Essex Town (part 24 of 26)

Mr. Macdonald is one of the Thorndike Associates. He is also a member of the Clan Wallace, No. 127, of Salem, of which he was tlie first Chief; a member of the Grand Clan of Massachusetts; and an executive member of the Royal Clan, which is the highest in the society. An esteemed Mason, he has membership in Star King Lodge, Washington Royal Arch Chapter, Salem Council, Winslow Lewis Commandery of Salem, Sutton Lodge of Perfection, and the Mystic Shrine, Aleppo Temple. In 1893 he was united in marriage with Mrs. Poole, of Peabody, Mass., and now has one daughter.

RIN A. ORDWAY,* a prominent farmer and a native of Newbury, was born June 25, 1840, in Byfield Parish. His grandfather, William Ordway, was drowned when his father, Samuel Ordway, was only two years old. WillTam's brothers were Eliphalet, Enoch, Joseph, Nathaniel, John, Joshua, Thomas, and William. John settled in Hampstead, where he became very successful and very wealthy. His descendants were numerous in Haverhill. Joshua was a most successful school-teacher. Samuel, who was a farmer, went across the isthmus to California in 1851. He contracted what was known as "isthmus fever," and lived only about two months after returning home. A man of character and enterprise, he was highly esteemed by his townsmen and by all who knew him. With an instinct for trade he was prosperous in business, was well-to-do. In the capacity of supervisor of schools in Groveland he was a most efficient officer. He was a member of the Orthodox church in that town.

Orin A. Ordway received his early training in the public schools of Groveland and at the academy in that town. After his school-days had ended, he began shoemaking. For a time he had charge of a finishing-room. Later he bought a large farm in Groveland. Four years ago his fine buildings, which had cost over three thousand dollars, consisting of two barns and a house, all new, together with a large amount of fresh English hay that had just been stored, besides farming tools and implements, were destroyed by fire inside of an hour and a half. This was a great loss and it gave a severe shock to Mrs. Ordway's health, which was never very strong. Mr. Ordway is an active man in town affairs. In politics he is a Republican. He has been Road Commissioner for four years, and had practical charge of the roads for three years preceding his appointment. He is a member of the United Mechanics and of the Esse.x Agricultural Association.

On November 28, twenty-nine years ago, Mr. Ordway was united in marriage with Augusta, a native of ]5yfield Parish, and a daughter of Isaiah and Mary Rogers. Mrs. Ordway is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and an active worker in all its departments. She is charitable and benevolent, and, although not in robust health, is always ready to give time and effort to forward any good cause. She is an active worker in the temperance department and among the young people. Mr. and Mrs. Ordway's son, Sherman A. Ordway, born in Newbury, now a young man of twenty-seven years, was educated in this town, and lives at home with his parents. He is a member of the Junior League, and a zealous supporter of that organization.

)EMUEL MEADER BROCK,* of Lynn, the proprietor of Mrs. Dinsmore's Cough and Croup Balsam, and an ex-member of the legislature, was born in Strafford, N. H., November 6, 1837, son of Nathaniel and Sarah Worth (Meader) Brock. The father, a prosperous farmer and a lifelong resident of Strafford, represented the town in the legislature in 1852 and 1S53, served it in the capacity of Selectman, and died in 1887. Sarah W. Brock, his wife, a native of Rochester, N.H., was a descendant of John Meader, who, born in England in 1630, arrived in Massachusetts in 1650, and in 1653 settled in Dover, N.H.

Lemuel Meader Brock obtained his education in the public schools of Strafford and at the academies in Wolfboro, N.H., and South Berwick, Me. In 1859, having taught school for three years in New Hampshire, he went to Boston. There he was engaged in the grocery business for three years, in the wholesale butter and cheese business for the succeeding seven years, and he was connected with a hotel for two years. Coming to Lynn in 1870, he was engaged in the hotel business here for seventeen years. In 1877 he purchased of Mrs. Dinsmore a half interest in her Cough and Croup Balsam, which was at that time struggling for an existence among the more widely advertised patent medicines; and, after her death in 1879, he became sole proprietor of the rights. In 1885 he decided to devote his entire energies to the business. By good management since then he has succeeded in bringing the remedy into pulDlic notice throughout the United States and Canada, with the result that large quantities are now disposed of annually.

On February 22, 1859, Mr. Brock married Melissa A. Sanders, of Strafford. He has two daughters, both residing in Lynn : Eva Mabel, the wife of Fred M. Newhall; and Ada A., the wife of Frank E. Davis. Politically, Mr. Brock is a Republican. He was a Representative to the legislature in 1891 and 1892, and served upon the committees on Prisons and Land and Harbor. An esteemed Mason, he is a member of King Solomon Lodge, F. & A. M., of Charlestown. He is also connected with West Lynn Lodge, No. 65, L O. O. F. ; West Lynn Encampment, No. 67; of Everett Lodge, No. 20, Knights of Pythias of Lynn, of which he is a charter member; with Manapashemet Tribe, No. 82, Improved Order of Red Men; and Lynn Lodge, No. 117, Order of Elks.

LFRED L. MOORE,* a well-known farmer and a jorominent resident of West Newbury, was born in 1829, son of Greenleaf and Mary (Poor) Moore. His great-grandfather was Abner Moore. Greenleaf Moore (first), the grandfather, a lifelong resident of Old Newbury, died at the age of si.xty-seven years. The father, who was born in Old Newbury in 1796, followed the trade of shoemaker during the active period of his life. He was for many" years identified with religious work, and acted as a Deacon of the First Congregational Church. His wife Mary, born in Old Newbury in 1797, was a daughter of Samuel Poor, an extensive farmer of that town in his day.

Alfred L. Moore attended school in his native town. When eighteen years old he began to learn the joiner's trade with Ichabod Titcomb. A year later he gave up the hammer and fore-plane to learn the shoemaker's trade with his father, which he afterward followed until he was thirty-three years old. He was next engaged in driving a milk wagon to Ncwburyport, and continued that occupation for seven years, without missing a single trip. For over twenty-five years he has cultivated a farm located upon Middle Road, between Newbury])ort and Georgetown, making a specialty of potatoes.

In i860 Mr. Moore was joined in marriage witli Hannah Moody Pearson. 15orn in Ncwburyport in 1836, she was a daughter of Deacon John P. and Hannah (Pillsbury) Pearson. The father was a ship-carpenter, and the mother was a representative of an old and prominent family of that city. Mr. and Mrs. Moore have two children, namely: Hannah M. A., born in 1864; and Alfred L., Jr., born in 1S70. Hannah M. A. graduated from the West Newbury High School, and was the valedictorian of her class. In 1S90 she married Herbert D. Field, and now resides in Northfield, Mass. Alfred L., Jr., completed his studies at Professor Carleton's private preparatory school in Bradford, Mass. He learned the shoemaker's trade, and is now employed by Bliss & Dodge in Newburyport. In politics Mr. Moore is a Republican, and was Surveyor of Highways for several years. He is connected with Newbury Grange, No. 146, Patrons of Husbandry, and has filled all of its important chairs. Since 1858 he has been a member of the First Congregational Church, of which he has served as Clerk and Assessor; and he was the superintendent of the Siniday-school for twenty years.

ORACE E. HARRIMAN,* a shoe manufacturer of South Georgetown, son of William B. and Olive (Nelson) Harriman, was born in Georgetown in 1852. The paternal great-grandfather, Moses Harriman, born in Bradford, Mass., who was a farmer by occupation, enlisted in the Continental army, was an ensign at the battle of Lexington, and was afterward promoted to the rank of Second Lieutenant, and in November, 177s, he was made Lieutenant. His son, Moses, born in Bradford in 1774, was engaged in farming throughout the remainder of his life, and died at the age of seventy-five.

died there in 1SS4. He was engaged in shoe manufacturing. An ardent abolitionist, he took much interest in local politics. He married Olive, a daughter of Moses Nelson, who, born in Georgetown in 1773, died there in 1863. Her mother, whose maiden name was Phcebe Ikittlebank, was Mr. Nelson's second wife, and a daughter of one of the minutemen who responded to the Lexington alarm. Mr. Brittlebank served for nine days on the alarm roll of Captain Eliphalet Spofford's company, in Colonel Samuel Garish's regiment, which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, from Rowley to Cambridge. The children of William and Olive Ilarriman were: Caroline, Ellen, and Horace E. Caroline, who was educated in the common and high schools and at Topsfield Academy, married in 1S62 Charles Tyler, of Georgetown. He enlisted in 1862 in Company K, Fiftieth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, was a musician in the band, and served under Banks at New Orleans and Baton Rouge. He was discharged in 1863. Ellen, born in 1848, died in infancy. William B. Ilarriman's first wife was Abigail March.

Horace E. Harriman was educated in the public schools of Georgetown, graduating from the high school there. Afterward he worked in the shoe business until 1879, when he started in as a manufacturer, with a factory located at South Georgetown, where he carries on his business at the present time. He produces heavy work, and sells to the retail trade of New England. In politics he is a Republican. He was married in 1874 to Mary, a daughter of Israel and Harriet (Fitch) Balcom, of Salem. They have four children : Alice G. , born in 1875, who graduated from the Boston Conservatory of Music, is now a music teacher, and lives at home; Fred H., born in 1878, now with his father in the factory; Harriet O. , born in 1881, now a pupil in the high school; and William A., born in 1893.

LFRED W. THOMPSON,* a wellknown citizen of Newburyport, was born here March 7, 1839. His great-grandfather, a sturdy, vigorous man, was of Scotch descent. His father, Albert Thompson, likewise a native of Newburyport, who was the proprietor of a livery stable on Inn Street for a number of years, died at the age of forty-seven years. Albert was a prominent member of the Veteran Artillery Association, and held different offices in that orcanization. He married Mary Ann Burrill, who died at the age of fifty years. Of their four children, three are now living.

