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24, 1729. She was a daughter of Thomas Bradbury, Salisbury's first and famous teacher. Thomas Bradbury was a son of William and Elizabeth Bradbury. He held many offices of importance at that time. He was long identified with the early history of the town, and his influence was potent in moulding public opinion. His wife, Mary Bradbury, was sentenced to be executed for witchcraft.

Henry True, Jr., died September S, 1735. His son Jabez was the eighth child, and was born in October, 1685. His wife, to whom he was married January 8, 1707, was Sarah Tappan, born 1680. She died P'ebruary 7,

1767, having married for her second husband on December 11, 1756, Joseph French. Jabez True died May 22, 1749. Of his ten children, the youngest was Samuel, afterward widely known as Deacon Samuel True. He was born December 16, 1728, and died November 10, 1815. He first married widow Hannah Kimball Hazeltine, of Haverhill, who was born May 21, 1729, and died July 28,

Deacon Samuel's fifth child was Jabez, second, born January 23, 1764, died May 2, 1835. Like his father, he was of a very religious nature. P'eeling himself called to the ministry, he began his education for the work by reading the Bible; and at the age of twenty years he had read it through thirteen times in course, besides his promiscuous reading, which was quite a little. He had a vigorous memory and a very loud voice, and was able to announce his text, giving chapter and verse, and preach an hour without any book or paper before him. Also all notices he gave without paper. Later in life he had become so used to speaking extempore that he could always win his case by the use of Scripture, and could always correct any Scripture if misquoted. He was appointed Elder in the Baptist church, and preached at Hampstead, Amesbury, Exeter, and occasionally at Salisbury. He began at a salary of thirty dollars a year, and in 1812 was ordained Deacon by request of the Church Ecclesiastical Council.

Many men of the True family were found among the soldiers of the Revolution: Aaron True, private, enlisted October 14, 1779, for one month and twenty days under Captain Stephen Jenkins; and Lieutenant Bradbury True was with Colonel Edmund Wortley, April 24, 1775, probably at North Yarmouth, Me., and was later commissioned by General Washington. Daniel True, seaman, was in the naval service. Dudley True was a private on Captain Henry Merrill's list in Colonel Caleb Cushing's regiment, which marched from Salisbury on the Lexington alarm, April 19. '775- Ezekiel True also was a private on the Lexington alarm roll, in Captain Stephen Merrill's company. His name appears on various receipts all along from 1775 to 1777; and he was evidently in at least two regiments, his second enlistment being on August '7. "^777 > f'om Middlesex County. Jabez True, private, was in Captain John Evan's company, in camp at Cambridge, May 17, 1775 ; also in Captain Harris's company of the Guard regiment at Winter Hill and in Captain Stephen Jenkins's company. He enlisted October 14, 1779, and was discharged November 27, 1779. He was in detached service to re-enforce General Washington, October g, 1779; also in Captain Moses Ncwal's company, Colonel Titcomli's regiment, from May 4, 1777, to July 4 of the same year; and in Captain Huse's company from April 12, 177S, until his discharge, July 4, 1778. Jacob True was on the Lexington alarm roll, and marched on April 19, 1775, from Newburyport. He also enlisted in Colonel Little's regiment. May 2, 177s, at the age of twenty-one years, and went to Quebec. John True enlisted July 4, 1780, in Captain Richard Titcomb's company, Colonel Nathaniel Wade's regiment, and served until October 10 of the same year. He was Corporal on warrant to pay men in Captain James Pierce's company, March 17, 1783, and was the same in Captain Samuel Huse's company, November 10, 1777, receiving his discharge Eebruary 3, 1778. Later he was stationed at Winter Hill in the regiment of the Guards. He was also Corporal in Captain Jeremiah Putnam's company in the Rhode Island service, where he remained for four months and three days. Jonathan True, of North Yarmouth, Me., was in Colonel Vase's regiment for three years, was in the expedition at Penobscot, and performed many missions which required a man of courage and discretion. Moses True was on the Lexington alarm roll and in the famous 19th of April march. Nathaniel True was in the seacoast service from Cumberland County. Obadiah True took part in the capture at West Point. Samuel True was at Lexington, and later a member of the Winter Hill Guards and also in the coast service. Thomas True was also at Lexington, and William True was in the list of officers of the Massachusetts militia, being Second Lieutenant in the Fourth Company of the Second Essex County Regiment, and a part of the time in the seacoast service. Zebulon True was in Colonel Benjamin Tupper's regiment, and served with credit.

The father of Mr. I^ Albert True was Jabez, born October 19, 1802, son of Elder Jabez and Ruth (Brown) True. He was a farmer, a highly esteemed and prominent citizen, and a Deacon of the Baptist Church of Seabrook. He owned a fine estate, and kept a large amount of stock, was a man of conserv- ative temperament and of very firm principles. He died in September, 1875. His wife, Annie, to whom he was married in December, 1826, died August 30, 1S90. Their four children were: Caroline E., born April 18, 1831; Idaletta Louisa Maria, born July 5, 1845; Oliver A., born December 9, 1834; and P. Albert, whose personal history is given below. Caroline E. married Azor O. Webster, and had one son - Alfred C. , born February 4, 1852, now treasurer of the Powow River Savings Bank, of Amesbury, of which his father is president. Mrs. Webster died September 20, i860; and Mr. Webster married for his second wife her sister, Idaletta. Oliver A. True, who was a farmer, died January 25, 1863, at the age of twenty-nine years. He was interested in the family history and genealogy, and had planned to look it up.

P. Albert True was graduated at the Putnam Free School in i860, and has since made his home on the True homestead. June 17, 1872, he married Sarah Emily Morrill, who was born November 19, 1841, daughter of John and Sally (Marston) Morrill, of Salisbury Plains. She is of the seventh generation of Merrills in Salisbury. Both Mr. and Mrs. True were baptized March 3, 1895, by the Rev. William R. Webster, of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Salisbury, and were received into full communion with the church the following September. Mr. True is now one of the stewards of the society and a member of the committee on music and on the pastor's salary. He is active in every movement pertaining to the welfare of the town, and worthily represents the family. He was elected president of the Town Improvement Society at the time of its organization, and has held the office since. He is a stockholder of Commoners of Salisbury and clerk of the organization; has been Justice of the Peace for thirty-seven years, having been appointed by Governor Andrew in 1862, and successively reappointed by governors Claflin, Rice, Butler, and Brackett ; has been trustee of Anna Jaques Hospital in Newburyport for several years; is a member and director of the Salisbury Home for Aged Women ; has been on the School Board for many years, and is Highway Surveyor, Auditor of Accounts, and member of the Esse.x Agricultural Society as well as trustee of several companies. For thirty-five years he has been engaged in writing legal documents and in settling estates. He is a warm Republican, and has written for the press. In 1893 he was appointed delegate to Chicago.

Mr. True's children are: Ralph Preston, clerk in the Powow National Bank; Florence Marston, formerly a student at Abbot Academy, Andover, a fine musician and critic, teaching piano and violin and harmony; Helen Webster, who graduated at the Putnam School in 1896; and Edward Parker True, a student in the Putnam School.

fllOMAS FREEMAN PORTER, a real estate dealer, insurance agent, and Notary Public of Lynn, was born October 30, 1847, in Paradise, N.S. , not far from the scene of Longfellow's immortal poem "Evangeline." His parents, Theron and Elizabeth Freeman Porter, were both born in the Province of Nova Scotia, where the father was for several years engaged in farming and carpentering. In 1852 they removed to Boston, and nine years later settled in Swampscott, Mass. For thirty years the father worked at his trade in that place, and then, with his wife, took up his residence with his son, Thomas Freeman, in

Thomas F. Porter completed his education in the Swampscott schools, which he attended until about thirteen years old. When quite young he began his mercantile career as a clerk in a dry-goods store of Swampscott, and was afterward employed by various shoe firms in Lynn for a few years. Going then to Boston, he was engaged as a clerk in the stores of C. F. Hovey & Co. and Charles C. Holbrook, remaining with the latter firm until the big fire of November, 1S72. Returning to Lynn after this, he was connected with the firm of Porter & Taylor, grocers, and continued working for them until 1874, when he was admitted into partnership, the name being changed to Porter, Taylor & Co. Thirteen years later he purchased his brother's interest in the firm of Porter, Hanson & Co., grocers in City Hall Square, where he was in business for about a year. In 1888 he embarked in his present real estate and insurance business, which he has since conducted with success. He is vice-president of the Lynn Board of Fire Underwriters.

Taking a genuine interest in local affairs, Mr. Porter has served with prudence and fidelity in both branches of the city government. In 1885, 18S6, 1887, and 1888 he was a member of the Common Council, and served on the Printing, Public Property, Election, Public Grounds, and Finance Committees. In 1896 and 1897 he was a member of the Board of Aldermen, serving on the Committees on Streets, Street Assessments, Education, Public Grounds, Claims, and Bills in Second Reading. He is a stanch Republican in politics, and in 1882 and 1883 was a member of the Lynn City Republican Club. He was made an Odd Fellow in the Bay State Lodge, No. 40, of which he is Past Grand; and he is a Past Chief Patriarch of Palestine Encampment, No. 37, I. O. O. F= ; a member of the Golden Fleece Lodge, A. F. & A. M. ; of the Sagamore Tribe of Red Men, No 2 ; and of the Knights of Pythias. He is likewise a member of the Advisory Board of the Houghton Horticultural Society, a member of the Lynn Board of Trade, the Lynn Republican Club, and the Lynn Historical Society. For two years he was speaker of the Lynn Assembly, a debating society of some prominence. Possessing much literary talent, he has acquired quite a reputation as a writer of both prose and verse, his articles being published in some of the leading newspapers, periodicals, and magazines of the country.

Mr. Porter was married September 14, 1876, to Miss Emma E. Norris, daughter of Moses Norris, a well-known morocco manufacturer of Lynn. Born in Charlestown, April 20, 185 1, Mrs. Porter died April 30, 1891. She left one child, Chester H. Porter, who was born in Lynn, April 28, 1880.

