the Lawrence Institute of Wisconsin. '•', in 1849 was rechartered. Lawrence I niver- sity. It was situated in the town of Appleton and named fni- Mr. Lawrence, its founder and prin- cipal benefactor. lb' secured for it the Appleton church was finished by their children as a me- morial to their mother. Mr. Lawrence was the tirsl i reasurer of the Episcopal Theoli igical School at Cambridge, and he held the position for fifteen years, lie began the building of Lawrence Hall, a stone dormitory for the Theological School in 1873, and completed the edifice in 1S80, at a cost of s7.",. nun. lie was treasurer of the corporation of Harvard Cniversity 1 ^-.~>7-< >'_' . and overseer of the college 1879-85. He was one of the one hun- dred members of the Massachusetts Historical Society. His interest in the Free-Soil political party in 1854. led to his aiding in the formation of Y1KW Hi BOYLSTO.N STREET, BKOOKLIXE. Library fund, and gave over 830.000 for its sup- port. He became a resident of Longwood. I Srook- line. in 1851. when with his brother he had pur- chased many acre- of land, and in 1867, they erected the Church of Our Savior in memory of their father. This handsome edifice is built of Roxbun stone with granite trimmings, and the church was consecrated by Bishop East burn. September 29. 18R8. In 1885. Mrs. Amos A. Lawrence caused a stone rectory to be erected in connection with the church, and presented to the parish, and in 1803, the beautiful transepl of the the New- England Emigrant Aid Company, to pre- vent the establishment of slavery in Xebr; and Kansas, and he was one of the three orij trustees and treasurer of the company. Much of his time and thought, and considerable of his mean- were devoted to this cause, and ehierh through his efforts, seconded by the earnesl co- i iperal ion of Eli Thayer of Worcester, Kansas be- came a free state, and one of it- principal cities bears his name In 18(50 he was made the candidate of the L'nion part v for < !o\ ern< ir i if Massachusel I s. i--. BROOK LINE, ]\ 1. 1 SS. \Clli ~SE I ' 7 '.V O Hi III SI l.l; STISEK'I h» 'KIM, h >\\ \i:n Kl \ I SI'lll I.I . 166 BROOK LINE, MA SSA CH U SETTS ()n hearing the murniurings that preceded the civil strife, he helped to arouse the martial spirit of the state, and in spite of his official and business cares he instructed his fellow townsmen of Brook - line, and the students of Harvard in the manual of arms. In 1S62, he largely recruited the 2nd regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry, Col. Charles 1!. Lowell, and in 1S63, served on the committee appointed by Governor Andrew to or- ganize and recruit the 54th Massachusetts Regi- ment (Colored), of which Robert G. Shaw was the Colonel. At the close of the war he was chairman of the Finance Committee that had in hand providing funds for the building of Me- morial Hall at Harvard, in honor of her sons who gave their lives for the preservation of the Union. Mr. Lawrence was the first president of the New England Tru-t Company. He also served as a director of the Massachusetts Hospital Life Insur- ance Company, as president of the National Asso- ciation of Cotton Manufacturers and Planters, and also of the Association of Knit-Goods Manu- facturers. Amos Adams Lawrence died at Na- haiiT. Mass., August 22, 1SS6. Reuben S. Swan. Swan, Reuben S., vice-president of the Brook- line National Bank, was born in Dorchester, Mass., January 7, 1S50. He is the son of William Henry and Mary Elizabeth (Bronsdon) Swan, and a de- scendant in the seventh generation of John Swan of< 'ambridge (Arlington) Mass., an early settler of that town. On his maternal side he is descended from many of the original settleers of Dorchester and vicinity, including Henry Withington, Rich- ard Baker. Ezra Clapp, Edward Vose, Daniel Preston, Philip Eliot and Matthias Puffer. Hi- education was obtained in the public schools of Dorchester, and he was graduated fromthe I >or- chester lli^h School in 1S67. His firsl employ- ment after leaving school was with a woolen firm in Boston. When t he town of Dorchester was an- nexed ti> Boston he was employed by the city of I '"'-I,, ii witli ;i part j' of sun eyors in making a plan of the streets of Dorchester, much of the mathe- matical part (if the earlier work being done by him. In 1870 he entered the First National Bank of Boston as messenger. His connection with that institution continued for sixteen years, during which time by reason of promotions he served in most of the subordinate positions of the bank, and obtained a thorough training in the business. Upon the establishment of t he Brookline National Bank in 1886, Mr. Swan was offered the position of cashier, which he accepted, and removed from Dorchester to Brookline. In IS9S he was elected as vice-president of the hank which position he now holds. While living in I >orchester he served as a mem- ber of the Boston Common Council in 1881, from Ward 24. He is a Past Master of Beth Horon Lodge, A. F. iV A. M., of Brookline, and is a mem- ber of St. Paul R. A. Chapter of Boston, Roxbury Council of Select Masters, and De Molay Com mandery, K. T. of Huston. Mr. Swan was married on October S, 1873, to Miss Emma A. Melville, daughter of William and Man- Jane (Wight) Melville of Dorchester. The; have one son, Clifford Melville Swan, who is an instructor in the Massachusett - Institute of Tech- iM floso . Charles French Read. Pi vd, Charles Fri sen, clerk and t reasurerof the Bostonian Society, was born in Boston, Septem- ber 17. 1853, son of William and Sarah Fuller (McLellan) Read. He is a descendant in the 187 BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS ninth generation from Esdras Read, the lineage being: Ksdras, Obadiah, Thomas, William, Ruben . \\ 1 1 1 i .- 1 1 1 1 . 1 oil '» • 1 1 . \\ il Ham, Charles French. lie was educated in the public schools and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology of Host on, Mass., .■on I served as secretary and treasurer of the Mi ■ husetts Institute of Technology class asso- ciation, for twenty years from IS74. He had been in business many years when he was first rice ted clerk and treasurer of the Bostonian Socie- ty with which he has I urn since identified. The Bnstonian Society was organized in pro- mote i he -I ud\ of 1 In' histon of Boston and to preserve n - antiquities: the soi h-i \ lias one thou- Edward Atkinson. Atkinson, Edward, son of Amos and Anna Oreenlief (Sawyer) Atkinson, was born in Brook- line, Feb. 10, I s_'7 : died December 1 1 . 1905. He married. Oct. I, lSoo. Mary C. Heath, daughter of Charles and ( 'aniline i ' lVmiiinan ) I leal h ol I '.rook - line. Mr. Atkinson leaves a widow, also Mrs. Ernest Winsor. the oldest daughter; Miss ('. I' Atkinson, Mrs. (i. R. Wadsworth. Edward W. At- kinson, Charles II Atkinson, William Atkinson and Robert \V. Atkinson. lie w:is I •"> years old when he In-i entereil a commission house, and in -i \ vears was made coir KMKUSi iN llol'SE, M \\ I- \\ KM E -and members. Mr. Head was married October fidential clerk, and a lew years later treasure] 1 "l 24, 1SS7, to Marv Bickerstaff Coiner, daughter of various manufacturing companies, in which he Joseph and Elizabeth (Bickerstaff) Comer of Bos- ton: the children of this union were: Harold continued until 1 SI , . Later he was made presi- dent of the Boston Manufacturers' Mutual lire Comer, burn in Boston, December '_'. Inns, and Insurance Company, a post he held for nearly Edith Bickerstaff, burn in Brookline, \pril '_'■!. fort) years, fur forty years Mr. Atkinson had Ix'in ||e ha- been a resident hI Brookline for been a prolilic writer of papers and pamphlets on banking, competition, railroading, cotton manu- factures, lire prevention, the tariff, the money ■several years He is a member of the New Eng- land Historical (Jenealogical Society: Massachu- ei i- Society Son- of the American Revolution: the Bostonia Society; the Society of Colonial Wars in Massachusetts, and the Bunker Hill Monument Assoeial ion. question, imperialism, etc. On these topics he was one of l he best kiinwii eoiil I'm er-ia li-t s iii the country. He «a- a vigorous opponent of the colonial policy adopted by the United Suites as a 1SS BR( >< )KLINE, MASSACHUSETTS consequence of the war w 1 1 1 1 Spam, a ml some of his must vigorous pamphleteering was done in ex- pounding his views on imperialism. Perhaps his mosl valuable contribution to his times was the results of his study of mill-construction and other building, with a view to make them slow-burning. His advocacy of sprinkler installation has been widely followed. As a statistician he was inde- fatigable, and the very volume of proofs which he often produced to clinch a moot point had main times the effect of discouraging careful examina- tion. As a controversialist he was confident, im- petuous and never counted the cost. Mr. Atkin- son was proininenl in nearly every movemenl which "offered an opportunity," as he expressed it , "to champion the besl interests of the people.' In 1SS7 Mr. Atkinson was appointed by I'resi- dent Cleveland a special Commissioner to report upon the status of bimetallism in Europe, lb' helped to found the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was a director of thai institution for a considerable period, lie was one of the founders of the New England Emigrant Aid So- ciety. He was an honorary member of the Har- vard Chapter of I 'hi Beta [vappa, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, fellow of the American Association for the Advance- ment of Science, member and corresponding secre- tary of the American Statistical Association, member ofthe International Statistical Institute, member of the Cobden Club of i Ireal Britain, the Unitarian Club of Boston, and many other similar organizations. Mr. Atkinson had been honored with the degree of LL. 1>. by the University of Smith Carolina, and a Ph. I>. by Dartmouth College. Stephen Dexter Bennett. Bennett, Stephen Dexter, for many year- a resident of Brookline, was bom in Brighton, Mass.. July 15, 183S. When cptite young he went to Cambridge, where he resided for many years. In 1S69, he removed to Brookline, taking up his resi- lience mi Walnul Street. He retired from active business in 18S6. He was prontinenl and popular among the townspeople, and, although he never held public office, he was always interested in affairs pertaining to the welfare of the people of the town. He was a member of the Union Club, Coventry Club and Eastern Yacht Club. lie died iii Brookline, March !), 1 !)<)(>, leaving a widow and four children. Henry Dexter Bennett, Stephen Howe Bennett; Miss Elizabeth Bennett and Mrs. Charles Richardson of Weston, Mass. Fred Homer Williams. Willi ims, Fred Humer, one of Boston's lead- ing lawyer- and a well-known resident of Brook- line, was born in f'oxboro, Norfolk County, January 7, LS57, son of Virgil Homer and Nancy I! (Briggs) William-, and a descendant of Rich- ard Williams, who came from England m lli.'ili. and settled in Taunton in 1 1 *. : 1 7 . hewn Williams, father of Virgil II.. was burn in Easton, Mass., and -pent his life as a farmer in thai town, a proininenl and highlv respected citi- zen. In the (ieneral Courl of 1N43 he was one of four Abolitionists, and was their candidate for Speaker. ATier several day-' fruitless voting, when the Whig and Democratic candidates were tied, the Democrats gave him their votes, but the Whig candidate W a- elect eel by one Vote. lie met his death by accident, in the seventy-sixth year of Ins age. 189 BROOKLINE, MA SSACHUSETTS Virgil Homer Williams, was broughl up on his father's farm, attended the Normal School at Bridgewater, and settled in Foxboro when a young man. lie was a painter by trade, and was al>o employed in the manufacture of straw g Is. from 1890 he resided with his sun in Brookline, and died June 27, 1900, at the age of eighty-four years. Hi' married a daughter of Wheat on Briggs, a wheelwright of Attleboro. Mrs. Williams died in 1SS0, ai the age of sixty-four years. Mr. and Mrs. Williams were members of the I 'ongrega- tional Church in 1 oxboro. was admitted to tin- Bar m 1SS2. After practic- ing law two years in Foxboro, he opened an office in Boston, and has long been associated with Frank M. Copeland, Esq., under the firm name of \\ illiams A: ( 'opeland. .Inly 19, 1881, he married Julia Annette Blake, who was born m Whitman, then called South Abington, the daughter of Samuel and Julia A. Blake. Mr. and Mrs. Williams have one child. Harold Putnam, an attorney-at-law, born Octo- ber 'J. 1882, a graduate of the Brookline High School 1899, oi Harvard I'niversity 1903. and'of the Harvard I. aw School 1900. KKSIDEXt I. OF \ll;> Kl 1 I i:l !M,K AM' Ml?. \Y. M. SNOW GAHD.NE1! ROAD. Kred Homer William-, the only child of his parents, lived in Foxboro until sixteen years of age, w hen he entered Brown University, where he wa- graduated in the class of ls77. He was principal of the High School at East Med way. now Millis, Massachusetts, tor two years, and then be- gan the study of law with Hon. \\ . II. Fox of I aunti hi. Massachusel I s. Before lie completed his law studies hi- health failed, and he -pent a year in Minnesota. Re- covering, he resumed hi- studies with Judge Fox and at the Boston University Law School, and Mr. Williams has always resided in this county. having moved from Foxboro to Brookline in 1890. He al-o ha- a large farm at Millis, where he spends t hi' summer months, lie i- a Republican, and served m the Massachusetts House of Repre- sentatives in 1883 and 1SS4, serving a- Chairman ol the Committee on Bills in Third Reading in lss:; and a- House Chairman of the Committee on Insurance in 1SS4. Ih- wa- a member of the Massachusetts Senate in 1898 and 1899, serving as Chairman of the Committee on Mercantile Affairs in 1898, and as Chairman of the Committee on 190 BROOKLINE, M. I SA CH USETTS Rules and of the Committee on Hanks and Bank- ing. He was Secretary of the Norfolk Club from I ss I to L889. For several years he was Secretary (if the Association of t he Sun.- of Brown, composed of graduates of Brown University residing in Bos- ton and vicinity, and later served a- President. Mr. Williams has long been a member of the Cur- tis Club, composed of Boston lawyers. Socially he is connected with the University and Exchange Clubs in Boston, and of the Thursday Chili of Brookline. Mr. and .Mrs. Williams attend the Harvard Congregational Church. Frank A. Russell. Russell, Frank A., born in Boston, Mass., Nov. 6, 1867. His early life was spenl with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel \Y. Russell, in Europe. Returning in 1880, he attended the Brookline High Sri I. graduating in 1886. He was in business in Denver, Col., 1S90 to L 892, and again returned to Brookline, in ls'.i:!. and has since been engaged in building up his extensive real estate business. John Munro Longyear. l.dNi.Yi.AK, John Muxro, sun of John Wesley and Harriet Munro Longyear, was born in Lans- ing, Mich., 1851. His lather. John Wesley Long- year, representative, was born in Shandaken, N. V. Oct, 22, IS20; son of Peter and Jerusha (Stevens) Longyear; grandsi m of John and Anna- tje (Whine) Longyear; and a descendant of Jacob and .Maria (Cox) Langjahr. He attended t he academy in Lima. N. V., taught school I'm' several years and settled in Mason, Ingham County, Mich, in 1844, where he taugh.1 school. He was admitted to the bar in 1S46; removed t<> Lansing in 1847, and engaged m the practice of law. In ls.V_'. he formed a partnership with his brother, Ephraim Longyear. He was married in 1849 to Harriet Munroe, "l' Eagle, Mich, lie was a republican representative in the 38th and 39th congresses, 1S63-67. He was chairman of the commits ii expenditures mi the public buildings and a member of the committee on com- merce. He was a delegate t>> the Loyalisl con- vention in Philadelphia in 1S66. to the Michigan constitutional convention of 1867, and judge of the U. S. district cmiri for the eastern distrid of 191 BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS Michigan. 1S70-75. He died in Detroit, Mich.. March I I. 1875. John Munro Longyear, the subject oi this sketch, passed his hoyli 1 days in Ins native stale. After leaving the preparatory schools lie entered Olivel College m Michigan and finished his education at Georgetown College, Washington, | ). C. As he preferred business Id that of law , he engaged in real estate and also in mines and tim- l,er. Owing to his extensive interests in Mar- quette. Mich., lie divides his time between that place and Brookline : in t he latter place he has ju-t erected a handsome residence on 1 isher Hill. Mr. Longyear served as mayor of Marquette, Mich., and is a member of the hoard of control for the College of Mine-, Houghton. Mich. lie was married January I. IS7D to Man Beccher oi Wisconsin; the\ have six children, all of whom were educated abroad. The family came to I Srookline from Pari- in I DO") Dana Estes. Estks. Dan a. of Boston, head < if the publishing house of Kstes ,V Lauriat, was horn in CJorham, Maine. March 4, 1' K) I lis first American ancestor on I he paternal side was Richard Estes, son of Robert Kstes, of Dover, England, who came to t his count ry in 16S4, land- ing at Boston on September 27, and arriving at Riscataqua aboul two weeks later, where he finally settled. The line of descent is through Benjamin (2), Henry (3), Samuel (4). Joseph (5), who commanded a company of infantry in the Aroostook war: he married Maria Edwards, and became the lather of the subject of this sketch. On the maternal side Mr. Estes is the fourth in descent from Hugh McLellan, of Gorham, who came, ill 1733, from Londonderry. Ireland, and was a descendant from Sir Hugh McLellan, of U'g\ le, Scot land. Dana Estes received his early education in the schools of Crorham, and commenced his business experience in IS.55, in Augusta. Maine, Ins lirst training being as clerk in a wholesale and retail general store. In 1S59 he came to Boston, en- gaged in the book business with Henry D. Degen -«k;p R.ESE,R.VOIR. ■P ""iiiUii'T iliiriii ' < 'LI i BRi lOKLIXE RESERVOIR. 