Alfred W. Thompson, the youngest child and only son of his parents, attended the public schools of this city. When his school days ended, he learned the trade of silversmith with William P. Jones and A. F. Towle. After the Civil War began, he enlisted in Company B, Thirty-fifth Massachusetts Regiment of the Ninth Army Corps, under General Burnside, and served until the close of the war. He was in the battles of Sulphur Springs, Fredericksburg, North Anna, Jackson, Kno.xville, and Cold Harbor, being in active service for about tliree years. Returning to his native city after the great struggle had ended, he began to work again at his trade. In 1874 he entered the business he now follows, that of keeper of a restaurant, bar, and pool-room. He has recently made additions to his premises, rendered necessary by his increasing trade.

cran Artillery Association. Connected with the latter for thirty years, he has served it as Sergeant for several years, and was formerly its Commander. He is also member of the Veteran Firemen's Association and of St. Mark's Lodge, F. & A. M. On December 13, 1869, he married Louisa M., daughter of Joseph Pickett, of Newburyport.

^OSl'.l'II CROSBY RANDLETT,* Alderman of Lynn and the chairman of the General Reiniblican Committee of the city, was born at Bangor, Me., May 22, 1859. His parents were James C. and Emma S. (Clarke) Randlett, respectively natives of Penobscot Comity and Bangor. James Randlett was for a nimiber of years engaged in the making of boots, shoes, and moccasins, principally the last. Afterward he was in the grocery business in Bangor. From Bangor he removed to Ashland, Mass. From there he came to Lynn, where he died in April, 1893, at the age of si.xty-three years.

Joseph Crosby Randlett received his education in the public schools of Bangor, finishing at the age of fifteen. He began his working life in the hardware business of W. P. Dickey of Bangor, with whom he remained for two years. Going then to Ashland, he worked in a boot and shoe shop until the fall of 1880. In June, 1881, he entered the passenger service of the Boston &: Albany Railroad, and was subsequently in the employ of that company until February, 1895, being the conductor of the New York & Boston Express dining the last year. From February until September, 1895, he was in company with his brother in the sale of fruits and periodicals. He then came to Lynn to work for the Thompson & Houston I'^lectric Company, now the

Mr. Randlett is a member of West Lynn Lodge, No. 65, I. O. O. F. ; also of North Star Lodge of Masons at Ashland. F'or the past six years he has been a member of the Republican City Committee, and during the last two years he has been the chairman of the General Committee. F^or five years he was the president of the West Lynn Republican Club. From 1895 to 1897 he held a seat in the Common Council, and at present he is on the Board of Aldermen. He is on the committees on Claims, Water Supply, Street Sprinkling, State Aid, Elections, and Drainage Assessments and Drainage. Of the last two named he is the chairman.

/^TeORGE W. HEATH,* of Newbury- V P^T port, a veteran of the Civil War, was born in Fredericton, N.B. , April 12, 1838, son of James and Huldah K. (Coggeswell) Heath. His grandfather Coggeswell belonged to an old family of Fredericton. James Heath, who was born in Plaistow, N.H., worked as a ship-carpenter for twenty-five years. He died at the age of eighty years; and his wife Huldah, outliving him, died at the residence of her son, George William, in the ninety-third year of her age. They had seven children, of whom three arc now living.

When the subject of our sketch was four years old, his parents removed to Plaistow, N. H. He began life as a cook, being employed about twelve years in the Hazeltine House, Manchester, now called the Windsor House. In 1861 he enlisted in Company E, Fourth New Hampshire Regiment, and was in the Ninth and Tenth Army Corps. His regiment was the first to arrive in the .South. His first battle was that fought at Ogeechee, and he subsequently participated in eleven different battles - at James Island, St. Helena, Jacksonville, Fernandina, siege of Fort Sumter, Stony River, Opelousas, Break-of-Day, Tally-ho, Gloucester, and Bermuda Hundred. February 22, 1864, he re-enlisted at Beaufort, S. C. , for three years, and was cook for the officers. He was wounded in the battle of Drury's Bluff in May of the same year, and was taken prisoner. He remained in the hospital for three months on account of the wound received through the hips, and was confined to his bed for nine months more. One ball still remains in his hip. For a number of years Mr. Heath was keeper of a boarding-house, averaging about thirty-five boarders. He continued in the business till 1890. He now leads a retired life in Newburyport. He is unmarried. He is a liberalminded man and a Republican in politics. He attends the Methodist Fpiscopal church, is a member of Louis Bell Post, No. 3, G. A. R., at Manchester, N. H., and of the U. V. L. of Newburyport.

/ STeORGE W. FRO.ST,* who conducts a \ fi> I flourishing wood and coal business at Pigeon Cove, was born in Rockport, July 21, 1853, son of Andrew and Abbie (Saunders) Frost. The parents were natives of Nova Scotia, and it is said that the Frosts are originally of Irish origin. Andrew Frost, who settled in Rockport and was engaged in fishing here for many years, died in March, 1885.

George W. Frost was educated in the public schools of Rockport. At the age of eighteen he accepted a position as clerk in the general store carried on by the Bay State Granite Company, with which he remained nearly three years. He was ne.xt employed by George H. Shepherd, a meat and provision dealer, with whom he continued for several years. Subsequently he was a travelling salesman for two different salt-fish concerns of Gloucester. In 1890 he purchased the wood and coal yard established by the late William Marchant in 1857, and has since carried on a successful business.

Politically, Mr. Frost is a Republican, and has served as a Water Commissioner one year. He is connected with Granite Lodge, I. O. O. v., of Rockport; and Ocean View Lodge, No. 84, Knights of Pythias of Pigeon Cove. He contributes liberally toward the support of churches, and is actively interested in all movements for developing the resources of the village and increasing its attractiveness as a summer resort.

RANK EUGENE WELLS,* City Marshal of Lynn, was born February 16, 1863, in Benton, N. H., the birthplace of his father, George Wells. His paternal grandfather, luios Wells, spent the major portion of his life in Benton, where he was a farmer and mill-owner, and. one of the substantial business men.

George Wells, a farmer by occupation, during his years of active life was identified with the more prominent interests of his native town, which he continued to make his home, and in which he filled various local offices. He married Caroline B. Morse, who was born in Haverhill, Grafton County, N. H., daughter of Jacob Morse, who moved to that town from Hebron, which is in the same county. He and his two brothers were extensive land-owners in Haverhill, and carried on a very large business in lumber manufacturing and dealing. They were very prominent in public affairs, and all served at different times in the New Hampshire legislature.

Frank E. Wells obtained his elementary education in Haverhill, N. H. After leaving the public schools of that town, at the age of thirteen years, he attended the academy at Newbury, \'t., for two years. Going then to Lancaster, N. II., he served an apprenticeship of three years at the carriage iron worker's trade, at which he subsequently worked in Lancaster, Leominster, Mass., and in Boston. In 1884 he came to Lynn, and for two years was employed as conductor on the Lynn & Boston Railway. In January, 1886, he was appointed an officer on the Lynn police force, and for five years did efficient service as patrolman. In January, 1891, he was appointed City Marshal, his present position, an office which he is filling most satisfactorily, his management eliciting the approbation of those above him in power as well as of those under his control. Since he assumed the charge of this important department of the city, the service has been greatly improved and advanced, it being now placed on a higher scale than ever before. In 1892 the service stripe was inaugurated ; and the official staff of the department changed from marshal, deputy, and captain, to marshal, two lieutenants, and three sergeants.

Mr. Wells is a member of Mount Carmel Lodge, A. V. & A. M. ; of Sutton R. A. Chapter; of Olivet Commandery, K. T. ; of Abraham Lincoln Lodge, K. of P. ; and of Poquanum Tribe of Red Men. In politics he affiliates with the Republican ]iarty. On August 9, 1887, he married in Haverhill, N.H., Miss Martha P. Southard, who was born and reared in that town. Mr. and Mrs. Wells

BEN KNOWLTON,* who has conducted a successful bakery on King Street, Rockport, for nearly half a century, was born in this town. May 31, 1822, son of Azor and Lois (Hale) Knowlton. In 1640 three Knowlton brothers, accompanied by their parents, sailed from England for America; and the father was lost overboard on the passage. The brothers with their mother settled in Ipswich, Mass. One of them afterward moved to Rhode Island, another to Maine, the third remaining in Ipswich. Of the last named the subject of this sketch is a direct descendant. Colonel Thomas Knowlton, a descendant of the Rhode Island settler, served under General Washington, and was killed in the Revolutionary War. Malachi Knowlton, Eben Knowlton's grandfather, was a native of Hamilton, Mass., and served as a soldier in the War of 1 81 2. Azor Knowlton, Eben Knowlton's father, was born and reared upon his father's farm in Hamilton ; and, when a young man, he engaged in fishing at what is now Rockport. He later owned or controlled considerable wharfage in this town, which business he followed for forty years, or until his death. Lois, his wife, was a native of Rockport.

Eben Knowlton was reared to manhood in Rockport, and made the most of his opportunities for obtaining an education by attending the district schools. In his twentieth year he began an apprenticeship to the baker's trade in Gloucester, and served as apprentice or journeyman about seven or eight years. Returning to Rockport in 1848, he went into business for himself. Beginning on a small scale, he has since conducted a first-class bakery, which for many years has enjoyed a

Mr. Knowlton married Elizabeth Matthews, and has five children living, namely: Eben S. Knowlton, Tax Collector of Rockport ; Rebecca J., wife of William Colby, of Franklin, Mass. ; Archie, a resident of Hartford, Conn. ; Benjamin H., of this town; and James M. Knowlton, M.D., a physician in Indiana, Pa. Mrs. Knowlton is no longer living.

Aside from his own business affairs Mr. Knowlton considers the welfare and prosperity of the town as paramount to all other interests, and is in favor of any practical schemes for its improvement. He is connected by membership with Ashler Lodge, F. & A. M. , and attends the Baptist church.

Eorge Woodbury Sargent

EORGE WOODBURY SARGENT, \ P I M.D., for many years a prominent physician of Lawrence, Mass., was born April 9, 1834, in Concord, Vt., a son of Dr. Seneca and Mary (Wilder) Sargent. His paternal ancestors were among the earliest settlers of Esse.x County, and for many generations devoted themselves to clearing the land and cultivating the soil.