AMUEL BROOKINGS, Jr., the Assistant Postmaster of Newburyport was born in Newbury, Mass., August 24, 1 84 1, son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Little) Brookings. He belongs to one of the old Massachusetts families. On the father's side he is of English descent. His great-grandfather, Samuel Brookings, came from England, and settled in Newbury. The grandfather, also named Samuel, born in Newbury and a member of the Old South P^irst Presbyterian Church, was a merchant of the town for several years, and fitted out fishingvessels. He married Eunice Mclntire, of the same place, became the father of seven children, and died at the age of eighty. His wife died at seventy.

Samuel Brookings, the fifth bearer of the name and the father of the subject of this biography, was born August 3, 1S03. He followed the calling of navigator in the fisheries of the Bay of Chaleur. In his later years he became a shoemaker. He enlisted in the Union army in July, 1861, joining the Nineteenth Massachusetts Regiment. At Harper's Ferry he was injured, and he was honorably discharged in May, 1862. At the time of Banks's raid he re-enlisted, and went to Boston shortly after his discharge, but was sent back. Once more he enlisted, this time accompanied by his two sons, and entered Company A, Forty-eighth Massachusetts Regiment, under Colonel Stone. After this he was at Plain's Store, the siege of Port Hudson, and the battle of Donaldsonville. At this time he was sixty years old; but he dyed his whiskers, and re-enlisted as forty-four years old, rather than allow his young sons to go to the front without him. At the time of his death, October 27, 18S8, he was the oldest member of the G. A. R., A. W. Bartlett Encampment, Post No. 49. On March 11, 1823, he married Elizabeth Little, who was born April 22, 1805, daughter of Captain David Little, and who died December 12, 1869. Her grandfather. Colonel Moses Little, a Revolutionary soldier, fought at Bunker Hill. Her children were born as follows: Eunice Mclntire, February 4, 1824; John Bagley, June 12, 1826; David Little, August 5, 1828, who died September 28, 1878; Melvin Fessenden, December 23, 1830; George William, September 17, 1833; Elizabeth Sarah, December 5, 1835; Mary Little, August 15, 1839, who died March 12, 1844; Samuel, the subject of this sketch, August 24, 1841; and Philip, September 4, 1843, who died January 13, 1845.

public schools. Afterward for a few years he worked at the shoemaker's trade. While the Civil War was waging, he enlisted with his father and brother in Company A, Fortyeighth Massachusetts Regiment, Nineteenth Army Corps, Gulf Department, under General Banks, and was subsequently in the battle of Plain's Store, May 21, the assault on Fort Hudson, May 27, 1S63, the siege of Port Hudson, and in the battle at Donaldsonville on July 13, 1863. He then returned with the regiment to the old quarters at Baton Rouge, whence the latter was ordered home in August. On returning to civil life he resumed shoemaking. February 5, 1866, he was appointed to a position in the Post-office Department. In May, 1869, he was promoted from the position of carrier to that of clerk; and on June 11, 1S77, he was made Assistant Postmaster, which position he has since held, having served under eight Postmasters.

Mr. Brookings is a member of the A. W. Bartlett Post, No. 49; of the St. John's Lodge, F. & A. M., since 1867; and of King Cyrus Chapter, R. A. M., since 1878. The secretary of the St. John's Lodge since 1872, he is the oldest continuous incumbent of that office, except one, in the State. He has also been secretary of King Cyrus Chapter since 1878. He has been a member of Ouascacunquen, I. O. O. F., since 1872. On September 18, 1862, he married Abby W. Merrill, who died October 27, 1887. A second marriage in January 13, 1891, united him with Sarah N. Berney, daughter of Benjamin Dutton, a shipbuilder. Mr. Brookings is interested in city affairs, and was for three years in the early seventies a member of the Common Council.

From 1892 to the year 1894 he held the position of auditor in the Co-operative Bank. Since then he has been a director of the institution. Always faithful to duty, honest, and rrs^l ENRY W. SAWYER was born in West Newbury, Mass., April 21, 1822. He was the youngest son of Stephen and Sarah (Brown) Sawyer, and was a lineal descendant of William Sawyer, who was born in England in 161 3, and came to this country about 1640, and a few years later settled at Newbury, Mass., where he took the oath of allegiance and was made a freeman in 1678. Stephen Sawyer, son of William, was born in Newbury, April 25, 1663, and died June 8, 1753. Stephen Sawyer, Jr., great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was born in Newbury, and died in 1765. Micah Sawyer, son of Stephen, Jr., and grandfather of Henry W., was born in Newbury, April 23, 1741, and died March i, 1817.

Stephen Sawyer, third, Henry W. Sawyer's father, a tiller of the soil, was born in West Newbury, October 25, 1780, and died October 30, 1874, at the age of ninety-four years. His wife, Sarah Brown, was the daughter of Stephen Brown. She was born at Turkey Hill, West Newbury, in 1789, and died November 26, 1 87 1.

Henry W. Sawyer began his studies in the common schools of this town, and completed his education by a year's attendance at the Amcsbury High School. He turned his attention to agricultural pursuits at an early age, and, being an industrious, exceedingly capable, and thorough farmer, was successful in his chosen vocation. He was a man of stanch integrity, scrupulously honest in all his dealings. In politics he was a Republican. Although his forefathers were Quakers, he did not adhere to that form of worship, but attendetl the First Congregational Church

On June 10, 1852, he was united in marriage with Harriett D. Moulton. She was born in West Newbury, January 26, 1S26, daughter of Colonel Daniel and Diedamia (Spofford) Moulton, both of old Colonial stock. Her father was one of the prominent farmers of this town in his day, and for many years held a Colonel's commission in the State militia. .

Henry W. Sawyer lived to be nearly seventy -two years old. His death, which occurred on February 15, 1894, was the cause of sincere regret in a large circle of relatives and friends.

Mrs. Sawyer, with two of their four children - Carrie E. and Henrietta M. - survives her husband. Their eldest daughter, Eleanor, born April 22, 1856, died in infancy; and their only son, Stephen, born May 12, i860, died July 13, 1862. Carrie E., born February II, 1858, was united in marriage with David H. Evans, of Haverhill, January 12, 1887. Henrietta M., born January 3, 1864, resides with her mother at the homestead, near Indian Hill, West Newbury. Mrs. Sawyer also has three grandchildren, as follows: Harold Sawyer Evans, born in West Newbury, October 12, 1890; Ethel Moulton Evans, born June 6, 1892; and Alice Evans, born September 21, 1896.

OSEPH O. PROCTER was for many years prominent among the men engaged in the Gloucester fisheries, and is now a representative business man of the city. Born here on May 4, 1829, he is a son of the late Joseph J. and Eliza A. (Gilbert) Procter. His paternal great-grandfather, Joseph Procter, settled in Gloucester in 1766, and established a fish business here. The same kind of business has been carried on by five generations, each successive proprietor bearing the name of Joseph Procter. The fifth of the name, son of the subject of this si<etch, is at present engaged in the business. Mr. Procter's mother was a daughter of Jonathan Gilbert, a sea captain engaged in foreign trade and sailing from this port.

Having succeeded to the business of his father when the latter died, in September, 1848, Joseph O. Procter conducted it most successfully until January, 187S, when he passed it over to his son. He had often as many as fifteen vessels engaged in the fishing business, and employed one hundred and fifty men. In 1852 he was chosen a director of the Gloucester Mutual Fishing Insurance Company, and for the succeeding twenty years he exercised a dominant influence in the management thereof. For fifteen years he was both the president and treasurer of the company. Also for fourteen years he was a director of the Holyoke Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Salem, and its treasurer for two years. From 1858 to 1862 he was a director of the Cape Ann Bank. In 1S64 he helped organize the First National Bank of Gloucester, was a member of its first Board of Directors, and continued to serve in that capacity until 1896. During the last sixteen years of that period he was its president. He is a charter member of the Gloucester Water Supply Company, and has been its president since its organization. He is also the vice-president of the Electric Company and a director of the Gloucester Net and Twine Company.

In religion Mr. Procter is strictly orthodox. Having united in 1858 with what is now Trinity Congregational Church, he was for several years a member of its Standing Committee, for three years its treasurer, for twenty-eight years its clerk, and for thirty years he was connected with its Sundayschool as superintendent, librarian, teacher, or secretary. He was active in promoting the formation of the Gloucester Y. M. C. A., ami has always been a liberal contributor toward its support. He was named as a trustee of the Sawyer Free Library by Mr. Samuel E. Sawyer, and he has also been a director for thirty-five years. He has been one of the directors and for thirty years the secretary of the Gloucester Fishermen's and Seamen's Widows' and Orphans' Aid Society, which has distributed to its beneficiaries since 1862 an amount of money averaging five thousand dollars a year. Mr. Procter is a director and corporate member of the Gloucester Fishermen's Institute, and is now its president. From 1866 to iSgo he was the president of the Gloucester Board of Trade.

In politics Mr. Procter is a Republican. He was a member of the convention held in 185s at Worcester that gave birth to the Republican party in Massachusetts, and since then he has been frequently sent as delegate to various party conventions. For two years he served as chairman of the Board of Selectmen. He was County Commissioner for six years, during three of which he was chairman of the board. At present he is a member of the Gloucester Park Commission. He holds" certificate No. i as an associate member of Colonel Allen Post, No. 45, G. A. R.

He has been three times married, successively to Lydia A. Gaffney, of Gloucester, Martha A. Morse, of Westboro, and Lucy Ann Evans. The present Mrs. Procter is a greatgrand-daughter of Reuben Evans, who held a commission as Lieutenant in the Continental army. Mr. Procter's children are: Ella L., Joseph O. , and Adeline W. Ella L. is a graduate of Mount Holyoke Seminary, and

Adeline W. of Smith College. The son married Florence Cunningham, and is now the father of five children, namely: Mabel D., now a student in Smith College; Joseph O., a student in Harvard University; Helen M. ; Richard C. ; and Dorothy K. The three younger children attend school in Gloucester.

AVID M. TUKESBURY, formerly a farmer and influential resident of Merrimac, born in Newton, N.H., in 1817, descended from a family of the name that came from England in the early days and settled in Essex County. His father, David Tukesbury, at one time a well-known cattle dealer and butcher of this locality, furnished beef to the garrison at Portsmouth during the War of 181 2. In early life he was a preacher. He afterward purchased the estate on Bear Hill, where he died in 1850, at the age of sixty-three years.

