Bristol County, Massachusetts - Chapter 16: Westport, 1924 (part 3 of 3)

Mr. Copeland takes a deep interest in historical subjects, particularly those touching upon the early records of the town of Mansfield. He has gathered a great deal of material on these subjects and at various times has delivered addresses of a historical nature, particularly regarding Bristol county's honored past. He is one of those men who holds the highest esteem and confidence of every one of his fellow-citizens. Fraternally Mr. Copeland is affiliated with St. James' Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of which he is past master; Key-tone Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Bristol Commandery, Knights Templar; and Massachusetts Consistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, in which he holds the thirty-second degree; he is also a member of Aleppo Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. Mr. Copeland early affiliated himself with the religious advance and has long been a member of the Congregational church. He sang in the local church choir for twenty-five years, for twenty-three years was superintendent of the Sunday school and is now a deacon, having served as a member of the general committee for a long period of time.

Hon. William A. Copeland married, on Octob r 26, 1904, Lucy S. Fairbanks, of Mansfield, daughter of Henry H. Fairbanks, of this place, a veteran of the Civil War, and for many years a clerk in the department of the State Board of Charity, his death occurring in 1918. The mother, Emma L. (Day) Fairbanks, was born in Upton, Massachusetts, and died a number of years ago.

JOSEPH ABRAHAM BOWEN - Of permanent and benevolent significance to the city of Fall River was the life of Joseph Abraham Bowen, useful citizen, successful business executive, and efficient public servant. He lived to be nearly eighty-two years of age, and from childhood until his passing, his life was one of more than ordinary usefulness. Entering the world of men and affairs as a young lad, Mr. Bowen acquired sanity of judgment and breadth of wisdom with every experience, and up to the end of his long life he felt a keen interest in public events and exercised a guiding hand in the conduct of the large coal business he had developed. Nearly a decade has passed since the streets of Fall River have known his footfall, but the inspiration of his worthy career still lives in the memory of all whose privilege it was to know him.

The Bowen family became identified with the progress of the community now known as Fall River at a very early period in the history of the settlement. John Bowen, Mr. Bowen's great-greatgrandfather, was in Freetown as early as 1739. He was presumably a descendant of Richard Bowen, who came from Kittle Hill, Glamorganshire, Wales, to Weymouth, Massachusetts, in the year 1638, later settling permanently at Rehoboth. The family touches through intermarriage, since the day of

John Bowen, several of the important families of this city and of New England - Borden, Durfee, Winslow, Cook, Read, Corey, Bennett, Valentine, Bliss, Briggs and Sweet, a group of Colonial Revolutionary names extending to the earliest period of English settlement in New England and through every department of the public, professional, and buiness life of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

John Bowen, the pioneer of Fall River, was a man of large business ability, who used for the general welfare, as well as for his individual interest the practical force and excellent judgment with which he was endowed. He became the owner of extensive tracts of land in what is now the Southern part of the city of Fall River. His homestead is still standing on South Main street, near the eminence formerly known as Bowen's Hill, although many changes have been made since the days when it was occupied by John Bowen and his family. John Bowen married, on July 3, 1739, Penelope Read Borden, the record of this fact being the first concerning the family in the Fall River district.

Nathan Bowen, son of the pioneer and greatgrandfather of Joseph A. Bowen, rendered military service in behalf of the Colonies during the Revolutionary War. His influence in the community was always for progress, and he reared his children to lives of usefulness and distinction. Nathan Bowen married Hannah Cook.

Abraham Bowen, the next in line, became one of the pioneer cotton manufacturers of Fall River, and was active in the production of cotton cloth from 1813. In 1822 he became one of the eight corporators of the Pocasset Manufacturing Company, the history of which concern is an important chapter in the brilliant record of industrial achievement in Fall River. In association with Oliver Chace and Dexter Wheeler, Abraham Bowen incorporated the Watuppa Reservoir Company, and was a leader in all that contributed to the welfare of the people. Evidence of the esteem in which he was held is found in the fact that he was for several years chosen to represent his district in the General Court. At the time of his death, which occurred March 9, 1824, he had. filled the office of postmaster of Fall River for eight years. He married Ruth Graves, and their home was at the northeast corner of Main and Bedford streets.

Abraham (2) Bowen, son of Abraham and Ruth (Graves) Bowen, took an influential part in the business and intellectual activities of his time. Engaged in a teaming business for a number of years, his more important commercial activity was as a member of the grain and shipping firm of Read & Bowen. For a long period of time he edited and published a periodical entitled "All Sorts," and his editorial comments upon the fancies and foibles of his time were eminently illuminative and constructive. His death, which occurred January 24, 1889, removed from Fall River a citizen whose usefulness was by no means to be measured by the number of his years, even though he lived to a ripe age. Abraham (2) Bowen married Sarah Ann

Read, daughter of Major Joseph Evans and Sibyl (Valentine) Read, a direct descendant of John Read, of Newport, Rhode Island, Abraham (2) Bowen himself built the house on Rock street, in which he resided for about sixty years. There his children were born, and there his daughter, Sarah V. Bowen, has resided throughout the entire period of her life to the present time (1923). She completed her eighty-fourth year, December 8, 1923.

Joseph Abraham Bowen, only son of Abraham (2) and Sarah Ann (Read) Bowen, was born at Fall River, Massachusetts, October 10, 1832, and died at his summer home in Warren, Rhode Island, September 30, 1914. He lies buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, in Fall River. As a young man, Mr. Bowen attended both the public and private schools of his native city, but from his eighth year spent much time in his father's printing office, where he was employed when not engaged with his studies. In the year 1849 he became a student at the Fall River High School, thereby entering the first class to pass through the courses of that institution. In 1856 Mr. Bowen engaged in an independent business as a coal dealer. He first leased Morgan's Wharf, at the foot of Walnut street, then later bought Slade's Wharf, still later purchased a half interest in Morgan's Wharf, using both in his business operations. His energy and ability, together with his policy of personally supervising all his own affairs, carried him to large prosperity, and for fifty-three years he directed successfully the development and growth of an enterprise which became one of the most important in this city. In this connection Mr. Bowen's fearless spirit is clearly apparent, also his ingenuity in overcoming difficulties and at the same time.bending his achievement to the widest possible use. He built and managed a fleet of sea-going vessels, and in order that he might bring coal direct by ship to his own yards in Fall River, he had extensive harbor dredging done at his own expense. That was the initial movement which resulted in harbor improvement at Fall River, the immediate and also the permanent benefit derived from his efforts counting largely in the recognition of this city as a progressive and enterprising civic center. In 1883 Mr. Bowen began shipping Pocahontas Coal from the mines at Bluefield, West Virginia, and until his death he handled coal from that district. His first cargo was shipped from Norfolk, Virginia, and was the earliest shipment of Pocahontas coal received in New England from that port. It was distributed among the cotton mills of Fall River.

