Barnstable County, Massachusetts - Biographical sketches (5 of 12 so headed), 1890

Biographical sketches

Thomas S. Arey, bom in 1839 in Orleans, is the eldest son of Oliver and Mercy (Snow) Arey and grandson of Joseph Arey, born 1716. He followed the sea fourteen years in early life. He was for sixteen months acting ensign in the navy during the rebellion. Since 1868 he has been engaged in vessel repairs - nine years in South America and twelve years at Stage Wharf, Chatham. He is a member of Frank D. Hammond Post. He was married in 1865, to Lucinda, daughter of Amariah Mayo. They have one daughter living - Bertha M. - and have lost two children.

Alvin Z. Atkins, bom in 1849, is a son of Zenas, whose father, Joshua, was a son of William Atkins. His mother was Rhoda, daughter of John and Temperance (Bascom) Crowell. Mr. Atkins has been selectman since 1885. He is a member of St. Martins Lodge. In 1872 he was married to Eunice, daughter of Reuben and Sally (Harding) Hawes. They have lost four children: Nellie E., Susie C., Zenas and Sadie W.

George S. Atwood, son of Solomon and Lucy (Smith) Atwood, was bom in 1835, and is a carpenter by trade. He was a contractor and builder until 1879, and since that time has been engaged in oyster culture. He was married in 1860, to Mehitable S., daughter of Elisha Holbrook. They have three children: George S., jr., Nellie F. and Benjamin F.

Town Of Chatham

Joseph Atwood, born in 1823, is the only son of Esquire Joseph and grandson of Sears Atwood. He studie'd dentistry with Dr. N. K. Mayo, and has been in practice at Chatham for over forty years. He owns and occupies his father's homestead. He is a member of the Congregational church. In 1854 he was married to Alzina R. Adams of New York. They have one daughter, Nina M., who was married in 1873, to Prof. Hiram M. George, who was principal of the Chatham high school in 1872 and 1873, and has been master for the last twelve years of the Tileston School, Boston. They have three children: Ernest A., Arthur A. and N. Modesta.

Levi Atwood. - Stephen Atwood, mentioned as Stephen Wood, was enrolled in 1643, at Plymouth, as one able to bear arms, being then over sixteen years of age. Soon after he came to old Nauset where he married Abigail Dunham, November 6, 1644, settling in Eastham. He was the ancestor of the Atwoods on the Cape. He died in Eastham in 1694, leaving a large family of children. Joseph, his third child, bom about 1650, married Apphiah (Bangs) Knowles, widow of John Knowles and daughter of Edward Bangs, in 1677. They had five children. One of these, Joseph Atwood, jr., married Bethia Crowell and reared nine children. One of these, also named Joseph, was born February 19, 1720, and removed to Chatham, where he married Deborah, daughter of Daniel Sears, in 1742. This Joseph was a prominent man of Chatham, as a shipmaster in foreign commerce, and as mentioned in the records of the town. He died February 8, 1794. His wife died January 6, 1796, aged seventy-four. They had seven children. Sears Atwood, the seventh of these, was born July 26, 1761, and was married October 31, 1782, to Azubah, daughter of Solomon Collins. Their seven children were: Joseph, born September 25, 1783; Solomon, born August 6, 1785; David, August 29, 1787; John, August 20, 1789; Sears, March 31, 1792; James, February 4, 1801; and Azubah, October 18, 1805. Sears Atwood, the father, died March 1, 1832; his wife November 10, 1832. The children, except Sears, who died young, all settled in the immediate neighborhood, giving the family name to the street and the school. It was said to be the boast of the old gentleman that he could stand in his door and make all his children hear his voice in their own homes.

Solomon, the second son of Sears Atwood, and the father of the subject of this sketch, married Lucy, daughter of Stephen and Margery Smith, of Chatham, December 8, 1814, and died March 26, 1848. His wife died November 29, 1868, Their six children were: Sears, Mary, Solomon C, Levi, Lucy S. and George S., of whom Sears, Mary, Levi and George S., still survive. Of this family of four sons and two daughters. Sears Atwood was bom November 20,1816, married Phebe N. Harding, December 31, 1840, and they have two children, Solomon

C. and Charles R., who are both heads of families. Mary, bom April 20, 1817, was married February 1, 1844, to John Emery, and of their seven children three survive. Solomon C. Atwood was born March 15, 1819, and was drowned, by falling from a boat on the night of June 7, 1837, at Monomoy harbor. Lucy S., born March 9, 1828, died September 30, 1841: George S., bom September 1, 1836. married Mehitable S. Holbrook on the 25th of December, 1860. They have three children: George S., jr., Nellie F. and Benjamin F. Levi Atwood, whose portrait appears in this connection, was born March 25, 1824, was educated in Chatham, and employed the summers of his younger years in farming, salt making, and in the sale of lumber, and the winters in teaching in the district schools. He was married March 26, 1850, to Phebe Mason, daughter of Jeremiah and Betsey Hatch of Andover, Mass. Mrs. Atwood's father was a school teacher and a man of some note in the town; her mother was of a distinguished family - the Elliotts. Her maternal g^randfather, Robert Mason, entered the revolutionary army at fourteen years of age, serving through the war and filling many important positions. Mrs. Atwood's death occurred at Chatham on the 18th of January, 1890, after many months of patient suffering. Their five children were: Rodolphus, the first son, bom February 22, 1851, died April 5th, of the following year; Lucy S., born May 22, 1854, married December 26, 1878, to Rev. Joseph Hammond, now a resident pastor at Carlisle, Mass., and has three children : Eva, Louise and Joseph Hammond; Roswell Atwood, bom October 20, 1855, married on the 25th of December, 1877, to Idella M., daughter of Henry and Eunice Smithy and has one son - Henry Romaine Atwood; Lura S. Atwood, bom September 3, 1857, married June 8, 1887, to Joseph S. Reed, and has one son - Harold Nickerson Reed; Levi Sidney Atwood, the youngest of the five, born June 21, 1863, married Cornelia M., daughter of Francis B. and Azubah A. Rogers, on the first of December, 1886, and has one son - George Tyler Atwood.

Thus Mr. Atwood finds himself, while scarcely past the meridian of his own life, surrounded by a younger life in his children and grandchildren, and happily sees the generations come as the generations go and a family name preserved which for more than two centuries has been respected on the Cape. He is still actively engaged himself, in the mercantile business, on the same site where he commenced, November 1, 1849 - over forty years ago. For half a century he has been an important factor in the affairs of church and state, and in every work for the enlightenment and good of his town, has done well his part. He has been in the choir of the church of his choice (the Congregational) for fifty years, and superintendent of its Sunday school forty-five years; town clerk and treasurer of the town since 1873, as an exponent of the Republican party; has served several years on the school committee, and for nearly twenty years has had the editorial charge of the Chatham Monitor, the town local paper. During his term of service in these many responsible positions he has never been absent without the most urgent and unavoidable reason, and by his fearless and faithful discharge of the multifarious duties of life this representative of the important family of Atwood has erected to his memory and to the family name some permanent landmarks, which may fitly become a heritage and an impulse for good to the generations of the future.

Samuel M. Atwood, youngest son of John and Margaret (Smith) Atwood, and grandson of Sears Atwood, was born in 1834. He was married in 1868, to Lizzie M., daughter of Robert and Desire (Nickerson) Eldridge.

Sears Atwood, bom in 1815, is the eldest son of Solomon and Lucy (Smith) Atwood, and grandson of Sears and Azubah (Collins) Atwood. He followed the sea from 1830 until 1861. He has been for several years engaged in the coal business. He was married in 1840, to Phebe N., daughter of Elisha and Patia Harding. They have two sons: Solomon C. and Charles R.

