Norfolk Town (part 10 of 23)

Fisher Daniels, the second son of David, as the list is here given, took charge of the homestead property upon the death of his father, and, besides carrying on farming, engaged in teaching school. He taught at different times in every district in Franklin, and was a schoolmaster for over twenty years. He always lived at the homestead with^ the exception of about three years, when he was in a grocery store in Manchester, N. H., with his brothers. He died in Franklin on March 7, 1874. He was twice married. His first wife, Eunice Adams, of Franklin, lived only about a year after their marriage. She was the mother of one child, a son Waldo, who was a schoolmaster and at different times held all the town offices, being a very prominent man in town. He died in 1886. His wife, formerly Helen R. Gilmore, is now living in Franklin. Mrs. Ann Eames Daniels, the second wife of Fisher Daniels, was a native of Hopkinton. She died in February, 1876, having been the mother of five children; namely, J. Wheaton, Eunice Adams, Lucius W., Eunice Ann, and Lucelie Adelaide. J. Wheaton Daniels married Hattie King, and is now living at Palmyra, N.J. Eunice Adams Daniels died at the age of four years, and Eunice Ann at the age of two years. Lucelie Adelaide is the wife of William Schlesumeyers, a carpenter of West Dedham, now Westwood.

Lucius W. Daniels, after receiving his elementary education in the common schools, attended the Franklin High School and the wellknown Literary Institution at New Hampton, N. H., where he was a student for a year and a half. When twenty-one years of age, he spent two months in Philadelphia, Pa. With that exception he has remained at the homestead. He took care of his parents in their declining years, and since coming into possession of the estate he has made many improvements on the place. He owns about two hundred and fifty acres, and has a fine new set of buildings. He carries on some general farming and stock-raising, but his main business is the marketing of dairy products. He formerly operated a box factory, but has now discontinued that and devotes his time to his agricultural interests.

He has held the office of Assessor for a year and that of Selectman of the town for two years. In politics he is a Republican, and always takes a lively interest in all Republican meetings and movements. He is a member of the Knights of Honor, of Franklin, and of the local grange. He and his wife belong to the Congregational church.

Mr. Daniels was married on September 3, 1861, to Miss Helen S. Warfield, of Franklin, who was born October 23, 1839, a daughter of Ebenezer and Sarah (Morse) Warfield, the mother a native of Walpole and the father of Franklin. Mr. Warfield was a school-teacher, farmer, and trader. He died in Franklin when his daughter Sarah was eight years of age, and his wife is also deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Daniels have four children - Mary, Hattie, Ernest, and Edith. Mary Leola was educated in this country, and is now teaching in a seminary in Eastern Turkey, where she has been engaged for about ten years. Hattie Adelia and Edith Nellie are at home with their father and mother. Mr. Ernest Darling Daniels has been for a number of years the popular principal of the Franklin High

I '-) I M.D., one of the most successful ^ - physicians of Dedham, was born in Leicester, Worcester County, Mass., September 27, 1833, son of Samuel and Charlotte Warren (Fuller) Southgate. He is a direct descendant of Richard Southgate, a civil engineer, who, with his wife and five children and his brother John, joined a company formed in Boston and vicinity in 1718 or 1719, and settled at Strawberry Hill, now Leicester, Mass. Richard Southgate laid out the town, of which he was the first Treasurer, and- received a grant of seven hundred and forty acres of land. The line of descent comes through Richard (second), Isaac, Samuel (first), and Samuel (second) to Dr. Southgate, the subject of this sketch.

Samuel Southgate (first), Dr. Southgate' s grandfather, who was a card manufacturer in Leicester, as was also the Doctor's father, died in Dedham, June 5, 1876. The family record for longevity is somewhat remarkable. The first and second Richards were eighty-four when they died in Leicester. Isaac died there at eighty-one, Samuel (first) died there in 1859, aged eighty-one, and Samuel (second) lived to be seventy. Dr. Southgate's mother was born in Easton, Mass., daughter of Rufus and Charlotte (Warren) Fuller. The former, who was a woollen manufacturer, spent his last days in Worcester County, Massachusetts. The maiden name of Dr. Southgate's maternal great-grandmother was Elizabeth Wheeler. His maternal great-great-grandmother was Mary Belcher (Bass) Henshaw, whose father, Joseph Bass, married Ruth Alden, daughter of John Alden and Priscilla Mullins. The Doctor's mother, who lived to be seventy-five years old, had two children, of whom only he reached maturity. The other child was Mary Louise, born twenty years later than the Doctor, and who died when but two and one-half years old. George Alonzo Southgate fitted for his collegiate course at the Leicester Academy and under the direction of a private tutor. He began his professional studies" in the medical department of Dartmouth College. Later he entered the University of Pennsylvania, and was graduated with the class of 1859. P'irst locating in Mill bury, Mass., he remained there until 1863. Then he came to Dedham, where he has been in successful practice for over thirty years. P"or the past three years he has had an office at 2 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston.

On June 13, i860, Dr. Southgate was united in marriage with Mary Bigelow Willson. She is a daughter of the Rev. Luther and Fidelia (Wells) Willson. Her father, who was pastor of a Unitarian church in Petersham, Mass., for many years, died in that town. Mis. Southgate's parents had a family of twelve children, and her brother, the Rev. E. B. Willson, was the pastor of a Unitarian Church at Salem, Mass., for thirty-five years. She is the mother of five children, namely: Robert Willson, a graduate of Boston University Medical School, and associated with his father; Delia Wells, the wife of Anson S. Marshall, a lawyer of Concord, N. H. ; May Fuller, who married Harry P. Cormerias, a business man of Boston, and a resident of Dedham ; Walter Bradford, who is also in business in Boston; and Helen Louise, a kindergarten teacher. In politics Dr. Southgate is a Republican, and he served upon the Board of Health for four years. He is a member of Olive Branch Lodge, F. & A. M., of Millbury. For many years he was officially connected with the Unitarian society, and the family attend that church.

ILLIAM STEARNS, residing on Sewell Avenue, Brook] ine, is practically retired from active pursuits, although he still pays some attention to vegetable gardening. Born August 10, 1830, near his present home, he is a son of Marshall Stearns, who was a native of Waltham or Weston, Mass. Charles Stearns, the grandfather, spent his early life in Waltham, whence he came to Brookline in the first years of the present century. He purchased land in Brookline, and thereafter was engaged in general farming; and market gardening as long as he was able to work. He also purchased a house, which is now occupied by one of his grandsons, Charles H. Stearns. He spent his last days in Brookline, passing away at the venerable age of ninety-three years. His wife, whose maiden name was Nancy Flagg, born and bred in Ashby, Mass., died in Brookline at the age of fourscore years. They had a family of seven children, none of whom are now living. Both parents were highly respected throughout the community, and were active members of the Unitarian, or First Parish, Church.

Marshall Stearns succeeded to the ownership of a portion of the old homestead farm. After erecting the house now owned and occupied by his son William, he made it his permanent residence. He devoted much of his time to tilling the soil, meeting with especial success in raising early vegetables and fruit for the home markets. He took a deep interest in the welfare of the town, and served his townsmen as Selectman, Assessor, and Overseer of the Poor, and was Brookline's Representative in the State legislature for two terms. He was a Whig in his early years, but after the formation of the Republican party was one of its firmest adherents. At his death he was sixty-eight years of age. He married Susanna C. Jones, who was born in Brookline, March 5, 1807. She was one of the two children of Joseph and Hannah (Clark) Jones. Joseph Jones, a well-known farmer, died September 14, 1822, aged forty-nine years; while his wife, who was born February 2, 1778, died February 28, 1826. Susanna C. Stearns died July 26, 1873, aged sixty-six years, leaving two children, namely: William, the subject of this sketch; and Hannah C, the wife of William J. Swift, formerly of Nantucket, Mass. Two other children died in early life. Both were connected with the Unitarian church, the father having been an official member.

William Stearns was educated in Brookline, attending both the common and high schools, and subsequently assisted in the care of the home farm, which came into his possession on the death of his parents. He afterward engaged in the real estate business. Having divided his land into house lots, he has since sold the larger part of it ; and forty or more

Mr. Stearns was married October 6, 1858, to Miss Margaret G. Swift. Born in Nantucket, Mass., she was one of the three children of Henry Swift, who was engaged as a whaler in his early life. She died March 18, 1869, aged thirty years, having borne her husband one child - Henry, who lived but four years. On October 28, 1874, Mr. Stearns married Miss Annie Russell, daughter of Thomas V. Russell, a lawyer of St. Lawrence County, New York. By this marriage there are three children - Elsie R., Marshall, and Russell. In politics Mr. Stearns votes for the men he deems best qualified for the positions to be filled, irrespective of party affiliations. He is a member of the Brookline Club and of the Casino. His religious creed is liberal, and he attends the Unitarian church.

dairy farmer of Dover, was born in this town, April 25, 1850, son of John and Abigail (Ingalls) Kenrick. His grandfather was a native of Newton, Mass. The father, who was also born in Newton, followed the trade of blacksmith in that place until 1848, when he moved to Dover, and settled upon the farm which is now owned by his son. The rest of his active life was devoted to agricultural pursuits; and he died June 2, 1892. His wife, Abigail, who was a native of Fitzwilliam, N.H., became the mother of seven children, as follows: Caroline R., born November 30, 1842, who died young; Althea, born March 2, 1S45, who died March 31, 1893; Mary Caroline, born September 4, 1848, who died May 8, 1891 ; Benjamin, the subject of this sketch; Luella Gertrude, born July 19, 1S54, who died December 7, 1875; Abbie Ann, born March 8, 1857, who is now residing in Dorchester, Mass. ; and Theodocia, born June 23, i860, who died March 8, 1863. Mrs. John Kenrick died July 1, 1888.

afterward employed in the woollen-mills of that city for twenty years. In 1S8S he returned to Dover, and took charge of the home farm, which came into his possession after his father's death. The property contains one hundred and ten acres of fertile land, with new and substantial buildings. The land is mainly devoted to dairy purposes.