194 BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS of Massachusetts, the Hancock Monument. At Champaign, Ills., the Public Library, and other importanl works in various parts of the country. He has recently been chosen architect of the new Baptist church in Beacon Street, Brookline, near ( !<>olidge Corner. George Parker Bingham. Bin'gham, Georuk Parker, son of General Geo. B. Hinghani, was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, February 27, 1854; lie was educated al the public schools of his native city, anil finished his educa- tion at the preparatory academy in Milwaukee. \i the age of sixteen years, he entered the shoe business with his uncle, of the firm of Charles \Y. Parker iV Co.; he remained with this firm for se\ eral years. A part nership was formed in 1880, under the firm name of Cloutman & Bingham for the manufacturing of shoes, which continued un- til 1894, when Mr. Bingham retired. In 1896, he entered the banking business a1 No. '.•'_> State Street, Boston, when' he has been located since. He was married, November 18, 1878, to ( leorgianna Fosdick, of Boston, daughter of William Fosdick, who was one of Boston's well-known dry goods merchants, being one of the firm of George S.Win- slow - - 190(5. s - es M. Jr. Mr - 1*71. Matthew Dolan. 1 >< iLAN". M \ rTHEW. 1; Ma - -■ - - ith S I ! - - - 2 *\A 5* 4, Andrew Jackson Houghton. [ I A ! Hi ; _' 1 Is'.l'J 197 BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS Dr. Everett M. Bowker. I '-u 1. 1 i;. Evkki ii M , Brookline physician and member Hi' m'I I and Republican town commit- tees, was born in Machias, Maine, November 2, 1S66, s I' Watts II. and Julia M. (Lyon) Bowker. He was a pupil in the public schools oi Brookline, Mass., from 1 870; determining to study for the medical profession, he entered the Harvard I'niversity Medical School and was graduated M. I».. ISni. Hi- practiced in Brooldine and was made a member of the American Medical Associa- tion; of the Massachusetts Medical Legal Society and of the Norfolk District Medical Society. In 1898 he was made secretary of the second Pension Board oi I uited States Examining Surgeons and still held the office in 1006. He was a charter member of the Brookline lodge of Elks; associate Medical Examiner for the 8th Norfolk District from 1S98; a member of the Pine Tree State Club i 'I Boston; a member of the Brookline school com- mittee from 1S08 and a member of the Brookline Republican Committee from IS99. Dr. Bowker was married December 3, 1895 to, Lucy \ daughter of William J.Griggs, and their child- ren were: Philip Griggs, Winthrop Harold, Everett M.. Jr., and Eleanor. William Henry Lincoln. Lincoln, William Henri . was born in Boston, Mass., June 13, 1835, sun of Henry and Charlotte A. (Lewis) Lincoln. When eighteen years of age lie became a clerk in the office el* his father who was a shipping merchant and owner of a line of el ip pel- -hip,-. In IS56 lie was admitted a partner in the management of a line of sailing packets be- tween Boston and the ports of Mobile, New ( Irleans ami Galveston. The secession of the southern states destroyed this trade and the partnership was dissolved. He then formed a partnership with Frank N. Thayer in the ship chandlery I nisi - in- - "ii Lewis Wharf, Boston, and Thayer horse power Corliss engine, a superheater, a sur- face condenser, indicators, tanks and other appli- ances as necessary for t he purpose of actual exper- iment, lie served as judge of power exhibits at the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Associa- tion hairs repeatedly; as judge at the Franklin Institute Electrical Exhibition in Philadelphia, and as t he Massachuset ts judge, and on power ex- hibit- at the Columbian Exhibition at Chicago in 1S03. His invention-' include a variety of forms of the steam calorimeter, a coal calorimeter, a draught gage and a steam boiler. In the Ameri- can Society of Mechanical Enghieers of which he was a member, he served on the several commit- tees of thai society for devising standard met hods for treating boiler--, engines, pumps and locomo- tives, and as chairman of t he commit tee on Stand- ard Tests of pumping engines. He was elected to membership in the Society of Naval Architect - and Marine Engineers; of the Boston Societ} ol Civil Engineers and of the New England Water- works Association. His club affiliations include the Engineers Club, the Technology Club, and the Boston Club of Boston, and the Allston Golf Club. As an expert his professional services were em- ployed by over one hundred of the leading manu- facturers and other users of steam ami power m all parts of the United States and ( 'anada. In his professional capacity he multiplied his tests ol va- rious kinds on boilers, engines, pump.- and allied machinery by the thousands. He was also frequently called upon as an expert witness in important cases in litigation. While a resident of Reading in 1SS6, he was ac- tive in effecting a union between the two Congre- gational Churches of that town, long separated While a resident of Dorchester he was a member of the vestry of St. Ann's Protestant Episcopal Church and also served a.- treasurer of the corpo- ration. On removing to Brookline lie made St. 1'aul's ami Trinity churches in Boston his church homes. In national politic- Mr. Barrus was always an ar- dent Republican. lie was married October -'. 1897, to Louisa C. Williams, daughter of Dyer and Louisa (Burnett) Williams, of Syracuse, New York. His professional book- include; "Tabor Steam famine Indicator." lstiti: "Boiler Tests." 1891; "Engine Tests." 1900; "TheStar Improved Indicator." 1903, and his contributions on engineer- ing subjects to the technical pre-,- and the "Tran- sactions" of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, were frequently and largely road 199 - 4 ■ ■ BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS ■*5i *# MARVM5.D S9. BROOK.LINE ' I! \i;\ \KI) SQl'AKK. I'.mm,. BROOK LINE, MA SS. [CHI r SE I ' I 'S Week" he was made president of the committee, :i]nl the affair was eminently successful. In L905 he was elected treasurer of the Boston Club. Otto J. Piehler. Pieiiler, Otto J., furrier, was born in Boston, Mass., ( >ctober 28, 1S64. He was educated in I he public schools and t ooka course of prh ate tutoring, and then engaged as an apprentice in the fur trade and in this way acquired a thorough knowl- edge of the business; and through this knowledge he has established the largest exclusive fur im- porting and manufacturing house in New Eng- land and made the handling of fine furs a special- ty. He resisted the temptation to increase trade by adding other goods that might be demanded by customers, until the year 1906 at the earnest solicitation of his patrons, a department for the sale of the well-known Knox Hal has been added. He was fortunate in obtaining a location on Tremont Street opposite Park street and the entrance to the subway, and his customers in- clude the best and most fashionable New Eng- land families. He was married August 11, 1SS7, to Anna E. Vickery of Boston, and they have one son and two daughters. Their home is on the Beacon Boulevard, No. I7.V1 Beacon Street, Brookline. His summer home is at Bayside, Hull, and in 1903 when that ancient town celebrated its first "Old Home Isaac Van Horn. Horn, Isaac, Van, the young Boston banker and well Known resident oi Brookline was born in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, in IS65, and is a descendant from one of the old and well known Holland Dutch families in that sect ion of Pennsyl- vania, his grandfather, Isaac Van Horn, after whom he was named, having; keen one of the best known characters in that section. His boyhood days were spent in the city oi Philadelphia where he resided until nineteen years of age, when he removed to the West, where he was prominently identified with financial and political affairs until 1S95, when he took up his resilience in the city "f Boston, and established the banking firm of Isaac Van Horn it Co. In 1SS6 he married Miss Clara Callanan of Omaha, Neb., a niece of the Hon. James Callanan of DesMoineS, la., lately deceased, one of the best known financiers and philanthropists of t he \\ est. Mr. Van Horn's business interests are largely in t lie Slate of Wyoming \\ here he is interested in the construction of a railroad, banking institu- 203 BROOKLINE, MASSAC 1IUSETTS tions.etc. Since the passage of the bill by Congress, authorizing the building of the Panama Canal, he has become interested in a large project at San Diego, Cal., at which poinf is located practically i he first enclosed harbor north of the canal <>n the Pacific coasl , and which it is expected upon com- pletion of the canal will become an extremely prominent point in the world's shipping. While of domestic habits, lie is a member of the New Algonquin, Boston and Home Markel Clubs, the Boston Fruit and Produce Exchange, as well as a number of other social and charitable institu- tions. Charles A. W. Spencer. Sri \' u,\ Charles A. \Y .. was born in Clare- i n< «nt . X. [{., May 27, ls.51 \ resident of Brook- line, since 1S79: Town Auditor for nine years, from 1SS4 to 1890. and 1S94-1S95, when lie re- signed. Printer and publisher; owner oi the Riverdale Press, and Editor of the Chronicle; Treasurer of Music ('onnnitt >l the Brookline Educational Society; member of Republican Town Committee, since 1893. George H. Johnson. Johxso.y, George H., Chief of the Eire Depart- ment of Brookline.anda prosperous business man, was burn August is. 18/51, in Litchfield, Litch- field County, Me., sun of George I. Johnson. The latter, who was born in Freeport, Me., during the earlier year- oi Ins life was engaged in ship- building. In 1S.5C he came to Brookline where he was employed at carpenter's work for some time. He subsequenth served on the police force for a number of years, after which he resumed his trade, becoming foreman of the shop established by his son, George II. He is a strong supporter of the Republican party, and for some time has been constable of the town. By his wife, Frances, who is a daughter of .lames Chase, of Litchfield, Me., he became the father of three children, namely: George II.. the special subject of this sketch; Rosa, the wife of Mathev Burns; and Frank, a member of the police force. Both parents attend the Baptist ( 'hurch. George II. Johnson having been but five years old when his parents removed to Brookline, he was educated in both the common and high schools, lie had a natural aptitude for mechan- 21 it BROOKLINE, AL 1 .S'.V. 1 CHUSETTS ics from his youth. Having learned the carpen- ter's trade he worked as a journeyman for thirteen years. In 1S82 he embarked in business on his own account. Besides making a specialty of jobbing, he does considerable building in this locality. In 18S4 he was elected to the Board of Water Commissioners for a term of three years; and he was re-elected in 1SS7, 1S90, 1893, and 1896. In these years the water-works and sewer system were greatly improved, and are now the equal of any other New England town. In 1876 Mr. Johnson was appointed on the and six companies; and a fine alarm system has been established. < )n thr 'casions the depart- ment responded to alarms from Boston, and there gave valuable aid in extinguishing fires. Mr. Johnson is a member in high standing of the the Masonic fraternity, belonging to Beth-Horon Lodge, A. F. and A. M.. of Brookline; to St. Paul R. A. Chapter of Boston; and to lie Molaj Commandry, K. T., of Boston. He is likewise a prominenl member of Laomia Lodge, I. O. 0. I.. of whirl i he was for a number ol years the treas- urer; of the Knights of Honor of this town; of the SCHLESINGEK ESTATK W VKKEX STKEET. Board of Engineers connected with the fire de- partment, and m the following years he was made chief of the department, a very important position which he has since efficiently filled. Jlr has been connected with the depart men I . with the exception of two years since 1869; and with but two exceptions, he is tl Idesi fireman on the entire force in poinl of service. In the past twenty years the equipments and force of the de- partment have been increased from one hand engine and two companies to two large steamers Massachusetts Charitable Association of Boston; of the Si a i e Association of Fire ' 'hiefs; and of the I ireman's Relief Association of which he has hern the presidenl since its organization. In December, 1880, he married Miss Calista Longfellow, one of the nine children of Mr. and Mrs. Gates Longfellow. Mrs. Johnson who was born and reared on a farm in Machias, Me., where her father was engaged in agricultural pursuits, is an active w< irker in religious circles and a member (if t he Universalist Church. 205 ■ - : : - - - - : - . _ - - - - BROOKLIXE. MASSACHUSETTS : - BROi )KLINE, MASSACHUSETTS King C. Gillette. (in. LETT] . King < '.. inventor and manufacturer of the well-known Gillette Safety Razor, was I huh at Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, January 5, lS5o;son of George W. and Fanny I.. (Camp) Gillette. The family removed to Chicago when he was four years old. He was educated in the public schools of Chicago, and left school al the age of 1 7 \ ears. At an early age he engaged inthe hardware business, and afterwards travelled extensively, both in tins country and abroad. For a tunc he resided in London, but returned to this country and now makes his home in Brookline, having bought the beautiful Lombard estate on the Beacon Street Boulevard. His father, George VV. Gillette was engaged some years in the manufacturing and selling of a patented invention of his own ; his two olilcr brothers were in business with him. In tunc, invention connected with the particular industry to which his father's patents applied, dominated and directed the united ability and inventive powers of Ins father and brothers. They were a family knit together by close bonds of affection and mutual interest. Ii was only natural that he should be attracted by the possi- bilities of invention, and finalh became absorbed in inventive thought. Like all inventors, they had their ups and downs, and at times it see) I as though they might 1»' counted out altogether, but there is no hope like that which springs et ernal in i he soul of t he inventor. The flower may wit her and I lie stalk be blasted, but the routs once firmly plained will send forth new stalks, and new ideas will blossom as long as i here is lite and i he brain is active. Invention is a creative instinct, the crowning attribute of the Creator of all things. Cpon invention or dis- cos ery, which are synonj mous terms as used here, depends all progress. I here wen- t imes when they were obliged to lay aside the development of ideas of invention, for the reason that necessity demanded that they should obtain employment in order to tide over financial distress, and for this reason Mr. Gillette secured employment at intervals covering the period from the time he was seventeen years of age until he was forty-nine, when he became directly interested in the manufacture of his latest invention, the now well-known razor. Edward Henry Clement. i'i. ment, I'jiw \ni> Henry, son of Cyrus and Rebecca Fiske (Short ridge) Clement, was born in Chelsea. Mass., April 19, 1843. lie is a descen- dant of Robert Clement, who came from Coventry, England, in 1643, who was chosen to buy and sur- vey the territory of Haverhill; afterwards he represented the town in the General Court. His mill was the first in the town, and the marriage of his son was the first marriage in Haverhill. Ed- ward 11., was educated in the Chelsea public schools and at Tufts College, from which he graduated in 1S64, leading his class. Subsequent- ly he received from Tufts the honorary degree of A.M. He began his professional life as a reporter and assistant editor of an army-post newspaper, st ailed with the deserted plain of the ''Savannah News" by two correspondents of the "New York Herald" stationed at Hilton Head, S. C. In 1S67 he returned to Boston, and for a month was chief proof-reader of the "Daily Advertiser". Then he resigned to accept a similar position on the " New York Tribune." Instead of that . how- 208 BROOKLIXE, MASSACHUSETTS ever, John Russell Young, then the managing editor of the " Tribune," gave him a place as a re- porter. Soon after lie was promoted to the posi- tion of exchange editor, then advanced to the telegraph editor's desk, and thru to that "1 night editor. Subsequently lie was for a short time managing editor of the "Newark (N. .1.) Daily Advertiser," and in 1871 he became one oi the editors and proprietors of the "Elizabeth (X. .1.) Journal." in ls7"> he was railed to Boston to take the position of assistant editor oi the "Transcript," which at that time was under the editorship of William A. Hovey. Cpon Mr. William Jones Griggs. Gkiogs, William Joxes, of Brookliiie, was born t here on June 6, 1821, son of Deacon Thomas and Harriet i Fuller) ( Iriggs. Deacon Thomas < Iriggs was born, April .">. 