Azubah C. Ballou is a daughter of Joseph and Patia (Howes) Atwood. She was married in 1838, to Captain James S. Taylor, son of James S. and Lucy (Nickerson) Taylor. Mr. Taylor died in 1861 , leaving one adopted daughter, Azubah A. (Mrs. Cyrenus A. Bearse). She was married again in 1867, to Giddings H. Ballou, the oldest son of Rev. Hosea Ballou, 2d, D.D.,who was the first president of Tufts College. Mr. Ballou was born November 10, 1820, and was a portrait artist for many years. He was also secular editor of the Gospel Banner during the late war. He was for eight or ten years in government employ at Washington, preparing statistics for the bureau of agriculture. He was a very successful school teacher, and was several years contributor to Harper's and other magazines. He died in Chatham, June 8, 1886.

Charles Bassett, born in 1843, is the only living child of Whitman and Eliza (Doane) Bassett, a grandson of Enoch, and great-grandson of Samuel Bassett. Mr. Bassett was engaged in fishing until 1879, and is now clerk and treasurer of the Chatham railroad. He has been five years selectman, and was six years a member of the school committee. He was married in 1864, to Sarah Harwood, who died leaving one son, Henry A. He was married again in 1871, to Martha Sears. She died leaving three children.

Harriet L. Baxter is a daughter of Christopher and Harriet (Oliver) Taylor, and grand daugher of Christopher Taylor. She was married in 1876, to Allen Baxter, and has one daughter, Eleanor H.

Cyrenus A. Bearse, born in 1842, a son of Ezra and Delilah (Mayo) Bearse, was a master mariner in the foreign trade. He was married in 1869, to Azubah A., daughter of James S. and Azubah (Atwood) Taylor. They had one daughter. Virginia F., and one son, who died in infancy. Captain Bearse died on board the ship George Skolfield, September 7, 1889, on the voyage from Calcutta.

George N. Bearse, born in 1837, is a son of Eben, whose father, Ebenezer, was a son of Simeon Bearse. His mother was Clarissa,, daughter of Zoath and Clarissa Nickerson. Mr. Bearse followed the fishing business from 1851 to 1884, and was master of vessels twenty years. Since 1884 he has been in the store and fishing business with Alonzo Kendrick. He was married in 1861 to Rebecca A. Eldridge, who died leaving two children: Lelia L. and David W. He was married again in 1871, to Marietta, daughter of Samuel D. and Mary A. (Crowell) Eldridge. They have one daughter, Lottie M. Mrs. Bearse's paternal grandparents were Isaiah and Rebecca (Davis) Eldridge, and her maternal grandparents were Mark and Anna Crowell.

George H. Buck, son of Nathan and Keziah (Kendrick) Buck, and grandson of Joshua Buck, was bom in 1839. He followed the sea from 1852 to 1884, coasting and fishing. He was married in 1863, to Aurelia E., daughter of Charles G. Cook. They have three children living: George H., jr., Madella A. and Clara D.; and two sons deceased.

Benjamin S. Cahoon, born in 1828, in Harwich, is the youngest and only surviving child of Seth and Mehitabel (Small) Cahoon, and grandson of Seth Cahoon. He is a painter by trade, and has followed the business and kept painters' supplies since 1867. Since 1882 he has also done an undertaking business. He served in the war of the rebellion eleven months in Company E., Forty-third Massachusetts Volunteers, and is a member of Frank D. Hammond Post. He was married in 1850, to Mehitabel, daughter of Jonathan Higgins. Their two daughters are: Georgia A. (Mrs. C. F. Simmons), and Bertha T. They lost one son.

Samuel D. Cliflford, born in 1812, is a son of Dr. Daniel P. Clifford, of page 224. He followed the sea until 1840, and was seven years in the lightship service as captain of Pollock Rip and Shovelfull. Since then he has devoted his time to agricultural pursuits. He was married in 1840, to Louisa C. Burroughs. She died, and he married in 1846, Rebecca Bearse. They have five children: Ophelia, Cordelia, Mary, Etta and Samuel D., jr.

Collins. He received a preparatory education in Waterville, Me., and was ordained in Chatham in 1842 as a Universalist preacher, and after a pastorate there of three years, he preached in Hudson, N. Y., and Philadelphia, Penn. He was chaplain of the Seventy-second Pennsylvania Volunteers from 1861 until the close of the war. He was chaplain in the regular army from 1867 until he retired in 1879. He was married in 1843, to Amanda F., daughter of Joel and Mary (Crosby) Sparrow. Their daughter is Martha R. (Mrs. AUyn Cox) of New York.

Elijah Crosby was born in Chatham in 1819. At the age of ten years he began going to sea, attaining to master at twenty-six, in . which capacity he acted successfully until 1871. He was connected with shipping interests until 1884. On his first voyage he was cook of a fishing schooner of ten men, at three dollars per month. During his seafaring life he contracted for and built several vessels. He never was shipwrecked. After being engaged in the coal business three years, and three years in the lumber business, he retired from active life. He was married in 1841, to Emeline, daughter of Ephraim Taylor. She died leaving two children - Emma C. and Elijah E. They lost three. He was married in 1856, to Rowena, daughter of Joseph Taylor. They have four children: Arthur R., Cora, Annie F. and Rena T. They lost one.

David H. Crowell, bom in 1820, is the youngest and only surviving child of Joshua and Hannah (Howes) Crowell, grandson of Jonah and great-grandson of Jabez Crowell. Mr. Crowell followed the sea for twenty-nine years prior to 1863. He was acting master a year and a half in the naval service during the war of the rebellion. He was for nine years superintendent of schools in Chatham, and for eleven years postmaster at Chatham Port. He was married in 1845. to Mercy F. Ryder, who died in 1884, leaving four children: Helen M., David F., T. R. Carlton and Geneva V.

Thomas H. Crowell, son of Thomas H. and Abigail (Wing) Crowell, was born in 1846. Mr. Crowell is engaged in business in Boston. He was married in 1872, to Amelia, daughter of Charles F. and Mehitable (Taylor) White, and granddaughter of Isaac White.

A. Judson Doane, son of Nehemiah and Betsey (Higgins) Doane, grandson of Samuel, and great-grandson of Nehemiah Doane, was born in West Chatham July 18, 1832. He has been a master mariner about thirty years. He was married in 1857, to Mary F. Rogers, who died leaving one son, Alfred J. He was married in 1867 to Emily C. Kendrick. She died, and in 1889 he was married to Georgia M. Nickerson.

three of whom are living: Samuel H., A. Judson and Anna J. (Mrs. Cyrenus K. Goodspeed). Mr. Doane has been a master mariner for thirty-five years. He was married in 1844, to Clarinda F. Nickerson, who died leaving one son, Samuel W.

Benjamin F. Eldridge' was born in 1813, and died in January, 1890. He was descended from Samuel', Elnathan', Ebenezer', Jehosaphat Eldridge'. His mother was Hannah Mayo. He followed the sea about thirty years, after which he engaged in farming. He was for three years captain of Pollock Rip, light ship. He was married in 1834, to Elizabeth Bassett, who died leaving three sons: Benjamin F., jr., John B. and James W. He was married in 1863, to Abbie A. Doane, who died leaving three children: Lydia C, Samuel and Marcus. He was married again in 1863, and a fourth time in 1882.

Cyrenus Eldridge, born in 1826, is a son of Ensign and Sally (Gorham) Eldridge, grandson of Elisha, and great-grandson of Jehosaphat Eldridge. He went to sea thirty-nine seasons in the fishing business, prior to 1876. He was married in 1851, to Betsey S. (deceased), daughter of Zephaniah Eldridge. They had two sons, Enos A. and Clarinton S., both of whom died. He was married again in 1863, to Olive A. Allen, by whom he has three children: Reuben W., Alida B. and Clarinton E. Mr. Eldridge is a member of the East Harwich Methodist Episcopal church.

Edmund N. Eldridge, born in 1834, is a son of John H. and Salome (Nickerson) Eldridge, and grandson of Atkins Eldridge. He is a wheelwright and carpenter. He was married in 1866, to Rebecca C, daughter of Aaron Small. They have two children: Eddie, born in 1868, and Emma R., born in 1879.

Elisha M. Eldridge, born in 1842, is a son of Elisha and Anna K. Eldridge, and grandson of Ensign, whose father, Elisha, was a son of Jehosaphat Eldridge. Mr. Eldridge has been a merchant at South Chatham since November, 1876. -Prior to that time he followed the sea. He was married in 1867, to Hope D., daughter of Isaiah C. Kelley. Their two sons are Alberto M. and Harold L.

