Essex Town (part 26 of 26)

Hiram N. Harriman began his education in the common schools, later attending successively the Bradford Academy and the Putnam High School, Newburyport, where he was graduated in 1856. After pursuing a further course of study at Comer's Commercial College in Boston, he went to the State of Illinois, where he resided a short time. Returning to Georgetown in 1S62, he entered the United States recruiting service; and in July, 1864, he enlisted in an unattached company, under Captain John G. Barnes. He afterward re-enlisted in the same company, and in 1S65 was commissioned by Governor Andrew Brevet Captain to serve in the Sixty-second Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers, commanded by Colonel J. Harris Hooper. He was mustered out with that regiment; and upon his return to this town he engaged in the shoe manufacturing business, which he followed until 1S72. He was appointed a Constable by Governor Claflin, was reappointed by Governor Washburn, and served in that capacity for about three years. He then entered the newspaper business, which he continued to follow as long as he lived. Under his enterprising and judicious management the Advocate, an independent weekly journal, chronicling the local, county. State, and national news, had a large circulation throughout this section. In politics Mr. Harriman was a Republican. In all matters relative to the welfare and improvement of the town he took a lively interest. He was a trustee and a member of the Investment Committee of the Georgetown Savings Bank. He served as Town Clerk in 1877 and 1878, and thenceforth continuously from 1884; and at the time of his death he was Chief Engineer of the fire department.

In 1858 Mr. Harriman was united in marriage with Sarah A. Hardy, daughter of Nathan Hardy, of Groveland, Mass. Mrs. Harriman is the mother of two children: Augustus, born in 1866; and Mary L., born in 1872. Augustus was educated in the common schools, and was a printer in the office of the Advocate. Mary L. is a graduate of the Georgetown High School, and is residing at home.

Mr. Harriman was a charter member and a Past Master of Charles C. Dame Lodge, F. & A. M. ; a member of King Cyrus Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, of Newburyport ; and of Haverhill Commandery, Knights Templar. In 1888 Grand Master Henry Endicott appointed him Deputy Grand Master of the Masonic District of Massachusetts, and he held that appointment for two years. He was also connected with Protection Lodge, No. 147, I. O. O. F. ; was president of the Union Club of Georgetown ; was a-Past Commanderof Everett Peabody Post, No. 108, G. A. R., and served as its Uuartermaster since 1884.

(sTTLBERT gushing TITCOMB, one li-il of the most highly esteemed citizens ' ''V.^ of Newburyport, son of the late Francis Titcomb and his wife, Sally Dodd Titcomb, was born in 183 1, and comes of a family famous in the founding and develop- mcnt of this town, and distinguished in the annals of the country as producing brave soldiers and erudite professional men, who have been always ready to give their best service for the country wherever needed. The first ancestor in America, Captain William Titcomb, came from Newbury, England, in 1634, on the ship "Hercules," and in company with the Rev. Thomas Parker, and other persons from the same neighborhood, settled on the banks of the Parker River, at a place called by the Indians Ouascacunquen, which they named Newbury, for their old home. He was a man of means and education, was made freeman in 1642, Selectman in 1646, and Representative to the General Court in 1655. In the long contest between the Rev. Mr. Parker and his parishioners in regard to church government, he supported the popular side; and, when the courts decided in favor of the pastor, Mr. Titcomb was fined.

The Titconibs early owned land in what is now the centre of the town, back of Oak Hill Cemetery, and on Greenleaf Street, where the B. & M. freight station stands; and in the course of time they had estates in parts of Byfield, West Newbury, and Newburyport. When the river front became the business centre, the Titcombs owned wharves and stores both below and above Market Square. William, for many years a revenue ofificer, was located just below where the customhouse now stands. Josiah was just above Market on Broadway, when it was in reality a broad way. He owned a splendid mansion at the head of what was then Titcomb's Wharf, and gave fashionable parties, at which silver punch bowls freely circled. This mansion was standing up to some forty years ago, when it was burned. Near by was the house of the gallant Colonel Moses Titcomb, and just opposite that the Hodge house, owned by

Michael Hodge, husband of Josiah Titcomb's daughter. On the east corner of Merrimack and Green Streets was the residence of General Jonathan Titcomb. On Market .Street was the home of the Hon. PLnoch Titcomb, the biithplace of generations of Titcombs. Samuel, after whom Titcomb Street was named, lived on State Street, where the John Carr house now stands; and he owned the whole square from High to Harris and from State to Green Streets, with the exception of Wolf Tavern. He was very wealthy, and had estates in West Newbury, Pelham, and Salem. The family has spread to nearly all parts of the country, and has produced men of superior abilities and noble hearts, men eminent in Church and State, and ever ready to champion the cause of truth and freedom.

Colonel Moses Titcomb, born in 1700, was son of William Titcomb, Jr., and his wife, Ann Cottle, one of the beauties of the town, who formerly lived in Cottle's Lane, now known as Bromfield Street. Colonel Titcomb marrieil Miriam Currier; and his daughter Miriam became the wife of Nicholas Tracy, whose house (in former times) is now the public library building. The Colonel had a blacksmith shop at the first wharf below Green Street. He was a man of fine physique; and when, during the siege of Louisburg, the soldiers needed amusement, he could beat any man in his regiment pitching quoits, could throw any one in wrestling, or e.xcel in lifting, and was as fearless as he was strong. Under General Pepperell's command he held commission as Major, and from his own means furnished a battery of five forty-two pounders, called Titcomb's battery. He returned from the victorious contest with high honors, bringing as a trophy the bomb-shell which now decorates the stone post at the corner of Middle and IndeiJcndent Streets. While di-

General Jonathan Titcomb, born in 1727, son of Josiah and Martha (Rolfe) Titcomb, was a highly distinguished officer in the Revolutionary War. He was Representative to the first legislature after the evacuation of Boston, and later was a member of the Constitutional Convention. He was first naval officer of the port of Newburyport, and was chairman of the Committee on Reception when Washington was here in 1790. General Titcomb lived to be about ninety years of age. He was a devoted Presbyterian, and was one of the founders of the Second Presbyterian Church, and always its most liberal friend, giving one thousand dollars toward the church building.

PZnoch Titcomb, born in 1752, son of Henry Titcomb, was a merchant in Newburyport. He served as a Representative in the legislature, also as a State Senator, and for twentyeight years in succession he was Town Treasurer, declining a re-election at the end of that time on account of failing health. Enoch Titcomb died in 1814, aged si.\ty-two years. His son Francis Titcomb, father of Mr. Albert C. Titcomb, married Miss Sallie Dodd, of Salem. He was a silversmith, learning the business under William Moulton. Of his seven children, Mr. Albert C. Titcomb is the only one now living.

Albert Gushing Titcomb attended the "monitorial" school, under Masters Coolidge, Caldwell, and Reed, graduating at the age of fourteen. Beginning life for himself, he was at first in the dry-goods store of Joseph F. Toppan on State Street, and then in Boston for two years. In 1849 he sailed for San Francisco in the brig "Charlotte,"' and reached the Golden Gate July 23 of that year. After spending two years in the mines, he went to Relejo, Central America, and invested in the hotel business and in the coffee trade between that port and San P'rancisco. When twenty years old, he came back to Newburyport, and went into the machine shop of the Bartlett Mills, agreeing to work six months without compensation while learning the trade. At the end of two months the agent of the company was so pleased with his skill and industry that he put his name on the pay-roll at forty-two cents per day. Later on he worked at this trade in Roxbury, and in the Old Colony Railroad machine shops until 1855, when he became travelling salesman for Robinson, Potter & Co., manufacturers of jewelry at Providence, R.I.

He has since been connected with the diamontl and jewelry business and has been located on the islands of St. Thomas and Curaqoa in the West Indies and in San Francisco. He has travelled extensively, having made the journey to California forty times, and having been in nearly every State in the Union. He is now retired from business, and lives on High Street, in one of the finest residences in the city. In 1890 Mr. Titcomb became treasurer of the Lamson Consolidated Store Service Company, which was at that time almost a bankrupt concern. He so managed its financial affairs as to clear the entire debt, and to put the business on a paying basis.

In politics Mr. Titcomb is a Republican. He has twice been Mayor of his native city. Many municipal reforms have been originated by him, among them being the reduction of tax rates and the remodelling of streets. He also removed the poorhouse from Federal Street, established the system of sewerage, and had the school buildings of the city thoroughly renovated. He was urged to accept the nomination for the Mayoralty in 1897, but declined to do so. Mr. Titcomb is a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church. While in San Francisco, he was one of the reincorporators of the Y. M. C. A. there, and one of the stanchest friends of the organization. He aided Mr. Moody, the evangelist, in raising a debt of eighty-three thousand dollars that lay on its property. Mr. Titcomb has been a member of the Nevvburyport Board of Trade, and he is at the present time a member of the State Board of Trade. Fraternally, he is a member of the Sons of the American Revolution; of St. John's Lodge, F. & A. M., of King Cyrus Chapter, and of Newburyport Commandery, K. T.

Mr. Titcomb has been twice married. His first wife, Ellen Graves, whom he married in i860, bore him two sons - Albert and William Graves. The last named, William Graves Titcomb, was for some time in the office of the Waltham Watch Company at Boston. He is now president of the New England Steam Brick Company of Providence, whose manufactory is at Nayatt, R.I. His wife, whose maiden name was Jessie Watson Shepard, is the daughter of John Shepard, of the well-known firm of Shepard, Norwell & Co., Boston. Their third child, Richard Spofford Titcomb, is named for an intimate friend of the subject of this sketch, the late Richard S. Spofford, who died in 1888, and is survived by his gifted wife, Harriet Prescott Spofford. Mrs. Ellen Graves Titcomb died in 1882; and two years later Mr. Titcomb married Hitta Louise, the accomplished daughter of Amos C. Clement, of Plaistow, N. H. By this union there is one son, Albert Clement, and a daughter, Ruth.

