Essex Town (part 12 of 26)

Luther Scott was engaged in farming in summer and mending brass utensils and making brass pins in winter. He died at the age of sixty-two, his widow at the age of eightyfour. They are buried in Greensboro, Vt. Of the twelve children born to them, eleven attained maturity and reared families; and for fifty-four years their number was not diminished by death. The first to pass away was Rachel Ames, who reached the age of fifty-four years. Stephen died at the age of ninety-two, Luther at eighty-seven, John at eighty-three. Elihu, who was the last survivor of the family, was eighty-three at the time of his decease. The maximum ages of the eleven children made a sum of seven hundred and eighty-five years, an average of over seventy-one years. Stephen had a family of nineteen children, and his brother Royal had fourteen.

Nathan W. Scott was born in Hartford, Vt. , November 4, iSoi. He qualified for the ministry, and was engaged as a Methodist preacher for fifty years, his first regular charge being in Dorchester, Mass. He lived for a few years in New Hampshire and for an extended period in Vermont. He died November 8, 1885. On January 29, 1827, he was married to Dorothy Bean, daughter of Jonas Phillips, of Glover, Vt. She, like her husband, came of a long-lived family. Her mother attained the age of eighty-seven years, and her mother's mother one hundred and seven. Mrs. Scott died at the age of eightysix, surviving her husband about nine years. She is buried with him in Glover, Vt. Seven children were born to them. One son died in infancy. The other children are located as follows: Wilber Fiske, in Glover, Vt. ; Chester W. , in Lawrence; Martin Luther, M.D., in West Randolph, Vt. ; Nathan Merritt, in Barton, Vt. ; Dorothy Ann, wife of D. C. Scott, in Lebanon, N. H. ; and John Wesley, in St. Johnsbury, Vt. Dorothy Ann was married first to Andrew J. Moulton, who was killed in the Civil War, leaving her with one daughter; and she has another daughter by her present husband, Mr. Scott.

Chester W. Scott spent the time between his ninth and sixteenth years on his father's farm in Greensboro, Vt. The Rev. Mr. Scott then sold the property; and the boy attended the academy a part of the year, dividing the rest of the time between work in the harvest field and teaching school. In his nineteenth year he began to study medicine with Drs. Darling and Houghton, at Lyndon, Vt. . He prepared for college at Pittsfield, Mass., and Woodstock, Vt., and graduated March i, 1S54, from the HonKKopathic College of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia. He began to practise at Irasburg, Vt. After a term of six years there he went to Lyndon, Vt. , where he was associated with his old preceptor. Dr. C. P. Darling. Dr. Darling died within a short time, and Dr. Scott followed up his practice for eleven years in Lyndon. In December, 1870, he opened an ofifice in Lawrence, Mass. His office is now at 25 Bradford Street. Dr. Scott has a large and successful practice, and is one of the most popular physicians in this vicinity. He has lived in his pleasant home here twenty-four years, having purchased the property in 1874. P'rom 1864 to 1866 Dr. Scott was demonstrator of anatomy in his Alma Mater at Philadelphia; but the close confinement reduced his avoirdupois forty pounds, and brought on a chronic ailment which troubled him for twenty years. The summer of 1885 he spent abroad with Dr. E. R. Sisson, of New liedford, travelling through the British Isles and on the Continent; and his health was much improved by the change. The Doctor's normal weight is about two hundred and nineteen pounds. Like his maternal and paternal ancestors, he is built on the broad-gauge jilan, [jhysically, mentally, and socially.

Dr. Scott was married May 29, 1854, to Martha Colton, of Lyndon, Vt. She died in her native town in April, 1862, aged twentynine years. She left one daughter, Mary L. , who became the wife of John D. Morehouse, of Lawrence, Mass., and died at the age of twenty-eight, leaving one daughter. Dr. Scott's second wife was Violet E. Chamberlain. She died November 5, 1S68, in Lyndon, Vt., aged about twenty-nine. She bore him three children, one of whom dieil in infancy. The others are: Dana Wiiitney, who is married and lives in Lawrence; and Nora Hidden, wife of Melvin C. Poice, of Aberdeen, S. Dak. The present Mrs. Scott is Elizabeth, daughter of Moses Gilfillan, a farmer of Barnet, Vt. She is the mother of the following children: Etta Adele, wife of Oliver S. Warden, of Great Falls, Mont. ; Edward S. , who died of small-po.x at the age of two years and four months; and Walter, a young man of nineteen, a student in the Institute of Technology, Boston. In politics Dr. Scott is an independent Republican. He is a Master Mason. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.

FREDERICK BURNHAM, a well-known resident and native of Manchester, was born April 20, 1855, son of P'rederick and Louisa (Goldsmith) Burnham, both now deceased. Abel Burnham, the father of Frederick, Sr., was born in Essex, Mass., where a number of generations of the family preceded him, the Burnhams being among the oldest residents of Essex. Frederick Burnham, Sr., was a native of Essex. In his infancy his parents removed to Gloucester, where he was reared and educated. When a young man he came to Manchester, where the rest of his life was passed, chiefly occupied in farming. His death occurred here in 1883. He was a public-si)irited citizen and a liberal contributor to church work, though a member of no church. In politics he was a Republican, and he served acceptably in town offices, including that of Collector. His wife, Louisa, a native of Manchester, was in her eightieth year when she died in December,

1897. Of their children, three are living, namely: Louise, the wife of Horace P. Lambert, of Salem, Mass. ; Esther, the wife of James K. Pulsifer, of Manchester, Mass. ; and Frederick, the subject of this sketch.

Frederick ]?urnham acquired his education at the Manchester public schools and at a private school near here. He spent his boyhood on the home farm, where he gained a practical knowledge of agriculture, to which he has devoted more or less of his time ever since. He possesses many sterling qualities of character, is public-spirited in his views, and commands the confidence of his townsmen. For ten years he was a Highway Commissioner of Manchester, being for nine years of the time the chairman of the board; and he has served in minor town offices. He is a member of Magnolia Lodge, I. O. O. F., at Manchester. In 1876 he was married to Addie C. Dodge, a native of Beverly, Mass., and a daughter of Benjamin F. Dodge. Two sons and a daughter have been born to them - Arthur, Helen, and Benjamin F. Burnham.

Ndrew Wallace Peabody

NDREW WALLACE PEABODY, well known in Middleton and adjoining towns as a capable man of business, was born here. May 7, 183S, son of Andrew and Mary (Pettingil) Peabody. The Peabodys, who have lived in Middleton for four generations, are descended from Lieutenant Francis Peabody. The grandfather of Andrew W. , Captain Nathaniel Peabody, a lifelong resident of the town, built the house now owned by his grandson, one of the oldest in the village, but in good repair. His wife was Ruth Elliott Peabody. Andrew Peabody, son of Captain Peabody, was reared to agricultural pursuits. He purchased a farm on the south side of Ipswich River, a mile distant from the old homestead, passed the rest of his days there in farming, and died at the age of si.xty-two. He married Mary Pettingil, of Salem, who died in 1882, at the age of eighty-two years. Her children were: Jesse W. , Andrew Wallace, and Eunice G. Eunice married Joseph Fletcher, and resides on the father's farm.

Andrew Wallace Peabody, though brought up to be a farmer, has not confined his attention to agriculture. He has been engaged in various enterprises throughout his active life, and always successfully. At one time he carried on a provision business. It was in that period of his career that he purchased a part of the Batchelder estate in the village, and there erected a fine set of buildings. This property he afterward e.xchanged for the Western homestead, one of the finest places in Essex County, pleasantly located on the shores of a beautiful lake. He has dealt quite extensively in live stock, especially since this last transaction ; and he has given some attention to the lumber business. He married Susan C. French, of Boston, who had one child, Helen Florence. Helen married Mr. G. Fuller, of Boston, and died at the age of twenty-three, leaving one child, Marion Fuller Peabody. The child was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Peabody, and now attends school in Middleton. Mr. Peabody is Republican in politics, and has served his town very faithfully as Selectman, Overseer, and in other capacities.

OSEPH R. WILSON, an able and intelligent agriculturist of Ipswich, Mass., was born April 16, 18 58, on the farm he now occupies, son of Henry Wilson, Jr. This property, which formerly belonged to the old Captain Appleton estate, was purchased in 1S45 by Henry Wilson, Sr., the grandfather of Joseph R. The grandfather, born in Maine, was for many years prosperously engaged in the fish business, buying shiploads of fish obtained at Deer Island, Me., and sending them to different ports along the coast in exchange for West India goods. After living on the farm for a few years, he removed to North Beverly, where he lived to a very advanced age, retaining his vigor of mind and body to the last. He was but a day or two less than ninety-seven years old when he died, his funeral having taken place on April i, 1892, the ninety-seventh anniversary of his birth.

Henry Wilson, Jr., a native of Maine, inherited his father's farm. After retiring from the fish business, which he followed in early life, he carried on mi.xed husbandry until his demise, January 22, 1893, at the age of seventy-seven years. He married Lucy Patch, a daughter of Benjamin and Fanny (Brown) Patch, who owned the adjoining farm, and who there reared their three children - Lucy, Ephraim, and Jemima, the last named of whom did not marry. Henry Wilson, Jr., and his wife had seven children, namely: Lydia, who died at the age of forty, and was the wife of George Kimball; Lucy, who married George Gate, of Lynn, Mass., and died leaving two children; Martha, the wife of Albert Kimball, who died at a comparatively early age; Carrie, who died young, and was the wife of George Plummer, of Lynn; Margaret, who is the wife of E. K. Brown, of this town; Henry A., a grocer, in Newburyport; and Joseph R. , the special subject of this sketch. The mother is still living, an active and bright woman of seventy-eight years.

improve his property. A man of much force of character and ever ready to support measures designed to benefit his native town and county, he holds a firm position in the esteem of the community. He is a member of Agawam Lodge, No. 52, I. O. O. F., of Ipswich; and of the Chebacco Tribe of Red Men. In politics he is a Republican, following faithfully in the footsteps of his father and grandfather, both of whom were adherents of that party. On November 8, 1893, he married Miss Annie Harold, of Maine. They have two children, namely: Arthur Harold, four and one-half years old; and Henry Everett, two years old.