James Eldridge, born November 6, 1816, is a son of Reuben and Jane (Taylor) Eldridge, and grandson of James Eldridge. Mr. Eldridge is a farmer at West Chatham, on the homestead of his father. He was married. January 8, 1838, to Sarah Kelley, who died June 1, 1881, leaving three children: Jane T., Reuben and Sarah M. Mr. Eldridge was married again April 13, 1882, to Mrs. Lydia A. Eldridge, daughter of Amos Harding.

Levi Eldridge. - This well-known business man of South Chatham, now the president of the Harwich Savings Bank, is the grandson of Nathaniel Eldridge, who was born September 15, 1751, and who married Elizabeth Ryder and reared, in Chatham, six children:

Levi, the youngest of these, the father of the subject of this sketch, was a seafaring man during his early years, subsequently turning his attention to salt-making and fishing. He married Lydia Young, who was born August 22, 1795, and died July 16, 1865. To them were born eleven children: Nathaniel, Levi, Nathaniel, Hiram T., William, Lydia, Aurelia, Esther L., William P., Esther L. and James M. Of these, the first Nathaniel was bom December 22, 1817, and died October 5, 1818. Levi was born September 8, 1819. Nathaniel, born February 21, 1821, married Charlotte Kenney for his first wife. She died, leaving three children: Hercelia M., who married Timothy K. Stearns; Nathaniel E., who married Lelia L. Bearse; and Aurelia H. His second wife was Mrs. Susan Kenney, and their child is Ethel M. Eldridge. Hiram T. Eldridge, the fourth child of Levi, was born January 15, 1823, and died December 27, 1854, leaving his wife - Aseneth P. Burgess - and a daughter named Eugenia L. Eldridge. William, the fifth child, was born November 26, 1824, and died September 26, 1826. Lydia, the sixth child, born September 23, 1826, married Mulford Rogers and reared three children, who in their turn became heads of families: William P. twice married, first to Olive Holbrook, then to Mehitable Weeks; Betsey N., who married George R. Emerson; and Mulford T., who married Hattie E. Mason. Aurelia, the seventh child of Levi, was born August 21, 1828, married Archelaus E. Harding, and died May 29, 1863. Their three daughters are married. The eldest, Julia A., married Rev. Ebenezer Tirrel of Weymouth; Cynthia M. married Edward J. Clark of Boston; and Nellie M. married Samuel H. Mayo of East Boston. The remaining four children of Levi Eldridge were: Esther L., born November 9, 1830, died May 23, 1833; William P., bom November 9, 1833, died November 16, 1839; Esther L., bom March 14, 1836, died December 18, 1839; and James M., born June 1, 1838, and died December 3, 1839.

Levi, above mentioned as the second son in this family of eleven, was bom at Chatham and received a common school education. Commencing at eighteen years of age the carpenter trade, he followed it thirteen years, and then engaged in the fishing business. His first venture in the purchase of a share of fishing vessels was about 1846, which proving successful, he at once gave his attention to owning and fitting vessels, curing and packing fish. The history of his present and former business relations is given in the annals of South Chatham.

and died March 15, 1845, leaving one daughter, Esther L., born August 12, 1844, who departed this life November 7, 1845. His second marriage, April 12, 1846, was to Mercy Small (daughter of Jonathan and Mercy), born November 27, 1818, and their children were: Esther L., Mercelia E., Phebe E. and Levi W. Of these only one survives. Esther L., born April 29, 1847, died in July of the same year. Mercelia E., born February 7, 1849, was married February 8, 1870, to William W. Eldridge, who died February 24, 1871, and their daughter, Evelyn W., born March 13, 1871, died September 9, 1876. The widow married Cyrus W. Kelley, for her second husband, on the 25th of December, 1873, and their daughter, Mercy E., was born June 23, 1875. Phebe E., the third child of Levi Eldridge, was born December 23, 1852, and died in infancy. Levi Wilbur, the only son of the subject of this sketch, was born September 14, 1854, and died December 28, 1883. He married in 1878, Minnie C. Buck, who survives him with one son, named Levi W. D. Eldridge.

Levi Eldridge filled many places of trust in the midst of his active business career, and to an extent that the reader may wonder how he could find the time. He was selectman twenty years, to which office then belonged the duties of assessor and overseer of the poor; was on the school committee several years; was president of the South Harwich Marine Insurance Company from the death of Joseph P. Nickerson until the company closed its affairs, a period of nineteen years; was postmaster many years; later being vicepresident and director in the Cape Cod National Bank and president of the Five Cents Savings Bank of Harwich. This long list of trusts shows the worth of the man. His unblemished public and private life, his unselfish benevolence, and his useful and honorable toil, are indelibly stamped in the records of his acts and in the memories of his townsmen.

Oliver E. Eldridge, born in 1840, is a son of Oliver, grandson of Oliver, and great-grandson of Peter Eldridge. He followed the sea from 1851 to 1877, as master thirteen years. Since 1877 he has been engaged at Stage wharf, Chatham, in repairing boats, and has been superintendent of Chatham and Harwich marine railway. He is a member of St. Martins Lodge, A. F. & A. M. He was married in 1861 to Mehitabel, daughter of Benjamin H. Eldridge. Their six children living are: Myra E., Ella M., Ernest S., Benjamin O., Chester A. and Ralph S. They lost three children.

Joshua Eldridge, born in 1819, is a son of Zenas, and Betsey (Allen) Eldridge, grandson of Nathaniel, and great-grandson of Jehosaphat Eldridge. He followed the sea for twenty-five years, after which he was engaged in the fish business for fourteen years. He now keeps a small store at South Chatham where he was postmaster from 1885 to 1889. He was married in 1843, to Laura A., daughter of Isaac Rogers. She died in 1869. Their children are: RufusT., Charles A., (deceased) and Joshua C. Mr. Eldridge was married in 1870, to Julia A., daughter of Isaac and Bethiah Bearse, of Chatham. She died in 1880. Their children are: Charles A. and Henry H.

Luther Eldridge, born in 1818, is a son of Joseph and Data (Baker) Eldridge and grandson of John Eldridge. He followed the sea from 1829 to 1865, as master nineteen years. Since October, 1880, he has been in the light-ship service. He was married in 1845, to Eliza J. Hallett, who died leaving one son, Gustavas H. He was married again in 1889, to Mrs. Eliza A. Eldridge, daughter of Hiram Small.

Walter S. H. Eldridge, born in 1851, is the youngest of eight children of Oliver and Almira (Kenney) Eldridge, and grandson of Oliver Eldridge. He followed the sea from 1866 to 1885, when he started the Crystal Springs Laundry, which he has operated since that time. He was married in 1873, to Emma, daughter of Elijah Crosby. They have four children: Emma C, Sanford H., Arthur S. and Herbert N.

John Emery was born June 6, 1808, and died March 14, 1882. He was a son of Stephen, grandson of John and great-grandson of Rev. Stephen Emery, who preached in Chatham thirty-three years and died there in 1782. The subject of this sketch followed the business of contracting and building in Chatham until the time of his decease. He was first married January 10, 1832, to Almira Harding, who died August 9, 1843. Their children are: Zelia, born October 21, 1834; married April 1, 1866, to Rufus Howes; John Anson, born November 16, 1837, married October 15, 1872, to Mary T. Morrison, of Alleghany City, Pa.; Minerva Francis, born February 10, 1839, married May 6, 1860, to Bassett J. Smith; Edson, born November 4, 1841, died April

13, 1871; and Rufus, born August 3,1843, married in 1866, to Roxanna Cook, of Provincetown, Mass. Mr. Emery was married February 1, 1844, to Mary Atwood. Their children are: Erastus, born August 7, 1846, died January 16, 1878. (He married December 25, 1873, Anna L. Hughes, of Truro, Mass., who died August 9, 1876. He practiced medicine in Truro nine years); Benjamin Valentine, born February

14, 1848, married April 20, 1880, to Belle Richardson, of Covington, Ky., and lives in Chicago, 111.; Mary Atwood, born December 26,1852, married December 17, 1879, Dr. Albert F. Blaisdell, of Providence, R. I.; Carrie Luella, born October 27, 1855, died November 6, 1881; and Almira Harding, born December 17, 1857.