1788, on the Griggs farm, where he resided until the death of his fat her. He had a pari of the original farm; later he purchased more land, and in 1845 buill upon his property the house now standing. Some time alter he removed to a house on Wash- ington Street, situated on a part ol the -a me farm, and i hen- -pent the last years of Iris life, dying at PUTTERHAM SCHOOL, NEWTON STREET, EREC 111) L7G8. Eiovey's retirement, in 1881, Mr. Clement was promoted to the position of chief, which he held until 1905, being retired at his own request; he is still connected with the staff. He has ably maintained the paper upon the lines laid down by the long line of eminent editors of this favorite Boston institution. H,e has been connected with a number of local organizations, among them the Boston Memorial Association and the Philharmonic Society; and he was one of the founders of the St. Botolph Club, of which he is still a member. In 1869, Mr. Clement was married in New York City, to Miss Gertrude Pound; they have three children. the age of ninety-nine year-. He served the town in various capacities. He was selectman for m:iii\ yea rs and o\ cr-cer of the poor and assessor. His wife, Harriet, was a daughter of Jonathan Fuller of Needham; She died August 13, 1867, at the age of seventy years. Deacon Thomas Gi ■'■■ and his wife had a family of seven children; they were: Caroline, deceased, born January '_'7, 1820, married David Sullivan Coolidge; William J., the subjeel of this sketch; Man Jane, born September 18, 1S22; Ellen, deceased, born May .">. 1824; Thomas B., born May 1, 1826; Amanda, deceased, born May 26, 182S;and Francis Henry, born November 14, 1834. 209 BR( H )KLINE, MASSACHUSETTS William .1. < iriggs all cut led the common schools and later Worcester Academy. From Worcester he returned home to help Ins father; when the latter removed to the house on Washington Street . Mr. < iriggs took possessi if the old home and sinne fifty acres of land, which lie cultivated as a vegetable garden. He subsequently sold a number of building hits and had lefl aboul t wenty acres of 1 he original farm. The first town office In which he was elected was that of Highway Surveyor, which he held for four years. In 1862 lie was elected Selectman and held thai responsible position for eight con- Fay ette Frederick Forbes. Forbes, Fayette Frederick, superintendent nl the Brookline Water Department, was born in liuckland, Mass., May 9, 1S51, son of Frederick and Mary Ann (Richmond) Forbes, lie was educated in the public schools of his native town and took an academic course in Ashfield, Mass., then entered the scientific departmenl in the Willis! mi Seni ma n ui' East Hampton, from which he acquired a full knowledge of civil engineering; he w a- at i hi- i urn nineteen years old. lie was engaged on the Holvoke Water Works I Hi: NEW til .an iKUM. 1 '.AIT 1st cm i;i ii i oo] iik;i; n h;\i i: secutive years, lie ha- also been Overseer oi the Poor, and was a member of the Board of Water Commissioners during the first ten years subsequent to the formati I' i he board. Ii was during his term of office that I lie high service \\a- introduced. In 1S65, Mr. Griggs was united m marriage with Mary E. Gipson, a native nl' South Boston; four children have been born In Mi', and Mis. < iriggs, three of whom, Sarah, Waller A. and Lucy A. are living. Mr. < Iriggs died in Brookline in 1906. a- civil engineer I'm' a short time, titter winch he was employed on the Troy & Greenfield Rail- Road during its relocation of the work, after which he was engaged mi special work for the Boston & Albany 1!. R. December '.K 1S73, he entered the engineering department of Brookline, constructing t he water works under Mr. I 'In I brick. In 1S76 he was appointed superintendent of the Brookline Water Works, being the first in occupv that position which he nov holds (1906). He has served i he town faithfully and longer than any nilnt official. Ii is a well known fact that no Jill BROOK LINE, MA SSACHUSETTS town in the United States has a better water ser- vice, and it is often the reason why householders have selected Brookline for a residence; its im- portance is such that the town has no hesitancy in appropriating whatever sum of money is necessa r\ for the maintenance of such a necessity. Before closing this article a few words may be said about his grandfather, Daniel Forbes, who was a remarkable man in his day; he lived to be ■S4 years of age, and during lus time lie taught H7 terms, including singing and writing in the public schools of Buckland, Ashtield and Hawlev, Mass- acllll-el I s. of Mi'. Sturtevant he succeeded him as agent of the Mills. He was married in 1S73 to Frances Sturtevant. Mi'. Clarke served nine months in the Rebellion with i he 44 1 h Mass. Regiment. He is a member of the Masonic order of Andover, Mass. He is i reasurer of the \\ nil limp Mills ( Company of Win- throp, Maine, and ( 'lint on Mills of Norwich,! !onn., manufacturing dress goods, carriage cloth, broad- cloth, billiard cloths and blankets. Amasa Clarke. Clarke, Amasa, resident of Brookline for a mini her of years, was born in Andover, Mass., son of Francis and Sarah (Marland) Clarke. His father was a prominent physician of Ando- ver, Mass., and his mother was the daughter of the first woolen manufacturer in this country. Mr. Clarke obtained his education in i he public schools of Andover and ai Phillips Academy. On leav- ing school In' was engaged in the wool business tor some time after which he became associated with Mr. John 1 >. Sturtevant, ami mi the death Benjamin F. Baker. Baker, Benjamin 1'., was a well-known and honored citizen of Brookline. He was horn August 28, 1820, in Kennebunk, Me. Came to Brookline 111,1843, and settled in the town as a painter, purchasing a business that was estab- lished in 1S15. He represented the town in the State Legislature, and in 1852 was elected town clerk, a position which he was elected to continu- ously until his death September in, 189S. He was a member oi the hoard of trustees of the Brookline Public Library; member of the Histori- cal Society; Beth-horon Lodge of Masons; Royal Arcanum; Master Painters Association, and trus- tee of i he Brookline Savings Bank. 211 BROOK LINE, MA SSA CHUSETTS His sun. Edward \V. Baker, in 1S011 was elected to succeed him as town clerk and lias been elected e\ er\ \ ear since. Dr. Tappan Eustis Francis. I i; \ \i is.'l" uta x Ei stis, physician ill Brooklinei was horn in Boston, Mass., August -V 1S23; son of the Rev. Convers (1795-1863) ami Abbe\ Bradford (Allyn) Francis, grandson of Convers and Susanna (Rand) Francis ami of the Rev. John Allyn, D. !>., of Duxbury Mass., and a descendant from Richard Francis, who came from England and settled in Cambridge, Massachusetts Bay Colony, in 1636. llis father was graduated at Harvard College V I '■ . 1815, A. M.. ISIS, S. J 1 1.. 1837; completed a course in the Harvard, Divinity School in ISIS; pastor of Unitarian Church, Watertown, Mass., 1S1S-42; Parkman professor of pulpil eloquence and pastoral care Harvard University, 1S42-63; overseerof Harvard 1831-43; member of the Massachusetts Historical Society; author ami biographer, l.ydia .Maria ( 'In Id. t he distinguished author, was a ,-ister of the Rev. Dr. Convers Francis. Tappan Eustis Fran- cis was graduated from Harvard, A. B., 1844, M I)., 1848; practiced in Roxbury, Mass., when that town included the territory now comprising the town of Brookline. He was the town physician of Roxbury, removed to Newton Lower Falls and thence to Brookline. He was recognized as one of t he leading physicians of Massachusel is. He was married May (', 1n.v>. to Helen daughter of I >r. Augustine Shurtleff of Brookline, and a descendant from William Shurtleff who came from i orkshire, England, to Plymouth, Flymout h Colon} in 1628, and on his removal to Marshfield was familiarly known as "William Shurtleff of Marshfield," ami a brief notice of this earl)' emi- grant was prepared by his descendant, Nathaniel Bradstreet Shurtleff (1810-1874). See "Brief N'otice of William Shurtleff of Marshfield" I L850). The children of Dr. Tappan Eustis and Helen (Shurtleff) Francis were: George Hill- Francis, M. D.. (q. v.); Dr. Carleton S. Francis and Na- thaniel A. Francis, Lawyer, (q. v.) Munroe Goodspeed. Goodspeed, Mi x i ; i > i : , livery and stable keeper ai 383 Washington St.. Brookline, was born in Montgomery, Vermont, July 15, 1842. lie is the son of Salvia and ( 'arshenia (Johnson) Goodspeed. lie attended the public schools until he was four- teen years of age and then went to work on his father'.- farm. At the age of twent} years, being desirous of improving his condition, he came to Boston with a determination to succeed, and u orked for a conl racl or for a short t ime. I le t lien returned to Vermont to help his father, remained a year, then returned to Boston where he secured a position with the International Telegraph ' oiii pany, which position he held for some lime. He then resigned in order to enter a more lucrative business; the Company offered him a great induce- ment to sta\ . bill lie declined h do so. lie came to Brookline in 1863, and was employed by the Collins & Chase Express Company; in 1870 he became one of i he partners in the firm. He -oil out liis interest in this firm and in 1873 he became a partner of Stone & Williams of Brookline, in the stable and liven business; eventually the firm became Stone & Goodspeed. In 1n7!» Mr. Stone died and Mr. Goodspeed became sole proprietor. It is quite natural that Mr. Goodspeed should finally enter t his business ; as a boy he was always fond of horses, ami when on his father's farm he traded horses quite frequently, to a substantial profit ; his knowledge of horses is well known to the leading dealer- and owners of l he country. ■j l - BROOKLINE, M. 1 55. 1 CI I 1 r SE I 1 S He was married October 1, 1S71, to Martha R. Kimball, daughter of Sylvester Kimball of Brook- line; they had two children, one daughter and one -on . Carl M. Goodspeed, who was educated in the schools of Brookline, graduating from the high school, after which lie took :i course ;it Bryant iV Stratton's Commerci;il College. He is now the owner i if the stable business, having succeeded his father, who felt that in justice to himself, he should enjov rest . Albion F. Bemis. Bkmis, Albion F., of Brookline, a direct de- scendant in seventh generation from Joseph Bemis who came i<> tin- country from England and settled in Watertown in 1640, and from whom all of the various families of that name have sprung, was born in Brookfield in 1856, and spent In- early boyhood mi a farm. He early acquired a thirst For knowledge and succeeded in earning his waj through the Springfield high school and Amherst college, where he graduated in 1SS0 with high honors, being one of the eight commence- ment speakers, and being elected to the Phi Beta Kappa society. Hi' immediately entered upon a business career which lie pursued with uninterrupted success for 20 years, becoming one of the largest manufac- t urers of st raw goods in the country. The loss of his plant by fire in 1900, and a combination among the straw goods manufacturers making it inopportune for him to re-enter business at the time, left him free, and he was prevailed upon to accept a i luminal ion for t he House ol Representa- tives in 1'. Kin. ami was duly elected and served for two years, lie was placed upon the committee of public lighting which held the public attention at the time, and early assumed leadershipof that committee, as well as federal relations, before which new political theories were constantly being exploited. lie was an ardent admirer and sup- porter of Governor Crane and sunn came to lie looked upon as one of the House leaders. He was elected to t he Senate in 1902, where lie also served i wo years and t here continued t lie success in legis- lation which hi' had sn well begun in the House. Senator Bemis showed such a capacity lor hard work that in hi- second year, besides being made chairman of metropolitan affairs, lie was placed upon live other important committees, making a record probablv unequalled in the annals oi that honorable body. Senator Bemis was the champion ol the manu- facturing interests of the state during his four years at t ho state house, and has by voice and vote aided all measures that looked inward good government . tempera nee and a proper observance of the I.< in!'- Day. Senator Bemis, notwithstanding having led a very busy and active life, has found time to take two extended trip- abroad and to assume Ins full share of church and civic dune- He was for several years chairman of board of selectman and school committee of the town ol Foxboro, and al-o served as chairman of its important building committees. A life-long Republican and party worker, personally ho is agreeable and pleasant to meet , and has a host of friends. He i- a 32d degree Mason, an Odd Fellow, Grange Grand Knight oi 11, mill'; a member of the Home Market chili. Republican club of Massachusetts and Norfolk club, and belongs to many social club- in New Vork and Boston, a- well a- the Thursday club of Brookline. il3 BROOKLIXR, M. 1 .S'.V. 1 Cll i SETTS !',' <\ I >[' LN-HYSFJ 'I'll I. II' 'I SK One of the most interesting objects in B klir is a large old-fashioned building on Boylston Street opposite the Westerly end of the Ueservoii It was first occupied by the Bovlston family, later by the Hyslop famih and at terwards hy Henry bee. Esq., whose «>n, George Lee, resides there at the present time During the [{evolution, Colonial troops were quartered therefor :i time. With the exception of a few trifling alterations the building today presents the same appearance as it did in the time of t lie Boylstoi -li BROOKLIXE, M. 1 SS. 1 CHUSE I TS William Barnas Sears. Sears. William Barxas, a well-known resident of Brookline, son of Rev. Barnas ami Elizabeth Griggs (Corey) Scars, daughter of Deacon E. Corey, was born in Hamilton, X. V., June 11. 1S32. He received his education in private schools. He was engaged for a time as assistant teacher in the E'ierce Academy, Middleboro, in the depart- ments of German, Latin and Creek, after which he was engaged in mercantile business for eleven vears; in June, 1861, he was commissioned by Governor Sprague. 1st Lieutenant, 2d regiment. Rhode bland Volunteers, and received a cap- tain's commission, October 28, of thai year. He was mustered out of service June 17. 1S64, at the expiration of his Term of service. He was Senior Vice-Commander of Posl 26, G. A. U.. and an original member of the Post . He was Commander of Posl 143, G. A. R-, Brookline, two yi ars, and has been re-elected twice since. He was a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery, ten years; Roxbury Horse Guards, 1st. Mass. Cavalry Militia, cighl years; Captain of Company C, 1st. regiment, Mass. Militia, during the Boston lire. He has been a member of the Loyal Legion since 1S71 Served on the staff of General Wm. Cogs- well. Department Commander of Massachusetts, ; ,u (l ,,n the Staff of Governor Lucius Fairchild, National Department, Commander-in-Chief, G. \ i; He was president of the 2d. R. I. Veteran Associat ion . 1SS1 . Mr. Sears has Ween a member of the Boston Baptist Social Inion since 1S6S. He is a promi- nent member of the Masonic Fraternity, 32d degree. His business has been that of Fire In- surance Agent since 1865. Mr. Sears was married in Roxbury, February 1, 1S63. to Emily A., daughter of Stephen and Rebecca \V. (Langley) Faunce. His second marriage was with Sadie A. Hunt, Oct. 24, 1SS1, in ['rovidence, R. L His children are Wm. B. Sears, Jr.. Langley B., Harry Bowers, Stephen F. and Edward II Sears. Almon Cooper, M. D. C mi;. Almox, M. D.. son of Ivory and Vnna \\ (Xeal) Cooper, was born in South Berwick. Maine, January 9. 1863. He was educated in the schools of Salmon Falls, \. ip. and South Berwick, Maine. He began the : I 5 BRi lOKLIXE, MASSACHUSETTS - Isss - ssioninH 1SJU, I ■ : Sep- [, ISSS. - J. He S JH A. ^^^B il ;1 ^E a Dr. Maurice Worcester Turner. \\ - \ \ M; : -Ml N "'7 nf Dr. .1 Worcester! 1 22. IS23. was of 1 _ - S 1S42. i ■ T he 1\ - - ill lS.Vi - ■ Later lie practiced in n Xew York City, May 31. LS93, National and vai Medical S - Evnight Masoi 1 >r. .1 2$. 