Essex Town (part 19 of 26)

Albert P. I^urnham attended the public schools until he was fourteen years old. Then he began to serve an apprenticeship at the shoemaker's trade with Joshua Hill, of Andover. After working as a journeyman in his native town for a time, he went to Lynn in 1868, and was employed at his trade in that city for seventeen years. After this he purchased a farm in Ijjswich, and he resided there for some years. Since 1892 he has occupied the responsible position of superintendent of the North Andover town farm. He has gained the reputation of an able farmer and a thoroughly upright and conscientious man. He is a Democrat in politics, holds the appointment of Sealer of Weights and Measures, and is a special police officer. He joined the Independent Order of Odd P"ellows in 1870,

Ill 1 87 1 Mr. Ikirnham married Mrs. Hannah C. Woodard Taber, a daughter of Amos Woodard, of Canada, who moved to the town of Jay, N.Y. Mrs. Biirnham was born in Jay (where her parents were married), and resided there until she was thirteen years old. She then accompanied her parents to New Hampshire, where she resided about twelve years. In i860 her father went West, and died in Minnesota in 1881. Mrs. Burnham's first husband died in 1S62 in the army. After his death she moved to Lynn, where she was married to Mr. Burnham. By her first husband she had two children, both of whom died in infancy.

ACAY II.LIAM II. UEWHIRST, an enterfoi/ jjrising coal dealer of Groveland, is a native of this town, born October 16, 1863. His father, James Dewhirst, was born in Yorkshire, luigland, in 1832. James was reared in the manufacturing districts, and became an expert mill operative. In 1857 he emigrated to the United States. Landing in Boston, he subsequently settled in Groveland, where he followed his trade. He also engaged in farming. The maiden name of his wife, to whom he was married in England, was Sarah Skelton.

William II. Dewhirst was graduated from the Groveland High School in 1880. He was employed at the Groveland Woollen Mills for three years, at the expiration of which time he went to New Bedford, Mass., where he worked in the Oncko Mills for seven years. He then embarked in the coal trade in Groveland, and, in addition to dealing in that commodity, is now doing quite an extensive business in handling grain, ice, hay, and fertilizers. He has attained a place among the leading business men of the town, and is a director of the Groveland Co-operative Bank. In ])olitics he is Inde]3endent.

In September, 1888, Mr. Dewhirst was united in marriage with Alice W. Renton, daughter of William A. Renton, of Groveland. He has four children, namely: Sadie M., born in i88g; William R., born in 1891; Anna S., born in 1S93; and Theodore II., born in 1895. Mr. Dewhirst is a member of Vesta Lodge, No. 166, I. O. O. F., of New Bedford, and a charter member of Union Lodge, No. 7, K. of P. of that city.

HARRISON TENNKY, a farmer of Rowley and the author of anthems and gospel hymns, was born there November 22, 1840, son of John and Sally Lummns (Chapman) Tenney. His father was choir leader in Linebrook Church, Ipswich ; and his mother was the leading soprano in the choir, so that J. Harrison's childhood must have been spent in a musical atmosphere. The former was a native of Ipswich. In his young manhood he was a last-maker. Afterward he became a farmer. It was said of him in the village that, if there was an honest man in the world, it was John Tenney. He was a man well informed and an enthusiastic musician as well as a modest one. He was not an office-holder in the town. Though he was not a member of the church, he was for many years an officer of the parish. Mrs. Tenney died when eighty-five years of age. Her son speaks of her as "the best woman he ever knew." So, likewise, said her neighbors and friends. John and Sally Tenney's children are: Silas M., who married Sarah A. Dawkins, and has one son, now twenty-nine years old, a graduate of Dummer Academy, and living at home;

Mr. Tenney's first song was published in the Musical Pioneer. Afterward he contributed to the New York Musical Gazette many beautiful songs of a religious character. He has published thirty books of his songs and anthems for the church, Sunday-school, and prayer-meeting. Scarcely a book or collection of this kind has been made for the last twenty-five years that has not his name in its list of composers. His tastes have always been in this line of music. His most successful work is "Work and Worship," of which one hundred thousand copies have been sold.

The most modest of men, Mr. Tenney insists that he is not a professional musician, and only employs himself in his musical work during the little leisure left him by his farm duties, and for his own pleasure and profit. He is a Deacon in the Congregational church, where he leads the choir and plays the organ, making a free offering of his services. He does not now write as much as formerly, but it has been said of him that "he writes music as the robin sings." Mr. Tenney married Alice Potter, of Rowley, a daughter of Nathaniel and Mary (Mack) Potter. He is now the father (jf two children, Miriam and l^sther Louise.

'AMUP:L G. pool, a successful business man and an esteemed citizen of Gloucester, who has been identified with the Atlantic Halibut Company since the firm was established, is a native of Bristol, Me., born January 20, 1841. A son of Ebenezer C. and Martha (Plummer) Pool, he comes of Colonial stock, being a descendant of Stephen Hopkins and his wife, Elizabeth, who were passengers on the "Mayflower." John Pool, the first representative of the family in Gloucester, to which place he came from Beverly in the year 1700, was born in 1670 in Taunton, England. He was a carpenter by trade. The timber land on his farm at Rockport furnished the lumber with which Long Wharf, in Boston, was built in 1710. Little is known regarding his son John, e.xcept that he had a son Isaac, who married Olive Cleveland, daughter of the Rev. Ebenezer Cleveland, the minister at Sandy Bay, who had been a chaplain in the Continental army. Isaac and Olive Pool had a son Ebenezer, born at Sandy Bay. Four years after his birth they removed to Bristol, Me., which was the birthplace of Ebenezer C. Pool, son of Ebenezer Pool, and named for his grandfather, Plbenezer Cleveland.

Samuel G. Pool was educated in the public schools of Bristol, Me. The first four years after he left school were spent with his father on the farm. When about twenty years of age, he engaged in seafaring, which he afterward followed for several years, becoming in time the master of a fishing-vessel sailing from Gloucester. After serving for two years in this capacity, he had a vessel of his own built in Bristol, and during the succeeding four years he was engaged in fishing for a livelihood, finding a market for his fish in Gloucester and Boston. About this time an incident occurred which changed the entire futurecourse of his life. His vessel, which he thought safely moored, broke loose and was wrecked. This misfortune proved a blessing in disguise. Previously Mr. Pool had not thought it possible to follow any avocation on land. Now forced to try, and largely influenced by the importunities of his wife to find some employment so he could remain at home, he soon found that he was possessed of good business ability. For a year he was employed by Stockbridge & Co., during which time he gained a knowledge of the fresh fish business. He then formed a partnership with William H. Gardner, under the style of Pool & Gardner. Four years later they consolidated with Oakes & Co., under the firm name of the Gloucester Fresh Fish Company. This firm, after two years of successful business, consolidated with Stockbridge & Co. and Stetson & Co., forming the now famous Atlantic Halibut Company.

Mr. Pool was married in July, 1867, to Miss Helen Marr, a daughter of Chester and Elizabeth (Green) Marr. Six children have been born to them, namely: Herman Everett, in 1868; Clementine, in 1870; Gardner, in 1877; Blanche Elizabeth, in 1S80; Samuel Seroy, in 1883; and James Plummer, in 1889. Herman attended the public and high schools of Gloucester, and subsequently graduated at Bryant & Stratton's Commercial College in Boston. After spending a few years as bookkeeper for Swift & Co., he formed a partnership with John T. Hodge, which was dissolved by the death of the latter in i8g6. While the firm name of Hodge & Pool has been retained, the business is now conducted by Herman Pool alone. Herman ¥.. Pool is a prominent member of Tyrian Lodge, A. F. & A. M. ; of McPherson Chapter, R. A. M. ; of Bethlehem Commandery, K. T. ; and of the Mystic Shrine. He has also for several years been a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston. He married Louisa Rider, daughter of Enoch Rider. The Rider family, which has been well known on Cape Cod for many generations, traces its ancestry back to Peregrine White, the first white child born in New England. Herman and Louisa Rider Pool have two children, of whom Chester was born in 1893. Clementine Pool married Hugh Parkhurst, who is in the employ of A. Manton Patillo. They have two daughters: Helen, born in 1893; and Mildred, born in 1896. Gardner Pool, who attended the public schools of Gloucester and is a graduate of the Bryant & Stratton's Boston College, is now with the firm of Hodge & Pool. Blanche Pool is a student of the Gloucester High School. Samuel and James are pupils of the graded public schools. Blanche and Samuel are members of the order called the Children of the American Revolution.

ALLACE BATES, Superintendent of Streets in Lynn, was born here October 14, 1S39, son of Thomas S. and Elizabeth (Ikown) Bates. The father, born in Saugus, was a son of Thomas Bates, a shoemaker, who passed the greater part of his quiet, uneventful life in that town, and his closing days in Lynn, dying in 1862. Thomas S. Bates learned the shoemaker's trade in his native town. When a young man, he removed to Lynn, and there married Miss Brown, who was a native of this town. He subsequently engaged in the manufacture of shoes, continuing in that occupation until his death in 1S78. Much interested in the welfare of his adopted city, he served in several of its minor offices.

Having attended the public schools of Lynn for the usual period, Wallace Bates at the age of fifteen began shoemaking with his father. In i860 he embarked in business as a shoe manufacturer, continuing ten years. P'rom 1870 until 1887 he confined his operations to speculating and trading in horses, cattle, real estate, etc., his natural ability, shrewdness, and tact bringing him success. On January I, 1888, he assumed the duties of the Superintendent of Streets, an important city office to which he has since been annually re-elected. During his incumbency great improvements have been made in the city's thoroughfares. New streets have been laid out ; and it has been his privilege and pleasure to build and open Eastern Avenue, one of the jjrincipal thoroughfares.

In i8So Mr. Bates was a member of the Common Council, and did efficient service in the Committees on Laying out Streets, Almshouse, and the Poor. In politics he is a sound and loyal Republican. He is intimately identified with the welfare and advancement of several secret organizations of Lynn, being a charter member, and Past Grand of West Lynn Lodge, No. 65, I. O. O. F. ; Past Chief Patriarch of Palestine Encampment, No. 37; a member of Abraham Lincoln Lodge, K. of P. ; and of the Lynn Lodge of Elks, No. 117. He is also a member of the Lynn Republican Club and of the Park Club. On June 17, 1S63, he married Miss Mary A. Alley, a daughter of James Alley and Abigail (Witt) Alley, who was born and educated in Lynn. Mr. and Mrs. Bates have three children - Edgar W. , James A., and Herbert W.