Clarendon A. Freeman, born in 1849, is the only surviving child of Benjamin T. and Tamsen E. (Nickerson) Freeman. He is a merchant at North Chatham, where he succeeded his father in 1884, since which time he has been postmaster. He was representative from this district in 1883 and 1884. He is a member of the school committee.

George Godfrey, born in 1822, is a son of David and Anna (Young) Godfrey, and grandson of David, who was a son of George, a descendant of George Godfrey, who came to this county in 1670. Mr. Godfrey was engaged in mercantile business in New York from 1838 to 1868, after which he was ten years in New Jersey. He has been trial justice at Chatham since 1885. He was married in 1845, to Tabitha H., daughter of Joshua Nickerson. They have one son, Lorenzo N. They lost three children: Anna, George, jr., and Willie. Mr. Godfrey's father served on the privateer Reindeer during the war of 1812, and about 1822 started the first regular packet to sail between Boston and New York, in the employ of Stanton, Fisk & Nichols. He was also one of the originators of the old Despatch Line of packets. It is said that a great uncle of his. Colonel Benjamin Godfrey, took a company to the battle of Bunker Hill.

Leander Gould, born in 1813, is one of four surviving children of Richard and Sarah (Nickerson) Gould, and is a grandson of Josiah Gould. Mr. Gould was in the fishing and coasting business from 1828 to 1873. He was married in 1834, to Hannah Phillips. They have five children: Leander F., Abby A., Mary A., Josiah A. and Clara J. C.

Solomon E. Hallett, born in 1833, is the only son of John and Charlotte (Mayo) Hallett, and grandson of John and Lydia (Thacher) Hallett. He has been a merchant at Chatham since 1861. He was for five years a member of the school board, eleven years selectman, representative in the legislature two terms, and since January, 1886, has been county commissioner, and is a trustee of Harwich Savings Bank. He is a member of St. Martin's Lodge, A. F. & A. M. He was married in 1855, to Eliza L. Bates. Their three daughters are: Mary S., Lottie F. and Ettie E.

Alfred C. Harding, son of Silas H. and Clarissa C. Harding, and grandson of Joshua Harding, was born in 1849. He was engaged in the meat business several years prior to 1882, when he opened an ice cream saloon in Chatham, where he is still in business. He was married in 1873, to Eliza W., daughter of Warren and Eliza Rogers, and granddaughter of Joseph L. and Phebe Rogers.

Andrew Harding, born in 1836, is the youngest of fourteen children of Barzilla and Hattie (Bangs) Harding, and a grandson of Isaiah Harding. He was married in 1860, to Abbie Eldridge, who died five years later. He was married again in 1867, to Avis A., daughter of Abel Reynolds. They have one son, Heman A.

Daniel Harding, son of Daniel and Eunice Harding, married Phebe Ann. daughter of Zephaniah and Susan (Allen) Eldridge. Their children were: Phebe Eldora, who has been postmistress at West Chat- ham since February 10, 1882, and also kept a variety store at the same place; Zephaniah E., Clarence F., Walter E., Wallace E. (deceased), Daniel C. and four others, deceased. Clarence F. was married Janizary 15, 1884, to Inez L., daughter of Thomas and Malinda F. (Allen) Doane, granddaughter of John G. and great-granddaughter of Thomas Doane. Zephaniah E. Harding was married June 21, 1888, to Lillian E., daughter of William S. and Dinah (Nickerson) Rogers.

Captain J. C. Harding. - One of the enterprising young mariners representing the true type of Cape Cod shipmasters is Joseph Clement Harding, of Chatham. Joseph Harding, the first of the name here, came with Governor Gorges in 1623, settling in Plymouth. He married Martha Harding, who survived him and was administrator of his estate. She died a few years later leaving their two sons, John and Joseph, mere lads, who came to Old Eastham in 1644, to serve their minority with Dea. John Doane, their mother's brother. From this Joseph, who made the Cape his home, has descended a long line of worthy and industrious representatives. The male lineage of this branch of the family, including the Joseph last mentioned, is: Joseph, Joseph, Maziah, Joseph, Amos, Amos and Joseph, the father of the subject of this sketch, born in 1822. He is a mariner of note, yet a master in the coastwi.se trade after a command of forty years in vessels of various build, and passing a large portion of this long period of service in foreign command. He married Eliza A. Payne, of Chatham, who was born in 1826. Their children were: Joseph C, Alice E.,born in 1855, married Danforth S. Steele, of West Somerville, and has one son, Leslie: Isaphine, born in 1860, married Edgar N. Nickerson, of West Somerville; and John P., born in 1862, died in 1889.

Joseph C. Harding was born March 13, 1850, the oldest of the four children of Joseph Harding. He was taken to sea at the age of two years, and with the advancing years of boyhood a love for this life work was implanted in his earnest nature. At sixteen he went before the mast, at eighteen was second mate of the bark C/«V/, at twenty-one first mate, and at twenty-three the master, sailing from American ports to the principal ports of Europe. After several years, he was master of the John H. Pierson and the George Kingman in foreign trade, the Charles L. Pierson in the China trade for seven years, and now is master and part owner of the schooner Puritan, a three-master in the foreign trade.

He was married February 28, 1878, to Mary D.,daughter of Alfred and Aseneth Eldridge, of Chatham, and they have one son, Alfred C, born June 30, 1885. Mrs. Harding's father was a very successful seacaptain of thirty-five years' service. His children are: Adalena A., Alfred A., Mary D. and Alberto W., of whom the first three survive. His father. Ensign Eldridge, married Sally Gorham from another prominent and respectable family of the Cape.

Captain Joseph C. Harding is one of those fortunate masters - the result of experience and care - who has never called upon his underwriters for a dollar for accidents, although he has sailed in as many cyclones and typhoons as any master of his age, having crossed the Atlantic sixty-five times, besides sailing on every ocean of the globe. His wife has accompanied him on several long voyages to Australia, Europe and China. They are pleasantly situated in their fine home in South Chatham, where the captain spent the last season while his vessel made a trip to Rio Janeiro. He is a liberal supporter of the church and of every good work in this community, in which he expects to become a resident of more permanence when he shall have completed his life on the sea.

Captain Hiram Harding. - This representative of one branch of the ancient family of Harding, is the son of Mulford and grandson of Thomas Harding, who removed from Hingham to Chatham before the revolutionary war. This Mulford Harding was born July 10, 1776, in the house near Oyster pond, now the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Naomi Linnell. He was a seafaring man in early life, and in the war of 1812 was one of the crew of the Reindeer that suffered in Dartmoor prison as prisoners of war. He was married May 14, 1798, to Sally, daughter of Jonathan and Ruth Young, and reared nine children, whose histories appear in the succeeding paragraphs.

Polly was married to Abner Sparrow and had five children: Joseph, Samuel S., Abner H., Hiram H. and Mary. Of this family, the parents and children are all dead excepting Abner A. Hiram H. was lost on a voyage from New York to the Mediterranean.

Sally was married toEnosSnow and reared five children, of whom only the youngest survives. The children were: Enos, Sarah, Emeline, Mary E. and Sarah.

Howes married Catherine Hodgden and had one son, Darius H., who passed through the civil war, was paid off and had started for home, when he was stricken with fever at New Orleans, where he died.

Captain Hiram Harding, the seventh of the nine, born October 28, 1814, married Lydia F. Gould, who was born in 1819, and who died November 30, 1873. Captain Harding was one of the many who, at an early age, took to the sea. At eleven he was on the deep, at seventeen was mate, and at twenty-two he was in command of the brig Pearl, plying between Boston and Philadelphia - a packet which he navigated winter and summer for thirteen years. He then built the Cambridge, which he commanded on foreign voyages. This was succeeded by the barks Pearl, Sterling, Harvester and others, running to the divisions and ports of the Eastern hemisphere, and enduring all the dangers of a seafaring life for nearly fifty years, thirty-nine of which were passed as master. No serious accident occurred during his long captaincy, but the bark Harvester was burned in the gulf of Persia, by the Arabs, forcing the captain and crew to remain in boats sixty hours before they could find a refuge. His last purchase was the Edith Roe, from which he retired in 1873.

