Norfolk Town (part 16 of 23)

Lewis L. Metcalf, born in Wrentham, was for some years engaged in the manufacture of wicking and batting. In i860 he moved to Hamilton, Greenwood County, Kan., where he bought a farm. Here the long droughts and destructive grasshoppers proved serious drawbacks to his farming. He died there in 1886. His first wife, Sibyl, who was a native of Needham, Mass., died in 1834. His second wife, who was before marriage Rachel Glidden, of VViscasset, Me., died in December, 1892. He was the father of seven children, all by his first union, namely: Spencer, who married Anna Arnold, and is now engaged in the dairy business in St. Louis, Mo. ; Fanny, who is now Mrs. Beals, and resides in Hamilton, Kan. ; Lewis D., the subject of this sketch; Sibyl Dudley, who married Oscar Grover, and died in Kansas in 1878; Hartley G. , who is now connected with the St. Louis water-works; Casandana, the wife of Elijah Leonard, a retired resident of Franklin, Mass. ; and Theodore, a farmer of Morrisville, Kan.

Lewis Dudley Metcalf, after attending the common schools for a period, began work in a cotton-mill at an early age. When fourteen years old he went to Med way, Mass. , where he was employed in a batting factory for a time. Then he was employed in a straw shop for two years. He learned the trade of bleaching straw goods in Boston. Later, going to St. Louis, Mo., he followed his trade, and carried on a laundry in that city for eleven years. In 1865 he returned East, and for eleven years was engaged in the real estate business in Boston as a member of the firm of Nason & Metcalf. Retiring from active business then, he erected a house in Franklin, Mass., lived in it for a short time, and then removed to his present farm in Norfolk, where he has since resided. Besides his homestead property of seventeen acres, he owns several other estates in this town. His time is chiefly devoted to the care of his investments. In politics he is a Democrat. He has served for one year as Assessor and Collector, and he has been a Justice of the Peace for the past fourteen years.

In i860 Mr. Metcalf was joined in marriage with Myrtilla F. Miller, a native of Franklin, Mass. She is a daughter of Whipple and Betsey Miller, the former of whom was a native of Wrentham and a boat-builder by trade. Mrs. Metcalf's parents are no longer living. Mr. and Mrs. Metcalf have had two children, namely: Fred D., who is now in the grocery business in this State; and Bessie D. , who died in January, 1876, aged five years. Mr. Metcalf has had a busy as well as a successful career, and he is fairly entitled to the rest and recreation he now enjoys.

AMUEL H. CAPEN, Deputy Sheriff of Norfolk County, Massachusetts, was born in the town of Canton, where he remains a resident, on 12, 1848. He is a son of the late George Capen, of Canton, and comes of early and honored American ancestry, being a lineal descendant of Barnard Capen, an English emigrant, who was one of the first settlers of the old town of Dorchester, Mass. His greatgrandfather, Samuel Capen, Sr. , was born in Dorchester, but removed from there to Canton prior to the Revolution, being the founder of the family in this vicinity. His son, Samuel, Jr., the next in this line, was a lifelong resident of Canton.

George Capen, son of Samuel Capen, Jr., also spent his life in Canton, dying in 1863, at the age of forty-five years. He was a natural mechanic, and made good use of his talent as a manufacturer of machinery. A man of unusual ability and intelligence, eminently trustworthy, he was prominent in local affairs, serving many years as a member of the School Committee and as Town Treasurer, and in 1855 representing Canton in the General Court. Prior to the war he was a Democrat in politics. He married Clara Boyden, of Dorchester, and was the father of seven children. Five of the family are now living, namely: Samuel H., Oscar D., and Edwin A., all of this town; Eliza M., wife of George H. Chapman, formerly of Canton, but now residing at Evanston, Wyo. ; and George H., of Canton.

Samuel Ii. Capen

schools of Canton, completing his studies, at the age of eighteen years, in the Stoughton Institute at Sharon, Mass. He was subsequently employed as a clerk in the general store of E. Capen for three years; and in 1869 he accepted a similar position in the clothing house of George Fenno & Co., of Boston, remaining with that firm four years. Mr. Capen then bought out the entire business of Mr. A. E. Tucker, of Canton, and for fifteen years carried on a prosperous trade in general merchandise. In 1877 he was appointed to his present responsible office by Rufus C. Wood, the High Sheriff; and in 1886 he succeeded William Mansfield as general insurance agent. In politics he is a strong and able advocate of the principles of the Republican party, with which during his entire business life he has been actively identified. Two years he has served as Selectman. He was a member of the first Board of Engineers of the Canton fire department, and for a number of terms he filled the office of Constable. He was for a long time one of the trustees of the Canton Institution for Savings.

Mr. Capen and Miss Adelaide A. Tucker, daughter of A. E. Tucker, were married on October 24, 1871. They have two children - Samuel H., Jr. ; and Harold T. Mr. Capen is a Mason of high standing, belonging to Blue Hill Lodge, F. & A. M., of which he is Past Master, to Mt. Zion Chapter, R. A. M., and to Cypress Commandery, K.T. , of Hyde Park. He is also a member of Blue Hill Lodge of Odd Fellows. Mr. Capen and his family are regular attendants of the Unitarian church.

|EV. ALBERT BUEL VORSE, of Wellesley Hills, son of Dr. Isaac and Elizabeth (Reber) Vorse, was born in Lewisburg, Union County, Pa. His grandfather was a farmer in Windham, N. Y. The father, Dr. Isaac Shepard Vorse, who was born in Connecticut, and educated in Pennsylvania, followed the medical profession in the latter State until his death in 1838. He married Elizabeth, daughter of John Reber, of Lewisburg, Pa.