Dr. Seneca Sargent was a son of Philip Sargent. He was born in Lunenburg, Vt., where he acquired his early education. He was graduated from Dartmouth College; and, after practising his profession in different towns in Vermont and New Hampshire, he located in Lawrence, Mass., then a new city, coming here in 1846 with his family. He was very skilful in his treatment of diseases, and secured an extensive patronage in this vicinity. During the late Civil War, in 1862, he enlisted as a volunteer surgeon, and served with the Army of the Potomac until failing health compelled him to retire. He died at his home, 133 Haverhill Street, in 1873, at the age of threescore and ten years. His wife, whose maiden name was Mary Wilder, was born in Bethlehem, N. H., in 1808, and died in Lawrence in 1888. They had four children, three sons and one daughter, of whom but two children are living, namely: Charles Frank, of Somerville, Mass.; and John VV., of Lawrence.

George Woodbury Sargent, after receiving his diploma from Albany Medical College in 1857, made two voyages to Europe as a ship's surgeon. Returning then to Lawrence, he decided to remain with his father; and both, while the father lived, had their office at 181 Essex Street, where Dr. George B. Sargent, his son, is now located. While yet a young man Dr. George W. Sargent established an excellent reputation for professional ability; and as the years went on he acquired a large and lucrative practice, notwithstanding the fact that he was handicapped by imperfect health. In December, 1892, weakened by many days of severe labor and exposure, he was attacked by pneumonia, which terminated fatally on January i, 1S93.

The Lawrence Medical Club, of which Dr. Sargent had been one of the original members, paid sincere tribute to his memory. We quote from a paper read at the meeting in February following his death: -

"Dr. Sargent was for quite a number of years the city physician of Lawrence, and he was no less conscientious in the discharge of his duties to the poor of the city than to those more favored. . . . His experience as physician to the jail was of a similar character, and his fidelity to this trust is evidenced by the fact that his continuous service in this capacity extended over thirty years. ... As a medical witness he was distinguished by the dig- nity of his bearing when on the stand, by the frankness and unpartisan character of his testimony, and by the intelligent and comprehensive nature of his opinions.

"As a consultant he was modest, frank, and honorable, and he brought to this duty a mind well stored with the valuable fruits and expedients of experience and study. His opinion was always expressed with candor and delicacy, and with due deference to the interests of his colleagues as well as to those of the patient.

"Dr. Sargent felt a deep interest and took an active part in the evolution of the Lawrence General Hospital from the beginning. He was a life member of the Ladies' Union Charitable Society, and was a member of the board of construction of the hospital building. His services as consultant were in frequent demand by the hospital physicians.

"He was a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society and of the American Medical Association, as well as of the Medical Club, to whose meetings he contributed much valuable information in the topical discussions and in the papers which he read. . . . He usually got hold of and appropriated for use whatever was new in medicine, and both his eyes and his ears were used for this purpose. His therapeusis was intelligent, well defined, and purposeful, his bearing in the sick-room tactful, cheerful, and pleasing, inspiring confidence in patients and friends. . . . He had the privilege and good fortune to find in his home those attributes which are so necessary in order to make the hard and exhausting life of a physician a success and a blessing to the world - namely, rest, comfort, and mental and moral support."

Fraternally, he was a Mason and an Odd Fellow, and a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, his practice as an assistant surgeon during the war of the Rebellion qualifying him for membership in the latter organization.

He married in 1S63 Mary Bancroft, who was born in West Amesbury, now Merrimac, Mass., and was educated at an academy. Her parents, Samuel and Eunice (Kelley) ]5ancroft, were prosperous members of the farming community. They reared eight children. The two now living are: Mary (Mrs. Sargent) ; and Leman Eaton Bancroft, a carriage manufacturer, who owns and occupies the old homestead. Mrs. Bancroft died at the age of sixty-seven years in 1864; while her husband, who survived her, attained the age of fourscore years, his death occurring in 1874.

Dr. George W. and Mrs. Sargent had three children, as follows: Mary Lena, who died at the age of eight years; George Bancroft; and Irving Wilder. The elder son, George B., studied at Phillips Academy in Andover, and, after his subsequent graduation from Dr. Hale's School in Boston, entered the Harvard Medical School, from which he received his degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1894. The following year he spent abroad, continuing his studies in the hospitals of Vienna, London, Edinburgh, and Berlin. In the latter part of 189s he returned to Lawrence, and established himself in the office previously occupied by his father and grandfather. He has already built up a good practice, and bids fair to become one of the leading physicians of the city. He is a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society, and also a member of the medical staff of the Lawrence General Hospital. In June, 1896, he married Miss Mary Gibbs, daughter of the Rev. William E. and Cornelia (Van Houzen Lester) Gibbs, of Lawrence. They have one child, a little daughter, named Cornelia Bancroft. Irving W. Sargent, the younger son, was graduated

T^ALEB J. NORWOOD,* of the firm I jr"^ C. Norwood & Son, manufacturers of ^^ ^ isinglass at Ipswich, Mass., has been intimately associated with the business interests of the town since reaching man's estate. This industry was first started here by Seth Norwood more than half a century ago, but after a few years' trial it was abandoned. In 1857 Caleb Norwood, the father of Caleb J., established the present plant at Norwood's mills, about three miles west of the village of Ipswich, having as a partner his brother-inlaw, James Manning, of Rockport. After the retirement of the latter Mr. Norwood admitted his son into partnership, the firm name being changed from Norwood & Manning to C. Norwood & Son. The factory of Messrs. Norwood, working night and day, employs thirtyfive hands, and puts out annually five hundred cases of isinglass of one hundred and twentyfive pounds each. There are but four other factories of the kind in existence. In addition the firm has a saw-mill and grist-mill, which have an extensive business.

Caleb Norwood, born in Rockiiort, Mass., in 1 80S, died in Ipswich in 1870. During his earlier years he was master of a coast vessel. In 1S50 he went to California as agent for Eastern ship-owners. On his return from the Pacific coast he conducted a hotel in Rockport for a time, and then removed to Ipswich. He married Jerusha Butman, of Rockport, who survived him, dying in 1875. They reared two children, namely: Fiducia, a resident of Rockport, who never married ; and Caleb }., the subject of this biography. Born and bred in Rockport, Caleb J. Norwood came from there to Ipswich when eighteen years old. He has since been connected with the factory. At first a workman, he became familiar with the details of the manufacturing process. Afterward he became a member of the firm, and since the death of his father has had the entire management of the place. The business has constantly increased in size and value, and now ranks among the leading industries of the town. The water power of the factory has been one of the longest in use in the State. The first dam on this part of the river was built two hundred years ago for a carding-mill and a grist-mill. Mr. Norwood's first wife, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Rowe, died in early womanhood, leaving two children. The latter are: William Jerome, who carries on the grist-mill, is married, and has one son; and Alice D., who recently married Lincoln Ross, of Rockford, 111. Mr. Norwood subsequently married Miss Martha A., daughter of William A. Dane, of Hamilton. They have two children: Grace Almira, the wife of Harry E. Bailey, of Boston; and Charles A., a student at the Boston Latin School. Mrs. Bailey, an elocutionist of rare power, while yet a young girl won commendation, not only from the public press, but from such high authorities as Gail Hamilton and John Greenleaf Whittier.

Mr. Norwood is well endowed with the success-compelling qualities of industry and fore- - sight. Through his kindly intelligence and sterling integrity, he has won the regard of all in the community. He is a director of the First National Bank of Ipswich. In 1888 he served in the Committee on Public Service in the State House of Representatives, representing the district composed of the towns of Hamilton, Wenham, and Ipswich. He was nominated for the legislature without his knowledge or consent ; and he was elected in this Republican stronghold, though at that time he was one of the most active Democrats in this section of the county. Since 1896, however, Mr. Norwood has acted with the Republican party.

'REDERICK L. ATKINSON,* of the okl Atkinson family of Charleston, Me., was born there, November 12, 1856. The Atkinsons, who were among the very early settlers of Newbury, figured in the Revolutionary War. The family's coat of arms may be seen at Concord, N.H. Benjamin Atkinson, the grandfather of Frederick L., was an extensive farmer in Charleston and a Deacon of the Orthodox church of that place. He married Mary Clement, who had seven children.

Benjamin F. Atkinson, the father of Frederick L., was born in Franklin, Mass., in 1822. He was liberally educated, and taught school early in life in his native town. Afterward he kept one of the largest general stores in Bangor, disposing of large quantities of potatoes in the Boston market annually. He married Harriet Seavey, who belonged to an old Mount Desert family, and by her became the father of five sons and two daughters. In 1864, owing to the illness of his wife, Mr. Atkinson removed to Newburyport, and resided at the Ocean House until 1870. For the next thirteen years he was engaged in ship-building. During that time he built over fifty vessels, most of them destined for foreign voyages. In 1878 he commenced the building of three-masted vessels; and in 1883 he laid the keel for the largest square-rigged vessel ever built on the Merrimac River, a bark called the "Adam W. Spies." In 1884 he engaged in the coal business with his son Frederick. In February, 1896, he retired from business life. He is a Republican in politics. His first Presidential vote was cast in 1844. He was Mayor of Newburyport in 187s and 1876, when no salary was attached to the office. In 1878 he was elected to the Lower House of the State legislature. He has been also the chairman of the Public Library trustees, and occupied many other positions of trust.

Having graduated from the Newburyport High School, Frederick L. Atkinson was a clerk in the office of the Merrimac Coal and Wood Company from 1871 to 1874. That position he left to act as clerk and deputy to Collector Charles C. Dame of the internal revenue service. In 1S81 he resigned this post on account of illness, and afterward, for three years, was associated with his father in the firm of B. F. Atkinson & Son. Three years later he entered into partnership with Mr. Henry M. Cross, in the retail coal business. He retired from this connection at the close of the year, and formed with his father the Atkinson Coal Company. Upon the death of Eben F. Sumner, he became a director in the First National Bank.