In addition to his many and important business responsibilities Mr. Bowen found time for notably efficient and valuable local public service. He was elected a member of the Common Council in 1862- 63, and of the Board of Aldermen in 1869-70. As chairman of the committee to consider the advisability of establishing a city water system, he rendered service which is still benefiting the community. He not only "reported favorably" and used his energy and his ability to arouse the interest and codperation of others in securing an adequate water supply, but when this measure was adopted, served as a member of the first board of water commissioners, in which capacity he took an active and efficient part in the construction of the city water supply system. For two years Mr. Bowen was president of the Fall River Board of Trade, and in addition to the development of his prosperous coal business he was also interested in a number of industrial enterprises, chiefly along the line of cotton manufacture, which contributed largely to the economic prosperity of the city. Thus his part in the development and growth of this city was an important one from his early life to the close of his long career, and to all who were closely associated with him it was a great source of gratification that he was spared to see his hopes for the city realized. Mr. Bowen's acquaintance was wide, both within and without the city, and he was sought for leadership and counsel as long as he lived. Energetic, clear-sighted, benevolent and kindly in spirit, his friends were legion and his influence for good unbounded. His pleasing personality and his sterling qualities of character won and held the regard of all who were associated with him in his varied activities. During the greater part of his lifetime he was identified with the Central Congregational Church, and he gave his hearty support to its work.

Joseph Abraham Bowen married, on January 19, 1865, at Fall River, Massachusetts, Fanny Maria Corey, who was born in Fall River, August 21, 1840, daughter of Jonathan and Clarissa (Bennett) Corey. Mrs. Bowen is a direct descendant of William Corey, of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, a deputy to the General Court, a captain of Militia, and a man of importance in his town, who died in 1682. The line of descent was through his son, John (1); his son, John (2); his son, Thomas; his son, Benjamin; and his son, Jonathan, Mrs. Bowen's father. In every generation the members of this family bore a worthy part in the progressive activities of the time. Two children were born to Joseph A. and Fanny M. (Corey) Bowen: Joseph Henry, of further mention; and Fanny Corey, born in the old house built by Abraham Bowen, a graduate of Fall River High School and of Smith College, a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and of the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities.

Joseph Henry Bowen, only son of Joseph A. and Fanny Maria (Corey) Bowen, was born at Fall River, Massachusetts, March 18, 1866, and died April 16, 1918. He was a graduate of Fall River High School (1883), Phillips-Exeter Academy (1884), and Harvard University (1888), receiving the degree of Bachelor of Arts cum laude from the university. Following the completion of his education Mr. Bowen became associated with his father in the coal business, and upon the death of the founder assumed executive responsibility, remaining as head of the enterprise until his death. He was also a member of the board of directors for several corporate interests in Fall River. A man of sound judgment and signal ability, highly esteemed by his contemporaries, Mr. Bowen willingly bore his share of the burden of public service, not only in official capacity as a member of the municipal council, but as an active promoter of all projects which seemed to him to be wisely planned for the advancement of the general welfare. He was deeply interested in, and to the end of his career gave considerable time and attention to all sorts of outdoor sports. He was also a home-loving man and much of his leisure was devoted to the interests of his family. He married, on June 19, 1890, Mary S. Whitney, a daughter of Edward H., and Jennie (Hooper) Whitney, of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Three children were born to Joseph H. and Mary S. (Whitney) Bowen: 1. Joseph Whitney, born May 18, 1891, was educated in the Fall River public schools, grade and high; Phillips-Exeter Academy, class of 1908; and Harvard University, degree of Bachelor of Arts, class of 1912. He was associated with his father in the coal business until the death of the latter, then succeeded him, and is now the third in direct line to be identified with the enterprise founded by Joseph A. Bowen in 1856. He is now president of the Joseph A. Bowen Coal Company, also treasurer of the Laurel Lake Mills, manufacturers of cotton print cloth, a director of the Fall River National Bank, and trustee of the Five Cent Savings Bank. He married, November 16, 1915, Florence Horton, daughter of Melvin Borden Horton, of Fall River. Mr. and Mrs. Bowen are the parents of two children: Joseph Horton, and Richard. 2. Harold Corey, born May 26, 1896, educated in the Fall River public schools, grade and high, and Phillips-Exeter Academy, now treasurer of the Joseph A. Bowen Coal Company. He married Edith M. Kidd, daughter of Dr. F. O. Kidd, of Fall River. 3. Edward Hooper, born October 14, 1899, educated in the Fall River schools and Phillips-Exeter Academy, now engaged in the cotton business as a member of the firm of Gifford & Bowen. He married Isabel Carpenter, daughter of Frank L. Carpenter, of Fall River. Mrs. Fanny Maria (Corey) Bowen survives her husband; her home is the old Bowen residence in Fall River, where also her daughter, Fanny C. Bowen, resides. Mrs. Bowen is a charter member of the Quequechan Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and has been for more than fifty years a very devoted member of the Central Congregational Church. The summer home is "Juniper Farm," Warren, Rhode Island.

JAMES G. MORAN, LL.B. - A _ distinguished figure in Bristol county, Massachusetts, and, indeed, in the State of Massachusetts, is Senator James G. Moran, of Mansfield, whose professional achievements have been won by his own efforts, his degree of Bachelor of Laws having been gained after he was active for some years in the business world. 'Mr. Moran is one of those men whose activities contribute in a large degree to the general welfare, and whose lives bear out in consistent advance the theories and principles of which they are the exponents. Senator Moran's public service, which has covered a period of some thirteen or fourteen years, is a record of broad usefulness, and those who are most familiar with his activities are the most cordial in commendation of the man, both in his professional capacity and as a progressive citizen. He is well appraised by the slogan which contributed largely to his popularity during his campaign for senator, "Ask the man who knows him."

William N. Moran, father of Senator Moran, was born in Mansfield, Massachusetts, and for many years was active as ticket agent at the local office of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company. A man of the highest integrity and public spirit, he was for many years active in the civic affairs of the community, and while he did much for local advance in an unofficial way, he served also for some years as a member of the Board of Registrars. He was widely known in fraternal circles as a leading member of Saint James Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of which for a long period he was secretary. He died in Mansfield, in the year 1894. The mother, Marion T. (Tobit) Moran, was also born in Mansfield, Massachusetts, and survived her husband for many years, passing away at an advanced age in the year 1921.