Mr. Titcomb's popularity with the residents of his own town is attested by the enthusiasm manifested whenever he has been a candidate for public honors among them. When he was electetl to the Mayoralty, he received a majority of five hundred and ninety-seven votes, which is the largest majority ever given to a Mayor of this city. He is of gentle and kindly disposition, possessed of large means, and is an active and public-spirited citizen, whose hand and heart are open to all unfortunates, and who has a pleasant smile for all whom he meets. There is no honor within their gift which his fellow-citizens would not gladly bestow upon him.

son of John and Mary (Knowles) Gurney. His paternal grandfather, Nathaniel Gurney, followed the trade of wheelwright in Newburyport for a number of years, and died here at the age of seventy. Nathaniel married Maria Hastings, who bore him twelve children, of whom two are still living. He attended the old Harris Street Presbyterian Church. John Gurney, son of Nathaniel and father of Orrin James, was a harness-maker by trade, and carried on business for some years in Newburyport. He died when between sixty and seventy years old. His wife Mary was a daughter of Jonatiian Knowles, of North Hampton, N.IL She was the mother of three children, two boys and a girl. She died when her son Orrin was but two years of age.

After a limited course of study in the common schools, Orrin J. Gurney began work at the age of eleven on a farm. He afterward worked for some time in the Ocean Cotton Mill. Subsequently, while still a youth, he was employed successively in a hat factory, a soap factory, and a barrel factory. When sixteen years old he was apprenticed to

Charles Brown, a carpenter, with whom he remained for five years. He then, in 1S73, opened a factory for the manufacture of wooden boxes, starting in a little one-story building on Kent Street. His business grew rapidly; antl in November, 1S80, he purchased the old Baptist church on Congress Street, which he enlarged by adding a second-story and adapted to factory purposes, and where he is at present located. He now employs a force of fourteen or fifteen hands, and manufactures both wooden and paper boxes.

A Republican politically, Mr. Gurney served formerly as Inspector and Clerk of his ward. In 1883 he was elected a member of the Common Council. The next year he served on the Board of Aldermen. For five consecutive years, beginning with 1887, he was a member of the Council, which he left in 1892 to become Mayor of the city. This latter office he held for four years - a longer term than that served by any previous Mayor of Newburyport. During his administration he effected many important reforms. Among others he obtained a charter for the Newburyport Water Company, compelling the old company to sell at a price to be determined by a commission. He also cleared the city of the houses of bad repute, in spite of strong opposition from an element that claimed such an undertaking to be impracticable. In 1S96 Mr. Gurney was defeated by a majority of but fifty-six. He was, however, unanimously elected Park Commissioner, and was chairman of the board for three years.

A prominent Free Mason, Mr. Gurney was Marshal of his lodge for seven years, High Priest of the chapter for two years, and Commander of Newburyport Commandery, K. T. , in 1894-95, attending the triennial convention at Boston. The Newburyport Commandery was really the first to be formed in this country, although recorded as No. 3. It was instituted in 1795, but the original charter was lost. Mr. Gurney belongs to St. John's Lodge, A. F. & A. M. ; Cyrus Chapter, R. A. M. ; Newburyport Commandery, K. T. , No. 3; and Amesbury Council, R. & S. M. ; also to Newburyport Lodge, Riverside Commandery, No. 52, U. O. G. C. (of which he has been a member sixteen years, and Newburyport Lodge, No. 512, K. of H. In 1895 Mr. Gurney became the first president of the Veteran Firemen's Association, which was then formed. In March, 1873, he married Miss Abbie A. Hunter, daughter of Michael Hunter, of Newburyport.

OHN W. ALLEN, a well-known grocer of Newburyport, was born March 29, 1845. II'S great-grandparents on the maternal side of the family were carried off by the Indians, and were never heard from again. Their son, William Perry, was born in Newbury, near Turkey Hill. The loss of his parents in his childhood left him without a home, and he was bound out to the town. When of age, he enlisted, and took part in the Revolutionary War. He died soon after the close of the war. His wife, in maidenhood Eleanor Poore, lived to be ninety years old. They had two children.

Of English birth, John W. Allen came from Yarmouth, England, when a boy. He was the eldest of the family, which comprised three sisters and five brothers. A farm of one hundred acres in Newbury was his home until within the last twelve years. He owned sixteen cows, dealing largely in dairy products, and having a large milk business. Oftentimes, unable to procure reliable help, he was obliged to carry on the farm entirely unaided. The care proved too much for him ; and he removed to town, where he built himself a handsome residence on High Street. Mr. Allen has always been active in town politics. He was in the Common Council in 1890-91, and an Alderman in 1892-93. He has been chairman of various committees, and a member of fifteen at different times. That Mr. Allen is a popular man is shown by the large number of votes always cast for him, and the frequency of his nomination for different offices. He belongs to the Mutual Benefit Association, Merrimac Lodge, No. 31, A. O. U. W., of Newburyport. Also connected with the First Parish Congregational Church since the year 1876, he has been its treasurer and collector; and he has served on the Parish Committee. He married first Mary E. Plummer, of Newbury, on November 26, 1867. His second wife, Sarah E., whom he married June 15, 1884, was a sister of the first. There are three daughters - Elizabeth P., Caroline Frances, and Edith Greenleaf, all at home.

I^ARNARD STANVVOOD, a retired I ^"TS farmer of Gloucester, was born in this city, July 15, 1815, son of Barnard and Hannah B. Stanwood. The family has been identified with Gloucester since 1653; and the subject of this sketch is a descendant in the seventh generation of Philip Stainwood, who came to Gloucester in 1653, served as a Selectman in 1667, and died here in 1672. He had four sons and four daughters. Philip Stainwood, second, the ne.xt in the line, was twice married. His son Philip, third, born in 1690, was the father of Job, who changed the spelling of the name to its present form. Job Stanwood lost his left arm in the expedition against Louisburg, and was granted a pension by the General Court.

lie married Hannah Byles, and his son Zebu- Ion was Barnard Stanwood' s grandfather. Zebulon Stanwood owned a large farm located at Stanwood's Point. His business was farming and building vessels. He was twice married, and by his first wife, whose maiden name was Mary Rust, he had eight children; namely, Zebulon, Theophilus, Theodore, VVinthrop, Job, Solomon, Mary, and Hannah. By his second union there were no children.

Barnard Stanwood went to live with his grandfather when quite young, his father having been lost at sea. At the age of twentythree he inherited a part of his grandfather's farm, which he cultivated successfully for many years, or until appointed superintendent of the almshouse. The affairs of that institution he managed with ability for thirteen years. Purchasing a farm of thirty acres on Washington Street, he carried it on until the growth of the city made it advantageous for him to subdivide his property into house lots; and in that way he has disposed of a greater part of it. Under the old town government he was several times elected Overseer of the Poor, and was chairman of the Committee on Public Property. He served as Chief Engineer of the fire Department in the days when hand engines were in use, and has been a member of the 15oard of Assessors under the city government. He is a charter member of Ocean Lodge, I. O. O. F., and Cape Ann Encampment, and has repeatedly occupied the important chairs in the first-named body. In his religious belief he is a Universalist.

Mr. Stanwood married for his first wife Harriet Knowlton, and for his second her sister, Mary Knowlton. By his first marriage he had two children - Harriet N. and James Albert; and by his second he has two sons - John J. and Frank. James Albert died young. Harriet N. married Daniel Fuller, of Swampscott, and died a few years later, leaving two children. She was a graduate of the Salem Normal School. John J. Stanwood, who was born in July, 185 1, is in the fish business. He married F'annie Proctor, daughter of George Proctor, editor of the Gloucester Daily Times, and has two children: Barnard, born in 1890; and Marjorie, born in 1892. Frank Stanwood, who was born October 28, 1853, was with his brother for several years, or until i8go, when he bought a wharf. He is now carrying on business on his own account. He deals in all kinds of dried, pickled, smoked, and boneless fish, and has a specialty known as sandwich halibut. He married Maggie, daughter of Martin Evans, of Rockport, and has one son, Daniel B., who was born in April, iSg6. Mrs. Mary K. Stanwood died in October, 1896.

Frank Stanwood is a prominent member of Tyrian Lodge, F. & A. M. ; and of William Person Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; a Past Grand of Ocean Lodge, L O. O. F. ; and Past Chief Patriarch of Cape Ann Encampment. He is now serving as High Priest of that order.

/^^TlT.BERT H. KITTREDGE, crockery \ 5T merchant, a prominent business man of Lawrence, Mass., was born in North Tewksbury, this State, on July 1 1, 1848, son of Henry A. and Mary (Clark) Kittredge. His first ancestor in this country, and probably the ancestor of most, if not all, of the Kittredges in the United States, was John Kittredge, who came from England with his mother, and settled in Billerica, Mass., where he died on October 18, 1676. He was a ]ihysician and farmer, and was Selectman in 1653. The earliest book of records speaks of him as "Dr. John Kittredge, on whom the healing art had descended and had come down through many generations." The different branches of the family are traced in the records of Billerica.

Dr. John Kittredge, second, son of the immigrant, died in Billerica in 17 14, at the age of forty-nine. His grave is in the Smith burial-ground in Tewksbury. The next in line, Dr. John, third, who died in 1762, at the age of seventy-two, was buried by the side of his father. Then came Dr. John Kittredge, fourth, who died in Andover, aged about si.\ty-eight years, and whose descendants are still living in that town. He was twice married.