AVID HOLBROOK, a well-known stone-cutter in the emjjloy of the Pigeon Hill Granite Company, Rockport, is a native of this town, born May I, 183s, son of David and Abigail C. (Parsons) Holbrook. His father, who was a native of Massachusetts, resided in Rockport from the early thirties until his death in 1859. His mother was a native of Rockport.

David Holbrook was educated in the public schools. At the age of thirteen he went to work in the cpiarries in this vicinity, and has remained thus engaged up to the present time. In 1876 he entered the employ of the Pigeon

Mr. Holbrook married Sarah T. Grover, daughter of the late Captain William Grover, a well-known fisherman of Rockport, who was sent as Representative to the legislature soon after Rockport became a town.

In politics Mr. Holbrook acts with the Republican party, but has Prohibition sympathies. He has been a trustee of the Granite Savings Bank since its organization, and is actively concerned in all movements having for their object the benefit of the community. He is a Past Grand of Granite Lodge, I. O. O. F., and also belongs to the Order of American Mechanics.

;^OSHUA N. FOSS, a former resident of Rowley, and a son of Joshua and Eliza P^oss, was born October 5, 1829, in Strafford, N. H. He received his earlier education in Strafford and in Atkinson, Me. Afterward he attended Dummer Academy in Byfield, Mass., to which place his parents removed when he was fourteen years old. The family first lived on the Stedman and Harrod place, then upon the Colman place, and finally on the old Nelson estate in Rowley, which was bought by the father. Here Joshua N. became the man of the family, and for n time was assisted on the farm by his brothers. James, the youngest, studied for the Baptist ministry, and afterward went into the book business.

Though originally a farmer, Mr. Foss was engaged in the insurance business for ten years, at one time with Mr. Carter, and then with Brewster Brothers of Newburyport; and he was a director of the Groveland Mutual Insurance Company. Much of his time was spent in politics. He was a Selectman for several years, represented his district in the legislature in 18S7, and he held the commission of Justice of the Peace. Always a stanch Republican, he was entirely candid in his approval or disapproval of candidates or measures. Among his firmest friends were the young men of the town, with whom he kept in close touch. He was apparently in perfect health two days before his death, which occurred January 11, 1894, at the age of si.\tyfour. He belonged to the Masonic body at Georgetown, and was very active in the affairs of the Universalist church in Rowley, of which he was a member.

Mr. Foss first married Rebecca Balch, a daughter of Deacon Phineas C. lialch, one of the prominent men of By field. On September 22, i8go, Abbie C. Adams, daughter of Albert S. and Abigail (Dummer) Adams, became his second wife. Her father, a representative machinist of Amesbury, Mass., was born in Newbury, July 9, 1825, and received his education at Dummer Academy. He began business at Newport, where he and N. N. Dummer carried on a grist and saw mill. After returning to this vicinity a few years later, he lived in Amesbury for twentyfive years. Here he obtained a position as machinist with the Amesbury and Salisbury Woollen Company, under Deacon Bagley, and afterward in the Amesbury Woollen Mill with Mr. Bleakie. After this mill was discontinued, Mr. Adams went with Robert Bleakie, whose father introduced the first power loom in the country. Mr. Bleakie now controls the Hyde Park Water Company, for which Mr. Adams was superintendent during the twelve years preceding his death.

Amesbury and Merrimac was effected, he was a member of the Board of Selectmen. He served on the Amesbury School Board for four years; and in 1879 he represented that town in the State legislature, where he served on the joint standing committee on Roads and Bridges.

YLVANUS FLINT, a farmer of South Middleton and a mason by trade, was born on his present homestead, December 22, 182S. A son of John and Sally (Holt) Flint, he is a descendant of Thomas Flint, who came to New England with his wife, Ann, about the middle of the seventeenth century, and was one of the first settlers at Salem Village, as it was then called, later Danvers, now Peabody, his homestead property being near what is known as Phelps's Mills, about five miles from North Reading.

I^"rom Thomas the line was continued through his son. Captain Thomas, born in 1645, ^vho fought in King Piiilip's War and died in 1721, to Captain Samuel, born in 1693, who married Ruth Putnam, daughter of John Putnam, third, son of John, Jr., and grandson of John, Sr., the immigrant founder of the Putnam family of New England.

Deacon John Flint, the ne.xt ancestor in this line, born in 1725, son of Captain Samuel and Ruth, married in 1746 Huldah, daughter of Jethro and Ann Putnam. Jethro Putnam, we learn from the Putnam Genealogy, lived at the old Putnam place in Danvers, formerly owned by his father, James Putnam, now known as Oak Knoll.

Samuel Flint, a brother of Deacon John, was a Captain in the Revolution. He took an active part in the battle of Lexington. Being asked by an officer where he should be found on a certain occasion, his reply was,

Jeremiah Flint, born in 1749, son of Deacon John and his wife, Hiildah, married Sarah Elliott. Their children were: Roger; James; Anna; John; Jeremiah; Jesse; Sally; Samuel; Fanny; and one, the fourth son, that died an infant of a few days. Roger Flint lived in Bo.xford ; James went to Maine; Anna married Deacon Joseph I'eabody, of Middleton; Jesse made his home for some years in Lynn, but died in Middleton; Sally married Asa Russell, of Peabody; and Fanny married Adrian Putnam, of Danvers.

Jeremiah, Jr., the fifth son, born in 1785, married in 1S16 Mary floward, who died in 1S36. He died in 1853, survived by four children : James, whose younger son, James H., of Weymouth, Mass., a lawyer, is the present State Senator from the F"irst Norfolk District (1898); Charles Louis, now deceased, who was secretary of the Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture, 1S53-81, and for one year president of the Agricultural College at Amherst; Sarah A., who married James S. Campbell, and since her husband's death continues to reside with her daughter, Mary F., at their home in Newton; Mary A., who lives at Needham. Jeremiah Flint, Jr., built a house on his share of his father's lands, near the old family dwelling.

John Flint, born in 1782, third son of Jeremiah, succeeded to the paternal homestead. He married in 1824 Sally Holt, of Wilmington. They had seven children, namely: John Calvin, now a resident of Boston; George Bradley, of Middleton; Sylvanus, the subject of this sketch; Abigail, who lives at the homestead with her brother Sylvanus; Jeremiah, who resided at Reading, and died there in 1894; Sarah Elizabeth Flint, who died in 1884; and Justin, who enlisted early in the war of the Rebellion in Company C, Seventeenth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers, was taken ill in Baltimore, Md., and died there in 1861. Much esteemed in the town, the father was often chosen Selectman. He died in 1852.

Sylvanus Flint passed his boyhood on the home farm. He learned the mason's trade, and then worked for a time in a paper-mill. Afterward, in Boston, he followed his trade for twenty-five years, residing during that period in Somerville and Maiden. Having returned to the ancestral farm at the beginning of the Civil War, he has since resided here, except when working at his trade in New Hampshire, Maine, or in other parts of Massachusetts. At the age of twenty-five he married Miss Miranda Pitts, daughter of William and Mary Pitts, of Liverpool, England. She died in 1867, having been the mother of four children, namely: Nelson P., now a mason of Everett, Mass., and a maker of steam heaters, etc. ; M. Adelaide, now the wife of H. M. Preston, of Jamaica Plain, Mass. ; Fannie, who became a teacher, and now holds the office of Postmaster of South Middleton, and has since 1893, when the post-office was established here; and Sylvanus, who died in infancy.

Mr. Flint is a Republican in politics. He has long held offices in the gift of the town. About three years ago he started a general merchandise store in connection with the post-office, and has since successfully conducted it.

Mr. Flint's farm now consists of about eighty-five acres. It was a part of the estate of Deacon John Flint, who owned besides other lands the mill privilege on the Ipswich River, which was formerly held by his grandfather. Captain Thomas Flint. Deacon

Flint's will was dated December 22, 1773. It is thought that he built the house which has come down to his descendants of the fourth generation. His grandson John, Mr. Flint's father, owned a saw-mill and a gristmill. The mill privilege was sold somewhat more than sixty years ago to Colonel Francis Peabody, who built the first Middleton paper-mill.

X»i£_^ prominent and valued citizens, was born September 4, 183S, in Andover, Mass. He is a son of the late Hon. Daniel Saunders, founder of the city of Lawrence, and a brother of Daniel Saunders, in whose sketch, which appears on another page of this volume, an extended ancestral history may be found.

Caleb Saunders received his early education in Lawrence, and has the distinction of being the first graduate of the city high school to become a collegian. In September, 1855, he entered Bowdoin College at Brunswick, Me., from which he was graduated in July, 1859, as one of the first six in a class of thirty-nine, though he had neither the salutatory nor the valedictory. In the office of his brother Daniel he then began the study of law, which he continued until the breaking out of the late Civil War, when he gladly responded to his country's summons for volunteers, being the first man to enlist in the city of Lawrence after the call from President Lincoln was received. He enlisted April 14, 1861, in Company I, Si.xth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, under CajJtain John Pickering and Colonel Jones, and participated, in the first fray of the Rebellion, the l^altimore riot, in which he received a slight flesh wound. Four of his comrades there bravely met death, one of them, Corporal Nccdham, falling directly in front of Mr. Saunders. His first term of enlistment was for three months. He afterward joined the F"irst Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, in which he was commissioned P^irst Lieutenant, and served as acting Adjutant. Under the exposures and hardships of life in camp and field, he lost flesh rapidly, becoming reduced from one hundred and sixty pounds avoirdupois to ninety-eight pounds. His health being seriously impaired, he resigned on December 10, 1862.