The first of Mr. Kenrick's three marriages was contracted on February 9, 1 874, with Evangeline St. Clair Archer, of Lawrence. Born in Charlotte, Me., daughter of Henry Archer, who was a prosperous farmer, she died September 25, 1S76, leaving one daughter. This daughter, Emma May, born June 16, 1876, died November 2, 1893. Mr. Kenrick's second wife, Charlotte Victoria, was born in Maine, daughter of Samuel Scammon, wbd was a lumberman and a farmer. They were wedded in Lawrence, June 30, 1881. She died September 25, 1887, leaving no children. The third marriage, which was performed September 9, 1893, united him to Mrs. Margaret Maud (Clark) Webster, who was born (in Prince Edward Island, May 5, 1859, daughter of William and Annie (Ling) Clark, both now deceased. Her father, who was an Englishman, and who emigrated to Prince Edward Island when young, was later engaged in the shoe business and farming. By her first husband, Charles F. Webster, of Lawrence, Mrs. Kenrick has one daughter - Helen Miriam, born January 16, 1885. Mr. Kenrick's happy faculty for adapting himself to circumstances is probably the secret of his success in life. His farm occupies a desirable location, within easy reach of the Boston market. In politics he is a Republican.

NOCH WAITE, a prosperous manufacturer of Franklin, Mass., one of the sons of the late Joseph and Anna Waite, was born in England in 1835. His father was a manufacturer of felt for King George in England, but came to this country when quite a young man and established himself in the same business. He was the first felt manufacturer in America; and when he had established himself he sent for his wife and children, and made his home in Massachusetts.

After a brief term of schooling in Newmarket, England, Enoch Waite at eight years of age began to work at the felting trade. He came to America when he was fifteen years old, and first found employment in the old Bay State Mills, Lawrence, Mass. In 1S56 he went to Johnson, R.I., and, starting a mill for Judge Pitman's son for the manufacture of felt carpet, remained there two years. Then he removed to Lowell and worked in the Middlesex Mills until 1861, when he went to Winchester and started a mill for S. M. Allen, where they manufactured fibrilla, an article made from tow and used during the war in the place of cotton. When peace was declared, there was no more use for their product, and the mill was closed. Mr. Waite next had charge of a mill in Charlestown for the manufacture of felt carpets. He stayed there but two years, however, and then went to Lawrence again and engaged in the manufacture of glove linings. After a short time he proceeded to Wrentham, where he managed a mill run by the Elliot Felting Company for the manufacture of felt table and piano covers as well as all other kinds of felt goods.

In 1874 Mr. Waite came to Franklin and started in business for himself again, manufacturing felt cloth, and in two years took a partner by the name of A. H. Morse. They worked together until 1881, when the partnership was dissolved, and Mr. Waite started what is now known as the City Mills, which he managed for three years. He next started a felt-mill for F. B. Ray, called the Union Mill, and also went into business with Mr. Bannigon, known as the "rubbejr king," in Lawrence, Mass. They ran the Lawrence Felting Mills together until 1888, when Mr. Waite sold out his interest to his partner, and then conducted his own mill exclusively, fie also bought a privilege in the Rockville .Mill from Mr. Richardson, of Medway. He turned this into a felt-mill, and placed his son in charge. The mill is running at present to its full capacity. Mr. Waite is himself president, treasurer, and manager of the Waite Felting Company, of Franklin, a posi- tion he has held for a number of years. He has been a very successful man in his business, and is counted one of the representative citizens of Franklin.

SREDERICK P. DRAKE, an engineer and prominent citizen of Canton, was born here, March 16, 185 1, son of Andrew and Lucy (Gray) Drake. His grandfather, Ziba Drake, was the first one of the family to reside in the town. Andrew Drake, a native of Sharon, was in the coal business for many years in Boston, and was also engaged in the carpenter's trade. In politics he was a Republican. He married Lucy T. Gray, of Sandwich, and they had five children, as follows: Laura ]., Sarah E., Harriett A., Mary E., and Frederick P. Mary, who is now deceased, was the wife of Fred Belcher; Laura J. is the widow of James L. Shepard ; Sarah E. is the widow of N. H. Lord; and Harriett A. is the wife of Isaac Capen. The father died in Canton at the age of seventy years.

Frederick P. Drake received his education in the common schools of his native town and at the private school of Sanford W. Billings in Sharon. When he was nineteen years of age he learned the carpenter's trade, and has followed it since. He has been in the employment of the Revere Copper Company as carpenter for twenty-six years. In politics he is a Republican. He was Constable for some years. In 1886 he formed the fire company, and has been chief of the board of fire engineers. He has been Selectman since 1892, when he was first elected to that office. On November 2, 1897, on the Republican ticket, he was elected a member of the General Court from the Fourth Norfolk District. Mr. Drake is a member of the Blue Hill Lodge of Odd Fellows, of which he is Past Noble Grand. He is also Past Chief Patriarch of Mount Hebron Encampment, of Stoughton ; and he is also connected with the Knights of Honor, Richard Gridley Lodge, having passed all the chairs. He married Ellen Jones, a daughter of David Jones, of Stoughton. They have no family. Mr. Drake is a member of the Baptist church.

fSAAC HILLS HAZELTON, M.D., a highly respected physician of Wellesley, was born in Boston, May 17, 1838. A son of Isaac and Susan (Pickard) Hazelton, he is a direct descendant of the Robert Hazelton who, with his brother John, was one of the first settlers of Rowley in 'about 1639. His grandfather, Thomas Hazelton, was born in Chester, N.H., in 1776, and, having spent his life there engaged in farming, died in 1847. Thomas married Lucretia Hills in June, 1S00. Their son, Isaac Hills Hazelton, Si\, who was born in Chester, N.H., June 8, 1805, and followed the occupation of builder, married Susan, a daughter of Jere Pickard, of Dresden, Me., and died in September, 1863. The Pickard family came to this country from England in 1630, and settled in Massachusetts.

_ Isaac Hills Hazelton, the subject of this biography, received his elementary education in the public schools of Boston. He was subsequently a member of the class of i860 at Harvard College. He left college, however, to join the undergraduate department of the Medical School, and afterward, in 1861, graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. In April of the same year he was appointed assistant physician at the Concord Asylum. He passed the examinations for admission to the navy in the following September, and on "the 17th received his appointment as assistant surgeon from Gideon Wells, then the Secretary of the Navy. This position he held until September 11, 1865, when he resigned. In December, 1861, he was sent on the United States recruiting- ship "Ohio," and in January of 1862 on the "Vermont." He sailed for Port Royal, S.C., February 24, 1S62, and arrived April 16, after a perilous voyage. He was ordered to the "Paul Jones" on December 31, and afterward took part in several expeditions through South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. From July 10 to July 18, 1S63, he was engaged in the attack on Charleston. He was with the army temporarily during the bombardment of Fort Wagner and at Beaufort, S.C., where he was in charge of three hospitals from July 19 to August 19, 1863. After leaving Beaufort, he came to Boston, but was ordered to the

Isaac H. Hazelton

Boston yard in September, and to the Pacific Squadron on the 14th of December, 1864, serving on the United States flag-ship "Lancaster." He returned East, July 10, 1865. On September 12, 1865, after resigning from the naval service, he was appointed associate physician at the McLean Asylum, where he practised for two years. He is now a member of the Wellesley Board of Health, and is the local medical examiner for a number of insurance companies. For many years he has been the State Medical Examiner of Lunacy. He is a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society, Norfolk County Medical Society, of the Loyal Legion, of the Charles Ward Grand Army Post of Newton, and of the Kearsarge Association of Naval Veterans, and of the Regular Army and Navy Union, of which he was surgeon -general on the staff of the Commander-in-Chief. In politics he is a Republican: and he served on the Republican Town Committee, of which he was chairman for several years. He attends the Congregational church.

Dr. Hazelton was married in Newburyport, Mass., on November 23, 1867, to Mary Allen Brewster, a daughter of William H. Brewster, who was a lineal descendant of Elder Brewster. Dr. and Mrs. Hazelton have had four children: Mary Brewster, born in November, [868; Isaac Brewster, born in December, 1870, now studying at the Institute of Technology; Olivia B., born in January, 1873, now at home; and Margaret P., born in March, 1876, also living at home. The eldest daughter studied at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, where she has been a teacher for the last four years. She took the Halgarten prize in 1896, the first time it was ever awarded to a woman.

(AYMOND S. BYAM, an enterprising and prosperous business man of Canton, was born November 15, 1839, in Chelmsford, Mass., son of Otis Byam. The family was first represented in America by the traditional three brothers from England, one of whom settled in Chelmsford, near Robbins Hill, where some of his descendants have since lived. Otis Byam was born and reared on the old home farm in Chelmsford. When a young man he went to Boston, where he was for some years a merchant, and also kept the old hotel called the Hanover House. He subsequently returned to the scenes of his childhood, and, purchasing the Byam homestead, carried on general farming until his death in 1858, at the age of sixtyfour years. He was a man of unblemished character, honest and upright, and a strong Democrat in politics, although he never cared to hold office. He married Miss Lavina Boomer, of Keene, N.H. Of their four children, George O. , of Chelmsford, and Raymond S. are living.