1S5 Rev. Samuel and - a V\ - i n at Bridgewater. Mass - the I urch N grandfather, N .P.P.. -Nil.. I7.")S ■ - - - n the Revolutionary - ' Hunker - II I he caus armony, during I life in he was known as the ''Api - scendant of t i Ri \ 'A if the name to come to Ai - settled in Salis Mass . I63S -• er. I lis maternal grand- - sketch, born in - the daughtei W \ ■ Parsons) Sai sent. It was a Winthrop i he Re great -grandfather. Col. 5 San William > e to Gloucester from 1 setei re 167S. Pr. M ' June 30. 1S7S \''". Ri Corliss, of Brighton. M ss hild. Beatrice Coi - ne in Brookline tending t he public \ 1 in a _ physiciai School of _ ■ . 1SS9 ' tober. I Wesselhi ■ partment of iosi n Vi en he has led the i .'liege. 11, - — ■ ■ ■ •■ ■ ■ - • the Massachusetts ianl of the New England Bap- tist Hospital (lowing M. -■ - - - - ISS9; Bos1 ■ ipathic .:•■■ BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS Medical Society. 1800; Massachusetts Homoeopa- thic Medical Society . 1891 ; American Institute of Homoeopathy. 1892; and Beth-Horon Lodge. 1. A. M.. Brookline. ward Steeso and Ellen Sturtovanl Stoose oi Broi line. Norman H. White. ect 1 Massachusetts 1 egislal Wiiii i. Norman 11.. residenl of Brookline since 189(5. son of Henry White and Henrietta Hill White. Was born in Montclair. N. J.. Dec. •_'."). 1S71 ; received a public school education, fitting for Harvard University, from which he graduated in 1S95. While in college he was pres dent and manager of the Harvard University Base Ball Association, and presidenl of the Pi Eta Society. Shortly after leaving college he entered business, becoming treasurer of the Huston Book- binding Company, one of the most extensive establishments of the kind in the country. Aside from his regular business interests he is interested in the firm of Small. Maynard >v Company, the well-known publishers of Boston. Mr. White was eleete.l in 1905 a director of the Brookline National Bank, he is also a director in the Brook- line Friendly Society. In I s '."'' he was married to Miss < iertrude Steese. daughter of the late Dr. l-'.d- Michael Driscoll. Driscoll. Michael. Superintendent oi Streets and member of the School Board, in the town ol Brookline. was born in Brookline. Mass.. April Is. 1844. He was educated in the public schools ol Brookline. and after leaving school entered mer- cantile business in Boston for a short tune, and then went to work for hi- father a- contractor. April 10. 1878, he was elected Superintendent oi Streets in Brookline. which position h TUpies at the present time I 1906). He is also a member of the school hoard. He was married November, 1873. to Margaret I. Shea. In whom he had five children, four of whom are living; Mrs. Driscoll died in 1883. In January. 1887. he married Ellen O'Hearn. of Brookline (died in 1898). b\ whom |„. had three children. Hi- eldesl son, James M . is Superintendent of Holyhood and St. Joseph's cemeteries in Brookline. Mr. Driscoll is a member i f Mass. Catholic ' ' ,1,-r of Forresters, Knights of Columbus. Catholic Union "i Boston and the Brookline Historical So- ciety. His long service as Superintendent oi the Brookline Street Department is unequalled by any ,,, w ,i or city in the United States, which is an indi- cation that his able administration is appreciated bv the residents of Brookline. 217 BR( )( )KLINE, MASS. 1 ( 11 1 'SETTS RESIDEXCl ii| MRS .]n|l\ 1. GARDNER. WARREX STREEI BROOKLIX1 218 BROOKLINE, M. 1 55. ICHl SETTS Charles Granville Way. Way. Charles Granville, o real estate dealer of Boston, and a resident of Brookline, Mass., is a descendant in the ninth generation from his Tun- tan progenitor in America. Samuel A. Way (son of Lorin and Lettice C. Way, and the father of Charles Granville Way), 1>, ,111 at Lemster, December 17. 1816, died in Bos- ton, June 4, 1S72. It was he who organized the first bank under the free banking laws of Massa- chusetts. He was president of the Bank of Met ropolis, all i lie stock of which he subsequently purchased. His investments in real estate entitled him to lie classed among the largest holders of that kind of property. Way Street and Way Wharf in Boston are named after him. On August 11, 1836, he was married to Sarah Ann Simpson, who, horn at Boston, January 15, 1821, died in Paris, France, March 2, 1n7C,. Her father, Daniel Simpson, horn at Winslow, Me., September 29, 1790, and who died in South Bos- ton, July 2s. 1886, was the keeper in his .lay of the famous old Green Dragon Tavern, said to have been the headquarter.- of the Revolution. The children of Samuel A., and Sarah A. Way were: Francis Clarence, horn at Boston, November 11. 1S37, who died at Naples, Italy, on March Hi, istili; Charles Granville, the sub]ec1 of this -ketch ; and Daniel Simpson, bom in Boston, < (ctober 22. 1844, who died at Roxbury, Mass., August 6, 1S47. Charles Granville Way was educated at the Roxbury Public School-, and at boarding schools j n Jamaica Plain and ( irafton. Mass.; also m Paris, France, where he lived many years. He was a pupil of the celebrated artist . Lambenel .and Dar- Doize. and at the Jardin Plant, under the direction „f Barze. Heexhibited at the Vienna Exposition, and the Centennial of 1876, returning that year to the Cnited States on business which monopolized all his time lor several years, and lie gradually drifted to the real estate business, which he has followed for the last 30 years, being a holder of real estate in Hyde Park, Mass., including the Post Office Building, also property at Bass Rocks, Gloucester, and president of the Ten Associates, owner of many acre- of land at Long Beach. Gloucester. His most remarkable experience throughout that period ha- been the taking from him. by the Boston Terminal Company, the New York, New Haven A Hartford Company, and the Boston Elevated Street Railway Company, under the law of "eminent domain," of thirty estates, the same being more than these corporations have taken from any other real estate owner. Several -nit- at law were broughl against the corporations mentioned, involving interests amounting from three to five hundred thousand dollar-. Among hi- present possessions are residence m Brookline, Mass.. his summer residence at P.ass Rocks, Gloucester, Mass., said to have the finest situation of any along the North Shore, and the office and apartment buildings, S30 and S32 Washington Street, Boston, Mass. In addition to the management of his own proper- ly, he has the management of several estates m ,l„. capacity of trustee. He wrote a history of the Way family. In 18S7 he published the pam- phlet, "George Way and his Descendants;" he has also on hand a history of the American Colony of Artists at Pont-Aven, France, of which he ami Hubert Wilev were pioneer-. On November 29, 1S66, in Pari-, Mr. Way was married to Charlotte Elizabeth Fobes, who was bomal Roxbury, Mass., August 15, 1S45, daugh- ter of Edwin and Charlott,. Sophia (Farrington) Fobes. Her father, a native of Oakham, Mass., 2 111 BROOKLINE, MASS A CIIUSETTS born September 9, 1814, died in Boston, May 23, 1S79; and her mother, born al Salem. Mas- . May -'1. 181S, died in Brookline. Mr. and Mrs. Way have t hive children : Marie Eloise, ( 'harles Art hur, and Helen ' Iranville. Charles An Inn- Way married Edyth C, Hanson, at Gloucester, Mass., Dec. 24, 1903; they have I wo children, Charlotte C, born Jan. 27, 1905, and Granville Way, born July 17. 1906, both al < lloucester, Mass. Marie Eloise, married Charles Porter Smith in Brookline, on June 14. 1900, and has now one child, Mane Wav, bom February 3. 1901. In re- Charles H. W. Foster. [mister, Chahles II. \V., sugar raiser, manu- facturer and refiner, business man and trustee, was born in Brookline. Norfolk County, Mass., November 30. 1S59, son of ( 'harles < Irin and ( 'aro- line B. (Candler) Foster, and a descendant from William Foster, who came from England to Bos- Ion, Massachusetts Bay Colony, in 1634, and from Fldei- Brewster and Steven Hopkins, passengers on i lie Mayflower, 1620. lbs father was a Boston merchant, and his mother was descended fr the Regnas who were Huguenot refugees, who RESIDENCE <>] JOSEPH II Wlllli: ROYLSTON STR] El ligion a lunarian, in politics Mr. Way is inde- pendent. The organizations of which he is a member include the New England Historic Genealogical Society, the Bostonian Society, the South Carolina Historical Society, the Boston Art found asylum in New York, locating in New Roehelle, Westchester County, in 1690. He was prepared for college in the Chauncy Hall School, Boston, and by private tutors, and was graduated at Harvard University, A. I'... 1SS1. He accepted Club, and the Longwood Club of Brookline. He the advice of his father and became an apprentice is the donor to the Boston Museum of bine Arts to sugar making in the Boston Sugar Refining of the valuable Egyptian antiquities known a- Company in August, 1881 ; and he served in each t he "Way Collection." Mr. Way is also a member of the Masonic Fra- distincl depart men I until he became master of the business, when he was made assistanl superinten- ternity, affiliating with Eleusis Lodge, F. and A. dent; and later advanced to a full superinten- M., and a member of the Massachusetts Consis- tory, thirty-second degree. dency of the refinery. He studied the process of planting, growing, harvesting and preparing the 220 BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS crude sugar on a plantation in the West Indies during an entire season, and in LSSS he resigned the position of superintendent to accepl the trus- teeship of several large estates, tie was a charter member of the Brookline National Hank, and in 1 8S6 was made a member of the board of directors, and in 1905 became president of the Bank, lie was made treasurer of the corporation of Chieker- ing A: Suns, piano manufacturers, in lS92,and is now presidenl of the corporation. lie was also pres- ident of i he Clayton i\ Sunnery Company, music publishers, and of the Henderson 1 (airy ( Company ; vice-presidenl of the Realty Company ; director in t he Foster's Wharf Company; the Merrimac Chemi- cal Company ;the Plymouth Cordage Company, and of various other business corporations. He was a truster and secretary of the Board of Trustees of the Massachusetts General Hospital. His club affiliations includes membership in the Eastern Yacht Club, of which he was commodore; Hie Tennis, the Ftacquel and the Union Club of Host on ; i he Country Club of Brookline; the University and New York Yacht Clubs, of Yew York City; the Beverly, Corinthian and Boston Yacht Clubs; and various Polo, Hunt and Country Clubs of the neighborhood of Boston, lie was married < >cto- ber 7. lSS5,to Mabel Chase Hill, and their family include seven children. Shaw, Avery A., Pastor of Brookline Baptisl Church since 1900, horn in Waterville, X. S.. Oct. 2, 1870. Educated in Berwick, X. S., Acadia College, Rochester, X. Y. Ordained June I K9(>, at Windsor, X. S. Rev. Avery A. Shaw. Daniel J. Daley. Daley, Daniel J., Assessor for the town of Brookline, was born there in 1877, and has a 1 wax's resided in the town. He was educated in the Brookline schools until 12 years of age, when he was thrown on Iris own resources. Five years later he attended night school for two years and studied at home. He was married at the age of 21 . and four years later began the study of law in the Evening haw School, lasi May completed his four vears' course. His early life was spent in the publishing and printing business, and for six years he was con- nected with the Brookline Chronicle. From 1900 to 1906, he was employed as Inspector for the Brookline Water Department, and is familiar with every foot of ground in town, a fact which is of ureal assistance to the board of assessors. He was elected asse--or at the annual (1906) town meeting, receiving a verv large vote. 221 BROOKLIXE, MASSACHUSETTS Thomas Parsons. Parsoxs, Thomas, a resident of Brookline from [848 to the time of his death, was born in Boston, Mass., ]ul\' 25, [816. lie was the son of Charles Chauncv and Judith (Parsons) Parsons. His grand- father was Chief Justice Theophilus Parsons of New burvport, Mass., who married Rlizabcth Greenleaf. The mother of Thomas Parsons was the daughter of Capt. Thomas and Judith (Kinsman) Parsons. In 1850, Mr. Parsons purchased the estate known as the "Cabot Farm" and "Amory Place," upon which was an old house, which he removed in in^:. and erected a house upon the same site, where he resided most of the time, passing the summer months in Mattapoisett, his residence running to the water's edge. The subject of this sketch was a lineal descendant on both his fat lu'i' and mother's side, from Rev. John Robinson of Levden. As an heirloom he had a side board in his possession brought over to this country by a son of the Rev. John Robinson. Mr. Parsons was educated in the common schools oi Boston, and fitted for 1 ollege in the Publii Latin School of Boston; entered Harvard College at the age of fourteen years, but o U ing to ill health was obliged to leave with only a partial course, lie then entered the counting room ol Benjamin l\i< h & Son, Kast India men hauls, where he served his term of apprenticeship, and then entered into business with his father, who was a men haul and owner of freighting ships, where lie remained lill [865. He was interested in manv cor- porations. He was president and director of the "Lyman Mill" at Holyoke, Mass. He became a resident of Brookline in [849, and always took a great interest in the welfare of the town. He was selectman from 185810 1:870, 1874 and 1875, many years chairman, member of the school com mittee, the same number of years ai ting as 1 hairman of the same. lie was an original member of the "Brookline Publii Library," and was one of the trustees from 1857 to 1883. Most of the time he was president of the same. IK' represented the town in the Legislature for -i\ years, [857-58-59-61 -02 -07, serving on the Finance Committee five years. He was a member of the Committee on the Revision of the Revised statutes in 1859, on the Valuation Com mittee in 1860. Appointed on the Board of Prison Commissioners b\ Governor Rice, and again by Governor Talbot, and « hairman oi the same for si.\ year In [854 lie was appointed as justice ol the pea 1 e. In 1S47 he married Martha Watson, daughter of Henry P. and Charlotte (Hi. knell) Franklin. Mr. Franklin was a merchant and wealthy manufacturer in Providence. The children of Mr. Parsons were I ilizabeth, Theophilus (.1 graduate of Harvard College in 1S70, Treasurer of the Lyman Mills of Holyol e, M.i-s. ), ( 'harlotte and Lui y. Mr. Parsons died in Mattapoisett 1 >< tober 22, [886. William I. Bowditch. Bowditch, William [., one of the oldest residents of Brookline, son of Nathaniel B. and Man | Ingersoll) Bowditi h, was born in Salem, Mas,., August 1 5, 1819. He received his earh education at Chauncv Hall School, fitted for Harvard College and graduated in the (lass of [838. He then entered the office ol Charles P. and 11. R. Curtis after which he engaged in business for himself as a conveyancer and is active in business at the present time (1906.) Mr. Bow ditch ha, held many publii ofti.es in Brookline, servin" as a member of the Hoard of Selectmen in BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS 1876-77-78, Assessor, and Moderator for a number of years. Mr. Bowditch is a public-spirited man and is always willing tn help any project that would benefit the town 1 '1 Bn >< >l line. He was married September 23, 1843, l " Sarah R. Higginson. They have five children: James II., Ernest W., Frederic C, Susan II., wife of II. B. Loring, and Louisa II., who is the wife of Dean Pierce of Brookline. Mr. Bowditch resides at 125 Tappan Street, Brookline. James B. Hand. Hand, James B., was born in St. John's, New- foundland, in 1832, and received a grammar school education in his native city, lit- became engaged in the paint business at an earh age, and devoted him- self sedulously to his trade. When he arrived at his majority, in 1853, he came to Brookline and worked for a few years at his trade oi painting and de< orating. Then seeing that there was a good opening here for such a business, he started in on his own account, founding the linn of Hand & Smith, locating in the old Mahoney House, lie steadily built up a large and prosperous business and later became the sole owner. Although a conservative man, and one who ai ted only after the most careful deliberation, Mr. Hand might be considered as the champion of the popular interests oi the town. He always favored a movement which would directly benefit the people and the busi- ness interests of Brookline, and no man's opinions were more strongly endorsed by the working and trades men than his. For main years lie was a member of tin- Committee of thirty citizens to whom were referred the articles in the warrant for the annual town meeting, ami he served most willingly and acceptably there. Mr. Hand did much to further the Hath House though he did not live to see his ideas brought to completion. He was a member of the Board of Selectmen continuously from [884 to 1893 with the exception of one year, 1889. As a member of the Overseers of the Poor, he was of efficient service. When