On returning to Lawrence and regaining his health, Mr. Saunders resumed his law studies, and in 1864 was admitted to the bar with the privilege of practising in any of the courts of the Commonwealth. He has since been associated with his brothers in legal work, being a member of the firm of Daniel, Caleb, and Charles G. Saunders. During his entire career he has been very active in municipal affairs, and at different periods has held all the important positions within the gift of his fellow-citizens. He was a member of the Common Council for three years, was an Alderman three years, on the School Board fifteen years, and in 1S77 was Mayor of the city.

He is a stanch Democrat in politics, as is his brother, thereby differing from their father, who was first a Free Soiler and later a decided Republican. He is very much interested in Masonry, and has done much to promote the good of the lodges to which he belongs, having been very active in each. He has passed all the chairs, and is now Past Grand Commander of the Knights Templars of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. He belongs also to the Needham Post, G. A. R. Though not a member of any religious organization, he is an attendant of the Episcopal church.

Her father, who died in 1858, at the age of fifty years, was well known in this vicinity as a successful educator, and for many years was connected with the public schools of this city. His wife, whose inaiden name was Mary Baker, died in 1880, leaving but one child, Carrie F., now Mrs. Saunders. Mr. and Mrs. Saunders have resided since their marriage at 362 Andover Street, Lawrence. They have two children, namely: Annie O., wife of Charles H. Baldwin, of Boston ; and George F. , of Lawrence. The latter married Jennie Donnell, of York, Me., and is the father of three children - Daniel, William I'., and Carrie C.

T^Y^EV. DeWITT S. CLARK, D.D., I S^ was born in Chicopee, Mass., Sept-P V_,^ tcmber 11, 1841. His parents were the Rev. Eli B. and Cornelia (DeWitt) Clark. His immigrant ancestor, Thomas Clark, was born in England in i6go. Thomas Clark had a son Timothy, whose son Eli was the Rev. Dr. Clark's grandfather. Eli Clark was born in Waterbury, Conn., and spent much of his life in that town. A well-to-do farmer, he was prominent in town affairs, and served on the Board of Selectmen. He was a member of the First Congregational Church of Waterbury. He died when his grandson, DeWitt S. Clark, was two years old. One of Eli Clark's sons. Captain William Clark, was an officer in the militia, and served in the War of 1S12.

The Rev. Eli Benedict Clark, above named, son of Eli Clark, was a graduate of Yale, 1836, and of the New Haven Theological Seminary. Ordained October 16, 1839, he was for thirty-six years pastor of the First Congregational Church in Chicopee, spending all his ministerial life in that town. He died in Springfield, Mass., April 2, 1889, in his eighty-second year. His wife was a daughter of Garrit V. H. and Elizabeth (Baldwin) DeWitt, of Milford, Conn., the former being descended from one of the early Dutch settlers of New York. Her grandparents were Garrit and Margaret (Van Horn) DeWitt. Garrit DeWitt was born in New York in 1735, and was in business there as a merchant for a number of years. He had a family of eight children; namely, John, Catherine, Garrit V. H. (DeWitt S. Clark's maternal grandfather), Margaret, Abraham, Peter, William, and John. Garrit Van Horn De- Witt was born in 1761 in Milford, Conn., and was in trade in that town for a great many years. His last years were spent in retirement from active business. Like all the DeWitts, he belonged to the Episcopal church. He married Elizabeth Baldwin, who bore him ten children - William, David, Elizabeth, Catherine, Avis, Maria, Garrit, Cornelia (Mrs. Clark), John, and Margaret. Mrs. Cornelia DeWitt Clark died in 1880, aged seventy-two. She had but two children: DeWitt Scoville, the subject of this sketch; and a daughter Cornelia who died in 1883.

DeWitt Scoville Clark, after graduating from the Chicopee High School, attended successively a private school in Orange, Conn., and Williston Seminary, Easthampton, Mass., where he was graduated in 1859. He took his degree of Bachelor of Arts at Amherst College in 1863, delivering one of the class orations at the commencement. After leaving college he taught one term in the Upton (Mass.) High School, and was for two years principal of the Sa.xonville (Mass.) High School. He then entered the Andover Theological Seminary, from which he graduated in 1868. That same year he received a call to the First Evangelical Church at Clinton, Mass.; and on November 11, 1868, he was ordained and installed pastor of that church. He resigned his charge there on the tenth anniversary of his installation, having received a call to the Tabernacle Church at Salem, where he was installed January i6, 1879. The degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred upon him by Amherst in 1893.

Dr. Clark is a member of the Monday Club, an association of Congregational clergymen, which publishes annually a volume of sermons upon the International Sunday-school Lessons, each member contributing, and has written for the Andovcr Reviciv. He has been abroad three times. In 1871 he went through the British Isles, Holland, up the Rhine, and home by way of France; in 1886 he visited Hamburg, Denmark, Sweden and Norway - going as far as the North Cape - Germany, and Austria, and started from Paris for home; and in 1895, with the Congregational Oriental party, he visited the Holy Land. During each of these tours he wrote letters for the periodicals at home. He is a director of the Young Men's Christian Association; a corporate member of the American Board of Commissioners for P'oreign Missions; a trustee of the Massachusetts Bible Society; a director of the College Educational Society, the Congregational Association, and the Board of Pastoral Supply. He was moderator of the Congregational General Association of Massachusetts on the occasion of their conference at Springfield, Mass., in 1893, and was preacher of the annual sermon at their convention in Fall River in 1896. Dr. Clark has given the commencement address at Yankton College, S. Dak., and at Olivet College, Mich., and baccalaureate sermons at the Norton Female Seminary and the Abbott Academy, Andover.

the High School Committee several years. He is a member of the Essex Institute, has been president of the Winthrop Club of Boston, was for several years secretary of the Esse.x Congregational Club of Salem and president one year. Among his most valued possessions are the portraits of his greatgrandparents, Garrit and Margaret (Van Horn) DeWitt, painted by Benjamin West, which hang in his drawing-room.

On January 18, 1871, he was united in marriage with Miss Emma Tiffany, daughter of Hon. Joseph and Phila T. Wood, of Pawtucket, R.I. Mr. Wood was a prominent manufacturer in Central I'alls, of the firm of Wood & Adams. He has four children, three sons and a daughter; namely, Garrit DeWitt, Leigh Freeman, Hilda Goulding, and DeWitt S. , Jr. His two eldest sons are in business in Boston.

EUBEN S. LOW, who cultivates a productive truck farm in Essex, was born in this town, October 30, 1836, son of William and Thankful (Burnham) Low. His paternal grandfather, also named William, a fisherman and a farmer of this county, wedded Mary Giddings, of P2ssex, and had a family of six children; namely, Sally, Ariel, Lucy P., Gilman S., William, and Winthrop. Winthrop died in infancy. Sally married John Roberts, and died in 1865. Ariel successively married Martha Proctor, Lucinda Dane, of New Hampshire, and Martha A. Dearborne. Lucy P. and her husband, Simon Butler, are both deceased. Gilman S. dealt in hides and leather in Boston.

ried Thankful Burnham, a native of Essex and a daughter of Richard and Thanl<ful (Andrews) Burnham, of that town. Richard Burnham died in January, 1855; and his wife died March 11, 1867. Their children were: Richard and Thankful; Nancy, deceased, who married John Andrews, a shipcarpenter, also deceased; Fanny, residing in Essex, whose husband, Humphrey C. Allen, was lost at sea; Lucy, who is the widow of Josiah Poland, and resides in Essex; Henry \V. , who married Eliza Burnham, and died in 1881; Mary W., the wife of Nathan Low, a farmer of North Essex; Clarinda B. , who married William H. Gilbert, a shoemaker of South Essex; and Alvin, a shoemaker of the same place, who married Helen S. Andrews. William Low's first wife died in August,

1839. His second wife, who was before marriage Lydia Owens, of Boston, bore him three children - Benjamin O., William P'rancis, and Charles Gilman. Charles G. died in infancy. Benjamin O., who was in the United States Navy during the Civil War, and still holds a commission in the service, married Carrie Sargent, of Boston Highlands. William F"rancis Low, a flour broker in Boston, married Hattie A. Francis.

Reuben S. Low was reared by his uncle, Gilman S. Low, with whom he resided from the age of two and one-half years until he was twenty-one. He attended the South Brookfield Family School for Boys and Phillips Academy at Andover, Mass. When seventeen years old, he began to keep books for his inicle. In 1859 he engaged in farming in Leominster, Mass., where he remained five years. In 1865, after a short residence in Chelsea, Mass., he settled upon the Low farm in Essex, where he has since resided. His property, on which his grandfather, William Low, settled in 18 17, contains about sixty acres. For many years he furnished the Boston market with large quantities of strawberries and vegetables, but he has now jiractically retired from active labor.

On October 30, 1857, Mr. Low was joined in marriage with Martha Jane Brooks. She was born in Gloucester, Mass., October 19, 1834, daughter of Captain Benjamin and Louisa (Tarr) Brooks, who were also natives of Gloucester. Her father, who was a sea captain, died December 15, 1841. Her mother, now eighty-nine years old, is living in Rockport, Mass. The rest of their five children were: Louisa, who married James C. Parsons, both now deceased; Mary, who died at the age of five years; George P., who married Jessie Savage, and is a carpenter in Rockport; and Benjamin F., who died at the age of seven months. Mr. and Mrs. Low have had three children, as follows: Ellen Gertrude, born July 29, 1858; Charles Gilman, born January iS, i860; and Susan Emily, born March 11, 1863. Ellen Gertrude married John E. Jubb, who is connected with a varnish firm in New York City, and had three children, none of whom are living. She died February 24, 1896. Charles Gilman, now a farmer and trader in Essex, married Emma L. Andrews, and has four children - Emma, Lester, Althine, and Eleanor Susan Emily and her husliand, John L. Turner, of Halifax, N.S. , who is a carpenter by trade, reside with her parents, and have one child, Velma Low, born July 13, 1892.