In politics Mr. Atkinson has always been a Republican, has been much interested in public affairs, and has served on the Republican City Committee for a number of years. He married Susan B., daughter of Albert Russell, the owner of an iron foundry in Newburyport. Russell Atkinson, named after Mrs. Atkinson's family, is his only child.

ILLIAM FRANCIS BRACKETT,* City Auditor of Lynn, Essex County, was born in this city, October 9, 1844. His father, also named William v., born in Lynn, was a son of George Brackett, one of the pioneer manufacturers of morocco in this vicinity, and one of tlie fourteen men wlio were instrumental in organizing the Unitarian Congregational church of Lynn. Mr. Brackett's mother, whose maiden name was Susan Wardwell Harris, born in Ipswich, this county, came of honored Revolutionary ancestors.

Mr. Brackett was educated in the public schools of Lynn, and graduated from the high school with the class of 1862. Since beginning his active business career, he has been employed in the manufacture of shoes for a large part of the time, having been with A. & J. Smith as cutter for four years, with Morgan & Donovan as foreman of their shop for eight years, and for three years with B. F. Spinney & Co. In 1885, when Messrs. Spinney & Co. transferred their plant to Norway, Me., Mr. Brackett obtained a position with Rumsey Brothers, for whom he worked two years. On January i, 1888, he was appointed Auditor of the city, an important office, to which he has since been annually re-elected, his long term of continuous service being strong evidence of the confidence reposed in him by the people and of the fidelity and discrimination with which he has fulfilled his various duties.

Mr. Brackett has always taken a deep interest in local affairs, being especially interested in educational matters. From 1875 to 1882 he was a member of the School Board. In 1879 he was the secretary of the board - an office which was abolished in 1880, its duties being relegated to the Superintendent of Schools. He is a steadfast Republican, being a valued member of his party. He served from 1869 to 1876 as a member of the Republican City Committee. Connected with several social and secret organizations of Lynn, he belongs to the West Lynn Lodge, No. 65, I. O. O. F., of which he was a charter member and the first secretary; to the Fraternity Encampment, No. 67, the same organization; to the Ivy Rebecca Lodge, No. 49; and to Mount Sion Senate, K. A. E. O. He is also a director in the West Lynn Odd Fellows Building Association. On November 25, 1880, he was united in marriage with Miss Calista G. Parcher, of Waterbury, Vt., the ceremony having been performed at the home of the bride.

Illiam Henry Butters

prosperous dairy farmer of Methuen, son of George Washington and Fanny (Parker) Butters, was born in Woburn, Middlesex County, February 10, 1834. The Butters family is of English origin. Willard Butters, the grandfather of William H., followed the occupation of farmer, and died in Woburn about 1828, when he was a little past his prime. He married Sally, daughter of John Colwell, of an old New England family of Scotch origin. She died in 1857, aged eighty-three. She was then living with one of her sons in Methuen, and her remains rest in the old burial-ground here. Willard and Sally Butters reared four sons and a daughter, namely: Willard A., a farmer and ship-carpenter, who died at the age of seventy; George W., the father of the subject of this sketch; Samuel A., a wheelwright, who lived to be over eighty; Sally, the wife of Orrin Reed, who also lived to be over fourscore; and El bridge Garrison, a wheelwright, who worked in Boston for many years, and died in Methuen at the age of fifty-eight. Mrs. Reed left three daughters and two sons, and Elbridge G. Butters left two daughters.

November 14, 1839, he came to Methuen, purchased some twenty acres of land, and erected a good dwelling-house and barns on the other side of the street, opposite his son's present home. His property was afterward sold to the millionaire, Mr. Searles; and his buildings are walled in by the massive masonry erected by that gentleman. He was in business as a contractor for some time, and was an active factor in the building up of the city of Lawrence. In Methuen he had a milk route for a number of years; and for six years, with his sons, he managed a steam saw-mill in New Hampshire. Actively interested in public affairs, he was in the State legislature for three terms. He died May 24, 1883. His wife, whom he married in 1824, was born in Woburn in 1804, daughter of Joseph Parker, of that town. She died May 24, 1880, exactly three years before the death of her husband. Both are buried in the Walnut Grove Cemetery. They were members of the Orthodox Congregational church. Their children were: Fanny Maria, who was the wife of John C. Webster, and died without issue, at the age of fifty-eight; Martha, unmarried, who died in the old Butters home in Methuen, at the age of forty-four; George Albert, residing on the farm here; William Henry, the subject of this biography; Charles, residing in Haverhill, Mass.; and Lucy, who lived but three years, dying in 1842.

William Henry Butters acquired a commonschool education with some difficulty, as trouble with his eyes debarred him from study between the ages of eight and eleven years. He learned the shoemaker's trade with his father, and worked at it some thirty years. With his brother, George Albert, he has been successfully engaged in dairy farming for a number of years. They keep twenty-five good cows and two horses. The brothers lived in a substantial double house, built in 1869. William H. Butters was married January 21, 1865, to Lucinda P. Nichols, of Derry, N.H., daughter of Woodburn and Eliza (Day) Nichols. Mr. Nichols died at the age of fifty-four, leaving a widow and nine children. His widow died at the age of seventy-four. Nine of their grandchildren are living. Of their children, three besides Mrs. Butters survive, namely: Emelinc, who is married, and resides in Bradford, Mass. ; Woodburn J., a resident of Methuen; and Ellsworth P., residing in Groveland, Mass. Mr. and Mrs. Butters have one child, George Henry, now twenty-six years old, and engaged in the business of commercial traveller, who graduated from the Methuen High School at the age of seventeen. He is unmarried, and makes his home with his parents. Mr. William H. Butters is a member of the Republican party.

DWARD P. POOR,* a well-known citizen of Lawrence, Mass., is living retired from active pursuits at his pleasant home, 91 Concord Street. He was born in 1830 in l)an\-ers, now Peabody, Mass., which was likewise the birthplace of his father, the Rev. Ebenezer Poor. He is a lineal descendant of Daniel Poor, who was born in Wiltshire, England, in 1624, and who in 1638 came to America with an older brother and sister. Daniel Poor lived in Newbury, Essex County, Mass., until 1644, when he became one of the original settlers of Andover, Mass., where he acquired a large landed property, and at his death left an estate valued at eight hundred pounds. He was prominent in town affairs, and held many important local offices, among others that of Selectman, in which he served eight years,

Daniel Poor, Jr., son of Daniel, was bnrn in Andover, Mass., in 1656; and his son, Thomas Poor of the third generation, was born in the same place in 1703. Joseph Poor, Sr. , son of Thomas, was born in Andover in 1748; and the ne.xt in line of descent, Joseph Poor, Jr., was born in Dan vers, Mass., in 1771, and died in that town in 1850.

Joseph Poor, Jr., the grandfather of Edward P. Poor, was twice married, and was the father of fifteen children, five of whom were by his first wife, Tamison Sprague, mother of the Rev. Ebenezer Poor. She was born in Salem, Mass., daughter of Ebenezer Sprague, and a descendant of Ralph Sprague, who with his brothers, Richard and William, settled in Charlestown, Mass., in 1629. Lieutenant Sprague, one of the ancestors of Mr. Poor, was a member of the Colonial militia for a number of years, and also represented Charleston in the Colonial legislature several terms. Joseph Poor, Jr., and his father were both farmers of good repute; and the former served in the War of 181 2.

The Rev. Ebenezer Poor was graduated at Dartmouth College in 1818, at the age of twenty-two years, and at Andover Theological Seminary in 1821. He was ordained pastor of the Second Congregational Church at Beverly, Mass., in October, 1823. After leaving Beverly in 1S29, he preached at Edgartown, South Hadley, and Berkeley, Mass., and in Perrysburg, Ohio, and in other places. On February 2, 1825, he married Clarissa Abbot, daughter of Caleb and Deborah (Ames) Abbot. She was born August 25, 1S03, and is now living, a bright and active woman of ninety-four years, with her daughter, Mrs. Briggs, in Andover, Mass. She is a descendant of George Abbot, who emigrated from England to Massachusetts about 1640, and in 1644 settled in Andover, Mass., where in 1647 he married

Hannah Chandler. The next two progenitors in direct line were Timothy Abbot and Timothy Abbot, Jr. Asa Abbot, son of Timothy, Jr., was the father of Caleb Abbot. Caleb Abbot served in the War of the I^evolution seven years. He marched to Lexington on April 19, 177s; fought at Bunker Hill two months later; was at the engagements at Trenton, Princeton, and Saratoga; and at the battle of New Town, in western New York, was under the command of General Enoch Poor, a kinsman of Joseph Poor, the grandfather of Edward P. The General had three brothers in the Revolutionary army, two of whom were also officers; while their father, Thomas Poor, from whom doubtless they inherited their patriotism, was a soldier in the French and Indian War, and was present at the taking of Louisburg. Caleb Abbot was with Washington at Valley Forge during the terrible winter of 1777-78, as well as in the engagements enumerated ; and the five years prior to his death, which occurred at the advanced age of eighty-five, he drew a pension from the goverrmient for his services in the struggle for independence. Three children were born to the Rev. Ebenezer Poor, two of whom grew to maturity, namely: Edward P., the subject of this sketch; and Emily Gray, wife of Caleb Briggs, formerly of Lawrence, but now of Andover. The other child, Joseph, died at the age of six years.

Edward P. Poor received a good commonschool education, after which he worked for a time at the machinist's trade. Not finding that occupation congenial, he gave it up, and for some years was employed in the Boston Custom House. Since 1848 he has resided in Lawrence, where he has served as City Assessor twenty years and as City Treasurer five years. He has also been quite active in public affairs, and in 1880 and 1881 represented the city in the State legislature. He is a decided Republican in politics, and is a Master Mason. He is a member of the Congregational society, and attends the church of that denomination.