Dr. Benjamin Kittredge, son of the fourth Dr. John and his wife Mary, was born in Andover on March 7, 1740 or 1741, and died on January 18, 1822. His three half-brothers were: Thomas, John, and James or Jacob; and his half-sisters were Hannah and Susanna. Thomas was a distinguished physician and surgeon, and resided in Andover. John was a farmer on the old farm in that town. He was unmarried, and his maiden sisters lived with him. Dr. Benjamin Kittredge settled in Tewksbury. Although his progenitors were skilful physicians and surgeons, he was the first of the name who studied medicine in a professional school. He married Rebecca, daughter of John and Anne Ball._ She was born on July 12, 174/, and died on July 5, 1808. The children of Benjamin and Rebecca Kittredge were as follows: Benjamin, Jr., who was born on December 9, 1767, studied medicine with his father, practised for a while in Chester, N.H., and died on January 8, 1830; Rebecca, born August 22, 1769, died October 21 of the same year; John Ball, who was born in June, 1771, and died in February, 1848; Rebecca, second, born in December, 1772, died in 1847; Theodore, who was

Dr. Henry Kittredge, the seventh son of Dr. Benjamin, was distinguished for his surgical skill, as his ancestors had been. His practice extended through Tewksbury, Andover, Lowell, and Billerica. He married Naomi Pinkerton, daughter of William and Margaret (Brown) Pinkerton, of Tewksbury. She was born on July 15, 1790, and died on October 18, 1844. She was the mother of five children - Maria, Henry A., Margaret, Mary, and Julia. Maria, who was born on August 13, 181 2, and died on April 15, 1870, married Henry Griffin, of Andover, Mass. Margaret, who was born on January 22, 181S, and married Dr. William Gray, of Billerica, died in Washington, D. C, May 24, 1893. Mary Brown Kittredge was born on March 26, 1823, and died on January 11, 1865. She was the wife of Alpheus Trask, of Beverly. Julia A. Kittredge, who is the wife of Isaac Newton Goodhue, of Newton, Mass., was born on October 26, 1828. She is now in Minnesota.

Henry A. Kittredge, father of Gilbert H., was born in North Tewksbury, Mass., on August 19, T815. He was a volunteer in the late Civil War, and went to New Orleans with General B. F. Butler, where he died in the hospital on August 7, 1862. He was buried in Cypress Grove Cemetery. He was married in New York City on May 19, 1841, to Mary Clark, of Tewksbury. She was born on January 16, 1824, and died on August 26, 1896, having been the mother of nine children, by name Mary A., Henry C. , Sarah S. , Gilbert H., Lsabelle C. , John Ball, Theodore Augustus, Ellen May, and Clara Frances Kate. Mary A., who was born in Tewksbury on April 24, 1S43, died when about twelve years of age; and Henry C. , who was born on August 7,

1846, is the wife of Charles Morton, and resides in Boston. lsabelle Clark, who was born in Lowell on August 23, 1851, died in May, 1874, unmarried. John Ball Kittredge, who was born on March 4, 1854, died in July, 1854. Theodore Augustus, who was born in Lowell on March 22, 1855, is now in San Antonio, Te.v. He is unmarried. Ellen May, not married, was born in Lowell, April 5, 1857. Clara Frances Kate, who was born on Februarys, i86o, and died on September 4, 1864, was a child of remarkable sweetness and precocity.

Gilbert H. Kittredge was educated in the public schools of Lowell and .Salem, and at the age of fourteen took a course in Leavitt's Commercial College. He entered business life when only thirteen years of age, being employed as a clerk in a grocery store odd hours when out of school. After leaving school in his fifteenth year, he gave his full time to business, and was for some seven years in the same place. He lived with his mother up to 1 88 1, when he came to Lawrence. Here until 1889 he was in business as one of the firm of French, Puffer & Co. ; but in July, 1889, he succeeded the firm. Mr. Kittredge's fine store occujiies two whole floors and half of another at 389 Esse.\ Street. He carries a first-class line of goods and a larger stock than any other firm in the city, and possibly in the county, both of crockery and silver-plated ware. He employs about si.x workmen.

Mr. Kittredge resides at 9 Valley Street, where he purchased a house in 1S92. He was married at the age of twenty-three to Emily F. Hamilton, of Arlington, Mass. She died on September 24, 1874, at twenty-two years of age, leaving two children : Henry Clark Kittredge, who is a clerk in Lowell; and Emma May, who resides with her father. Mr. Kittredge was again married, on July 16, 18S4, to Margaret J. O'Neil, of Machias, Me., who was left an orphan at an early age By this marriage there are two children: Guy Hamilton, who was born on July 20, 1885; and Grace Mildred, who was born January g, 1889.

Mr. Kittredge is a Mason, a member of the Blue Lodge, an Odd Fellow, a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, of the Royal Arcanum, of the Pilgrim Fathers, and of the Sons of Veterans. In politics he is a Republican. For about eight years he has been a member of the Republican City Committee, and he is at present chairman of said committee. In 1893 and in 1894 he served on the Board of Aldermen. In religious views he is a Universalist, and believes in "deeds before creeds. "

'^ Council, was born in this city, October 30, 1859, son of Harvey and Lucy (Parsons) Wheeler. He traces his lineage back through his grandfather, Vinson (or P'inson) Wheeler, and his great-grandfather, Aaron Wheeler, to Moses Wheeler, without doubt the Moses, son of Jethro, Jr., and Sarah (Haraden) Wheeler, whose birth is recorded in the Gloucester registry.

and fifty pounds, about one hundred acres of land near Pigeon Cove, and that he had been in Newbury before 1695, and subsequently in Rowley, where he sold land in 1704. Jethro Wheeler, Sr., eventually removed to Maine; and it is supposed that he was killed by the Indians. His widow and children returned to Gloucester, and made their home on the north side of the Cape, at what is now Annisquam. From Coffin's History of Newbury we learn that David Wheeler, born in Salisbury, England, came from Hampton to Newbury in 1645, was married there a few years later, and had several children, one a son named Jethro, born in 1664. Savage says that Jethro Wheeler, of Rowley, son of David, married Hannah French, daughter of Edward, of Salisbury, and had a son Jethro, born in 1692. Mr. Percy W. Wheeler's grandfather, Vinson (or Finson) Wheeler, served under Peter Coffin in a skirmish at Coffin's Beach during the War of 18 12. Mr. Wheeler's mother, Mrs. Lucy Parsons Wheeler, belongs to an old Gloucester family. Her parents were William P. and Mary (Witham) Parsons, and her paternal grandfather was Thornas Parsons.

Percy W. Wheeler was educated in the public schools. When seventeen years old, he went to Merrimac, Mass., where he learned the trade of a carriage blacksmith; and, after working as a journeyman there for some time, he followed his trade in Haverhill for a short period. Returning to Gloucester in 1881, he was employed by Alexander McCurdy some five years, at the end of which time he established himself in the general blacksmithing business, which he carried on successfully for ten years. In 1897 he purchased the coal wharf formerly owned by Benjamin Spinney, and he is now dealing quite extensively in coal and wood. He served in the Common Council for the years 1SS6 and 1887, and, being again elected

Mr. Wheeler married Annie Ingersoll, daughter of Samuel Ingersoll, of Gloucester. She is a descendant of George Ingersoll, who came from Bedfordshire, England, and was in Gloucester in 1646, and of Josiah Ingersoll, who served in Captain Warner's company at the battle of Bunker Hill. Her maternal grandfather was Nathaniel Hadlock, who was taken prisoner during the War of 181 2, and confined in Dartmoor Prison. Mrs. Wheeler is the mother of three daughters, namely: Estelle, horn in i<S85; Ethel, born in 1887; and Mildred, born in 1S94.

Mr. Wheeler is a Past Master of the local lodge. Ancient Order of United Workmen, and is now serving as District Deputy Grand Master. He is closely identified with yachting in this locality, and is a commodore of the East Gloucester Yacht Club.

liORGE W. ROWELL, a well-to-do \J5 I resident of Amesbury, is a native of this town, son of George and Rebecca (Jones) Rowell. The genealogical record of the family has been difficult to trace with accuracy, but from the best information obtainable it is probable that Mr. Rowell's first ancestor in this country was an early settler in Esse.x County. The family is unquestionably of English origin. According to Savage's History, one Thomas Rowell was living in Salem, Mass., in 1649, and some years later - in 1651 and 1652 - was a resident of Ipswich. Mr. Rowell traces his ancestry directly to Valentine Rowell, who was probably a brother of Thomas. On November 14, 1643, Valentine Rowell was married in Salem to Joanna, daughter of Henry Pindar. They had a family of eight children. Philip

Rowell, son of Valentine, was born May 8, 1648; and, according to the diary of the Rev. William Wells, he was mail-carrier between Amesbury and Newburyport, and was killed by the Indians in Patten Hollow, July 7, 1690. This Philip married Sarah, daughter of the first Abram Morrill, by whom he had nine children, among them Jacob, the eldest, born August 15, 1669. Jacob Rowell married Hannah Barnard, of Andover, Mass. ; and the line was continued through his son Philip. This Philip Rowell kept a general store, transacted legal business, and was the owner of the Amesbury Iron Works and Nail I-'actory. A man of large means, he also engaged in private banking, acted as broker, exchanging the money of one Province for that of another, and was, in short, a typical "country squire" of Colonial days. He joined the Society of P'riends, and served as clerk of that organization in Amesbury. On October 10, 1719, he married Elizabeth Purrington, and had a large family, of whom Jacob, his third son, was great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch. Jacob, son of Philip and Elizabeth Rowell, was connected with the iron works, had large property interests in Amesbury, and also practised law to a limited e.\tent. He took a leading part in public affairs, and was one of the most prominent and influential residents of his day and locality. He married Anna Bu.xton, of Salem, and was the father of eight children. Jacob Rowell, son of Jacob and Anna and grandfather of George W. , adopted agriculture for his occupation, and was one of the wealthy men of Amesbury in his day. He married Abigail Jones, daughter of John Jones, a representative of a prominent Andover family; and his children were: John, Elizabeth, Jacob, Samuel, Charles, George, Abigail J., .Sarah, and Mary.

was a hardware merchant, an auctioneer, and also an extensive dealer in real estate. He possessed ample means, which were largely employed in developing the business prosperity of Amesbury; and he was quite prominent in local public affairs. He died at the age of fifty-two years. Plis wife Rebecca became the mother of three children - Georgiana Augusta, one son who died in infancy, and George VV., the subject of this sketch.