After attending the public schools of his native town for the usual period, Albert Buel Vorse fitted for college, entered Bucknell in 1848, and graduated therefrom in 185 1. He then read law in the office of James F. Linn for one year, after which he entered the law school at Eaton, Pa. Here he studied for two years, and was then admitted to the bar in 1853. He opened a law office in Lewisburg, and practised there until 1857. Then he was a student in the Meadville Theological School for two years. He was ordained while at the Divinity School, and took his first church in i860 at Lewisburg. There he stayed but one year, however, and then accepted a call to the Unitarian church in Sandwich, Mass., where he remained for the ensuing year. His next call was to Littleton, Mass., where he served seven years. He then went to Needham, and officiated at the church there, and also at Wellesley Hills. In 1871 he came to Wellesley Hills, then Grantville, and was installed as the regular minister, a position he still fills. He is a member of the Norfolk Ministers' Association, a life member of the Unitarian Association of Boston, a life member of the Y. M. C. U. of Boston, a member of the Wellesley Club ; and he has been for a long period identified with the temperance movement. In politics he is a strong Republican.

Mr. Vorse was married in 1 S62 to Harriet Ellen, a daughter of Mason White, who was for many years Selectman of Sandwich, Mass., and a Justice of the Peace. They have one son, Albert White, born in 1865. Albert's early education was obtained in the public schools of Wellesley, at the Aliens' School in Newton, and at Chauncy Hall School and the Berkeley School in Boston. He then entered Harvard College, where he was graduated with the class of 1889. Now he is a journalist in New York. He was one of those who went with the Peary relief expedition, which was gone about four months.

§AMES THAYER PENNIMAN, a manufacturer of shoddy leather and inner-soles in the city of Quincy, was born June 5, 1819, in Braintree, Mass., which was also the place of birth of his father and grandfather, both of whom were named

Stephen Penniman. Stephen Penniman, Sr., was a schoolmaster of renown in Colonial times, and commanded a company of Braintree men in the war for independence. A man of much ability and familiar with town affairs, he served in nearly every local office of importance.

Stephen Penniman, Jr., who obtained a good education in his youth, followed the occupation of farmer, and was highly esteemed throughout his life. He died in 1849. He married Miss Relief Thayer, and became the father of nine children, six of whom attained maturity. These were: Thomas O. , deceased; Sarah, who married Thomas Newcnmb, of Quincy; Stephen and Luther, both deceased; Eliza Ann, the wife of Arthur Hayden, of this city; and James Thayer, the subject of this sketch. Adhering to the religious faith in which they were reared, both parents were active members of the Congregational Church of North Braintree.

After completing his education in the public schools of his native town, James T. Penniman learned the shoemaker's trade, and followed it for some years. Beginning in 1842, he manufactured boots of the finest grade, doing custom work almost entirely, and acquiring a substantial business. In 1876 he and his son James embarked in the manufacture of inner-soles and shoddy leather. One of the largest of its kind in this section of New England, this firm handles about one hundred and fifty tons of stock each year, employing about twenty-five hands in their factory, and profitably disposing of the product to shoe manufacturers.

In politics Mr. Penniman is a firm supporter of the principles of the Democratic party. On December 13, 1844, he was united in marriage with Maria Augusta, daughter of Thomas Brooks, of Charlestown, Mass. Eight children were born of their union, of whom Harriet, Mary Eliza, Ada, and James H. grew to maturity. Harriet has been twice married. Her first husband was the late Charles Curtis, of Quincy, and her second, Albert A. Dolliver. Mary Eliza, now deceased, was the wife of John R. Graham. James Henry Penniman, born December 13, 1858, received his education in the common and high schools of

Quincy. He began his business career as a clerk in the store of E. B. Pratt, a leather dealer in Boston, and there obtained a thorough knowledge of the leather trade. Subsequently for some years he was engaged in the leather business with Albert A. Brackett as junior member of the firm of A. A. Brackett & Co. Then, selling out his interest, he was engaged in business alone for some time. In 1887 he formed a partnership with J. Fayerweather, and, uniting with his father, who had previously established the factory, began business under their present firm name, and has since been quite successful. He is a member of the Knights of Honor; and he stands high in the Masonic fraternity, belonging to Rural Lodge, St. Stephen's Chapter, and to South Shore Commandery. He married Mary Blair, of Laconia, N. H. ; and they have two children - Howard and Ruth.

LBRIDGE L. MANN, a prominent resident of Dover and a veteran of the Civil War, was born in this town, May 14, 1834, son of Ellis and Betsey (Wight) Mann. The first of the family to settle in Dover was James Mann, great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch. Simeon Mann, the grandfather, married Persis Leland, of Sherborn, Mass., and was one of the stirring farmers of Dover in his day.

Ellis Mann, who was a lifelong resident of Dover, cultivated a farm in the southern part of the town from early manhood until he was fifty years old. He then moved to the farm which his son now occupies, and resided here for the rest of his life. He died August 23, 1873. His wife Betsey, who was a native of Dover, became the mother of three children, namely: Mary, born May 20, 1831 ; Elbridge L., the subject of this sketch; and George PL, born August 7, 1S40. Mary became the wife of Alfred Cutler, of Holliston, Mass., who is now deceased, and died December 16, 1857. George H., who is a travelling salesman for a Boston grocery firm, married Ruth Coolidge, and resides in Maiden, Mass. The mother died August 9, 1870.

man he was employed as a farmer and gardener in this locality. On September 13, 1862, he enlisted as a private in Company B, Forty-second Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, under Captain Joseph Stedman and Colonel Isaac Burrell, of Boston. He saw considerable active service in the Civil War, but escaped uninjured, and was discharged at Readville, Mass., August 20, 1863. After his return from the army he engaged in farming at the homestead, and succeeded to its ownership after his father's death. He devotes his farm of sixty-six and one-half acres to the raising of hay, corn, and potatoes; and he also carries on a dairy.