LBRIDGE M. MORSE, a retired wood and lumber dealer, and a member of one of the most prominent families of Merrimac, was born here, January 31, 1819, on his present farm on Bear Hill. He is a descendant of Anthony Morse, who was born in Marlboro, Wiltshire, England, in 1608. Anthony, who came with the first settlers to Newbury, Mass., in 1635, died October 12, 1 686. Deacon Benjamin Mor.se, son of Anthony, was born in Newbury in 1640, and became Deacon of the Second Church of that place, now the First Church of West Newbury. He married Ruth -Sawyer, whose son William, born January 23, 1674, was also a Deacon of the church for many years. William in 1696 married Sarah Merrill, and died March 10, 1749. His fourth son, Benjamin, boin August 8, 1703, was a Deacon of the church in his time. Benjamin married Margaret Bartlett on October 3, 1726, and removed to Amesbury, where he became a farmer. His large estate was divided among his four sons. John Morse, born June 21, 1750, was the tenth child of Benjamin. His wife, Patience Sargent Morse, made him the father of Benjamin Morse, who was the father of Elbridge M. Morse. Benjamin Morse, born June 24, 1782, lived on the old homestead until about the time of his marriage, when he moved to the farm now owned by his son. In i8o8 he married Sally Nichols, who bore him three children.

Elbridge M. Morse received the little education obtainable in those days at a schoolhouse, twenty feet scjuare, into which sometimes were crowded eighty scholars. In his younger days he worked on the farm. Afterward he dealt extensively in wood and lumber, doing a large business, especially in the former article, before coal was used in this section. He owns a large tract of land, beautifully situated on the southern bank of Lake Attitash, the lovely sheet of water made famous by the poet Whittier. On November 2, 1846, he married Eliza Johnson, a daughter of William Johnson, of Johnson's Corner, now Mcrrimac. His children were: Mary F., who became a graduate optician, and is the wife of H. G. Hudson, of Amesbury; Etta M., who is a milliner of Merrimac ; Abby C, who married Wesley C. Howe, of Fitchburg, Mass. ; Benjamin, the youngest, who is a resident of Cambridge, Neb. ; and two who died in infancy. Mrs. Morse died July 16, 1891.

Mr. Morse is actively interested in public affairs, and has figured prominently in local politics for the past thirty-five years. He was a member of the Board of Selectmen during the Civil War, was Collector and Treasurer of the town for eleven years; and in the winter of 1S58-59 he represented the district in the General Court, having, among other able men, Caleb Gushing and Benjamin Butler for colleagues. During that year two sessions were called on account of the revision of the statutes. After Merrimac was set off with a separate town government, Mr. Morse served three years on the Board of Selectmen, and was sent as delegate to various State and Senatorial conventions. He has been a member of the I. O. O. F. for many years. Although nearly eighty years of age, he is still vigorous and active, retaining to a remarkable degree his physical and mental endowments. He conies of a sturdy, long lived race, many members of which have lived in health and strength for twenty years beyond the allotted time of man. The family has had many generations of respected. God-fearing men ; and, to quote what a pastor of the church has said of it, "It is as natural for Morses to be pious as for others to be vicious. "

UGUSTUS NINIAN CLARK, a venerable and honored resident of Beverly, was born March 23, 181 1, in Hancock, Hillslioro County, N.H., son of Ninian Clark. His paternal grandfather, William Clark, was a son of Robert Clark, who emigrated from the north of Ireland to New England, and in 1725 became a pioneer settler of Londonderry, N.H. The father, who was born in New Boston, N.H., in 1769, died at his late homestead in Hancock, N. H., in 1844, aged seventy-five years. He married Sally Warner, a daughter of Warhani and Hannah (Ware) Warner and a lineal descendant of William Warner, who came from England to Massachusetts with the early settlers, and who prior to 1670 was enrolled as a citizen of Brookfield. Of Ninian Clark's eight children, two by his first wife and six by his second wife, Augustus N, is the sole survivor. Having been educated in the district schools of Hancock, Augustus N. Clark at the age of seventeen years came to Beverly, where he was engaged as a clerk in the dry- goods and apothecary store of William Endicott for four years. On attaining his majority he engaged in the business of druggist on his own account, following it until 1858. Then he became interested in the manufacture of machine leather belting as senior member of the firm A. N. Clark & Co. This, with other enterprises, kept him busily employed for twenty-five years, at the end of which he retired. For fourteen years he was the treasurer of the Steam Gauge Company, and for fifteen years he held a similar position in the United Nickel Company of New York, at the same time retaining his residence in Beverly. He is now a member of the Investing Committee of the Beverly Savings Bank, which is a prosperous institution.

A public-spirited man, Mr. Clark is interested in the welfare of the community, and has been most generous in his contributions to the churches, both of Hancock and Beverly. He attends the Dane Street Congregational Church of Beverly, which he presented with a handsome chapel about two years ago, and in which he was musical director for several years. He has also been active in promoting the industries of the town, and has done much to increase its prosperity. In i86i he was a Representative to the State legislature. He was a Presidential elector in 1880, when he cast the vote of Massachusetts for General Garfield. Formerly he was a Whig in politics, and in 1840 he espoused the anti-slavery cause, becoming a follower of Garrison and Phillips. Since the formation of the Republican party he has been one of its firmest adherents. On August 23, 1838, he married Hitty, (laughter of Eben and Lydia (Ray) Smith. Of his four children, two died in childhood. Augustus, tlie fourth child, born in 1850, who was educated in the public schools of Beverly, the Andover Phillips

Academy, and at the Institute of Technology in Boston, died in 1872, soon after coming of age. Mrs. Clark, too, passed away in May, 1888. The surviving child is a daughter, who lives with her father.

VERETT HENRY DUNBAR, of Lynn, an enterprising boot and shoe manufacturer and retail dealer, was liorn in Brockton, Mass., June 8, 1845. His grandfather, Martin Dunbar, served as a soldier in the Revolutionary War. His parents, Hiram and Lydia Weston (Dickerman) Dunbar, were natives of Brockton. The father, who was a well-known shoemaker of Brockton, died there, October 20, 1878, aged fifty-seven years.

Leaving the public schools when he was twelve years old, Everett Henry Dunbar began to learn shoemaking. In 1862 he came to Lynn, where he found employment as a journeyman shoemaker. F"our years after he engaged in business on Munroe Street as a custom shoemaker and retail dealer. So rapidly did his trade increase here that in 1870 he required a force of twenty-five workmen to fill his orders, and he was then one of the largest manufacturers of custom work in New England. In 1874 he sold out to two younger brothers, and he was afterward engaged in the same business in San Francisco, Cal., for three years. Returning to Lynn in 1877, he purchased his former business, and has since carried it on very successfully.

Mr. Dunbar contracted the first of his two marriages on October 22, 1868, with Addie M. Hoyt, of Lynn, who died in November, 1 87 1. The second, on November 20, 1879, united him with Julia P2mma Wooley, of this city. In politics he is a Republican; and he was a member of the Common Council in the years 1SS3, 1884, and 1885, serving on the Committees on Streets, Grounds, and Public Property. A thirty-second degree Mason, he is connected with Golden Fleece Lodge, F. & A. M. ; Sutton Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; and Olivet Commandery, Knights Templar, of which he is a charter member. He is also a member of Bay State Lodge, No. 40, I. O. O. F. ; of Sagamore Tribe, No. 2, Improved Order of Red Men ; a charter member of Lynn Council, No. 516, Royal Arcanum, which he has represented in the Grand Lodge for the past fourteen years; has been a member of Lynn Lodge, No. 117, Order of Elks; and is connected with Mystic Lodge, No. 19, Ancient Order of United Workmen: and with the Oxford Club.

AVID M. HILTON, the proprietor of a large livery stable and trucking business, and a very highly respected citizen of Gloucester, was born in this city, November 3, 1835, son of Francis and Mary Eliza (Pew) Hilton. Having received his education in the public schools of Gloucester, he began to drive a team for William Henry Young, in whose employ he continued for about three years. During the following eighteen months he worked on the schooner "Banner," owned by Charles and George Wood, and used for freighting merchandise between Gloucester and Boston. In 1856 he bought of John Kendall a horse, harness, and cart, for four hundred and fifty dollars, and thereafter spent two years at teaming for Joshua Sanborn. At the end of that time he bought all of Mr. Sanborn's teaming outfit for fifteen hundred dollars, going into debt for a large part of the sum, but paying in full soon after.

About that time Mr. Hilton added the business of a stevedore to his teaming, which he continues to follow. He also built a stable on Mansfield Street. This line of business has steadily increased in importance. His present finely equipped stable at the corner of Main and Pierce Streets is the largest in the city. The main stable is one hundred and fifty by one hundred and forty feet, while the building devoted to the trucking department covers an area of seven thousand square feet. He keeps on an average forty horses for working and driving, and has trucks, harnesses, etc., in proportion, so that he is able to furnish any sort of team required for the heaviest trucking. He employs thirty men constantly, and has a yearly business of fifty thousand dollars or more.

Mr. Hilton has never married. He is a member of the Veteran Firemen's Association, also of the Business Men's Association. Public-spirited and progressive, few men enjoy in a greater degree the good will and respect of the entire community.

f^OSEPH WHITEHEAD, the wellknown dealer in groceries and provisions at Saugus Centre, was born in Yorkshire, England, on May 20, 1823. Coming to America in 1845, he located at Saugus, and began work in a woollen-mill, having become an expert operator before leaving England. He remained in the mill until 1853, when he went out to California by way of Nicaragua, returning two years later by way of Panama. In California he was engaged in mining, being in the northern part of the State, but meeting with only average success. Upon his return to .Saugus in 1855 Mr. Whitehead opened the grocery store that he has since conducted. His honorable and prompt methods of doing business and his uniformly obliging manner have won for him a profitable patronage and many warm friends. To-day he is one of the substantial men of Saugus. For twenty years consecutively he was Town Treasurer, and for a part of that time he was Overseer of the Poor. In 1878 he served in the State legislature, where he exhibited the same sound judgment and business qualities that have marked his career as a private citizen. While voting the Democratic ticket, he is not a strong party man, as he believes in doing honor to the best man.