In 1S54 Mr. Poor married Miss Marietta Allen, of Boston. They have had three children, one of whom died in infancy, and one, Clarissa Sprague, lived but three short years. The eldest child, a son, Abbot Allen Poor, born June 7, 1855, has charge of the accounts in the Asylum for the Insane at Danvers, Mass.

\ P I General Assessor of Lynn, was born in this city, November 24, 1827, a son of Joseph R. and Elizabeth M. (Clark) Currier. The paternal grandfather came to Lynn in 1797, soon after attaining his majority, and, opening a tailor's shop, was here prosperously engaged in business until his demise in 1S56, at the age of fourscore years. Highly esteemed for his intelligence, he was sent as a Representative to the State legislature for two terms. Joseph R. Currier and his wife were lifelong residents of this city. In his early life he was a last-maker. I'rom i860 until his death, which happened in 1885, he carried on a successful grocery trade. He lived eighty years. From early youth until his closing days he watched with pride and pleasure the growth of his birthplace. He served the community in some of the minor public offices, and for a time was Overseer of the Poor.

George B. Currier received a practical education in the public schools of Lynn, which he quitted when about fourteen years old. He then learned the shoemaker's trade from his father, with whom he worked until twentythree years of age. During the ensuing fourteen years he was employed in the shoe factory of Daniel F. Chase, and from that time until 1873 he worked for different firms of the city. He was then elected City Assessor - a position which he retained six consecutive years until 1879. In 1 88 1 Mr. Currier was again elected Assessor of Lynn ; and at each succeeding election since he has been re-elected to the same office, giving him an honorable record of twenty-two years in the service of the municipality.

Prior to accepting this important position, Mr. Currier had been in the Common Council in 1869 and 1870, in both years serving on the Education Committee; and in 1871 he was elected to the Board of Aldermen. In the latter capacity he was on the Education Committee, and was chairman of the Committee on F"ire Department and Claims. He was also connected with the volunteer fire department of Lynn for thirty years, being for twelve years one of the engineers of the department.

On December 25, 1S50, Mr. Currier married Miss Abigail E. Alley, of Lynn. They became the parents of two" children - Margaret E. and Mary L. Margaret E., now deceased, married Benjamin E. Porter. Mr. Currier is a man of broad and liberal ideas, progressive in all of his views. He is a member of the P'irst Universalist Society.

-rTVjTNANNASEH BROWN, a thrifty and p: I =y well-to-do agriculturist of Ipswich, fA ejjs \^ ^ was born on the homestead where he now lives, August 10, 1823, son of Captain Josiah and Nabby (Baker) Brown. He is of English descent, and represents two of the longest established families of this part of the State.

Mannaseh Brown

Captain Josiah Ikown, born on this farm in 1771, died here November 14, 1851. Owning about seventy-five acres of the old Brown homestead, adjoining the Gardner A. Brown farm on the south, he devoted his time and energies to clearing and improving the land; and about sixty-five or seventy years ago he built the present dwelling-house. In politics he was an old-time Whig, and for several years was Captain of a company of State militia. He belonged to the South Church, being one of its most active members. Captain Brown was twice married, both of his wives having been daughters of John Baker, an old resident of Ipswich. His first wife, Lucretia, bore him three children, namely: James, who went to Illinois when a young man, there married, reared a family, and died at the age of si.xty years ; Josiah, who died of consumption at the age of thirty-five, unmarried; and Lucretia, who was the wife of the late Joel B. Stowe, and who went to Cincinnati, Ohio, where both were engaged in teaching until their demise. The only child of the second marriage was Mannaseh, the subject of this biography. His mother lived to the ripe old age of eighty years.

Mannaseh Brown has been engaged in agricultural pursuits from his earliest youth, carrying on general farming with most satisfactory results. Of late years hay has been his chief crop. On March 4, 1846, he married Miss Eunice A., daughter of James and Lucy (Fellows) Brown. James Brown received a part of the original homestead of the Ikown family from his paternal grandfather as a building lot; and, having erected his house, he and his wife lived there, carrying on mixed husbandry during their wedded life. He died at the age of fifty-eight years, and she four years later. The old home farm descended to his daughter Martha, the late wife of Henry

Mr. and Mrs. Mannaseh Brown are the parents of four children - Lucy Abbie, Sarah A., John B., and Sarah A. (second). Lucy Abbie, living in Hamilton, two miles distant from her early home, and the wife of Emory Lawrence, has one daughter, Nellie Frances, who married Walter Hatch, of Amesbury, and has four children - Walter Lawrence, Marion Frances, Raymond Brown, and Rufus. Sarah A. died in childhood. John B. resides in California. Sarah A. (second), the wife of John Hooper, of Rockport, Mass., has two children - ^ Harry B. and Norman M. Mr. and Mrs. Brown are both active members of the Congregational (the old South) church, which he joined when nineteen years of age, and she at the age of sixteen. Prosperous in his undertakings, Mr. Brown has surrounded himself and family with the comforts of life. He is well worthy of the high respect accorded him by all.

H. YOUNG, M.D.,*onc of Amesbury's successful physicians, was born in Rochester, N. H., September I, 1S54. His forefathers were among- the early settlers of Wolfboro, N. H., owning large estates and taking prominent positions in the town. His grandfafhci moved from Wolfboro to Rochester, where John F. Young, the Doctor, was born. The latter married Miss Waldron, who is a direct descendant of the famous Major Waldron, of Dover, N. H. After leaving the Rochester schools at the age of fifteen, B. H. Young fitted for college at the West Lebanon Academy, and graduated from Bates College at Lewiston, Me., in the class of 1876. He completed his medical course at the Boston University in 1880, and in the fall of the same year opened his office on Market Street, Amesbiiry. He has since located more centrally on Main Street, and built a substantial residence on Gushing Street, where he now lives. By his marriage with Hattic P. Cheney, of Newburyport, he has one son, James.

The Doctor was formerly a member of the Essex North Association. He is now a member of the Amesbury Doctors' Club, which, though he makes no pretensions to literary style, has invariably received his papers with interest and respect. He is also a member of the Motolinia Lodge, No. ii8, I. O. O. F. ; and he is the medical examiner of the Home Circle, Golden Cross fraternity, and the A. O. U. W. Before the division of towns was accomjilished. Dr. Young served for three years upon the School Board of Salisbury. He also served for three years upon the Board of Health in the town of Amesbury.

OODBURN JAQUISH NICHOLS,* the master mechanic and superintendent of repairs in the cotton-mill at Methuen, was born in Derry, N. H., April 1 8, 1S33, son of Woodburn and Eliza (Day) Nichols. The father, who was a well-known carpenter in Derry, born in Thornton, N. H., in 1799, died in the former town in 1851. He was si.x feet in height, and weighed one hundred and eighty to two hundred pounds. His wife, Eliza, who was born in 1800, and to whom he was married in 1820, sometimes weighed as much as three hundred and twelve pounds. She died in 1S72, having been the mother of ten children, five sons and five daughters. Of their children, Jonathan, the first-born, was the first to die, being then about the age of seventeen; Emmelinc, now a widow, resides at Bradford, near Haverhill ;

While attaining maturity in his native town, Woodburn Jaquish Nichols obtained his education in the pulilic schools. Then he learned the carpenter's trade, and subsequently worked as journeyman carpenter in New Hampshire, Lawrence, Groveland, and Haverhill. He first came to Methuen in 1S52, and spent the ensuing five years here. In 1S65 he came again, and located permanently. He has charge of all the repairing work done at the cotton-mill, and of any wood-work required about the premises. A man of fine physique, he is six feet one and one-half inches in height, correspondingly proportioned, anti weighs two hundred pounds.

Mr. Nichols was married in 18S6 to Adelaide J., daughter of John and Julia (Austead) Abbot. Mr. Abbot, who died in 1870, was a man of unusual ability, an editor and a facile writer. He was in middle age at the time of his death, and left, besides his widow, their only child, Adelaide. Mr. and Mrs. Nichols have a foster-daughter, Maria Emery, who is the child of Mr. Nichols's youngest sister, and was left an orphan at an early age. She is a teacher, and is now pursuing a post-graduate course of study in the State Normal School. Mr. Nichols belongs to the Masonic Order; also to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In politics he is a Democrat, but votes independent of party lines.

ON. CHARLES PERKINS THOMPSON,* whose death at his late home in Gloucester, Mass., on January 19, 1894, was a grievous loss not only to his immediate family and friends, but to the city in which he had lived for so many years, and to the Essex County bar, was a son of Frederick M. and Susanna (Cheesman) Thompson, of Braintree, Mass. He was born in that town July 30, 1827, and, when but three years old, was a pupil in one of its public schools. A bright, intelligent youth, when but twelve years old he formed opinions and expressed them in regard to public matters. After a two years' course at the HoUis Institute in South Braintree, he was graduated in 184S. While living in the town of his birth, he was recognized by his fellow-citizens as a young man of ability, and was elected at different times to offices of trust. He subsequently read law with Hallett & Thomas, of Boston, and on October 16, 1854, was admitted to the bar. Isaac Wyman, Esq., who was associated with him as a student for two years, writes: "It was in the fifties that the late Judge Charles P. Thompson became a student in the office of Hallett & Thomas, at the corner of Court Street and Court Square, Boston, in the third story of the Tudor Building. Three rooms of the office suite opened into a fourth room on three of its sides. The first room, used for the reception of clients, was for a long time in charge of Judge Thompson, whose native courtesy specially adapted him to the duty of receiving the clients; and his magnetic amiability made it easy for him to gather the facts of their cases. The business was transacted with uniformity, and he naturally became a favorite with both clients and witnesses. Students were required to make the briefs with case authorities in support of each point, and to give the names of witnesses and state briefly their testimony to the respective parts of the suit. Whilst Judge Thompson was clever at all parts of the work, he excelled in adjusting and applying the principles of the law to the testimony, avoiding unnecessary details of irrelevant matters.