David M. Tukesbury was educated at Dummer and Atkinson Academies and at the old academy in Amesbury. Upon finishing school he came to Merrimac, and worked upon his father's large estate. He became interested in lumbering, especially in cutting ship timber, at a time when ship-building was a new industry in this country. He was also an extensive stock-raiser, having frequently fifty head of cattle. The farm yielded annually fifty tons of hay, besides large crops of corn and other grains. Mr. Tukesbury also built and operated a saw-mill. At the outbreak of the Civil War he was elected a Selectman, and afterward served in that capacity for twelve successive years. He was kept busy in filling quotas during the war, and such was his intelligence and good judgment that he was continually appealed to for advice by his fellow-townsmen. He married Miss Olive Merrill, whose people were the New England Merrills of Revolutionary fame. By her he became the father of three children - Gay ton, Maria, and Anna.

Mr. Tukesbury died in i8gr. His widow and two children survive him. Gayton, the eldest, was educated at Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., and at a private school in Amesbury carried on by James Davis. He married Nancy T. Dodge, of Newburyport, and resides on the old homestead. Maria, who died May 7, 1877, married George Currier, of Merrimac, and had three sons: Frank, who married Annie Baxter, of Merrimac Port, and has four children - Levi, Dudley, Alva, and Cecil; William, who married Jennie Carpenter, of Haverhill; and Fred, who married Mattie Heath, of Merrimac, and has one daughter, Olive Maria. The youngest child, Anna, married Francis Merrill, of Amesbury, and they have three daughters: Olivia, who married Charles Brazer, of Cambridge, and has one child, Frank; Cora and Ida, both residinji at home.

lOSES GILMAN SMITH, of Methuen, contractor and builder for works of stone masonry, was born in Rowley, in the eastern part of Essex County, Mass., on November 24, 1829, son of Gilman H. and Cynthia (Chaplin) Smith. His family was founded by Hugh Smith, an Englishman, who settled in Rowley in 1639, was made freeman in 1642, and died in 1656. Benjamin Smith, a lineal descendant of Hugh the immigrant, was father of Isaac, who died at Rowley in March, 1816. Moses, son of Isaac qnd Elizabeth (Hibbard) Smith, settled in 1835 on a farm in Rowley. He died in June, 1855, being survived only eight

Gilman H. Smith, above named, was born in Rowley on October 21, 1804. He was married in 1827 to Cynthia, daughter of Jeremy and Eunice (Stickney) Chaplin, and by this union became the father of twelve children, ten of whom were sons. Three of them died in childhood, namely: Edward at the age of three years and eight months; Isaac, aged three years; and Orlando L., aged nine years and three months. Those who grew to maturity were named as follows: Mary J., Moses G., Henry W., VVillard H., Luther A., Sylvester P., George H., Susan S. , and Hugh Chaplin. Mary J., who was educated at Atkinson Academy, taught her first term of school when eighteen years old, and was subsequently engaged in educational work for twenty years. For the past ten years she has been in failing health. She and her brother George reside at the old homestead in Methuen with their father. Henry died in California at the age of twenty-two, having gone there the year before. Willard died in Lawrence at the age of fifty-three, leaving a wife. Luther is a merchant and teacher in Canada. He is unmarried. Syhester P. is engaged in the manufacture of shoes in Haverhill. He has a wife but no children. Susan S. died on July 25, 1896, unmarried. Hugh Chaplin Smith is a resident of this town.

Moses Gilman Smith completed his educational course at an academy, and in his early manhood taught school for one term. At the age of seventeen he left home and went to Boston, where he engaged in pile-driving; but two years later he began learning the mason's trade at Pelham, N.H. In March, 1854, he went to California via Nicaragua, being only twenty-seven days and five hours from New York City to San Francisco. Arriving on the gold coast, he went to Siskiyou County and engaged in placer mining, having in company with others four claims. After remaining there four years he returned home with the snug sum of three thousand dollars, and, in partnership with John Mitchell and under the name of Smith & Mitchell, began the contracting business. His headquarters have been in Lawrence, but his field of operations has covered New England. Messrs. Smith and Mitchell had charge of much of the foundation work for the fine structures on Essex- Street, also of masonry work in VVolfboro and Hanover, N. H., and in Boston, the Andovers, and Methuen. The partnership was dissolved after eleven years, and for the five succeeding years Mr. Smith was in business alone. At the end of that time Mr. Mahoney became associated with him, and Smith & Mahoney carried on a prosperous and lucrative business for a period of sixteen years. During the past three years, in which Mr. Smith has been practically retired as a contractor, he has been handling timber and masons' supplies in Methuen and Lawrence.

Mr. Smith was married on October 28, 1858, to Catherine Burleigh, of Boston, daughter of Ezra and Lucy Burleigh, who came to Methuen from Boston about 1845. They were the parents of one son and five daughters. Mrs. Smith died in 1870, at the age of thirtythree years, leaving four children. Her infant daughter, Florence, died at the age of thirteen months. The living children are: Charlotte E. , who has been engaged in the profession of teaching since she was seventeen years of age; Mary B., the wife of Clarence Woud, of Maiden; and Catherine L. , wife of Tenney Morse, of Maiden, Mass., and mother of Marion Francis Morse.

served Methuen as Selectman for three years. His religious views are Orthodox, and he is a member of the Congregational Church of Methuen. He was the successful bidder for the building of the chapel, placing the figure at five thousand dollars against the nine thousand dollars estimated by his competitor. Mr. Smith has been most successful in his business career, and has never lacked for work. In 1S58, previous to his marriage, he purchased his thirteen-acre lot, and built a house for a home. He has now six tenant places on his farm. After the death of his first wife he was married in 1S72 to Martha J. Richardson, of this town, daughter of Charles and Mary (Gray) Richardson, both of whom died at seventy-eight years of age. Mrs. Smith has one brother, Henry R., who is a farmer of Methuen, and a sister, Cassandana, wife of Amos Higgins.

"ON. MARQUIS D. F. STEERE, of Amesbury, was born in Pascoag, li® ^__^ R.I., January 11, 1S22. A son of Augustus and Cyrena (Salisbury) Steere, he is a descendant of John Steere, one of the early settlers of Providence, R.I. , who was born in England in 1634. His grandfather was Simeon Steere. The early education of Marquis D. F. Steere was limited to a few terms in district schools. Some years later he attended Scituate Seminary. At the age of twelve he went to work in a woollen-mill for eight dollars per month. Gradually he won his way upward until he had mastered every detail of the business, working as second hand, overseer, and agent. I'inally he became part owner of a woollen-mill in Uxbridge, Mass., with Josiah Seagraves, in the firm of Seagraves & Steere. This partnership lasted until 1858, when Mr. Steere accepted charge of the mills of the Salisbury Woollen Company, one of the largest concerns in New England at that time. He was general agent of these mills for upward of a quarter of a century, covering the period of their greatest prosperity. In 1882 he resigned to take a much needed rest, and spent two months in Europe.

Shortly after his return from Europe Mr. Steere became a silent partner in the carriage firm of Biddle & Smart. The firm recently formed a corporate company with Mr. Steere as president. He is a director of Wing & Co., hardware dealers; of the Provident Institution for Savings Investment Company; of the Amesbury and Salisbury Water Company ; and he was a director of the water company that manufactured the first gas used in Amesbury. He is also a member of the Board of Trade. In 1883 he was elected to the General Court of Massachusetts from the First Essex District on a nearly unanimous vote. The Tewksbury matter was being debated in the House when he left for Europe, and it was still under discussion when he returned. The session lasted till June. Mr. Steere was on the Labor Committee when the charter for the Powow Hill Water Company was procured by him.

On February 18, 1861, Mr. Steere was married to Anna, daughter of Charles Wing, of Uxbridge. She was born September 4, 1840. Mr. and Mrs. Steere have had five children, namely: Edith, born October 21, 1865, who in 1885 was married to P^rank Stinson, of Burlington, Vt. ; Mary C. , who died in infancy; Charles A., born December 3, 1870, who graduated from the Vermont Normal School, is in Wing & Co. 's sales department, and is a director of the corporation ; Harry W. , l)()rn July 8, 1S77, who is also with Wing & Co. ; and Syrena S., born October g, 1884, who is the youngest. Mr. Steere is connected with the Masons and Odd Fellows in Uxbridge, and belongs to Warren Lodge of Royal Arch Chapter and to various other local organizations. In politics he is a Republican.

^jENJAMIN FRANKLIN CALLEY, chairman of the ]5oard of Assessors of Saugus, was born in Effingham, Carroll County, N.H., April 13, 1826. His parents, John Frederick and Aphia (Brown) Calley, were natives of the Granite State. The ancestry of the family dates back to three brothers, who migrated from Scotland to America about the year 1755, one settling in Vienna, Me., one in Holderness, N.H., and the other (Samuel) in Hampstead, N. H. Samuel Calley was Benjamin Franklin Calley's direct ancestor. The male representatives of the family are chiefly mechanics and farmers.

Samuel's son John, Benjamin F.'s grandfather, who like his father was a farmer, settled in Efifingham, N.H., on a large tract of wild land furnishing territory sufficient for nine farms besides the homestead.

John F. Calley, who was a farmer and trader residing in West Parsonsfield, Me., died before his son Benjamin F. was born. His widow, losing the farm after his death, placed her two eldest children in care of their grandfather, and the youngest, Benjamin F., with her husband's sister, who was then the wife of Samuel March, and went to Ipswich, Mass., to live with her brother. There she taught school for some time, and was subsequently married to Ebenezer Coggswell, of Ipswich, whom also she outlived. Her last days were spent with her sons in Saugus, where she died in 1863. Besides Benjamin F. she had two sons by her first husband : Jacob B., born April 4, 1822; and John F., June 15, 1824. They lived with their grandfather, John Calley, until Jacob was fifteen years old. Then he went to live with his uncle, Luther Cate, who had married his mother's sister, and learned the shoe business at East Saugus.