Mr. Whitehead married Sarah Townscnd, who has now been deceased for twenty years. He has no children living. His son, Ralph Whitehead, who assisted him in the store, died at the age of twenty-seven years. For twenty years he has been a member of William Sutton Lodge of Masons.

iHARLES HENRY DOWNING, Chief of the Lynn Fire Department, was born in South Reading, Mass., on July 10, 1827. A son of John and Lefee (Seger) Downing, natives respectively of Lynn and Marblehead, he is, according to the best information now obtainable, a descendant of Malcolm Downing, who came from Scotland to America in 1654, settled in Lynn, and married Margaret Sullivan on April 4, 1653. Some of his ancestors served in the war of the Revolution.

Having received his education in the public schools of Lynn, Charles Henry Downing began learning the shoemaker's trade at the age of thirteen years. After completing his apprenticeship he worked in small concerns \intil 1S60. Thereafter until 1875 he was employed in large factories. For a year and a half he was foreman for Fillsbury Brothers. Then for two years he was engaged in the grocery business, and later for ten years he was sole-cutting for Hood & Johnson. During the last five years of that time he was a silent partner in the drug concern of J. W. Chase & Co. In iSgo he was appointed Chief Engineer of the Lynn Fire Department, which position he has since held and filled in an able manner. He has been a member of the company since 1845 and for twenty-nine years an engineer. His promotion to the chief's position was well merited, and had the unanimous approval of the department members. Chief Downing has made some valuable changes in the service since he assumed the management, and has a just pride in its efficiency and good record. All the people of Lynn share with him this feeling.

Mr. Downing is a member of the Bay State Lodge of Odd Fellows, No. 40. In politics he is a Republican. In 1865, 1866, and 1867 he was a member of the Common Council, during which time he rendered valuable service on the Committee on the Fire Department. During the years 1862, 1863, and 1S64 he was Clerk of Ward Four. On June 26, 1854, he was married in Lynn to Sarah A. Whitney, of this city.

ANIEL PUTNAM POPE, a popular townsman of Danvers Centre, was born there, March 8, 1 826, son of Nathaniel and Abi (Preston) Pope. He is a descendant of Joseph Pope, who settled in Danvers, now West Peabody, in 1636, a son of I'31ijah and Hannah (Putnam) Pope. She was a daughter of Daniel Putnam. The direct line of ancestry is made by Joseph,' Joseph,^ Nathaniel,' Elijah," and Nathaniel.-'^ Nathaniel ' married Mary Swinerton. His son, Elijah, marrietl Hannah Putnam, a daughter of Daniel Putnam.

Charles H. Downing

Nathaniel Pope, son of Elijah and the father of Daniel Putnam Pope, in 1830 bought the farm now owned by the latter, which was a part of the original Swinerton grant, and lived thereon throughout the rest of his life. He successively married Abi Preston and Charlotte F"lint. The first wife died March 4, 1 84 1. His death occurred January 17, 1880. His second wife survived him about twelve years. His children were: Elizabeth Putnam, who married Captain Andrew M. Putnam, and lives in Danvers; Harriet Adeline, who married Henry F. Putnam, a brother of Captain Putnam; Mary Putnam, who married a third brother, and is also living in Danvers; Asenath Preston Pope, who married Nathan Tapiey, both now deceased ; Ira Preston, who married Eliza C. Batchclder; Daniel Putnam, the subject of this biography; Hannah Putnam, who married Dr. B. B. Breed, of Lynn, who is now deceased; and Jasper Felton Pope, who successively married Sophia Jane Richards and Martha Mansfield.

After learning the carpenter's trade Daniel P. Pope was for fifteen years a contractor and builder. Thereafter he devoted his attention to the cultivation of his farm for more than thirty years. On March 30, 1852, he married Lydia Newhall Demsey, a daughter of Isaac and Mary Williams Demsey. Her father was a farmer and shoemaker. The Demseys are an old family of the place, the ancestry being traced from Christopher Demsey, the first settler, who married Elizabeth Burton, and died in 1762, through Isaac and Hannah (Henfield), Bartholomew and Mary (Britton), Isaac and Mary (Williams). The children of Mr. and Mrs. Pope are: Mary, who died when twenty years old; F"letcher, who married Laura Whitticr, and deals in lumber in Danversport ; Isaac Demsey, who successively married Eliza Lilly and Cora B. Fox, and is in business with Fletcher, firm of Pope Brothers ; and Guy Preston, who married Irene Hynd, of Danvers, and is in the insurance business in that town. Fletcher Pope, while residing in Danvers, spends the most of his time in Reddington, Me., where he is the superintendent of the Reddington Mills and the general manager of the Phillips & Rangeley Railroad. Mr. Pope, Sr., has served for seventeen years past on the Board of Selectmen, and has been the chairman of the board for fourteen years. He always votes the Republican ticket. A man of sterling traits, he is very popular in the community.

AMUEL A. STACY, the founder of the well-known insurance firm of S. A. Stacy & Co., Gloucester, was born June 11, i8ig, in the old Stacy house in this city. He was a son of Eli and Mary Saunders (Hough) Stacy and a grandson of Benjamin Stacy. Marblehead was the first abiding-place of the Stacys in this country. John, a son of Thomas Stacy, of Salem, and the first of the family to settle in Gloucester, came hither in 1723 from Ipswich, Mass., and was licensed as an innholder. He died here nine years later.

Upon leaving the public schools of Gloucester Samuel A. Stacy went West, and for a few years resided in Chillicothe, Ohio. Afterward, returning to Gloucester, he made his home here until his death, which occurred on October 19, 1895. For many years he did a prosperous business in insurance, being a member of the firm of S. A. Stacy & Co. He rendered valuable service to the community as a member of the School Committee in 1 86 1 and 1862, of the Board of Assessors in 1861, 1862, and 1863, of the Auditing Committee in 1847, of the Building Committee of the town hall on Dak Avenue, and of the Board of Aldermen during the first two years of Gloucester's existence as a city. For a long time he was a trustee of the Cape Ann Savings Bank and its president from 1888 to the time of his decease. He was also a trustee of the Oak Grove Cemetery and of the Gloucester Water Supply Company, a director of the Gloucester Lyceum and Sawyer Free Public Library, and a trustee of the library's permanent fund.

In 1846 Mr. Stacy was united in marriage with Miss Harriet Gilbert, who survives him. Of their five children, two died in infancy. The others arc: John C, Eliza, and George O. Eliza is the wife of A. H. Calef, the treasurer of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, and resides in New York City. George' O. Stacy, born November 3, 1863, was local manager for the telephone company for a few years, and is now the landlord of the Hawthorne Inn and its cottages, which he opened in the summer of 1 89 1. The numerous improvements he has effected in this place have converted it into one of the pleasantcst summer resorts on the New England coast. He also owns the well-known Moorland at Bass Rock.

'RANCIS M. DODGE has had many years of successful experience as a teacher and superintendent of schools, and is now chairman of the School Board of his native town, Wenham, Mass. He was born April 14, 1826, the fourth son of Nicholas and Prudence E. (Edwards) Dodge, and is of the seventh generation in descent from Richard Dodge, the first of his progenitors in America. In the Genealogy of the Dodge Family his lineage is thus traced: Richard'; Richard,' who lived in the south part of

Richard Dodge, first, with his wife and two or more children, came to Salem in 1638, and after living for a time on land owned by his brother William, wiio came in 1629, settled at North Beverly, not far east of Wenham Lake. He owned an extensive tract of land, on which he made substantial improvements, and for many years afterward it was in the possession of his descendants.

Nicholas Dodge, father of the subject of this sketch, was an industrious and thrifty farmer and a prominent citizen of Wenham. He served as Selectman of the town many years, and, being Justice of the Peace for a long time, was familiarly known to his contemporaries as "Squire Nicholas." Of the children born to him and his wife. Prudence, but two survive - Jacob E. and PVancis M., jjoth of Wenham.

Francis M. Dodge acquired his elementary education in the public schools of Wenham, and, after fitting for college at the Hampton Falls Academy in New Hampshire, took a full course of study at Colby University, Waterville, Me., where he was graduated in 1853. Beginning to teach school when but sixteen years old, he taught for three years in what is now called Beverly Farms. After his graduation he was for two years jirincipal of the high school at Brattleboro, Vt. ; later on for a time he was at the head of the Hampton Falls Academy ; and he subsequently had a select school in Wenham two years. In 1858 he represented the towns of Topsfield, Beverly, and Wenham in the lower branch of the State legislature, being the youngest memlier of the House. He was afterward for several years one of the corps of teachers in Beverly, and then for four years superintendent of the schools of Weymouth, Mass., a position that he was forced to resign on account of ill health. By the advice of his physician he went West to recuperate, and after spending a few months at Red Wing, Minn., had so far recovered his usual vigor that he resumed his educational work by accepting the charge of the public schools of Winona, Minn., of which he was superintendent eight years. Returning then to Wenham, Mr. Dodge has since made this place his permanent home, and has rendered valuable service to his native town as Selectman and as a member of the local School Committee, of which he has been chairman several years. A well-informed man, studious and progressive, he has kept abreast with the times, and has been eminently successful in his chosen field of labor. He is a Republican in politics, an active member of the Baptist church, and is identified with the Masonic fraternity of Beverly.

On August 7, 1862, Mr. Dodge married Miss Sarah J. Philbrick, of Seabrook, N.H. They have one child, Adaline P., wife of Edward B. Cole, of Brookline, Mass.