In politics Mr. Low is a Republican, and he was chairman of the School Board for three years. His kindness and generosity have gained for him the good will of his neighbors and fellow-townsmen, and he has a wide circle of friends and acquaintances. He is

VORIiNZO A. MARTIN, who has been identified with mercantile business and the quarryint^ industry of Pigeon Cove for many years, was born in Rockport, August 27, 1840, son of Anthony and Sarah J. (Johnson) Martin. The father was a native of the Island of Madeira, and the mother was born in the State of Maine. Anthony Martin accompanied Captain Edward Griffiths to the United States when he was ten years old, and lived in the Captain's family at Durham, N.H., until he attained his majority. He then came to Pigeon Cove, where he found employment in the granite quarries, and later acted as foreman for different concerns, residing here for the rest of his life. Of his children, two are living, namely: Lorenzo A., the subject of this sketch; and Martha A., now residing in Pigeon Cove, the widow of A. A. Peterson, late of South Boston.

Lorenzo A. Martin supplemented his common-school education with a business course at French's Commercial College in Boston. Having entered the store of Austin W. Story as a clerk when sixteen years old, he was in the employ of that merchant at intervals for several years. At one time he was Assistant Postmaster under Mr. Story. He also clerked for John J. Manning, a clothing dealer in Rockport for a season; and during the Rebellion he was head clerk of the grocery department of a general store carried on by Eames, Stimson & Co., formerly extensive quarrymen of this locality. For some time he was the manager of Edmunds & Lane's general store, the book-keeper and manager of the store kept by the Bay State Granite Company for a number of years, and for fourteen years he ably filled the responsible position of superintendent of the granite quarry operated by Charles Guidet, of New York. He is well and favorably known in the business circles of this section, and at the present time is a member of the board of directors of the Rockport National Bank.

Mr. Martin married Emma H. Spinney, of Gloucester. He has two children - Sarah J. and Martha K. Martin. In politics he is a Reimblican. Though frequently solicited by his party to accept a nomination to office, he has invariably declined. He is, however, greatly interested in the general welfare of the town; and his aid can always be depended upon to further any movement for its improvement. Mr. Martin is a member of Ocean View Lodge, Knights of Pythias.

MOS F. HOBBS, a lifelong and esteemed resident of VVenham, was born here, March 23, 1821, son of Amos F. Hobbs, Sr., and Bethiah (Goodell) Hobbs. The Hobbs family is of English extraction. Jonathan, the paternal grandfather of Amos F., Jr., and a number of his brothers, served in the Revolutionary War. The father was a Lieutenant in a militia company, of which he was the bugler at the time of General Lafayette's visit here, when the distinguished foreigner was escorted by the militia. A man of excellent judgment, he enjoyed a large acquaintance in this section of the State, and was popular with all who knew liini. A stonecutter by trade, he carried on business near what is now a part of Rockport, opening the first stone quarry in Lanesville, Mass., and building the first wharf in that town which was then called Squam. At one time he was in business at Pigeon Cove. Late in life he removed to Wenham, where he died in 1837.

After attending the common schools of VVenham, Amos F. Hobbs, the subject of this sketch, studied for one term at an academy in Beverly, Mass. He began to learn shoemaking when about ten years old, and afterward worked at that trade, more or less, until he was forty-two. He has also had experience in agriculture and fruit-raising. Since the close of the Civil War, the raising of fruit, chiefly of pears and apples, has been his principal business.

On June 15, 1S47, Mr. Hobbs married Betsey W. Lamon, a native of Middleton, Mass., and a daughter of Captain Winthrop Lamon. She died August 22, 1893. In politics Mr. Hobbs is a Democrat, but he does not adhere closley to party lines, giving his support to the best candidate. He has not aspired to official honors, content to enjoy the respect and confidence of his townsmen as a private citizen.

/^HARLES EDWARD BROWN, a I jp lineal descendant of one of the origx^i2_^-' inal settlers of Old Newbury, was born February 14, 1827, upon the farm he now owns and occupies in West Newbury, son of Robert and Susan L. (Morrill) Brown. The founder of the family in America was Thomas Brown, who with his brothers, Richard and George, accompanied a party from England about the year 1633. They landed upon the banks of the Merrimac River, at a place that was afterward called Old Newbury. Mary Brown, daughter of Thomas, was the first white child- born in that town. In 1635 the Browns were granted a tract of land upon which to settle and clear a farm, and which has remained in the family's possession through seven generations. Stephen Brown, grandfather of Charles E., died in Newbury, his native town. Robert Brown, Charles E. Brown's father, was born in 1781. ' He cultivated the farm during the active period of his life, and died in 1S62. His wife, Susan L., was a daughter of Winthrop and Susan Morrill, of North Berwick, Me. The Brown family are members of the Society of Friends.

Charles Edward Brown completed his education at the Friends' School in Providence, R.I., and has always resided at the homestead. He has tilled the soil with energy up to the present time. In 1857 he married Amanda M. Pillsbury, who, born in Winslow, Me., daughter of George Pillsbury, was reared in Epping, N.H. She is the mother of one son, Robert S., born in i86g, who was educated at the Friends' School in Providence, and still resides on the homestead. In 1S96 he married Grace G. Rogers, daughter of Charles and Abbie Rogers, of this town. His only child. Norma R., born August 26, 1897, is of the ninth generation living on this place. Mr. Brown, Sr., attends the Friends' meetings in Amesbury.

OHN W. BAILEY, a successful business man of Georgetown, was born in Beverly, Mass., May 28, 1840, son of William K. and Elizabeth (Caldwell) Bailey. His grandfather, David Bailey, an industrious farmer and a lifelong resident of North Beverly, Mass., married Anna Spiller.

William K. Bailey, the father of John W., was born in Rowley in 1806. He followed the business of shoe and blackball manufacturer until his death, which occurred June 3, i860. His wife Elizabeth, a native of Beverly, was a daughter of Abram Caldwell, who, born in Beverly in 1773, died in 1843. She became the mother of two children, namely: John VV. , the subject of this sketch; and Elizabeth A., born in 1837. Elizabeth A. Bailey was educated at the high school and seminary in Ipswich, and for some time taught school at the House of Correction. She is connected witli temperance societies, and is a member of Bethany Lodge, No. 105, Daughters of Rebecca. Mrs. William K. Bailey died in 1894.

John VV. Bailey completed his education at the Ipswich High School. At the age of sixteen he began to serve an apprenticeship at the tinner's and plumber's trades with Erancis M. Loring in Gloucester. After remaining there four years, he worked as a clerk for Asa Lord, grocer in Ipswich, for four years, and at his trade for Mark Newman the same length of time. Erom 1S77 to 1887 he was employed by C. M. Morse, of Georgetown, a dealer in stoves, tinware, and kitchen goods. Having subsequently purchased the business, he has since carried it on ably and successfully. He deals in hardware, pumps, pipe of all kinds, and conducts a general plumbing and tinning business.

Mr. Bailey is unmarried. He is connected with Agawam Lodge, No. 52, I. O. O. F., Ipswich, of which he was formerly secretary, chaplain, and organist; and with Martha Washington Lodge, Daughters of Rebecca, of that town. He is a member of Pentucket Lodge, No. 72, Ancient Order of United Workmen, of Georgetown; of Niagara Lodge, No. 50, Good Templars, of Ipswich ; and he is actively interested in temperance and other reform movements. His father and grandfather were Deacons of the Congregational church, and he united with that denomination in Gloucester. While residing in Ipswich, he acted as teacher, organist, and leader of tlie choir at the House of Correction. He is a

Rockport, November 20, 1847, a son of Cephas Smith. It is a notable fact that both he and his wife are descended from the very earliest pioneers of Rockport, one of his ancestors, Richard Tarr, having been the very first settler in that part of Essex County, while one of Mrs. Smith's ancestors, John Pool, was the second. The two families have since intermarried in succeeding generations.

Mr. Smith is a direct descendant of William Smith, first, who was an officer in the British army, stationed in 1750 at Castle Island, in Boston Harbor, where his son William, great-grandfather of Harvey C, was born. William Smith, second, who was Captain of a company of marines in the Revolution, was a man of means at the breaking out of the war, with a well-established home in Gloucester. During the struggle he was taken prisoner and carried to Halifax, where he was detained until its close. On his return he found his property greatly diminished; and, seeing better facilities for gaining a livelihood in Rockport, he removed to that town, which he afterward made his permanent home.

William Smith, third, Mr. Harvey C. Smith's grandfather, followed the sea as a fisherman the greater part of his life, and after a few years of retirement died at an advanced age. He and his wife were the first in the place to publicly declare their belief in the Baptist creed, and the records show that there was a great commotion among the people when they were taken to the shore for baptism, even the drum corps of the local militia adding its martial tones to the general clamor of disapproval. That he was a Free and Accepted Mason is evidenced by the square and compass on the headstone that marks his last restingplace.

Cephas Smith was reared to the Baptist faith; but, notwithstanding the fact that his parents were ardent supporters of the church, he became one of the "come-outers, " withdrawing, with a few of the more liberallyminded members, because the use of the church was forbidden to a man holding slightly different views from the strict Baptist dogmas. In his early life he was a fisherman, but subsequently became a dealer in oils, fertilizers, etc., in Gloucester. He married Tabitha Stevens, of York, Me., and they had eight children, as follows: Sidney, who died at the age of five years; Angeline and Augusta, who attained the ages of maturity, married, and died on the same day of pneumonia; George T. , who resides in Gloucester; Harvey C, the subject of this sketch; Samuel, who died in i8g6, in Gloucester, leaving a widow and four children; Isaac A., a book-keeper in this city; and Geneva, wife of William A. Proctor, of this city.

Harvey C. Smith followed fishing as an occupation from the age of twelve years to that of twenty-three, being for two years captain of a fishing schooner. Establishing himself then in business on shore in 1872, he was for a while in partnership with Edward K. Burnham as head of the firm of Smith & Burnham. Selling his interest in that firm, he was afterward, as travelling salesman, associated with Slate, Gorton & Co., wholesale fish dealers, with whom he remained until the dissolution of the firm four years later. Continuing in the same line with one of his former employers, Charles C. Cressey, they carried on a substantial business together until 1885, when Mr. Cressey was appointed Postmaster of the city. Mr. Smith has since conducted the business with eminent success, and it is now of such proportions that he keeps four salesmen on the road.