"For the noon hour the office business was suspended. The strictness of office rule was relaxed, and the students' room was given up to mirth and recreation. At such times it was Thompson's wit that outshone all others; yet even in its wildest moments his merriment was always of a kindly nature, and was never meant to wound or offend an antagonist. After his admission to the bar he remained awhile with Mr. Hallett in discharge of the duties of Assistant District Attorney, conducting preliminary hearings before the United States Commissioners and the Grand Jury while Mr. Hallett held the office. In that practice he became proficient in shipping and in admiralty jurisprudence, and acquired his taste for that branch of the law. It was that which probably led him to remove to the seaport of Gloucester, when he began his successful practice there. "

In May, 1857, Mr. Thompson located in Gloucester, where he built up a very successful general law practice, which included office work of all kinds, the trying of cases in police courts, before trial justices, and in the Superior and Supreme Judicial Courts, his business being confined the first few years to the local courts of this city and to the justice courts of near-by towns. He proved himself a skilful advocate, and soon won a reputation as one of the foremost lawyers of the county. Possessing in an eminent degree a sound knowledge of common law and of the principles of jurisprudence, and endowed with a keen intellect and a well-balanced mind, he attained a rare success in his profession, and won the absolute confidence of his numerous clients.

In 1 87 1 and 1872 Mr. Thompson represented Gloucester at the General Court, where he served on important committees, and in the support or the defence of petitions presented often spoke in terms of eloquence and wit.

When the matter of selling the Old South Church property of Boston was brought before the House, he listened to the arguments of the petitioners, who urged its great value for business purposes, and to the opponents, who regarded the removal or destruction of the building as a sacrilege. Mr. Thompson strongly opposed the granting of the petition, and in an effective speech, in referring to the monetary value of the estate, said, "Mr. Speaker, I did not know before that land had got to be so high in Boston that the Lord cannot afford to own a corner lot." In 1874 Mr. Thompson was elected to the Mouse of Representatives of the United States Congress, and while there earned an excellent reputation. As chairman of the committee appointed to go to Florida to make investigations regarding the vote of that State in the Presidential election, he exercised great ability and impartiality; and, as an influential member of a committee to investigate and report the facts in certain disputed elections to the House, he performed his duties in a manner that commanded the respect of his political opponents. At the close of his term in Congress he resumed the practice of law, and continued it until his appointment to the bench of the Superior Court in 1S85 - a position which he held until his death. The manner in which he there performed the duties devolving upon him are well expressed by an associate upon the bench in these words: "As a judge, his conduct for impartiality, independence, and integrity, was above all praise. The high and the low, the rich and the poor, the humblest and the proudest, stood upon the same level before him; and to all alike, so far as he could control the final decisions of the court, even-handed justice was meted out. "

Gloucester, Monday evening, April 9, 1894, at which John Corliss, Esq., the presiding officer, made an eloquent address, and the Hon. William D. Northend, of Salem, delivered a brilliant eulogy. On June 29, 1894, at a session of the Superior Court held in Salem, a memorial of judge Charles P. Thompson, prepared by Messrs. Northend, Moody, Moulton, Herrick, Niles, and Saunders was presented to the Essex Bar Association, and was subsequently entered upon the records of the court. Elbridge Burley, Daniel Saunders, Henry P. Moulton, William H. Niles, and Justice Sherman also eulogized Judge Thompson on that occasion.

A printed rule of conduct, whose authorship has been ascribed to various persons, found in his desk at home shortly after his death, expresses in a few words religious principles that governed the judge: "I expect to pass through this life but once. If, therefore, there is any kindness I can show or any good thing that I can do to any fellow-being, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again."

On January 10, iS6i, Mr. Thompson married Miss Abby Herrick, of Gloucester. Of this union two children were born - Frank Ilallett Thompson and Grace Thompson.

AVID T. PORTER,* a successful dentist of Lawrence, whose home and office are at 258 I'lssex Street, was born in Taunton, Mass., July 8, 1827. A son of Thomas and Julia (Hathaway) Porter, he is a grandson of Benjamin Porter, of Freetown, who raised a company for the Revolutionary struggle. The family originated with an luiglishman, who, after his arrival in this country, received a grant of land ten miles long, some of which is still in the possession of the family. Benjamin and Betsey (Hathaway) Porter reared a family of nine children, five sons and four daughters, born between the years 1797 and 1817, all of whom grew to maturity. Two of the daughters, Ann and Eliza, were twins. The father died about the year 1830. The mother had passed away some time previously. Both lie in the Freetown Cemetery.

Thomas Porter, born in Freetown, Mass., April g, 1801, died September 16, 1881. He came to Lawrence in early manhood, and for many years held the position of foreman in the machine works of the Essex Company. His marriage to Julia Hathaway took place in 1827. The record of her family, which is one of the oldest in New England, is traced through six centuries of Old England's history. The wife of William Shakespeare is said to have been a scion of this family.

While Mrs. Julia Porter's great-grandfather was a Loyalist, and in command of a company of militia, his sons fought with the patriots in the struggle for independence. It is related that, when the Revolutionists came to take his stock, he and his men received them with three cheers for King George. Then, as they began to let down the bars to free the animals, he threatened to blow them into eternity; and they desisted. Thomas and Julia Porter had four children ; namely, David T., Anna, Fannie, and Harriet. Anna, now the Widow Grover, resides on North Andover Street in Lawrence. Fannie died soon after her marriage. Harriet is the wife of Frederick Clark.

David T. Porter was educated in the common schools. When twenty years of age, he began to learn the machinist's trade under his father, and subsequently fallowed it for about six years. Having duly studied at the Boston Dental College, he was graduated in 1874.

He had previously started in the dental business on May 26, 1858, more than forty years ago. In 1869 he built the Porter Block, numbers 256, 258, 260, and 262 Essex Street, a four-story brick structure, of fifty feet front and eighty feet deep, having two large stores on the ground floor.

The first of Dr. Porter's t\yo marriages was contracted December 7, 1856, with Julia A. Joy, who was born January 5, 1834, in Stark, Me. She died in her twenty-second year, leaving no children. His second marriage, on December 11, 1870, united him with Susan Amy Woodbury, a daughter of Benjamin and Sarah (Emery) Woodbury, of Salem, N. H. Mr. Woodbury was killed on a railroad in New Hampshire only seven days after his daughter's marriage, when he was sixty-five years of age. His five children, of whom Mrs. Porter is the youngest, are all living. His widow died in May, 1897, aged eighty-seven years. Both were buried in Salem, N. H., where his life was spent as a farmer. Mrs. Porter was educated in the schools of Salem. She has no children. Leonora Smith, a cousin who has been adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Porter, has lived with them since she was seven years old. Mr. Porter is a Master Mason and a member of the Model Club. He also belongs to the Home Club, which comprises one hundred and sixty of the best citizens of Lawrence.

;^OHN SPALDING STARK,* who carried on a thriving meat and provision business in Ballardvale, Andover, was born in this town, September 10, 1845. His parents were William D. and Martha A. (Perry) Stark. His father was a native of Middlesex village, now a part of Lowell, Mass.; and his mother was born in New Hampshire. His paternal grandfather was a

William D. Stark resided in Vermont until lie was twenty-one years old, and in 1S42 he settled in Ballardvale. He was in early life a carpenter, but abandoned that occupation for the purpose of engaging in the meat and provision business, which he followed for the rest of his life. His wife was related to the Tenneys, of Lexington, Mass., some of whom were minute-men in 1775. She became the mother of three children, namely: Caroline E., wife of Arthur Butler; John S., the subject of this sketch; and another son, who died young.

John Spalding Stark acquired a commonschool education; and, after completing his studies, he entered his father's store as an assistant. He has conducted business on his own account for the past twenty-five years, and is known and respected as an enterprising merchant and a public-spirited citizen. For eleven years he has been Cajitain of the fire department. He has served upon the Board of Engineers for si.x years, and is at the present time a member of the Board of Selectmen. In politics he is a Republican. He is connected with Andover Lodge, L O. O. F., and the Royal Arcanum, and is a member of the Congregational church.

Mr. Stark married Ellen Fletcher, daughter of John and Bathsheba Fletcher. Sixchildren have been born of this union, and five of them are living, namely: Martha E. , wife of E. R. Lawson; John VV. ; Ada E. ; Sarah J. ; and Frederic S. Stark.

F. R. BIRON, M.D.,* a popular physician of 7\mesbury, was born in Sherbrooke, P.O. He concluded his general education at St. Charles College,

Sherbrooke, and was subsequently graduated from the Montreal School of Medicine. Beginning the practice of his profession at Skowhegan, Me., he remained there six years, and was very successful ; but the necessity of riding much of the time over rough country roads in all varieties of weather caused his health to suffer. In February, 1896, he went to Cincinnati, where he took a post-graduate course, also studying in the hospitals. Coming then to Amesbury, he has since been engaged in practice here, and through his practical skill and up-to-date knowledge of his profession has made a very favorable impression. He is a member of the Maine Medical Association, the Massachusetts Medical Association, and the Amesbury Medical Society. He belongs also to Amesbury Lodge, A. O. U. W.

Dr. Biron was married February 25, 1892, to Miss Mary Louise Clarke Fales, of Foxboro, Mass., daughter of a prominent citizen of that town. His children are: Mary Louise, Hubert Francis, and Elise Fales.

"ff^AMES DURGIN, a former shoe manufacturer of West Newbury, was born in tliat town, November 4, i S08, son of Nicholas and Mary (Foster) Durgin. Nicholas Durgin, a native of Durham, N.H., prosperously followed agriculture in West Newbury for a number of years. He lived to be seventy-five years old. His wife, Mary, died at the age of ninety years.