Tip^ICHARD TENNEY NOYES, a I )^^ [jrominent farmer of Newbury, was -i^ V_ ^ born here, September 2, 1852. A son of Moses Knight and Hannah M. (Tenney) Noyes, he is a direct descendant of Nicholas Noyes, who, coming from Wiltshire, England, with his brother James, settled in Newbury in 1635. Nicholas Noyes was the first man to step ashore when the first boat reached land at Parker River, and therefore may well be called a first settler. He married Mary Cutting. His son. Cutting Noyes, born September 23, 1649, married Elizabeth Knight. Another son, John, married May Noyes, whose son, Amos, married Sarah Jaques, and became the father of John, the grandfather of Richard T. Noyes. This John Noyes, born October 2, 1784, died April 24, 1864. On February 24, 1812, he married Sarah Knight, who died June 20, 1876. Their son Moses married Hannah M. Tenney, by whom he became the father of four children. These were: Richard, the eldest, and the subject of this sketch; Edward Augustine, who married Helen Noyes Rolfe, and has two children; Lucy Withington, who married Newman Gould; and Annie Carey, who married Arthur C. Currier, and had one son, Dudley S. Currier.

Having received his education in the public schools, finishing in the high schools, Richard Tenney Noyes decided to become a farmer. From the time he was four years old he had lived on the old Pierce farm, which had been purchased by his father. There he has since carried on a dairy farm, with about thirty head of cattle, horses, and other stock, and has been most successful. He has served on the Board of Selectmen for the past five years, and is now the chairman of the board. A respected member of the Newbury Farmers' Club, he serves on its E.xecutive Committee. On April 22, 1877, he married Ellen H. Adams, a daughter of Giles A. Adams, of Ntjwburyport. Their only child, Howard Adams, born May 7, 1879, is now in the graduating class of the Putnam High School at Newbury. Mr. Noyes is a representative man from many points of view, and is highly esteemed in the town.

YgriRAM J. PHILBROOK, one of the r^l best known residents of Rockport, -i-^ V, . was born on Fox Island, Me., November 13, 182 1, son of Daniel and Rachel (Young) I^hilbrook. The Philbrook family, which is of English origin, began in this country with three brothers, who came here during the Colonial period. One settled at the mouth of the Kennebec River in Maine; another at Rye, N.H.; and the third, of whom Hiram J. is a direct descendant, found a home on Cape Cod. Hiram J. Philbrook's parents were both natives of Cape Cod. After residing for a time on Fox Island they moved to Brunswick, Me., where the father died at the age of forty-one. During his active years he was a fisherman and a farmer. He also served as a soldier in the War of 1812, participating in several battles. Of his children there are three survivors, namely: Hiram J., the subject of this sketch; Harriet N. Philbrook, of Charlestown, Mass. ; and Zylpha Y., the wife of Captain Hugh Stanwood, of Brunswick.

Hiram J. Philbrook accompanied his parents to Brunswick when he was seven years old, and was educated in the common schools of that town. At the age of fourteen he began to learn the blacksmith's trade. After serving an apprenticeship of seven years with John W. Libby, he went to Oldtown, Me., where he was for a time engaged in making axes for Thomas Springer. From Oldtown he went to Portland, and there worked for Joseph Thaxter. Then he went South, and was for a short period engaged in sharpening tools for the United States government at Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor. After subsequently working in Philadelphia for a time, he came to Rockport in March, 1844. From July of that year until 1872 he was connected with the firm of Preston & Fernal, quarrymen and contractors, first as a mechanic and later as a partner; and for several years he was employed by their successors, the Rockport Granite Company. He is a vice-president, a trustee, and a member of the Investment Committee of the Granite Savings Bank.

Portland, daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Daniels) Flood. The father was a native of Buxton, Me., and the mother of Exeter, N.H. Mr. and Mrs. Philbrook have two daughters: Emily, the wife of Eben Blachford, of Rockport; and Sarah E., the wife of the Rev. Byron G. Russell, of this town.

A Past Master of Granite Lodge, I. O. O. F., Mr. Philbrook has been a member of the lodge for fifty years, and he is connected with the Veteran Odd P"ellows Association of Essex County. Politically, he is a Democrat, and, though never actively concerned in public affairs, he has always evinced a deep interest in the welfare and prosperity of the town.

was born on March 22, 1835, his parents being John and Elizabeth Flint (Foster) Herrick. The first ancestor of the family in this country, Henerie Herrick, settled at Salem on June 24, 1629, among the Puritan colonists. His son, John Herrick, was a farmer in Wenham, where he settleil in 1719. John's son, Josiah, who was also a farmer in Wenham, died on May 14, 1772. Josiah married Joanna Dodge, of Beverly, who died in 1775- Their son, John, who died in 1806 at the age of seventy-five and resided in Boxford, wedded Anna Brown, who was born in Beverly. Edmund Herrick, son of John and grandfather of George E. Herrick, was born at Danvers. He was a teamster in Washington's army under the immediate command of the great general, and was fond of relating incidents of his army life and of Washington. Settling at Chester, N. H., he first married Mehetabel Curtis, of Middleton, in 1786, and afterward Rachel White. The latter, who survived her

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John Herrick, son of Edmund and the father of George E. , was only sixteen years old at the time of his father's death. Born in Boxford in 1799, he resided there until 1844, when he removed to Peabody, on to the farm of his father-in-law, Captain Aaron Foster, whose daughter he had married in 1828. This homestead was one of the earliest settled in this part of the country, and is now two hundred and fifty years old. John died there in 1878 at the age of seventy-nine years. A devoted member of the Lynnfield church, he liad been one of its Deacons for seventeen years previous to his death. Elizabeth Herrick, his wife, died on the old farm, June 17, 1894, being then in her ninety-fourth year. Her children were: Frances Elizabeth; Mary Jane; John Everett; Cynthia F"oster; George Edmund; Horace, who was born in 1837, and died in infancy; and Clara, who died in childhood. Of these, George E. and John Everett are living. Frances Elizabeth, born in 1828, who died in Lawrence, married Gilbert E. Hood. Mr. Hood, now a bank treasurer in Lawrence, taught school during his college course; later became principal of Thetford Academy of Thetford, Vt. ; and finally was superintendent of schools at Lawrence for thirteen years. Mary Jane, born in 1830, married Benjamin F. Tweed, an author of some note, who was a professor at Tufts College and at Washington University, St. Louis, and subsequently a supervisor of the Boston public schools. She died in a Boston hospital while yet a resident of St. Louis. John Everett, born in 1831, lives on the Captain Foster farm at Peabody. Cynthia Foster, who was born in 1833, married Charles Buck, of Stoneham, and died in that town, leaving two sons - Professor Albert Buck and Charles

George E. Herrick, who took a course of study in the academy at Thetford, Vt., after completing the course of the common schools taught school for a number of terms in Esse.x County and in Vermont. In 1861 he came to Lynnfield, and settled on the farm which had been the home of his wife and of her people for a hundred years. In the same year he joined the church, in which he succeeded his father as Deacon after the latter's death. A member of the School Committee for seventeen years, he was the chairman of the board during the greater part of that time. His main business being dairying, he milks about thirty cows, and has a flourishing milk route. For a number of years he was engaged in the manufacture of a seed sower, which he had patented, and which was an improvement of the old Danvers seed sower. His first wife, Abbie Ann, was a daughter of Henry and Eunice Bancroft and a graduate of Andover F"emale Academy. Her parents had another child, Plunice Mansfield, who graduated at the Salem Normal School. The sisters were much attached to each other. Abbie's marriage with Mr. Herrick took place on April 24, 1 861. Her children are: George Henry, who resides with his father; and Clara Maria, now a professional nurse. Slie died [anuary 31, 1875. On April 5, 1877, Mr. Herrick married her sister, Eunice. Mr. Bancroft died in 1879, ^'s wife having died before the marriage of Abbie. The children of Mr. Herrick's second marriage - Gilbert Bancroft and Abbie Frances - live with their parents. In politics Mr. Herrick is a Republican, and has attended various county conventions. He has also attended many church conferences, takes an active part in church work, and is a member of both the Village Improvement So- ciety - and the Essex County Agricultural Society. Many premiums and diplomas have been granted him by agricultural societies. Among the improvements he has made on the Bancroft farm are the erection of stone fences, the extension of the land, and the enlargement of the house.

f^OHN EVERETT HERRICK, a prominent farmer of Peabody, was born in a part of Salem now included in the town of Peabody, on November 19, 1831. A son of John and Elizabeth Flint (Foster) Herrick, he is descended from Henerie Herrick, who settled in Salem in 1629. (A sketch of Mr. Herrick's paternal ancestors is given in the biography of his brother, George E. Merrick.) His mother, Elizabeth, was a granddaughter of James Foster and a daughter of Captain Aaron Foster. James Foster was the first of that family to settle on the Foster farm. While carrying on general farming, he made a special feature of raising hops, which he shipped to Philadelphia, together with what quantity he could purchase from his neighbors.

Aaron Foster, who was the only member of the family that remained in Peabody, was an extensive farmer, owning about two hundred and fifty acres. He was prominent in town affairs, and was a Captain in the militia. When he died in 1844 he was sixty-eight years old. His wife, whose maiden name was Hannah Brown, was reared on the adjoining farm. Having survived her husband, she died during the Civil War, at the age of eightysix. The house, now situated on the Foster homestead, was probably built by the Cabots, of Salem, about the time of the Revolution, and came into possession of the Foster family in 178S. The original house was burned.

The children of Aaron and Hannah Brown F"oster were: Elizabeth Flint, George, James, Clara, Louise, and Mary N. The eldest son died three years ago in Wakefield, at the age of ninety-three. George was a jirominent citizen and a heavy real estate owner of Lynn ; James was a custom officer at Boston for seventeen years in succession, and resided at Maiden and Everett; Clara married Professor Tweed, of Tufts College; Louise married Paul Hart Sweetser, of Wakefield, a lifelong educator; and Mary became the third wife of Moses Dornian, of Boxford, a country squire. Elizabeth, the mother of Mr. Herrick, died three years ago, at the advanced age of ninetyfour years. Her husband, who had bought the Foster farm, died in 1881, over eighty years of age. He was a most devoted member of the Lynnfield church, and was for many years a leading Deacon. His children were: Frances Elizabeth, Mary Jane, John Everett, Cynthia P'oster, George Edmund, Clara Maria, and Horace. The last two died in childhood.