On November 27, 1864, Mr. Mann was joined in marriage with Adeline B. Goulding. She was bom in Garland, Me., December 23, 1843, daughter of Lewis and Maria (Holbrook) Goulding. Her father died when she was five years old, and she accompanied her mother to Dover. Mrs. Mann died July 31, 1886, leaving five children. These were : Lillian J., born May 31, 1866; Maurice W., born January 19, 1868, who is now a carpenter; George E., born November 25, 1871 ; Elsie M., born October 10, 1873, who died January 29, 1896; and Sara A., who is a graduate of the Emerson College of Oratory, and resides at home. In politics Mr. Mann acts with the Republican party. He served the town faithfully as an Assessor for nine years, and he has also been a member of the School Board. He is connected with King Philip Lodge, No. 1147, Knights of Honor, and is a comrade of General Wadsworth Post, No. 63, G. A. R. , of Natick. He is one of the most active farmers and prominent citizens of Dover, and is highly respected by the entire community. The family attend the Orthodox church.

,ICHARD CUNNINGHAM, an influential resident of Wellesley, who is engaged in business in Boston, was born in Needham, now Wellesley, in 1854, son of William and Mary (Hurley) Cunningham. The father, who was born in Ireland in 181 2, came to America in 1830, and for a time was a farmer. Later he was appointed first station agent at Grantville, now Wellesley Hills, on the Boston & Albany Railroad. While discharging the duties of this position, he also did a considerable business in wood and flour. Of the genial, warm-hearted nature so common to his countrymen, he was a favorite with all who knew him. He died in 1856. His wife, Mary, a native of Cork, Ireland, who was born in 1823, daughter of Patrick Hurley, of Cork, came with her father to this country in 1829. Of her seven children, four sons and three daughters, one daughter is deceased. James, one of the sons, is the general ticket agent of the Boston & Albany Railroad at Worcester. The surviving daughters are: Ellen, now Mrs. Pease, who lives in Boston; and Alice, who also resides in Boston.

Richard Cunningham received his education in the common and high schools of Needham. At the age of fourteen years he went to Boston, and obtained employment in the leather business. He was with Davis Brothers for six years and with William Ouirin & Co. until 1883. Then he was in partnership with George Emerson, under the firm name of G. Emerson & Co., for ten years. At the end of that time he bought out his partner's interest in the business, which he has since carried on alone. His place of business is at 153 Summer Street, Boston, where he first went to work for Mr. Ouirin. Dealing largely in supplies for shoe manufacturers, his trade is entirely wholesale. When Mr. Cunningham started in his business life, he was paid just three dollars a week, and at the end of his first year was one hundred and fifty dollars in debt to his landlady. In the second year he received five dollars a week, and at the close of the year was presented with fifty dollars extra. In those early days he boarded at a house distant about a mile and a half from the station, which he had to reach every morning in time to catch the six o'clock train: and he was on time every day for three years. By application and energy he has since acquired a prosperous business.

Mr. Cunningham is much interested in the town affairs of Wellesley, and takes an important part in directing them. He has been a member of the Board of Selectmen since

1890, and he was the chairman of that body for one year. He is a member of the Maugus Club of Wellesley Hills and of the Unitarian church, being a member of the church Standing Committee. In politics he is a loyal Democrat, and he has been the chairman of the Democratic Town Committee for thirteen years. In 1S83 he was united in marriage with Hattie Louise, a daughter of James H. Beck, of Wellesley, formerly of Boston. His four children were born as follows: Shirley Beck, August 27, 1884; Richard Beck, December 4, 1885; Dorothy, in April, 1891 ; and Phyllis, in November, 1893.

EORGE EUGENE BELKNAP, Rear \ '-) I Admiral, United States Navy, now retired after forty-seven years of honorable and distinguished service on the active list in war and peace, and residing in Brookline, Mass., is a native of Newport, N.H. Born January 22, 1832, son of Sawyer and Martha (Aiken) Belknap, he is of old Colonial stock, on the paternal side English Puritan and on the maternal mainly Scotch Presbyterian.

His first American ancestor, Abraham Belknap, came from Warwickshire, England, in 1637, settled at Lynn, Mass., and died in 1643. Among Abraham's posterity may be named Dr. Jeremy Belknap, historian (Harvard College, 1762); General William G. Belknap, United States Army; and General William Worth Belknap, ex-Secretary of War. From the emigrant to the Admiral, the line is as follows: Abraham,' Samuel,2 Ebenezer,3 Moses,4 Lieutenant Ezekiel,5 Moses,6 Sawyer,7 George E. s

Ebenezer, born 1670, obiit 1765, saw service in the Colonial wars; and his son Moses, born 1704, obiit 1803, was one of the signers of the Association Test in 1776. Lieutenant Ezekiel Belknap, who took part in the battle of Saratoga and was present at the surrender of Burgoyne, 1777, was born at Haverhill, Mass., in November, 1735 (O. S.), and died at Atkinson, N. H., where he was a farmer, in January, 1837. The family records show other remarkable instances of longevity than those above given : Hannah, wife of Ebenezer

Belknap, died in 1779, at the age of one hundred and six years and eleven months. Her son John lived to reach his one hundred and first year, and four of her daughters each exceeded the age of one hundred years.

Moses, son of Ezekiel, born 1781, obiit 181 8, was Captain of a New Hampshire company of artillery at Fort Constitution in the War of 181 2; and Sawyer Belknap, born 1805, obiit 1882, held several town offices at Newport, N. H.; was Postmaster under Presidents Pierce and Buchanan; and was Adjutant, Thirty-first Regiment, New Hampshire militia.

The wife of Captain Moses and mother of the late Mr. Sawyer Belknap was Esther, daughter of Stephen Webster. Her father was a Revolutionary soldier in service at the battle of Saratoga, and a witness of Burgoyne's surrender. He was a descendant of John Webster, an English emigrant, who is said to have settled in New Hampshire in 1642.