James G. Morgan, son of these parents, was born in Mansfield, Massachusetts, May 2, 1870. His education was begun in the local public schools, and he was graduated from the Mansfield High School in the class of 1887. Thereafter having the advantage of a course at Lawrence Academy, Groton, Massachusetts, he was graduated from that institution in the class of 1892. In the year 1893 Mr. Moran entered the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, but on account of the death of his father, he was obliged to leave the institution at the end of his first year of study. He then entered the employ of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company, in the capacity of fireman, and after two years in this work he was made a towerman, at Boston, where he was active for ten years in the same capacity. Mr. Moran was employed during the night, and his early evenings were spent at the Young Men's Christian Association Law School, at. Boston, from which he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. Then followed Mr. Moran's appointment as postmaster of Mansfield, which office he received from President Taft, and in this responsible office he served for a period of four years. In the year 1916 he was admitted to the bar of his native State, and has since been active in the practice of law in Boston with a branch office at Mansfield, where he receives his clients in the evening. He handles a general line of practice in an independent way, and has won large success.

Widely known as he is in both Boston and Bristol county, James G. Moran was very naturally brought forward in the public service, and in the year 1910 was a member of the Republican State committee, serving for two years. He has also for several years been a member of the Bristol county committee, and chairman of the Republican town committee. His ability and his broad famil- iarity with current conditions and affairs led the people of this section to look to him for higher service than that of a local nature, and in 1917 he was elected to the Massachusetts Legislature, as representative of the second Bristol district. He served three successive years in this capacity, and during his activity in the House was appointed to the committee of legal affairs, upon which he served for one year, and was later appointed to the judiciary committee, serving for two years. The excellent record of Representative Moran and _ his broad usefulness in the House of Assembly, both in the service of his constituents and in forwarding the general good of the commonwealth, placed him very high in the estimation of the people. It was only in logical sequence of events that he was elected senator of Bristol county in the year 1922, and is now serving in the Upper House of the State Legislature, as the successor of Silas D. Reed, of Taunton, Massachusetts. No more concise and dignified statement can be made of the significance to Mansfield of this election than was printed in the election folders scattered broadcast at the time. The pride of the people in the elevation of their townsman to this position of dignity and honor is therein well expressed:

Mansfield had not named a candidate for Senator since 1866 - a period of fifty-six years. She presents a self-made man and one who can and will serve the district with honesty and integrity, free from any and all entangling alliances, and one

During the World War, Senator Moran was active as a member of the Legal Advisory Board, and his natural ability as a speaker found large breadth of usefulness in his constant activity as a "four-minute"' man. He received a certificate from the United States Government for services rendered during that trying time. Interested in every phase of community and general advance, Senator Moran stands among the leaders of wholesome thought and progressive sentiment, and the work that he is doing is a part of the beneficent and formative influences of today, which will count more and more definitely for the public welfare as the years pass on. He is a director of the Mansfield Credit Union, and fraternally is affiliated with Saint James Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of Mansfield. He is one of the leading members of the Winthrop Club, and his religious affiliation is with the Congregational church.

Senator Moran married, in 1903, Jane E. Chase, of Mansfield, daughter of Albert and Elizabeth (Goward) Chase, her father a blacksmith of Mansfield, Massachusetts.

WALTER PELLINGTON WINSOR - Otur national prosperity depends upon the solid business men of the country. The story of their success is our best text-book for the inspiration of the young. As president of the First National Bank of New Bedford, Walter P. Winsor held a position of importance in his community, one to which he had risen through a quarter of a century in the scarcely less responsible position of cashier. Mr. Winsor was a Fairhaven boy, belonging to a family of sea captains and mariners, his father, Captain Alexander Winsor, and his grandfather, Captain Zenas Winsor, were thoroughly representative of a class of hardy, upright men who would have graced any station in life.

The first Winsor of record in this branch is William Winsor, who is said to have come to Boston from Devonshire, England. The line of descent is traced through his son Samuel, to his son Peter. Peter Winsor was born August 21, 1761, at Duxbury, removed to Kingston, Massachusetts, and there died April 19,. 1845. His son, Captain Zenas Winsor, was a sea captain of Duxbury, Massachusetts, whose eldest son was Captain Alexander Winsor, born in Duxbury, Massachusetts, August 11, 1810, who began his seafaring life at the age of fourteen years, making his first voyage on the vessel of which his father was captain. He continued as seaman and mate until his twenty-fifth year, when he was appointed to command the new ship "Molo." His first voyage as master was to Stockholm, Sweden, a voyage made in safety, but after delivering his ship over to the pilot, through some error in judgment or calculation, the "Molo" was wrecked upon Gotland, a large island in the Baltic Sea, belonging to Sweden, and both ship and cargo were lost. He returned to the United States feeling that his career as master was ended, but when he met the owner, Thatcher Magoun, in Boston, he was surprised and delighted to find that another ship, loaded and ready for sea, awaited him. With this ship, the "Timolean," he made many voyages, and in turn commanded the merchantmen (some of them clipper ships of renown) "Susan Drew," "Audubon," "Gertrude," "Hussar," "Sea Nymph," "Flying Cloud," "Sea Serpent," and "Herald of the Morning." The last ship, which he commanded until his retirement in 1872, was owned by Thatcher Magoun, who was also owner of the "Molo," the first ship he commanded. Captain Winsor belonged to that olden school of clipper ship masters of whom no finer ever tread a quarter deck. He married Sarah Pellington Allen, of Fairhaven, Massachusetts, and there made his home. They were the parents of: Alexander (2), born April 27, 1845; Walter Pellington, of further mention; Sarah Frances, born June 1, 1851, married Thomas B. Fuller.

Captain Alexander (2) Winsor was a commander of ships in the China trade, and for half a dozen years was Captain of one of the largest steamships running between Hong-Kong and Shanghai, then for twenty-two years sailed under the flag of the China Merchant Steam Navigation Company. During the war between China and Japan his steamer was used by the government. In recognition of daring and gallant service in rescuing a fleet of Chinese steamers from a perilous situation during a naval battle, the Chinese government, through Li Hung Chang, prime minister, presented Captain Winsor with the emblem of the Chinese Double Dragon. He married Carrie I. Bailey, and died in Fairhaven, June 7, 1899.