After attending Thetford Academy in Vermont, which was then a celebrated school and received students from all over the country, John Everett Herrick taught school for a year in Essex County. Subsequently he was in business in Peabody for two years and in a hotel at Medway for an equal length of time. Being compelled, however, on account of his health to seek an outdoor occupation, he returned to the farm, renting it of his father, and actively engaged in agriculture. Upon the death of his father he inherited the farm. He now owns about two hundred acres of the old I'oster estate and a part of the Brown homestead. Besides cultivating extensive gardens, he keeps a dairy, and attends a milk route in Lynn. The orchard in which his grandfather, Aaron Foster, set out a large number of fruit-trees, has been enlarged by Mr. Herrick, who now markets considerable fruit. He has been a member of the Essex County Agricultural Society for many years, and was the first president of the West Peabody Farmers' Club, which was at one time a large and influential organization. He served as Selectman and Assessor for six years while both boards were together, and after they were separated he was Assessor for twelve years. In politics a Republican, he has been delegate to various conventions of the party. For twenty years he has been a Mason of Jordan Lodge at Peabody.

Mr. Herrick contracted the first of his two marriages with Elizabeth Burnham, of Essex. Subsequent to her death, some fifteen years after her marriage, he married Jiis present wife, Harriet, who is a daughter of Moses Dorman, of Boxford, by his second wife, whose maiden name was Andrews. Her father's third marriage was made with Mary Foster, an aunt of her husband. Mr. Herrick has three children by his first marriage, all residing with him; namely, Sarah ISurnham, May Frances, and Willis Everett.

lALPH H. SARGENT, one of the most active business men of Merrimac, was born here, December 5, 1848, at a period when the town site formed a part of Amesbury. After receiving his education in the Merrimac public schools he became a practical machinist, and worked at his trade in Manchester, N.H., for six years. At the end of that time he returned to Merrimac, and, settling upon the homestead farm, lived there until 1897. Then business interests induced him to sell the farm and remove to the village.

business of Simeon Adams. This he has since conducted, giving close application to it and building up a successful and lucrative trade. On February 18, 1878, he married Lizzie Morris, of Philadelphia, Pa. His five children by her are: Irma T., Allen M., Orlando, Ralph H., Jr., and Marion M. Constantly alive to town interests, his influence has long been felt in the public affairs of Merrimac. He was made Street Commissioner in 1893, and at the present time he holds office as the chairman of the J3oard of Selectmen. An esteemed member of the Bethany Lodge, F. & A. M., he has been Master for two years. Mr. Sargent and his family attend and support the Congregational church.

SA G. ANDREWS, ex-Mayor of Gloucester and now a prominent agriculturist of Essex, was born here, June 24, 1843, son of Asa R. and Mary B. (Clark) Andrews. His grandfather, Moses Andrews, who was a prosperous farmer of Essex, married Sarah Andrews, and has a family of nine children. Of the latter three are living, namely: Elizabeth, a resident of Gloucester; Clarissa, who lives in Essex; and Asa R. The others were: Stalie, Lucy, Sallie, Oliver, Ruth, and Mary.

Asa R. Andrews, a native of Essex, for many years followed the trade of a ship-carpenter. He plied his calling with inilustry and prosperity until his retirement, which took place some time ago. He is now living in Essex. His wife, Mary, was a daughter of George and Sally (Day) Clark, of West Gloucester. Her father was engaged in tilling the soil during the active period of his life. George and Sally Clark were the parents of seven children - George, Sally, John, Susan, James, Elizabeth, and Mary B., none of whom are living. Mr. and Mrs. Asa R. Andrews had a family of three children, namely: Asa G., the subject of this sketch; Francis F., born in November, 1845; and Adelaide, born November 2, 1864, who died at the age of fourteen years. Francis F. is engaged in agricultural pursuits in Essex. He married Mary Isabelle Burnham, of this town, and has two children: Lawrence E., who married Susie Courier, and is a clerk in Gloucester; and Mary F., who resides at ht)me. Mrs. Asa K. Andrews died in September, i860.

Asa G. Andrews was educated in the common schools. At the age of nineteen he began to serve an apprenticeship at shoemaking. When his time had expired, he worked at the trade as a journeyman for about six years, and then was engaged in the grocery business in Concord, N.H., for about five years. At the end of that time he sold out, and during the succeeding year was employed by N. S. Batchelder, a wholesale and retail grocer. Subsequently he returned to Gloucester, where he became connected with the fish business carried on by Charles l^irkhurst. Six years later he was appointed general manager of the Marine Railway, a position which he held for sixteen years. In 1894 he bought the D. L. Haskell farm of one hundred and twenty-five acres in Essex. With the exception of a year spent as clerk for the Higgins & Gifford Boat Manufacturing Company of Gloucester, he has since been engaged in general farming and dairying. He keeps twelve cows, sells considerable milk, and his farm is regarded as one of the best pieces of agricultural property in Essex. He was one of the incorporators and is still a director of the Gloucester Co-operative Bank.

an ability that won the confidence and admiration of his business associates. Since attaining his majority he has been a zealous Republican, giving active support to the party. He was a member of the City Council for two years, represented his ward in the Board of Aldermen for three years, and was a member of the Republican City Committee for several years. In 1891 he was elected Mayor of Gloucester, and re-elected in 1892 and 1893. During these three years he gave the city a progressive and business-like administration. On December 21, 1S64, he was united in marriage with Almira C. Haskell. She was burn in Epsom, N.H., September 28, 1845, daughter of Moses Critchett and Almira Haskell. Mr. and Mrs. Andrews have two daughters: Mira Adelaide, born May 14, 1870; and Edith G., born August i, 1880. Mira Adelaide married Charles II. Coas, who is engaged in the fish business at East Gloucester, and has one daughter, Adelaide H. Edith G. is residing at home. Mr. Andrews is connected with Ocean Lodge, No. Si ; and Ca[)e Ann ICncamjiment, No. ^i^,, I. O. O. F. ; and he is a member of the Tribe of Iinj)roved Order of Red Men in Gloucester. A jjopular man, he still retains a wide influence in the political affairs of this part of the county.

ANIEL W. APPLETON, a sulistantial farmer of Ipswich, was born on the farm where he now resides, May 21, 1833, son of Daniel and Mehetabel (Cleaves) Appleton. He comes of one of the oldest families of this section of New England. His emigrant ancestor received a grant of six hundred acres of hind in Ipswich in 1635. Portions of this grant are still owned by members of the family, the original homestead being now in the possession of Daniel l'"uller Appleton, of New York City, who is at the head of the Waltham Watch Company, and has a summer residence in this town. Among the ancestors of Daniel VV. were Isaac Appleton and his son, Thomas, who died in September, 1830, at the advanced age of ninety-one years. Thomas's son, Daniel, was the grandfather of Daniel W. Appleton.

Daniel Appleton, Sr., born on the Appleton homestead, was reared in Beverly, Mass., having removed there with his parents when about nine years old. He first married Martha, or Patty, Woodbury, who became the mother of Daniel Appleton, Jr., and died at the age of forty years. He subsequently married Polly Allen, of Manchester, Mass. ; and she survived him, dying November 7, 1S64, aged eighty -four years. His death occurred May 26, 1S63, at the age of eighty-six years. Daniel Appleton, Jr., born in Beverly, Mass., July 4, 1S02, died in that town, October 20, 1S59. In early manhood he followed the sea for twelve years, and then turned his attention to agricultural pursuits. In 1832 he bought the farm now owned and occupietl by his son, Daniel W., and was here engaged in cultivating the soil for several years. Retiring then from manual labor, he returned to Beverly, and there spent his declining days in comfort and ease. On April 10, 1832, he married Miss Mehetabel Cleaves, who was born and reared in Wenham, this county. Their children were: Daniel Woodbury, the subject of this sketch; Marietta, born in 1836; and John W. E., born May 22, 1850, who lived but five years. The mother, who lived with her son, Daniel, after the death of her husband, was eighty-three years old when she died on November 22, 1888.

called to the home farm when his father was unable to care for the property. On taking charge of the farm his parents removed to Beverly, while his sister, Marietta, remained with him to keep house until his marriage. He owns one hundred acres of finely improved land, which he has successfully devoted to general agriculture, and several tenement houses in Beverly, on Lorett Street, which bring him in a handsome annual rental. On the gable of the house which was built some years ago is the Appleton coat of arms.

On April 28, 1870, Mr. Appleton married Miss Lucy Abbie Lamson, a daughter of Jarvis and Lucy (Whittredge) Lamson, of Hamilton, and a grand-daughter of Jonathan and Sally (Appleton) Lamson, the latter of whom was a sister of Daniel Appleton, Sr. Mrs. Appleton died December 6, 1S83, leaving three children, namely: Daniel Howard, born November 30, 1874, who lives with his father on the home farm ; Marietta Dane, born November 13, 1876, who is the wife of Amos E. L. Scotton, of Brockton, Mass. ; and Elliott Lamson, born April 9, 1S81, who graduated from the Salem Commercial College in June, 1898.

ILO H. GOULD, a prosperous farmer and an esteemed resident of Andover, was born in his present residence, P'ebruary 22, 1S58, son of Henry Augustus and Sally (Batchelor) Gould. The Gould family has been in America since 1638, when it began with Richard Gould, who came from England. Cornelius Gould, father of Henry Augustus, born in 1767, followed farming throughout his life. This house is one hundred years old, having been built in 1797. Henry Augustus, who was born in Bradford, Mass., in 1816, passed the greater part of his life in Andovcr, engaged in agricultural pursuits. His wife, Sally, was a daughter of David Batchelor, of North Reading, Mass. Henry A. and Sally Gould were the parents of ten children. Of these, seven are living; namely, Henry Elias, Sarah Ann, Theodore F., Mark F., Ida R., Milo H., and Asa T. Sarah Ann successively married Ansel Eaton and George F. Mason. Ida R. is the wife of Henry A. Russell, of Andover.

Having acquired his education in the Andover public schools, Milo H. Gould worked with his father on the farm for some years. In 1892 he was appointed superintendent of the Poor Farm. Since the death of his father he has had charge of the homestead, and conducted it very successfully. He also manages the Sunnydale Milk Farm.