Two years later John F. and Benjamin F., aged fifteen and thirteen years respectively, became members of the same household; and they, too, learned shoemaking under their uncle's tuition. The boys worked by the piece, and paid for their board and clothing. John and Jacob also settled in Saugus. Jacob, who died in 1891, married Mary Jane, youngest daughter of Jacob and Abigail Newhall. John, who is living in Lynn, married the eldest daughter of Benjamin T. and Mary A. Hall, of Waterboro, Me.

Benjamin F. Calley was engaged as apprentice to his uncle until twenty-one. At the age of sixteen he bought his time, and engaged as cutter in the shoe shops of William P. Newhall and Artemas S. Atherton, the leading manufacturers in Saugus at that time. When he was nineteen years old he became a partner of Levi D. Waldron, who later became his father-in-law, and with him manufactured shoes in Saugus and Lynn about twelve years. He then sold his interest in the business to his partner, and for two years was his superintendent. At the close of his engagement he commenced the manufacture of shoes on his own account in Saugus. The shoes (hand made) were sent to be finished into Maine and New Hampshire as well as Massachusetts. A successful business was established, which he managed for twenty years, employing some fifty men and women.

He sold his own goods, travelling extensively through twenty-eight States of the Union. Many of the shoes made under his supervision were sold in the Cuban and South American markets.

In 1863 Mr. Galley was sent to Washington to obtain men to fill the quota of troops, but he did not go into active service. Through his personal efforts a large sum of money was raised to pay bounties to enlisted men to fill the town's quota.

In 1878 he closed up his shoe business, and for a year and a half was superintendent in Coburn & Fuller's shoe factory at Derry Depot, N.H. He was then for five and onehalf years superintendent of the T. A. Cooledge factory in Marlboro, Mass. After this he had charge of the Carlisle Shoe Company's factory at Carlisle, Pa. His next engagement was as assistant foreman in George Faulkner's morocco factory in West Lynn. His long experience in the shoe business had made him familiar with leather of all kinds.

In 1889, while employed in Mr. Faulkner's morocco factory, he had his hand crushed in the machinery. Since that time he has done but little mechanical work.

Mr. Galley is a Republican, and took quite an active part in political matters and attended all important conventions when he was younger. He was elected Assessor the day before he injured his hand, and has been in office ever since through successive re-elections. Trior to 1889 the Selectmen acted as Assessors. In that year a regular Assessment Board was formed. Mr. Galley was the first chairman, and has had the honor of being the only one. He now devotes the most of his time to the duties of his office.

thirty-four years he has been a director in the Saugus Mutual Fire Insurance Company, one of the best companies in the State. For eleven years he has served on the Board of Trustees of the Saugus Free Public Library, and is acting as chairman at the present time. He has been a member of William Sutton Lodge of F. A. Masons since 1866, and has been its secretary twenty-two years. Mr. Galley, was a member and clerk of the East Saugus Brass Band, and saw service with the organization at Camp Schuyler, Lynnfield, during the first year of the war of the Rebellion. He taught music in the jniblic schools for two years without remuneration, and composed and arranged words and music for the schools. He was director of a glee club of male voices, was chorister in the East Saugus Methodist Episcopal Church for several years, and was a member of the choir for a quarter of a century. Though not a church member, he has always contributed freely to church enterprises.

Mr. Galley was married May 3, 1849, to Eveline M. , eldest daughter of his old partner, Levi D. Waldron. She was born in Saugus, September 28, 1828, and died August 6, 1896. She was endowed vi'ith considerable literary talent, as shown by her poetical compositions furnished at the solicitation of friends, to be read upon anniversary and other occasions. A kind, true-hearted woman, she had many warm friends. Mrs. Galley was the mother of two children: Carrie M., who died at the age of twenty, a young lady of cheerful disposition and gifted with rare musical talent; and I^enjamin F. , Jr. The latter, who resides in East Saugus, is a commercial traveller for the house of H. L. Bowden & Co., 1 8 and 20 High Street, Boston. He married the eldest daughter of William 11. and Ann J. Warren, of Medford, Mass., and

Mr. Calley is a man highly esteemed by his neighbors and those who have held a business or social intercourse with him. In the many positions of trust and responsibility which he has held, he has performed the various duties with care and marked ability. He is both physically and mentally well preserved for a person of his years, having seen seventy-two summers, and bids fair to add many more.

[DWARD P. HURD, M.D., a prominent physician of Newburyport and a wellknown writer on medical subjects, v;as born at Newport, a little town near Sherbrooke, in Canada, P.O., August 29, 1838. His father was Samuel Hurd and his grandfather Edmund Hurd. P^arther back we are unable to trace his lineage. There was a John Hurd in Boston as early as 1639 and a settler of the same name in Connecticut ten years later. We are told that three immigrants - Edmund, John, and Luke - bearing this surname came to America from the British Isles about 1700. Henry Hurd, M.D. , superintendent of Johns Hopkins University, is of this family.

Edmund Hurd, grandfather of Dr. Hurd, was born in Worcester, Mass., and went from that city to the Province of Quebec about 1790. Settling in the backwoods at Newport, about forty miles from the Vermont line, he cleared a large farm.

Samuel A. Hurd, father of the Doctor, was born about 18 16. Soon after his marriage he removed to Eaton, and opened a general merchandise store, which proved a fairly successful venture. He acquired a good property, and owned much valuable real estate. He was active in town affairs, was made County Treasurer, and was Justice of the Peace for some years. Pie was a prominent member of the Congregational church. Samuel Hurd married Catherine, daughter of Phineas Hubbard, of Stanstead, P. Q. , one of the original settlers of that locality toward the close of the last century. The following named children were born of this union : Edward P. ; Ellen, who married Dr. H. C. Rugg, of Stanstead; Jennie, who died in her twenty-third year; Laura; and Augustine, a lawyer of Sherbrooke, P.O.

Edward P. Hurd was educated in the common schools at P-aton Corner, Canada, and at the academy then under W. W. (now Bishoii) Niles, of Concord. He studied the classics from 1852 to 1855, and then entered St. Francis College, Richmond, and later, 1861, McGill Medical School at Montreal. Here he remained four years, graduating in 1865, taking the highest honors, and winning the Holmes gold school medal for proficiency in all branches of medical study. Dr. Hurd began the practice of medicine at Danville, P.O., where his profession called him over a radius of ten to twenty miles. In 1870 he settled in Newburyport, where he has since remained. Mrs. Hurd is daughter of the Rev. Randolph Campbell, who was for forty years pastor of the Fourth Religious Church of this city. She is also related by marriage to Dr. Enoch Cross, for some fifty years a leading practitioner in Newburyport.

During the twenty-eight years since Dr. Hurd's coming to Newburyport he has been actively engaged in his profession, has done a large amount of literary work, and has given considerable time and attention to the various social and educational affairs of the city. For two years he served as a member of the School Board, and for seven years he was a director of the public library. From 1871 to 1881

Dr. Hurd was one of the City Physicians; and, when subsequently the law providing for appointment through the Mayor went into effect, Dr. Hurd was appointed by Mayor Hale, and served as City Physician till 1S85. In 1893, upon the death of ]3r. Snow, Medical Examiner for the Third Essex District, Dr. Hurd was appointed to the position for seven years by Governor Russell ; and the same year he became Pension Examining Surgeon for Newburyport and the surrounding towns.

For many years Dr. Hurd has written editorially for the Boston JMcdical and Surgical Journal, the Medical Age of Detroit, and the Therapeutic Gazette of Philadelphia. He has also contributed a number of signed articles to different publications, among others the following: "Consumption in New England," to the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal ; several articles in the Medical Record in 1882, under the head "Functional Diseases of the Heart"; a short treatise on "The Evolution of Medicine," in the North Q7\.xo\\wa. Medical Journal of 1882; and in 1890 a brochure on "Neuralgia" and another on "Sleep, Insomnia, and Hypnotics," published by George S. Davis, of Detroit, Mich. Besides these papers, which have been the outcome of Dr. Hurd's own research and experience as a medical practitioner, he has made many translations from both the P^ench and the German, which have received wide-spread appreciation and recognition. When, in 1S85, he translated "Clinical Therapeutics" from the French, the author wrote for him a special preface. This was followed in 1886 by "Diseases of the Lungs," from the l'"iciich by Professor Germain See, which was likewise honored with a special ]ireface by the author, and was published by William Wood & Co. The same year appeared "Diseases of the Stomach and Intestines," from the P'rcnch by

Dujardin Beaumetz. Other translations were as follows: "Infectious Diseases," from the German of Carl Liebermeister, in two volumes; "Diseases of the Heart," in two volumes, by D. Beaumetz; "Treatment of the Morphine Habit," from the German by Albrecht Erlenmeyer; "Diseases of the Liver," from the French by Dujardin Beaumetz, in 1887; "Diseases of the Kidneys," by the same author, in 1888; "Diseases of Nervous System," by Professor Charcot; "Ajjiicndicitis and Perityphlitis," by Dr. Charles Talamon ; "The Bacterial Poisons," by Dr. Gamaleia, in 1893; "A Treatise on Diphtheria," by Dr. H. Bourges; "A Treatise on Fractures," by Professor Armand Desprcs, in 1890; and "Antiseptic Therapeutics," by Dr. E. L. Trouessart, in 1893.

Dr. Hurd is a member and for two years was president of the Essex North Medical Society, also a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society, and formerly of the Climatological Society, and of the Socicte de Rh'dccine Pratique of Paris, P'rance. He has been on the medical staff of the Anna Jaques Hospital since its founding. He belongs to the following fraternal organizations: St. Maik's Lodge, F. & A. M., of the Royal Arcanum, American Order of United Workmen, Golden Cross, United Friends, and New England Order of Protection.

In his literary work Dr. Hurd has been ably assisted by his wife, who is a lady of fine culture. Dr. and Mrs. Hurd have had five children, of whom three are now living - Kate Campbell, Mabeth, and Randolph Campbell. Kate Campbell, born in 1867, studied medicine in the Women's Medical College of Philadelphia; and after her graduation she studied ph)sical culture in the famous gymnasiums of Sweden, and became medical director and teacher of physical culture at Ikyn Mawr

College. She married William E. Mead, professor of English literature at Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn. Mabeth Hiird is an artist by profession, and spent several years studying landscape painting and teaching. She was in Europe perfecting her studies in 1893. She married James Paige, a lawyer of prominence in Minneapolis, Minn. Randolph Campbell Hurd is a graduate of Harvard Medical School and was one year surgical interne at the Boston City Hospital. Dr. Hurd has been professor of Pathology and Dermatology at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Boston, since 1893, giving every year a course of lectures at the college. He is now Registrar of the college.