George W. Rowell was educated in the schools of Amesbury. Since reaching his majority, his time has been chiefly devoted to the management of his property, which includes, besides his Amesbury estate, five cottages at Salisbury Beach. Mr. Rowell is deeply interested in local history and genealogy. He has given considerable attention to the tracing of his own family record, as briefly embodied in this article.

chief magistrates who have presided over the affairs of this municipality. He was born here November i, 1851, son of Philip H. and Mary Ann (Hinchey) Curtis. His father, who is a native of Bristol, England, came to this country when he was eighteen years old, and has since resided in Newburyport. A hatter by trade, Philip B. Curtis followed that calling here successively as a journeyman and foreman for some years. Subsequently he became a member of the firm for which he worked, and which afterward conducted the Curtis Hat Manufactory. Upon the dissolution of the firm, when its lease of the shop was forfeited in consequence of an explosion on the premises, he engaged with the New York Biscuit Company as agent, and thereafter represented them in that capacity on the road for twelve years. He was still in the employment of the New York firm when he opened a retail meat market in Newburypoit. This venture having prospered, he later added general provisions to his stock in trade, and after another interval opened a department for wholesale trade. The business, which has become one of the largest of the kind in the town, is still actively conducted by the proprietor, now in his sixty-fifth year. He has served the community as an Overseer of the Poor, is a member of the Episcopal church, and is held in the highest regard by his townsmen. His wife, who is a daughter of John Hinchey, of London, PIngland, has borne him three children - Philip J., Louisa, and Andrew R. Louisa is now the wife of a Mr. Ordway, of Boston.

Andrew R. Curtis received his elementary education in the common schools of Amesbury, this county. He afterward attended the high school, from which he graduated in due course. At the close of his school-days he took service aboard a merchant vessel, and thereafter was engaged in seafaring for seven years. Then, abandoning the sea, he engaged in the manufacture of hats, and has prosperously followed that business since. In January, 1S80, he married Ella M. Flanders, of Bradford, Mass., and is now the father of three children. These are: Aaron, a pupil of the Newburyport High School; George, also attending school; and Charles. Mr. Curtis has been a prominent member of the Republican party for many years. He was a member of the Common Council, serving in the capacity of president of that body; and he also rendered valuable services to the city on the Board of Aldermen. In 1S95 his fellow-citizens deemed him the fittest person to intrust with the chief magistracy, and he was accordingly elected to that office. His administration of the city's affairs throughout the ensuing year was so good that his candidacy for a second term was unopposed by the I3emocratic party in i8g6, when he was triumphantly re-elected. He is a member of the Veteran Firemen's Association ; and as Mayor of the city he was chairman, cx-officio, of the Park Commission and the Public Library Board of Trustees.

iHARLES IL HILDRETH, M.D.,* was for many years a popular and successful physician of Gloucester. The youngest of the seven children of the Rev. Hosea and Sarah (McCloud) Hildreth, he was born in Gloucester in 1825. His immigrant ancestor came from the northern part of lingland to Massachusetts, and on May 10, 1643, was made a freeman in the part of Woburn now called Chelmsford. His greatgrandson, Timothy Hildreth, the grandfather of Charles H., removed to Vermont.

The Rev. Hosea Hildreth, who was born in Massachusetts, for many years was an instructor in I^hillips Exeter Academy. Later he became pastor of the First Church in Gloucester. ]5y his wife, Sarah, he was the father of seven children; namely, Richard, Samuel, Charles H., Elizabeth, Mary, Fanny, and Sarah. The three sons were Harvard graduates. Richard, class of 1826, was the wellknown historian. Samuel, class of 1837, a young man of marked ability, died two years after his graduation. Both of the parents are also deceased.

Charles H. Hildreth prepared for college in Phillips Exeter Academy, in which, as noted above, his father was an instructor. Afterward he entered the Harvartl Medical School, and duly graduated therefrom with honor. For some years after obtaining his medical degree he was house surgeon of the Massachusetts General Hospital, and later assistant physician at the Deer Island Hospital. Locating in Gloucester in 185 1, he soon acquired a large and lucrative practice. Besides attending to his professional duties, he was for many years a regular contributor to tlie local press. As a citizen, he was publicspirited; and he rendered valued service to the community as a member of the School Committee for nearly thirty years, serving continuously from his first election in 1855 until his death. He also held the office of surveyor of the port of Gloucester for a period.

Dr. Hildreth married Miss Annie Dawley, a daughter of Hiram Dawley, of Boston. They had one son, Samuel, born March 30, 1868. Samuel attended the public schools of Gloucester, graduating from the high school in 1884. He then entered Harvard College, from which he graduated in 1889. After this he completeil a course in the Harvard Law School, class of 1892; and in February of the same year he was athiiitted to the Suffolk County bar. Shortly after he opened a law office here in Gloucester. He first served in the city government in 1897. In the following year he was elected president of the Common Council. He belongs to Tyrian Lodge, F. & A. M. ; McPherson Chapter, R. A. M. : and ]?ethlehem Commandery, Knights Templar. On June 15, 1898, he was married to Blanche Brackett, a daughter of William D. lirackett, who is a large shoe manufacturer, with offices in Boston. His father, Dr. Hildreth, died here. May 21, 1884.

His father was born in Boston in 1829, and for many years was a druggist and apothecary in that city. William Peirce finally retired from business, and settled upon a farm in Lincoln, where he is still residing. His wife, Isabella, is a daughter of Joseph Carret, a Frenchman who settled in Cuba, where he died. Mrs. William Peirce was born in that island, and received her education in Boston.

A. H. Peirce completed the regular course of study at the Lincoln High School, and, entering the Boston University of Medicine, was graduated in i<SS2. He then attended the Bellevue Medical College in New York City for a year, and subsequently located for practice in Wilton, N. H. One year later he came to West Newbury, where he has since practised his profession with success, having acquired a high reputation throughout this section. He is a member of the State and County Medical Societies. Politically, he is a Democrat.

In 1885 Dr. Peirce was united in marriage with Annie M. Titcomb, daughter of Silas M. Titcomb, of West Newbury. He has three children, namely: John W., born in 1894; Lincoln C, born in 1895; and Russell M., born in i 897.

HOMAS BROWN,* son of Ephraim and 1-Llizabeth (Boardman) Brown, was born in Candlewood, Ipswich, July 20, 1802. He was a descendant of Francis Brown, who with his brothers, Samuel and William, came from P^ngland to America in the early days, and settled in this part of Essex County. I'^rancis, after coming here, married a Miss Chapman, and lived to the venerable age of ninety-one years. Among his children were two sons, Elisha and Joseph. Eligha's son, Ephraim Brown, having reached the age of seventy-nine years, died on March 28, 1842. His wife Elizabeth had preceded him to the grave, having passed away September 4, 1824.

Thomas Brown spent his entire life in this town, chiefly engaged in farming. In 1S22 he purchased the farm now owned and occupied by Mrs. Brown. The estate, which was originally owned by Governor John Winthrop, subsequently became the property of Charles Baker, who built the present residence, and afterward sold the homestead to the Brown family. On March 26, 1839, ^^- Brown married Elizabeth Brown, a daughter of Joseph Brown and a grand-daughter of the I-'rancis Brown above mentioned. Joseph Brown, who was drafted into the Revolutionary army, was twice married, successively to Elizabeth Perkins and Martha Perkins, sisters. Five children were born of the first marriage, and two of the second. The latter are: p:iizabeth, the widow of Thomas Brown; and Mary, the wife of William Foster Wade, of Ipswich village. The father died September 10, 1842, aged ninety-two years. His second wife died November 21, 1850, at the age of seventy-one years. Further details of the family's history may be found in the biography of Gardner A. Brown, which appears on another page of this volume.

Mr. and Mrs. Brown reared five children, namely: Warren, a sailor, who died in 1859, at the age of twenty-one years, in Pernambuco, Brazil; Augustine, who died April 29, 1884, aged forty-three years; Horace, who carries on the home farm; Otis L., a tanner and currier; and Mary Elizabeth, the wife of John Jay Sullivan, of Ipswich. Mr. Sullivan, born in Bellingham, Mass., July 19, 1857, is a skilful machinist and draughtsman, lindowed by nature with great mechanical and inventive talent, he has already secured patents on several machines used in the manufacture of shoes. His marriage with Miss Brown was performed October 21, 1880. They have one child, Inez Brown Sullivan. Mr. Thomas Brown died at his home in Ipswich, March 24, 1889.