Having acquired a common-school education in his native town, James Durgin at the age of fourteen years was hired as a farm assistant. Six months later he entered upon an apprenticeship at the shoemaker's trade with Dudley Heath in West Newbury, and remained with him six years, receiving his board, clothing, and three months' schooling each year. He subsequently worked at his trade in Hampstead, N.H., for eight years, and then returned to West Newbury to take charge of a shoe factory carried on by Benjamin Edmunds. Four years later he engaged in the shoe manufacturing business on his own account, continuing alone until the firm of Holsom, Bailey & Durgin was organized. During the two years of that firm's existence he acted as general superintendent of the factory, while his partners attended to the selling of the goods. He was next in partnership with Benjamin Edwards, Jr., for two years. Then, after carrying on business alone for a number of years, he established the firm of Durgin & Son. In 1886, after this firm had conducted a large and profitable business for over thirty years, he retired from active pursuits. During the Civil War J. Durgin & Son had a contract to furnish army shoes to the government. They introduced much new and improved machinery, which greatly increased their facilities.

In June, 1831, Mr. Durgin wedded Martha Heath, a daughter of John and Abigail Heath, of Hampstead, N. H. Mrs. Durgin has had three children, as follows: James Henry, born in 1833; John A., born in 1S38; and Charles W., born in 1848. John A. was in the hotel business in Bethlehem, N.H., at the time of his death, which occurred in 1890. Charles W. died in 1852. James Henry Durgin completed his studies at the academy in Gilmanton, N.H., and then engaged in business with his father. He is now carrying on a shoe factory in Haverhill, Mass., under the firm name of J. H. Durgin & Son. After his retirement from business Mr. Durgin resided upon his farm, which is situated near the village of West Newbury. In politics he supports the Republican party. He was connected with Ouascacunquen Lodge, No. 39,

Independent Order of Odd Fellows; and with Indian Hill Council, No. ii, Junior Order of United American Mechanics. For many years he was a Deacon of the Second Congregational Church, and he took an active interest in religious affairs. Mr. Durgin died on October 28, 1897, aged eighty-seven. His widow resides at the old homestead, which was their home for the past fifty years.

OHN NELSON COLE, of Andover, the editor and publisher of the Andover Weekly Townsman and the Lawrence Daily Telegram, was born in Groveland, Mass., November 4, 1863. He is a son of George S. and Nancy (Bodwell) Cole. The first members of the Cole family in this country came from England, and settled in Derry, N.H.; and its first representatives in Massachusetts moved from Derry to Boxford early in the seventeenth century. Ephraim F. Cole, John N. Cole's grandfather, one of a line of Boxford farmers, died in 1888, aged about seventy-eight. He married Miss Sarah Spofford, a member of one of the old Boxford families. She is now living in Boxford, and, though eighty-seven years old, is bright and active. Ten children were born to her, six of whom, five sons and a daughter, are yet living.

George S. Cole, who was born in West Boxford, has lived in Andover for the past forty years. For a number of years he was in business as a contractor and builder. He has served the people in a number of public offices, and has been Deputy Sheriff for some years. In the year 1859 he was married to Nancy Bodwell, of Boxford, niece of Asa M. Bodwell, one of the early settlers and large land-owners of Lawrence. They had five children, namely: Rebecca F. , now the wife of Richard Curdcn, residing in Lawrence; John Nelson, the subject of this biography; Emma L., the wife of Edward S. Gould, of Lawrence; Maud, residing with her parents in Andover; and George Warren, who died in New London, Conn., in 1894, being then but twenty-five years of age. A firstclass workman, George W. was sent to New London as supervising architect for a Boston firm. He left a widow and one daughter.

John Nelson Cole attended the common schools and the Punchard High School. At the age of fifteen he went to work in a store, and subsequently for some time he was office boy in the mill of M. T. Stephens & Sons in Andover. While in the employ of the Messrs. Stephens he was promoted to the responsible position of paymaster, which he held four years. In 1887 he started in the printing and publishing business, bringing out the Andover Townsman ; and in 1896 he purchased the Lawrence Telegram. Under his management the circulation of the latter paper has increased from thirteen hundred to over five thousand. Mr. Cole is one of the busiest men in Andover, and, though a young man, he has accomplished more than many who are well advanced in life. Li the columns of his journals he advocates sound morals and high principles, and he lives up to his teaching.

On September 22, 18S6, Mr. Cole was married to Minnie White Poor. They have three children - Abbie Beth, Margaret, and Philip Poor, aged respectively ten, eight, and si.x years. Mr. Cole votes the Republican ticket. At present he is a member of the Andover School Board. In the Masonic fraternity he is a Master, and he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. The family has a pleasant home at 8 Locke Street, which he erected in 1893.

RANCIS M. ANDREWS,* who has been the efficient sujjerintcndent of the Manchester Water Works since they were started in 1S91, was born at Marblehead, Mass., May 16, 1847, his parents being Augustus and Rebecca (Clotman) Andrews. His father was a native of Essex, Mass., and his mother of Marblehead, both representing old and respected families. The father, who was a farmer by occupation, died nearly twentyfive years ago.

Francis M. Andrews resided in Marblehead with his parents until about twelve years of age. The family then removed to Hamilton, Mass., where he lived until he reached his majority. His education was obtained in the common schools of Marblehead and Hamilton. In his twenty-fourth year he entered the employ of the city of Salem as second engineer of the pumping station, which position he filled for some time. Subsequently going to Natick, he became engineer there of the pumping station of the Natick Water Works. Later he was in the employ of Henry R. Worthington, of New York, and of the New England Water Works Syndicate, resigning this last position to become superintendent of the Manchester Water Works. He has satisfactorily fulfilled the duties of the position, and given evidence of exceptional ability in his chosen line of work.

Mr. Andrews married Susan N. Huntoon, of Salem, Mass. She has borne him four children - Rebecca T., Frederick H., Eleanor C, and Francis M., Jr. Mr. Andrews is a member of the Odd P^ellows Lodge at Natick, also of the Royal Arcanum of that place, and of Rebecca Lodge, I. O. O. Y., at Manchester. He has won the respect and esteem of the community in general since coming to Manchester, and has made many warm friends here.

kOSES PRAY,* formerly a wellknown blacksmith of West Newbury, who died in 1893, at the age of sixty-four years, was born in Newburyport in 1829. His father, Rufus Pray, who was a native of Sanford, Me., followed the ice business in Amesbury, Mass., for a number of years. Moses Pray, grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was a lifelong resident of Maine.

Moses Pray attended school in Newburyport and Oldtown. When si.xteen years old, he was apprenticed to J. & E. Gerry, of Newburyport, to learn the blacksmith's trade. He was subsequently employed as a journeyman by different parties for several years, and finally settled upon a farm situated five miles west of Newburyport, on the middle road to Georgetown. He continued to work at his trade in connection with tilling the soil for the rest of his life. He attended the old Parish Congregational Church, and in politics acted with the Democratic party. In 1852 Mr. Pray was joined in marriage with Sarah E. Wellman, who survives him. She is a daughter of John G. and Eliza Wellman, of Searsmont, Me. Her father was a prosperous farmer, and lived to be eighty-four years old. Her grandfather, Samuel Wellman, who was a native of Bremen, Me., received a pension from the United States government for his services in the Continental army during the Revolutionary War. His widow was retained upon the pension list until her death.

Mrs. Pray has had six children, as follows: Charles G., born in 1854, who is now residing in Newburyport; George W. and Georgia A., twins, who were born in 1856, and died in infancy; Ellen ¥., born in 1S61, who was educated in the West Newbury common and high schools, and resides with her mother; Bessie Anna, born in 1863, who also resides

LARENCE IRVING ALLEN,* the City Messenger of Lynn since January, 1S93, was born in this city, October 25, 1854. A son of Daniel W. Allen, he belongs to an old and respected family of this part of Essex County. The paternal grandfather, Ezekiel Allen, a lifelong resident of Lynn and one of its early shoemakers, was prominent in religious circles, and one of the founders of the Second Universalist Church. Born in 1800, he died in 1879, nearly fourscore years old.

Daniel W. Allen, who has passed his seventy years of life in Lynn, occupies a place among its most respected citizens. He worked at the shoemaker's trade until 1S61, when he was elected City Messenger, an office which he had satisfactorily filled for three years, when he resigned in 1864, to enlist in defence of the Union. He served in the Civil War until the expiration of his term of enlistment with Company D, Eighth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, being mustered out in December of the same year. F'rom 1865 to 1895 he was engaged in the manufacture of shoes for the New England trade, carrying on a substantial business. Since that time he has lived retired from active pursuits, enjoying in his declining years the reward of his previous toil. He was a member of the State legislature in 1895 and 1896, representing the Nineteenth Essex District. In the legislature, besides serving in the committees on Street Railways and Prisons, he was one of a special committee sent to Chattanooga and Chickamauga to assist at the dedication of the national cemeteries. His

Clarence Irving Allen acquired his early education in the Lynn public schools, which he attended regularly until fifteen years of age. His first steady employment was that of clerk in a grocery store. Leaving that position, he learned the shoemaker's trade, and afterward the trade of a shoe cutter. Having become proficient in the latter, he was fortunate enough to secure a position as cutter in the shoe factory of Morgan & Dore, with whom he afterward remained for eighteen years. He was subsequently employed in the same capacity for four years by different firms. In 1893 he was elected to the office of City Messenger, his present position.

Mr. Allen is a Republican in politics, and active in all public affairs of the city. In 1890, 1 89 1, and 1892 he represented Ward Five in the Common Council, serving in the committees on Fire, Printing, and Public Grounds. He was made an Odd Fellow in Providence Lodge, No. 171; is a charter member of Euphrates Senate, No. 362, K. A. E. O. ; and a charter member and Past Chancellor of Abraham Lincoln Lodge, No. 127, K. of P., and has been a representative to the Grand Lodge.

KLINT WESTON,* a farmer of Georgetown, Mass., the son of Samuel and Mehitable (Covvdry) Weston, was born in Georgetown in 1807. His father was born in Reading, Mass., in 1768. He was a cooper by trade, but was engaged in farming. He married Mehitable, a daughter of Nathaniel Cowdry, of Reading.