Raymond S. Byam was an attendant of the Chelmsford common schools until seventeen years old. Then he went into the milk business in Lowell, Mass., and was engaged in it for two years. During the following twelve months he conducted a livery stable on the corner of Middlesex and Howard Streets in that city. In July, 1861, he enlisted in Company G of the Sixteenth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, known as the Butler Rifles, and afterward served for three years in the Civil War, being promoted to the rank of Corporal of the color guards, and assigned to the pioneer corps. He saw much of the roughest part of army life, and was an active participant in many of the hardest fought battles of the war. He was in the engagement at Fortress Monroe, under General Wolf; saw the "Monitor" sink the "Merrimac," March 9, 1S62; was at Gosport Navy Yard. Having joined General Hooker at Fair Oaks, he took part in the Seven Days' Fight; was next at Harrison's Landing; stood beside the gallant General Sickles when he lost his leg at the battle of Gettysburg; was later at Hanover Court-house, the second Bull Run, Petersburg, and Chancellorsville. In the lastnamed battle he received a slight wound. He completed his term of service at Petersburg in July, 1864. After his return to Chelmsford, Mr. Byam remained at home for a short time. In the fall of 1864, he went to Roxbury, Mass., where he was for two years engaged in driving an express wagon to Boston. In 1866 he came to Canton as messenger for Crummett's Express Company, a position which he held for two years. In 1868 he established his present express business between here and Boston, forming a partnership with his brother, S. L. Byam, who is now deceased. The express is conducted under the name of Byam & Co. He also deals in coal, ice, lime, cement, drain pipe, hay, and other merchandise; and he does a large business in moving furniture, employing several men and keeping twenty-seven horses.

Mr. Byam takes a genuine interest in all matters pertaining to the town's welfare and prosperity, and for five years did efficient service as Selectman and Overseer of the Poor. In politics he is identified with the Republican party. He is a member of the New England Railroad Agency and of the Boston Express League, and is the National Color Bearer in the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston. He was made a Mason in the Blue Hill Lodge; and he belongs to Mount Zion Chapter, R. A. M., and to the Joseph Warren Commandery, K. T. , of Roxbury. He is also a member of Revere Post, No. 94, G. A. R., of which he has been chaplain for some time.

On November 6, 1867, he married Miss Helen S. Bailey, who, born and reared in Philadelphia, died May 8, 1S97. Their three children are: Ella S., Harry S. , and Alice M. Mr. Byam and his family attend the Universal ist church.

" EORGE V. RICHARDSON, '-) I tired business man of Needham, was born in 1825 in Canton, Mass., son of John and Sally (Tufts) Richardson. The father, who was born in Ouincy, Mass., in 1799, and was a hatter by trade, died in 1859. The mother, a daughter of Joseph Tufts, was born in 1796, and died in 1884.

George Richardson was eight years of age when he was withdrawn from the common schools and sent to work for Joseph Fisher, a machinist. He lived with Mr. Fisher for two years, doing chores and working around the house, and attending school in winter for a few weeks. Subsequently he was employed in several different families in the same way until 1835, when he went to Dedham to live with Eben Wight and his sister. After staying in Dedham two years, he went to live with Joseph Briggs on Federal Hill, where he remained one year. In 1842 he began to learn the carpenter's trade with William Eaton. With Mr. Eaton he stayed four years, and then worked at the trade for about twenty-five years. He had worked in his brother's sash and blind factory in Boston for three years when his brother sold out. Then Mr. Richardson engaged in the business of making oil tanks, forming a partnership with Edwin Irvine, under the firm name of Richardson & Irvine. After four years he bought out his partner's interest, and continued in the business with his son as partner, under the name of Richardson & Son, until 1891, when he sold out and retired. He is now living in Needham. In the Baptist Church of Needham he is a Deacon, a member of the Standing Committee and of most of the other committees. In politics he is a Republican.

Mr. Richardson was married in 1850 to Ann Jane, daughter of John Davis, of Needham, now Wellesley. She died in 1866. They had seven children, namely: Ann Elizabeth, who married Zadock Bradford, and lives in Somerville; Emma Louisa, who married Charles Thorpe, and lives at Highlandville ; George Davis, who died aged nine years; Frank Bowman, who married Margaret Morgan, of Salem, was his father's partner, and is now doing business in Boston; Eben Henry, who married Carrie L. Tuttle, of Hyde Park ; Clara Veazie, who died when four years old; and Mary Frances, who married Augustus Zimgiebel, and lives in Needham. Mr. Richardson was married a second time in 1878 to Sarah, daughter of Moses Alden, of Newton Upper Falls. Her father belongs to the third generation of the Aldens who have lived on the old estate in Needham, and is a direct descendant of John Alden, of the Plymouth Colony.

Rof. William Russell Smith

ROF. WILLIAM RUSSELL SMITH was for many years prominent as a musician in Medfield and the adjoining towns. Born here September 1 i, 1838, he was a son of Jeremiah Russell and

William R. Smith

Eliza (Mason) Smith, both natives of Medfield. The paternal grandfather, also named Jeremiah, settled in the southern part of the town on what is now known as Nelson farm, and was there engaged in farming for many years. The father, who also followed agriculture here for a time, is now living in Providence, R.I., with his daughter. His first wife, Eliza, died at the age of thirty. After her death he married Christiana Bigelow, of Charlton, Mass., who is now also deceased. By the first marriage there were two children - William R. and Eliza M. Mary A., a child of the second wife, is now the wife of Melvin Willard, of Providence, a salesman of carriages.

William Russell Smith attended the common schools for the usual period. Afterward he was sent to Reading Academy and then to Boston, where he made a special study of music. He began as a teacher of music by instructing pupils in Medfield, Norwood, Mill is, Mansfield, and other towns, while he resided in Medfield. Subsequently, in addition to his many private pupils, he had charge of the music training' in Dean Academy. In 1872 he came to the farm where his family now reside. Here he made many improvements, and added to. the original twenty-seven acres by the purchase of woodlands. His time being entirely occupied by his professional duties, he was obliged to hire a foreman to manage the farm work; but all work done upon the place has been carried on under bis instructions. Plis evenings were occupied in directing classes, bands, or orchestras, or in conducting sundry choirs, of which he was the leader. For fourteen years be was the organist and choir leader at the Unitarian church ; and for the eight years preceding his death, which occurred on April 25, 1896, he held a like position in the Second Congregational Church. His interest in this department of his work was strong, and the fine discrimination with which the anthems or hymns were selected and rendered clearly betokened his musical ability, knowledge, and taste. His patience in conducting rehearsals was remarkable. Pie was ever ready to give extra time when needed, and he had the happy faculty of keeping the members of his choir in harmonious comradeship.

He was an expert performer on the piano, organ, cornet, and various stringed instruments. While possessed in so full a degree with the artistic temperament, he was in every respect a manly man. In politics he voted the Republican ticket. He was a member of the Royal Arcanum and of the A. O. of U. W. of Medfield. None knew him who did not grieve for his loss when he died.

On September 5, 1865, Professor Smith married Julia A. Hamant, of Medfield, who died August 9, 1869. On June 30, 1872, he married Mary Jane Hamant, a sister of the fust Mrs. Smith. By the second marriage there were three children : Ellis Russell, born May 2, 1873, who died April 5, 1874; William Bernard, born December 28, 1874, who died July 15, 1892; and Bertram Hamant, born February 10, 1879, now attending school. William B. Smith was a most promising young man and a talented musician. With his natural ability and the early instruction given him by his father, a brilliant career seemed before him. He was a member of the Medfield Utopian Club and a great favorite throughout the town. His early death was greatly lamented, and his parents had the sympathy of a wide circle of friends.

bfRANCIS H. COWING, formerly for p] many years railroad station agent in Weymouth and a member of the present Board of Assessors, was born in this town December 17, 1S34, son of Joshua B. and Deborah (Cusbing) Cowing. He is a descendant on both sides of well-known Weymouth families. His great-uncle, Joshua Bates, a native of Boston, but long a resident of London and a member of the firm of the Messrs. Baring of that city, in 1852 founded the Boston Public Library by donating fifty thousand dollars for the erection of a suitable building, subsequently increasing his benefactions by a like sum for the purchase of books. This was the building on Boylston Street, near Tremont Street, which continued in use for library purposes until 1895. Donations of money and books for the purpose had previous!) been made, beginning in [843, when M. Vatteniare secured a gift of books from the city of Paris; but Mr. Bates was the one who made the library an accomplished fact. His name was given to the main hall in commemoration of his munificence, and has been perpetuated in the main hall of the present magnificent structure in Copley Square. Joshua B. Cowing, father of the subject of this sketch, was a lifelong resident of Weymouth and for many years a custom boot and shoe maker by trade. He died in 1885. Seven of his children now survive, and of these Francis H. is the eldest. Francis H. Cowing acquired a commonschool education. At the age of eighteen he obtained employment as clerk in a general store, in which capacity he served some five years, on June 1, 1857, being appointed station agent of the old South Shore Railway. He also ably and faithfully discharged the duties of telegraph operator for thirty-three years, or until 1890, when he resigned. Having invested his savings to good advantage, he is at the present time in easy circumstances. For a number of years he has been a trustee of the Weymouth Savings Bank. In politics he is a Republican, and he has been a member of the Board of Assessors since 1895. His long service as station agent gained for him a wide circle of friends and acquaintances, and he is respected and esteemed by all who know him.

ANIEL WARREN, a prosperous merchant of Wellesley, born in 1826, is a native of Cork County, Ireland, which has been the birthplace of nine generations of his family ; for the Warrens are an old and prominent family in Ireland. Daniel Warren was educated in the public schools in Cork County. At the age of fifteen he went to learn the carpenter's trade. He worked at his trade for three years, after which he spent one year at home. Another year was passed in working at his trade, and then, having made up his mind to come to America, he set to work to earn the money for his passage. He came to this country in the year 1852, landing in New York with one dollar and twelve cents in his pocket. By the time he reached Hartford, Conn., he had but twelve cents left. However, he soon found employment with a contractor, building bridges. After working for him one year, he spent another in the employment of Collins & dishing at the same business, and then came to that part of Needham which is now Wellesley, and worked in a machine shop for thirteen years. In 1869 he went into the coal business, and has been engaged in it ever since. He has increased his business each year; and he now has an extensive trade in coal, hay, grain, etc. Mr. Warren is a publicspirited citizen, and has been in many public positions. He was a member of the- board of Town Assessors, and he was serving on the Town Committee when Wellesley was set off from Needham. He was for many years a member of the Improvement Societv, and was the first Irishman from Needham to sit upon a jury. That was over 'thirty years ago, and since then he has served many times, and also on the grand jury. Mr. Warren is a member of the Newton branch of the Irish Land League. In religious belief he is a Roman Catholic and an earnest supporter of his church. He bought the land where the church now stands, and had charge of the construction of the building. He has always done a great deal toward building up church property and making improvements generally.