The captain has had eight children, of whom four survive: Lydia F., born May 7, 1843, died November 0,1843; Captain Hiram, jr., born September 24, 1844, married Josephine Young; a daughter born to them lived but four years; Captain Joseph F., born July 19, 1846, married Annie Snow; Maria C, born November 12, 1850, died April 27, 1868; George H., born February 13, 1853, unmarried, is an express messenger; Marianna, born April 5, 1855, lives at home; Sarah G., born February 14, 1857, died April 17, 1872; and Emma F., born September 12, 1860, died in infancy.

Captain Hiram Harding has not only filled a prominent part on the sea, but has been equally efficient on land. He has been notary public, justice of the peace, wreck commissioner, insurance agent, director of Barnstable Fire Insurance Company, trustee of savings bank, and selectman. He has been a member of the Boston Marine Society for thirty-five years, and for many years past a prominent member of the Methodist Episcopal church of Chatham. In his life voyage of over seventy-five years, every phase has been met with that confidence and fortitude for which he is marked, and now in life's early evening he enjoys, in his pleasant home at Chatham, the results of his earnest, active, earlier life.

Walden F. Harding, son of Walden and Julia A. (Cahoon) Harding, was born in 1852, and followed the sea from 1863 to 1883. Since the latter year he has carried on the meat business in Chatham, and since 1888 he has also done a grocery business. He was married in 1876, to Ida M., daughter of Sylvanus Bearse. Their three children are: Otis H., Helen F. and Irene A.

Hardy. Mr. Hardy was a coal and wood merchant. He was several years selectman, and at the time of his death, in 1877, he was president of the Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank. He was married in 1827, to Miriam, daughter of Samuel Freeman. Seven of their nine children are living: Almira, Miriam, Rebecca, Betsey A., Harriet, Josiah and Augustus. Eliza and Samuel died. Betsey A. owns the homestead.

Josiah Hardy, bom in 1822, is a son of Josiah and Rebecca (Clark) Hardy, and grandson of Josiah Hardy, who came from Virginia to Chatham in 1776, and married Rebecca Hamilton, and had four children. Mr. Hardy was a master mariner until 1866, and since 1872 he has been the keeper of the Chatham lighthouse. He is a member of St. Martin's Lodge, A. F. & A. M. He was married in 1844, to Harriet K., daughter of Jonathan and Olive (Moody) Myrick. They have four children: James H., Joseph M., Ursula M. and Samuel F. They lost two: Joseph M. and Rebecca C.

Ebenezer N. Hawes, born in 1849, is the youngest son of Edward and Polly (Kelley) Hawes, grandson of Samuel, and great-grandson of John Hawes. Mr. Hawes is a blacksmith at West Chatham. He was married in 1870, to Lucy L, daughter of Luther Sears. They have one daughter, Annie M.

Samuel Higgfins, born in 1812, in Brewster, was a son of Samuel Higgins. He was a blacksmith by trade, and kept a hardware store in Chatham several years prior to his death, which occurred in 1881. He was married in 1834, to Abby E., daughter of Samuel Hallett, of Yarmouth. They had two daughters: Abby C. (Mrs. Joseph C. Chase) and Adelaide L., who died. Mr. Higgins was. several years a member of the school committee, two terms county treasurer, and two terms a member of the house of representatives.

Thomas Holway, born in 1825, is the only survivor of four children of Thomas and Sabrina (Gould) Holway, and grandson of Prince Holway, of Sandwich. He has been engaged in the fishing business for several years. He was married in 1867, to Sarah E., daughter of Abel Reynolds, of Rhode Island. They have two children: Sabie S. and William T. Mr. Holway is a member of the Chatham Methodist Episcopal church and a prohibitionist.

Marcus W. Howard, son of Edward and Emily (Nickerson) Howard, was born in 1846. He is a merchant tailor at Chatham, where in 1873, he succeeded his father, who had been in the business since 1839. Mr. Howard was postmaster from 1885 to 1889. He is a member of the Masonic Lodge and Chapter. He was married in 1872, to Susan E. Huckins. They have one daughter, Agnes A.

Collins Howes, born m 1819, is a son of Collins and Rhoda (Bangs) Howes, grandson of Enoch, and great-grandson of Richard Howes. Mr. Howes followed the sea as a fisherman until 1862, and since that time has been in the store and fish business at Harding's beach. He has been selectman since 1886. He was married in 1840, to Phebe G. Bearse, who died leaving seven children: Dorinda, Phebe H., Collins E., Celestia B., Charles A., James Curtis (deceased), and Selena F. Mr. Howes was married again in 1884, to Mrs. Hannah G. Hammond, daughter of Thomas Allen, of Harwich.

Collins E. Howes, born in 1846, is a son of Collins and Phebe G. (Bearse) Howes. He followed the sea for fourteen years, and since 1874 has been in the merchant fishing business, at Harding's beach. He is a member of St. Martin's Lodge, A. F. & A. M. He was married in 1867, to Lurana E., daughter of Nathaniel and Eunice (Nickerson) Kenney. They have two children: Nathaniel E. and Lottie E.

Frank Howes, the eldest son of George Howes, was bom in 1826. He followed the sea from 1840 until 1873. He was master mariner twenty years. He was a member of the Boston Marine Society, and St. Martin's Lodge of Masons. He was a deacon of the Chatham Baptist church and also Sunday school superintendent of the same. He was married in 1853, to Susanna Hawes, who died three years later. He was married again in 1861, to Mercy B., daughter of Clement and Mercy (Bassett) Small, and granddaughter of William Small. They have eight children: Lizzie, Minnie, Frank, George, Ernest, Samuel, Henry and Emmie. Mr. Howes died on May 7, 1886. Horatio Howes, son of Collins and Rhoda (Bangs) Howes, was born in 1829. He followed the sea in early life, and is now engaged in the poultry business. He was married in 1851, to Mercy A., daughter of David and Abagail (Young) Howes. They have one daughter, Abbie L.

John J. Howes, bom in 1850, is the only son of John H. and Emeline (Sparrow) Howes, and grandson of James Howes. He was sixteen years in a men's furnishing store in Boston, prior to April, 1886, when he came to Chatham and opened the Boston dry goods store. He was married in 1874 to Arlissa, daughter of Richard B. and Mary (Gould) Harding. They have one daughter, Florence E., two sons having died in infancy.

Kimble R. Howes, son of David and Eliza J. Howes, was bom in 1851. He followed the sea from 1863 to 1884, and since that time he has run a bakery in Chatham. He was married in 1872, to Ella A., daughter of Franklin and Mehitable C. Smith. She died, and he married her sister, Mehitable C, in 1875.

Clement Kendrick, born in 1812, is a son of Josiah, and grandson of Henry Kendrick. His mother was Mary, daughter of Kimble Ryder. Mr. Kendrick followed the sea from 1825 to 1844. He is a director in the Cape Cod National Bank, and a trustee of the Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank. He was married in 1836, to Harriet, daughter of Christopher Taylor. She died three years later, and he was married in 1841, to Annie, daughter of Reuben Young. She died in 3865.

Edward Kendrick, jr., born in 1849, is a son of Edward and Elizabeth A. (Doane) Kendrick, grandson of Mulford, and great-grandson of Edward Kendrick. Mr. Kendrick followed the sea until 1887, and lias .since been a farmer.. He was married in 1874, to Mattie W. Wilcox.

James A. Kendrick, son of James and Rebecca (Eldridge) Kendrick, was born in 1842. His grandparents were James and Betsey Kendrick, and his great-grandparents were Thomas and Phebe Kendrick. Mr. Kendrick has followed the sea since he was thirteen years old, in the fishing and coasting business. He was married in 1864, to Lucy, daughter of Joseph O. Baker. She died in 1873, and he was married again in 1874, to Phebe E., daughter of Shadrach and Rhoda Small, and granddaughter of Jonathan Small. They have four children: Eunice B.. George W. Martha C. and Rhoda E.