Mr. Gould was first married in 1S79 to Miss Clara Estella Batchelor, daughter of George liatchelor, and became the father of one child, Florence W. A second marriage, contracted in 1889, united him to Carrie, daughter of Walter B. Allen. She has no children. In politics Mr. Gould is a Republican. Both he and his wife are members of the Congregational church. Fraternally, he is a member of the Andover Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; and of Andover Grange, No. 183, of which he was Master for two years.

VOUIS F. BARTON, of Newburyport, a prominent shoe manufacturer and dealer, was born in Pittsfield, N.H., January 16, 1852. He comes of an old and long-lived family of Massachusetts. At the family reunion held in 1885 it was ascertained that, out of one hundred persons comprising five generations of Bartons, only four were dead. Ebenezer, the hrst ancestor,

David Barton, grandfather of Louis F., was a farmer. Although he lived to be eightyseven years of age, he never rode on steam cars during his life, having been unable to overcome his fear of them. He married Mary Miller, of Brentwood, and became by her the father of ten children. Louis G. Barton, son of David and father of Louis F., a shoemaker by trade, was also the first station agent at Seabrook. He was accidentally drowned on Hampton Bar when he was forty-two years old. His wife, in maidenhood Eliza Edmunds, of Chichester, N.H., and a daughter of Gardner and Matilda Edmunds, is still living with her son, Louis F. Barton, being now seventy-nine years old. She is the mother of six children, all of whom are living.

Louis F. Barton was the fourth of his parents' children. His father's death when Louis was fourteen years old obliged him to leave school then and begin work. Having learned the trade at which his father had worked, he aided his mother in bringing up the family and in paying off the mortgage on the home. When he was twenty-one years of age he came to Newburyport, and worked for the E. P. Dodge Manufacturing Company, where he remained for several years. The company finally offered him the post of superintendent, but he declined it. In 1879 he and Mr. Pike ojjcned a retail shoe store in Amesbury, the firm being known as Pike & Barton. Here he remained for si.\ months, and then bought the stand where he is now carrying on business, starting in with only one clerk. Mr. Barton also started £\nd built up the business of W. W. Coffin, being a silent partner. In 1891, with two others, he opened up Summit Place, and made by that enterprise some thousands of dollars. Since then he has been interested in a number of real estate investments, including the opening of Arlington Street and the erection of a number of houses, in consequence of which he was known as "The Land King" in 1894. By one of his more recent investments Mr. Barton cleared three thousand dollars in ten days. Barton Street, where he now owns some five or six houses, was also opened by him. In 1S93 he built a fine residence for himself on High Street, which has plate-glass windows and other features in keeping therewith. The proprietor of the Advent Church for the past nine years, he has recently renovated its basement. On January 8, 1896, in partnership with Mr. Thuriow, he began the manufacture of shoes. Mr. Thuriow retired from the firm at the end of three months, since which Mr. Barton has continued the business alone. He makes infants' shoes chiefly, employing about seventy-five hands.

Mr. Barton is a devoted member of the Advent Church Society and one of its most liberal supporters. In politics he is a Republican, although his family were all Democrats. He was urged to run for office, and was selected as the strongest man in his ward. A stanch temperance man, he instituted the Houston Liquor Cure, which was successfully applied by him in one hundred cases of inebriety. Fraternally, Mr. Barton is a member of St. John's Lodge, F. & A. M. ; of King Cyrus Chapter, R. A. M.; of Newburyport Commandery, K. T. ; of Amesbury Consistory; of Ouasquanim Lodge and Merrimac Encampment, I. O. O. F. ; and an honorary member of Canton A. O. U. W. and of the Yacht Club R. A. At one time he was a member of seventeen lodges. On November 24, 1874, he married Lizzie \V., daughter of Moses and Mary E. (Sawyer) Pike. Eight children have been born of the marriage, namely: Leonard, who is a book-keeper for his father; Lizzie, who died at the age of fourteen; Edith, who attends the Newburyport High School; Ralph, who died when three years old; and Beatrice, Clifford, Carrie, and Louis. Mr. Barton's career as a business man furnishes a good illustration of what may be accomplished by perseverance and close application. When, in company with Mr. Pike, he opened the store in Amesbury, he had but two hundred and seventy-five dollars of his own, and needed two hundred and twenty-five dollars more in order to pay for his share of the stock. He tried everywhere among his friends, but found no one able or willing to lend him the needed amount. At last he went to Elder Pearson, who, though a stranger, furnished him the money on an unindorsed note.

^^^OHN DALY, a prosperous meat dealer and grocer of South Lawrence, doing business at 87 and 91 South Broadway, was born in Ireland, July 18, 1840, son of John and Ellen (O'Neil) Daly. The paternal grandfather, Timothy Daly, was a farmer in County Cork, Ireland. Seven children were born to him and Kate Donovan Daly; namely, James, William, Timothy, Charles, John, Kate, and Patrick. Of these, James, Charles, Kate, and John came to America. Charles, who came first, died in New Orleans; Kate came ne.\t, John in 1S47, and James about 1S52.

John Daly, Sr., born in 1797, was a laborer in humble circumstances. His marriage with Ellen O'Neil took place about the year 1S19. She is a daughter of Daniel and Mary (Ryan) O'Neil and a grand-daughter of John Ryan, who studied for the priesthood. Her father, who was in the British navy for thirty years, and participated in the battle of Bunker Hill, lived to the great age of one hundred and twelve or thirteen years, being well preserved to the last. He was retired on a good pension, and owned a large estate and a farm that was left by his wife's father. Ellen O'Neil, born November i, 1797, in Castle Townsend, County Cork, Ireland, recently celebrated her centenarian birthday. Although for many years her life was one of toil and struggle, she has been remarkably blessed with health and energy. In her later years she has been tenderly cared for by her son and his family. While her sight is nearly gone, and she is slight and feeble, she still enjoys life. She came to America with her husband in 1S47 in a sailing-vessel, which was six weeks on the voyage from Oueenstown to Boston. John and Ellen Daly were the parents of eight children, three sons and five daughters, all born in the old country. He died in 1875, survived by his widow and six children, Johanna and Margaret having died in early childhood. Catherine, who became the wife of Joseph White, died about the year 1877, leaving one daughter. Timothy, who went to Fairport, Fremont County, la., and owned a large farm and stock, died about 1880, over forty years of age, leaving five sons and three daughters, and was buried at Nebraska City. The survivors are: Mary, who is the widow of Patrick Cahill, late of Lawrence; William, unmarried, who is the engineer of a steamboat in Seattle, Wash., whither he went in 1854; and I'^llen, who is the wife of Daniel O'Brien, and resides in California.

John Daly, the subject of this sketch, attended the Lawrence city schools, where he gave special attention to the study of bookkeeping. Beginning in 1858, he worked as a tanner and currier in Woburn, Mass., until the fall of i860. Then he went to New Orleans in the cotton press business, at which he was engaged until March 4, 1861. After that, going up the Mississippi River to St. Louis and thence to Chicago, he worked in the latter city a short time at the currier's trade, and finally returned to Lawrence. He subsequently followed liis trade for several years in Boston, on Cape Cod, and in New York. In 1868 he purchased a lot in this city, built a store on it, and there set up in the grocery business, taking up his residence in a tenement over his store. He built his present block with an L in i8go. It is of brick, four stories in height, forty-nine and one-half feet front and forty feet deep. His enterprise and close attention to business have been rewarded by an excellent trade both in meats and groceries. Within a stone's throw of his store is the site of his father's shanty, when South Lawrence was made up of about one hundred and fifty of such, occupied by the sturdy sons of Ireland who had settled here, and to whose thrift and energy may be traced much of the present prosperity of the place.

On New Year's Day, 1867, Mr. Daly married Margaret Barry, of Calais, Me., a daughter of Andrew and Mary (Iloffson) Barry. Nine of their twelve children are living. Their son James died when a year old, and William at the age of three and one-half. Mary, who lives at home, is cashier and bookkeeper in the store. Timothy Joseph Daly, a graduate of Harvard, class of 1897, is house surgeon in St. John's Hospital, Lowell. John Daly, Jr., is with his father. Elizabeth, a graduate of the Lawrence High -School, class of 1897, is at home. Katherine is a member of the class of 1898 in the same school. Helen died at the age of four years. Margaret is in school ; also Thomas, Anna, and Josephine, who is eight years old.

Though nominally a Democrat, Mr. Daly is an independent voter. He served in the Common Council for one year. He is a stockholder of the shoe factory and of the Lowell brewery. Both he and his family are members of the Catholic church. They reside at 350 South Broadway, Phillips Hill, in a substantia], fifteen-room house, that he built eleven years ago.

/ ^^^JaRDNER APPLETON brown, a V |5T practical and prosperous agriculturist of Ipswich, was born May 3, 1S23, on the farm he now owns and occupies, son of Joseph Brown, Jr. The Brown family originated in PZngland, whence at an early day three brothers, John, James, and William, emigrated to America. One of these brothers settled on the farm now occupied by Manasseh Brown, Jr., and the other two in this vicinity. William probably was the ancestor from whom this branch of the family has descended. The line was continued by William's son, Elisha,^ Elisha,-* Joseph,' and Joseph,'' each of whom lived and died within the limits of Ipswich.

Joseph Brown, Sr. , who was a farmer and carpenter, had a natural aptitude for mechanical pursuits. Besides erecting all the buildings around his place, he made the various implements he used in farming. His homestead, now occupied by Joseph Marshall, adjoins the Perkins estate, which belonged to his father-in-law. By his marriage with Elizabeth Perkins he came into possession of a portion of the Perkins farm. He also retained some twenty-two acres of the original Ikown farm, which has always been kept in the family, and now belongs to his grandson, Gardner A. Brown. His first wife died when young. He had passed the age of sixty when a second marriage united him with his sisterin-law, Martha Perkins, who survived him thirty-seven years, living in Ipswich. His first wife bore him five children - ^ Joseph, James, Eunice, Isaac, and Elizabeth. James reared a family of thirteen children, of whom but one is living; Eunice became the wife of Manasseh Brown ; Isaac removed to New Hampshire; and Elizabeth, who was the wife of John Patch, died in early life, leaving one child. The children of the second union were: Elizabeth, now the widow of Thomas Brown, and living on the Beach Road; and Mary, who married William P'oster Wade, of Ipswich village. The father attained the venerable age of ninety-one years.