Mr. Warren was married in Watertown in 1856 to Ann Reynolds, who was born in Leitrim County, Ireland, and came to this country in 1848. Mr. and Mrs. Warren have had six children, namely: Margaret, born in 1857, who married James Caley, and is now living in Canada; Fannie, born in 1859, who was educated at Notre Dame Academy, Roxburv, and at Boston University, and is now the principal of the Wellesley North School; Jeremiah, bom in 1861, who died in 1862; Mary, living at home; Daniel, born in 1867, now in the express business at Wellesley Lower Falls; and John, bom in 1S73, with his father in the coal business.

|BEN HIGGINS, the proprietor of Elmwood Farm, Dover, was born in Gloucester, Mass., March 31, 1845, son of Eben and Lydia- (Tucker) Higgins. His grandparents, Eben and Susan (Sears)

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Eben Higgins (second), the father of the subject of this sketch, was a native of Brewster. At an early age he went to sea, and eventually became master of a vessel. After acquiring considerable wealth he retired from active occupation. For several years he resided in Gloucester. In 1866 he settled upon a farm in Dover, where he resided for seven years. Then he moved to Newtonville, where he passed the rest of his life. He died in 1880. His wife, Lydia, whose father was a native of Gloucester, became the mother of five children - Lydia Ann, Eben, Willard Sears, Susan Abbey, and Howard Holbrook. Lydia, now deceased, was the wife of Abram Bigelow, of Dover, who is now residing in Wellesley, Mass. Willard Sears is now a member of the firm of Higgins & Ntckerson, carpenters and builders of Newtonville. He wedded Maria James, of Gloucester, who died some time ago. Susan Abbey married Roger Bartelle, a native of Dover. She is dead, and her husband is now in California. Howard Holbrook died at the age of three months. The mother resides in Newtonville.

Eben Higgins, the subject of this sketch, was educated in the common and high schools of Gloucester. Subsequently he went to sea a year with his father, and then learned the carpenter's trade in Watertown, Mass. Having spent two years in Watertown, he worked in Dover for a time. After his marriage he went to Newtonville, where he was engaged in the building business until 1877, when failing health compelled him to relinquish laborious employment. The Elmwood Farm was purchased by him later. This property, which consists of twenty-seven acres, he has greatly improved by the erection of new buildings; and he continues to cultivate it. At the present time he is engaged at his trade of carpenter. Politically, he is an active supporter of the Republican party. He has served as Town Treasurer since 1889, has been Town Clerk since 1890, was an Assessor for four years, is a Justice of the Peace, and he is secretary of the Republican Town Committee.

She was born in Garland, Me., daughter of Lewis and Maria (Holbrook) Goulding. Her father, who was a native of Worcester, Mass., settled upon a farm in Garland, and resided there until his death. His widow, now also deceased, came to Dover and married losiah Battelle. After Mr. Battelle's death she wedded Caleb Haskell, who has since died. Mr. and Mrs. Higgins have three children, namely : Eben Edward, born November 2, 1 87 1 ; Charles Herbert, born February 23, 1875; and Lydia A., born January 27, 1884. Eben E. is now a machinist in Boston, Mass. Charles Herbert, D.V. S. , is a graduate of the Massachusetts Agricultural College and of the Magi]] University, Montreal. He has already acquired a high reputation as a veterinary surgeon, and is now practising in Dover, with headquarters at Elmwood Farm. Lydia A. is residing at home. Mr. Higgins is connected with Medfield Lodge, No. 116, I. O. O. F. ; Natick Council, No. 126, Royal Arcanum; John Elliott Lodge, No. 149, Ancient Order of United Workmen, of West Newton ; the Dover Grange, Patrons of Husbandry ; and with the Wildey Casualty Company. Both he and Mrs. Higgins are members of the Congregational church, and take an active interest in religious work.

popular Town Clerk and Collector of Taxes of Wellesley, was born in Needham, now Wellesley, in 1854. A son of Dexter and Mary Ann (Dewing) Kingsbury, he belongs to an old and highly respected family of the county. His grandfather, Luther Kingsbury, a native of Needham, and a farmer and large land-owner, married Elmira Morse, of Natick. Their son, Dexter, who was born May 11, 1814, became a farmer. Dexter was the foreman of the Bussey farm, Jamaica Plain, for eight years; the warden of the Wellesley town farm for the same length of time, and at a later date the foreman of the Dr. Morton farm in this town. He died in 1892. His wife, Mary, a daughter of Seth and Olive (Haven) Dewing, late of Needham, is still living at the age of seventy-eight years. The early life of Frederick II. Kingsbury was spent at home, and he attended the common schools and later the high school. At the age of eighteen he became a clerk in the grocery store of Mansfield & Bigelow, where he remained for four years. During this time also he was Deputy Postmaster. Subsequently, until 1882, he was associated with his father in farming. Then he was elected Collector of Taxes for the town of Wellesley, which office he has held for every term since except one. He has been Town Clerk since 1888, discharging the duties of that office also in a manner satisfactory to all concerned. He is the administrator of his father's estate, is the secretary of the Wellesley Land Improvement Association, and is still engaged in farming.

In 1885 Mr. Kingsbury married Edith A., daughter of George and Catherine Nelson, of Milford, N.H. He has two children: Dexter Nelson, born in March, 1887; and Elizabeth Louise, born September 15, 1890. Both children are attending school. In politics Mr. Kingsbury is a zealous Republican. He is a Past Grand of Sincerity Lodge, No. 173, I. O. O. F. ; a member of Welcome Lodge, Daughters of Rebecca, at Natick ; and the secretary and treasurer of Wrellesley Grange, Patrons of Husbandry.

lALVIN FAIRBANKS, one of the leading farmers and mill-owners of Caryville, Bellingham, Mass., the son of Elijah and Nancy (Adams) Fairbanks, was born in the house where he now lives, October 25, 1825. His paternal grandfather, Joseph Fairbanks, who was the first of the family to own and occupy the homestead, was an extensive farmer and the owner of a great deal of mill property. He married Mary Metcalf, by whom he had four children - Elijah, Jonas M., Emery, and Lucy.

Their son Elijah followed his father's business. He was a prominent and publicspirited citizen, and filled most of the town offices at different times. He died in 1871, aged eighty-three." His wife was Nancy Adams, of Medway. They had eight children, as follows: Rufus, who died in March, 1838, at the age of twenty-four; Edwin, deceased;

William; George, born December 29, 1819, who died February 1, i860; Joseph, born November 25, 1823, now dead; Calvin, the subject of our sketch; Jemima, bom April 9, 1829, now the widow of Asa Patridge, living in Jamaica Plain, Mass. ; and Nancy, born January 8, 1835, who died when a young girl.

Calvin Fairbanks obtained his elementary education in the public schools of Bellingham, pursued more advanced studies at the high school in Medway, where he was graduated, and afterward attended the academy at Warren, Mass., while teaching school evenings. With the exception of three years that were passed in Kennebunk, Me., where he and his brother owned a saw-mill, his active life has been spent in his native town. After returning from Maine, he and his brother went into the shoe business together, and were very successful in the undertaking. In 1879 Mr. Fairbanks came to the farm where he now lives engaged in general farming and dairying. The estate contains about one hundred and seventy-five acres, and is well managed.

A man of good judgment and practical ability, fair-minded and honorable, Mr. Fairbanks enjoys the respect and confidence of the townspeople. He has held the office of Tax Collector for twelve years, and has also served as Assessor, besides filling other minor offices. In politics he is a Republican. He has been a member of the Congregational church in West Medway for a number of years.

He was first married in i860 to Almira Storer, of Kennebunk, Me., who died leaving no children. He was again married in 1861 to Jane E., a daughter of Samuel and Eudotia (Hall) Young, of Orwell, Vt. Mr. and Mrs. Fairbanks have one son - Highland C, born January 5, 1867, now living at home with his parents.

§OSEPH TAILBY, the well-known florist and horticulturist of Wellesley', was born in Leicestershire, England, and received his early education from the free schools of that county. When only thirteen years of age he began to work in a nursery and greenhouse; and five years later he became foreman in a private greenhouse in Knowle, near Birmingham, England. For two ami onehalf years he remained in this position, and then became special gardener and steward for William D. Dowler, a prominent manufacturer of the same town. At the end of another two and one-half years he went to work in a similar position for Carter & Co., of London; and in 1865 he crossed the Atlantic and landed at New York City. He came to South Framingham to take charge of the nursery and greenhouses of E. J. Powers, and had remained with him some two years and a half when he settled in Wellesley and established a business for himself in a small way near where he is at present located. His buildings now cover sixteen thousand, five hundred square feet of land.

Mr. Tailby and his son, who is in partnership with him, make a specialty of hybridizing and producing new varieties of plants and [rowers, and also do a large retail business in cut flowers and plants. Mr. Tailby is the originator of the American types of carnations. In 1880 the Massachusetts Horticultural Society gave him the prospective prize of forty dollars for the best seedling carnation. He was obliged to compete for three years against all comers, but finally carried off the prize, and is the only person to whom it has ever been awarded. The variety of carnation that won this proud honor was known as the "Grace Wilder." In 1895 Mr. Tailby received the silver medal from the Massachusetts Horticultural Society for a yellow calla lily, the "Elliotana." He is now producing hybrids between the Elliotana and the common Arum, or Jack-in-the-pulpit, that quaintest of flowers, which grows wild in New England and is known to every school boy and school girl. Mr. Tailby has taken many medals and certificates of merit from the Massachusetts and New York Horticultural Societies, and is the originator of the Tailby hybrid cucumber, of which the seed sold the first year for eighty dollars per pound. This was also awarded a silver medal. When the Bruse seedling potatoes were first introduced, Mr. Tailby propagated them in the hot-house from clippings, and sold the plants at eighteen dollars per dozen, realizing over five hundred dollars.