Cyrus S. Kent, born in 1847, is a son of Enos, and grandson of Edward Kent. He has followed the sea since 1860, and has been captain nineteen years. He is a member of the Boston Marine Societ)-, St. Martin's Lodge, and Sylvester Baxter Chapter. He was married in 1870, to Sarah P., daughter of Ziba Nickerson.

Myrick N. Kent, born in 1816, is the only son of David and Eliza- "beth (Nickerson) Kent, and grandson of Edward Kent. He followed the sea from 1830 to 1860, and was master twenty-three years. He was married in 1839, to Elizabeth, daughter of James and Rebecca (Wing) Harding. They have one son, James H. Three children -died: Emma J., Esther E. and David.

Lucy E. Lewis is a daughter of Richard and Lavonia (White) Ryder, and granddaughter of Harding Ryder. She was married in 1866, to David Lewis, who died in 1878. Mr. Lewis followed the sea as a fisherman. He was a son of Isaiah Lewis. Richard Ryder died in 1842, aged thirty years. His widow was married in 1844, to Zenas Taylor, who died in 1881. Of his four children only one is living - John C. Taylor.

Isaac Lovelaijd, son of Timothy and Dorcas (Doane) Loveland, was born in 1817. He was a cooper by trade in early life, from 1847 to 1866 was engaged in the fish and mercantile business, and after that was for some time engaged in weir fishing. He was several years president of the Cape Cod National Bank, resigning the position a short time before his death, which occurred in 1888. He was married in 1846, to Elizabeth Kent. Thgy had one son, who died.

Timothy V. Loveland, son of Timothy and Dorcas (Doane) Loveland, was born in 1810. He worked at the carpenters' trade until 1848, from that time until 1863 was engaged in the fish business at Sandy point, and has since been engaged in weir fishing. He was -married first to Patience Nye, who died leaving three children: Susan, Isaiah and Timothy O. His second wife was Harriet Nye. They have three children: Augustus, Hattie and Isaac H.

Winslow Loveland, son of Joseph and Martha (Snow) Loveland, was born in 1826. He was a master mariner from 1861 to 1887. He has resided in East Boston since 1857. He is a member of the Boston Marine Society. He was married in 1848 to Sarah W. Hammond, who died leaving one daughter, Cleora E. He was married again in 1866, to Maria W. Gould, They have two sons: Herbert W. and Joseph W. Reuben S. Loveland, son of Joseph and Martha Loveland, was bom in 1820, and is a mason by trade. He was married in 1862, to Marinda Mayo, who died leaving two daughters: Clarissa A. (deceased) and Ella M. He was married again in 1867 to Mrs. Abbie Myrick, daughter of Reuben C. Taylor. They have two sons: Reuben C. and Benjamin A. Mr. Loveland is a prohibitionist.

Gaius Mullett, bom in 1842, is a son of Gains and Martha (Nicker- .son) Mullett and grandson of James Mullett. Mr. Mullett has been twelve years constable, two terms deputy sheriff, and since October 7, 1887, he has been deputy collector of customs for the port of Chatham, and notary public. He was married in 1865, to Louisa B., daughter of Lothrop L. Bearse. They have one son, Lemuel C.

George H. Munroe, who has been for ten years paymaster in the silk mills at Holyoke, Mass., was married in 1879 to Emma I., daughter of Simeon N. and Mehitabel (Atkins) Taylor and granddaughter -of John Taylor. Mrs. Munroe is one of three children. ' Her brother, Joseph, is deceased, and her sister, Maria L., is visiting in Europe with her parents.

Alvano T. Nickerson, born in 1839, is a son of Caleb, and grandson of Salathiel Nickerson. His mother is Julia A., daughter of William and Mehitabel (Ryder) Hamilton. Mr. Nickerson has been in business in Boston since he was sixteen years of age. He was married in 1863, to Laurietta, daughter of Lumbert Nickerson. They have five children: Mabel E., Alvano T., jr., Lillian H., Walter L. and Hattie H. Mr. Nickerson spends his summers at North Chatham, where his an- -cestors have lived for several generations.

Mr. Nickerson began going to sea when eleven years old, and at the age of twenty-five became master of coasting vessels. In 1882 he built a residence in Chatham, where he now lives. He was married in 1856, to Deborah K. Hamilton, who died some years after. He was married in 1878, to Addie A. Eldridge. By his first wife he had two children: George W. N., died October 1, 1880, aged eighteen years and eight months, and an infant child.

Erastus Nickerson, son of Lumbert and Rhoda (Eldridge) Nickerson, was born in 1821. Mr. Nickerson followed the sea until 1861. He was several years a member of the school committee, and in 1880 he was representative in the legislature. He was married in 1842, to Rebecca, daughter of Seth Nickerson. She died in 1860, leaving two children: Amanda, who has since died, and Erastus M. He was married again in 1862, to Rebecca H., daughter of James Kendrick. They have two children: Gracie W. and Nellie B.

Erastus M. Nickerson, only son of Erastus and Rebecca Nickerson, was born in 1851. He was in the fish business until 1879, and since that time has kept a pool room and tobacco and cigar store at Chatham. He was married in 1880, to Elizabeth, daughter of Joshua Nickerson.

John H. Nickerson, born in 1844, is a son of John H. and Mary T. (Goodspeed) Nickerson, grandson of Joshua, and great-grandson of Salathiel Nickerson. Mr. Nickerson followed the sea in early life, and is now a carpenter by trade. He was married in 1869, to Emma A., daughter of Edward Howard. They have two sons: J. Howard and Frank G.

Moses Nickerson, son of Ezra Nickerson, was born in 1812, and was a master mariner. He died at sea in 1871. He was a member of the Baptist church. He was married in 1838, to Sarah T. Eldridge. They had two children: Moses E. and Alice P.

Orick Nickerson', was born in 1814. He is the eldest son of six children of Ensign", descended from Ensign*, Absalom', William', William', William Nickerson', who was the first white man to own what is now Chatham. The six surviving children of Ensigfn Nickerson" are: Orick, Sparrow M., Sally A. M., Ensign A., Samuel M. of Chicago (who still owns the homestead farm), and Rebecca J. The two daughters now occupy their father's homestead house. Orick Nickerson was married in 1834, to Mary Ryder. She died in 1862, leaving two sons: Cornelius (who married Ellen J. Gulliver), and Osborn (who married Mary L. Dodge.)

Rufus F. Nickerson, born in 1837, is a son of Zenas and Abigail (Higgins) Nickenson, and grandson of Silas and Susan Nickerson. Mr. Nickerson has been engaged in the fishing business since 1861. He was married in 1860, to Sarah, daughter of Joshua Atkins. They have ten children: Minnie L., George F., Abbie C, Sadie L., Rufus A., Mary E., Grace V., Joseph A., Hope R. and Dexter W.

Samuel M. Nickerson, son of Ensign, jr., and Rebecca Nickerson, was born in Chatham June 14, 1830. His ancestor, eight generations back, was the old Puritan, William Nickerson, whose coming to Yarmouth and to Chatham is mentioned on page 458. From him to Samuel M .', the line of descent is through William', William', William*, Absalom', Ensign', and Ensign, jr.', all of whom are known in the local history of Chatham, where the family is still in possession of part of the lands which William' purchased of the Indians.

Samuel M. Nickerson received his early education in the public schools of Chatham and Boston. In 1847 he went to Apalachicola, Fla., where he remained in business several years. In 1858 he married the daughter of the late Isaac Crosby, of Brewster, and having been burned out in Florida he removed the same year to Chicago, where he engaged in the business of distilling alcohol, retiring from it in 1864. From that year until 1871 he was president of the Chicago City Railroad Company, but resigned the position on account of the great pressure of his banking interests. Mr. Nickerson was elected vice-president of the First National Bank at its organization in 1863, continuing such until 1867, when he was elected its president, and still remains in that position. In 1867-1868 he built, at the corner of State and Washington streets, the First National Bank building, then acknowledged to be the best fire proof building west of New York city, and still standing - a relic of the great fire of 1871 - the only building in the business district not then destroyed.