During the winter he works at shoemaking. He was married in 1S30 to Caroline M., a daughter of Joseph Hardy, of Bradford. Mr. and Mrs. Weston have had four children: Charles H., born in 1S32, who married Aurelia Adams, of Bradford, and is now engaged in farming; Charlotte Howard, born in November, 1832, who married George Marcy, of Bradford, and is now deceased; John B., born in 1837, a carriage-maker by trade, who enlisted in 1861, and was killed in the battlefield; and Bartlett H., born in Georgetown in 1840. The last-named was educated at Topsfield Academy and Dartmouth College, graduating from the latter institution in 1864. He then taught until 1893, when he entered the ministry of the Congregational church, and is now located in Dunstable, Mass. He married Sarah, daughter of Benjamin S. Dodge, of Rowley.

EREMIAH HEALY,* coal dealer, a popular citizen of Newburyport, was born here, P'ebruary 25, 1868. His father, Patrick Healy, came to this city at the age of four. He was a machinist by trade, and was a resident here until his death by an accident at the early age of thirty-two.

Jeremiah Healy was the second of five children, and was educated in the grammar and high schools of his native city. He left school to enter the employ of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company, starting as office-boy, and being promoted to the position of book-keeper. Leaving this company after some years, he then learned the printing business with the Pxonomy Printing Company, and was afterward with Henry M. Cross for one year. He was next associated with P. H. Creasey some seven or eight years, at the end of which time he bought out his partner's agency in May, 1895. Mr. Healy, however, ships his coal direct, runs his own barges, and owns sheds on the wharf, handling between four and five thousand tons of coal yearly.

He is a Democrat in politics, and was on the Common Council from Ward Five for four successive years, 1892-96, becoming an Alderman in 1S97. He is a member of the M. C. O. Foresters, and Chief Ranger; and of the Fr. Lennon Benevolent Association, of which he was president at one time. He is also a member of the B. 1'. O. Elks and of the American Yacht Club and the Sherman Club.

rr^^l'ON. JOSIAH CHASE BENNETT, a real estate dealer of Lynn and one of the city's best known men, was born May 6, 1835, in Sandwich, Carroll County, N.H. A son of Simon and Mary Fogg (Chase) Bennett, both also natives of Sandwich, he is a direct descendant of Samuel Bennett, who came from England to America in 1635 on the ship "James," and afterward located in Lynn. It is to be inferred that Samuel was a man of some prominence, as, under date of 1639, his name appears on the roll of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston. On the mother's side Mr. Bennett is a descendant of Aquila Chase, who came from England and settled in Hampton about the year 1640, and of Thomas Chase, Aquila's son, who served in King Philip's War in 1675.

Mr. Bennett's great-grandfather, Stephen Bennett, Sr. , who for seven years was a Drummajor in the Revolutionary War, was frozen to death in Moultonboro, N.H., on Lake Winnipesaukee. Stephen Bennett, Jr., the grandfather, who was born in Moultonboro, after learning the cooper's trade, settled in the neighboring town of Sandwich, where he spent the rest of his days. Simon ]5ennett passed his life among the hills of the Granite State, chiefly occupied in farming. For many years he was connected with a company of the New Hampshire State militia as drummer, having been instructed in the use of the drum by his grandfather, the Revolutionary hero.

Like most farmers' sons of his time, Josiah Chase Bennett acquired his education in the public schools, remaining in Sandwich until he was si.xteen years of age. Then, in September, 1 85 1, he came to Massachusetts, spent some time in Danvers, and finally secured his first regular employment from F. P. Merriam & Co., of Middleton. Later he was employed by Frank Dane & Co., of Danvers, with whom he remained four years, and subsequently was engaged in the hatter's business in Boston on his own account for a few years. Then he was obliged to give up all active occupation for a while, owing to poor health, during which time, however, he busied himself with the art of photography. In 1S65 he came to Lynn, and during the next three years he travelled extensively for the American Shoe Tip Company, acquiring a practical knowledge of the shoe business. Then he began the manufacture of shoes, following it successfully thereafter for over twenty years. In 1892 he retired from the shoe trade, and embarked in the real estate l3ubiness, which he is carrying on at the present time, being an extensive dealer in city and suburban property.

Although his private interests absorb a good deal of his time, Mr. Bennett has found sufficient leisure to be a leader in the Republican party. He was the first president of the Lynn Republican Club, and for several years afterward he served as its president or vicepresident. He is also an active member of three other prominent Republican Clubs - the Massachusetts, the Middlesex, and the Essex. The Oxford Club also numbers him among its members. Outside Lynn he belongs to the Boston Home Market Club, the Boston Merchants' Association, and to the Society of Colonial Wars. In 1892 he was a delegate to the Republican national convention. He was the State Senator from Lynn in 1885, representing the First Essex Senatorial District, and was re-elected to the Senate in 1897. Also earnestly interested in religious work, he is a useful member of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church. He was married at Rochester, N.H., February 5, 1865, to Miss Nancy Louisa Richardson, of that town, a daughter of Captain Ephraim Richardson and Procinda (Thorpe) Richardson.

/ SJeORGE SANBORN, of Lawrence, was \ f^T employed as a carpenter and woodworker by the Essex Company for fifty-two years. Born November 5, 1823, in Epping, N.H., he was a son of Zebulon and Betsey (Hill) Sanborn, both of whom were natives of New Hampshire. The father, son of Daniel Sanborn, whowas a farmer in humble circumstances, was born in Rockingham, N.H., about 1793, and died in Epping at ninety. A most capable farmer, he acquired a fair property, having started on a rented farm. Of his thirteen children, twelve - eight sons and four daughters - reached maturity. Three sons and two daughters are now living, namely: Sally, who is the widow of Prescott Chase, is now nearly eighty years old, and resides in Epping; George, the subject of this biography ; Rufus and Charles, residents of Ncwfield, N.H. ; and Abbie, now Mrs. Norris, residing in Haverhill. Daniel, born in 1811, who became a carriage-maker,

George Sanborn's boyhood was passed on his father's farm in New Hampshire. He received a good common-school education. At eighteen he began a three years' apprenticeship at carriage-making with his brother Daniel. On July 18, 1845, after working at his trade for one season in Worcester, he entered the employ of the Essex Company, being required to do repairing and all their outside work in wood. For the last forty years of his life he was the superintendent of outside affairs, hiring the men and supervising the work. Though he did not go to the war, he paid the cost of procuring a substitute. One of the incorporators of the Lawrence Lumber Company, he was a stockholder from its formation. As the superintendent he had much responsibility, having from sixteen to twenty men in his charge during the winter and as high as one hundred and fifty in the summer. Lately he had the assistance of his son.

In 1848 Mr. Sanborn married Sarah Norton, of Buxton, Me. Twin children were born to them, but they died in infancy. At her death Mrs. Sanborn left no living children. Mr. Sanborn was again married in 1855 to Jane Blair, of Barnet, Vt. A son and daughter have blessed this union - George A. and Genevieve. George A., a carpenter, who has succeeded to his father's position in the employment of the Essex Company, is married and has one son, Waldo Harvey Sanborn, now eight and a half years old. Genevieve is the wife of William A. McCrillis, of Boston, and has a son aged ten years. A Republican in politics, Mr. Sanborn has served in the city government for four years, two as Councilman and two as Alderman. For about seventeen years he was a member of the fire department, serving in tiie capacities of foreman and engineer. He died on March 8, 189S. The family reside at TJ Bradford Street, in the house which he built at the time of the war.

March 3, 1S69, son of John M. and Hannah S. (Kimball) Palmer. His grandfather was John Palmer, Jr., who was born in 1780, married Sarah Merrill, of Georgetown, and died in 1867; and his great-grandfather was John Palmer, Sr. , a native of Bradford, Mass.

John M. Palmer, his father, was born in 1823. He learned the carpenter's trade, which was his principal calling through life; and he was a skilful and reliable mechanic as well as a worthy and upright citizen. He resided in Georgetown. His wife, Hannah S. Kimball, was a daughter of Josiah and Hannah (Ross) Kimball. The Kimball family of Ijiswich are descendants from three brothers, who emigrated from England. Mrs. John M. Palmer's maternal grandfather, Thomas Rose, was a member of an Ipswich company that served in the Revolutionary War. Her paternal grandfather was Jeremiah Kimball, of Ipswich.

Henry K. Palmer was educated in the common schools of Georgetown. When his studies were completed, he entered the employ of I. F. Carter, a manufacturing druggist, for whom he worked three years; and during the succeeding four years he was with the Georgetown Boot & Shoe Company. He next engaged in the retail clothing trade; and, after carrying on business for a year, he in 1895 became the agent of the American Express Company in this town.

Politically, Mr. Palmer supports the Republican i)arty ; and he takes an active interest in local public affairs. He was elected to the Board of Selectmen in 1895, was re-elected the following year, was an Assessor for the same time, and has served in the fire department for the past ten years.. He is a member of Charles C. Dame Lodge, F. & A. M. ; of Protection Lodge, No. 147, I. O. O. F. ; and of the Union Social Club of Georgetown.

SCAR GOWEN,* a prosperous dairy farmer of West Newbury, is a native of this town, born in 1851 upon the farm that he now owns and occupies. He is a son of Ezekiel and Hannah P. (Colby) Gowen. His grandfather, Ezekiel Gowen, first, was a lifelong resident of Maine.

Ezekiel Gowen, second, father of Oscar, was born in Alfred, Me., in 1806. When a young man, he settled in West Newbury. He was engaged in the fish business, and also followed agriculture during his active period. He died in 1879. His wife, Hannah, was a daughter of Benjamin Colby, of Newburyport. -Oscar Gowen passed his boyhood and youth upon the farm, and was educated in the district schools. He followed shoemaking for three years, and for several years thereafter was engaged in driving a fish wagon through Haverhill, Merrimac, Groveland, and South Groveland, After his father's death he succeeded to the possession of the homestead, and has since devoted his time to dairy farming and the breeding of fancy poultry. He served as Road Commissioner five years. In 1885 Mr. Gowen married Ella O. Carr, daughter of Prentiss and Laura Carr, of Danville, Vt.