the Land League was started some twenty-five years ago in this country Mr. Hand became much interested, and agitated the question in brookline, with the result that a branch was estab- lished. In his official capacity Mr. Hand always enjoyed, to a very ;j;reat extent, the endorsement of citizens ai large, without regard to part)-, although he was a staunch Democrat in politics. He was mourned by a great number of our citizen--, ami his death, whi< h occurred Mayo, 1900, was a distinct loss to Brookline. His wife, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Murray, died some two years before his demise. He lett two sons and two daughters. The business was carried on by his 30ns until the death of W. A. Hand in [906, when duty of maintaining the high standard devolved upon Robert \\ . Hand, the surviving brother. Mr. R. \\ . Hand and his two sisters reside in Brookline. Martin Parry Kennard. Rennard, Martin Parry, of brookline, long identified with the business men of Boston, and for thirteen years sub-treasurer of the United States in that city, was a native of Ww Hampshire, whence the business, the professional, and the literarv forces of New England metropolis have been so often and so worthih recruited. Born at Portsmouth, X. II., on July 24, 1818, -on oi Oliver Parrv and fane Hoit (Plaisted) Kennard, 223 BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS he received a Fair education in the schools <>t his native town, gained an elementary knowledge of business, and in 1836, with habits well formed, and a youth "I" firm moral principles and loft} ideals, he came to Boston and was employed as a clerk with Lows, Ball & Co., at 123 Washington Street, and as appears from the directory, with a home on Atkinson Street. In 1 s 4 7 . he was established in business as a member of the firm of Bigelow Brothers & Kennard, which later became Bigelow, Kennard iV Co., widely known as one "I" the leading mercantile houses in its line in New England. In [878 Mr. Kennard with- drew from this than, and retired permanently from business. Subsequently, for thirteen years Mr. Kennard served as sub treasurer "t tin- United States at Boston, having been first appointed bv President Hayes and re-appointed bv President Arthur and President Harrison, being retired at his own request in 1890, during President Cleveland's second term. In politics he w.i- a Republican, having been pre viouslv at first an old line Whig, then a free Soiler .iimI strong anti-slavery man. For main years he- was prominently connected with the Boston Men an tile Library Association. He was chairman of Group No. 11 of the judges at the Centenniel Exhi bition at Philadelphia in [876. lie was elected b\ the Boston bo, hi] of Trade as a member of the Rei i procit) Commission in 1878, Paris, [-"ranee, and was president of the Boston Commercial Club and the I li >-t< hi Menu a"ial A^m k iation. Ili married in [ulv, [846, Caroline Augusta, daughter of fames Wiggin and Eliza (Folsom) Smith, of Exeter, N. II. They had five children: Caroline Therese, Edward Parrv, Linda, Mary, and I'Ycdcrii Hedge. Therese, the eldest daughter, married Ilenrv Bucklv of Birmingham, England. She •lied in 1891, leaving four children. Edward 1'. Kennard lives in New York City, is married and has lour children. Linda Kennard is the wife of Alfred Winsor of Boston and Brookline. They have two sons and two daughters. Mary married Lemuel Hollingsworth Babcock of New York. They have two children, a son and a daughter. Frederick II. Kennard (Harvard College 'S8), landscape archi- tect of Boston, reside- in brookline. lie married Sarah Harrison Eisenbrey of Philadelphia, Pa., and the\ have one daughter. Mr. Kennard died in 1903. Frederick E. Atteaux. Atteaux, Frederick E., President of F. E. Atteaux & Co. (Incorporated) of I;, .-ton, is the son of Robert and Marion (Wiggett) Atteaux, and was born in Lenoxville, Province oi Quebec, Novem- ber 28, 1852. He wa- educated at Bishop College in Lenoxville, I'. Q., and at the age of seventeen \ears he came to Boston, connei ting himself with Jordan, Marsh & Co. He remained with this firm for seven years and then became a salesman for I). R. Whitney & Co. of Boston. This firm was engaged in the dye-stuff and chemical business. In [882 he be., une a partner of Beech & Co. in the same line. He continued with them till [887 when, this firm going out of business, he started in for him self as F. I\. Atteaux & Co., Dye Stuffs and Chem- icals. In Kjoo the company was incorporated with Mr. Atteaux as president. In volume of business, this concern is one of the most extensive in New England, and its products are used b) nearly all the mills in that set lion. .•24 BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS Mr. Atteau.N was married in 1885 to Caroline E. Willard oi Boston, tie is a member of several business organizations, the Elks, and the Masons, and i- one of the original members of the Boston Athletic Assoi iation. Mr. Atteaux has purchased recently the Eastman estate on Newton and Lagrange Streets, Brookline, w here he and his family will reside. Mr. Atteaux is noted, not only for his interest in the welfare <'! Boston and Brookline, but also for hi- private philanthropies. William L. Baker. Baker, William L., was born in Syracuse, X". Y.. August 13, 1875. He was a son of John Baker, first mayor of thai 1 it v. He was educated in the public schools of New York, the Universit) of New York, and the New York Law School, subsequently taking a post-graduate course at the Harvard Law School. He was admitted to the Suffolk Bar in [897, and had up to the time ol his death been engaged in the prai - tise of his profession, with an office in Boston. His practice had grown enormously within the pasl five years and it < ailed him to all parts of the country. Mr. Baker was a Republican and had been iden- tified in state and local politics for some years, and was a member of the Republican state committee for several vears, besides being a member of the town committee. Mr. Baker was also a member of Beth horan Indue of Masons, being an officer at the time of his death. He was a 53d degree Mason, a Knight Templar and Shriner. He was one <>l the charter members of Brookline Lodge of Elks and for some time had the office of Esteemed Lecturing Knight. Mr. Baker, when his time permitted him to do so, was mui h interested in amateur theatric als. As a member of the Criterion club ol Bo-ton he frequently look part and was considered very 1 lexer. In June, igoo, he married Mi-- Fannie Craig, daugh ter of William Craig, chairman of the Board of Selec tmen. Mr. Baker was an exceedingh popular young man in town. His kind ami affable manner made foi him a host of friends ami he will be greatly misse I Mi". Baker died November 2, 1906, alter a short illness of typhoid fever. Hi- death came as a great surprise to all hi- friends and close acquaintances, as manv of them were not aware that he had been confined to his home by sickness. The funeral services were held at' the home oi Mr. Craig on Columbia Street, where Mr. Baker passed away. The large displa) ol flora] ottering- which comprised fort) piece-, showed in very high esteem how Mr. Baker was held in the professional, business and soc ial world. There were present a large number of his former friends ami business assoi iate- including delegations from Beth horan Lodge of Masons of which Mr. Baker was Senior Deacon, Brookline Lodge of L.Iks. Bo-ton Commandery Knights Tent plars, Knights of Pythias. The- pallbearers were officers from Beth horan Lodge. Rev. Oliver D. Sewall, assistant pa -tor at Harvard < hurch, offic iated. The body was taken to Forest Hill- cemetery where it w a- plai ed in a re. ei\ ing tomb. Henry Varnum Poor. I'ooi;. Henry Y\rmm. who was a resident of Brookline for a number 1 >l years, was born in Andover, Ma--., December 8, [812. Graduated from Bowdoin College. New York in 1835, and afterwards became a lawyer, wa- Manager of the "Railway Journal'' BROOKLIXE, M. 1 .v.V. I CHU SETTS in [848, ami for mam years editor of ''Poor'- Man- ual uf Railroads," published in New York by II- Y. and II. \V. Poor. In 1.S41 he was married to Marv \\ ., daughter of Rev. John Pierce of Brookline. He was a prolifii writer on political and economic topics, among his published works being a "His tory of the Railroads of the United Slate-," "The Monetary Systems of the World." Mr. Poor died in Brookline fanuan 4. 11)05. His widow, one son, Henn \\ Poor, a New York banker, and three daughters, Agnes \ . I.m\ T . and Mar) M. (Mr- Alfred I). ( 'handler), survived him. Robert Sharp Davis. The New England progenitor of the Davis family was William |ia\i-. who came from Wales in his earh youth and settled in Roxburv, where he was married three times, lie was a member of Apostle Eliot's church, as were his wives and most of his children. He died December f his 1 hildren the two sun iving, reside in Brookline. Mr. Seamans has always been held in high esteem, nut onh l>\ his neighbors and those having busines> relations with him, but by die 1 itizens "I Brookline. Sumner Hatherly Foster. l-'nsl IK. Si MM K 11 Mill l< I V I .aw \er and ( 'hail man nf Norfolk Count) Board of Commissioners, the elde-t son of 1 1 at herb and Emma Caroline (Bickford) Foster, was born in Boston, November 5, 1873. He i- descended in ninth generation from Edward Foster of Scituate, who came from England with his uncle, Timothy Hatherly, on the ship "Anne." landing al Plymouth in 1623 ami settling in Scituate in idjS. Edward Foster was a lawyer by profession and representative to the Genera] Court of die Plymouth Colony r(>3<") and 1O40. lie died in [643. Hatherh Foster, father of Sumner II Foster, was born in Hingham in 1 S44. and is one ol the firm ol Mai nllar Parker ( oiii|un\ . Sumner 11. Foster prepared lor college at the Brookline High Si hool and entered the Massai husetts Institute of Technology in [891. He graduated from die Law s.hool of Harvard University in 1895 an. I was admitted to the bar of Massai husetts in the same year and has since practised law in Boston, being associated with Frank T. Benner and Laurence A. Ilrown under the firm name ol Benner & Foster, lie has taken an active interest in publii affairs, having served for several years on the Committee ol Thirty at tin 1 Brookline Vnnual Town Meetings ami on the Republican Town Committee oi Brooklinc and as chairman of thai committee in [905 [906. In loo) lie was elected one of the Count}' Com- missioners of Norfolk ('omit}" and in [906 he was elec ted i hairinan ol the 1 loard. 1 le has been engaged in charitable and philanthropic C f * IS;'; work and ha - served as an officer of the Set ond Chun h in Boston (Unitarian), the Benevolent Fraternity of Chun he- and Morgan Memorial. lie ha, three brothers, 1 lerbert Ira, John VVinthrop, and Hatherh, Jr. The}' have all attended Harvard University and have been prominent in athletics. The\ represented Harvard in Inter-collegiate con lests in baseball, trai k, hoc ke\ and football, I latherly Foster, |r., being the captain of the Harvard Football Eleven 1906. Sumner Hatherly Foster has been prominenth identified with yacht racing in Massachusetts Ba\ aii.l ha- served a- an officer in several ol the yacht , Ink- i" w hi' h he belongs. He i- Vice President oi the Vac hi Racing Association of Massachusetts. Albert Lamb Lincoln. Lincoln, Albert I, win, Atlorne) al Law, was born in I'.oston April jo, 1X50, graduate of Harvard College, Secretary .,1" the Class of 1X72, resident of Brookline since 1 S56, Selectman [886-1893, Chair- man of the Hoard 1888 [893, one of the Auditors of the town 1878 '70 'No. Park Commissioner since 1901. BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS Rev. Daniel Dulaney Addison, D. D. \ 7 ,dison, Ri v. Daxij i I»i i \\i v, 1'- D., author and clergyman, was born in Wheeling, W \a., March n. 1863. The original Addison in this country and ancestor of Dr. Mdison was an uncle of Joseph Addison, the great English essayist and poet. Another am estor was a signer of the 1 >ei lara turn of Independence. The parents of Dr. Addison tt -ere Thomas Grafton and Marie Eliason (Addison) Addison. He i- a graduate of Union College (iSS;). and of the Episcopal Theological School, Cambridge, Mass. He received the degree of D. T). from Union College j n ,,, i. He was assistant at Christ Church, Spring- field, Mass., from [886 to rSSo, rector of St. Peter's Church, Beverly, Mass . from 18S9 to [895, and rei tor of All Saints Chun h, Brookline, since [895 He was president of the Beverlj Hospital from 1892 to 1895, and is at present a trustee of the Brookline Publii Library, examining chaplain to the Bishop ol Massachusetts, president of the N". E. Home for Deaf Mute., a trustee of the College of Monrovia, Liberia, president of the Brookline Educational Society, a director of The Church Temperance Society, a member of the executive committee, An h- deaconn of Boston, Boston Clerieus, and eice-presi- denl of trustees of Donation for Education in Liberia. He was knighted by the Government of Liberia in 1904. He is a member of the Authors' Club and TwenH Round Table. He i- the author of "Luc\ Larcom, Life, Letters and Hiary." "Philips Brooks," "Life and Times of Edward Bass, First Bishop of Massachusetts," "All Saints' Church, Brookline," "The Clergy in America," and "The Episi opalia." He was married to Miss Julia de Wolf Gibbs, February :o. [889. Mrs. Addison is an authoress, art designer of ecclesiastical ornament, metal work, mosaii and embroideries. She is a dire, tor of the Brookline School Museum and a member of the Boston Art Students' Association (now The Copley Soi ietv). Rev. Leonard Kip Storrs, D. I). Storrs, Ri v. Leonard Kip, D. D . rector of St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church, Brookline, was |„, ni in Vonkers, N. V.. November 4, ' s 4-- His parents were Henry L. and Elizabeth (Kip) Storrs_ 229 BRO( )KLINE, MASSACHUSETTS His father, who was also a clergyman, died in Yonkers, in [852. I >r. Storrs was educated at Trinity College of Hartford, Conn., from which he graduated in 1863, and at the Theological Seminary, Hartford, from which he graduated in 1869. After leaving the latter he located in Portland, Me., an.l afterwards in Pittsfield, Mass. [n [875 he came to Brookline. He is a member of the School Board, Trustee of Walnut Hill- Cemetery and Trustee of the Public Library. His first wife died some years ago, and lit- recently married Mrs. Adeline F. Adam-, daughter of the late George Frost of Newton. Dr. St. in-, has been rector of St. Paul's for thirty-one years, and i- much beloved by his parishioners and mam outside his particular fold. Joseph P. Murphy, M.D. Mi rphy, Joseph P., M. 1), son of James and Catherine (McCarthur) Murphy, was born in Boston, February 2d, 1865. He received his early education in private schools "I Boston and entered Boston College in 1876, graduating in the eighties. He chose the career of a physician for his life work and prepared himself for his profession at Harvard Medi- cal School, from which he graduated in 1886, taking his degree the same year. Besides these courses, he had bene lit ted by studies in women'- and children's diseases in the Massachusetts General Hospital and Boston City Hospital. In 1894 he went abroad and studied at the Pavillion Trousseau in Paris and at the Maternity Rotunda in Dublin. I >r. Murph\ began the practice of his profession in brookline in [886, locating first in the house where The Brookline Press some year- later took up its quarters. He was married September 29, [897, to Winifred Richards, daughter of Orrin C. Richards, one of Boston's prominent artists. He has been a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society since 1 886 and was Vice President of the Brookline Medic al Club in nioy Dr. Murphy resides at 37 Harvard Street, Brookline. Oscar B. Mowry. MOWRY, Osi \K li., member of brookline Watei Board, i- the son of Warren B. and Hannah A. (Brownell) Mowry, and was born in Woonsocket, R. I., where he spent hi- early life. He was graduated from the Woonsocket High School in 1859, graduated 230 BROi )KLINE, M. 1 SS. I CHUSETTS from Brown University, A. B.. 1863, received the degree of A. M. in course in r866. He entered Harvard Law School, took the degree of I.I.. B. in 1865, studied law for a year with C. T. & T. II. Russell, and was admitted to the Suffolk Bar March 17. 