In 1881-1882 he built, at the corner of Monroe and Dearborn streets, the expensive and commodious building now occupied by the bank, containing the largest banking ofiice in this country, with ample room for its 150 ofiicials and employees. In March, 1868, Mr. Nickerson organized the Union Stock Yard National Bank, located at the stock-yards, remaining its president until 1870, and still retaining a place as one of its directors. He is renowned for his sterling business qualities and for his great experience, and excellent judgment in financial affairs. He is an ofiBcer in the new Art Institute, and always a supporter of every local art movement. His private gallery is a favorite haunt to which artists and lovers of pictures can always obtain entrance.

Zenas Nickerson, born in 1827, is one of five surviving children of Zenas and Priscilla (Eldridge) Nickerson, and grandson of Ezra Nickerson. Mr. Nickerson was a master mariner prior to 1867, and since that time he has been a merchant and farmer. He was married in 1849, to Mary A., daughter of Ephraim and Thankful Taylor, and granddaughter of John Taylor. They have six children: Zenas A., George H., 2d, Mary A. Velma W., Priscilla T. and Geneva T.

a son of Lumbert and Rhoda (Eldridge) Nickerson, and grandson of Ensign Nickerson. He has been clerk and treasurer of the Universalist society, and led the choir for forty years. He has been superintendent of the Sunday school twenty years. He was married in 1844, to Sarah, daughter of George and Sally Paine. They have five children living: Ziba, jr., Willie L., Charles S., Sarah P. and Rhoda L. They lost two sons; George W., born in 1845, lost at sea in 1863, and John P., died at the age of about eighteen months.

Owen Oneal, son of John Oneal, was born in 1848. He has been in the employ of the Cape Cod and Old Colony railroad since 1868, as passenger and freight conductor, seventeen years. He was married in 1877, to Mary McKay. .They have four children: Owen A., Charles B., Jennie M. and James B.

Francis B. Rogers, born in 1830, is a son of Francis and Mary (Ryder) Rogers, and grandson of Mulford Rogers. Mr. Rogers is a carpenter by trade. He served nine months in the war of the rebellion, in Company E, Forty-third Massachusetts Volunteers, and is a member of Frank D. Hammond Post, G. A. R. He married Azubah A., daughter of Elnathan and Azubah (Atwood) Mayo. Their six children are: Francis H., George T., Edwin A., Lina B., Cornelia M. and Mary J. Two died: Ella E. and Elmer F.

Sullivan Rogers, born in 1822, is a son of Zacheus and grandson of Daniel Rogers. His mother was Margaret, daughter of Joseph Mayo. Mr. Rogers kept a hardware, tin and sheet iron store at Chatham from April, 1846, and is still carrying on the business in connection with his son. Mr. Rogers is a prohibitionist, and a member of the Chatham Methodist Episcopal church. He was married in 1847, to Catherine, daughter of Josiah Mayo, Esq. They have had five children, three of whom are living: Susan M., Alice and Josiah M., who was married in 1883, to Mary A., daughter of Captain Zenas Nickerson.

Kimble Ryder, born in 1822, is the youngest of seven children of Kimble and Ruth (Eldridge) Ryder and a grandson of Kimble Ryder. Mr. Ryder followed the sea from 1839 to 1870, and was master mariner twenty-six years. He was twelve years in the coal, wood and grain business. He was married in 1846, to Sarah Doane. She died and he was married again in 1857 to Desire B., daughter of Abijah and Prudence B. (Nye) Crosby. He had one son by his first wife - Charles K., born September 26, 1846, died March 20, 1851. Mr. Ryder has been treasurer of the St. Martin's Lodge since its organization.

Sylvester K. Small, son of Samuel and Abigail (Simmons) Small, was born in 1822. He followed the sea from 1834 to 1875, and was master for twenty-eight years. In 1884 he opened " The Travelers' Home " at Chatham. He was married in 1844, to Dorrinda, daughter

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Ephraim Smith, born in 1824, is a son of Christopher and Sarah (Eldridge) Smith, and grandson of Richard Smith. He followed the sea prior to 1865, since which time he has been a manufacturer of and wholesale dealer in tinware in Boston. He was married in 1849, to Mercy, daughter of James Hawes. They have three children: Mercena, Susan T. and Sarah A. Two sons died: Henry O. and Ephraim, jr.

RuFUS Smith. - Ralph, one of this family name, came to the New World in 1629, but the Ralph Smyth who came in 1633, whose name appears in the Hingham records in 1637, who was in Eastham in 1657, and there took the oath of fidelity, is the progenitor to whom the ancestral line of this representative in Chatham is traced. The male line of descent to the subject of this sketch, inclusive, was: Ralph', Samuel', John', Stephen*, George", Stephen', Stephen' and Rufus'. Ralph's children were: Samuel, baptized July 11, 1641; John, July 23, 1644; Daniel, March 2, 1647: and Thomas.

Samuel' married, January 3, 1667, at Eastham,. Mary, daughter of Giles Hopkins, son of Stephen Hopkins of the Mayflower, and their children were: Samuel, born May 26, 1668, died September 22, 1692; Mary, born June 3, 1669, married Daniel Hamilton, of Chatham; Joseph, born April 10, 1671; John, May 26, 1673; Grace, September 6, 1676; and Deborah, born December 10, 1678. This Samuel, son of Ralph, born at Eastham, was a farmer and a large landholder. His house in Eastham is in part still standing. He also owned four hundred acres in Orleans, known as the Smith purchase, and two farms in Chatham that he gave to John and Mary in equal parts, also giving them, with his grandsons, Samuel and Joseph, equal parts in the Gaboon farm, Chatham.

John' married Bethia Snow, daughter of Stephen, son of Nicholas, who married Constance, daughter of the Pilgrim Hopkins, and their children were: Samuel, Dean, John, Stephen, David, Seth, Mercy, Mary and Bethiah Smith.

Stephen*, the next in the male line, was born in Monomoyick, in 1706, and died in January, 1766, with smallpox, as also did, in the same epidemic, his wife, Bashua, and his two daughters. He was a deacon and a farmer, and an important factor in church and state. His sons were: Stephen and Archelaus. who moved to Nova Scotia; three sons, who built and lived on the home farm - George in the white house that stood near Long cove, Obed on the Doctor Clifford place, and Elijah on the Stephen Ryder place, all side by side. There were also three daughters: Hannah, Bashua and Betty.

ruary 11, 1732, married Barbara Mayo, Occtober 16, 1755, and died in July, 1823. Their children were: Richard, Theophilus, George, Stephen, Benjamin, Obed and Knowles (twins), Bathua and Betty.

Stephen', born November 18, 1764, married Margery Crowell, daughter of David Crowell. He was a farmer and fisherman, accumulated a nice property in Chatham, and lived until September 14, 1832. His children were: Betsey, Lucy, Levi, Thomas, Sally, Stephen, Thankful, Margery and David.

Stephen', the father of Rufus, was born September 2, 1800, and married Clarissa H. Lewis, of Hingham, December 18, 1823. She was born February 22, 1802, and died September 29, 1879. Stephen was an industrious citizen, true to his religious principles, and prominent in the town of Chatham. He inherited his father's estate, to which he added largely by farifiing and investing in vessels. He died November 26, 1864. Of his ten children, David, born October 23, 1824, was a worthy sea captain, a great reader and a man of imcommon intelligence. He was a great inventor and mechanic, and invented the method of freezing ice on large iron plates, which he was prosecuting in New Orleans at the time of his death, in December, 1866. The other children of this family were: a daughter, who died in infancy; Rufus, whose history is set forth in the next paragraph; Stephen V., born February 14, 1829, lived near his father, on his grandfather's farm, and died July 13, 1878; Lewis F., born March 13, 1839, followed the sea for a few years, and subsequently engaged in an express and trading business. (He married Georgia, daughter of Doctor Dcdge. She died November 9, 1878, leaving three children: Louie F., Montgomery F., who died in 1888, and Anna Parker Smith); Benjamin Smith the sixth child, born October 28, 1833, died August 16, 1835; Benjamin F., born December 19, 1836, died January 24, 1844; Mariah Louise, born September 29, 1841, died April 16, 1843; her twin sister, Ann Eliza, died February 13, 1846; and the tenth child, a son, died in infancy without name.