James Allen, of Birmingham, England, and has two sons - Joseph A. and William W. Joseph A. Tailby was born in 1866. He was educated in the grammar school of Wellesley, in Chauncy Hall School, Boston, and at the College of Pharmacy in that city. He worked as an assistant at Clark University in Worcester for two years, and then became teacher of chemistry in the College of Pharmacy from which he had been graduated. He now has charge for Conner & Co., manufacturing chemists, Boston. The younger son, William W., was instrumental in organizing the New England Flower Growers' Association, of which he has been from the beginning secretary and treasurer. He is a prominent Mason, having taken the Knight Templar degree.

Mr. Tailby is a communicant of the Episcopal church, and belongs to the parish here in Wellesley, at the organization of which he was one of the original signers. Fraternally, he is a member of Sincerity Lodge, No. 173, I. O. O. F. , is now its treasurer, as he has been for twelve years, and has passed all the chairs in both the subordinate lodge and encampment. He is also a member of the R. A., of Natick ; member and secretary of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society; member of the Florists' Club-of Boston and of the American Florists' Society. At the time of the great Peace Jubilee in Boston in 1872, Mr. Tailby was delegated as a committee of one from British subjects in Boston, to wait on Colonel Flugier, of the British Grenadiers, to solicit his permission for the famous Grenadier Guards Band to play outside the building, it having been announced, authoritatively or not, that they would play only in the Coliseum. Mr. Tailby, assisted by the Horticultural Fraternity, presented each member of the band, also each member of Gilmore's Band, with a hand bouquet, a button hole bouquet of moss roses, and a rosette of red, white, and blue ribbons.

§OHN F. WALL, the chairman of Norfolk's Board of Selectmen, and an enterprising paper manufacturer, was born in Dover, Mass., September II, 1854. His parents, Patrick and Eliza (Nash) Wall, were natives of Killarney, Ireland. The father, who emigrated to the United States at the age of twenty years, settled upon a farm in Dover, and there- followed agriculture with prosperity for many years. His last days were spent in Boston, where he died in February, 1893. He served in the Civil War with the Twenty-eighth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, sustaining the loss of a limb. His widow, who is now residing in Boston, has been the mother of thirteen children, of whom William H., John F., Joseph J., James E., Lizzie E., Francis, and Philip are living. James E. is a stock-broker in Boston; Joseph J. is in the provision business in South Boston; William H., Francis, and Philip follow the same business. in other parts of that city; and Lizzie E. is a book-keeper. The others were: Martin, Edward, and Mary, who reached maturity; and three who died in infancy.

John F. Wall was educated in the common schools of Dover. At the age of thirteen he went to work as a farm assistant for a Mr. Otis, and was later advanced to the position of foreman. After his marriage he engaged in the manufacture of paper with his father-inlaw, the late William Hill, of Dover; and some five or six years later he established himself in the same business in Norfolk. He manufactures several kinds of paper, which find a ready market in Boston and other places, and has a thriving business. His factory, the Campbell Mill, located in the eastern part of the town, was destroyed by fire, December 28, 1896, causing him considerable loss. He resides upon a good farm of sixty acres, which he has greatly improved, and is now devoting his spare time to its cultivation.

Mr. Wall was elected as a Democrat to the Board of Selectmen three years ago, and he has been its chairman for the past two years. At one time he served as Constable. As an able and industrious business man he has gained the confidence of his fellow-townsmen, and the efficiency he displays in public office is heartily appreciated. He is a member of King David Lodge, I. O. O. F. ; of Wonewok Tribe, No. 83, Improved Order of Red Men, of Franklin; and of the Sons of Veterans of Franklin, Mass. On January 28, 1872, he was united in marriage with Jennie C. Hill, daughter of William and Kittie (Chamless) Hill, late of Dover. Mrs. Wall is the mother of two children - Kittie C. and Ayana L. - both of whom are residing at home.

LLARD W. TURNER, an esteemed and highly respected citizen of Foxboro, was born in this town, January 30, 1839, son °f tne ^ate Willard P. Turner. His father, who was born in Stoughton, this county, was educated in Foxboro, having come here when a little lad to make his home with his uncle, the Rev. Willard Pierce. Willard P. Turner learned the tailor's trade in Foxboro, afterward working here for some years. He was also for a time connected with the straw shops, and largely interested in their improvements. From the organization of the party, in 1856, he was a loyal Republican until his death, which occurred October 18, 1896, at the age of eightytwo years. For two years he was Selectman of the town, serving faithfully and ably. He married Miss Catherine Bird, a daughter of Warren and Esther (Belcher) Bird, and with her reared two children - Kate and Willard W. Kate is now the widow of the late Calvin French. She kept house for her father in his declining years.

Willard W. Turner completed his education in the public schools of Foxboro. Subsequently he worked in the shops of the Union Straw Company for some years. In April, 1 861, he enlisted with a company of three months' men in the Fourth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and was afterward at the battle of Big Bethel. On returning to Foxboro, Mr. Turner resumed work in the straw shops, where he was employed until he retired in 1S85. He has since devoted a good deal of time and attention to the raising of cranberries for the market, having been associated with his father in this industry for many years, his average annual crop being from five hundred to eight hundred barrels. He is a stanch Republican in politics, and voted for Abraham Lincoln in i860, that being his first Presidential vote. He was a Tax Collector for a year.

Mr. Turner's first wife, whose maiden name was Annie Barker, was born in New Bedford. She died a few years after her marriage, leaving one child, Mabel F., who resides with her aunt, Mrs. French. Mr. Turner subsequently married Miss Jane A. Locke, of Lexington, Mass. They have three children - Roy L., Henry W., and Anne W. Mr. Turner is much interested in Masonry, and is a member of St. Alban's Lodge, F. & A. M. ; and of Keystone Chapter, R. A. M. Both he and Mrs. Turner are Universalists.

LLEN COLBURN, a well-to-do farmer and dairyman, who has contributed his full share toward advancing the agricultural interests of Norfolk County, was born October 28, 1832, in West Dedham, in the house in which he now resides. He is a son of the late Thatcher Colburn, and is descended from a pioneer family of this part of Massachusetts.

Nathaniel Colburn emigrated from England, August 11, 1637, and received a grant of land in the town of Dedham. He married Priscilla Clark in 1639. The line of descent is as follows: Samuel, son of Nathaniel, born January 25, 1 654 - 5 ; Ephraim, born November 6, 1687; Ephraim, born December 31, 1716; Ichabod, born February 26, 1754; and Thatcher, born February 20, 1787.

Thatcher Colburn was brought up on the home farm that afterward came into his possession. He was an energetic, industrious man, and in the course of his seventy-eight years of life made excellent improvements on his place. He married Hitty Cleveland, who was born in Dover, this county, and died at the old homestead, at the venerable age of eighty-eight years. They reared a family of five children, of whom Allen, above named, and Howard, Deputy Sheriff of Norfolk County, are the only survivors. The eldest son, Waldo Colburn, who was graduated from Phillips Academy at Andover and from the Harvard Law School, and became one of the leading lawyers of the State, was for a time a Judge of the Superior Court and later of the Supreme Court. He was prominent in local affairs, serving as Selectman of the town for

Allen Colburn received a good commonschool education, and under the tuition of his father became as familiar with the theory and practice of agriculture as with the contents of his text-books. Choosing the free and independent occupation to which he was trained as his life work, he remained with his parents, and succeeded to the ownership of the farm. He has fifty acres of arable land, on which he carries on general farming with success, and makes somewhat of a specialty of dairying, selling the milk from his twenty cows in the Dedham markets.

Mr. Colburn was married December 18, 1856, to Miss Nancy Colburn, daughter of Walter Colburn, of this town, a well-known farmer and butcher. Mrs. Colburn lived but a short time after their union, dying at the age of twenty-one years, and leaving one child, Nancy E. She was a woman of fine character, highly respected, and was a regular attendant of the Unitarian church. Mr. Colburn is a decided Republican, but takes no active part in political affairs. He well sustains the reputation of his ancestors for sterling traits of character and useful citizenship. He is an attendant of the Baptist church and a liberal contributor toward its support.

(5 THOMAS A. GEORGE, a merchant of 4 I Wrentham, was born here, July 23, 1815, son of Artemus and Annie (Grant) George. The great-grandfather, Richard George, who was one of the early settlers of the town, married Jerusha Hancock on February 9, 1738. His children were: Hannah, born November 30, 1738; Jerusha, born May 8, 1740; Thomas, born December 12, 1742; John, born October 28, 1744; Sarah, born July 15. 1746; and Elizabeth, born August 15, 1748. Thomas George, the grandfather of Thomas A., resided all his lifetime in his native town, and served as a Lieutenant in the Revolutionary War. He married Hannah Brastow, and they had thirteen children. His son Artemus, father of the subject of this sketch, carried on general farming, living on the old homestead during the whole of his life. Artemus married Annie Grant, of Rhode Island; and they had six children - Artemus A., Thomas A., William H., Sarah Ann, Hannah M., and Eleanor S.

After receiving his education in the district schools of the town and at Day's Academy, Thomas A. George taught school in different districts for about seven years. He then engaged in the manufacture of straw goods in his native town, and later opened a dry-goods store, which he has since carried on, a period of about thirty-eight years. His political views are those of the Republicans, and he cast his first Presidential vote for the Whig candidate in 1S36. Mr. George has never married.