1866. He has devoted himself to a constantly increasing general civil law business which has grown in later years largely in the line of probate and trust matter-. lie i- a trustee of several estates. Mr. Mowry has resided in Brookline since [880, and has been very active and influential in local affairs. He has been a member of the Brookline Water Board for several years, is a member of the River- dale Ca-inn and the Boston Bar Association. He was married in 1X70 to Georgianna J., daughter of ( ieorge C. ( ioodwin. Mr. Mowry is a man of broad intellectual power and of excellent judgment and a mosl powerful man i'mi- the Brookline Water Board. t John F. Fleming. Fleming, John I-'., a successful business man and well-known resident of Brookline, was born in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire. England. He attended the old Ward School, and graduated from the Pierce Grammar School. He entered the employ of the old house of Seth \V. fuller, Electrical Contrai tor. in 1886, ami made a spe< ialty of ele< trie a] installation as applied to residences. By dint of hard work in this field, augmented bv courses at night schools in Brookline and evening experimental courses and lectures at the Massachu setts Institute of Technology, he equipped himself to begin an independent business career In [891, opening an office in Brookline in a very modes) way. Hi- efforts were crowned with such success, that he possesses to-dav, what i- undoubtedly, the most valuable electrical business of it- kind, in Xev. England. Mr. Fleming now operate- three line- of business, having added in recent years, installation of gas work and automobile storage ami repair-. Hi- line. new. fireproof business building at the village entrain e of the town, in which he i- located, bid- fair to be only the starting point of more impor taut sui cesses. Mr. Fleming ha- for several years tilled the office of Sei retarv and Treasurer of the Brookline Business Men'- Association, i- unmarried, and live- with his mother and sisters on Pond Avenue, Brookline. Ma--. Frederick L. Briggs. Briggs, Frederick I,., -on of John Hammond ami Marv Elizabeth Briggs, was Born in Weymouth, Ma--.. March 12, 1860. He comes of sturdy New England stock and i- proud of being a -elf made man, having worked up from an office Boy in a real estate concern and employee in a drug -tore to the proprietor-hip of a successful business. In 1005 he wa- appointed by Governor Douglas to the position of Secretary of the Board of Regis- tration in embalming treated by law in 1905. Mi-. Briggs is one of die best known men in In- line of business in Massachusetts. He was a pioneer in the modern method- of embalming and is con- sidered peculiarly qualified for the Board of Regis tration bv his experience of thirty years and his acknowledged expertness. He began hi- business career with Jeremiah Tink- ham, who wa- one of the leading undertaker- in the countrv in hi- day, at 20 Howard Street, Bosl where Mr. Briggs to-day has his headquarter-. Six year- ago when Mr. Tinkham retired Mr. Briggs SUi 1 eeded him a- proprietor, lie immediately estab li-hed the Coolidge Corner branch of hi- business. BRl H )KLINE, MASSAl 'HUSETTS He is a prominent member of Jo.se] ill Warren Lodge of Free Masons, St. Andrew's Royal Arch Chapter, Boston Council, Boston Commandery Knight Tem plai i ml of the National I.. Frederick Pern Fish. Fish, Fri di rii k Pi rr\ . President of the Amerii an Hell Telephone ( 'ompam , and .1 well-known lawver, was horn in Taunton, Mass., January 1 ;, 1855; he is the m>u of Frederick I., and Mary farvis (Perry) Fish. He graduated from Harvard University in 1875, and attended Harvard Law School 1N75 6. He was married April 7, tS8o, to Clara P. Livermore. He practised law in New York and Boston until July, it ■ 1 That year he ai 1 epted the position of President of the American Bell Telephone Companv h hii li he now i 1906) holds He 1- direi lor of mam and president of several allied companies He is an associate member of American Institute of F.lec- trical Fngineers;a member of the Union, St. Botolph University, Exchange Clubs of Boston, and of the University, Union, American Art, Lawyers "I" New York. Mr. Fish resides on Prescotl Street, Brookline. F. Joseph Untersee. l'\ 1 1 RSI 1 , F. Josi i'ii. the an hitei 1 1 >1 the Bn >ok line Manual Training School, Bath House and Gvm nasium, was born in Glarus, Switzerland, November 25, 185K. Ilis parens were F. [oseph and Louise (von Riedi) L T ntersee, Mr. Untersee received his early education in public and private schools. 1 1 i- professional training was attained in the Polvtech nikum, Stuttgart, Germany. He married the daugh- ter of the late Philip I). Hammond of Indianapolis, Indiana, He has been the architect of the Manual Training School, the Gymnasium, and the Bath House of Brookline, churches in Albion, Brookline, and in [amestown, \ Y ; Parochial School in Brookline, Redemptorisl Buildings in Roxbury, and others in New Yi irk. He resides on the corner of Davis Avenue and Keiffer Ko.nl, Brookline John L. Gardner. Gardnkk, foHN 1... who was one of Brookline 's most publii spirited citizens, was horn in Boston, November 20, 1837. lie was the sun of one ol Bo toll's old-time merchant princes, fohn Lowell Gard ner. lib mother was a member of the Peabod\ J 3- ; BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS families of Salem. Mr. Gardner filled many impor- tant positions during his life. He was chairman of the Hoard of Directors of the Chicago, Burlington .mil < ,> 1 1 i i n \ Railroad Company; a director of the Calumet and Hecla Mining Compam and <>l several other corporations; Trustee of the Suffolk Savings Bank, one of the Trustees and Treasurer oi the Museum of Fine Arts of Boston, and Tru tee and a! one time Recording Secretary of the Humane Society of Massachusetts. He was also a member of the leading club-. Ik- wa- married April to. i86o, to Mi— Isabella Stewart of New York. He dieil 1 let ember I o. 1N7.X. leaving a widow but no children; other survivors are his brother, George A. Gardner, and a married sister, Mrs. J. Randolph Coolidge. Mr. Gardner was always interested in the advancement of Brookline, and in 1.S71 he donated Sic, 000 to the Brookline Library. Burton W. Neal. \i \i, Bl'RTON \\ ., well known builder and ion tr.utor, was bom in brookline. November 14, 1866, the -on of Burton \V. Neal. who came to this town from New Hampshire in [853. He was educated in the public schools of brookline and later attend.. I the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Since that time he ha- been active]} engaged in the building business, succeeding his father in [891, and ha- built many fine residences and public buildings in the (own and -tate. He served in the Brookline Fire Department for twenn three years, five years oi which he was on the Board of Engineers, and lor -i.x years he served as Fire Commissioner. He -cawed on the board of Investment of the brookline Savings Bank for four years. Mr. Neal was married to Miss Ida ( 'anipliell. The\ have three < hildren. Charles Wesley Birtwell. Bir nun. 1 t-TARLE? Wesley, was born in Law - rence, Mass,, November 23, r86o. Hi- father was Tempest Birtwell, born in Sabden, and his mother, Sarah Pickels, born in Colne, Lancashire, England. from the Lawrence High School, class of 1S78, Mr. Birtwell entered Harvard College, class of 1SN2. In his senior year illness interrupted his course, so that he was graduated w iih the 1 lass of 1SS5, re. eiving a degree of " summa c urn laude." I (eliberately 1 noosing philanthropic work when sue h a choice was less common among university men than now. Mr. Birtwell went directly from Harvard into the service of the bo-ton Children's Aid Society, of which, since September 1, 1NX5, he ha- been the exei titive . iffii er. Mr. birtwell was married October [6 1894, to Mi-- Helen Dow, Hampton ball-, X. lb. ai the home BR( X )KLINE, MASSACHUSETTS of the bride, the Governor Weare house, built in 1737, now the summer home of the family. The first year after their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Birtwell lived in the Charles Sumner house, 20 Hancock St., Boston, and in October, 1895, m oved to Brookline. rheir son Roger was born May 10, 1001, in the house at the corner of Drure Street and Dean Road, built for Mr. Birtwell in 1809. Tms fall Mr. Birtwell changes hi- residence to a house now building for him on Buckminster Road, corner of Seaver Street. In [S91, Mr. Birtwell visited England and France for the -tml\ ol charities and industrial education. He is one of the lecturers of the Xew York School of Philanthropy, conducted In the Charit\ Organization S01 iety of the City of New York, and of the Si hot)! for So, ial Workers, Boston, maintained by Simmons ( 'ollege and Harvard University. In r.Sqd 07 Mr. Birtwell was a member of the Advisorv Board on Public Institutions of the Citv of Bo-ton. appointed b\ the Mayor. He has served upon the boards of directors of the Massachusetts Prison Association, the New England Watch and Ward Society, the South laid House, the North End I'nion, and other local charitable and educational organizations and 1 ommittees. He was one of the two editors ol "The ('are of Dependent, Neglei ted, and Wayward Children, being a Report of die Second Section of the International Congress of Charities, Correction ami Philanthropy, Chicago, [une 1S93 Baltimore, The fohns Hopkins Press. London, the Scientifii Press, 1894; " and was one of the two authors of a "Reporl of the Male Board of Education " by spei ial order of the Legisla- ture of Massachusetts, "relative to School Attendam e and Truancy. House Document No. 1259, Mav, 1 So 7." He w a- an assoi iate editor of the "Charities Review" from [S97 to kjoo. Mr. Birtwell was president of the " Monda) Even- ing ( 'lull," a 1 lull of pa ill officers of the charities of Boston and vicinity, November, 1893, to November, 1895. The iluli was organized at Mr. Birtwell's suggestion in March, iSSS, ami he was it- first secre- tary It- usefulness has prompted the organization of a similar club in each of the larger cities of the 1 nun try. Mr. Birtwell was president of the Charming Club of Boston, Oi lolier. [Sg6, to Oi tober, 1897; and has been secretary of the Unitarian Club of Boston oni e [anuan , 1899. Mr. Birtwell originated the Home Libraries, -0 called, in 1887 in connection with his work for the Bo-ion ( 'hildren's Aid So< ietv. I rom its organization in 1894, Mr. Birtwell ha- been connected with what i- now tailed the "Social Ser- vice Committee" of Harvard University, formed for the purpose of guiding and stimulating student vol- unteer 1 harity w ork. Under the will of Miss Belinda Randall, of Boston, Mr. Birtwell served as a member, and by election of In- colleagues served a- clerk of the Randall Board of Managers, to which fell the assignment to -mil educational and philanthropii purposes a- the managers should determine of the sum of S;Sj,ooo. The burden of Mr. Birtwell's work has been the development of the activities of the Boston Children's Aid Soiieli Erom it men and Women have been graduated i" positions of responsibiIit\ at the head ol various other charitable undertakings in different parts of the country. Mr. Birtwell has given much attention to legislation in regard to i hildren, espei ialh in 1 he development of the law- in rega ril to o impulsory education and truancy, child labor, juvenile courts, and related sul ijei ts. Mr. Birtwell wa- interested in the opening of our publii libran on Sumla\s, and in securing the up proval li\ the town of the building of the publii gymnasium He i- chairman of the lecture com mi t tee of the Brookline Education Societv. Jacob W. Wilbur W'li.iu 1:, .1 m "i: W., a resident of Brookline for a number of years, was Born in New Gloucester Maine. March '_', Isl7. where he received his edu- cation. When he arrived in Boston he decided to enter the real estate business and as a result he has greatly improved and developed suburban hind Mr. Wilbur resides in a beautiful residence on Wlnthrop Road. 234 BROC )KLINE, MASSACHUSETTS BROOKLINE STREET DEPARTMENT. In the preceding pages of the History all the Town Departments are referred to. Few things add more to the appearance of a Brookline were constructed and maintained al- tnwii than well constructed and well maintained most entirely of ordinary pit gravel. In that streets and sidewalks, and Brookline owes much year a stone crusher was bought, and since then of its attractiveness and its desirability as a place the repairs have been largely made of crushed of residence to the fact thai it has for many years stone, and for some time past have been made kepi its streets and sidewalks in such a manner as and repaired with this material only. It is in promote the comfort and convenience of its generally conceded that for streets of heavy citizens, and to elicit unqualified praise from traffic, granite blocks when well cut and well visitors. laid, form a must substantial and durable pave- Previous to the year 1S71 \\ i >rk on the streets ment, which in the course of years is undoubtedly was dune under the immediate supervision of the the must economical, but on account of the noise selectmen, acting as surveyors of highways. In they are desirable only in streets of the heaviest that year a highway department was organized traffic, and while the roads of Brookline, are by and a superintendent of street- was appointed reason nf its geographical location, subjected to lor the first time. Chapter 98, of the Public an enormous amount Mfthi-kinilnrtratiir.it has Statute- nl' 1SS9, made it obligatory mi towns to not been deemed advisable t < > use this kind of appoint a superintendent of streets, but as Brook- pavement. line already had such an official, i he effect mi t his Brick pavements, while not as durable as those town was merely to shift certain statute respon- of granite, are largely used in western town- and sibilities. cities, and of late years have been used to a con- The town is divided into live highway districts, siderable extent in t his vicinity, and bv reason of each being under the charge of one member of the their smoothness, and the ease bv which t hex- board of selectmen. The engineering work is en- can be kept cleaned are deservedly popular. The tirely separate and distinct from the street de- Village square al the transfer station and Harvard part ment, and the engineer and superintendent of square and Washington street as far as t he rail- streets are both appointed annually by t he -elect - road bridge are paved with bricks, ami the pave- ineii. and are responsible directly to them. The ment seems to give very general satisfaction, selectmen keep in close touch with the si reel de- \.sphalt is noiseless and comparatively dustless, partment, and are at all limes familiar with its and in some respect is almost an ideal pavement, work, and are consulted when anything more than particularly lor residential sections, but its ?ur the ordinal - } routine is contemplated. The de- face is exceptionally slippery, and repairs are very partment is well equipped with -team roller-. costly. It is, however, extremely desirable for stone crushers, horses , carts, tools etc., and its crowded tenement districts, owing to the tad permanent force consists of as many men as can that 11 can be easily flushed during the hoi sum- be constantly employed. During t he busy season mer days and nights, thus reducing t he tempera - as many additional men and teams are employed ture and proving a 1 n to the dweller- in these as may be deemed advisable. congested districts. Wood block- of suitable The question of whal material should be used material when properly treated with a preserva- m surfacing t he streets has occupied t he attention tive constitute almost the ideal pavement. They of I he department and t he board of selectmen for are smooth, easily cleaned or flushed, and alt hough a considerable time. Until InTCi the streets of expensive in their first cosl are very durable. 235 BR( H >A LINE, MASSAC II I SETTS The onlv objection, aside I ruin the cost . to the use of 1 1 1 1 r~ pavement is its slipperiness, which ran be overcome b\ sprinkling liberally with sand. A -i i i;i 1 1 sample of this pavemcnl is laid on the Sum- ner road bridge. A new pavement known as I >i nil it I or is made of broken stone and bituminous cemenl laid hoi on a foundation of crushed stone, and thoroughly compacted by rolling while still hot. li combines the best features of asphall and macadam, and is free from most oi the objections in the use of either; it is used very largely in all parts of the country, and will doubtless be used more and more as its merits are mure widely known. There arc three pieces of this pavement in Brookline, one on the souther!} approach to the railroad bridge on Washington street on a somewhat heav\ grade, a second piece on Kent street near Harvard square, and a third mi Har- vard street, between Harvard square and Aspin- wall avenue; it seems in give general satisfaction, and public opinion is favorable to a more extended use ''I ii. Macadam seems on the whole the most suitable pavement for suburban roads, and i- the iiinM popular for road driving. The great - i-M object ions to its use are the dust and the mud, which seem to be almost inseparable from it, bul when the surface is kept in proper condition, and properlv sprinkled in dry weather, and I he mud removed, it gives great satisfaction by reason oi its low cost, its freedom from noise, and the sure foot hold it affords for horses. With the exception of the few short pieces of improved pavement already mentioned, macadam is wlmlh used both in construction and repairs on the streets ot Brookline. In streets of ordinary width, where street railwa\ tracks are laid, macadam is unfit on account of it- rapid wear by reason oi the travel being concentrated on very narrow portions oi the road on either side of the railway tracks, and without doubt Brookline will adopt a hotter and more durable pavemenl for such streets in the very near future, h has been amply demon- strated by the experience of many years that the hea\\ telford foundation is unnecessary except in clave) -nil-, and particularly where the under- drainage is not good. <>u well drained founda- tions it is found that about eight inches of crushed -lone, put on in two layers and properly shaped, and rolled down to about six inches in depth answer* every purpose. In repairs and recon- structions of old roads which have become well compacted and thoroughly solid by years oi use, even four inches of macadam are sufficient. \" hard and fasl rule is adhered to, but the method of construction and repair.