Rufus Smith, born May 2, 1827, now enjoying in Chatham Port the broad acres, fruits of his own industry, worked with his father until after he was twenty-one years old when he purchased a portion of his present farm for sheep husbandry, which not proving profitable, he, at twenty-four, engaged in making brick near where the new hotel is being erected. This enterprise, on account of expensive transportation, did not meet his expectations, and in 1861 he engaged in a mail contract and stage line, between Chatham and Yarmouth. This naturally led to an express business which required, before the advent of the railroad, thirty-two horses for its various branches. Since the cars have run to Orleans he retains a share in the consolidated express company and is engaged in delivering its goods in his own town. He has added largely to his original purchase of lands, and being a lover of animals, keeps a large number of poultry and stock, in connection with his extensive farming. He has found time, at the solicitation of his friends, to fill very eflBciently various oflBces in his town and was the republican representative of his district in 1879. He is a life member of the county agricultural society and is credited with the largest and best exhibit of blooded cattle yet shown at its annual fairs. Farming and the social relations of life are his preference, but to a.ssist his brothers he has engaged in outside enterprises, being a short time in a wholesale mercantile business with his brother Lewis F., and more recently with his brother David in manufacturing ice at Washington, from which Mr. Smith retired two years after his brother's death. For years past he has successfully engaged in cranberry culture, adding eight more acres the past year. He is an important factor in the Methodist society, in the body politic, in the industrial interests and every good work and enterprise for the advancement and prosperity of his town.

He was married March 29, 1847, to Mehitable S. Ryder, who was born March 17, 1828, and died August 29, 1867. Their seven children are: Joseph R., born May 9, 1847, died in September of the same year; Rufus C, born September 5, 18.50, died January 31, 1877, after one year's study for the ministry in a theological school, where he overtaxed his energies and from a cold went into a decline; Benjamin F., born July 20, 18.52, now engaged in the express business between Provincetown and Boston, (he married Rebecca A.Taylor, of Provincetown, August 29, 1878, who died April 25, 1884, leaving three children - Mary A., Anna F. and Stephen C); Clara E., born May 12, 18.55, died February 2, 1856; Lizzie E., born February 4, 18.58; Curtis M., born October 9, 1859, married Betty Mason, of Washington, and has three children - Ralph C, Rufus and an infant son; and Morris W., twin of Curtis, married Anna M. Nickerson. Mr. Smith was married the second time November 26, 1868, to Betsey T., daughter of Constant Sears, direct in the lineage of Richard the Pilgrim. She was born November 27, 1836, and is one of six living sisters. Their children are: Bessie M., born April 21, 1875; and Alice C, September 6, 1882, both in school.

After untiring activity in his business, and a long period of usefulness in religious, social and civil affairs, Mr. Smith is enabled now to spend the evening of his days in the confidence of all who know him, and in the serenity which such a life merits.

David S. Taylor was born in 1817. He is a son of Samuel and Betsey (Smith) Taylor, and grandson of Reuben C. Taylor. Mr. Taylor TfoUowed the sea from 1831 until 1870. He was married in 1842, to

Ephraim A. Taylor' was born in 1826. He is descended from Ephraim', John', Seth', Seth', John', Richard Taylor'. Mr. Taylor is a carpenter by trade. He was selectman several years, and a member of the school committee. He is a democrat, as was also his father. He was married in 1855, to Ann L. Wight. They have four children: Herman, Gertrude, Winthrop and Edward L. One son, Augustus, born in 1856, died in 1878.

Hiram Taylor, born in 1820, is a son of Samuel and Betsey (Smith) Taylor. He followed the sea from 1832 to 1881, and was master mariner thirty years. He is a member of the Boston Marine Society. He was married in 1843, to Elizabeth C, daughter of Ezra and Sally H. Nickerson. Of their four children Caroline I., Hiram E. and one infant are deceased. John H., born September 7, 1858, was married in 1883, to Hattie W., daughter of George A. Taylor. They have one daughter, Carrie I.

Captain John Taylor, born in 1824, was a son of Captain John, and a grandson of John Taylor. He began going to sea at the age of eleven years. He was a master mariner until three years prior to his which occurred in 1886, and had circumnavigated the globe. He was a member of the Boston Marine Society. He was married in 1847, to Elizabeth, daughter of Gorham and Sarah (Hopkins) Mayo. They had nine children: John B., Gorham M., Edgar R., Walter F., Elwyn O., Lizzie C, Catalina L., and two who died in infancy.

Levi Taylor, eldest son of Reuben C. and Nabby C. (Baker) Taylor, was born in 1824, and has followed the sea since 1836. He is a master mariner, and a member of the Boston Marine Society. He was married in 1846, to Martha B., daughter of Joshua and Bethiah (Eldridge) Howes. They have two children: Collins B. and Mary F.

Reuben C. Taylor' was born in 1832. He is descended from Reuben C, Reuben C, Samuel', Samuel', John', Richard Taylor'. Mr. Taylor has followed the sea for forty-five years, and has been master twenty years. He was married in 1867, to Phebe N., daughter of Sylvanus Gage. They have four children: Clarina S., Sophena C, Phebe H. and Mercy E.

Washington Taylor, born in 1820, is the youngest of fourteen children of George and Sabrina (Ryder) Taylor. He has been a successful merchant at Chatham since 1848. He was married in 1842, to Mary R. Harding. They have two sons: Sylvanus H. and Washington R.

Washington R. Taylor, son of Washington Taylor, was bom in 1851. He keeps a livery stable in Chatham. He was married in 1873,. to Abbie E., daughter of Reuben L. Bearse. They have one son, Frank R.

John W. Vanhise, born in 1825 in New Brunswick, N. J., is a son of William and grandson of John Vanhise, both natives of Middlesex county, New Jersey. Mr. Vanhise is a ship builder by trade. In 1866 he began to plant oysters in what is now known as Oyster bay. Since 1878 he has made the oyster culture a regular business. He is a member of St. Martin's Lodge, A. F. & A. M. He was married in 1861, to Mrs. Susan E. Small, daughter of Elisha Smalley. She had two sons by her former marriage: Levi A. and George E. Small.

Levi C. Wing, born in 1837, is the eldest of five children of Obed and Lurana (Phillips) Wing and grandson of Levi Wing, who was a revolutionary soldier. Mr. Wing has followed the sea since 1846, and has been master mariner since 1870. He was married in 1859, to Abbie A. Gould. They have six children: Curtis A.,Clarana M., P. Frankie, Abbie C, Grace L. and Carrie A.

Isaac B. Young was born in Chatham, March 9, 1818, and is the son of Joseph and Bethiah Bea Young. He was married to Maria J. Marston, November 7, 1839. Their children are: Maria Marston, Helen Clarence, Edwin Marcus and Emma F. Young. Mr. Young was representative in the Massachusetts legislature two terms - 1863 and 1864 - and deputy collector of customs from 1871 to 1877. His father, Joseph Young, son of Joseph and Anna Nickerson Young, was taken by the British and made prisoner in the war of 1812 at the age of sixteen years. Isaac B.'s grandfather, Joseph Young, the son of Hiat and Mercy Hinckley Young, enlisted in the war of the revolution at the age of sixteen years and served five years. His father, Hiat Young, was in the French war and was taken captive by the Indians; also served six years in the revolutionary war. Hiat and his son Joseph's aggregate time in the service of the revolutionary war was eleven years. The wages per month received for their service was the value of one bushel of corn.

James M. Young, born in 1834, is a son of Reuben and Martha (Eldredge) Young, grandson of Joseph and great-grandson of Hiat Young. Mr. Young is a carpenter by trade, but for the past fifteen years has been a farmer. He is a member of St. Martin's Lodge, A. F. & A. M. He was married in 1877, to Clara L. Harding. They have two children: James W. and Reuben S.