Admiral Belknap's mother, Martha Aiken Belknap, a native of Bedford, N. H., was the daughter of Andrew and Martha (McAllister) Aiken, and grand-daughter of William and Jerusha (Spofford) McAllister. Her paternal grandfather, Captain James Aiken, raised and served with the company of Revolutionary soldiers that went from the town of Bedford, N.H. The Riddles, Spoffords, and McAllisters of the company were his kinsmen. Mrs. Belknap's grandfather McAllister fought at Blinker Hill. His wife was a descendant of John and Elizabeth (Scott) Spofford, who came from Yorkshire, England, and settled at Rowley, Mass., in 1638. Several kinsmen in this line served in the Colonial and Revolutionary Wars.

The eldest-born of six sons, George Eugene Belknap acquired his early education in the public schools of his native town, and on October 7, 1847, 'n h's sixteenth year, received a flattering recognition of his merits and abilities as a "lad o' pairts," the unsolicited appointment of naval cadet from New Hampshire. After a few weeks' instruction at the Naval Academy he was ordered, December, 1847, to the brig "Porpoise," on cruise to west coast of Africa, and arrived back at Nor- folk, April, 1850. On the frigate " Raritan," fifty guns, Pacific Squadron, 1850-53, he was with the force landed from this ship at Valparaiso, Chili, 1851, for the protection of American citizens during a revolution there. At the Naval Academy, 1853-54, he was graduated as passed midshipman, June, 1854, and ordered to the United States Coast Survey steamer "Corwin." Acting master sloop "Falmouth," 1854-55, he was commissioned Lieutenant, September 16, 1855, and ordered to receiving-ship "Ohio," Boston; was on sloop "Portsmouth," Asiatic Station, 1856 -58, being on patrol duty several weeks at Canton, guarding American consulate from threatened attack of Chinese, October and November, 1856. He commanded a launch with twelve-pound howitzer and thirty-five men at capture and razing to the ground of the Barrier Forts, Canton River, 1856. The four forts mounted, in the aggregate, one hundred and seventy-six guns, one a brass piece, eightinch calibre and twenty-three feet in length. Three men were killed and eight wounded of his party during these operations. He visited Japan, September, 1857, the "Portsmouth" being the second ship to call there after Perry's treaty. The "Portsmouth" carried to Minister Townsend Harris the first mail he had received in fourteen months.

He served on the "Ohio," 1858, and the St. Louis Home Squadron, 1859-61; commanded "St. Louis" boats at both re-enforcements of Fort Pickens, April, 1861 ; piloted General Harvey Brown and Captain M. C. Meigs, United States engineers, into the fort; was executive officer of gunboat "Huron," S. A. B. Squadron, 1861-62; in expedition against Fernandina, St. John's, St. Mary's, St. Augustine, in March, 1862; and captured English steamer "Cumbria," loaded with arms, clothing, and medicines, off Charleston, May, 1862. Said the Captain when boarded, "This is a bonus of two thousand dollars out of my pocket." Taking the prize to Philadelphia for adjudication, he was commissioned Lieutenant Commander, July 16, 1862. He was executive officer of the iron-clad frigate "New Ironsides," of eighteen guns, fourteen eleveninch Dahlgren, and two Parrott two hundredpounders on gun deck, and two fifty-pounders

Dahlgren rifles on spar deck. The guns of main battery had crews of thirty-five men, ten of them for the handling of the heavy port shutters. The shutters were seldom closed after the enemy had been quieted by two or three broadsides. After being on special duty at Newport News, November and December, 1862, he proceeded to Port Royal.

At that port the ship was stripped of masts and yards, and then stationed off Charleston. Twenty-seven engagements ensued with defences of that city, comprising the attack of the 7th of April, 1863, and subsequent bombardments of Fort Wagner, P'orts Sumter and Moultrie, and Batteries Bee, Beauregard, and Johnston. Total number of shells fired from broadside of eight guns during siege was four thousand, four hundred and thirty-nine, with aggregate weight of two hundred eighty-eight and one-half tons. Most rapid fire in action was at the rate of 1.74 per shot. On one occasion four hundred and ninety shells were delivered in continuous round, at rate of 2.86 per fire. Smoke often retarded the pointing and firing. At fight of the 7th of April the spar deck was covered with bags of sand overlaid with rawhides, and the shilling sides of the four-inch armor were plastered with grease an inch thick to better resist the enemy's fire. After that day the sand-bags alone were retained for protection against plunging fire, the value of such protection being fully demonstrated. The ten-inch .solid shot from forts would scoop off the bags struck, but leave the deck plank practically uninjured. The one-inch iron plate underneath, however, would be invariably shattered. A rebel torpedo boat of Davis pattern succeeded in exploding a heavy torpedo under starboard bilge amidships on evening of October 5, 1863. Happily the ship received no serious damage, but Acting Master Howard was mortally shot as he stood in the gangway hailing the "David." For service in "Ironsides," Officer Belknap received commendation from her respective commanders, Commodores Turner and Rowan, and from Admiral DuPont.