KREDERICK HARRISON WIGHT, a prosperous farmer and marketman of Dover, was born in this town, December 4, 1827, son of Asa and Sibyl (Holbrook) Wight. His grandfather, Seth Wight, who came here from Medfield, Mass., was engaged in farming and sheep-raising for the rest of his life.

Asa Wight, born in Dover, was reared to agricultural pursuits. He succeeded to his father's farm, which he cultivated during his active years. A profitable business in wood and charcoal was also carried on by him. He died December 13, 1869. Sibyl Holbrook, who became his wife, was a native of Sherman, Mass. Their children were: James H., born July 21, 1816; Harrison, born April 5, 1818, who died September 15, 1825; Henry, born November 24, 1819, who died September 28, 1825; Frederick, born July 13, 182 1, who died September 10, 1825; Sibyl Augusta, born June 13, 1823, who died October 2, 1825; and Frederick H., the subject of this sketch. James H. Wight, who married Caroline Whitney, died in May, 1896. His wife is now residing in Newton Highlands, Mass. Mrs. Sibyl Wight died in May, 1871.

Frederick Harrison Wight attended the common schools. At the age of seventeen he began to learn the shoemaker's trade. He continued to reside at home, and worked at his trade until 1851, at which time he engaged in farming at the homestead, and began to run a market wagon through Dover, Needham, Brighton, and Boston. In 1871 he moved to the village, where he has since carried on business as a marketman. He owns a wellimproved farm, containing twenty-six acres; and he still continues to till the soil with activity.

On June 3, 185 1, Mr. Wight married Susan E. Ware. She was born in Wrentham, Mass., September 18, 1829, daughter of Herman and Ruth (Whiting) Ware, both natives of Wrentham, Mass. Herman Ware settled in Medfield in 1843, and was engaged in farming and butchering there for many years. He died in Dover, July 7, 1883, aged eighty-two years; and his wife died June 15, 1871. Mr. and Mrs. Wight have three children, namely: Ellen Augusta, born January 14, 1858; Adelaide Evora, born June 28, 1863; and Frederick Leslie, born May 5, 1869. Ellen Augusta married Lewis W. Chandler, a carpenter and contractor of Needham, Mass. Adelaide Evora is the wife of George H. Thompson, a prosperous farmer of New Braintree, Mass. Frederick Leslie, who is in the antique furniture business in Washington, D.C., married Lottie Louise Bacon, of New Braintree. Mr. Wight supports the Republican party, but has never aspired to public office. He takes much interest in all measures calculated to advance the welfare of the community. Both he and Mrs. Wight are members of the Congregational church.

RVILLE C. RHODES, a Selectman of Bellingham township and a prominent farmer there, was born November 1, 1843, son of William O. and Waity (Cooke) Rhodes, both natives of Bellingham. John Rhodes, the paternal grandfather, a native of Bristol, R. I., was the first of the family to come to Bellingham, where he and his sister resided all their lives. William O. Rhodes, son of John, is a bootmaker by trade. The greater part of William's life, however, has been devoted to agriculture on his farm on Blackstone Street, where he still resides, at the age of eightyone. His wife died in 1886, leaving three children. These are: Mary J., the wife of

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George H. Thayer, of Bellingham village; Irvin O., who married Etta Talcott, and resides in Mendon, Mass., where he is a successful butcher; and Orville C., the subject of this sketch.

Mr. Rhodes received a common-school education, and remained at home until twentyfour years of age. In 1865 he moved to the farm of seven acres on which he now lives. He has much enhanced the value of the place by erecting new buildings and making other improvements. Here he raises poultry extensively for the market. His is chiefly occupied as a meat dealer, doing his own butchering, and running a retail cart through Bellingham and Mendon, where he has a large trade. Mr. Rhodes is much interested in the public affairs of the town, and votes the Independent ticket. He was Assessor for about ten years, and he has been Selectman for the past three years. In the Bellingham Grange, No. 190, P. H., he is Master.

His wife, in maidenhood Charlotte M. Cook, was born May 10, 1840, in Wrentham, this county, daughter of Avery and Charlotte (Barney) Cook. Her mother was a native of Rhode Island; and her father was born in Wrentham, where he resided until his death. Mr. and Mrs. Rhodes have two children: Clara A., born November 29, 1868, who resides at home; and Frederick M., born January 13, 1874, who married Lottie Clarke, and resides with his wife and parents at the old farm. Mr. Rhodes has earned his success in life by close application to work and by making a constant endeavor to please his customers. He is well known and liked throughout the town and county.

§AMES WILLARD DANIELS, one of the prosperous farmers of Millis, was born in this town when it was a part of Medway, April 2, 1817. Also natives of the place were his parents, James and Rhoda (Richardson) Daniels; his paternal grandparents, Lemuel and Priscilla (Penniman) Daniels; and his maternal grandparents, Simeon and Elizabeth (Jones) Richardson. Lemuel Daniels, who was a shoemaker by trade, settled upon the farm where his grandson now resides, and occupied it for the rest of his life. He was the father of two children - Jasper and James - both now deceased. Jasper wedded Mehitable Partridge, and resided in Rockville.

James Daniels settled at the homestead after his marriage, and was there engaged in farming until October 2, 18 16, when the accidental discharge of a gun totally destroyed the sight of both eyes. He died July 29, 1882, aged eighty-eight years, and his wife on February 24 of the same year. Their children were: James W., the subject of this sketch; Rhoda R., born August 31, 1821, who died at the age of ten years; and Abigail P., born March 16, 1829, who died December

James Willard Daniels acquired a commonschool education, and was reared to agricultural pursuits at the homestead. He has always resided here, and since 1842 has managed the farm, which he inherited after his father's death. On the property, containing ninety acres, twenty acres of which is woodland, he has made various improvements. Prior to 1887 he was for many years engaged in driving a team between this town and Boston. He has been a Republican since the formation of his party, and he cast his first Presidential ballot for William Henry Harrison. Valuable public services were rendered by him in the capacity of Road Surveyor.

On February 24, 1842, Mr. Daniels married for his first wife Marion Adams. Her parents, Aaron and Catherine Adams, both now deceased, were prosperous farming people of West Medway. She died March 24, 1849, leaving two children: Rhoda A., born December 4, 1842, who died April 2, i860; and Marion Jane, born February 23, 1849, who married Sewell H. Bullard, and lives in Florida. On October 30, 1850, Mr. Daniels wedded Mrs. Mary (Morse) Bullard. She is a daughter of Andrew and Margaret (Metcalf) Morse, who were natives respectively of Sherborn, Mass., and Franklin, and resided upon a farm in the district now called Millis. The father died here at the age of ninety-four, and the mother at that of eighty-seven. By her union with her first husband, Sylvanus Bullard, who died here in 1836, Mrs. Daniels had one son, Frederick Francis, who, born November 30, 1836, died September 15, 183S. By her second marriage she had one daughter, Mary Abbott, born October 1, 185 1, who died February 21, 1856. She is a member of the Congregational church.

DENYS ZIRNGIEBEL, a leading florist of Massachusetts, was born in Neufchatel, one of the Frenchspeaking cantons of Switzerland, in the year 1829. He was educated in the College of Neufchatel, under Professor Louis Agassiz, graduating in 1848, and then becoming an apprentice in the Neufchatel Botanical Gardens, where he remained for three years. The next eight years he spent in Paris, engaged in the floral business. He then took charge of the Gardens of Shadau in Thun, Switzerland, for three years: and in 1854 he came to America, landing at New Orleans. He was in Louisiana for two years; and at the end of that time he came to Cambridge, Mass., and took charge of the Harvard Botanic Gardens. In this position as curator he remained for twelve years, associated with Professor Asa Gray, the distinguished botanist and author. In 1864 Mr. Zirngiebel came to Needham, and purchased the property where he is now extensively engaged in floriculture, raising many plants and flowers for the Boston markets. At present he has about thirty-five thousand feet under glass and about eight acres devoted to the raising of flowers. He makes a specialty of producing new varieties of plants, flowers, and seeds, particularly of pansies, and in this respect has a national reputation, having originated many new and choice varieties. He also does a large business in ornamental and landscape gardening, and is greatly interested in the subject of heating greenhouses. He has made a study of this important question, and is the originator and introducer of the system of heating by under pressure of hot water. For this he received the first prize offered for the best essay on heating, there being fifty-eight competitors from different parts of the United States and Canada.

United States, Mr. Zirngiebel was married in Switzerland to Henriette Zeller. The three children born of this union are: Denys, Jr., Hattie, and Augustus. Denys, Jr., born in Switzerland in 1855, is now living in Needham. He was educated in the common schools and the high school of this town, and learned the electrical business with Blodgett Brothers, of Boston. Hattie was born in Cambridge in 1859, and was educated in the public schools of Needham, including the.high school. She married Mr. A. N. Wyeth, of Cambridge, and lives in Needham. Augustus, who was born in 1862, and is now engaged in business with his father, married Mary Richardson. In politics Mr. Zirngiebel is a Republican, and he is a faithful supporter of Republican principles and American institutions.

ORACE BAXTER SPEAR, a prominent and highly esteemed citizen of Quincy, Mass., where he is now living retired from active pursuits, was born in this town, October 7, 1822. His father, Elijah Spear, was born here, January 27> 1 775- He was a son of Seth and Judith (Adams) Spear, and a descendant of old Norfolk County families. Seth Spear was a soldier in the Revolution, and later was known as Lieutenant Spear. He, son of John Spear, was born in 1742 in this town, then a part of old Braintree, and died here, August 26, 1S1S. That he was active in local affairs is evinced by the mention of his name as a town officer in the early records of Quincy. He was three times married. Judith Adams, of Milton, to whom he was united in 1764, died Jul)' 10, 1787, aged forty years. In 1788 he married Abigail Marsh, and after her death he married Fanny Nightingale.