OIIN MASOxN PETTINGELL,* a retired manufacturer of Amesbury, was born in Newburyport, Mass., in 1862. A son of Andrew Haskell and Mary (Nash) Pettingell, he is a descendant of Richard Pettingell, born in Staffordshire, England, in 1618, and came to Salem, Mass., in 1638. This ancestor settled in Newbury in 1650, and became a man of considerable property. His son Matthew was a felt-maker. Nathaniel, son of Matthew, followed farming on the old homestead in Amesbury. Moses, the son of Nathaniel, besides serving as a soldier in the French and Indian War, was engaged in the coasting trade, and was a fisherman and farmer. His son Eleazer was also engaged in fishing and farming.

Moses Pettingell, son of Eleazer and the grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was a farmer in early life. He became a person of means, and ac(|uircd much influence in the community. He was a typical country gentleman of the old school, dignified and formal. In his capacity of Justice of the Peace he settled many estates, and was for many years a Deacon in the Old South Presbyterian Church of Newiniryport. His name is to be seen upon the militia roll of 1S12. A man of literary taste, his collection of books formed, at the time of his death, the most extensive library in Newburyport. His wife Mary was a daughter of Caleb Haskell, of Newburyport.

Their son, Andrew Haskell, in early life was a civil engineer, and was engaged in railroad surveys in New England and in New York State. He was afterward a pilot on the government steamers until he was made Superintendent of Streets in Newburyport. He is now the superintendent of the Plum Island property. By his wife Mary, a daughter of James and Keziah (Lockwood) Nasli, he became the father of several children - Marcus Conklin, William Fisher, John Mason, Mary Keziah, Moses, and Charles H. The eldest son is a prominent business man of Danvers; William F. resides in Amesbury; Mary Keziah makes her residence in Boston; and Charles H., the youngest member of the family, is now attending Harvard University.

John Mason Pettingell, after receiving his education in the Newburyport schools, spent his first years of active employment at a lumber wharf. He then learned the shoe business in Lynn. In 1887 he became a member of the firm of Adams & Pettingell, shoe manufacturers of Amesbury. Making an especially fine class of goods, they built up a large and profitable business, which was retained until the closing of the factory in 1896.

A prominent Mason, Mr. Pettingell is a member of Warren Lodge, F. & A. M., Trinity Chapter, Amesbury Council, Newburyport Commandery, Aleppo Temple, Mystic Shrine, Boston, and the Lynn Council, Royal Arcanum. In his extensive travels he has visited every State in the Union. On April 31, 1885, he married Miss Carrie Fowler, daughter of Richard Fowler, Jr., and Francis (Lord) Fowler. She was born in Stockton, Cal., to which place her father had emigrated in 1849. Mr. and Mrs. Pettingell are the parents of four children, namely: Andrew Fowler, born August 10, 1 886; Laura Keziah, May 28, 1888; John Mason, Jr., May 2(5, 1890; and Caroline Frances, May 15, 1892. Having devoted much time to genealogical research, Mr. Pettingell has compiled records of fifteen hundred members of the Pettingell family, now scattered over various parts of the globe, and which it is his intention to publish in the form of a family history. Mr. l^ettingell enlisted in 1 898 for service in the war with Spain, being commissioned First Lieutenant, Company 15, Eighth Massachusetts, United States Volunteers, and at the present writing is at Camp George H. Thomas, Georgia.

lAl'TAIN ALBERT CHEEVER,* late a retired sea captain and shipowner of Newburyport, was born in Castine, Me., son of Aaron and Phcebe (Courire) Cheever. His father, Aaron Cheever, was a native of Newburyport. The family is said to be descended from an ancestor who entered England with William the Conqueror. The first of the name in this country settled in Danvers, Mass., early in the seventeenth century. Aaron Cheever, father of Captain Cheever, was for some time Government Inspector of Fish at Castine, Me. He afterward returned to Newburyport, where 'he worked at his trade of carpenter, and in partnership with his two brothers conducted a large cooperage business in this city. He married Phcebe Courire, of Newburyport, by whom he had two children.

Albert Cheever took to a seafaring life in early boyhood, and his first experience as a sailor was in a new pinky fishing schooner. At the age of fourteen he shipped for his first deep-sea voyage in the brig "Pocahontas," Captain James Coope, as able seaman. The brig loaded with arms and ammunition at Antwerp for Russian ports. A clean-cut, intelligent, and ambitious youth, he rose rapidly from one position to another, until at an early age he became Captain, and subsequently sailed for seventeen years as master of the finest and largest ships sent out by the Cushings to foreign ports. His first command was the eight-hundred-ton brig "James Gray," bound to Bordeaux with a cargo of tobacco, in which he made thirteen voyages. He left her for a larger craft, the "Lyra," in which he made voyages to India, China, and other countries of the Old World. Captain Cheever had a record of thirty-one successful trips to the Orient. In 1S65 he took command of the ship "Elcaldo" of fourteen hundred tons, in which he made seven voyages in three years' time. His last ship was the "Calumet," which he commanded from 1868 till she was lost in the harbor of Bermuda in 1873. The pilot in charge allowing her to run too close in shore as they were entering the harbor in a calm, the waves from a huge ocean steamer struck her, she lost headway, and drifted on to the rocks, where her bones still lie bleaching.

Captain Cheever's life was an active and eventful one, and included many e.xciting adventures on the deep and in foreign lands. On one occasion he was almost fatally stabbed by the ship's cook - ^ an attack all the more atrocious because entirely unprovoked, and therefore unexpected. He lingered between life and death for weeks, and it was many months before he was able-tf> walk the deck. In all. Captain Cheever sailed as a commander on fifty-six foreign voyages, hailing always from Newburyport. He had a part interest in all the ships that he commanded, and was a large owner in the "Lyra," "Elcaldo," and "Calumet." Captain Cheever was also financially interested in various Newburyport enterprises, including a hat factory and a cotton-mill. His last years were spent in retirement, and his death occurred in June,

Captain Cheever married Rebecca Newman, of Newburyport, in December, 1844. He had two daughters, one of whom is the wife of George VV. Varina, of Newburyport.

ANIEL GLEASON,* one of the founders of the hat manufacturing business in Methuen, was born in Haverhill, Mass., in 1813, and died at his late home in Methuen, August 27, 1867. He was a son of David and Phccbe (Carlton) Gleason, and was descended from early settlers of New England on both the paternal and maternal side.

The emigrant ancestor on the Gleason side was Thomas Gleason, who took the oath of fidelity at Watertown, Mass., in 1652, his name at a later date being found on the Charlestown records, and who died in Cambridge, Mass., in 1684. His son, Joseph Gleason,^ born at Watertown, was a Captain in the ten years' war, and married Abigail Garfield. Isaac Gleason,^ born in Sudbury, Mass., married Martha Livermore. Isaac Gleason,' born in Sudbury, November 15, 1705, married Lucy Noyes. Isaac Gleason,' born in Sudbury, October 24, 1733, died in Waltham, Mass., March 18, 1791. His son, David,'' father of Daniel, married Phoebe Carlton, a daughter of Kendall Carlton, of Haverhill, Mass., and the descendant of one of the original settlers of Essex County, Edward Carlton, who came from England to America in early Colonial times. Though Edward Carlton returned to his native country prior to his death, his son John, who married a Miss Rowel 1, remained here permanently, and became the founder of one of the leadint:; families of this part of New England. David Gleason was a prominent hat manufacturer of Haverhill from early manhood until his death in middle life. His wife, whose death occurred about a year previous to his, bore him si.\ sons; namely, David, Charles, Hiram, Kimball, Daniel (the special subject of this sketch), and John. These sons all located in Methuen when young men, and for many years carried on a substantial business as hat manufacturers. One of them, Kimball, subse- ([uently removed to Laconia, N.H., where he began the manufacture of hats in one of the Belknap Mills, and founded an extensive business.

Daniel Gleason conducted a large and prosperous manufacturing business in Methuen until 1865, when he retired from active pursuits, being succeeded by his son-in-law, Mr. Charles H. Tenney. He married Miss Delia M. Kendall, who was born in Litchfield, N. II., a daughter of Timothy and Fanny (Senter) Kendall, both descendants of early and honored New England families. Her greatgrandfather, Nathan Kendall, lived to a ripe old age, as did her grandparents, Timothy Kendall and his wife, the former dying in August, 1867, aged eighty-nine years, and the latter when ninety-two years old. The parents of Mrs. Gleason reared nine children, si.\ sons and three daughters, of whom Mrs. Gleason and four sons are living, as follows: Germon Kendall, a resident of Litchfield, N.II. ; John Kendall, who lives in the South; Samuel, who went to California in 1849, and still resides there; and David, a resident of Concord, N. H.

Mr. and Mrs. Gleason reared two children, namely: Fanny, wife of Charles H. Tenney; and Imogene, wife of William R. Rowell, formerly a leading attorney of Methuen, but who died in 1897. ISoth daughters were educated at the Abbott Female Seminary in Andover, Mass. Since the death of her husband Mrs. Gleason resides at her pleasant home in the village, or with her daughter Mrs. Tenney, who has a beautiful summer home not far distant, besides a winter residence in New York City.

Charles H. Tenney, who began business life with but little capital, by energy, determination, and the exercise of good judgment has accumulated a handsome estate. Succeeding to the manufacturing business of his father-inlaw, he has greatly enlarged it in all its branches, and is now the largest commission dealer in hats in the United States, if not in the world. Some years ago he purchased one hundred acres of wild land in Methuen, and with the assistance of an expert landscape gardener has improved and beautified it so that it now resembles a veritable park. His large and attractive residence, built of brick, stone, and marble, stands on an eminence overlooking the quiet village of Methuen, and commanding a view of Lawrence and the surrounding country. It is reached from three directions by wide and circuitous driveways, skirted by fine lawns ornamented with choice and rare shrubs. Mr. and Mrs. Tenney have one son, Daniel Gleason Tenney, a fine specimen of stalwart manhooil, who was graduated from Yale College in 1S91, and is now in business with his father in New York City.