- is adopted which will suit the particular place. I'mil about twenty-five years ago gravel of fairly good quality could be had in almost every pari of Brookline, but no permanent supply is now available, and the department for some time past has had to depend upon such material as is found in various excavations for building and other purposes throughout the town. The stone used for macadam surfacing until recently was obtained from the conglomerate ledges in Brighton, but this -tone is of very poor quality, and the best results could nol therefore be ob- tained In 1902 a lot of land adjoining the park lands mi Hammond street, containing about seven a ere- on which there is a very la rue amounl of trap rock, was purchased and repair- are now made almost entirely of this material, which * i in- to give general satisfaction. The supply nf gravel being so precarious it was eviilent thai the railroad would have to lie depended upon for a sure supplv. In 1903 a lot of land on Kent -i reel adjoining the railroad, was bought, and a spur track lias been laid by mean.- oi which not onlv gravel can be delivered, bui broken stone, cement, sand, bricks and other things needed in the work of the department. This lot of land also serves a very useful purpose as a storage lot. In cleaning the streets about twenty-five men are employed who spend their whole time in this work. The town is divided into sections, and each man is held responsible for the condition oi his own particular section. In addition a street cleaning gang, composed of the older men w ho are physically unable in do the heavy work of the de- partment, is -en I periodically over all I he -t reel - of the town, including those which are covered by the ectional method. Litter barrel- for the re- ception of paper and other refuse are placed in convenient parts of the town, and very general Use i- made i il t hem. Speeial effort is made during the winter months to promote the safety and convenience oi the citizens. There is no by-law or ordinance re- quiring abutters to clear the snow from the side- walks in front of their premises. As soon as the --now has ceased falling, plows are sent out to cover the whole town. Thov are followed by 1*2 236 1 1 BROOKLIKE, MA SS. [CII U SETTS y 1 l gangs of shovellers, and the work of remov- unimproved lots, anil in i he more remote parts of ing snow from the sidewalks is carried on simul- the town plank walks arc laid, so that excepting taneouslyin as many sections of the town. When in few instances it is possible for any citizen to go ice has formed, sand i- freeh used to prevent from his home to the steam or electric cars, to the accident. The cost of this kind of work is ven schools, churches or places of business, on a s 1 considerable, and in some years makes a heavy comfortable sidewalk. Edgestones, brick, con- drain on the resources of the department, bul the crete and plank walks are paid for entirely by the expenditure is very popular, and there i- no indi- town, and an allowance is made towards the cost cation of a desire for a change in methods. Trees of granolithic sidewalk-. The sewers and drains which add so much to the beauty of any town are with their appurtenances are for the most part planted on most of the streets; maples, elms and built by contract under the supervision and in- oak predominate. Cntil recently the planting spection of the engineering department. When and care of trees was in charge of the highway completed their care is vested in the streel de- department, but they are nnw entirely in charge partment, which keeps them cleaned and repaired, of the tree planting committee, composed of and in good working condition. The northerh t hree cil izens elected at the annual town meeting. and easterly part of the town is drained on what This committee exercises a constanl supervision is called the combined system, in which both house over the trees, and it is largely due to their intelli- sewage and storm water are accommodated in the genl and well directed efforts, that the town has same channel, while in the southerly and westerly been -pared t he havoc wrought in many place-, by parts of the town, the separati -> stem prevails, the gypsy and brown tail moth.-, and other pests. In the separate system the -ewer- are intended Lighting the streets both by electricity and gas is only for house drainage, while the storm water done b\ contract under the supervision of the and water from the roofs of houses is carried in superintendent of wires and lights, who i- ap- separate channel- to the nearest water course, pointed annually by the board of -elect men. In the very near future it is expected that the Practically all the streets of the town are watered Metropolitan high level -ewer will be extended during six months, from May 1 to November 1. across the town, and that all the storm and roof and before and after that time the more important water will be excluded from the -ewer-. This thoroughfares are sprinkled. Twenty-seven mean- a duplication of drains in almost the en- double teams are employed in this work which are tire northerly and easterly section of the town, hired from contractors who supply all the horses, With about fifty-six miles of sewers, and very cart- and harnesses, and are paid monthly for numerous surface water drains, the amount apro- 1 1" ir work, which includes sprinkling on Sundays priated for their care and maintenance annually ami holidays. Water i- furnished by the town i- only S5000, and of this amount there i- fre- through stand-pipes conveniently located, and no quently an unexpended balance. The sewer charge is made to the department therefor. The system is well adapted to the need- of the town, care of sidewalks involves constant watchfulness and very few complaints of obstructed sewers, and attention: defects are reported by the police, catch-basins or drain- are received. The collec- ainl repair- arc immediately made, and in tin- tion of ashes and refuse is an important part of the way the town is doubtless saved from many vexa- work of the street department. The garbage is tion- ami expensive suits for damages. In the collected by contract under the direction of the more thickly settled parts of the town the walks board of health, 'flic ashes ami other rubbish which are cliiefiy of coal tar, concrete or brick are collected by the street department weekly. are laid with edgestones, while 111 other place- a Householders are required to have three recepta- grass border varying from three to five feet in cles. one of which is for the garbage, a second for width in which tree- are planted, i- largely Used. the a.-he- and non-combustable refuse, and the Granolithic walks, made of cement and finely third for paper and ether combustible material, crushed stone with a cinder foundation, are laid in Although the dumping places in the town are man\' places, and their use is rapidly extending. rapidly diminishing in number, no great difficulty They are laid under contract by approved parties ha- yet been experienced in finding a sufficient only, under a five year guarantee. In front of number of convenient place- where clean ashes 237 BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS can be deposited. The paper and other combus- tible refuse, however, is not so easily disposed of and cannot be dumped in open lots without be- coming an intolerable nuisance. It it is burned thr smoke is very objectionable, and il it i- not burned it is blown about the neighborhood and even to places winch an- quite remote from where it is dumped. For the present this rubbish is de- livered to a dealer in paper stock, who finds it profitable to separate only that portion which has any considerable commercial value. So much, how ever, of the total collect ion is of little or of no value that it is almost as great a problem to dis- pose of this economically and without offence to the neighborhood, as it is to ilisjio>e of the entire amount collected. It is beyond doubt that suita- ble furances for the destruction of this material must be soon provided, and where they shall be located i- a question which is now. and has Keen for some time occupying the attention of t he hoard of health. 'The sanitary disposal of municipal waste of all kinds is a question which is receiving attention all over the country, and it is earnesth hoped that Brookline will soon succeed in solving the problem for itself in a satisfactory manner. The street department is in charge of Mr. Michael Driscoll, who is officially designated as superintendent of streets and sewers: he was firsl appointed on April 111, 1N7<>. and litis held the office ever since. Associated with him as assis- tant superintendent is .Mr. Fred B. Richardson, who was appointed in 1S94. The clerk of the de- partment is Mr. Daniel G. Lacy. THE BOSTON CONSOLIDATED GAS LIGHT COMPANY. i in June 1"), 1905, under the able management of James L. Richards, President of the Boston Consolidated < ias Company, all the other gas com- panies in Boston, excepting the East Boston and Charlestown companies, were merged. The business culminating in this consolidation originated in the early part of last century. After about a decade of experimentation in private plants, Westminster Bridge in London was first lighted with gas on December 31, LSI 3. making the advent of gas as an illuminanl in tin' field of public lighting. Within ten years thereafter, the Boston Gas Company was incorporated, and it is interesting to note this comparatively briei lapse of time as an indication of the enterprising spirit existing in Boston then as now. This company furnished coal gas, as did till the gas companies in the early days of the industry. Its incorporation was followed by that of the follow ing coal gas com- panies, each supplying its respective geographical territories. The South Boston (ias Light Com- pany, in 1S52; Roxbury Gas Light Company, in 1852; Brookline Gas Light Company, in IS53; Jamaica Plain Gas Light Company, in 1S53; and the 1 (orchester Gas Light Company. 1S5 1. These companies operated as isolated gas companies, making coal t_ r as. until 1SS4, when the Bay State Gas Company was incorporated by J. Edward Addicks of Delaware, who in the next few years bought the Boston, South Boston, Roxbury, and Dorchester v the Water Commissioners. The matter was finally brought to the attention of the town :it a special meeting held Oct. 10, IS7S, and was re- ferred tn a committee with inst ructions to investi- gate the matter and report .'it the next annual meeting. At this meeting a report was made, and the town voted to recommit the matter to the committee with instructions to report in print. more fully, in relation to the matter. Ai the next meet ing of the town, Mr. I [enry M. Whit ney, presented the report which recommended tlie moving of the pumping station to Cow Island, and relaying the conduit with cast iron pipe. The work was done in accordance with the recommendations of i he committee and effectually removed the trouble heretofore experienced. From the time these improvements were com- pleted until the early eighties the works proved amply sufficient I'm' all the recprirements of the town. With the development of the high lands, however, the need of a high service system was experienced. \ careful study of the situation was made by the Superintendent of the Works, Mi-. F. F. Forbes, who made the following recom- mendations: 'I'n build a pumping station mi Newton (Street, near the junction of Grove Street, t ake a water supply from the low service mains at this pii'mt and pump it to a stand-pipe In he con- structed mi Cabot Hill. Brookline, the summit of which being lol feet higher than Corey Hill, and the highest point of land in Brookline. This plan was duly approved by the Water Commissioners and broughl before the town and, at a special meeting, held June 1. 1884, the Treasurer was authori'/ed tn issue water script In the aniiiuni of i he appropriation for this work, viz., niie hundred thousand dollars. Work was at once commenced b\ I he Water Commissioner and the tank, a wroughl iron structure, with a capacity of I ,">().( too gallons, was completed by the middle of December of the same year. The pumping station was built and the engine completed to a sufficient extent for a preliminary tesl on Jul) 1 . L8S5. A force main, 12 inches in diameter, was laid from the pumping station along Civile. Warm and Heath Streets to the stand-pipe and was completed during the month of August, 1885. Water was soon afterwards turned on to the en- tire system, which proved itself to he thoroughly well built and fully capable of furnishing the highest levels of the town with a domestic and fire supply. Soon after the completion of the high service system, numerous complaints were received of a. very had taste and odor of the water. Investiga- tion showed that nearly all came from takers supplied from the high-service lank. Careful studies of cause and condition made by Super- intendent Forbes revealed the fact that micro- scopic Vegetable growths were t he sole cause of I he trouble. Light and heat were found to be the direct cause of the rapid development of these organisms, and. owing to the fad thai I he high- service tank was luuli wholly above ground, con- ditions were particularly favorable for micro- scopic growths. After much consideration of the problem, il was decided to cover the tank with a light tight roof; this was done, and so effectually prevented the further growth of organisms that no trouble has since been experienced from this cause The solving of tins problem was ot ureal im- portance in Hie town, as a hitherto source . li. Mowry, have been of especial value, as his t horough under- standing of metropolitan affairs has been of greal importance in adjusting questions t hat have arisen between the town ami si ate. As before stated, the flrsl Board of Water Com- missioners appointed Mr. F. F. Forbes as Super- intendent of the works, a position he has ably filled to the present time. The Clerk and Registrar, Mr. Z. Pi. Forbes, was PIERCE school. The universal use of meters is unquestionablj for t he besl interests of the public, as the expenditure of large sums for additional water supply will be further postponed by the checking of waste and unnecessary leakage. The management of the department lias, since its incorporation, been vested in a Board of three Water Commissioners, one of whom is elected each year. To them is given the authority to appoint a Clerk and Registrar, a Superintendent and such other employees as may be necessary. The present Board consists of Mi-. Oscar B. Mowry, chairman; .Mr. Timothy .1. Burke, and Dr. George H. Francis. This Board holds fre- the present in- appointed May 3, 1892, am cumbent. The condition of the works at the present time is excellent. An abundant, supply of pure, cool water is furnished by the filtering galleries and driven wells, and. by means of the greatly im- proved pumping machinery, is delivered to the consumer the same day it is drawn from the ground. The town owns ample lands in the vicinity of the source of supply for its protection from any possible polution and for future ex- tensions of the driven well system, and is fully equipped to furnish the town with a generous water supply for years to come. ■j i.' BROOKLIXE, MASSACHUSETTS about four hundred guests. Dr. Perin regards the foundation of this Institution as his best work. He is a member of the * ) the Franklin Square House, of which he is president. The Franklin Square House is one oi the must deserving of charitable and philanthropic institutions of the citv. It was founded by him in 1902 as a home-hotel for self-supporting girls and students with moderate incomes. The Institute iust over .