Walter Pellington Winsor, second son of Captain Alexander (1) and Sarah Pellington (Allen) Winsor, was born in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, October 12, 1846, and died there December 8, 1911. He was educated in the public schools of Fairhaven, and in the John Boadle private school in New Bed: ford, continuing his studies until seventeen ycars of age. He then began as bookkeeper for a Broadway firm in New York City, but six months later returned to New Bedford, taking a position in a grocery store as bookkeeper. At the age of eighteen he became junior clerk in the First National Bank of New Bedford, and for two years retained that position. At the age of twenty he accepted a clerk's position with the Union Mutual Marine Insurance Company of New Bedford, continuing with that company eight years until 1874, having risen to the position of secretary-treasurer. The heavy loss of ships in the Aretic Ocean in 1871, and the lack of business through the death of the whaling industry, caused the company to liquidate in 1874. This brought Mr. Winsor to the next and by far the most important phase of his career, his connection with the First National Bank. He was elected cashier of that bank in June, 1874, and for twentyfive years he held that important post, gaining expert knowledge of the laws governing natioral finance, and the practical knowledge to make his learning effective. He won the confidence of the public, and the high regard of the bank officials to a degree which made him their unanimous choice for the presidency upon the death of Edward S. Taber, in March, 1899. In the executive position his long training and preéminent ability were demonstrated, and for twelve years until his death, December 8, 1911, he was the ideal financier and bank president.

Mr. Winsor was a Republican, and was one of the selectmen of Fairhaven for thirteen years. He was a member of the Unitarian church of Fairhaven, and was closely identified with its work and interests, to which he was very devoted. A close friend of the late Henry H. Rogers from boyhood, he represented Mr. Rogers in his Fairhaven undertakings. Upon the death of Mr. Rogers, he became one of the executors of the vast estate; was a director of the Virginian Railway Company, whose road was built by Mr. Rogers; vice-president of the Atlas Tack Company; director of the Wamsutta Mills; director of the Union Street Railway Company; and treasurer of the Millicent Library at Fairhaven. An estimate of the worth of Mr. Winsor's life appeared editorially in the New Bedford "Mercury," under date of December 11, 1911:

In the death of Walter P. Winsor there passes out one who has been for nearly forty years a prominent figure in the large financial affairs of this community. Mr. Winsor was a son of one of that splendid race of captains who controlled the destinies of the great clipper ships that were once the glory of the seas. From that inheritance a type of man was developed, of commanding figure and bearing, impressive in a physical sense of resourcefulness and reliability. Throughout his long business career no act of Winsor's was ever at variance with that first impression which his noble appearance inspired. His ability as an accomplished banker and financier was high, but the surpassing trait was his exalted honor and trustworthiness, and his judicious conservation in handling the important affairs and the responsibilities entrusted to his management and care. That the late Henry H. Rogers selected him as an executor of his vast estates and interests indicates that one of the greatest and most discerning of the financiers of this age regarded Mr. Winsor's endowments as uncommon.

He was the executor of many estates and entrusted with many affairs of business outside of those in his regular line of duties as a banker, and he was faithful in all. Outside of his business career he lived the life of a gentleman of quiet and refined taste, one who loved flowers and simple pleasures and his home above all.

Of soul sincere, In action faithful, and in honor clear, Who broke no promise, served no private end, Who gained no title and who lost no friend.

Mr. Winsor married Mary G. Bancroft, daughter of Joseph B. and Sylvia W. (Thwing) Bancroft, of Hopedale, Massachusetts. Mrs. Winsor survives her husband, continuing her residence at Fairhaven. Mr. and Mrs. Winsor were the parents of a daughter and three sons: 1. Walter Pellington (2), born April 20, 1879, died June 29, 1911; a graduate of Harvard University and Law School. 2. Anna Bancroft, born May 22, 1881; married Carl Clapp Shippee, and removed to Red Bank, New Jersey. Mr. Shippee is a member of the firm of Shippee & Rawson, brokers, of New York City, members of the New York Stock Exchange. Mr. and Mrs. Shippee are the parents of three sons: Winsor, born January 18, 1908; Robert, July 3, 1910; Donald, born December 1, 1915. 3. Bancroft, born June 26, 1889; graduate of the Fairhaven High School, and attended Worcester Polytechnic and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He married Beatrice Dunham, daughter of Crawford L. and Anna Dunham, of Fairhaven. They are the parents of two children: Sylvia, born in May, 1914, and Philip, born in November, 1915. Bancroft Winsor is now operating the Winsor farm at Acushnet, Massachusetts. 4. Allen Pellington, born February 12, 1892; graduated Harvard University, Bachelor of Arts, 1914; Harvard Medical School, Doctor of Medicine, 1918; has enlisted in United States Medical Corps. He married Vira Holcomb, daughter of Clarke W. Holcomb, of New Bedford, and resides in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

RANDALL NELSON DURFEE - In 1660 Thomas Durfee migrated to America, settling in Rhode Island, and thus founding the family in this country. Randall Nelson Durfee was of the sixth generation of that family, tracing his descent through Walter Chaloner Durfee and his wife, Jane Frances Alden; Samuel Durfee and his wife, Hannah Anthony; Thomas Durfee and his wife, Patience Borden; Benjamin Durfee and his wife, Prudence Earle, to Thomas Durfee, the founder, and his first wife. Both Thomas Durfee and his son, Benjamin, acquired considerable land, so that Thomas Durfee, of the third generation, inherited a large landed estate, including the farm upon which he lived and died, and where all his children were born. That farm consisted of all that part of the present city of Fall River which lies north of Elm street and south of Turner street, extending from the shore to Watuppa lake. He owned other large tracts, and lived in a manner befitting his wealth. I+ is interesting to note that he was the host to Lafayette at the time of his visit to this vicinity, and during the Revolution spent a large portion of his fortune to aid the cause of Independence. He died July 9, 1796, in his seventy-fifth year.

Walter Chaloner Durfee, of the fifth generation, a grandson of the above, was born February 24, 1816. He married Jane Frances Alden, a daughter of Cyrus and Mary Margaret (Jones) Alden, and a lineal descendant in the sixth generation from the "Mayflower" Pilgrims, John Alden and Priscilla Mullins. She was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, October 4, 1821, moving at the age of five years, with her family, to Fall River, where she died, April 24, 1907, aged eighty-five years, six months, twenty days. She was a woman of most lovable character, her memory blessed. Walter Chaloner Durfee, until 1862, was teacher, clerk, bookkeeper, principal of a private evening school, manager of the Globe Print Works, and wholesale provision dealer. In August, 1862, he received from President Lincoln an appointment as collector of internal revenue for the First Massachusetts District, an office he held until 1866. He was again in business until 1871, when he was made treasurer of the Wampanoag Mills, serving in that office for twentyone years, retiring from active business in 1892. At different times he was a trustee of the Border City Manufacturing Company, president of the Metacomet National Bank, trustee and president of the Metacomet National Bank, trustee and president of the Fall River Five Cents Saving Bank, director of the Wampanoag Mills and of the Fall River Mu: tual Insurance Company.