Fraternally, Mr. Smith is a veteran Odd Fellow, having belonged to Ocean Lodge, I. O. O. F. , twenty-seven years and to Cape Ann Encampment twenty-six years. He is also a member of the I. O. R. M., in which he has taken the degree of Pocahontas ; of the Sons of the American Revolution ; of the Society of Colonial Wars; the Knights of Malta; the Gloucester Business Men's Club; the Gloucester Board of Trade; and the Master Mariners' Association. A public-spirited citizen, interested in the welfare of the municipality, he has served two years in the Common Council, has been Alderman one year, and has been chairman of the ward and of the city Republican committee. In 1897 and 1898 he was a Representative to the General Court, in which he served both years on the Fish and Game Committee, and in the last year was also one of the Printing Committee. In 1897 he and his colleague, Charles D. Brown, put through the House the measure which gave to Gloucester its Ocean Park; and in the session of 1898 he carried through the legislature the bill providing for a new city charter for Gloucester. Among the relics' which Mr. Smith cherishes is the pen with which Governor Wolcott signed the latter bill. Mr. Smith was appointed as one of the special committee to represent Massachusetts at the Trans-Mississippi Exposition in Omaha, 1898.

On December 24, 1872, Mr. Smith was married to Izette B., daughter of Wilmot and Lucy (Parkhurst) Reed, of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have two sons: Charles T., now eighteen years old; and Arthur C, nine years uld. Mrs. Smith traces her ancestry through her mother's mother, who was Ijefore marriage a Miss Parsons, to Stephen Hopkins and his daughter Constance, who were passengers on the "Mayflower." Mrs. Smith is a member of the Society of Mayflower Descendants and of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

citizen of Manchester, was born in this town on March g, 1839, son of Henry T. and Mary J. (Norris) Bingham. His father is deceased. His mother, now in her eighty-second year, is a highly esteemed resident of Manchester. After acquiring his education in the public schools of his native town, Henry T. Bingham began learning the trade of cabinet-maker, and afterward followed it for some time. For a number of years he was foreman of the furniture factory of Kelham & I'itz, formerly a well-known manufacturing concern of Manchester. He married Sarah Lowe Marble, a Gloucester lady, daughter of Benjamin and Emily Marble. Mrs. Bingham is now deceased.

In politics Mr. Bingham is a Reimblican. He has been warmly interested in local affairs, and has served the town in various capacities. P"or a short time he was a member of the School Committee, and for ten years was one of the Board of Selectmen, an Assessor, and an Overseer of the Poor. He represented the Tenth Essex District in the General Court in 1891. In May, 1S61, he enlisted in the United States Navy, was assigned to service on board the frigate "Colorado," which was sent to assist in the blockade established in the Gulf of Mexico, and was in the service for some thirteen months. A charter member of

Allen Post, No. 67, G. A. R. at Manchester, he was for four years its Commander, for eight years its Quartermaster, and for a number of years its Adjutant. He is a member also of Magnolia Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

In August, 1891, Mr. Bingham was appointed United States Immigrant Inspector at Boston ; and he held that position until September, 1893. He was reappointed in August, 1897, and is now serving in that office. Mr. Bingham has warm friends in Manchester. His well-deserved reappointment to his important post in the service of the federal government gave much gratification to his fellow-townsmen.

ORACE STANDLEY, a leading blacksmith and horseshoer of Manchester-by-the-Sea, and a native of Wenham, Mass., was born April 18, 1863, son of Andrew and Susan (May) Standley. Andrew Standley, who was born in Wenham, is at present engaged in the retail slu)e business at Beverly P'arms. He was formerly a manufacturer of shoes in that town. His wife, Susan, is a native of Beverly Farms.

Horace Standley went to Beverly I-'arms when five years of age, his parents settling there at that time. He received his early education in the common schools. At the age of sixteen years he began learning his trade with N. P. Allen. After serving an apprenticeship of four years, he worked for a time as a journeyman in Mr. Allen's shop. In 1884 he came to Manchester, and he has since been in business for himself here. He has secured a profitable patronage, and now employs two journeymen and an apprentice.

to him - Chester L. , Ethel F., and Wesley A. In politics he is a loyal Republican. Fraternally, he is a member of Magnolia Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Manchester; and of North Shore Lodge, American Order of United Workmen, also of Manchester. He devotes his entire time to his business. This is probably one reason why he has been so successful. Patrons are sure to find him on the spot when any work requiring especial care or supervision is demanded, and they are equally sure that the work will be promptly attended to and skilfully performed. He is esteemed by all who know him, and commands the full confidence of the business public.

(ffj^OHN LORD PARKER, associate editor of the Lynn Itcm^ was born in Charlestown (now Ward Four, Boston), June 7, 1837. His parents were Plbenezer and Elsie Lord (Rowell) Parker. He is a lineal descendant of Abraham Parker, who came from England to Charlestown in 1630, and who was afterward one of the founders successively of Woburn and Chelmsford. On the mother's side he is a descendant of Valentine Rowell, one of the founders of Amesbury, and of Hannah Dustin, the Haverhill heroine. Both maternal and paternal ancestors saw service in the Revolutionary War, and three of them were at the battle of Bunker Hill.

In 1843 his parents removed to Woburn, where he attended the public schools until he was fourteen years of age. Then he entered the office of the Woburn _/c«;-«rt/ as an apprentice, Horace N. Hastings, now the senior proprietor of the Lynn Iteut, being at the time the foreman and his instructor in the art preservative. He worked in the Journal office for several years, set the first type on the Lynn Reporter, was a year on the Coos Republiean at Lancaster, N.H., and pursued his craft in Portland, Boston, and Cambridge, perfecting himself in all its branches. From 1858 to 1862 he was associated with Horace N. Hastings in the publication of the Woburn Budget, finally disposing of his interest therein to his brother. In 1864 he published the Woburn Tozviisiiian, Winchester Transcript, and Stoneham Sentinel. After the close of the Civil War he was engaged for several years in the life insurance business, residing for about a year in New York City. He purchased the Woburn Journal in 1870, and published it for ten years. In 1880 he sold out his Woburn business, and came to Lynn, under engagement as editor of the Iten7, which position he has since very ably filled. In connection with the Woburn y^^wrnal, he established the Arlington Advocate and Lexington Minute-man, both now published by his brother, C. S. Parker, to whom he sold them in 1874. He was the secretary of the Massachusetts Press Association from 1872 to 1880, and in 1891 he was the president of the Lynn Press Club.

His service during the war for the Union covered portions of four years. In 1861 he was active in the enlistment of volunteers, who afterward became Company F, Twentysecond Massachusetts Regiment. He was with this regiment in the winter camp at Hall's Hill, Va., and in the campaign that followed, taking part in the siege of Yorktown and in the battles of Hanover Courthouse, Mechanicsville, and Gaines's Mill. Having been wounded in the latter engagement, he was taken prisoner, and became an inmate of the famous Libby Prison. After his parole expired, he was taken to the West Philadelphia Hospital, whence he was dis- charged, September iS, 1S62. In September, 1S63, he rejoined the army at Culpcper, Va., as a citizen clerk, and was with the First Brigade, F"irst Division, Fifth Corps, in the Centreville campaign. While so employed he contracted malarial fever at Three Mile Station, and suffered a long illness. In 1864 he assisted in raising a company to recruit the Eleventh Massachusetts Volunteers, and joined that regiment in front of Petersburg as Second Lieutenant of Company B. He was subsequently promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant, and placed in command of Company A, served as Adjutant of the regiment, was an Aide on the staff of General Robert McAllister, and A. A. A. G. of the Third Brigade, Third Division, Second Corps. He was in all engagements of the brigade during the last seven months of the war, and was at Appomatto.x, April 9, 1865, when Lee surrendered. After the war he served for three years in Company G, Fifth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia. He joined the Grand Army of the Repuljlic, November 10, 1S67, as a charter member of Post No. 33, Woburn, and was its Commander in 1875. On coming to Lynn he transferred to Post No. 5, of which he was Adjutant in 1884, 1888, and 1894. In 1 89 1 he was on the staff of the Department Commander. He joined the Massachusetts Commandery of the military order of the Loyal Legion on January 2, 1895. In politics he is a Republican, serving on the local, county, and Congressional committees. He represented the Ninth Essex District in the legislature in 1883. He was in the convention that nominated Bowman in 1878, and in the noted Davis-Converse-Lodge convention of 1882, when as secretary he called the roll one hundred and three times. He served on the Congressional committee from 1878 to 1892, with the exception of two years. While a

In addition to his regular newspaper work, Mr. Parker wrote the history of Henry Wilson's regiment, a book of five hundred and ninety-one pages, which was published in 1887. He also published three volumes of the Woburn Directory, and directories for Reading, Stoneham, Wakefield, and Winchester. A biography of Abraham Parker, written by him, was published in 1891. He is the author of several songs, including "We Old Boys," published in 1884, which is quite popular with the veterans of the war, and "Mustered Out," published in 1885.

Mr. Parker has acquired a reputation as a public speaker, especially at Memorial Day celebrations and other patriotic occasions. He has delivered memorial addresses in Wakefield, Reading, Arlington, Foxboro, West Brookfield, and Nahant, Mass. ; in Rockland, Bangor, and Carmel, Me. ; and in Hampton, N.H., Canton, Middleton, Milton, Needham, Centreville, Southboro, Peabody, and Woburn. On June 21, 1S60, Mr. Parker married Amelia Jane Andrews, a teacher in the Woburn public schools. They have had five children, three of whom are living. The latter are: Horace Rowell Parker, a reporter on the Item; Selwyn Bowman Parker and P"lorence Dustin Parker, both pupils of the Lynn Classical High School. Mr. Parker joined William Parkman Lodge of Masons at Winchester, July 13, 1869; Menotomy R. A. C. at Arlington, May 14, 1874; and, on coming to Lynn, Golden Fleece Lodge and Sutton Royal Arch Chapter. He is a member of the Oxford Club, the Ward Three Republican Club, Lynn Hospital Association, and Associated Charities; and he is the historian of Old Essex Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution. A communicant of the Central

Congregational Church, he serves on the Central Parish Committee. On April i, 1892, he was appointed Deputy Collector of Customs, District of Marblehead, Port of Lynn, and he served in that office until October 22, 1895; was reinstated April i, 1897, and appointed custodian of the government building, December 14, 1897, both of which offices he still holds.