He was next ordered to command gunboat "Seneca," September, 1864; transferred to command of monitor "Canonicus," off City Point, James River, November, 1864; en- gaged Howlett's House Battery, December 5 and 6, 1864; subsequently proceeded to Beaufort, N. C, as one of Porter's fleet. In both fights at Fort Fisher, December, 1864, and January, 1865, engaged the enemy at closest quarters; ship aground at times, received many hits; men knocked clown inside of turret by impact of shot; one officer wounded by grape shot from fort during assault; flag shot away twice; boats and smoke-stack riddled; guy and davits shot away, and much other damage received. He directed movements and firing of vessel from outside of the turret and pilot-house, commended by Commodore Radford and Admiral Porter. After capture of Fort Fisher, ordered to proceed with "Canonicus" to Charleston; was on advanced picket duty the night the enemy evacuated the city, and fired the last shot at its defences; also received the last shot from the enemy directed at the fleet, an eight-inch rifle shell from Moultrie, February 4, 1863; accompanied Admiral Dahlgren to the city on the afternoon of the evacuation. That evening, by a ruse, in concert with the late Commodore Barrett, he assisted in the capture of the English steamer "Deer" attempting to enter the port. He commanded the "Canonicus" in Admiral Godon's special squadron to Havana in quest of the rebel iron-clad "Stonewall," and found her surrendered to the Spanish authorities; put the "Canonicus" out of commission at Philadelphia, June, 1865; ordered to Naval Academy, July, 1865; detached at own request, August, 1865;. was executive officer of the "Shenandoah," sailing for Asiatic Station via Cape of Good Hope and Indian ports, December, 1865. Promoted to Commander for war service on the way out, he was assigned to command of flag-ship "Hartford" on arrival at Hong-Kong, February, 1867; commanded squadron expedition against Indians, southern coast Formosa, June, 1867, many being stricken with sunstroke, one officer shot by enemy; participated in ceremonies incident to the opening of the ports of Osaka and Kobe, inland sea of Japan, January, 1868; put "Hartford" out of commission at New York, August, 1868; ordered to Naval Academy, September, 1868; detached at own request, October, 1868; rendezvous duty,

New York, winter of 1868-69; navigation officer, navy-yard, Boston, 1869-72. Ordered to command the "Tuscarora, " May, 1872, he sailed for the Pacific, via Straits of Magellan, the following month; ordered January 1, 1873, to take Commander Selfridge aboard at Panama, and co-operate in a survey for an inter-oceanic canal across the Isthmus of Darien; landed seamen and marines at Panama, April, 1873, to protect the transit across the Isthmus during a revolution there.

Assigned May, 1873, to special duty on board the "Tuscarora," having been selected by the department to make deep-sea soundings between the western coasts of the United States and the shores of Japan, to determine the practicability of laying a submarine cable on the bed of the North Pacific, he fitted the ship for the work at Mare Island, and began operations off San Francisco the following September; was supplied with apparatus for sounding of both rope and wire, but soon discarded the use of the former altogether, and used the Sir William Thomson machine for sounding with pianoforte wire of gauge No. 22. The machine was new and comparatively untried; improved upon the details of its construction, and prosecuted the work with great success, working an entire revolution in the methods of deep-sea sounding, getting more accurate results than had hitherto been obtained, with a corresponding economy of time and labor. The "Challenger" had been supplied with the Thomson machine, but would not attempt its use. The superintendent of the coast survey also discouraged its adoption; but Admiral Ammen, the Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department, determined it should be tried on board the "Tuscarora"; and the result amply sustained his prescient decision. He ascertained the "True Continental Outline" from Cape Flattery to San Diego, ran lines of sounding from San Diego to Yokohama via the Hawaiian and Bouin Islands and the Aleutian group, and found off the east coast of Japan the deepest and most extended trough yet discovered in the bed of the great oceans, the deepest cast being four thousand, six hundred and fifty-five fathoms, or more than five and a quarter statute miles. He invented three different cylinders, or cups, for bringing up specimens of the bottom, which are now in use in the navy. The cup No. 2, slightly altered, has been adopted by the Coast Survey, under the name of the "Sigsbee Cup. "

The progress and results of the "Tuscarora's" survey excited great interest both in this country and in Europe. In an address before the Mathematical and Physical Section of the British Association at Glasgow, September, 1876, Sir William Thomson (now Lord Kelvin) spoke of the work in terms of high compliment. Sir Wyville Thomson, of the "Challenger" expedition, also commended the methods and achievements of the "Tuscarora's" survey in his address before the Asiatic Society of Japan at Yokohama in February, 1875, acknowledging the great advance that had been made in deep-sea work by the use of the Sir William Thomson machine.

Senior officer present at Honolulu when riot occurred at the election of David Kalakaua as king of the Hawaiian Islands, February 12, 1874, Commodore Belknap landed companies of blue-jackets and marines from the "Tuscarora" and the "Portsmouth," restored order and occupied the town six days at the request of the king, when, the new government, being firmly established, he withdrew the force to the ships. He received therefor the thanks of the king, the legislative assembly, the Chamber of Commerce, and the consular corps. Detached from the "Tuscarora," October, 1874, he was ordered as Hydrographic Inspector, United States Coast Survey, December, 1874; asked for other orders, and received orders to command receiving-ship "Ohio," Boston, January, 1875. Commissioned Captain, January 25, 1875, and obliged to go South two months later on account of ill health, due to exposure while doing deep-sea work, he went to Pensacola Station as Captain of the yard. He was on the Board of Visitors of the Naval Academy, June, 1875, and on the Board of Examiners at same place, October, 1875; detached from Pensacola yard, May, 1876, and put on special duty with reference to deep-sea sounding; December 1, 1876, ordered back to Pensacola yard as Commandant; remained in command there until January 15, 1 88 1 .

March 11, 1881, he assumed command of the "Alaska" at Panama. Senior officer present for greater part of the time on Pacific coast of Peru and Chili, he made a number of deep-sea soundings off the coast of Peru, the deepest in three thousand, three hundred and sixty-seven fathoms, one hundred miles west of Callao Bay. Was on special duty at Honolulu with the "Alaska" from August to latter part of November, 1882. November 21, 1882, he received from King Kalakaua a commission and decoration as Knight Commander of the Royal Order of Kamehameha, which are now in the custody of the Department of State at Washington. Having put the "Alaska" out of commission at Mare Island navy-yard, February, 1883, he was ordered to Norfolk as Captain of the yard, June, 1883.