Walter C. Durfee was in early life a Lieutenant of militia and on active duty during the Dorr Rebellion. He was twice a member of the Legislature, alderman, assessor, fire warden, and from 1862 until his death in 1901, held a commission as justice of the peace. His earliest religious associations, through his mother, were with the Society of Friends, but in his youth he became a member of the Episcopal church, and in 1841 his name appeared in the list of the 115 members of the Church of the Ascension, which he later served as vestryman, superintendent of the Sunday school, parish treasurer (forty-five years), and senior warden (until his death), while for nearly sixty years he represented the parish in the Diocesan Convention. His married life covered a period of sixty years, his gentle wife surviving him more than five years. Walter Chaloner and Jane Frances (Alden) Durfee were the parents of eleven children, as follows: Frances Eudora, born December 28, 1841, died January 14, 1844; Eliza Chaloner, born January 31, 1845, died May 17, 1917; Walter Sherwood, born August 4, 1847, died August 21, 1848; Mary Hannah, born June 17, 1849, died September 16, 1853; Caroline Clinton, born July 22, 1852, married Edward O. Stanley; Jeannie Farquhar, born April 13, 1855, died February 25, 1871; Winthrop Carver, born

April 23, 1858, a graduate of Brown University and a manufacturing chemist, married Sylvia Whitney; Annie Marvel, born June 6, 1860, died January 28, 1921, married David F. Slade; Harriet Alden, born April 4, 1863; Randall Nelson, of further mention; Margaret Russell, born November 3, 1871, married Rev. J. E. Johnson.

Randall Nelson Durfee, of the sixth American generation, son of Walter Chaloner and Jane Frances (Alden) Durfee, was born at Fall River, Massachusetts, October 13, 1867, and died November 24, 1923. He completed his public school study with graduation from high school in 1884, was graduated at Phillips-Exeter Academy in 1885, and then entered Harvard University, graduating in the class of 1889 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. On leaving college he immediately entered upon a business career in the city of his birth, first serving as a clerk in the offices of the Wampanoag Mills, and later at the Stafford Mills. In 1894 he resigned his position as bookkeeper of the Stafford Mills and entered the office of Andrews & Horton, cotton brokers, remaining until June, 1895, when he engaged in the same business under his own name. Mr. Durfee remained a cotton broker until 1913, when he was elected treasurer of the Border City Manufacturing Company, which position he held at the time of his death. These years of hard and earnest work brought Randall N. Durfee success and a high reputation as a business man and a citizen. He aided in the development of many enterprises that have added to the wealth and importance of his city. He was a director in the First National Bank, the B. M. C. Durfee Trust Company, the Foster Spinning Company, Sagamore Manufacturing Company, and director and treasurer of the Border City Manufacturing Company, all of Fall River. He was also a trustee of the Fall River Five Cent Savings Bank. He was a director in the Liberty Mutual Insurance Company and the Northwest Metals Corporation, both of Boston. He was a member of the cotton committee of the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers during the war period, 1917-18; was an ex-treasurer of the Fall River Cotton Buyers' Association, and prominent in all departments of city life.

In politics Mr. Durfee was a Republican and served three years as councilman and alderman, being president of the Common Council in 1894, and elected alderman in 1895. He was a trustee of the Fall River Public Library from 1908 to 1923, and was one of the organizers and first president of the Fall River Historical Society. He succeeded his father as treasurer of the Church of the Ascension, serving in this position from 1890 to 1911, when he became junior warden of the parish, which office he held at the time of his death. As his father before him, Mr. Durfee was a delegate to the Diocesan Convention for many years, and it is interesting to note that the combined services of father and son in these offices covered a period of eightytwo years. He was a member of the Fall River

Country Club, the Rhode Island Country Club; the Episcopalian Club, of Massachusetts; the Harvard Club, of Boston; the University Club, of New York; the Harvard Club, of New York; the Quequechan Club, of Fall River; the Bowling Green Club, of Fall River; and the Arkwright Club, of Boston. He was also a trustee of the B. M. C. Durfee High School, and a vice-president of the Children's Home. Although Mr. Durfee's interests were many, his family and home always came first. His knowledge of the textile industry was thorough, and he gave freely of his time in an effort to better conditions in all phases of the cotton cloth industry. In 1919 the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers voted him their medal, presented annually to the man who in their opinion had done the most for the industry. It reads: "To Randall N. Durfee, Fall River, Massachusetts.. In recognition of his efforts to secure better methods for the financing of cotton. April 25, 1919. The National Association of Cotton Manufacturers." He often represented the cotton manufacturers of New England in conference at Washington. In fact his last public appearance was as their representative before the Federal Trade Commission at Washington in a cotton situation, the week before his death. He was a successful manufacturer and a man of the highest standing in the industry, always ready and willing to do his share along codperative lines for the benefit of the industry. Mr. Durfee was local chairman for the Near East Relief and a zealous worker in all that pertained to it. Of him it was said by the State chairman: "No man in the State was more helpful." His pleasures were close to nature and he revelled in his beautiful garden, which gave delight to all.

Randall N. Durfee married, June 12, 1895, Abby Slade Brayton, born November 10, 1870, at Fall River, Massachusetts, daughter of Hezekiah A. and Caroline E. (Slade) Brayton. Mr. and Mrs. Durfee were the parents of four children: Randall Nelson, Jr., born March 13, 1897; Bradford Chaloner, born August 12, 1900; Caroline, born March 12, 1904; and Mary Brayton, born March 4, 1909.