Joseph Brown, Jr., was brought up to farming. Eventually he became the owner of his father's homestead property, comprising portions of the Brown and Perkins estates. This he has since considerably enlarged by the purchase of other land. At the age of twentyfour he married Rebecca Appleton, a daughter of Samuel Appleton and a sister of General James Appleton. He died about fifty years after, being then about seventy years old. His wife survived him, attaining the age of eightythree years. Both were active workers in the Old South Church, though the Appletons were all Baptists, and she retained her membership in the Bapti.st church. Their children were as follows: Lucy, who died in childhood; Samuel, a self-educated man, who after acquiring the goldsmith's trade studied law in Alfred, Me., in the office of an uncle, was for many years an attorney in Lowell, Mass., associated with Judge J. G. Abbott in the firm of Abbott & Brown, and died in Lowell at the age of filty-si.x years ; Joseph, who was a farmer on the old homestead, died at the age of forty-three years, leaving a family whose members reside in Cambridge and

Boston; Winthrop, who died in the West Indies when a young man; Mary Elizabeth, who was the wife of Joseph Kinsman, and died at the age of forty-eight years, leaving two sons - J. P"arley Kinsman and Gusta- VLis; Rebecca Appleton, who died at the age of forty years, and was the wife of Francis Dodge, of Danvers, Mass., the former owner of the asylum farm, which he sold to the State died at the age of forty; and Gardner Appleton, the subject of this sketch.

Gardner Appleton Brown has resided all his lifetime on the home farm. On the death of his brother he became its sole owner. The estate contains one hundred acres of land, which he devotes to mixed farming, hay being his principal crop. He has made substantial improvements, increasing the value of his property in a material manner, and is recognized throughout the community as a thorough-going and able farmer. In politics he is a steadfast Republican, sup[)orting the principles of his party by voice and vote. He is a regular attendant of the Old South Church. On October 28, 1849, h^ married Miss Judith Ann Perley, of Winthrop, Me. She died in the following year, leaving one son, Charles Gardner. The latter, now living on a neighboring farm, married Mary Petficld, and has two children - Marion Gardner and Jesse Appleton.

Mr. lirown, Sr., was married a second time in January, 1852, to Miss Leona A. Story, who was born in Essex, daughter of David Story, a former resident of that town. Of his two children by his present wife, Alvin Story is living, and resides on the home farm. Alvin married Miss Ella Thurston, and has three children - Emma Appleton, FAs'ic Frances, and Ruth Story. His younger brother, Jesse Appleton lirown, died at the age of twenty-one years.

EORGE A. DAVIS, a prominent busii I ness man of Gloucester and the proprietor of a large soda water manufactory and bottling establishment, is a native of Newburyport, born November 27, 1846. A son of William and Nancy (Jackman) Davis, he is descended on the paternal side from early settlers of Amesbury, Mass. Since 1656 the name has been a familiar one in Essex County, and has been borne with honor by many who have been called to serve in official capacities. Mr. Davis's maternal ancestors were among the oldest and most prominent citizens of Newburyport. Joseph Jackman, his grandfather, served at one time as Postmaster of that town. William and Nancy (Jackman) Davis had nine children, as follows: Sarah E., born January 25, 1832; Joseph W., born August 3, 1833, who died October 11, 1887; Lois, born July 11, 1S35, who died May 29, 1837; Charles O., born December 17, 1837; Lois H., born May 26, 1840, who died May 9, 1897; lulward P., born August 12, 1843, who died August 16, 1843; George A., the subject of this sketch; Stephen F., born June 18, 1850; and Mary I., born May 20, 1854.

George A. Davis obtained his education in the public schools of Newburyport, after which he entered the employ of George Giles, of that place, as travelling salesman. In 1869 he came to Gloucester, and with S. P. Winn as partner, under the firm name of Winn & Davis, bought the business which he now conducts. His partner having retired a short time after, he has since carried on the enterjirisc alone; and its growth and success arc due to his own careful management.

On September 27, 1S68, Mr. Davis was married to Mary C. Short, of West Newbury, and now has one daughter, Nellie M., living at home. A prominent Mason, he is a mem- ber of Tyrian Lodge, A. F. & A. M. ; of William Person Chapter, R. A. M. ; of Bethlehem Commandery, Knights Templar; of Aleppo Temple and Lafayette Lodge of Perfection, of Boston; of Giles F. Yates Council, Princes of Jerusalem; of Mount Olivet Chapter, Rose Croix; and of the Massachusetts Consistory. He has filled the different chairs in Bethlehem Commandery, of which at the present time he is Eminent Commander. During the term of Mayor Rogers, Mr. Davis was a member of the Common Council. Unassuming in manner and of genial disposition, Mr. Davis has a large circle of friends and acquaintances.

/^TkoRGE F. HAMER, of Lawrence, \pT^ the accomplished pianist and organist and teacher of harmony, composition, and counteri^oint, was born in this city, February 7, 1862. His parents, Benjamin and Priscilla (Taylor) Hamer, were born in P.ngland.

Benjamin Hamer, who was a native of Yorkshire, was born in 1819. He came to this country when about thirty years of age. A skilful and experienced weaver, he had charge of weaving-rooms in Portsmouth, N. H., for a number of years. He removed to Lawrence about 185S, and here had charge of weaving-rooms in the Pacific Mills. He died May 15, 1S97, leaving a widow and this son.

George F. Hamer was gifted with a natural talent for music, and was a skilful performer on the church organ at an early age. He acquired a common-school education in Lawrence, and then bent all his energies to the task of advancing himself in music. At fifteen he was organist of St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Methuen, Mass., afterward St. John's, and the P'irst Unitarian Church of Lawrence, and later of Park Street Church, Boston, Mass. In the meantime he studied witii private teachers in Boston. He spent two years in Munich under the tuition of Joseph Rheinberger, and studied the piano with Kellermann ; and he travelled through Germany, Italy, France, and England, all the while perfecting himself in his chosen art. After his return Mr. Hamer was for eight years organist of Trinity Church, Lawrence, and one year organist and director of the Unitarian church in Dorchester, Mass. He is now organist and leader of the choir in the Unitarian church in Lowell.

Mr. Hamer has achieved success not only as an artist, but also in financial matters. As a teacher of the piano and organ and of harmony, composition, and counterpoint he has few equals. While at Munich he wrote two orchestral overtures, both of which were performed by the orchestra at the music school ; and one of them was given at the graduation exercises of the Royal Music School, some of the nobility being present. Mr. Hamer is known through the country as. a church composer, having written many anthems for church use, and also a number of successful piano pieces. His pretty home is at 352 Broadway, Lawrence. He built the house in 1896, and he moved into it in November of that year. Mr. Hamer himself earned the funds for his musical education, and has won his way to distinction and prosperity by untiring work.

He was married at the age of twenty-six to Alice M. Smith, of Lawrence. They have two children now living, namely: l{lisabeth, born August 27, 1894; and Fillon, born July 4, 1896; and they have been bereft of two - a daughter that died in infancy and a son, Harold, at the age of two years. In politics Mr. Hamer is a Republican. He was reared in the Episcopal faith.

OX. WILLIAM H. TAPPAN, Notary Public, land surveyor, and real estate dealer in Manchester, Mass., is a native of this town and a worthy representative of an old and substantial Essex County family, whose founder was Abraham Toppan, an Englishman, who settled at Newbury, Mass., in 1637, and whose posterity includes many distinguished names.

Son of Colonel Eben and Sarah (Hooper) Tappan, born October 30, 1821, Mr. Tapixan is a grandson of Ebenezer Tappan, an oldtime merchant of Manchester, who was a soldier in the Revolution, and who represented Manchester in the State legislature in 181 1. Ebenezer Tappan's wife was lilizabeth Foster. His father, the Rev. Benjamin Tapjian, who married Elizabeth Marsh, was a son of Samuel and Abigail (Wigglesworth) Toppan, and a grandson of Dr. Peter and Jane (l?att) Topjian, of Newbury, Dr. Peter being the eldest son of Abraham, the immigrant.

The Rev. Benjamin Tappan was the second settled minister at Manchester, where he had charge of the parish over forty years, till his death, occurring in 1790. It was he who changed the s]ielling of the name from Toppan to Tajipan. His son, the Rev. David Tajipan, D.D., was for some years Hollis Professor of Divinity at Harvard College. Benjamin Tappan, Jr., brother of Professor Tapl)an, married a grand-niece of ]?enjamin Franklin, and was the father of Judge Tap- ]ian, of Ohio, and of the well-known philanthropists f)f New York City, Arthur and Lewis Tappan, the former the first president of the American Anti-slavery Society.

Colonel ICben Tappan in iSiS commanded a regiment in the State militia. He was a manufacturer of furniture, fire-engines, and ship steering wheels. He served as Representative in the State legislature in 1843.

William H. and his sister, Mrs. General Tannatt, of the State of Washington, are the only survivors of a family of ten children. He was educated in the public schools and at the academy in his native town. He afterward spent some years in Boston, becoming a draughtsman, and upon the arrival of Professor Louis Agassiz in this country Mr. Tappan was employed by him for several years in making drawings to illustrate his books and lectures. He accompanied the distinguished naturalist on his tour in the South.

In 1849 he went overland, by in\itati()n of the Secretary of War, William L. Marcy, brought about through the influence of Daniel Webster and John Quincy Adams, with the regiment of Mounted Rifles, to what was then Oregon Territory, where for a while he was engaged in surveying and stock-raising. Later on he was employed by the United States government in the Indian Department, and was instrumental in extinguishing the Indian title to lands, the consummation being brought about by treaties with the different tribes occujiying that vast region extending from the Pacific to the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains, to secure which he journeyed many thousand miles on horseback over Oregon, Washington, and adjoining Territories. His influence made itself felt in the creation of the new Territory of Washington by separation from Oregon, and in the first legislature of W'ashington he was a member of the Territorial Council.