-j^ENJAMIN PETERS RICHARDSON, farmer, one of the most respected residents of Middleton, is a native of this town, formerly a part of Salem Village. He was born October 7, 1829. His parents, Jeremiah and Hannah (Richardson) Richardson, were cousins.

His father was a son of Stephen and Hannah (Upton) Richardson and one of a family of six children - five sons and a daughter Edith, the other sons being David, Elijah, Abijah, and Daniel. His mother was a daughter of Jonathan and Mary (Peters) Richardson. She had five brothers and two sisters; namely, Solomon, John, Amos, Ezra, Eli, Lucy, and Naomi. His paternal grandmother, whose maiden name was Hannah Upton, was born in 1753, a daughter of Francis and Edith (Herrick) Upton. Her father was a son of William and a grandson of John, the immigrant progenitor of the New England family of Uptons.

Stephen and Jonathan Richardson, the grandfathers above named, were sons of Solomon Richardson by his second wife, Abigail Bu.xton. They had a half-brother David and a brother John, both of whom married; and the latter left children. Two other brothers, Amos and Solomon, Jr., probably died young; a sister and two half-sisters lived to be married.

Solomon Richardson was born about 1700 in Middleton. He was a son of David, who was a native of Woburn, Mass., son of Isaac and Deborah (Fuller) Richardson. Isaac was a son of Thomas Richardson, who in 1641, with his elder brothers, Ezekiel and Samuel, was among the seven founders of the town of Woburn. It appears from the will of Solomon Richardson and the inventory of his estate (see Richardson Memorial), probated in 1761, that his homestead property consisted of three hundred acres, that he had other lands, that he was the owner of a "negro man Frank," and that his wife had a "maid Dinah." Stephen Richardson, who was Town Treasurer for many years, settled on a farm of about one hundred acres. The house built by him in 1S04 is still standing.

Jeremiah Richardson, son of Stephen and father of Benjamin P., succeeded to the ownership and occupancy of the estate, which is now the home of his grandson, Hazen K. Richardson. Jeremiah Richardson's wife, Hannah, died young; and he afterward married her sister, Lucy Richardson, who was then the widow of his cousin Jonathan, second, son of his uncle John. The children of Jeremiah Richardson were: Lorena, who died at the age of sixty, unmarried ; Jasper, who was a teacher in early life, and later became a manufacturer of shoes at West Gloucester; Edith, who mar- . ried E. P. D. Kimball; Alethea K., who married George A. Currier, of Middleton ; Benjamin P., the subject of this sketch; Rebecca, who married James E. Currier, and is part owner of the homestead where they re-

Benjamin P. Richardson passed his youth upon his father's farm. He first learned shoemaking, and then became a butcher. In 1855 he bought his present farm, formerly owned by Ur. David Fuller, an estate containing about one hundred and fifty acres. He has carried on a large dairy business for the past twenty years, keeping about forty cows and supplying milk to Salem and Lynn customers for fifteen years. He was married May 28, 1858, to Eliza A. Symonds, a daughter of Jonas and Hannah (Kimball) Symonds, of Andover. She died June 5, 1895, leaving three children - Kate Peters, Benjamin Franklin, and Hazen Kimball. Kate P. Richardson was graduated at the Salem Normal School in January, 1876; advanced class, June, 1878. She taught for eight years in the high schools at Arlington, Newton, and Peabody, and at Bradford Academy, finally taking the position of principal of the Normal School at Bradford, Pa. She was married October 5, 1887, to Daniel N. Crowley, attorney-at-law of Danvers, and has four children - Esmond, Gladys, Benjamin, and Daniel N., Jr. Benjamin F. Richardson, M. D., received his diploma from the Harvard Medical School in 1886, and is now a practising physician in Lynn, Mass. He was married November 14, 1893, to Miss Sadie Sanger, daughter of the Rev. George J. Sanger, of Essex, Mass. Hazen K. Richardson was graduated at Harvard College in 1886. He was married July 24, 1894, to Miss Gertrude D. Kean. They have two children: Benjamin Kean, born July 3, 1895; and Ilazcn Mills.

In politics Mr. Richardson is a Republican. He has been a Selectman, a member of the School Committee, and an Overseer of the Poor. In religion he is a Universalist, and he

EORGE HENRY SEAVERS, of V j^ I Lawrence, a foreman blind maker with the Briggs & Allyn Company, manufacturers of builders' supplies, was born at Newburyport, Mass., February 16, 1856, son of William Franklin and Sarah (Hodgdon) Seavers. He is descended from Robert Seaver, who came from England to Plymouth, Mass., in 1630. Some of the descendants of Robert were in the Revolutionary War. While the original name of the family was Seaver, different branches of it adopted Severs, Sever, and Seavers. John Seavers, the paternal grandfather of George H., was a merchant residing in Gardiner, Me., and is buried in that town. All of his children, three sons and four daughters, grew to maturity and married. Some of them went West, while three of the daughters are buried in Chicago. The other daughter, Carrie, who married William Eggleston, is living in New Hampshire, near the Vermont boundary line. She and her husband, and one of her sisters, were passengers on the first train that went over the Michigan Central Railroad into Chicago.

William Franklin Seavers, born in Gardiner, Me., in 1830, who was a sea captain, died in Newburyport at the age of thirty-nine years. Having begun life as a cabin boy, he rose steadily until he became commanding officer. For seven years he was in the China seas. During the Mexican War he was in the United States navy. During the gold fever, from 1S49 to 1851, he ran a packet up the San Juan River and across Lake Nicaragua, the course of the proposed canal and the route by which many persons then went to

California. When the Civil War broke out, he was in the merchant service; and the vessel he was then commanding was sunk in Norfolk Harbor. After the Civil War he was engaged in West Indian trade for a time. His death on January 12, 1S69, four days after his return from a voyage, was the result of a disease contracted in the tropics. His wife, Sarah, to whom lie was married at Newburyport in 1853, was born in Ossipee, N. H. After his death she was again married, and is now living in Manchester, N. H., a widow, active still in body and in mind, with her hair scarcely tinged with gray.

George Henry Seavers, who was the only child of his parents, attended the common schools and the high school at Newburyport and Lawrence. However, a large part of his boyhood was passed on shipboard with his father, visiting the principal ports along the Atlantic coast, the West Indies, and Rio Janeiro, but never having the gratification of crossing the Atlantic. When about sixteen years of age he began learning his trade with the Briggs & Allyn Company. He has been with this firm for twenty-seven years, and has been an overseer during the whole of that period with the exception of two years and a half. For about sixteen years he also made blinds on contract. He was married on February 2, 187S, to Josephine A. Pease, of Appleton, Me., a daughter of Samuel D. and Mary A. (Pease) Pease. Mrs. Seavers lost her mother at the age of three years, and was cared for by her paternal grandmother until her father married a second time. Her father was a farmer. Mr. and Mrs. Seavers have lost one daughter, Mabel, who died at the age of ten months. They have three living children : Lillian J., born November 24, 1879; Grace, born February 22, 1891; and George Henry, Jr., born on May 10, 1894. Miss

Lillian Seavers attended the common and high schools of Lawrence, and afterward graduated at Cannon's Commercial College. Possessed of more tlian ordinary ability and having a taste for music, she is now studying this art, and is at the same time teaching.

Mr. Seavers has been an Odd Fellow since he reached his majority, having membership in Monadnock Lodge, No. 445, of which he is a Past Grand and has been the treasurer for the past twelve years; in Kearsarge Encampment, No. 36; and in Ruth Lodge, D. of R., to which his wife and daughter also belong. He is also a member of Laurie Senate, K. A. E. O. ; of Mayflower Colony, U. O. P. F. ; and of Phrenician Lodge, A. F. & A. M. While independent in politics, he favors the principles of the Republican party. He resides at 19 Pearl Street, where in 1890 he built his pleasant and cosey house. In 1896 he also erected the double house now occupying part of his lot.

Ohn Henry Dearborn, M.D.

OHN HENRY DEARBORN, M.D., a very skilful and successful physician of Beverly, is a native of New Hampshire, born in the town of Candia, May 23, 1855. He is a son of John C. and Mary A. (Griffin) Dearborn, and the thirty-fifth member of the Dearborn family in New Hampshire to obtain the degree of Doctor of Medicine. The grandfather, John Dearborn, also born in New Hampshire, spent his life there as a farmer in the town of Danville, and died at the age of eighty-three. He married Judith Webster, of Kingston, N.IL, who died at the age of eighty-five. Of their five children, Malvina, the widow of William Moore, late of Sutton, N.H., is the only survivor.