HORATIO HATHAWAY - This name in early times was written as it was usually pronounced, Hodaway. According to Swift's "Barnstable" four of the name came over: Arthur, who settled in Marshfield, and afterward removed to Dartmouth; John and Joseph, of Taunton; and John, of Barnstable. J. D. Baldwin, in the N. E. H. and G. Register, Volume XXXII, page 92, has Arthur Hathaway coming to America in 1630 from one of the Welsh counties of Great Britain and settling in Plymouth and appearing to have remained there; gives him a son, Arthur, Jr., who he has marrying in Duxbury in November, 1652, Sarah Cook; there two of their children were born, and thence they removed to Dartmouth soon after 1655. It is with some of the descendants of Arthur Hathaway, the Dartmouth settler, this article is to deal. It should be borne in mind that Dartmouth originally was about thirteen miles square and included the present towns of Dartmouth, Westport, New Bedford and Fairhaven. It was bought of the Indians in 1652. At the division of Dartmouth in 1787 New Bedford and Fairhaven formed the township or town of New Bedford and Fairhaven, bearing the name of New Bedford. They were divided into separate townships or towns in 1812. New Bedford, the me tropolis, as it were, of Dartmouth, takes its date from 1761, when the first house east of the county road was built by John Lowden; nearly a hundred years prior to this, however, the settlement of Dartmouth had been made at Russell's Mills by the Russells, Ricketsons, Slocums, Smiths, and others; and at Acushnet on the east side of the river by the Popes, Tabers and Jenneys. It may be of interest, too, to note here that all of the original purchasers of Dartmouth were passengers in the "Mayflower," but no names of those who 'came in that vessel were among the early settlers there. Out of the thirty-six original purchasers of the town, its owners in 1652, perhaps only five or six became settlers. The lands were taken up mostly by Friends or Quakers, not particularly identified with the Puritans. This much for the early home country of the Hathaways.

(II) Arthur Hathaway, Jr., was in Marshfield in 1643, and in what is now Plympton in 1656. In 1660 he and Sergeant Shaw were appointed by the court of Plymouth to put those who had lands in Dartmouth in some way for the levying and paying of the tax levied upon Cushna. In 1664, on the incorporation of the town, he was on the grand inquest, and had previously been appointed to such. He was many times selectman, etc., from 1664 until 1684, his name disappearing from the records in 1688. He married, November 2, 1652, Sarah, daughter of John Cook, he of the "Mayflower" (married Sarah, daughter of Richard Warren, of the "Mayflower"'). Their children were: John, born September 17, 1653; Sarah, born February 28, 1656; Thomas, of further mention; Jonathan, born in 1671; Mary, became the wife of Hammond; Lydia, died June 23, 1714; Hannah, became the wife of Cadman.

(III) Thomas Hathaway, the second son of Arthur Hathaway, Jr., was a Quaker. He died in 1748. He married Hepzibeth Starbuck, of Nantucket, daughter of Nathaniel and Mary (Coffin) Starbuck, the latter-named the great preacher. Mary (Coffin) Starbuck was the daughter of Tristram Coffin, and was married at seventeen years of age. She was accustomed to attend town meetings and took an active part, "was a Deborah among the people, for little of moment was done without her"; "usually began her remarks with some allusion to her husband as 'my husband thinks'." In 1701, during a religious visit of the celebrated English preacher, John Richardson, she was converted to Quakerism and became a "mighty instrument" through which large numbers were brought into the faith. Tristram Coffin was the son of Peter and Joan Coffin, born in Brayton, Devonshire, Eng- land; married Dionis Stevens; immigrated in 1642 and lived at Salisbury, Haverhill and Salisbury, and in 1662 removed to Nantucket; was patriarch ot the town. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Hathaway: Antipas, born October 5, 1698, married, September 13, 1729, Patience Church, of Freetown; Apphiah, born May 13, 1701, married, October 18, 1718, Adam Mott, son of Jacob Mott, of Portsmouth, Rhode Island; Pernal, born June 3, 1703, died October 6, 1715; Elizabeth, born October 18, 1706, married, June 27, 1727, John Clerk, of Rhode Island; Mary, born October 3, 1709, married, November 7, 1734, Thomas Kempton; Thomas, born December 5, 1711, married, January 25, 1750, Lois Taber; Nathaniel, born June 23, 1715; Hepzibeth, born March 18, 1718, married

Hathaway, was born in July, 1720, and died June 15, 1803. The Hathaways were extensive landowners, derived from John Hathaway, who held a share in the eight hundred acre division. Their lands were situated on both sides of the Acushnet river, commencing about half way from New Bedford to Acushnet, Jethro Hathaway, as well as his father and grandfather, was a prominent man in the early history of Dartmouth, and the handwriting of the former, who was one of the committee on surveys from 1758 to 1773, is remarkably handsome and rarely equalled by the professors of penmanship at the present day. Captain Hathaway married, September 3, 1741, Hannah West, daughter of Stephen West. She died September 26, 1798. He married for his second wife Judith Howland. His children were: Elizabeth, born April 3, 1742; Stephen, of further mention; Clark, born October 21, 1747, married, June 17, 1770, Lois Akin.

(V) Stephen Hathaway, son of Captain Jethro Hathaway, was born February 28, 1743, and died November 4, 1825. On August 9, 1764, he married Abigail Smith, daughter of Humphrey and Mary (Wilcox) Smith, and to them were born fourteen children, viz: Humphrey, of further mention; Jethro, born September 13, 1766; Mary, born December 20, 1767, married, November 26, 1800, John Taber; Hannah, born June 22, 1769, married, June 11, 1791, Thomas Nye, Sr.; Thomas, born January 30, 1771, died in Saratoga in 1793; Rebecca, born August 18, 1772, married David Dillingham in 1792, and died in 1848; Abigail, born March 15, 1774, married, October 10, 1793, Weston Howland, and died in 1867; Stephen, born September 4, 1775, married Lydia Swain, daughter of Thaddeus and Ruth (Huzzy) Swain, and died July 1, 1822; Hepzibeth, born April 13, 1777, married, September 1, 1802, Pardon Howland; Alice, born November 13, 1779, married, September 24, 1800, Asa Russel], and died February 12, 1802; Nathaniel, born February 18, 1781, died at Charleston, October 26, 1802; Elizabeth, born December 9, 1782, married, November 10, 1805; Jireh Swift, Jr.; George, born in 1787, married Eliza Lyon; Silvia, born September 28, 1790, married, December 18, 1811, Gideon Nye.

(VI) Humphrey Hathaway, son of Stephen and Abigail (Smith) Hathaway, born April 13, 1765, diea May 2, 1821. He married, December 27, 1787, Abigail Smith, daughter of George Smith. Children: Humphrey, born in 1790, died in 1805; Ezra, born in 1793, was drowned at sea in 1810; Thomas S., born in 1796, died in 1878; Nathaniel of further mention; Andrew, born in 1801, died in 1828, married Ruth Dillingham; Francis S., born in 1803, died in 1869; Alice, born in 1806, married, in 1826, Elisha Haskell, and died in 1880; Humphrey, born in 1808, died the same year. Of these, Francis S. and Thomas S. were prominent and rich merchants of New Bedford.