He was president of the Naval Torpedo Board, 1883-84, senior member "Dolphin" Examining Board, 1885, commissioned as Commodore, June 2, 1885, and ordered to Washington as superintendent of the Naval Observatory. Detached from Observatory a year later, and ordered June 15, 1886, to assume command of the navy-yard, Mare Island, California, he was commissioned as Rear Admiral, February 12, 1889, and March 9 detached from command of the yard and ordered to proceed to Yokohama, Japan, and assume command of the naval force of the Asiatic Station. He assumed such command, April 4, 1889, and retained it until February 20, [892, when he was detached and ordered home; was ordered as president of Board of Inspection and Survey, April 17, 1892; and was ordered to Chicago, October, 1892, to represent the Naval Service at the dedicatory ceremonies of the grounds and buildings of the Exposition. In April, 1893, Admiral Belknap was ordered, in conjunction with Major-general Schofield, United States Army, as special escort to Vice-Admiral, the Duke de Veragua, at the Naval Review, New York Harbor. He subsequently supervised the speed trials of the new cruisers, the "Detroit," "Machias," "New York," "Columbia," and "Marblehead " ; also the final examination and trial of the "Detroit" and "New York." He was retired from active service under the age limit prescribed by statutes, January 22, 1894. Total sea ser-

Admiral Belknap was for a time connected with the American Geographical Society, but withdrew from its membership some years ago. He is a member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston; of the New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord, N.H.; of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States; of the Naval Order of the United States; and of the Colonial and Foreign Wars Orders. He is also Knight Commander of the Royal Order of Kammehameha of the Hawaiian kingdom.

He is a frequent contributor to magazines and newspapers. A notable paper from his pen, "Reminiscent of the 'New Ironsides ' off Charleston," appears in the United Service for February, 1896, reprinted by request from the old series of that monthly review of military and naval affairs, a fact which testifies to its absorbing interest and value. It is a graphic account of hotly contested actions and wearisome, anxious months and years of blockade duty.

Admiral Belknap received the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from Dartmouth College in 1894. He is now chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the Massachusetts Nautical Training School, and a member of the Board of Trustees of the National Sailors' Home at Ouincy, Mass.

ILLIAM HOLTHAM, ex-chief engineer of the fire department of Hyde Park and one of the rising business men of -the town, was born in Portsmouth, England, October 17, 1852. His father, Henry Holtham, son of Henry, was born in London, England, in 1806, and was for a number of years a provision dealer, grocer, and baker of Portsmouth. Coming thence to Massachusetts, he settled in Dedham, and carried on his business there from 1855 until the time of his death, in 1880. His wife was Elizabeth Ticknor, a native of the Isle of Wight. They had ten children, namely: Ellen; William, deceased; Henry S., in the milk business in Hyde Park; Emma, deceased; Sarah; Joseph; Alfred; Lizzie; William W. ; and Gershom Edward. The mother died at the age of sixty-four years, in the year 1879. Both parents were members of the Baptist church.

William Holtham went to school in Dedham until fourteen years of age, when he entered his father's store, where he was employed until his twenty-first year. He then went to Woonsocket, R. I., and was in a machine factory for a short time. Later he came to Hyde Park, and served as a clerk in his brother's provision store for ten years. After a brief period in the employ of John P. Squires, a pork-packer of Boston, he became associated with the firm of Christopher & Woods, provision dealers of Hyde Park; and, when this firm was burned out, he bought the business in partnership with John H. Weatherbee, of Hyde Park, with whom he continued for four years. Having established himself at his present place of business in 1893, he is now the owner of one of the finest markets in Hyde Park, carries a full line of meats and provisions, and numbers among his customers most of the best families in the town.

Mr. Holtham is, with two exceptions, the oldest member of the fire department, having been associated with that body for the past twenty-one years. Beginning at the lowest round of the ladder, he was gradually promoted, and in 1895 was elected chief engineer, which position he held until May, 1897. He is a member of the Chief Engineers' Association of Boston, and is also a member of the Relief Association of the Hyde Park Fire Department.

He was married in 1871 to Miss Adella F. Trask, daughter of Warren H. Trask, of Stoughton. They have two children - William E., who is with the Swift Beef Company of Allegheny City; and Helen F. Mr. Holtham is a member of Hyde Park Lodge, F. & A. M. ; Norfolk Chapter, R. A. M. ; Hyde Park Council and Cyprus Commandery, K. T. He is also a member of Forest Lodge, I. O. O. F. , of which he was treasurer for many years, and a charter member of the Monterea Encampment ; and he likewise belongs to the Legion of Honor, and has held many

[LLIAM F. KING, a prominent farmer of the town of Franklin and a veteran of the Civil War, was born in Wrentham, September 5, 1839, son of David and Lucy (Maker) King. The father was born in Paisley, Scotland, July 4, 1800, and came to America in 18 19, sojourning at St. John, N. B. Removing thence to New Hampshire, he stayed there a year as a farm laborer; but, being a weaver by trade, and preferring that occupation, he came to Massachusetts, and in this State and in Rhode Island set up eighteen different mills, and was superintendent of the weaving department in these mills. He worked, also, in "the Old Steam Mill" at Providence, R.I., and remained in that city until his son William F. was two years old. From Providence he removed to the village of City Mills, Norfolk County, and worked there until he came to the farm where William F. now resides. Here he died on September 30, 1865.

David King was twice married. His first wife was Lucy Maker, above named, a native of East Hrewster, Mass. She died November 25, 1842, having been . the mother (if nine children, the eldest of whom, named William, died in infancy. The second, Emmeline S. , born September 17, 1825, now living in Hartford, Conn., is the widow of Charles A. Johnson, who died in California. Warren N. King, who lives in P'ranklin, near William F., married, first, Louisa Richards, and, second, Julia A. Blake, both now deceased. John King lives in Rockville, Mass. His wife, who was Ann Eliza Maker, is now deceased. Margaret died at the age of three years. Chloe M. King lives with her brother, William F. The other two children died in infancy. The second wife of David King was Lucy Eisher, of this town, who died in 1875. She had one child - a daughter Elizabeth, who died at the age of five years. All the King children were educated in the common schools.