II.LIAM R. ROWELL,* for some years an attorney in Methuen, Mass., where he died in October, 1897, was born in Troy, Vt. , March 18, 1844, a son of Hon. A. J. and Lucy A. (Richardson) Rowel 1. A fuller account of his ancestry may be found in the biography of the Rowells of

William R. Rowell in his boyhood and youth attended the village school and academy, and also took a year's course of study in the New Hampshire Institute at Fairfax, Vt. During the winter of 1 860-61 he taught school in Masonville, Province of Quebec. The following sjDring he was appointed a cadet at West Point, on the recommendation of the Hon. Homer E. Royce, M.C. , and in June entered the Military Academy. A few months later he resigned his cadetship to enter the Union army with his father, who was on the staff of General Grover. Returning to his home in the fall of 1862, he remained there a year, when he enlisted as a private in the Third Battery of the Vermont Light Artillery, and on January i, 1864, was mustered into service as First Sergeant. The battery went into the camp of instruction, near Washington, for drill and equipment, and in the early spring was sent to the front and attached to the Ninth Army Corjis of the Potomac, with which it remained until the close of the war. Sergeant Rowell proved himself a faithful soldier, and erelong was promoted first to the rank of Second Lieutenant and later to that of First Lieutenant of his company, which he commanded a portion of the time. The gallantry and efficiency of the battery at Fort Steadman, March 25, 1865, was mentioned by Captain R. H. Start in the Adjutant and Inspector-general's Report of Vermont, 1865, in Appendix C, page 50.

Mr. Rowell was a stanch Republican in politics, and was a member of the State legislature two years. The first year he served on the Committee on Taxation, and the second on that of Finances, Ways, and Means. He was Commander of the G. A. R. Post at Troy, Vt. , and, coming to Methuen, in 1S86 was made

Commander of the Colonel William B. Green Post, No. lOO, of this city. He was for a time Judge Advocate on the staff of the department commander of Massachusetts, and was an aid on the staff of Chief Commander Jack Adams. He was also a Master Mason. Mr. Rowell married Miss Imogene Gleason, daughter of Daniel and Delia M. (Kendall) Gleason, of whom a brief sketch will be found elsewhere in this volume.

/^^TkORGE D. CABOT, a late and much \ i) I respected resident of Lawrence, was born April 26, iSi2, at Jamaica Plain, Mass., a son of John and Lydia (Dodge) Cabot. He was a representative of one of the oldest New England families, and is believed to have been descended from John Cabot, who made explorations along the Atlantic coast in the latter part of the fifteenth century, through his son Sebastian, although the line of descent lias not been fully traced.

The founder of the Cabot family in America was John Cabot who emigrated from Wales, and in 1702 married Anna Orne, of Salem, Mass. Their son, John Cabot, second, was born in 1704, and in December, 1732, married Sarah Higginson, of Salem, and settled in Beverly. John Cabot, third, grandfather of George D., was born in Beverly, Mass., January 14, 1744, and married Hannah Dodge, of .Salem, who died P'ebruary 7, 1830, aged seventy-two years. Of their eleven children, only three grew to adult life: John, the father of George D. ; Lucy, who never married ; and Fanny, who became the wife of Judge Charles Jackson. John Cabot, third, was a man of influence and means, and during the Revolution was a subscriber to a war vessel presented by Esse.x County to the government ; and he also advanced from his private purse money to the town of Beverly for the payment of troops. A cousin of his, Enoch Cabot, son of Farnham Cabot, of Andover, Mass., was one of the three original settlers of Andover, Me., the others being a Mr. Poor and a Mr. Stephens of the same town. Enoch Cabot was born in Andover in 1779, in the same house in which several of his ancestors had first drawn the breath of life. When he and his companions, brave and courageous youtig men, went to Maine, the country was in its virgin wildness; and their destination was reached by following a bridlepath marked by blazed trees.

John Cabot, fourth, was born July 31, 1782, in Beverly, Mass., in which town he spent his earliest years. He subsequently removed to Jamaica Plain, and became one of the successful business men of that place. He married Miss Lydia Dodge, of Salem, a cousin of Chief Justice Story; and they became the parents of four children, three of whom grew to maturity, namely: John Lee Cabot, who was born November 7, iSio, and died November 21, 1837; George D., the subject of this sketch; and Lydia Dodge Cabot, wife of Theodore Parker, the Unitarian minister. Neither of the parents is now living, the father's death having occurred April 24, 1855, and the mother's May 5, 1863.

George D. Cabot pursued his elementary studies for a time in Waltham, Mass., under the instruction of Dr. Sanrtiel Ripley and Ralph Waldo Emerson, and was afterward a pupil in the school of Jonathan Homer, where he had as classmates James Freeman Clarke and his brothers. After completing his early education at the academy in Watertovvn, he began his life's work, when but fifteen years old, as a clerk in the counting-house of Merrick, Lee & Co., Boston, importers of dry goods. Within a year he was promoted to the office of book-keeper, taking a position at a nominal salary. Two and one-half years later he accepted a situation with Josiah Whitney, a cotton shipper, and a brother of Eli Whitney, inventor of the cotton gin. At the age of nineteen years he was sent to Savannah, Ga., to attend to the buying and shipping of cotton from that point for his employer. In 1832 he became book-keeper in a countinghouse in New York City; but on reaching his majority he returned to Boston, where, in company with his brother, John Lee Cabot, he established a lively shipping business with ports on the Mediterranean Sea. In 1835 he engaged in the tea trade in New York City, and in 1838 went to Springfield, N.J. (now Milburn), where he had charge of a woollenmill until 1845. Coming then to Lawrence, Mass., Mr. Cabot assumed charge of the office of the Essex Land and Water Power Company at the dam, and was connected with that organization seven years, when, on account of failing health, he was obliged to seek outdoor employment. He then accepted a position with the Lawrence Machine Company, and at the same time took temporarily the agency of the Lawrence Gas Company. He soon, however, resigned the former position, and for thirtythree consecutive years devoted himself entirely to the last-named company, of which he was agent until 1884, when he retired from active pursuits. In 1846 he purchased the first building lot sold on Prospect Hill by the Essex Company, and in October of that year he had his residence ready for occupancy. The original lot was three hundred feet deep, with a frontage of one hundred and fifty feet; but he later bought large additions, so that his spacious grounds, bordering on High and Prospect Streets, and containing more than sixty thousand feet, formed one of the most attractive and desirable estates in the vicinity.

many of the more important projects that have proved of inestimable benefit to the city. He obtained the charter for the Duck, or lower, bridge, which he built across the Merrimac. In 1S77 he was one of the organizers of the Essex Savings Bank, of which he was also vice-president and president. He was one of the promoters of the first street railway laid in Lawrence, and of the Archibald Wheel Company, and while in New York assisted in organizing the Bissell Truck Company. He was for a number of years one of the trustees of the New England Gas Association, and for two years served as its president. He was a member of the Civil Engineers' Association of the United States and of the Lawrence Home Club, a popular social organization, which is always filled with its maximum niembershiji of one hundred and seventy-five. He was formerly a Whig, but subsequently a stanch adherent of the Republican party from its formation, and was one of the first Aldermen of Lawrence. His death occurred January iS, 1898.

Mr. Cabot was married December 15, 1S35, to Miss Harriet Story Dodge, who was born in Salem, Mass., March 20, 1814, and died January 10, 1881. Mr. and Mrs. Cabot had six children, namely: Elizabeth Dodge, born November 13, 1836, who died January 7, 1898; Lydia D., born January 7, 1839, who married John F. Weare, anci died in Chicago,^ 111., August 22, 1879, leaving three children ; Charlotte Louise Cabot, born in 1841, who died in infancy; Harriet Story, born June 15, 1843, who has had charge of the household since the death of her mother; Sarah Russell, born August 13, 1845, who lives in Cambridge, Mass., and is the widow of the late Edward W. Stevens, who died in 1891, leaving six children; and John Cabot, M. D., who with his accomplished wife, also a skilful

)EWIS EDGAR BARNES,* superintendent of the cotton-mills belonging to the Methuen Corporate Company of Methuen, Mass., has by long years of experience acquired a thorough knowledge of his particular line of manufactures, and is well fitted for the responsible position he is so ably filling. He was born in March, i860, in Lawrence, Mass., a son of William and Juliet (Waldo) Barnes, his grandparents on the paternal side being John Busby and Lucy (Freeman) Barnes. Further information in regard to his ancestral history may be found elsewhere in this book, in connection with the sketch of William Barnes.

When but a year old, the subject of this sketch came with his parents to Methuen from Lawrence, where they spent two years only. He attended the public schools of Methuen until quite a lad, when he began work in the carding-mill of the Methuen company. A few months later he was promoted to the finishingroom, and was afterward sent to the office, where he was employed six years, first as a runner, and then as book-keeper. In 1889 he was made overseer in the Nevins Bagging Mill, and was subsequently connected with the Edison Electric Light Company of Lawrence for a year. The latter situation he resigned to accept his present position with the Methuen Corporate Company. Since then he has resided on Osgood Street, in a house belonging to the company. Mr. Barnes is well known in Masonic circles, belonging to the Lodge, Chapter, and (Bethany) Commandery (K. T.) of Lawrence. He is also a Knight of Pythias. In politics he has the courage of his convictions, and votes as his conscience

Mr. Barnes was married in December, 1889, to Miss Carrie E. Richardson, the only child of Monroe and Meda (Kimball) Richardson. Mr. Richardson, formerly a well-known resident of Methuen, died in 1870.