Elijah Spear learned the currier's trade in his early days, but, instead of following it after becoming of age, turned his attention then to freighting stone on sloops from Quincy to Boston. In this occupation he saved considerable money, which he invested in land ; and during his later years he was prosperously engaged in the pursuit of agriculture, his death occurring in 1833. He served as Se- lectman of the town two years, and was a member of the School Committee for some time. In the first year of the present century he married Susanna Baxter (born 1780, died 1863), daughter of Jonathan Baxter, of Quincy. They reared eight children, as follows: Seth, born January 9, 1S01, died in April, 1888; Susanna, born August 31, 1802, who married Thomas M. Marsh, and died in 1891 ; Elizabeth, born January 4, 1805, now the widow of Seth Jillson, formerly of Willimantic, but later of Norwich, Conn., where she is now spending her declining years; Abigail, born April 29, 1807, died unmarried at the age of twenty-five years; Judith, born January 24, 181 2, now residing in Quincy; Elijah, born in 1813, who died at the age of twenty-five years, unmarried; Lucy, born March 31, 1817, who married Charles Marsh, and died in 1862; and Horace Baxter, the special subject of this sketch. The parents were active members of the First Church of Quincy (Unitarian), whose house of worship is the Stone Temple, sometimes called the "Adams Temple," built at the request of ex- President John Adams, mostly of stone from a quarry presented by him late in his life to the town.

Horace Baxter Spear completed his education at Derby Academy in Hingham, Mass., and was then employed for several years as clerk by Josiah Brigham & Co., in a general country store- in Quincy. Subsequently, forming a partnership with his brother-in-law, Charles Marsh, under the name of Marsh & Spear, he was engaged in the wholesale leather trade in Boston for ten years. The following three years he had no permanent business, but in 1868 he was' appointed cashier of the National Granite Bank and treasurer of the Quincy Savings Bank. These positions he resigned in 1871, when he became cashier of the National Mount Wollaston Bank. In 1887, after sixteen years of efficient service, he resigned his position as cashier of the last named bank, and was succeeded by his son, Horace Frederick. Since then Mr. Spear has not been confined to any active business. Pie is a director of the National Mount Wollaston Bank and a trustee of the Quincy Savings Bank, where he served for several years on the board of investment, and also as vice-president and president. For seventeen years he was Town Treasurer of Quincy, and he served in the same capacity the first year after the adoption of the city charter. He has served for about thirty years as the local agent of the Norfolk and Dedham Insurance Companies, and this position he still retains. In politics he is a straight Republican. He holds a commission as Justice of the Peace, having received his first appointment from Governor Claflin.

Mr. Spear was married October 25, i860, to Mary Maria, daughter of Eleazer and Mary (Gould) Frederick, of Quincy. The three children born of their union are : Horace Frederick, cashier of the National Mount Wollaston Bank; Lucy Maria; and Joseph Gould. Mr. and Mrs. Spear are members of the First Congregational Society (Unitarian), of which he has been treasurer and also one of the Parish Committee. His more than ordinary capacity as a business man and financier, as exemplified in his career as a banker and in his public service as Town Treasurer, is recognized by his fellow-townsmen ; and he is rightly regarded as one who has done his full share in promoting the best interests of the town. He and his wife and family form a part of the best social element of Quincy.

EV. DWIGHT M. HODGE was born in Salisbury, Herkimer County, N.Y., about fifty years ago. While young, his parents removed to Northern New 'York, settling in Adams Centre, Jefferson County. Mr. Hodge was educated in the public and private schools, Lowville Academy, and St. Lawrence University. He attributes the better part of his education, however, to his tutoring by an exprofessor of Oxford, who served as an officer in the rebel army, and remained in this country some years after the close of the war. Leaving college, Mr. Hodge settled in North Adams. After a pastorate of two years, he continued the study of medicine, which he had taken up before entering college. During the interval between his years of study at Lowville and his entering college he also taught

After his completion of his course of medical study he was settled for ten years in Danbury, Conn. : and for nine of those years he was a member of the Board of Education in that city. During this time a committee, appointed by the Pennsylvania legislature to revise the school system of that State, took counsel of leading educators, and were referred by the Connecticut State Board of Education to Mr. Hodge as one of the persons most competent to advise them in their work. Most of his suggestions were embodied in the committee's report. During his residence in Danbury Mr. Hodge also became a candidate for Congress in William H. Barnum's district. Of course, the contest was a hopeless one in Mr. Barnum's time. Neverthless, Mr. Hodge's vote was one of which he has no reason to be ashamed. He had the support of independent newspapers, the Springfield Republican, though outside the State, advising voters desiring better political conditions to vote for Mr. Hodge. In 1880 Mr. Hodge was invited to become pastor of the Second Universalist Church in the city of New York, and accepted, remaining in New York ten years, accepting a call to his present charge in Franklin in 1891 .

Mr. Hodge travelled in Europe in the summer of 1886 and again in the summer of 1890, visiting nearly all the continental countries except Russia. As a writer Mr. Hodge has achieved some distinction, and especially as a writer of poetry. It is felt that, were he to live a less busy and more contemplative life, he would make a mark in literature. He has contributed poetry and prose to the Universalist Quarterly, Christian Leader, the Independent, and various other periodicals. Mr. Hodge's tastes, however, incline him to an active life; and he holds various positions of influence in his denomination, being at the present time a trustee of the Universalist Publishing House, a trustee of the Massachusetts Universalist Convention, and a member of its Advisory Committee.

of New York City. While visiting Europe in 1890, Mr. Hodge received the freedom of the royal castle of Nuremberg through the courtesy of the Regent of Bavaria. He was also a guest of the Carlton Club, one of the most exclusive clubs of London.

RTHUR W. STETSON, printer, son of the late David Brainard Stetson, of Quincy, is a lineal descendant, in the eighth generation, of Robert Stetson, who in 1658 was cornet of the first troop of horsemen raised in Plymouth Colony. Cornet Robert Stetson was bom in 16 13 and died February 1, 1703. From him the line of descent is as follows: Joseph, born June, 1639, who resided in Scituate, and died in 1724; Robert, born December 9, 1670, who married Mary Collamore, of Scituate; Amos, who was born June 18, 1703, married Margaret Thayer, of Braintree, May 9, 1727, and died in Braintree in 1777; Rufus, bom December 8, 1735; Jeremiah, born September 1, 1776, who married Hannah White, December 1, 1803, died October 20, 1862; and David Brainard, who was born in Weymouth, Mass., February 1, 1 81 7.

Two of Mr. Stetson's near kinsmen were soldiers of the Revolutionary War, namely : Amos Stetson, his father's great-uncle, who died of sickness soon after the surrender of Burgoyne; and Gideon Stetson, his grandfather's cousin, who enlisted when but fourteen years old.

David Brainard Stetson on attaining his majority came to Quincy to work as a clerk in Fitz's store. He subsequently applied himself for a few years to the trade of a shoemaker, which he had previously learned, following that occupation until 1848. Going then to North Weymouth, he had charge of the store of Henry Newton for about eighteen months, when he returned to Quincy to assume the management of the Union Store, Division No. 179, a style of mercantile business quite prominent in many parts of the State at that time. He was successful in this undertaking, and, investing his earnings in shares of the corporation, soon had a controlling interest in its stock, the store, which was one of general merchandise, eventually falling into his hands. After carrying it on for a brief period, he closed out all departments excepting that of shoes, to which he afterward devoted his attention, becoming one of the foremost boot and shoe dealers of the town. At the time of his death, from a shock of paralysis received four days before, which occurred August 17, 1S94, he was the oldest merchant as regards actual engagement in trade of any in Ouincy. This long-established business, which is still in a flourishing condition, is continued by his daughter, Miss Ella L. Stetson.

In his earlier years Mr. David B. Stetson was connected with the Free Soil party, and was a strong anti-slavery worker, being a faithful friend and follower of Garrison and Phillips. He was one of the original members of the Republican party, was an earnest advocate of the temperance cause, and he took a deep interest in local and national politics, but never aspired to public office. He was a member of the Congregational church, and each Sunday found him in his accustomed pew. His remains are laid to rest in the cemetery at Mount Wollaston, where a beautiful sarcophagus has been erected to his memory by his loving children.

On April 25, 1841, he married Abigail Spear, daughter of Jedediah Spear, of Ouincy. She died December 10, 1864, having borne him five children - Warren B., Abbie E., Lorin A., Ella L., and Arthur W. His second wife, Mrs. H. B. D. Fitz, died September 27, 1887. Warren B. Stetson, the eldest son, born September 26, 1842, is a shoe manufacturer in Middleboro, Mass. ; Abbie E., burn in Ouincy, P'ebruary 14, 1844, married Henry O. Studley; Lorin A., born April 11, 1847, died October 11, 1851; Ella L. Stetson was born November 4, 1853. Mrs. Studley, Ella L., and Arthur W. live at the old homestead in Quincy.

While still a pupil in the public schools Arthur W. Stetson laid the foundation for his present prosperous enterprise by printing visiting and business cards with a small hand-press. In his earlier mature years he worked for a while in his father's store; but as his printing activities increased he decided to turn his entire energies in this direction, the result being that by his artistic and superior workmanship, combined with a close and prompt attention to the wants of his customers, he has built up a large and lucrative business.

Mr. Stetson is a Mason of prominence in Eastern Massachusetts, being a member of the following organizations of that order: Rural Lodge, F. & A. M., and St. Stephen's Chapter, R. A. M., of Quincy, of which he is High Priest; South Shore Commandery, K.T., of East Weymouth; Boston Council of Royal and Select Masters; Boston Lafayette Lodge of Perfection; Giles F. Yates Council, Princes of Jerusalem; Mount Olivet Chapter, Rose Croix; Massachusetts Consistory, Thirty-second Degree; and Aleppo Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., of Boston. He was also one of the board of Grand Officers of the Grand Encampment of Odd Fellows in 1894, 1895, and 1896, and is a member of the following bodies belonging to that order: Mount Wollaston Lodge, No. 80, I. O. O. F., of which he is P. G. ; Manet Encampment, No. 75, of Ouincy, of which he is P. C. P. ; Grand Canton Shawmut, No. 1, of Boston, of which he is Past Captain; and of Amana Rebekah Lodge, No. 96, of South Braintree.