$500,000, a large part of which I >r. Perin raised by personal solicitation. The home will accommodate Charles H. Utley. U 1 1 1 \ . Charles II., a resident of Brookline and ,1 prominent business man, was born in Boston, November 27, [857. In [875 Mr. Utley entered the wholesale produce business, and continued in thai line till 1898. He came to Brookline in 1876, and has always taken a keen interest in the advancement and welfare of the town. He was Representative during the years [894, 1895, and [896. Oi recenl vears his many business connections have not allowed him time to serve Brookline in public life. Mr. Utley is, at the present time president of the Quincy Market Cold Storage & Warehouse Co., Treasurer of the Columbus Manufacturing Co., a 50,000 spindle cotton mill, located at Columbus, B-ROOKl 1NE, MA SSA CTI USE T TS being rented for various purposes. In the course of a few years, however, the rented portions were gradually absorbed, until the entire building wars required, as were also several additions and two four-story brick wings, which were erected as the business expanded. In 1902 t he Company found itself occupying all the available ground and demanding still more room, so in this year there was leased a six-story building on Albany Street, Boston, which is now devoted entirely to the work of the motor and dynamo department. In the early years of the business, attention was given only to the simpler forms oi electrical ap- paratus, batteries, bells, switches, etc. To .-Mine extent, also, the concern was occupied as a dealer in, and exporter of, certain electrical appliances which it did not manufacture. These, however, were dropped later, and the entire attention of the Company given to the manufacturing branch of the industry. It has been the policy of the Company to give attention particularly to the development of electrical specialties and to new and original applications ol electric current, and ., Bacteriologisl and I lirector of Laboratory. Frederick H. ( tsgood, M. R. C. V. S., Inspector of Animal-, Provisions and Milk. School Committee.— Mrs. Edith C. Baker, Franklin W. Hobbs, Thomas B. Fitzpatrick, Everetl M. Bowker, Mrs. Ruth C. Paine, Michael Driscoll, Waller Channing, William 11. Lyon, < ieorge I. Aldrich, Superintendenl . Trustees of Public Library. William H. Lyon, Edward Stanwood, Leonard K. Storrs, Frederick L. Gay, Rufus G. F. Candage, Desmond Fitz- Gerald, Tappan E. Francis. Moses Williams, Daniel Dulany Addison, James M. Codman, Prentiss Cmnmings, Leslie C. Wead. Louisa M. Hooper, Librarian. Trustees of Walnut Hills Cemetery.- Desmond 1 itzGerald, Leonard K. Storrs, Harvey II. Baker, t I,;, rles 11. Stearns, Frederick P. Cabot, Charles S. Sargent. Water Board. Oscar B. Mowry, Timothy J. Burke, < Ieorge II. Francis. Supt. of Water Works. Fayette A. Forbes. Park Commissioners. Desmond FitzGerald, Charles S. Sargent, AlbeH L. Lincoln. Committee for Planting Trees.- Lyman .1. Clark, .lame- II. Bowditch, Miss Emma G. Cuin- mings. Auditors.— Gardner C. Brooks, Charles F. Read, < Ieorge Rogers. Town Clerks.— The following list enumerates the town clerks who have served the town oi Brookline, and the periods when each have held office: Josiah Winchester, Sr., 1706-07 and .10-13; Sam'l Sewall, 1708-09 and (12-14-26; Thos. Stedman, 1711; John Seaver, 1715-16 and Il- ls: Edward White, 1727-45; Henry Sewall, 1746; Ebenezer Davis, 1747-48 and 49-51; Henry Davis, L750; Jonathan Winchester, 17.72- :,7; Isaac Gardner. Jr., 175S-75; Stephen Sharp, 1776-1S13; Oliver Whyte, 1S14-'41; Otis With- ington, LS42-45; Artemus Newell, 1846-'49; Wil- liam Aspinwall, 1S50-51; Benj. F. Fakir. 1852- 98; Edward W. Baker, present incumbent. Town Treasurers. "I he following list enum- erates the treasurers v. ho have served the town oi Brookline and the periods when each have held: Sam'] Sewall, Jr.. 1707-12-14-15-1S-26; Josiah Winchester, 1713-16; Joseph Goddard, 1717: Edward White. 1719-25, Sam'l White, 1727-45; Henry Sewall, 1746; Ebenezer Davis, 1747-49-51- c.s-72: Henry Davis, 1750; Jonathan Winchester, 17.7_!-.".7: Isaac Gardner Jr.. 175S-67-70; Benj. While. 1 7 7 : ; 7 '. » : Major Wm. Thompson, 17S0; Dr. Wm. Aspinwall, 1781-90; Stephen Sharp, L791-1S13; Ebenezer Heath, 181 1-28; < >liver Whyte. ks'_"i-:;7: Artemas Newell. 1S3S-47; Me phen S. ('. .lone-. 1848; Moses Withington. 1S49-S4; Geo. II. Worthley, present imcumbent. LMT BROOK LINE, MA SSACH USETTS LIST OF SELECTMEN. REPRESENTATIVES TO MASSA- CHUSETTS LEGISLATURE AND TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY FROM 1705 TO 1906. TOWN OF BROOKLINE. GARDNER, LIEUT., THOMAS. L706, '07 11, '12. ASPINWALL, SAMUEL, L706, '"7. 11 '12, '1 1. '15, '16, '17, '18. WINCHESTER, JOHN, 1706, '07, '08, '09 '10, '1 1. '16, '25, '26, '33, '37. WHITE, BENJAMIN, 1706, '17, 'Is, '27 '2S, '29 '30, '31, '32, STEDMAN, THOMAS, L707, 'OS, '09, '10 '13, '16, 'IS. SEWELL, S \ \1 LIEL, 1706, 'us. '09, '10 '12, '1 1. '15. DREW, EROSAMOND, L713. WINCHESTER, JOSIAH, 1713, 1 1. '17. SEAVER, JOHN. 1715, 'IS, '37. GARDNER, JOSEPH, 1719, '20. WINCHESTER, LIEUT., HENRY, 1719 '20, '21, '22. '23, '24, '25, '36, 'in. GARDNER, CAPT., CALEB, 1719, '20 '21, '22, '25, '27, '2S, '29, '30, ' 11 GRIGGS JAMES, 1721, '26 BOYLSTON, PETER, 1722, "23. '24. WHITE, SAMUEL, 1723, '24 '25, '34, '35 '36, "39. 'In. '11. '42. '43, 'II, '45, '46 '47, 'is, '49, '50, '51, '.".2. '.".2. '54, '57 GARDNER, ISAAC, 1725, '33, ' !7, '45, '46 '47. SHARP, CAPT., ROBERT, L726, '27, '28 '29. 2:2. '34, '2:,. '3S, '39, '17. 'is, '49 COTTON, DEACON, THOMAS, 1730. WOODWARD, ABRAHAM, 1731, '34, '35 '43, '50, '51, '54, '55, '56, '57, 58, '59 WINCHESTER, 101.11 ANN AN, L731, '32 WHITE, ('APT.. EDWARD, 1733, '36 '40, '12. '43, '17, '52, '53. CLARK, SAMUEL, 173 !, '36 CHILD, JOSHUA, 173 GLEASON, WILLIAM, 1738, '39. GARDNER, CAPT., BENJAMIN, 173S '55, '56 VSI'l.NWALL. COL., THOMAS, 1738, '11 '42, '44, '45, '46, '17. is, '49, '5S, '76 '79, '85. SEAVER, NATHANIEL, L738. DAVIS. WILLIAM. 1741. BOYLSTON, UK . ZABDIEL, 1711. DAVIS, DEACON, EBENEZER, 1750, '51, '59, '60, T.I, '62, '63, 'til. '65, '66 '85, '86, 'HI. '92 SEWALL, HENRY, 1 7 r. U . '53, '60, '61. WINCHESTER, JONATHAN, 1754, '55 '56, T.7. HANTS. NEHEMIAH, 1754, '59. WHITE, DEACON, JOSEPH, 1756. '5S. GRIDLEY, JEREMY, 1760, '61, '67 HARRIS, JOHN. JR., 1760, '61, '62, '63 'ill. '65, '66, '67, '6S, '69, '9 I. '95. G VRDNER, IS VAC, JR., 1760, 'HI. '62 '63, '6 I, '65, I'll. '67, '68, '69, '71. '7? '73, '85, 'S6, WHITE, ('ALT , BENJAMIN, 1762, 6 ■ 6 I '65, '66, '67, '6S, '70, '71 , '72. '73 '7 I, '75. '7i'., "7S, '79, 'SI. 'si'. si! \l;L C \I'T ROBERT, .11! . 1762 '6 ! '6 I. '65, '66. WHITE, MAJOR, MOSES, 1765, '7s. '79 'S3, 's I. 'S7, 'SS, '89, '90. GODDARD, CAPT . JOHN. 1767, '6.' 69 '7 I. '76, '7S, 'SO, '81, 'S2, "So, 'si',. :i : GRIGGS, THOMAS. 1768, '69, '75, '76. GARDNER, KI.ISII A, 1769, '77. WINCHESTER, ISAAC 1770. CHILD, IS \ \i\ 177U. '71. '72, '73, '74, '75, '76 I Hi IM ['SON MAJOR, WILLIAM. 177n. 'SO, COREY. CAPT., TIMOTHY. I777. '93, '94, '95. WINCHESTER, ELHANAN, 1778. OK \LT. CAPT., SAMUEL, 177s, '79, ^7 'SS, 'S9, ''J". '99, I S00, 'ill . '02, '03, '04. '05, 'in'., 'n7, 'us, '09 SHARP, STEPHEN, 177'J, '83, 'si, '93, '96, '97, 'US. Jill, lsiiu. 'ill. 'irj. '03, 'n 1. '05, 'hi'., 'n7. 'us. '09, 'in. 'II. 'Li. '13. CAMPBELL, CAPT., WILLIAM. 17S0, 'SI, '82. ('HALT, CALEB, 17s;:. si. Til. '92. DANA, DANIEL, 17s:,. CLARK, DEACON, SAMI 171,. 1 7 s 7 . 'SS. '89, Jin. '99, 1SO0, 'nl. '02, '03, '04, '05, "I. '07, 'ns. 'mi. GARDNER, ISAAC S., 1791, '92, '96, '97, Jis. 1S14, '15, 'U'.. '17. WINCHESTER, NATHANIEL, 1794, '95. C( IDDARD, CAPT , JOSEPH, 1796, '97, 'is. 1805, '11. '12. '13, '14. '15, '111. 17. ROBINSON, DEACON, JOHN. 1S05, 'ml. 'ii7, 'us. '|ii, '1 I. '12, '13, '1 1, '15, 'HI. '17. 'IS. 'III. '2u. '21, '22, '22, '21. '2:., '26 '27. '28. '211, '30, '21. '22, '22, '34. SPURR, ELIPHALET, IS07, 'us, 'In. MURDOCK, NATHANIEL, IMS. '19, '20, '21. '22. '22. '2 1. WHYTE. OLIVER, ISIS, '19, '20, '21, '22. '22. '21. '2:.. '21;. '27. '28, '29, 10 HEATH EBENEZER, IS25, '26, '27. '2S, 29 24S BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS LEEDS, JAMES, 1830, '31. HAYDEN, .KiHX, 1831, '32, '34. STEARNS, CHARLES, JR., 1S32, '34, '35, '36, '37, '3S, '39, '1". '41. THAYER, JOHN, 1833. SANDERSON, DANIEL, 1S35, '36, '3 GODDARD, ABI.IAH W., LS35, '36, '3 HUNTING, REUBIN, 183S. I '.ASS. JOHN W., 1S3S, '39. ROBINSON, JAMES, 1S39, '40, '41. DAVIS, BENJAMIN IJ .. LS40, '41. SANDERSON, DANIEL, 1S42, '43, '4:,. '47. COOLIDGE, DAVID, 1S42, '43, '14. 'I I. HUMPHREY, WILLARD A., 1S5S, '59. PARSONS, THOMAS. 1S5S, '59, '60, '61, '62, '63, '64, '65, '66, '67, '6S, '69, '70, '74. '75. SECCOMB. EDWARD R., 1S60, '61, '62. CHAPIN, NATHANIEL G . 1S60, '61, '62, 'i',::. GRIGGS, WILLIAM .1., 1S63, '64, '65, '66, '>;7. '68, '69, '7(i. PHILBRICK, EDWARD S , 1S64, '65, '66, '67, '6S, '69. I \.\1ES. HORACE, IS67 to 1S76, 187S to 1S82, 1SS5 in L900 Inclusive; 1902, '03, '0 I. '05, ''"'>. HIItII sc BROOKL1NE. GRIGGS, THOMAS, 1842, '43, '44. STEARNS, MARSHALL, 1845, '46, '49, '55, '56, '57, '58, '59, '60, '61, '62, '63, •64, '65, '66. BARTLETT, JAMES, 1845, '46, '17. 'In. 'i:i, '50, '51, '."">_'. '53, '"4. ':,:,, '56, '57, '58, '59, '60, 'Cil, '62, '63, '64, '65, '66, '67, '68, '69. SANBORN, HUGH M., 1S4C, '47. '48. STODDARD, BELA, lsls. CRAFT, SAMUEL, 1st!'. DAVENPORT, JERATHMEEL, 1850, '51, '52, '53. DEARBORN. WILLIAM, 1850, '51, '.".2. COOLIDGE, DAVID S., 1852, '53, '54. ABBOTT, JOHN ('.. 1854. WILLIAMS. HOWARD S. is:.."., '56, '57, '5S. '59. HEAD, CHARLES D., Is7'i. '71. '72, '7:'.. '74. '7:.. WHITTEMORE, AUGUSTUS, 1S70 ASPINWALL, WILLIAM. 1871, '72. KIRBY. CHARLES K . LS71, '72, '73, '71. EDGERLEY, JAMES W. 1871, '72, '73, '78. RROADHEAH. DANIEL S. L873. BENTON, AUSTIN W.. 1x74. '75 BOWDITCH, WILLIAM I., 1S76, '77, '78 CODMAN, JAMES M.. 1S76, '77. LAWRENCE. FRANCIS W.. [S76, '77. '78, '79, '82, '83, '84, '85, 'si;, 'S7. RUSSELL, MARSHALL. 1S76, '77. WHYTE. OLIVER. 1877, '78, '79, 'SO, 'SI, '83, '84. U II.I.IAMS. MOSES, JR., 1879. '-'49 BROOK LI. XE, MASSACHUSETTS CANDAGB, R. G. F., 1S79, 'SO, 'SI. DREW. CHARLES II.. 1SS0, '81, '82, '94, '95, '96. LIXCol.X, i;i)I.A\H C . lN.su. 'M. coolidge, william d„ lss2. lyford, nathaniel, 1882. spaulihm;. ciiaklks f.. is| Si \ i ion Town Hail Mi SFIl [PAL Bl II MM. I'l Bl h LlBR \RV . PlERI 1 II \l L, FlRSI T()\\ \ II \l I 1 1 \];\ akh Si.ir \rj., 18(15 1 1 \i<\ m;i> Sqi M'l , 1905 M \',l \l TR \IM\i. Si I Pierci School Riverdali Park . liki I0K1 l\ I Pi MPINi [•'iRST I' WMMI (III Rl II S I . M \RK'S ( 'ill Rl II iiRiinki im ( ;ymn wi m ( ul \ I RV ( 'l I k. I m>\\ \i;n Df.Vi \ I'jiu \ki. Devotion I'lRI I 1 1 PARTMl M I I I \ I II Si Hi nil St. Pai i 's ( 'in i;i ii Ri sun \ ( i i ii T B ( i |\ I \i.li II is I li ISPJ i \i Riverdali C \mm i \ ii lagi Sqi \ri I! mm im Church . BROOK] IM ll\lll llulM Residence on Wai mi Streei s. S. I'm ri i ( '. i\[i>\\Y Building . Ki sum M i oi Mrs. E. I >. Bran u Ri Min \i i hi \\ ii i i wi Wiin \i w II. ■■I wi' l( il M- Aspinw \ii Am mi FlTZPATRICK Rl SIDl Ml i ii Joseph Walker R 1 MIU \i 1 OF Mrs. \ | . Houghton Residi \i 1 i IT Caleb i 'ii \m Residi mi OF Ei inn ( '. 1.1 1 Rl MIH Ml ul J. K.M>\ M \k'MI \! 1 Rl MIH Ml ul Fredi rk i. 1 , ( i \s Rl SIDl Ml ul J. M. I.um;\ i \k Resideni i i IF John ('. Oi ms 1 1 \< R 1 MIH Ml Ilk John P. Webber . Residi m i 1 II Mrs. E. (1. Corey Si Residi mi 1 II John ( '.. \\ rich i . Bri h ik II u COTTAGl Residenci i ii F. E. A i 1 1 \i \ St. Lai ri mi: Church I 1 \kV \R|i Si ik \R|. . 1'r \\k A. Ri ssb ll's t )i fici Ji ill\ I ». Kl \kl I Si III 101 I .OXGWOOD Avi Ml Bridgi ( 'llRI.Y I I IM I IiiMI s I I \n PAGE 4 S ') 10 1 I ' 243 1 5 '7 iS mi 20 2 I 2 2 >G 23 24 25 1 I 2 7 28 -■i) 1° 14 1' M 17 43 15 47 IM 51 S3 55 57 59 (.1 '1; '3 65 "7 68 (H, 7' 7- 1 BROOKLINE, MASSAC 'HUSETTS Brooklixe View .... m . Paul's Church St. M ^ry's of iiii. Assumpi h in Chi rch ( 'i 'I U II ii. I ( 'ORN'I R ... \i i. Saints Church ( 'llt'Ri II i IF < >UR S U 1' H R Ri sid] \i i ui F. E. Fletcher Firsi Parish Cm rch I Ii iuse I I \R\ \ R I • ( 'OXGREG \l |n\ \l ChUK( II Babi hi k ( Ioddard House Si w \i i. House .... \\\ \i n\ Univers \i im Church ( rRiDLE\ Hi i roN House G. II. Stone Hook \m> Laddi r ( "ompa: ChURi II i U ( >UR S W'h IUR K I i H iK'\ Til \VI R Mill EN Fl i\i Rl H I I h H -I Aspixw \l I I li H -I Oliver Whyti Housi Clark House .... Is \ \i i ; \ki>M r M vxsiox Tin Beacoxseield I'llII I'.Rli K ESTATI I )| V. ITION Si IIiiuI Ri sid] \i i hi 1 1 ri i\i i Jones k i - 1 1 MM i hi J . Murray K.u Residenci hi Ii. F. Ki 1 1 ii Rl SIDENi I' ni. Mrs. John L. < \ \kh\i R Residence of F. I'. Fish Residence of Ji iseph II. White Residj mi hi F. E. Atteaux Rum STON lhsl.nl> 1.1 1 I Im SI Tin: Thou \- J. Parsons Hoi si Residenci of Charles C. Parsons Hampti in Court Reside mi of Wn i i ui J. Sui.i [van Residexi I ui J M ui: W. I'll Rl I Braxdon Hall .... BlRl l'S I '.\ I \ II W ' IF llRi H iKI.IVI Bird's-Eye View of Brooklixj Residi mi ui' E. J. Mm roN . Ri sim mi 1 1\ Win mi i Road Emerson House - Lawri mi. Schooi Boylston Stri i.i Colchester Street Risimmi ui Mrs. Martha E. Kiiiri l\ I SID) M I OF Wll.I.I wi M. Smiw Old Brooklixi Reservoir . Harvard Square, tqo6 Sumxer & Clixton Roads . Schlesixger Estate Residence of Kim; < '. Gillette l'i 1 1 1 Rii \m School New R \i'i est Cm rcii . 1 lui rzi r < 'abi it Co. Brookline Hum School PAGE 1 '•• 71 79 8 1 •M §7 89 9.i 97 98 99 100 10 1 10 ; 105 1 Off 1 10 I 1(1 Il8 I If, 128 '34 148 1 52 163 218 [68 M -'I [65 [68 id; 170 '7-' '74 ■7" , 7 ,s 1 So [82 [88 184 185 186 1 00 IQO '94 20 2 200 20 S "~7 20g 2IO -Ms -'Id 2o3 INDEX TO BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES- m in. M. [> . \ \.\n . Addison, Daniei I >i i w i \ , 111 Ai i en. John Hi nry, 111. Asi'ixu \i i . \\ n i.i \\i \\ i me, Ch \kl Is Lincoi .\, I Atteaux, I'. K., 111. A I r.ANOON, Edw \i;n Baker, William I. ..'111. B \kl R, III \| \\ll\ I ■'.. Ill BARR1 S, (Im IRC.1 1 1., HI. Ill MIS, Al BION 1'.. III. . Ill \\l I I, S. I). . Bingham, Gfj irgi P., 111. Birtw in. Charles \Y., 111. Ki \ki , Thomas D, Bowditch, William I. Bowki r, I . \I., 111. Briggs, 1 . I. . III. Bri ii iks, CiEORGl ( ' Candagi . R. ( '•. F. Candler, J. W. Carvj r, I I i.I m I' Ch \wi\r;. Wai iik M. ! >.. II Chandler, Ai i i-i i > Cii \si . Cai.i b, III. ( 'i \i:ki , Am \s\. 111. Clem \ r, I". If. ( 'odm \\. J wns M. '] R, Al MON I'.. III. . ( 'k ug, Wii i i\m. 111. Cummings, Prentiss, III. Ci i; n\, J. A. Dai iv. Daniei D., 111. I i \\ [S, l\i 'i;i B i Sii \i'i'. Ill . 1 (avis, L. Shannon, III. hi w. Bj \j \mi\ C, 111. 1)1 \ I I R, fONATHAN L., III. Dickinson, M. I'., 111. . Dolan, Matthew, HI . I )risi in i , Michael, 111. Dunbar, [ames R. Estes, Dana, III. . I.l.i. \k, ( 'II \kl is I. , 111. I'll/ C,l RA] D, I >l SMI IND, III I I I ,'i. I k \1 n. Willi \\l 1 ■'., 111. Fl l/l'\ I RII I.. I'll. IM vs B., 111. Fish, Frederick P. F i i \ii\i.. John F., III. . Fl iRBES, \l LAN 'AG! . 229 [83 ' I I 1O0 -'-' I 1 88 21 1 199 2 j ; 189 19S ■ ; : 201 ,98 2.3' I ()< 1 1 |li iS; '7' ro6 1 1- 1 1 ,1, 2 I I 20S ft -'M 1 51 140 '7:. 22 1 --■: '54 1 50 '75 '97 -''7 156 1, t 5 8 1 i' i77 t43 2 2 2 ■ ;i 2 10 25 I BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS D., 111. M. D., P \\. KAMI Fostj r, C. W. H. p 0ST] k. SIMM K II.. F0RS-i 111. < rEORGJ H Frani is, Tappan, M Frani is, Georgi II. Fe \m is, N A. Gardni r, J. L. - Gu i i in- ki* (! ( '-- Ul Goodspi i i>. Mi 'i'" 1 ■ Gri in. Joseph F., HI GRl 1 XOUGH, CH M'l i • Haxd, I. B., Ul- - Hill, Wii uam H., Ill Hobbs, Fraxki i\ I-. Hoi i/i R, Charles W Hoi ghton, A. J-, Ul. Hughes, I- J., Ul. | wn s, Bob \< r. JOHXSON', Gl 0RG1 II JOXES, Jl ROM! . Ul. Tones, |i i^' |N - Keith, B. F., Ul. Kohl, J. A.. Ul. Lawr] si i ■ Amos A. Lawrence, Francis longyi ar, .1- m., 1 LOW] LL, Al GUSTUS l.nw ell, Gey, 111. Lee, Hi m"> Lincoln, William Lincoln, Wii i iam Lyman, Thi odori Lyon, Wii i um H. Mann, < ■> orc.i S , M \r-ii\i i . John K.nox, M \-mm \l Bl RT . Mi Donald, William J., Miller, Henry F., 111. - Mowry, < >scar B., UL • Murphy, Josi ph, Ul. - \l \| . Bl R TON W ., IH. ■ Norman, Lionel J. A. 1 I II \|MI \i>, Frederu k I p UN i . ROB! 1M Tr] m. Parki r, I'm' "' s - Parsons, Thom \s, 111. |>, n - ,. I ,i ORG! 1... Ul. Philbrh i.. Edv vk " S ' IMi in ii'. ' " l " J- "'• Poor, H. V. Kl \M I'll \KI ES K. Hi- Rhodi s, Sti phi n II. Ki ssell, Edward, 111. Rrssi 1 1 . Frank A., IH Sargent, Chari es S., S. mVEINl 1 urn. J. V, 1 Seamaxs, I- M ■ "I Sears, W. B . I ' m wi 1 1. Samuel . mi \w. Avery T-. - Spencer, Chari i s \ Sti \rns, Chari es H. Ill , 1U 111. [11 111 III PAGE 2ig 228 ii'i 2 1 2 1 195 208 2 1 - 165 1 in) 225 '7') 159 1 59 [97 166 j()0 20-1 19 170 162 'M [84 I 25 191 1 3° 144 179 '7-' 198 1 '.7 '75 1 ;9 - ,; [66 1 53 23° 230 2 vi . 1 56 126 145 196 2 2 5 244 1 Si 20^, 220 187 1 54 1 55 "" . 193 '-7 214 ' 55 : 2 1 204 . ■ '77 26 BR( >( )KLINE, MASSACHUSETTS S ri irrs, Rev. Leon \ri> Kip S\\ \\. Kl 1 i:i \ S. Tiii >\i w Rev. Reuex, 111 Thompson, Em\ \ki > VV. I'] Ti KM k. M \l KH i W., M. I T\\ I HI IK I I . GlNERY, 111 L'NTI RSI I . F. JOSl I'll, 111 U 1 LEY, Ch \RLES II.. Ill V \N 1 [ORX, Is \ \i . Ill W \ [ K I R, )c >S1 I'll. III. \\ \Y. C, Gra.w mm. Ill \\ i i:i;i r, John P., Ill W'mi'i'i e, Sherman L Whitm \\, Wiiii \\i. Ill Will IT. Nl IRM \\. III. Whitney, |\\ih> III Will IX i v. Ill \k\ M . Ill Wilbur, |. W.. III. Williams, F. II.. Ill W ii i iwis, Mosi s, III Win i iiKur, Ri n,i r i ( '. W I )( IDS, Si II OMON"'A., II . Ill 2 2 g '' s 7 1 57 1 55 .■ii. - 1 \ 20 1 I ;S 2ig i66 '; : i i i 217 1 .' 1 1 27 23 1 i8g MS 1 :o < 17 '/'lie iir/is/ii eiigriii'iHg on the covm 0/ this volume ivtis designed h Miss V 1 1 \ \. Hush 0/ Boston. /' rj work by the Foreicn Lanc.uack 1'ress C'omp \ny, I , / .////,■//// Stiee/, Boston. W 93