(VII) Nathaniel Hathaway, son of Humphrey and Abigail (Smith) Hathaway, was born in 1798, and died October 27, 1836, aged thirty-eight years. He was a graduate of Harvard College, of the class of 1818. He and his brothers engaged in the merchant trade; he was one of the substantial men of his day, as evidenced by the records of the various enterprises and institutions of the city. He married Anna Shoemaker, born in 1794, and died September 2, 1833, aged thirty-nine years. Children: Caroline, born in 1822, married, in 1841, Samuel Griffiths Morgan, and died in 1883; Richard, born in 1824, died in 1826; Elizabeth, born in 1827, married Joshua C. Stone, of Boston, and died in 1903; Francis, born in 1829, married, in 1854, Susan (Shoemaker) Paxson; Horatio, of further mention.

(VIII) Horatio Hathaway, son of Nathaniel and Anna (Shoemaker) Hathaway, was born May 19, 1831, in the old Hathaway homestead at the corner of Elm and Purchase streets. He prepared for college at Phillips Academy, Andover, and in 1846 entered Harvard University from which institution he was graduated four years later. A year or two after he went in the merchant ship "Horatio" on a voyage to China and was absent about two years. The firm of which Thomas S. Hathaway was a member was. originally composed of the _ three brothers, Nathaniel, Thomas S. and Francis S. Hathaway. They were importers of tea and other eastern products and the business grew to be a successful one. Francis S. Hathaway spent much of his early life in China attending to the interests of the business there. He died in 1869 and bequeathed his property, considered a large one for those days, equally to his brother, Thomas S., and the heirs of his brother Nathaniel. Horatio Hathaway became possessed of a considerable fortune at the death of Thomas S. Hathaway, in 1878. Outside of Mr. Hathaway's connection with the tea business in his earlier years he had cares that the management of a large estate entailed which made him a very busy and active man. He was at one time appointed treasurer of the Potomska Mills, but with his other duties found it to be too exacting and resigned after a brief trial.

Early in his career Mr. Hathaway took a lively interest in all questions which concerned the civic welfare of the city. His sound discretion, executive powers and broad culture gave him the confidence of his fellow-citizens and he was sought for places of trust in the city government. In politics he was first a Whig, and when the Republican party was organized joined its ranks, and ever remained a most loyal and conservative adherent. Mr. Hatha- Way was a member of the city council of New Bedford in 1866-67-68-69-77 and president in 1868 and 1869. In this capacity his voice was always on the side of wise economy. In 1869 he was a candidate for mayor and was defeated by George B. Richmond.

Mr. Hathaway's opinions on all questions of finance and economy were always held as authority. He was president and a director of the Acushnet Mills and Hathaway Manufacturing Corporation. He was a director of the Mechanics' National Bank, the Potomska Mills and the Wamsutta Mills, and also a member of the board of investment of the Institution for Savings. He was also interested in other manufactories in New Bedford and Fall River. It was one of Mr. Hathaway's strongest personal characteristics that he would never accept any position which he had not sufficient time or opportunity to properly attend to, and he never attempted any work which was not thoroughly performed. He was known to be a man of most conservative opinions. His tastes were of marked simplicity and his manners were always unaffected and unpretentious, and courteous to a marked degree. He was preéminently a man of scrupulous honesty and in his business transactions preferred to appear to disadvantage rather than to resort to any kind of deception. He always maintained a high standard of morals and had the courage to live and act up to his convictions in the face of any opposition.

Mr. Hathaway was actively interested in the founding of St. Luke's Hospital, its president from its inception and a liberal contributor to its support until his death. He also gave liberally of his time and means to other charitable organizations of New Bedford. He was a constant attendant and member of Grace Church. He formerly attended the Unitarian church, but its modern liberalism was not in-accord with his tastes. His benefactions to Grace Church and the parish house were most liberal. He was senior warden of the church for many years prior to his death.

In 1859 Mr. Hathaway married Ellen Rodman, daughter of Samuel Rodman. Children: Samuel Rodman, born in 1860, died in 1863; Ellen Rodman, born in 1862; Elizabeth, born in 1864, married, in 1899, Charles Osmyn Brewster, died in 1913, and their children were: Horatio Hathaway, born in 1900, and Elizabeth, born in 1903; Thomas Schuyler; Horatio, born in 1870, married, in 1898, Mabel Lovering, daughter of Henry M. Lovering, of Taunton, they the parents of one child, Lovering, born in 1898.

JOHN T. COUGHLIN - Among the early settlers of Irish birth in Fall River, Massachusetts, were Thomas Coughlin and Margaret Foley, both born in County Cork, Ireland, who, about 1840, left

Ireland and came to the United States, both then unmarried, They met at Fall River, Massachusetts, there were married, reared a family and passed the remainder of their lives, and died, honored and respected by all who knew them. Among their children was John T. Coughlin, a native son and an eminent lawyer, who has been honored by his townsmen with their highest endorsement, by being elected by their votes, to the office of chief executive, an office, it may be said, that he filled most capably and efficiently, so capably and efficiently that he was twice reélected. As a lawyer, he has won high standing at the Bristol county bar, and serves a clientele both large and influential.

John T. Coughlin, son of Thomas and Margaret (Foley) Coughlin, was born at Fall River, Massachusetts, January 1, 1873, and there has spent the half-century of years which have since elapsed. He completed grade and high school courses of public school study, read law with Judge Hugo A. Dubuque, entered Boston University Law School, and received from that institution his LL.B. with the graduating class of 1900. The same month and year he was admitted to the Boston bar, and in September, 1900, to the Bristol county bar, and then began practice at Fall River. For a_ short time he was associated with Judge Hugo A. Dubuque, his former preceptor, but since sundering that connection he has practiced independently. He is one of the strong men of the Bristol county bar and has the respect and confidence of all who know him. For eight years, beginning with 1915, he has served as counsel to the Fall River Water Department and is also legal counsel to many firms and individuals.

From youth, Mr. Coughlin has been active in public affairs, affiliated with the Democratic party. In 1904 he was elected mayor of Fall River for a two years' term, was reélected in 1906 and again in 1908, his entire service as mayor covering a period of six years, during which Fall River was wiseley and efficiently governed in all departments, Mayor Coughlin surrounding himself with men of capacity, who administered their departments as he administered the executive function, wisely and well. Mr. Coughlin is a member of Fall River Lodge, No. 118, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; the Boston City Club (charter member); and his religious faith is that of a Roman Catholic.