N.H., September 5, 1816. He was first married on December 7, 1837, to Mary S. Colcord, of Kingston, N. H., who was born July iS, 1 8 16. There were no children by that union. His second marriage, which took place on September 15, 1842, united him with Mary A. Griffin, a daughter of Benjamin and Polly Philipps Griffin, born in Raymond, N.H., May 22, 1S24. He died in 1889, aged seventy-three years. His widow continues to reside in Candia. They were the parents of ten children, born as follows: Harriet M., October 18, 1843; Woodbury D. , April 29, 1845; Mary J., March i, 1847; Ira S., May 27, 1849; Almon L., September 19, 1851; John D., May 20, 1853; John Henry, the subject of this biography; Edwin 15., December 15, 1857; Burton I., August 30, 1859; and Jenness E., April 7, 1862. Harriet M. married June 2, 1861, Edwin J. Godfrey, of Candia, and has two sons: Oscar, born February 8, 1868; and Harry E., born June 14, 1875. Oscar Godfrey married February 11, 1889, Edith F. McClary, of North Andover, Mass., who was born in 1872. They had two children: Charlotte E., born July 10, 1891; and Agnes M., born April 26, 1894. Harry E. Godfrey, who is unmarried, resides in Candia. Woodbury D. Dearborn, a resident of Candia, on April 11, 1S69, married Anna ¥. Lakin, who was born May 7, 1842. They have no children. Mary J. Dearborn on December 9, 1865, married Nathan W. Magoon, of Raymond, N.H., who was born March i, 1847. Their children are: Rosa B., born January 16, 1867; Sidney E., born August 23, 1S69; and Alice M., born September 15, 1870. On June 12, 1895, Sidney E. Magoon married Viola E. Bean, who was born June 12, 1870. Ira S. Dearborn married on February 19, 1870, Henrietta Cumberland, born at Calais, Me., March 22, 1850, who has two children: Minnie F., Ijorn December 7, 1870; and Henry S., born August 4, 1872. Almon L. Dearborn was married August 20, 1875, to Harriet E. Roberts, who was born February 22, 1843. They have no children. John D. Dearborn died April 17, 1S54, not quite eleven months old. Edwin B. married Bertha C. Bailey, who was born in West Newbury, Mass., December 12, 1866. They have one child, Viola, born September 23, 1887. Burton I. Dearborn died March 12, 1888, as the result of an accident on the Old Colony Railroad at Boston. Jenness E. Dearborn married Laura E. Bartlett, of Brentwood, N. H., and has two children: Leon E., born June 29, 1885; and Eunice M., born January 28, 1890.

The early education of John H. Dearborn was obtained in the public schools of Candia. In 1873 he entered Tilton Academy, Tilton, N.H. Two years later he began to study medicine under the direction of Dr. T. M. Gould, of Raymond, N.H., and in August, 1S75, was admitted into Dartmouth College, paying out of his own means the expenses of the course. He became a student in Bellevue Medical College, New York City, in 1877, and graduated from Dartmouth in 1S78. He then entered practice in Kingston, N.H., where he remained up to 1882. During the next three years he was located in Rochester, N.H. In February, 1885, he came to Beverly, where he has since built up a large and lucrative practice. Very successful in his treatment of diseases, he has earned the reputation of one of the most skilful practitioners in Essex County. He is also a graduate of the New Hampshire State Board of Pharmacy.

On December 25, 1S79, Dr. Dearborn married Lilla B. Towle, a daughter of Darius and Hannah M. (Diamond) Towle, of Kingston, N.H. They have no children. In politics the Doctor is a Republican. In 1S8S and

1S89 he was town physician of Beverly. A member of the Board of Health for two years, he was its chairman for one of these years. He is a member of the American Public Health Association, comprising representatives of the United States, Canada, and Mexico. In 1S80 he served as a delegate from the Rockingham Medical Society of New Hampshire to the convention of the American Medical Association held in New York City. He represented Ward Five in Beverly's first Board of Aldermen, having been elected thereto in 1895, and took a prominent part in the city's affairs during his term. The Doctor is a member of A. O. U. W., also of the I. O. O. F., having affiliation with Bass River Lodge, No. 41, of Beverly, and with the encampment and Patriarchs Militant.

WILLIAM G. ELLIS was one of most prominent and influential of Amesbury in his time. He was born in Elgin, Scotland, May 30, 1832. When gold was discovered in Australia, he went to that country, and remained there seven years, returning to Scotland in 1861. In that period he endured all the hardships of the pioneer, never sleeping under a roof, and finding a bed of pine boughs a luxury. He worked one claim for seven weeks, taking out two hundred and twenty-five ounces of gold. When he left Australia he sailed for America. It was something of a coincidence that Mr. Ellis, while wandering one day in the mountains of his native land, should find a torn copy of the I'illagcr, probably sent by some one in Amesbury to friends in Scotland, on which he read an account of a fair, designed to aid the soldiers, held in Mill No. 8, in the year 1863, by the Amesbury ladies. Having arrived in this country in 1S63, he worked as a common laborer at whatever employment he could find, although he brought with him twenty-five hundred dollars in gold. At that time, gold being at its highest premium, he sold his hoard, thereby doubling the amount, and invested the proceeds in government bonds at 7.20. This he did in opposition to the advice of friends, to whom he replied, believing firmly in the perpetuity of the Union, that, if the government fell, all values would be destroyed. He had worked in the mills at Andover for some time when he obtained employment in James Hume's carriage factory in Amesbury. In time he mastered the business, and formed a partnership with A. M. Huntington, Esq., which lasted eight years. He began to manufacture carriages on his own account in 1875, and erected an extensive plant on Friend Street. In 1888 be took his sons David and William into the firm. When William died in 1890, his son James was admitted. Subsequently, leaving the carriage business in his sons' hands, he turned his attention to the manufacture of street cars. He visited the largest establishment in the country, and with characteristic shrewdness grasped all the details of that industry. Then, in association with his sons Robert and George, he established a plant on the line of the railroad, and commenced work on January I, 1889, employing nineteen mechanics. He made slow but sure progresc; and his cars were purchased by the largest firms in the Union, including the West End Company of Boston, the Valley City and Cable Car Company of Grand Rapids, Mich., the Thomson- Houston Electric Company of Boston, and the Union Electric Car Company of Boston. On the night of April 28, 1S93, the patterns and machinery were destroyed by fire, entailing a loss of sixty thousand dollars. Instead of rebuilding, the firm moved the business to the

Mr. Ellis was the president of the Amesbury National Bank and a stockholder and director from its organization. He was one of the promoters and a large stockholder of the Haverhill & Amesbury Railroad; and he was instrumental in organizing the Electric Eight, Heat, and Power Company, of which he was the president and treasurer at the time of his death. Also a large real estate owner, he was much interested in the welfare of the town. No citizen of Amesbury has done more to advance its interests than did he during the thirty-four years of his residence here. A prominent member of Clan Frazer, O. S. C, he kept green the memory of his native country. He was wont to say, "I shall never forget her; but much more do I love the home of my adoption, for it has been very kind to me, and here my ambition has been gratified to an extent beyond my expectations." To his countrymen who sought assistance from him, he would point the way to success, adding: "It is an open door. Ye can travel it as well as I have by the exercise of diligence, sobriety, and economy." He died November 3, 1896. A widow and five sons - George, James, David, Robert, and Arthur - survive him. A tiaughter of David Dowie, of Galashiels, Scotland, Mrs. Euphemia I'lllis comes of one of the oldest families in that country. The business founded by Mr. Ellis is now in the haiuls of his sons.

ICORGE EDWARD HOGAN, a pop- 5 1 ular grocer of Lawrence, Mass., whose place of business is at 248 Broadway, was born (jn February 28, 1846, in North Andover, his parents being George and

Ann (Riley) Hogan. His grandfather, I'atrick Hogan, whose wife was a Fletcher before her marriage, was a tenant farmer in Ireland. He had a family of three sons and one daughter.

George, who was the second child of Patrick Hogan, was the first to leave home, going in 1826 to Leeds, England, in the employ of Obadiah Williams. For seven years subsequent to that time he was serving an apiMenticeship with Mr. Williams, learning the weaver's trade on the old hand loom. In 1833 he was married to Ann, daughter of lidward and Mattie (Scott) Riley. Her grandparents, Hugh and Mary (I^"ogarty) Riley, lived and died in Ireland. Edward Riley, who came from Ireland to Blackstone, Mass., died at the unusual age of ninety-six years, and was buried in Woonsocket, R. I., just outside the boundaries of Massachusetts. His wife died in Ireland. Of their two sons and five daughters, three did not marry. All came to America, and four daughters and one son are buried near their father.

Four years after his marriage George Hogan, the elder, with his wife and child, sailed for America. After a passage of sixty days on the ocean, during which time a child, afterward named James, was born, they reached the port of Boston on June 10, 1S37. As the Broad Street riot was in progress, they were not allowed to land at once, but were detained until order was restored. They went first to Lowell, and after six months' stay there removed in the spring of 183S to North Andover. This was just after the financial depression of 1837; and, business being yet very dull, the father was obliged to go to Maine for a time in order to secure employment ; but subsequently he obtained work as an operator in Stevens's Mill in Andover, and remained there till 1863, when he removed to Lawrence,

George E. Hogan

Out of his family of seven children, six grew to maturity. These were: Thomas A., who has been in Chicago, 111., since 1S66; James, who died in North Andover at the age of twenty-six; Elizabeth, who is the wife of Henry Harrison, and resides on Farnham Street, Lawrence; John F. , residing at 99 Farnham Street, who is married and has four children; Anna Maria Hogan, who lives at South Lawrence; and George E. , the subject of this sketch. A son named Joseph died at the age of two and a half years. George Hogan, the father, died in 1S70 at the age of seventy-three, leaving an estate valued at three thousand, five hundred dollars. His wife lived to be eighty-three years of age, dying in September, 1888.

George Edward Hogan, after receiving his education in public and private schools in North Andover, at the age of seventeen began learning the moulder's trade in that town with E. iJavis & Son. Iji 1863 the firm removed to Lawrence, and Mr. Hogan came with them and worked in the foundry business for seven years, all told. On the 17th of July, 1870, he began the milk business, having bought out the route and trade of Andrew J. Taylor. He remained thus engaged up to November i, 1875, when he sold out. Just one month from that time he opened a grocery business at 270 Common Street, in company with his brother John, the firm being known as that of Hogan Brothers. On the ist of April, 1889, Mr. Hogan purchased his brother's interest; and on August I, 1892, he removed to his present stand, having sold the block where he formerly conducted business for seven thousand dollars. He rents the building now used as his store, and is sole proprietor of the business. Mr.

He was married on May 20, 1869, to Sarah, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Dolan) Claffey. Mr. and Mrs. Claffey, who were natives of Ireland, came to the United States in the forties, bringing their six daughters. Sarah, who was the seventh, was born in Lowell. Mr. Claffey died in 1867 at about seventy years of age, and his widow died five years later, at the age of seventy-five. Mrs. Sarah J. Hogan died on August 5, 1890, leaving four of her seven children. A daughter died in infancy, William B. at three years of age, and Sarah J. at twelve months. The living children are: Mary A., who graduated from the Lawrence High School in 1888, and is now book-keeper and cashier in her father's store ; Joseph A. Hogan, M.D., a graduate of the Harvard Medical School in 1S97 and a graduate of the surgical department at Carney Hospital in Boston, now practising in Lawrence, Mass. ; Ellen J., who graduated from the Lawrence High School in 1892, and is now an assistant in her father's store; and George E. Hogan, Jr., also in the store with his father.