Eighteenth Massachusetts Infantry, under Colonel Hayes and Lieutenant Hemmingway, and went to the front as a defender of the Union. On October 21, 1864, he was transferred to Company G of the Thirty-second Regiment. He was in the following engagements during the war: May 5 to 7, 1864, in the battle of the Wilderness; on May 8, at Laurel Hill; May 10 to May 18, at Spottsylvania; May 23-27, at North Anna; on May 30, at Shady Grove Road; from June 1 to June 12, at Cold Harbor; June 20 to July 20, at Petersburg; August 21, at Weldon Railroad; September 30, at Preble's Farm; October 27,

1864, and February 5-7, 1865, at Hatcher's Run; March 25, 1865, at Fort Stedman ; March 30, at Boydton Road, where he, unaided, captured two prisoners; March 31,

1865, at Gravelly Run; April 1, 1865, at Five Forks; April 2, at the fall of Petersburg; and, on April 9, at Appomattox. He was the first infantry man to fire a shot in the Army of the Potomac after General Grant was placed in command; and Charles Wilson, of this town, was the first man killed in battle.

Mr. King was discharged at Alexandria, Va. , on June 29, 1865, and shortly after returned home. He owns a farm of about one hundred and fifty acres, and carries on general farming and some dairying. He also does butchering, and is Inspector of Cattle for the town. In politics he is a Republican, and is always loyal to his party. He is a member of Post No. 60, G. A. R. Pie and his family are members of the Baptist church at Norfolk.

Mr. King has been twice married. His first wife, who became Mrs. King July 2, i860, was Laura Ann Lawrence, a native of the town of Wrentham, born December 24, 1 84 1. Her parents were Addison C. and Olive (Hill) Lawrence, the mother born in Medway on December 15, 1809, and the father in P"ranklin on October 19, 1808. Mr. Lawrence was a machinist, and made his home in Wrentham, where both he and his wife died. Mrs. Laura A. L. King died March 29, 1875. She was the mother of three children, namely: Lucy M., born April 8, 1863, who lives with her father; David Addison, a farmer, living near his father, born August 15, 1866, who married Bertha

Nickerson, of Chelsea, Mass., born July 6, 1875; and Willie W. King, born August 23, 1870, who has always remained at home. On July 6, 1879, Mr. King married for his second wife Abbie E. Morey, of Bradford, Vt., born January 19, 1852, daughter of William Washburn and Lydia (Converse) Morey. Her father was born in Orford, N.H., March 29, 1809; and her mother was bom in Lyme, N. H., July 7, 1821. Mr. Morey was a lifelong farmer. Both he and his wife died here at their daughter's home. Mrs. King is a great lover of flowers and plants, and is very successful in their cultivation in her hothouse, from which she sells many flowers and cuttings. She has one daughter, Ruth Elizabeth King, born January 10, 1885, living at home.

AMUEL T- ELLIOTT, of Hyde Park, the treasurer of the Massachusetts Benefit Life Association of Boston, was born in Sturgis, Mich'., July 26, 1861, son of James C. and Mary A. (Tuttle)" Elliott. The family is of English origin. Joseph Elliott, the great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch, enlisted in Captain W. M. Thomas's regiment or company, July 23, 1781, and was discharged as a Captain, December 1 of the same year. The hazardous work of transporting supplies through the British lines to the American army was performed by him. He resided in Sutton, Mass. : and an account of his valuable services in the Revolutionary War will be found in the history of that town. Alvah Elliott, grandfather of Samuel T. , was a native of New York State, and followed the trade of a millwright. While pursuing his calling near Dunkirk, N.Y., he was stricken with typhus fever, and died at the age of thirty-eight years.

James Clark Elliott, who was born and reared in New York State and learned the trade of a carpenter, followed the business of builder anil manufacturer of pumps in Sturgis, Mich. Some years later he went to Joliet, 111., where he executed a large construction contract for the Rock Island Railroad. He is now seventy-four years old, and is living in retirement with his son. For many years he has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and a local preacher. His wife, Mary A., who was a native of Effingham, N.H., died at the age of sixty-nine. She was the mother of three children, of whom Alvah T. and Samuel T. are living.

Samuel T. Elliott began his education in the common schools. Subsequently, after a two years' course at the Michigan Agricultural College in Lansing, at the solicitation of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, he accepted the position of assistant clerk in the office of that department. In 1881 he became book-keeper for the Massachusetts Benefit Life Association, and took up his residence at Hyde Park in the Readville district. When he entered the service of this association, it had but recently organized, and its quarters were limited to one room. As business increased, he was advanced to the position of comptroller; and in 1896 he became the treasurer. At that time the association occupied eighteen large rooms, employed fifty clerks, and was one of the largest organizations of its kind in the United States. In the fall of 1897 he took up the profession of dentistry, locating with Dr. C. E. Tuttle at 242 Huntington Avenue, Boston. Politically, Mr. Elliott is a Republican. He served as a Selectman during the years 1893, 1894, 1895, and 1896, having been chairman during the last two terms. Among the notable public improvements made while he was connected with that body were the abolition of grade crossings and the establishment of a union depot at Readville. He is the secretary and treasurer and a director of the Readville Homestead Association, and a member of the corporation of the Hyde Park Savings Bank. He is a member of the Hyde Park Historical Society; the treasurer of the Blue Hill Evangelical Society, which has a readingroom and library in Readville; and a director of the Young Men's Christian Association. Appointed a Notary Public by Governor Russell, he is a Justice of the Peace by the appointment of Governor Ames and the reappointment of Governor Greenhalge.