Leaving Washington in 1864, Mr. Tapjian went by the overland stage line to Colorado, and, locating himself at Central City, engaged in mercantile business. Times were dull at that period in Colorado, wliich imd not tiien been admitted as a State, and whose mineral resources had been but slightly developed. After the destruction of Central City by fire, in which he was a very heavy loser, Mr. Tappan returned to his birthplace and old home, Manchester-by-the-Sea, now become a noted summer resort.

Here he has since resided, giving his attention to surveying and dealing in real estate. A stanch Republican in politics, he has served on the Central State Committee, and has taken an active part in town affairs. In iSSi he represented Manchester in the lower branch of the State legislature, and was on the Committee on the Revision of the Statutes. In 1885 and 1886 he served as State Senator from the Tiiird Essex District, and was a member of the following committees: on Prisons, on Harbors and Public Lands, on Fisheries and Game, and on Woman's Suffrage.

Mr. Tappan is president of the Manchester Historical Society, of which he was one of the founders, and has always taken an active interest in its work. He is the author of the chapter on Manchester contained in the History of Esse.x County, pujjlished in 1S8S, the first history of the town ever printed.

Mr. Tappan's first wife was formerly Miss Anderson, of London, England. They were married April 7, 1S57. She died April 11, 1867. His union with his present wife, Augusta Wheaton, of Manchester, took place in 1 88 1. Mrs. Tappan is a daughter of the late William E. and Sarah Edwards Wheaton, of Manchester, Mass.

(JOSEPH CHANDLER NEWHALL, a leading farmer of Lynnfield, was born on August 22, 1 8 16, son of Joseph and Adeline (Batchelder) Newhall. The Newhall family, which is of English descent, came to New England in the early days of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Joseph Newhall, the grandfather of Joseph C. , residing in a part of Danvers now known as South Peabody, reached an advanced age. By trade a stone-worker, he became the owner of stone cjuarries, and supplied therefrom the material for building cellars, foundations, and so forth. His son, Joseph, who died at the age of fifty-nine, settled across the road from his father's farm. Subsequently Joseph removed to Lynn, where he bought the homestead of his maternal grandfather, Daniel Galucia, and resided there during the rest of his life. His wife, Adeline, who died on January 26, 1866, was a daughter of Henry and Desire (Marsh) Bachelder, of Peabody. Desire was the sixth in line of descent from John Marsh, the founder of the well-known Marsh family of Salem, the line being through John, Zachery, Ezekiel, Ensign Ezekiel, and Lieutenant Ezekiel, who married Bethia Hartshorn. She was married on July 13. i779> and she died on November 2, 1840. Joseph Chandler Newhall, who passed his boyhood in Salem, removed to Lynn when eighteen years of age. After his first marriage he lived in Peabody, where he hired his grandfather's farm and carried on teaming for twelve or thirteen years. Upon coming to Lynnfield he settled on the old home of his wife's mother, which was subsequently bequeathed him to hold during his life. H's first wife, Cinderella, born at Lynnfield on March 25, i8i8, died on December 11, 1855. She was a daughter of Roxana Newhall, who died the next spring after Mr. Newhall came to the farm, and a grand-daughter of Ezekiel Newhall, who settled at an early date in South Lynnfield. One of the five original Newhalls was General Josiah, whose father settled at South Lynnfield, on the farm adjoining that of Ezekiel Newhall. After he came into possession of this property, which originally com- prised about thirty acres, Mr. Newhall added considerable land, some of which was woodland lying in Lynn, and which has since been sold to the Lynn Water Works Company. He has bought also thirty acres in Peabody and a wood-lot which he has never seen. Vegetable raising occupied a large share of his attention until his son Frank took charge, since which time considerable dairying has been carried on.

In October, 1856, at Reading, Mass., Mr. Newhall married for his second wife Alice Tucker. l?orn at Lynn in I'^ebrunry, 1820, she died on March 6, 18S1. Her death has been attributed to her unselfish devotion to her husband. A short time before, by personally attending him through a long and severe illness, in which erysipelas threatened him with the loss of an arm, she completely undermined her own health, which was never robust. When Mr. Newhall came here he had only about five hundred dollars in the bank, but so much has his business pro.spered that he has been able to give to each of his si.x children about one thousand three hundrctl and fifty dollars. While he has taken a warm interest in town affairs, he has declined public office. He has, however, served on the School Committee. For about two years he has been in delicate health, and has fallen two or three times. Iking a heavy man, these accidents shocked him severely, and have caused a great soreness in his chest. The cane he carries is one that was owned by his grandfather.

The children of Mr. Newhall, all the offs|iring of his first marriage, were: Ashley Chandler Newhall, now a milkman residing in Lynn; Joseph ICverett, who is in the poultry business at South Lynnficld ; Cinderella, who married A.sa T. Newhall, recently Mayor of the city of Lynn fur two years; Jeremiah Lucian, who was a milk dealer in Lynn, and died at the age of forty-four; Mary, now Mrs. Charles Abbott, of South Lynnfield ; and Frank Newhall, who was born on April 3, 1853. Frank Newhall married Urildah J., daughter of Nathaniel D. Putnam, of Peabody, and has two children : Lena Mabel, a young lady of seventeen ; and P'rank Chandler, both residing with their parents. tZlected to the Board of Selectmen in 1885, P'rank Newhall served until 1895, with the exception of the year i8go, when he refused to serve. He is now Superintendent of Streets, and has held the position for several terms before. He keeps twenty-five cows, and manages a milk route in Lynn and in Swampscott. An active Democrat, he has attended various party conventions, and he is a prominent memlicr of the Esse.x County Agricultural Society.

ARGENT S. DAY, one of the few captains now living in Gloucester that were formerly engaged in the P'ast India trade, was born in this place on P'ebruary 8, 1S20, son of Aaron and Judith (Tarbo.x) Da)'. He attended the public schools here for a number of years. While still (piite young he studied navigation at a private school devoted especially to that science. His first experience at sea on a long voyage was as cabin boy on a brig engaged in the Surinam trade. After making a few trips in this capacity he engaged as mate on the schooner "Cinderella," a coasting-vessel which carried fish to Philadelphia, and brought back a cargo of coal. Not finding this entirely to his liking, he shipped a few months later as ordinary seaman on the "Fljen Brooks," which was bound from Boston to New Orleans. His ability and attention to business were noted immediately by the ship's officers, and at the end of his first trip he was promoted to the position of second mate. Later, while in the harbor of New Orleans, he accepted an offer made him to ship as second mate of the "R. D. Shepherd," a large, fine vessel bound for Liverpool. At the end of the voyage a more advantageous offer induced him to enter the service of the New York & New Orleans Passenger Packet Company, with which he spent six years, serving successively in the capacities of first and second lieutenant. On leaving the packet company he went to Boston, and there took charge of the "Loo Choo, " which sailed to l^atavia, Java. After twt) voyages in the position of first officer he was appointed captain of the "Loo Choo," being then only twenty - two years of age. When he returned from a voyage to Singapore, he was transferred by his ship-owners to the "Washington Allston, " a new ship that was a remarkably fine and handsome craft. His first voyage in her was to Batavia and his second to Calcutta. It was on this second voyage that he encountered a typhoon which nearly wrecked him. Mrs. Day, who was with her husband on that occasion, was fully aware of the great danger to which the shij) and crew were exposed ; but she showed herself as brave as a sailor's wife should be. Upon his return Captain Day was given the command of the "Cohota, " one of the largest and most finely equipped vessels engaged in the East India merchant service. For thirteen years he continued master of this vessel, to the constant satisfaction of her owners. In 1S57 he sold the "Cohota" while in Singapore, and returned to America on another vessel as a passenger. This was the captain's last voyage across the ocean. The Civil War, which broke out shortly after his return home, greatly affected the foreign shipping business. He met the situation by buying a wharf in Gloucester, building three first-class fishingvessels, and engaging in the fishing business. After a few years, however, as values in shipping property of all kinds were shrinking, he retired.

The Captain's wife before her marriage was Lucy Greenleaf, of Gloucester. She was the mother of five children, of whom two are living. These are: Lucy Lizzie, who was born in 1S55, and is now the wife of Frank Tibbets, of this city; Elias Elwell, born in 1863, who is now living at Las Cruces, N. M. The others were Oliver E., Charles P. L., and an infant daughter. Captain Day is a member of Tyrian Lodge, F. & A. M., and has been its treasurer for the last thirty-eight years. He is also a member of Bethlehem Comniandery, K. T. ; of William Person Chapter, R. A. M. ; and of Martha Washington Chapter, O. E. S. From the beginning he has been the treasurer of R. A. M., K. T., and O. E. S. ; and he is affiliated with Ocean Lodge, I. O. O. F.

JIARLES EDWIN SYMONDS, a prominent citizen of Salem and a son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Baker) .Symonds, was born in Buffum Street, June 12, 1 819. Mr. Symonds's great-grandfather, Benjamin, also a native of Salem, was of the fifth generation descended from John Symonds, who is known to have been in Salem in 1636. According to the best available information, he was a farmer of Toppsfield, luigland. Further, he received a grant of twenty acres of land in Salem, and was made a freeman in 1638.

Benjamin Symonds, a lifelong resident of Salem, carried on the business of potter in Osborn Street. William Symonds, the grandfather, for many years dealt in fishermen's supplies, and lived to be eighty years of age. His wife was Eunice Gardner Symonds,

Nathaniel Symonds, having started in lite as the proprietor of a grocery store, later became interested in the manufacture of boots and shoes, tl is wife, Elizabeth, was a daughter of Allen and Rebecca (Porter) Baker. The latter was a daughter of the liev. John Porter, pastor of the Congregational church at Ipswich for many years. Allen Baker owned and cultivated a farm in Ipswich that was formerly owned by acting governor Symonds, who married Martha, the sister of Governor Endicott. Mrs. Elizabeth Symonds died at the age of fifty-two years. Ten of her thirteen children attained maturity.