Mr. Hogan is a man of social nature, and belongs to various fraternal organizations. He is a member of the Knights of Columbus and of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, of which last he has been ])resident, secretary, and treasurer; a member of the Order of the Pilgrim Fathers and of the United Friends, in each of which he carries a policy for two thousand dollars; clerk of the Provident Mutual Association, carrying an insurance of two thousand dollars; also member and president of the Order of the Holy Name. In politics he is a Democrat, and has attended a number of conventions. He has escaped the responsibility of local public ofifice, excepting when for a time he served as Overseer of the Poor. Mr. Hogan has been since childhood a devoted member of the Church of the Immaculate Conception (Catholic). He remembers being led by his father to the dedication of the church in 1855, and has ever since occupied the same pew.

|OHN HENRY TOWNE, farmer and capitalist, an influential citizen of Topsfield, is a representative of several of the earliest and best known families of Essex County. He is descended on the paternal side from William Towne, who married in Yarmouth, England, Joanna Blessing, and in 1640 came to Massachusetts, settling first in Salem, but in 165 i removing to Topsfield. William Towne died in 1672. Two of his daughters - namely, Rebecca, who was baptized in Yarmouth, February 21, 1621, and Mary - were hung in 1692 for witchcraft. Rebecca was the wife of Francis Nurse, and Mary, of Isaac Easty. Their sister Sarah, who first married Edmund Bridges and afterward Peter Cloyse, was arrested and narrowly escaped the same fate. Rebecca, who was granted a short reprieve after her conviction, was excommunicated from the church, July 3, 1692, by the pastor, the Rev. Samuel Parris.

William Towne's son Jacob, who married Catherine Symonds, of Salem, and died in Topsfield in 1704, was the next ancestor in this line. His son, Jacob, second, born in Topsfield in 1660, married Phebe Smith, and died here in 1741. Their son, Jacob, third, married in 1719 Luce Page, who probably married after his death Michael Dwinell, Jr. Joshua Towne, born September 23, 1721, son of the third Jacob, served in the Revolutionary War. He married in 1748 Sarah Boule, a French lady, who died in 1760. He died in 1788. Their son, Jacob, fourth, also a Revolutionary soldier, was born December 15, 1750, and died in 1835. His first wife, Rachel Cain, to whom he was married in 1780, died in 1807. His second wife was Mrs. Martha Cree Hartwell.

Benjamin Towne, son of Jacob and Rachel (Cain) Towne, was the grandfather of John H. Towne. He was born December 22, 1793, and died in 1879. His wife, Sally Boardman, whom he married in 1812, died in 1872. She was a daughter of Captain Daniel Boardman and a grand-daughter of Captain John Boardman, both Revolutionary soldiers. Her father, for many years commander of a company of militia, was buried with military honors in 1803 from the house now occupied by her grandchildren, J. H. Towne and his sisters.

The emigrant ancestor of the Boardman family was Thomas Boardman, who came over from England in 1635, locating in Ipswich, where his son Daniel was born in 1639. Daniel settled on the Boardman farm in Topsfield in 1665. At his death the estate passed into the hands of his son Nathaniel, whose children died in 1736, the year of a supposed epidemic, from the number of deaths recorded. In his old age Nathaniel sent for his nephew. Captain John Boardman, son of Wait John, who had settled in Preston, Conn.

Wait John Boardman was born in 1676. He married Mary Billings, of Preston, in 1713, and died there in 1739. Captain John Boardman, who received the farm from his uncle Nathaniel, was born in 1716. He married in 1736 Elizabeth Cagwin, of Connecticut, and died April 7, 1780. Their son. Captain Daniel Boardman, was the father of Sally Boardman.

jamin and Sally (Boardman) Towne, was born on the farm now owned by his son, September I, 1812. On June 22, 1835, he married Miss listher Peabody, who was born in the same house eleven days later than he, September 12, 18 12. She was a daughter of John Potter Peabody, who in 1807 purchased a portion of the Boardman house and farm, where he lived until his death, in November, 1846.

The first ancestor of the Peabody family in America was Lieutenant Francis Peabody, who was born in St. Albans, England; came to America in the "Planter" in 1635; lived in Ipswich in 1636; in Hampton in 1639; removed to Topsfield in 1657; was Selectman and Town Clerk the following year; received liberty to set up a grist-mill in 1664; and in 1665 built on land adjoining the Boardman farm, the mill being on the brook a short distance below the house in which Joseph Smith, father of Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism, was born. In 1756 a second mill was built on the same site, and in 1824 a third mill, which is standing at the present time, having been put in thorough repair in 1897-98.

From a Genealogy published in 1867 we learn that Lieutenant Francis Peabody was a son of John Paybody and a brother of William Pabodie, who married Elizabeth, daughter of John Alden, and settled at Little Compton, R.I. The father came to this country, it is stated, in or near 1635, probably not with his son P^rancis, but perhaps with his son William. He was one of the proprietors of Bridgewater, Mass. Some of William Pabodie's descendants spell their name Peabody.

Lieutenant Francis Peabody married Mary Foster, daughter of Reginald and Judith Foster, their son Isaac being the ne.xt in line of descent. Isaac's son Joseph married

Elizabeth Bradstreet, a great-grand-daughter of Governor Simon and Anne (Dudley) Bradstreet and grand-daughter of the Rev. Joseph Capen, who began to preach at Topsfield in 16S2, and was pastor of the church fortythree years. Jacob Peabody, son of Joseph and Elizabeth, was a Revolutionary soldier. He married Sarah Potter; and their son, John Potter Peabody, married Esther Perkins, who bore him one son and seven daughters, one of whom was Esther, the wife of Benjamin ]5oardman Towne. Cyrus, the only son in their family of eight, died in 1814, at the age of four years. His little boots are still carefully preserved by J. H. Towne.

Esther Perkins was a descendant of Thomas Perkins, Isaac Cummings, and Zaccheus Gould, three of the earliest settlers of Topsfield. Her paternal grandfather, Robert Perkins, served in the Revolutionary War.

Benjamin B. Towne purchased the Boardman homestead in 1836, and, with the exception of four years spent in Beverly, was here engaged in agricultural pursuits until his decease, February 26, 1888. His wife died December 21, 1891. They are survived by four children out of a family of si.x; namely, Serena Josephine, Harriet Rose, John Henry, and Esther Jane. The fourth, Mary Ann Benson, died at the age of eleven years; and the sixth, Benjamin Walter, died at two years. - The three daughters occupy a part of the old house. This homestead property, it is interesting to note, has been in the family, on the father's or mother's side, since 1665, at this date, 1898, a period of two hundred and thirty-three years. Harriet Rose, the second daughter, a graduate of the Salem Normal School, has had twenty-five years' experience as a teacher in Essex County schools.

was his father's birthplace. After leaving the common schools of his native town he attended the Topsfield Academy in 1856, 1857, and 1858, and the Wesleyan Academy at Wilbraham, Mass., in 1859 and 1S60. For some time during the Civil War he served in the Sixteenth Unattached Company of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, doing duty in Massachusetts and Virginia. On April 11, 1865, he was commissioned by Governor Andrew Second Lieutenant. At the close of the war he attended Schofield's Commercial College in Providence, R.I., and was afterward connected with a commission house for five years. In 1871 he returned to the old farm, which he has since carried on with satisfactory pecuniary results.

He has been very active and prominent in local affairs, never shirking the responsibilities of office. He was Selectman ten years, from 1S82 until 1892, being chairman of the board eight years of the time; was Overseer six years, between 1888 and 1S95, three years being chairman of the board. He has been Justice of the Peace the past seven years, and has been on the Board of Assessors continuously since 1880, five years being chairman of the board. He was a Representative in the State legislature in 1S85, and served as one of the Committee on Elections and on the State House.

In 1884 he was Noble Grand of Fountain Lodge, No. 170, I. O. O. F. ; and in 1885 he became a member of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts. He has just now entered upon his twenty-seventh term as treasurer of Fountain Lodge. He was a charter member in the following secret organizations: Rowena Lodge, No. 113, Daughters of Rebecca; Topsfield Lodge, No. 65, the Ancient Order of United Workmen; Topsfield Grange, No. 184, Patrons of Husbandry. He is also a

On January 11, 18S3, Mr. Towne married Miss Laura Jane Roberts, who was born October II, 1856, only daughter of Nathan Hanson and Mary Jane Roberts. Her father, a soldier in the Nineteenth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, was captured at one of the battles in Virginia, and died in Andersonville Prison in August, 1S64. Mr. and Mrs. Towne have two children, namely: Annie Florence, born February 17, 1884; and ]?enjamin Boardman, born March 26, 1889.

AMUEL HAWKES, one of the town fathers of Saugus, was born on the homestead he now occupies, December 4, 1816. A son of Ahijah and Theodate (Pratt) Hawkes, he belongs to an old New England family. His immigrant ancestor, Adam Hawkes, born in 1608, was in Charlestown in 1634. Adam moved to Saugus early in 1636 or in the latter part of 1635, locating on Close Hill, so named from an enclosure on his farm. In 1638 he received one hundred acres of land by an apportionment of the town. The first iron works in America were situated about a mile below his home, and iron ore was taken from his farm. The iron company's Great Pond on one occasion flowed back, and covered his meadows, floating a bridge and doing other damage. In 1652 he sued the company, and in 1660-62 entered another suit. Having won both suits, he was awarded, among other damages, according to the records of Essex County Court in Salem, a tract of meadow land now owned by Samuel Hawkes; a tract of woodland, now including Walden Lake and Dexter's Marsh in Lynn Woods; certain loads of hay; and an annual payment of ten shil- lings. He owned a large tract of land besides. His first chimney was made of bricks manufactured in England, one of which was marked 1601. His death occurred in 1672. His only son, John, fell heir to his property. John, born in 1633, who died in 1694, had four sons, among whom the farm was divided.