George Darling was one of a number of children born to his parents, and was educated in the public schools of Boston, including the high school. He early went into the grocery business, at first as clerk and later for himself, and was in the wholesale trade during the greater part of his active life. He was a well-known man in Boston, and enjoyed widespread confidence. His wife, whose name before marriage was Eliza A. Duncan, and who also was of Boston, bore him four children, of whom two lived to reach adult age. George

Darling, Jr., who was in the drug business in Boston, died at the age of twenty-five years. Mrs. Darling died at the age of fifty-seven. Both parents for a time were connected with the Bowdoin Square Baptist Church, and later were Unitarians. Mr. George Darling was a Mason and an Odd Fellow. He had charge of his sister's estate for some years, acting as guardian.

Francis W. Darling spent his early life in Boston. After his graduation from the English High School he entered the grocery store of Stedman, Thayer & Co., one of the best known firms in the city, as clerk, and was with them for four years. He then began the study of law in the Boston University Law School, but before completing the course was obliged to give it up on account of failing health. He next went into the employ of the Cobb Lime Company with their Boston agent, and becoming intimately associated with Governor Bodwell, of Maine, and the Hon. Francis Cobb, of Rockland, Me., men of much prominence, was with them until 1878, when he formed the company of Darling & Stebbins, and controlled two wharves in Boston, doing a retail business. Later this firm dissolved; and in 1890 Mr. Darling established the business now conducted under the name of F. W. Darling & Co. in Hyde Park, with a Boston office at 17 Exchange Place.

In 1S79 Mr. Darling was united in marriage with Anna E. Keene, of Rockland, Me., daughter of Horatio N. Keene, a boot and shoe dealer of that city. Two children have been born to them - Harold D. and Laura K.

In politics Mr. Darling is a Republican, and in 1892 he was elected to represent the town of Hyde Park in the State legislature. He was re-elected in 1893 by three times the majority received in 1892, and in 1894 he was unanimously nominated from the First Norfolk District as the Republican candidate for Senator. He carried the election by five times the majority ever before given, and was reelected to the Senate in 1895 by a still greater majority. In 1896 he sent a letter to the convention refusing, although strongly urged, to be a candidate for a third term. Mr. Darling was brought into prominence by his advocacy of the anti-stock-watering bills passed in 1893 and 1894, and by his demand for a statement of the American Sugar Refining Trust, which had diligently evaded the law for several years. He was prominent in the Senate by bis work in getting through the Metropolitan Sewer Construction Bill for the Neponset valley. During his last year in the House he was a candidate for the speakership, and during his second year in the Senate he was a prominent candidate for the presidency. He has always taken an active interest in the public affairs of the town, and has delivered patriotic and other addresses upon many occasions, notably one on May 30, 1896, at Hyde Park. He is the only Senator ever sent from Hyde Park. Mr. Darling is a member of the Masonic Lodge of Hyde Park, also of the I. O. O. F. ; is vicepresident of the First Unitarian Society of this place; and was a member of the Hyde Park Club, of which he was an organizer and the first president.

AMUEL R. MOSELEY, of Hyde Park, the publisher of the Norfolk County Gazette, was born in Columbus, Ohio, November 6, 1846, son of Thomas W. H. and Mary A. (Beckner) Moseley. The paternal grandfather, Daniel P. Moseley, who was born near Culpeper Court-house, Va. , owned the farm where the battle of Cedar Mountain was fought. A lawyer with an extensive practice in Eastern Kentucky, he was a prominent man in the district. He died near Greenup, Ky. , at the age of seventy years.

Thomas W. H. Moseley, born in Montgomery County, Kentucky ; one of the many children of Daniel, became a civil engineer, and built many bridges, which are monuments to his skill. He came to Massachusetts in 1 86 1 and settled in Roxbury. Two years later he removed to Hyde Park. During the period of the Mexican War he was Adjutantgeneral in Ohio. His work in Massachusetts was principally upon iron bridges and iron buildings. He died in Scranton, Pa., in i88o,while there upon a business engagement. Many inventions of his are in the Patent Office at Washington and in use throughout the country. He married Mary A. Beckner, who was born in Bath County, Kentucky, daughter of Jacob L. Beckner by his wife Nancy West (Lancaster) Beckner. She was a descendant of Benjamin West, the great American landscape painter. Of her four children, a son died young. The others are: Randolph P., Anna M. L. , and Samuel R. Both parents were members of the Presbyterian church. The father was one of Hyde Park's most esteemed residents.

Samuel R. Moseley came to Hyde Park in 1863, and became a clerk in the office of the iron works there until the company dissolved. In 1873 he and Randolph C. Getcbell became the publishers of the Norfolk County Gazette. In 1876 he bought out his partner's interest, and since that time has conducted the paper alone. The Gazette is the oldest paper in the county. Started at Dedham in 18 13, it was brought in 1868 to Hyde Park, where it has since been published. Mr. Moseley has made it one of the finest papers in the State. It is highly prized by its subscribers as a publication full of the latest local news and always abreast of the times. Its circulation, which is large and influential, extends to many prominent business men of the county as regular subscribers. Besides publishing his paper, Mr. Moseley does a large business in job printing, for which he has a complete plant.

On June 6, 1870, Mr. Moseley married Caroline M. Brown, of Andover, Mass., a daughter of John D. Brown, who was a druggist in Andover for forty years. He is a member of Hyde Park Lodge, P. & A. M. ; of Norfolk Royal Arch Chapter; of Hyde Park Council ; of Neponset Tribe, No. 26, of the Hyde Park Red Men; of Forest Lodge, No. 148, I. O. O. F. ; of the Riverside Lodge, No. 33, A. O. U. W. ; of the Waverly Club; and a charter member of the Hyde Park Social Club. In politics he has figured prominently as one of the active Republicans of the town. For the past fifteen years he has been a member of the party's town committee, and for the last two years he has been the chairman of its county committee. He was one of the first auditors of accounts of the town. A member of the legislature in 1885-87, he served on the committee appointed to investigate the question of child labor in factories; and during both years he was on the Railroad Committee. He was also the Postmaster of the town during Harrison's administration. A public spirited man, he has taken a constant interest in the affairs of the town and favored every measure likely to benefit it. Both he and Mrs. Moseley are connected with the Episcopal church.

EV. GEORGE HILL, who was a prominent Universalist minister of Norwood, was born July 8, 1825, in Meredith, N.H. His grandfather served as a soldier in the war for independence. His father, Parmenas Hill, was for many years employed in the paper-mills of Meredith. Parmenas Hill had a family of eight children, namely: Charles, a resident of Haverhill, Mass. ; Dr. Hiram Hill, of Manchester, N.H.; Mrs. Hugh McLeod, of Cambridge, Mass. ; Dr. Esther Hawkes, of Lynn, Mass.; W. S. Hill, of Hyde Park, Mass.; E. O. Hill, of Ansonia, Conn. ; Sylvanus, who is residing in Lynn; and George Hill, the subject of this sketch. He died before any of his children reached maturity, thus leaving them to shape their own course in life; but the struggle for existence and education was bravely won, and all became worthy members of society.

George Hill pursued his elementary studies in Meredith, where his boyhood was spent. Being ambitious to acquire a liberal education, he labored diligently upon farms and in cotton-mills, with a view of accomplishing that laudable purpose. By practising the most rigid economy he succeeded in saving a sum sufficient to pay his expenses at the Pembroke Academy; and he afterward taught school in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. His theological studies were commenced under the guidance of the Rev. Uriah Clark, and when twenty-six years old he was ordained a Universalist preacher. His first pastorate was at Arlington, Mass., where he remained eleven years, at the expiration of which time he was called to Milford, Mass. After residing there for five years, he was in 1867 installed pastor of the church in South Dedham, now Norwood. His pastoral labors in this town were thoroughly appreciated by the general community. In 1884 he relinquished the arduous duties of a regular pastorate, but continued to retain his connection with the ministry, and frequently supplied the pulpits in East Walpole, Mansfield, Foxboro, and Methuen. Much interested in the welfare of Norwood, he was one of the organizers of the Business Men's Association and the Board of Trade, was the secretary of the latter organization, was a member of the Board of Health, and a trustee of the public library. He was a man of strong individuality and superior mental force, whose advice was always sound and judicious. His noble, unselfish character and kindly disposition are still fresh in the memory of his friends and acquaintances, who may be said to include the entire community. He was chaplain of Orient Lodge, F. & A. M. ; and he was officiating in the same capacity at the Norfolk County jail, when he died at his home in Norwood, January 22, 1896.

Mr. Hill married Georgianna Brown, a daughter of David Brown, of Sutton, N.H. He left four daughters; namely, Florence, Alice G., Jessie K., and Mary Grace. Jessie K. is the wife of H. F. Walker, of Norwood; Mary Grace married Joseph Foss, of this town; Florence is a school teacher, and resides in Norwood.

jHARLES F. KIMBALL, submaster of the Rice Training School of Boston, Mass., and one of the most valued teachers of that city, has been a resident of Walnut Hill, Dedham, for the past thirty years. A man of scholarly attainments, keenly alive to the progressive methods of instruction now in vogue in schools of all grades, he has made his influence felt in educational circles, and has worthily contributed his full share in maintaining the high standard of the special school with which he is connected. He was born December 3, 1830, in Temple, Hillsboro County, N.H. His paternal ancestors for at least three generations back were natives of the Granite State, and each bore the name of

Isaac. The last years of his great-grandfather Kimball, who was a farmer, and who attained a venerable age, were passed in the town of Temple. Isaac Kimball, second, was likewise a sturdy and industrious tiller of the soil, pursuing his occupation throughout his active years either in Vermont or New Hampshire, a part of his life being spent in each State.