ISAAC P. FEARS, an ex-member of the Massachusetts legislature and the senior member of the firm of I. P. Fears & Sons, building contractors of Rockport, was born in this town November 12, 1838, son of Isaac and Sarah (Bickford) Fears. His paternal ancestry were probably English, and the Bickfords were early settlers in New Hampshire. Isaac Fears, a native of Gloucester and a fisherman by occupation, was lost at sea in 1843 while on a trip to Georges Banks, in the schooner "Byron. " Sarah, his wife, was born in Rockport, daughter of Andrew Bickford, who was a native of New Hampshire and served in the War of 1812. She became the mother of two children : Isaac P., the subject of this sketch; and Sarah E., who died at the age of si.xteen years. After her husband's death she and her son went to reside with her father; while the daughter was taken by her paternal grandfather, Isaac Fears, of Gloucester.

Isaac P. Fears was educated in the schools of Rockport, and learned the carpenter's trade with his uncle, William Bickford in Gloucester. Having worked as a journeyman for several years, he established himself in business at Rockport as a contractor and builder in 1869. He continued in business alone until his sons were admitted to partnership, since which time the firm has been known as I. P.

Fears & Sons. It is still doing a large business in this section. In politics Mr. Fears acts with the Republican party; and he has rendered excellent service to the town as a Selectman, Assessor, Overseer of the Poor, Chief Engineer of the Fire Department, Constable, and police officer. In 1891 he ably served as Representative to the legislature, and was on the Committee on County Estimates.

In 1 861 Mr. Fears married Eliza J. Griffin, daughter of James Griffin, late of Rockport. He has four sons, namely: Frank A. and Fred L., members of the firm of I. P. Fears & Sons; I. Percy; and Chester S. Fears. Mr. Fears is a Past Grand of Granite Lodge, I. O. O. F. ; and he and Mrs. Fears are connected with the Daughters of Rebecca.

AMES F. SEAVEY, a prominent contractor and builder of Lynn, was born December 6, 1842, in Greenland, N. H., son of Shadrach and Lucinda (Edgerly) Seavey.

Shadrach Seavey, the father, was born in Durham, N. H. When a young man, he settled in Greenland, Rockingham County, N. H., where he married Lucinda Edgerly, who was a lifelong resident of that town. He was reared to agricultural pursuits, and continued a tiller of the soil until his death in 1S94, at the age of seventy-eight years. His wife died in April, 1898, at the age of eighty-two years.

James F. Seavey attended the district schools of his native town, and afterward completed his school education at the Northampton Academy in the old Granite State. When eighteen years old, he left home, hoping to find in the city some more congenial occupation than farming, which was not to his taste. Going to Boston, he worked for about three years at the carpenter's trade iinder the instruction of E. B. Stackpole. Subsequently he was employed for some years as a carpenter in Stoneham and Lynn. In 1870, having permanently located in the latter city, he established himself in business as a contractor and builder, and from that time until the present has been kept busily employed. He is a man of untiring activity, a skilful and thorough workman, noted for his honorable and upright business dealings, and is much esteemed by the community in which he resides.

His energy, sound judgment, and intelligent interest in all that pertains to the welfare of his adopted city made him useful in various official capacities. He was a member of the Common Council in 1893, 1894, and 1895, and of the Board of Aldermen in i8g6 and 1897. While serving as a Councilman, he was on the Public Property and Drainage Committees, being chairman of the latter body. In 1896 he was a member of the following committees: the Drainage, Street Sprinkling, Drainage Assessments, Bills in Second Reading, the Almshouse and Poor, and was chairman of the Committee on Ordinances and of the Almshouse and Poor. In December, 1S97, he was elected as Representative to the General Court. He is also one of the commissioners of Pine Grove Cemetery. He is an unswerving supporter of the principles of the Republican party, and an active member of the Third Ward Republican Club. He is one of the trustees of St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church.

Mr. Seavey's first wife, in maidenhood Lizzie R. Perry, died in 1S70, leaving no children. By his second wife, Susan E. Law Seavey, who died in 1885, he had one child, Lizzie E. , now eighteen years old, who graduated from the high school in June of the present year (1898), and resides at home with her

AVID E. CURRIER, of the wellknown firm of Ma.xfield & Currier, lumber dealers of Amesbury, is a descendant of Richard Currier, one of the pioneer settlers of Salisbury, Mass., who came from England in 163S. The family is one of the oldest in America, and has produced men who have rallied to the support and defence of the nation in the days of sorest need. It has given to the country military heroes and men and women of useful lives and high ideals in times of peace.

Richard Currier, above alluded to, was one of the most influential men in Salisbury, and probably filled more positions of public trust in the town than any other man of his time. He filled them, too, with signal ability; and his sterling qualities of mind and heart seem to have been handed down in his family through the generations that have come after him. His son Thomas was the father of Richard, born in 1673, who married Dorothy Barnard.

David, in the fourth generation back from the present, eldest son of Richard and Dorothy (Barnard) Currier, married Keziah Colby, daughter of Samuel Colby, and lived on the site of the house at present occupied by John H. Clarke. He was a farmer and a man of large property, owning land at the ferry and in other parts of the town.

Captain John Currier, son of David and Keziah, raised two companies for the defence of the colonies in the Revolutionary War. He fought at the head of one of the companies in the battle of Bunker Hill, and his name became synonymous with courage and loyalty.

He was a man of sound judgment; and that this was recognized not only by his fellowtownsmen, but by his commanding officers as well, is shown by the following warrant issued to him by Major Merrill : -

This day I have received intelligence that the ministerial troops under the command of General Gage did last evening march out of Boston and march to Lexington, and there kill a number of our American soldiers, and thence proceeded to Concord, killing and destroying our men and interests. These are therefore to order you to muster so many of your under-officers and soldiers as you can possibly to meet immediately at some suitable place, and then march. To march off forthwith to Concord or elsewhere, as in your discretion you shall think best, to the relief of our friends and country.

Captain John Currier was also during this period Selectman and Paymaster of the troops, and was at any minute ready, should duty call him, to lay down his life in this world in order to find it in a better. He believed in an overruling Providence that guides the destinies of men, was a devoted member of the Orthodo.\ church, and for many years a Deacon. In the company of minute-men that he commanded was his youthful son John, who afterward died in the service. Captain Currier married Mary Wells, grand-daughter of the Rev. Thomas Wells, who preached in this town for more than sixty consecutive years. They had a large family of children.

David, one of their sons, the next in this line, married Abigail Huntington, and had three children. David, Jr., the youngest of these, was born May 4, 181 1. He married Sarah J. Page, and was the father of three children; namely, Angelina, David E., and one who died before reaching maturity. Angelina married Isaiah Maxfield, of Casco, Me. She is now deceased.

David E. Currier, the special subject of this biography, was educated in the common schools of Amesbury and in a private academy, whose principal was the famous one-armed teacher, Mr. James H. Davis. After finishing his course of study, he worked in Exeter, N. H., for a short time at carriage-painting. For three subsequent years he was on a farm in Amesbury. At the end of that jDeriod, in iSSo, he formed a partnership with D. C. Maxfield, and engaged in the lumber business, opening a small yard in Amesbury on Friend Street. There was then another yard here and one in Hampton Falls. Maxfield & Currier's business now takes the place of the three. In 1887 the increase of business made it necessary for the firm to secure a different location; and they opened a yard and office at their present place, on the line of the Boston & Maine Railroad. The business has been very prosperous, the sales some years aggregating eighty thousand dollars. During a number of years they shipped three hundred carloads of lumber annually, besides furnishing most of the material for scores of private residences. They have supplied the lumber for the Young Men's Christian Association building, the armory, the opera house, and for the Babcock Carriage Company's Block, which is the largest building ever erected in town. The firm carry a stock valued at about twelve thousand dollars. They own several teams, and keep a large force of men at work.

Mr. Currier married Miss Aurelia Frances, daughter of Samuel Woodman, of South Hampton. The following-named children have been born to them: Edwin Wallace; Earl Webster; Grace A., now a student in a private academy at Merrimac, and a musician of more than ordinary talent; David Leslie, in school at

Mr. Currier has served four years on the Board of Selectmen, having received the largest vote of any candidate that was ever elected in the town. He has recently been re-elected, and is now (1S98) chairman of the board. He takes an active part in politics, is a loyal Republican, and has been sent as delegate to various State, county, and senatorial conventions. Mrs. Currier is a prominent figure in the social, religious, and literary circles of Amesbury. She is a member of the Market Street Baptist Church and of the Elizabeth Whittier Club.

Tt^OBERT ROYAL HERNE, the super- I Sr^ intendent in Rockport of the Mackay- -Lfi v,_ ^ -Bennett Cable Company, was born September 30, 1852, in Limerick, Ireland, son of Andrew and Susan (Royal) Heme. Both the Hemes and the Royals are natives of Norfolk County, England, the Heme family being descended from Danish ancestry who inhabited Great Britain prior to the Norman Conquest. Andrew Pferne, who was a native of King's Lynn, Norfolk County, died in Greece- in 1854. His widow, who was born in Gibraltar, Spain, a British possession, with her only son moved to Limerick, Ireland, when lace-making was an important industry there. She is now residing in Rockport. Deprived in his infancy of a father's care, Robert Heme was wholly dependent upon his mother until he became old enough to contribute toward his own support. Through his mother's efforts he acquired a good, practical education under private tutorship. When fifteen years old he entered the service of the Electric and International Telegraph Company in Limerick, with which he remained until the line was purchased by the British government. In 1874 he entered the employ of the United States Cable Company on the west coast of Ireland. He came to the United States in 1877, and was in the service of the same company at Rye Beach, N.H., until 1884, when he came to Rockport as superintendent of the Mackay-Bennett Commercial Cable Coinpany.

Mr. Heme married Ina Marston, a daughter of Thomas Marston, of Portsmouth, N. H., and a descendant of Robert Marston, who settled in Salem, Mass., in 1634. Mrs. Heme is the mother of one son, Leonard G. Heme. Mr. Heme is a naturalized American citizen; and in politics he is a Democrat, with independent proclivities. He takes a lively interest in local affairs, and has served upon the Democratic Town Committee. He is a member of the Masonic Blue Lodge in Portsmouth, a Royal Arch Mason, and a Knight Templar.