Ebenezer Hawkes, son of John and a direct ancestor of Samuel Hawkes, took the tract now occupied in part by the latter. A blacksmith by trade, he made anchors and chains; and he had a large store. He lived tor some time on the land now occupied by the heirs of Lewis P. Hawkes, and then moved to Marblehead. He purchased land in Windham, Me., on which he settled his grandsons. Ebenezer's son, Samuel, succeeded his father as owner, during life, of the Saugus property. Samuel, born in 1706, died in 1771 or 1772. In 1723 he was married to Philadelphia Estes, of Marblehead, who bore him two sons - Ebenezer and Joseph. He lived and died on the homestead. His sons inherited it directly from their grandfather, who willed it to them. It was at first divided between them. Then Joseph sold his portion to Ebenezer, who was the grandfather of the subject of this sketch. A successful business man, Ebenezer invested largely in real estate. The house that he erected is still standing. Like his father, he was a member of the Society of Friends. His death occurred in 1792. He married Miss Rebecca Alley, of Lynn, who had by him three sons: Ebenezer, who had no family; Ahijah, the father of the subject of this sketch; and William, who never married.

Ahijah Hawkes, born in 1768, inherited a third of the farm, and built the house now owned by his son Samuel. He was a prosperous farmer, took an interest in public affairs, and was in religious faith a Friend.

He died in 1839. His wife, Theodate Pratt Hawkes, was a native of Lynn. They reared a family of ten children, namely: Rebecca, who died recently in California, and was the wife of George Taylor; Ahijah, also deceased, who resided successively in Enfield, N. H., Westbrook, Me., and various places in Massachusetts; Ebenezer, who passed his life on the homestead; Richard, now deceased, who purchased his uncle William's farm ; Stephen, who lived and died on the old place, unmarried; William, who died in early manhood; Samuel, the subject of this sketch; Tacy P., the wife of Nathan Hawkes, of Lynn; Deborah, now deceased, who never married ; and Lewis P., who lived on a part of the old Hawkes farm in Saugus. Richard bought his uncle William's farm, partly from his aunt Anna and jjartly from the Society of Friends, it having come into their possession on his aunt Abigail's death; and his son, Richard, is now livings there. His wife's maiden name was Lucy Going. His brother, Lewis P., married her sister, Mary Ann Going, who bore her husband four children - Levi, Lewis W. , Theodate P., and Lizzie. An enterprising farmer and good business man, Lewis P. lived on his grandfather's old place, and made many improvements on the estate. His children are now living there.

Samuel Hawkes has passed a great part of his life on the old Hawkes homestead, of which he is the owner, and which is in the vicinity of his present residence. His brother Richard owned the property on which he now lives, and Samuel is now residing with Richard's son Richard. An able business man, he has made many improvements on the estate. He has sold two hundred acres to the city of Lynn, retaining sixty acres for his own use; and he has purchased a number of woodlots, from which he has cut timber for mar- kct. At present he is one of the Sinking Fund Commissioners of the town. In politics he is independent, but favors the Democratic side. He cast his first Presidential vote for Van Buren. For thirteen years he was Selectman, presiding as chairman for a part of the time. He has also been Overseer of the Poor, and was in the State legislature in 1853- 54. He has been especially active in school affairs, serving on the School Committee, and taking an initial and leading part in bringing about the construction of the modern two-story school buildings and the establishment of the Saugus High School. He was opposed to the attempted annexation of Saugus to Lynn. As a proof of the confidence placed in his ability and judgment, it may be stated that he has had his estimate of the town expenses for the year accepted at the town meeting without extended discussion. Though not a church member, he contributes freely to church enterprises. Close Hill, the site of the original Hawkes homestead, has for years been the scene of frequent reunions of the family, sometimes as many as five hundrcil attending.

^J^ ^ was born in Newburyport, January 25, 1838, son of William W. and Mary (Brown) Woods. The father was reared and educated in Newbury, and at an early age began to learn the trade of ship-rigger in Newburyport. That he became a skilful and reliable workman is fully attested by the fact of his remaining in the employ of one concern, that of the Pritchards, for fifty-two consecutive years. He was an active member, and for many years an Elder of the Methodist Episcopal church ; and he was connected with

Ouascacunquen Lodge, No. 39, Indepentlent Order of Odd Fellows. As a citizen and an earnest worker in church affairs, he was highly esteemed; and his former associates have pleasant recollections of his kind disposition and cordial manner. In his younger days he was an active member of the Newburyport F'ire Department. He died in January, 1883, aged seventy-three years. Born of his first marriage, which was contracted with Mary Woods, were six children, namely: William, now an overseer in a shoe factory of Hampstead, N. H. ; Mary, who died at the age of five years; George, a sea captain, who died in 1S81; Charles W., the subject of this sketch; Charles's twin brother, John Wesley, who died in infancy; and Edward, v\^ho died at the age of eleven years. Captain George Woods was engaged in the foreign trade, and during his long career as a mariner he made twenty-eight voyages around Cape Horn. After the mother died in 1846, the father entered his second marriage with Eliza Barker, who became the mother of five children. These were: Frank O. , now the cashier of the Mechanics' National Bank in Newburyport and the treasurer of the Young Men's Christian Association; Elizabeth, now the wife of Joseph Adams, a carpenter of Newbury; Alice, who is still unmarried, and resides in Newburyport; Edwin A., who died at the age of seventeen years; and James, who died in infancy.

At the age of sixteen, when he had completed his education at the Brown High School of Newburyport, Charles Wesley Woods commenced to serve an apprenticeship at the painter's trade. He subsequently followed that business for nine years, having been for a part of that period associated with A. D. Woods, in the firm of A. D. & C. W. Woods, which was quite successful during its existence. After selling out his interest in that firm, he engaged in the ice business with William C. Langley, forming the firm of Langley & Woods. Eight years later this partnership was dissolved; and Mr. Woods prosperously continued the business alone for ten years, reaching an annual average output of four thousand tons, for the delivery of which he employed six teams. In 1889 he disposed of his ice business in order to devote his entire attention to agricultural pursuits and fruit-grQwing on Sea View Farm, which he had purchased some twenty-five years previously. This place is picturesquely situated on the scacoast, just outside Ncwburyport and in the immediate neighborhood of Salisbury Beach. An orchard on it has over one thousand trees, including apple, pear, and plum trees, and several acres planted with currants and other small fruits. The annual shipment of apples alone from here amounts to six hundred barrels.

Mr. Woods married first Ferolin F. Langley, daughter of William C. Langley, of Newbury. She bore him four children, namely: Nettie; William L., who married Lizzie Hughes, and is a carpenter in Ncwburyport; Jennie M., who is unmarried; and Gertrude W., the wife of Thomas Gould, of Newburyport. The mother died June 2, 1877. Mr. Woods married for his second wife Sarah F. IJailey, daughter of Captain Robert Bailey, of Newburyport; and they have one child, Eliza O. , who is residing at home witli her parents.

Taking a general interest in agriculture, Mr. Woods is a member of the Newbury Farmers' Association, of which he was the president for some years ; and just now he is the acting president of the Amesbury and Salisbury Agricultural Society. He is favorably known throughout the county for his able and instructive addresses upon plant food and other subjects of interest to farmers. He is also a member of the Board of Trade, of the Newburyport Veteran Firemen's Association, of the Historical Society, of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, and the Order of the Golden Cross. His connection with Ouascacunquen Lodge, No. 39, I. O. O. F., has lasted twenty-eight years. He has been Guide in Merrimac Encampment for nearly twenty-five years, and has enjoyed the privileges of the Grand Encampment of Massachusetts for ten years. A handsome gold-headed cane in his possession bears the inscription, "Presented to C. W. Woods, P. C. P., by Pilgrims guided through Merrimac Encampment in twenty-six years as Guide. Newburyport, Mass., December 23, 1891."

HERMAN NELSON, one of the representative business men of Georgetown and a son of Asa and Ruth (Perley) Nelson, was born in 1834. He belongs to the eighth generation in the direct line of descent from Thomas and Joan Nelson, who with their sons, Philip and Thomas, came to this country from England in 1639. The Nelsons and the twenty other families who came over with the Rev. Ezekiel Rodgers, together with about forty more, settled first in old Rowley. Since 1641, when Thomas Nelson was selected as the first Representative from Rowley to the General Court of Massachusetts, the Nelsons have been identified with the best interests of the town. At the beginning of hostilities between the mother country and the French in Canada, Thomas Nelson, Jr., was one of the thirty men who went out from Rowley on an expedition to Canada, and was afterward made Lieutenant of his company. He married Ann Lambert; and his son, Francis, born in Rowley in 1676, married Mercy Ray. Solomon, son of Francis, born in the same town in 1703, married Mercy Chaplin. Their son, Asa, born in Rowley in 1739, enlisted in 1757 in Captain Thurston's company and went to the siege of Fort William Henry. In 1776 he was a member of the Town Committee appointed to determine the time of service and settle the amount to be paid to the men who enlisted in the Continental army. He enlisted in that army in 1777, and his regiment afterward helped to guard the captured army of General Burgoyne.

The next in line of descent, David Nelson, son of David and Rachel (Spofford) Nelson and the grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was born in Rowley in 1760. After enlisting in the Revolutionary army, under Captain Benjamin Adams, of Colonel Johnson's regiment, in November, 1777, he went to New York State, and was subsequently discharged from the service at a place distant two hundred and seventy-two miles from Rowley. He married P^unice Searls. Their son, Asa, born in Rowley in 1790, was a currier and tanner by trade, and followed that business for many years in addition to farming. He owned a large farm in Georgetown, and he was at one time engaged there in the manufacture of shoes. An active and industrious man, he was much honored by his townsmen. Up to the time of his death, in 1855, he was much interested in church work. His wife, Ruth, was a daughter of Nathan Perlcy.

Having obtained his elementary education in the public schools of his native town, Sherman Nelson studied at Thetford (Vt.) Academy. After comjjleting his education he worked upon the farm until 1867, and then carried on a grocery business in Georgetown for some time. Beginning in 1870, he and his brother conducted a livery for five years, after which he sold out to his brother. At the end of another year spent in business he sold out again, and has since been engaged in farming, giving his personal supervision to each department.