OHN E. KNOWLTON,* for some years a prominent contractor of Rockport and at present engaged in the life insurance business here, was born in this town, November 25, 1854, son of Azor and Martha (Turner) Knowlton. His parents were natives of Rockport, and his paternal grandfather, also named Azor, of Hamilton, Mass. The family is descended from early settlers of Essex County, to whose history further reference is made in the sketch of Eben Knowlton, which appears on another page of this volume. Azor Knowlton, father of John E., was a well-known mason and contractor in his day, and carried on business in Rockport until his death. In politics he was an active supporter of the Republican party.

John E. Knowlton, the special subject of this sketch, completed hi school education in the Rockport High School. At the age of seventeen he began to learn the mason's trade with his father, with whom he continued as a journeyman until the latter's death in 1880. Then, succeeding his father, he carried on a general contracting business for about sixteen years. In July, 1896, he gave up the business, and, establishing himself as a life insurance broker, has since been thus profitably engaged. In politics he is a Republican, and he takes an active interest in all measures for the good of the town and the welfare of the general community. He is a member of

Mr. Knowlton married Catherine B. Barnetson, a native of Leith, Scotland. He has two children - Arthur R. and Marion C. The family attend the Unitarian church.

OHN E. BAILEY,* contractor and builder of Newburyport, is a native of the town, and was born here, August 2, 1 838, son of John Bailey. Mr. Bailey's great-grandfather, Isaac Bailey, was a carriage-builder of West Newbury. He married a Miss Kendrick. Their son John removed to Newburyport, and became a prosperous carpenter and builder. His wife in maidenhood was Annie Pearson, a daughter of Simeon Pearson, of Newburyport. Of their three children, John, father of the subject of this sketch, followed his father's occupation, antl was for forty-five years one of the best-known builders in this section of the State. Until 1855 he was in business with Mr. Towle, under the name of Bailey & Towle, and after that formed a partnership with John E. Bailey, under the name of John Bailey & Son, which continued until 1873. He died in 1877, aged sixty-four years. He was a member of the Common Council, and was for many years connected with the North Congregational Church. His wife, who was a daughter of Caleb Woodbury, of Salisbury, bore him two children.

John E. Bailey, who was the first-born child of his parents, attended the common schools of Newburyport, and later on the Brown High School. He then learned the builder's trade under his father's direction, and availed himself of every opportunity of becoming an expert workman. At the same time he was taking lessons in draughting. Mr. Bailey has from the beginning of his business career shown much nicety of workmanship, coupled with unusual ability for making plans and designs on a large scale, and practically applying all known principles of architectural construction in such a way as to secure both solidity and beauty. Among the structures which he has erected are the Brown High School building, the Belleville Congregational Church, and the addition to the public library, built in 1882. He made also plans for the Eighth Regiment Armory, and remodelled the Ashland Street School-house. In politics Mr. Bailey is a Republican. He has served for five years on the Common Council, and for two years as Alderman, and has been a member of the Board of Health, and a director of the public library. He is a member of St. Mark's Lodge, F. & A. M. ; and of Ouascacunquen Lodge, No. 39, I. O. O. F. ; also of the Merrimack Encampment, No. 7. He is a fine musician, and was organist of the 15elleville Congregational Church- - ^of which he is a member - for twenty years, resigning in 1893.

Mr. Bailey's wife is a daughter of John Teel, of Newburyport. She is the mother of one daughter, Alice W., who resides with her parents. The home in which Mr. Bailey lives was built by his great-grandfather Pearson, and has been the family residence for many years.

AM T. MARTIN,* late a re- ;cted citizen and market-gardener of Middleton, Mass., was born in Marblehead, June 30, 1847, son of Knott and Martha (Martin) Martin. The father, Knott Martin, was born on the old family homestead in Marblehead. He was the owner of five or six vessels, which he sent every year to the fishing banks. A good business man, he was president of the National Bank of Marblehead for many years, and was very successful in all his undertakings. He died at the age of seventy-three. His wife was also of Marblehead. They had seven children, of whom but two are now living - William T. and Martha. The last-named is the wife of William Stearns, of Marblehead.

William T. Martin in his youth learned the trade of shoemaker. After some years spent in company with his brother-in-law, Mr. Stearns, he went into business for himself, meeting with fair success until failing health compelled him to change his occupation. In 1 88 1 he came to Marblehead, and secured a farm located on the Ipswich River, at Hour's Station, about forty acres in extent, which he devoted to the raising of vegetables and garden produce for the Boston market. A Republican politically, he served as Surveyor of Highways for several years, in 1S90 was made a Selectman, and was shortly afterward elected a member of the Council. A man of good judgment and right feeling, his influence was always used to further the best interests of the town.

He married. May 2, 1876, Miss Emily J. Allen, a native of Marblehead. She died June 28, 1891, leaving three children - James II., William T. , Jr., and Florence E.

"ClDWARD LEWIS DALEY,* of Lynn, Jpl United States Commissioner of Immigration for Eastern Canada and the Maritime Provinces, was born October 6, 1855, in Danvers, Mass. His father, the late John M. Daley, was born in County West Meath, Ireland, in 1827, and came to this country when a young lad. He was engaged in agricultural i)ursuits in Danvers for nearly half a century. He died in that town in i8go, nearly thirty years after the death of his wife, which occurred in Danvers in 1861. Her maiden name was Mary Ann Donahue. She also was born in Ireland, County Galway having been her birthplace.

Edward L. Daley obtained the rudiments of his education in the public schools of Danvers, completing it at the Houlton High School in that town. He subsequently served an apprenticeship at the shoemaker's trade, and for two years after was employed in the shoe factory of E. & A. Mudge, of Danvers. Going then to Salem, he spent a short time in that city, but, not liking the outlook for business there, came to Lynn, locating here in 1877. The following eight years he worked in various shoe factories of this city, and in that time was a leader among those members of the craft that were interested in forming labor unions and similar organizations. In December, 1879, ^^ organized and became president of the first Lasters' Union in Lynn; and he was also active in organizing at a later period the first assemblies of the order of the Knights of Labor in this city.

In 1885 Mr. Daley was elected secretary of the New England Lasters' Protective Union, with headquarters at Lynn. In 1SS9 the New England Lasters' Protective Union extended its territory, and became known as the Lasters' Protective Union of America, with headquarters at Boston, Mass. Mr. Daley was elected general secretary, and was annually re-elected to the same position until April, 1894. In that year the Lasters' Union was consolidated with various other organizations of the shoemakers, under the title of the "Boot and Shoe Workers' Union," in which Mr. Daley declined to accept any office. He was also one of the founders of the "Ameri- can Federation of Labor," working with Samuel Gompers, P. J. McGuire, Adolph Strauss, John McBride, George E. McNeil, and other prominent labor men, and for fourteen years was a delegate to all of its conventions. In 1892 Mr. Daley was made editor and manager of the shoe workers' journal, the Laster, but resigned that position in 1S94, when he severed his official connection with all labor organizations. While he was actively identified with the Lasters' Union, the subject of having a hall specially for its use was agitated and projected by him; and through his instrumentality a charter for it was secured from the legislature, and in 1888 it was erected under the name of the Lasters' Aid Association. It is owned and occupied by labor organizations, being, probably, the only institution at present of its kind in the United States.

After severing his connections with the labor organizations, Mr. Daley engaged in the manufacture and sale of the portable barrel platform, under the name of the " ]?arrel Platform Manufacturing Company of Massachusetts." In May, 1896, he was appointed Immigrant Inspector, with headquarters at Ellis Island, N.Y., and a few months later, the ist of November of the same year, received his appointment to his present position, his headquarters being transferred to Lynn.

In 1892 Mr. Daley was a member of the State legislature, and, besides serving on the Committee on Labor, was one of the committee to dedicate the World's Fair Buildings in Chicago in the fall of that year. Fraternally, he is connected with various secret organizations, being a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and Past Exalted Ruler of Lynn Lodge, No. 117; a charter member of Nahanto Tribe, No. 104, I. O. R. M. ; of Valladolid Council, Knights of Columbus, of Lynn; a member, and in

1895 and 1S96 president, of the Lynn Clover Club. He is likewise a member of the Edwin Forrest Club of Boston. In politics he is a stanch Democrat.

OHN CHAMBERLAIN,* who at the time of his death (in 1897 or 1898) was one of the oldest citizens of Newburyport, was born in Maiden, Mass., in 1818, son of Bowman Chamberlain. His father was a butcher of Maiden, who died in 1S27, at the age of forty-nine. Leaving home at the age of nine years, the subject of this sketch worked on a farm until he was fourteen. He then went to sea, making many voyages to New Orleans and cities on the Caribbean Sea during the summer months, and finding employment ashore throughout the winter. In 1833 he came to Newburyport, and learned the tinner's trade with his brother Henry. In 1849 he went into business for himself, locating on the corner of Liberty and Market Streets, where he remained for twenty-seven years. Subsequently, removing to 13 Liberty Street, he there continued business until 1895, when he retired with a competence. Beginning with absolutely no capital, by hard work and strict economy he compelled success, and was an excellent example of what may be accomplished by rightly directed energy and perseverance. Mr. Chamberlain married in 1846 Louise H. Hills, who was born in West Newbury. She died in 1858, leaving no children. Mr. Chamberlain was a member of Quascacunquen Lodge, No. 39, I. O. O. F. , for fifty years. He also belonged to the Daughters of Rebecca, I. O. O. F. A stanch Republican, he cast his first vote for President in 1840, but never cared to hold public office. Until near the close of his life he retained his sight most perfectly, and could read the finest print with- out the aid of glasses. A younger brother, Charles Chamberlain, residing in Somervillei Mass., is the only surviving member of a family of ten.