;AMUEL VEAZY COLBY, proprietor of the largest sail-making establishment in Gloucester and a naval veteran of the Civil War, was born in Orrington, Me., July 19, 1838, son of Charles P. and Hannah (Wentworth) Colby. He comes of Essex County Colonial stock, being a descendant of Anthony Colby, "planter," who had a grant of land at Salisbury, Mass., in 1640, and acquired land at Amesbury in 1654.

Charles P. Colby, father of Samuel V., was a seafaring man, and in the course of his active life was the master of different coastingvessels. About the year 1844 'ic took up his residence in Newburyport ; and two years later he removed from that city to East Boston, where he died in 1847.

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Samuel Veazy Colby, after the removal of his parents to East Boston, attended the Lyman and Chapman Schools in that part of the city. In 1850 he was employed as clerk in a clothing store on Union Street, Boston; and, when fourteen years old, he spent a summer as cook on a coasting-vessel. After serving an apprenticeship at the sail-maker's trade with Eli Southard, he came to Gloucester, where he worked as a journeyman for Christen Nelson during the time he engaged in fishing. Previous to attaining his majority, he was master of a fishing-vessel, and at the age of twenty-one he became a partner of Mr. Nelson. In May, 1861, he enlisted in the United States navy, and served as sailmaker's mate on the ship "Colorado." He was with Admiral Farragut's fleet at the reduction of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, but did not go up the river to New Orleans, as the "Colorado" drew too much water to go over the bar. He was honorably discharged July 31, 1862. Upon his return to Gloucester he resumed his trade, which he has since followed with success. He now owns one of the largest sail-lofts in the United States. During the administration of Mayor Garland he served in the City Council. F"or twenty years he was a member of the fire department; and, while attending to his duties during the great fire which took place in Gloucester some years ago, he was severely injured.

Mr. Colby contracted the first of his two marriages with Miss Hannah Marston, daughter of Charles Marston and Annie Herrick Marston, of Gloucester. She died in August, 1880. For his second wife he married Harriet Cook, daughter of Edward L. and Mary Ann (Sayward) Cook, of this city. The Sayward family is one of the oldest in this section. Mr. Colby's first wife left four children, namely: William, born in 1863, who married Mary Proctor, daughter of Joseph Proctor, and has one son, Allen P., born in 1894; Benjamin H., born in 1S65, who married Lucy Lufkin ; Amy, born September 8, 1 87 1, who married Edward Hotchkiss, a bookkeeper, and has one son, Edward, born in 1S97; and Annie Colby, born in 1875, who resides at home with her parents.

Mr. Colby belongs to Tyrian Lodge, F. & A. M. ; is a charter member of Wingaersheek Tribe, Improved Order of Red Men; a member of Constantine Lodge, Knights of Pythias, with which he has been ofificially connected ; a member of Neptune Lodge, Temple of Honor; and of Cal Allen Post, No. 45, G. A. R. He is a regular attendant of the Independent Christian Church, and for several years was a teacher in the Sunday-school.

OHN P. RUNDLP:TT, a veteran of the Civil War, now serving as Postmaster at Groveland, Mass., was born in this town, March 6, 1839, son of Edmund P. and Catharine H. (Stickney) Rundlett. His father, who was a native of Exeter, N. H., born in 181 3, and was by trade a tanner and currier, died in 1S87. His mother was a daughter of Joseph M. Stickney, of Groveland, and a niece of Captain Thomas Stickney, who served in the Continental army during the Revolutionary War.

John P. Rundlett was educated in the common schools and at the Merrimac Academy. He then learned the shoemaker's trade, which he followed for a livelihood until 1862. On July 29 of that year he enlisted as a private in Company A, Thirty-third Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, under Captain James Farson and Colonel Maggi.

Chancellorsville, Beverly Ford, and Gettysburg in 1S63. He was with the army sent to re-enforce Rosecrans at Chattanooga in October, 1863. He participated in engagements in Lookout Valley and on Mission Ridge, November 24 and 25, 1S63, and was with his company in the Atlanta campaign from May 2 to September 2, 1864. On July 2, 1864, the Thirty-third Regiment, which originally had a roster of twelve hundred men, was dwindled down to ninety muskets present for duty, and his company to six muskets present for duty. He was with Sherman on his March to the Sea; also through South and North Carolina to Goldsboro, and was at Raleigh, N.C., when General Johnston surrendered; then through Richmond, Va., to Washington, D.C., participating in the grand review of Sherman's army in May, 1865. He arrived home in Boston June 14, 1865, and was paid off and discharged as a Cori^oral at Readville, Mass., July 2, 1865.

After the close of the war he resumed his trade in Groveland, and followed it until 1889, when he was appointed Postmaster. This office he has since held.

Three months previous to his enlistment Mr. Rundlett was joined in marriage with Sarah L. Hale, daughter of William W. Hale, of Bo.xford, Mass. Mrs. Rundlett is the mother of two children: Edith E., born January 29, 1867; and David L., born March 25, 1873. Edith E. is now the wife of E. S. Higgins, and resides in Wollaston, Mass. David L. is head clerk of a drug store in Roxbury, Mass.

Politically, Mr. Rundlett is a Republican. He is a member of Pentuckett Lodge, No. 171, Knights of Honor; and he was one of the organizers of Charles Sumner Post, No. loi, G. A. R., which was chartered in 1S69. He has served as Senior and Junior Vice-

Commander, and has been Adjutant of the post for sixteen years. He has never fully recovered from the effects of the fever contracted while in the army, and his name is upon the pension roll of the government.

RKDERICK TODD was one of the most progressive men in Rowley in his time. Born there in 18 14, he was a son of Captain Moses and Elizabeth (Todd) Todd. On the paternal side he is of Englisli descent. At the age of eighteen he went to Salem to learn the carpenter's trade. Four years later he removed to Lynn, where he and his elder brother, Charles, carried on a prosperous business for a time. During one year of that period he was in South Carolina, superintending twenty men in the erection of a large hospital for surgical purposes. From Lynn he went to Lynnfield about the year 1869, and there settled upon a farm. Afterward he bought the farm in Rowley where his widow now resides. There he lived until his death, which occurred January 17, 1894. Active and energetic, he was always interested in making improvements and in bettering his condition. More or less in politics, he was a strong Republican. He was so fond of reading that it is said he neglected his business to gratify his tastes in this direction. Public life was somewhat distasteful to him.

Mr. Todd's wife, Fannie (Dow) Todd, born in 1 8 19, whom he married June 5, 1844, was a daughter of Abner Dow. Her father, a farmer of Baldwin, Me., came to Lynn at the age of twenty-three, and there made his home. Her mother's great-grandfather was Lord John Hays, whose coat-of-arms is now in the possession of Mrs. Todd. A ])ortrait, chair, and other heirlooms inherited from this branch of the family were burned in the great Port- land fire. Mrs. Todd's grandfather, Dr. Isaac Snow Thompson, was a cousin of Lord Rumford. The family has always mingled with the best society in town. Mrs. Todd has been active in literary circles, and she assisted her husband in establishing a book club at Lynnfield. They gave entertainments for the latter purpose; and Mrs. Todd bought books for the club until they had collected quite a library, which was kept in their house for fourteen years. When the library was presented to the town, they both felt as if they had buried a friend. Mrs. Todd was interested at all times in lists of new publications, and it was a pleasure to her to do the buying for their club. In religion Mr. Todd leaned to the Unitarians.

HARLES HITCHCOCK MARm 11 LAND, the Postmaster at Ballard- Vfcl£__^^ vale, was born in Andover, Mass., April 5, 1843, son of William S. and Sarah (Northey) Marland. His grandfather, Abraham Marland, an Englishman by birth, came to this country in the early part of the last century, and, settling in Andover, established there one of the first woollen-mills in this country. Travelling on horseback, AbTaham carried the finished product to Boston, and brought the raw material with him on his return.

William S. Marland, also a native of Andover, was engaged for years in the manufacture of woollen goods in that town. His wife, Sarah Marland, was a member of the Northey family of Scituate, Mass., on whose farm was

John Northey, who was born in England about the year 1607, was in Marblehead, Mass., in 164S. His marriage is not on record; but he was probably the father of John Northey, of Scituate, who became a member of the Society of Friends. The latter, John, was married in 1675 to Sarah, daughter of Henry Ewell, who bore him four sons and two daughters. These children were born as follows: John, on March 6, 1675; Daniel, April 6, 1678; Samuel, July 19, 1680; Brutiah, December 18, 1682; Sarah, July 16, 1685; and James, October 2, 1687. Descendants of James, who was married July 9, 171 7, to Mary Stockbridge, are now living in Scituate. The third John Northey, who was a glazier, went to Boston. His wife, Sarah, bore him four sons: John, on June 25, 1703; Joseph, March 15, 1704; John, April 4, 1707; and David, March 30, 1709. David, the youngest, who was a pewterer and goldsmith, and manufactured clocks and watches in 1732, purchased the Essex Street half of the house in Salem, on the corner of Essex and Summer Streets. He had a son named Abijah, born August 12, 1741. Abijah's son, Abijah, who was born in 1774, was Charles H. Marland's grandfather, and the last male descendant in this branch of the Northey family. In 1830 Abijah Northey, Jr., bought the Summer Street half of the house in Salem. In thisTiuuse died Mr. Marland's great-great-grandfather, his greatgrandfather, and his grandfather; and here were born his great-grandfather, his grandfather, and his mother. Mr. Marland has in his possession, besides letters and a journal covering many years, left by his grandfather Northey, a bill of lading signed in 1705 by David Northey, who was a son of the first John and a sea-captain.

public schools in Andover and Phillips Academy. He went to work first in the woollenmills controlled by Nathan Frye. In September, 1862, he enlisted in Company G, Forty-fourth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers, for nine months' service. From the camp at Readville he went to Newbern, S.C.; and he was soon in active service. He was in the engagements at Kingston, Whitehall, Goldsboro, and the siege of Little Washington, which lasted seventeen days. When his term of service expired, he returned home, and was mustered out in May, 1863, in Boylston Hall. Subsequently he was overseer in the Milton Mills.