HENRY CARROLL WRIGHT MOSHER - When, in 1899, Henry C. W. Mosher came to the presidency of the Merchants' National Bank, New Bedford, Massachusetts, he was the fifth man to hold that responsible position, that bank having been chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, by act of June 18, 1825. The history of the institution during its ninety-three years of existence is entwined with the lives and doing of New Bedford's foremost citizens, its list of presidents beginning with that sterling citizen, John Avery Parker, who ruled from incorporation, in 1825, until 1854, he giving way to Charles R. Tucker,

1854-1876, Jonathan Bourne then succeeding, 1876- 1889. The fourth president was Gilbert Allen, 1889-1899, he being succeeded in the latter year by Henry C. W. Mosher.

Mr. Mosher is a descendant of Ensign Mosher, who came to Boston, in 1636, and died at Newport, Rhode Island, in 1694. Of the origin of this Hugh Mosher the following is written:

Prior to the year 1600, there were in Manchester, and London, England, five brothers by the name of Mosher or Mosier - viz: William, John, Thomas, Stephen and George. Three of these brothers had sons named Hugh, who were distinguished men. 1. Hugh, son of John Mosher, went to India, where he amassed a fortune, and on his return to England was knighted and created a baron. He died in London, leaving no children. 2. Hugh, son of Thomas Mosher, sailed for New England in 1632, and finally settled at Falmouth, Maine. 3. Ensign Hugh Mosher, the ancestor of Henry C. W. Mosher, of New Bedford, Massachusetts, to whom this review is inscribed.

Rev. and Ensign Mosher, son of Stephen Mosher, of Manchester, England, arrived in Boston in 1636, and settled first at Salem, going thence to Rhode Island, with his friend, Roger Williams, the early Apostle of religious freedom, who was pastor of the Salem Church before settling the colony in Rhode Island, at Providence, Hugh Mosher aiding him. He married Lydia Maxon or Masam, they leaving sons: Hugh (2), John, Nicholas, Joseph, Daniel and James. The line of descent is through Rev. Hugh (2) Mosher, born in 1633, died in 1713, who married (first) Rebecca Harndel. Rev. Hugh (2) and Rebecca (Harndel) Mosher were the parents of: Nicholas, John, Joseph, Mary, James, Daniel and Rebecca, the line continuing through the fifth son, Daniel. Daniel Mosher was born in 1678, and died in 1751. He married, in 1704, Elizabeth Edwards, and they were the parents of eleven children; the next in direct line being their son, Benjamin Mosher, born April 19, 1706, who was succeeded by his son, George Mosher, born October 11, 1740, married, about 1765, Meribah Brightman, born May 11, 1746, died June 29, 1823, being killed in a runaway while being driven by her son, Bryce. George and Meribah (Brightman) Mosher were the parents of a large family including a son, Bryce Mosher, born February 28, 1777, died March 9, 1863. He married (first) in December, 1797, Peace Gifford, born March 31, 1780, died November 1, 1840, the mother of twelve children. He married (second) Rozilla Decker, they the parents of five children.

Jonathan Mosher, eldest son and second child of Bryce Mosher and his first wife, Peace (Gifford) Mosher, was born in Westport, Massachusetts, October 4, 1799, died December 19, 1890. He was a man of high intelligence, self-educated and wellread. For many years he was toll-keeper of the old New Bedford and Fairhaven toll bridge before it was made free, and later bought a farm in Fairhaven upon which he lived to a good old age, honored and respected. He was an ardent Abolitionist, aiding in the operation of the "Underground Railroad" by which many slaves escaped to Canada. He married (first) in June, 1824, Catherine Soule, born February 25, 1793, died February 6, 1825, without issue. He married (second) August 7, 1825, Abigail Soule, born September 18, 1804, died April 26, 1874, sister of his first wife, both tracing descent to a "Mayflower" ancestor, George Soule. He married (third) in 1875, Susan Starkey. Jonathan Mosher and his second wife, Abigail (Soule) Mosher, were the parents of six sons and five daughters: 1. James E., born October 12, 1828, died November 30, 1829. 2. James Edwin, born August 25,. 1830, believed to be living in Australia. 3. William Coe, born December 19, 1832, whereabouts unknown. 4. Angeline Caroline, born March 9, 1835, died November 4, 1836. 5. Charles Edward Everett, born May 8, 1836, died November 19, 1915; he married, July 22, 1875, Mary Elizabeth Briggs, born May 28, 1852; they had two children: Charlotte Shirley, born May 15, 1876, married Walter L. Weeden, born November 28, 1875, and had a son, William Nye Weeden, born July 31, 1904; Brycia Gladys, born August 11, 1886, married Thomas W. Williams, born July 26, 1886. 6. Abbie Catherine, born May 8, 1838, died November 7, 1910; married, July 6, 1865, Charles A. Johnson, who died August 31, 1889, without issue. 7. Mary Ellen, born March 22, 1840, died February 28, 1841. 8. Mary Everline, born November 19, 1841, died July 31, 1915. 9. Cyrus Burleigh, born November 25, 1843, died April 26, 1859. 10. Henry Carroll Wright, of further mention. ~ 11. Eliza Caroline, born October 16, 1847, died August 10, 1848.

Henry Carroll Wright Mosher, youngest son and tenth child of Jonathan Mosher and his second wife, Abigail (Soule) Mosher, and the last survivor of that family, was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, August 12, 1845, and there spent the first seven years of his life. He then was taken by his parents to the farm they had purchased. He was educated in the Fairhaven public schools, finishing with graduation from high school, his brother, Charles Edward Everett, a well known educator of his day, being one of his instructors and lending the weight of his influence in keeping the lad in school. Later he pursued courses of study in Comer's Commercial College, in Boston, beginning his business career as a clerk with Wood, Brightman & Company, tinsmiths, remaining with that firm for six years, 1864-1870, becoming a clerk in the employ of the Merchants' National Bank, of New Bedford, in August, 1870. After three years in clerical position he was advanced to the post of teller, remaining at that desk twelve years, then in 1885 becoming assistant cashier with Peleg C. Howland, who had been cashier for twenty-seven years, 1858-1885. One month later Mr. Howland died, and Mr. Mosher became cashier. He continued the able, efficient cashier for about fourteen years,