(ff^yOSIAH WILSON,* an extensive wholesale cracker dealer of Lynn, was born in Kittcry, Me., December 22, 1S33, son of Joseph and Abigail (Wilson) Wilson. The parents were natives of Kittery and representatives of entirely different families. The subject of this sketch was educated in the common schools of his native town. He followed various occupations until 1867, in which year he came to Lynn. Engaging in the cracker business, he has from a small beginning built up a large wholesale trade in that line, and is at the present time one of the most extensive handlers of these goods east of Boston. As a member of the Common Council in 1S81, he served with ability upon the committee which had in charge the laying out of new streets, and besides rendered capable services in other directions.

Mr. Wilson was married in Beverly, Mass., March 13, 1S53, to Lydia P. Grush, of that town. He has five children - Josiah C, P. Arthur, M. Adela, Lewis I., and Charles W. He is a member of Bay State Lodge, No. 40, I. O. O. F., Palestine Encampment, No. 37; and is a charter member of Sagamore Tribe, No. 2, Improved Order of Red Men.

Company of Lawrence, Mass., was born February 9, 1838, in Truro, N.S., where three generations of the family had made their home. His parents were Alexander and Ann (Field) Archibald.

From the Historical and Genealogical Record of Colchester County, Nova Scotia, we learn that four brothers - David, Samuel, James, and Thomas - bearing this surname, natives of the north of Ireland, doubtless of Scottish descent, Presbyterians in religion, came to America about 1757, and after living for a few years at the Scotch-Irish settlement of Londonderry, N.H., removed thence to Truro, N. S., being among the early settlers of the township. The date of their arrival was December 13, 1762. David Archibald, Esq., the eldest of the four, was the first Justice of the Peace at Truro, the first representative of the township in the Provincial Parliament, and the first Elder of the Presbyterian congregation.

Samuel Archibald, Sr. , from whom Mr. Archibald of Lawrence is lineally descended, was born in 1719, the second of the four brothers. He also was an Elder of the church. His wife was Eleanor Taylor. They had six sons and four daughters before coming to Truro, and two daughters were born afterward. James, the fourth son, was born in 1754. He was one of the wealthiest and most influential citizens in Truro, and was known as "Squire Jimmy," being Judge of the local court. He married Rebecca Deyarmond, and reared a large family of children.

Alexander Archibald, sixth son of James and Rebecca and father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Truro, N. S., October 22, 1797. He was an able and well-to-do farmer, owning some one hundred acres of land. His wife, Ann, who was born in London, England, in the first decade of the century, came to Nova Scotia with her parents about 1820. Mrs. Ann F. Archibald lived to be eighty years of age. She was the mother of four sons and three daughters, namely: Elizabeth, widow of William Archibald, in Londonderry,

N.S.; William Field Archibald, on the homestead farm in Truro; Thomas D., in Burlington, la., since 1S67; Henry (deceased), who was a missionary among the seamen of New York City a great many years; Louisa, wife of the Rev. S. F. Huestis, steward of the Methodist Book Concern in Halifax, N. S.; Edward Andrews, of Lawrence; and Jessie B., in Nova Scotia.

Edward Andrews Archibald acquired his education in the common schools of his native place. He left home at the age of fifteen, and in 1853 found employment at Groton Junction, now Ayer, Mass. In 1856 he was working in Lawrence; and in 1857-58 he was in California, whither he went by way of the Isthmus of Panama. In that State he was first engaged in the manufacture of carriages in San Francisco and afterward in the Santa Clara valley. Returning to Massachusetts, he bought out his former employer, E. G. Butters, of Methuen, carriage manufacturer. He was in business at Mr. Butters's stand until 1869, when he built a shop in the Marsh district of Methuen for the manufacture of stock and iron-hubbed wheels. The wheels are an invention of his own, manufactured by a patent press process, also an invention of Mr. Archibald. These wheels had gained such popularity in 1871 that Mr. Archibald formed a stock company for their manufacture. The enterprise has continued to prosper, and the corporation now carry the largest stock for heavy wheels in the United States. The plant is a large one, covering two acres. It occupies the site of Mr. Archibald's original shop. For the past si.\ years Mr. Archibald has been president of the corporation and a member of the Board of Directors. The other directors are: G. D. Cabot; James Wight, of Reading (formerly of Boston) ; and George W. and Daniel Tcnney, of Methuen.

Gcnllctnen, - We have in our fire department a supply wagon, with a set of your two-inch roll-bearing wheels and axles. The wagon, with the usual load and including the driver, weighs about twenty-six hundred pounds, and so loaded is used for an exercise wagon, making on an average seventy-five miles per week. This wagon went into service over three months ago, and has not had a drop of oil added to the axles or a wheel taken off or been examined since then until two days ago, when I had all the wheels taken off and examined carefully, and found all parts of the bearings in perfect condition - no signs of wear, friction, or want of oiling in the least. I cannot conceive of any more perfect rollerbearing axles and wheels. The wagon can be started forward or back on a level floor by a pull of twenty pounds. The wheels when jacked up and whirled have run ten minutes and twenty seconds before coming to a full stop. To know what that means, you have only to try this on a similar wagon with ordinary axles. Your roller-bearing axles and wheels are a grand success. I regret that we have not got them on all of our fire apparatus.

The company have on file other valuable testimonials, including one from the Jersey Packing Company. This company's wagons are heavily loaded and drawn over the paveinents and car tracks of New York, Jersey City, and Brooklyn; and the testimonial states that the Archibald wheels have worn better than any other. Mr. Archibald is a self-made man, and has reason to be proud of the work which he has accomplished.

N. B., daughter of James Moore. She died in April, 1884, aged forty-seven. She left six children, namely: Everett H., treasurer and superintendent of the Archibald Wheel Company; Hattie L., wife of Sullivan A. Doyle, residing near her father; Jane A., wife of J. Frank Emerson; Maud, wife of William Buswell; George W., in inisiness with his father; and Annie Field Archibald, a student in Boston University. Everett H. Archibald has a wife and one son, and Mrs. Buswell has one daughter. Mr. Archibald's second marriage, to Miss Margaret Augusta Mann, of Bailey, N.B., daughter of Deacon Thomas Mann, took place in September, 1886. Of the two children born of this union one lived but nine months. The other, Edward, is a beautiful boy of two years. Mr. Archibald has lived for the past twelve years at 4 Centre Street, Methuen. He votes the Republican ticket. A prominent member of the First Congregational Church of Methuen, he has been Deacon for a number of years.

KREDERICK E. CLARKE,* of Lawrence, has been associated with the manufacturing interests of this thriving city for more than twoscore years. He was born December 13, 1834, in Watertown, Mass., a son of William E. Clarke. His paternal grandfather, Dyer Clarke, was born in Watertown, Middlesex County, in 1773. He was a farmer by occupation, and also kept a public house or tavern for many years. He had four children, one son and three daughters.

William E. Clarke was born in Watertown, Mass., September 2, 1808. He learned the machinist's trade, which he followed a large part of his active life, being employed in different cities, and was well known as a manufacturer of cotton machinery after his removal to Newton, Mass., where he spent his last years, dying there in 1892. In 1829 he married Sybil Ann Briggs. They had eight children, of whom six are living, namely: Frederick E. , the subject of this sketch; Sybil Ann, wife of Professor William H. Pettee, of Ann Arbor, Mich.; William D., a broker, in New York City; Edward H., a resident of San Francisco, Cal. ; Bradford, a resident of Brooklyn, N.Y. ; and Horace A., who lives in Boston, Mass, The mother died in Newton, Mass., in 1888.

Frederick E. Clarke was graduated at the Lawrence High School, with an excellent record for scholarship. Soon afterward he began working as a machinist with his father, from whom he learned the trade. In 1854 he entered the Pacific Mills as assistant superintendent of the machinery department, where he remained four years. In 1858 he accepted the responsible position of book-keeper and paymaster of the Pemberton Manufacturing Company, with which he was thus engaged when a fearful catastrophe occurred in 1861, the walls of the mill falling in and causing great destruction of life and property. When, a short time later, the new company was organized, Mr. Clarke became its agent, and has ably performed all the duties devolving upon him in this capacity, thus materially aiding his employers in their efforts to establish a successful business. For the past twenty-five years he has also been agent of the Methuen Manufacturing Company, and has likewise been actively identified with some of the leading financial institutions of the city. Since 1892 he has been president of the Lawrence Savings Bank, and one of the directorate of the Bay State National Bank. At present he is serving as chairman of the Park Commission of the city of Lawrence. Politically, he is a strong Republican ; and, fraternally, he is a Master Mason. He is broad and liberal in his religious beliefs, and is one of the trustees of the Unitarian church, of which he is a regular attendant.

On October 20, 1858, Mr. Clarke married Miss Harriet A. Porter, daughter of Thomas H. and Julia (Hathaway) Porter, and a descendant of one of the oldest and most honored families of New England. The Porters are able to trace their ancestry in a direct line back to Cromwell. On April 3, 1SS3, Mr. and Mrs. Clarke were sadly bereft by the death of their only child, Ethel Reynolds Clarke, a young lady of rare sweetness and gentle disposition, greatly beloved by all who knew her. During the winter season Mr. and Mrs. Clarke occupy their pleasant home on E!ast Haverhill Street, Lawrence, but in summer reside in their country house in North Aiulover, where the air i.s fresh and invigoratintr.