In 1874 Mr. Marland was appointed Postmaster at Ballardvale, and at the same time he was made station master on the l^oston & Maine Railroad. He has since efficiently performed the duties of both offices, and is widely known and very popular. He was married in 1867 to Laura E., daughter of Sylvester and Dorcas (Hanson) Lowd, and now has two sons - Charles Northey and Harry Freeman Marland. Having joined St. Matthew Lodge of Andover in 1864, he has been a Mason for thirty-three years.

.ONZO B. FELLOWS, a leading farmer and one of the foremost citizens of Ipswich, Essex County, son of the late Joseph Fellows, was born in this town, November 25, 1829, on the farm now owned and occupied by Daniel W. Appleton. He is of English Colonial stock, said, however, to have originated in Holland, the name in very early times having been spelled "Fclles."

1639, '^c bought a house and a house lot of an acre; and twenty years later, in February, 1659, he bought from John Andrews the farm now owned and occupied by Alonzo B. Fellows, his descendant in the seventh generation.

William Fellows was probably in England to the sister of John Ayres, her Christian name being unknown. They had eight children, the eldest of whom, a son, Isaac, it is thought, was born in England. A son, liphraim, born in i 39, probably removed to Western Massachusetts or Connecticut in 1700. Samuel died unmarried. Joseph, the youngest son, remained on the Ipswich farm until his death in 1693. On April 19, 1675, he married Ruth Fraile, who died April 14, 1729. They had si.x children, Joseph, Jr., the eldest, born in 1678, being the next in line of descent. On December 17, 1 70 1, he married Sarah Kimball, who was born May 19, 1680, and died September 2, 1720, leaving him with five sons. He married for his second wife Widow Mary Story, by whom he had one daughter. He died September 8, 1762. His youngest son, Nathan, was baptized October 13, 1717, and was drowned in Mile Creek, March 15, 1743, leaving an infant son named Nathan, who was baptized P'ebruary 26, 1743.

Nathan P'cllows, Jr., who was born in 1743 and died in 1829, was a sailor, often making voyages to the West Indies. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary army, and at the surrender of Burgoyne he was given charge of a squad of prisoners. His first wife, Anna Start, died after having borne him seven children, none of whom lived to maturity. On October 27, 1785, he married Hannah Brown, who was born March 11, 1765, and died June 4, 1835. Of this union were born thirteen children, including Joseph, the father of

Alonzo B. and Nathan W., a blacksmith by trade, who survived the others, dying in 1887, aged eighty-four. Nathan VV. Fellows took care of his parents in their declining years. He afterward removed to Gloucester, where he carried on an extensive business, owning quarries and vessels, and resided there until his decease. In 1849 he sold the old homestead, which was eight years later repurchased by his nephew Alonzo B., the present occupant.

Joseph Fellows was born January 6, 1796, in the house where his son Alonzo B. now lives, and died February 13, 1S83, on an adjoining farm, now the home of his daughter, the wife of Henry H. Walls. On May 21, 1 82 1, Joseph Fellows married Elizabeth A. Dennison, who was born July 5, 1799, and died July 23, 1871. She was a daughter of Isaac and Tamascn (Rowe) Dennison, of Gloucester. Joseph Fellows and his wife had seven children, namely: Elizabeth, who was born in 1822, and died in September, 1843; Sarah Jane, born in 1824, who lives with her brother Alonzo B. ; Frances Dane, born in 1827, who is the wife of Henry H. Walls, and occupies her father's old farm, as noted above; Alonzo Brown, born in 1829, the special subject of this sketch; Mary Abby, wife of Elijah Emerson, of Cambridge; Joseph Edward, who died at the age of three years; and Julia Maria, who died at the age of two years.

Alonzo B. Fellows, when sixteen years old, went to Gloucester with his uncle Nathan, and remained there for a short time in his uncle's employ, returning then to the parental home. In 1857 he purchased the old Fellows farm, which, with the exception of eight years, had been in the family ever since it was deeded to his emigrant ancestor, as mentioned above. He carries on general farming.

making somewhat of a specialty the raising of a variety of fruits, in which he has had excellent success. He is actively interested in the Essex County Fair Association, of which he has been a trustee several years.

In politics Mr. Fellows is a stanch Republican, and has served as delegate to numerous conventions. He has been prominently identified with the best and highest interests of the town and county, and has rendered valuable service as Selectman, Assessor, and Overseer. In 1881 he was a member of the State legislature, representing the towns of Ipswich, Rowley, and Boxford, and served on the Committee on Estimates. At the extra session of the legislature held at that time the statutes were revised. Mr. Fellows was reared a strict orthodox in religious faith, but he and his family are now regular attendants of the Episcopal church.

Mr. F'ellows was married November 15, 1876, to Henrietta Wheeler, of East Boston, who was born February 22, 1854, a daughter of John and Catherine (Hemenway) Wheeler, of Roxbury, Mass. Left an orphan at the age of eleven years, she afterward made her home with an aunt in Boston. She was educated in Framingham and Bridgewater Normal Schools, and subsequently taught school for a while in Boston. Mr. and Mrs. Fellows have six children, namely: Elva Atkinson, a graduate of the Salem Normal School iii 1897, and now a teacher at South Hadley; Joseph lidward; Irene Franklin; Nathan Warren; Elizabeth Bradbury; and Reginald Alonzo.

RS. KATE FRANCES KIMBALL, of Lawrence, Mass., is the widow of the late William Addison Kimball, of whom a brief personal and ancestral history is given in connecticjn witli the sketch of his son, William T. Kimball, on another page of this volume. Mrs. Kimball was before her marriage Miss Kate Frances Chandler. She was born in Boscawen, N. H., a daughter of Abiel Rolfe and Eliza Jane (Morrison) Chandler, and is partly of English and partly of Scottish descent, the Morrisons having originated in Scotland.

The immigrant progenitor of her father's family was William Chandler, who, with his wife Annis and their son Thomas, came to Massachusetts from England in 1637. William Chandl'er settled in Ro.xbury. Thomas was "one of the proprietors and early pioneers in the settlement of Andover, " which was the home of his son John and of their descendants for several generations.

Nathan Chandler, the grandfather of Mrs. Kimball, was born in Concord, N.H., April 14, 1782, and died April i, 1835, while in the prime of a vigorous manhood. On April 16, 1804, he married Jane Rolfe, who was born in Concord, N.H., January 21, 1783, and died June 5, 1863, aged fourscore years. She was a daughter of Nathaniel Rolfe, who died in Concord, N. H., November 15, 1829, at the advanced age of eighty-six years. The wife of Nathaniel Rolfe was born December 4, 1744, and died in 1806. Her maiden name was Judith Walker. At the time of her marriage with Mr. Rolfe she was a widow, her first husband having been Captain Abiel Chandler, formerly of Andover, Mass., but later of Concord, N. II.

Abiel Rolfe Chandler was born in Concord, N.II., August 25, 1805. On October 29, 1829, he married Eliza Jane Morrison, who was born in Dcrry, N. H., October i, 1803. She was a daughter of John Holmes and Mary (Paul) Morrison. John Holmes Morrison, who was born in Londonderry, N.II., June 4, 1779, was a wheelwright by trade. In 1S04 he removed to IJoscawen, N. H., where he resided till his death, August II, 1858. His wife, Mary Paul, was born in Londonderry, N. H., December 26, 1779, a daughter of David and Jane (Anderson) Paul. She died at Boscawen, July 14, 1S63, aged eighty-three years and si.x months. Abraham Morrison, the father of John Holmes Morrison, was born in 1743, and died in Derry, N.II., June 14, 1833. He was a son of Joseph, and grandson of John Morrison, the immigrant ancestor of many of his name in New Hampshire. Abiel Rolfe Chandler and his wife resided in Boscawen, N. H., until 1852, when they removed to Lawrence, Mass., where he was employed by the Esse.x Company as tender of the locks and canal nineteen years. Later he engaged in real estate business. A citizen of Lawrence for thirty-five years, he was greatly interested in- its growth and prosperity. Of his union with Eliza Jane Morrison there were three children born, namely: Henry Walker Chandler, who died of consumption, August 15, 1850, aged twenty years; Kate Frances, now Mrs. Kimball; and Annie Rebecca, widow of the late Nathaniel Phillips Houghton, who died at his home, 233 Broadway, Lawrence, August i, 1S97. Mr. Houghton was born at South Deerfield, N.H., September 20, 1829, and from 1852 until 1867 was connected with the Bay State Bank of Lawrence. The ensuing five years he was ticket agent of the Boston & Maine Railroad at the north station, and was afterward employed in the general ticket office in Boston nineteen years, when he retired. Mr. Chandler died May 28, 1887, aged eighty-one years and nine months; and his wife, who survived him until August 11, 1895, reached the venerable age of ninety-one years and ten months.

1874, becoming his second wife. No children were born of this union. By his first wife, Caroline L. Smith, Mr. Kimball had two children, namely: William T., whose sketch is referred to above; and Edward Payson, who is cashier of a bank in Maiden, Mass. Mr. William A. Kimball died on March 6, 1880. In religious belief the family are Congregationnlists.

ALBICRT TRUE, one of Salisbury's best known and most influcn- L>-^ - tial citizens, was born in this town, June 17, 1S39, son of Jabez and Annie (Fitts) True. He comes of a family that has been prominent in Salisbury since the settlement of the town in 1638, and has produced men of unblemished character and firm religious principles, and many brave soldiers who have hazarded their lives in defence of the country.

The genealogy is traced back through seven generations to Henry True, Esq., who was one of the prominent citizens in this section in military and civil affairs. He was one of the first commoners of Salisbury, one of the largest land-owners, and was a Captain of militia. His wife, Israel, was sister of the famous Major Robert Pike, of Newbury. Captain True's original commission, dated October 29, 1696, and many other valuable records, especially accounts of his active service in the militia, are in the possession of Mr. P. Albert True. Some of these tell of his scouting e.xpeditions "to give warning of the enemy," of his "pressing men into service," and of "holding his force ready to march at a half-hour's notice." He wrote a flowing hand, and did much writing of legal documents.