Francis D. Williams

cuse, N.Y., daughter of A. Crippen, a blacksmith and a wheelwright by trade. Mrs. Elliott is the mother of three children - Una, Wesley A., and Margaret. Both parents are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.

'RANCIS D. WILLIAMS, a successful business man of Foxboro, was born April 6, 1824, in Dighton, Mass., the ancestral home of the Williams family. His father, the late Simeon Williams, was the third in direct line who bore that name, lived and died in Dighton, and was buried in the rural cemetery that his grandfather had located and laid out. Richard Williams, the founder of the family in Bristol County, was the original settler of Taunton, Mass., where he spent his last years. His body lies interred in the family burying - ground. Simeon Williams, 2d, grandfather of Francis B. , is believed to have been a soldier in the Revolutionary army, and to have been wounded in the cause of independence.

Simeon Williams, 3d, was educated in the district schools of Dighton, where he was engaged in agricultural pursuits in his younger days. He afterward worked for Jesse Smith, the owner of a stage route between Taunton and Boston. The distinction is credited to him of having driven the first stage from Taunton to Foxboro, and also that from Taunton to New Bedford, Mass. At his death he was fifty-six years old. He married Mary Pierce, a daughter of Thomas Pierce. They became the parents of three children, namely: Francis D., the subject of this sketch ; Simeon H., of South Framingham; and Mary, who has spent much of her life in Providence, R. I., and is the wife of Elisha Allen.

Francis D. Williams was educated in the schools of Dighton, Norton, and Attleboro, living on the home farm until seventeen years old. Then, learning the carpenter's trade, he followed it for twenty successive years, working in Dorchester and Taunton. Coming from Taunton to Foxboro, he became one of the owners of Pond's mill for two years. Subsequently he bought the stage and express line to East Foxboro and Mansfield, and in 1S58 the express business on the train from here to Boston, of which he has since had charge. For a quarter of a century after the railroad was finished, Mr. Williams was the Foxboro station agent. Later he was engaged in the coal business for twenty-two years. He is a strong advocate of Republican principles. In 1852 he cast his first Presidential vote for Winfield Scott. He has been influential in local affairs, encouraging all modern improvements, having served on various committees, and having been one of the most active helpers in the work of laying out the common. He has been Selectman for three years, and for six years he was one of the Water Commissioners.

On July 1, 1847, Mr. Williams married Miss Lydia Townsend Copeland, a descendant in the sixth generation from John Alden and Priscilla Mullen. They have two children - Frances Lydia and George Fenelon. Frances Lydia is the wife of Judge Thomas E. Grover, and has one son, Gregory W. Grover. George P"enelon, who is in charge of the Foxboro telephone and postal telegraph station, has served as Town Treasurer, and since 1879 has been clerk of the Water Board. He married Miss Mary Alice Phelps, a daughter of Eli Phelps, of this town; and they have two children - Ruth, seven years old ; and Louis, five years younger.

ILL W. MAYHEVV, a well-known and respected resident of Braintree, was born in this town, January 15, 1857, son of William W. and Susan S. (Arnold) Mayhew. His father, one of the Selectmen of Braintree, is descended from Thomas Mayhew (1 592-1682), an Englishman, the first settler of Martha's Vineyard, and noted tor his missionary efforts among the Indians. His mother comes of Pilgrim stock.

Mr. Will W. Mayhew was educated in the common and high schools of Braintree. At the age of seventeen he entered the employ of Messrs. M. C. Hood & Co., wholesale drygoods merchants of Boston. He remained with them for about four years, during which time he was promoted to the position of salesman for the concern. He subsequently became travelling salesman for the wholesale dry -goods firm of S. T. Tucker & Co., of Boston, with whom he was connected for five years. In 1883, in company with W. I. Arnold, he engaged in the manufacture of clothing at Braintree, under the style of Arnold & Mayhew. In 1884 Mr. W. H. Shaw was admitted to the firm, and during the same year the business was removed to Boston. Some time afterward the firm dissolved, and Mr. Mayhew became the sole proprietor of the business, which he still retains, and has been most successful in the enterprise. He takes an active interest in local politics", and has been a member of the Republican Committee for the past ten years. He is a trustee of the school fund, and is now serving his second term in the legislature as Representative from Braintree and Weymouth. During his first term he represented Braintree and Holbrook. He married Miss M. Rosamund Minchin, of Braintree, by whom he has had one son, John H., who died in infancy. Mr. Mayhew is connected by membership with the Masons, the Odd Fellows, and the Knights of Pythias.

EORGE SAN FORD, who has been Tax Collector of Hyde Park for fifteen consecutive years, was born June 13, 1S30, in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Mass. A son of Thomas E. Sanford, he belongs to a long-established family of that town. The paternal great-grandfather, also named George, who was an extensive landowner and for many years one of the most thriving and influential farmers of Dartmouth, there reared his family. His son, Caleb Sanford, spent his entire life of fifty-eight years in Dartmouth, dying in 1835. Caleb was engaged in mercantile business during the major portion of his life, and in addition owned a coaster, and was interested to some extent in the coasting trade. His wife, whose maiden name was Content Gifford, survived him many years, passing away at an advanced age. She was the mother of four children, all of whom grew to maturity.

Thomas E. Sanford grew to man's estate in Dartmouth, where in his youthful days he worked in his father's store as a clerk. He subsequently sailed a coasting-vessel for several seasons, getting a fine start in life in that manner. Afterward he opened a store in South Dartmouth, where he carried on a substantial and lucrative trade until his sudden death of heart-disease when seventy years of age. He married Miss Ann H. Sherman, who was born in Dartmouth, daughter of Jireh and Anna H. Sherman. Her father, who was a farmer and also served for some years as a revenue officer, died in that town at the age of threescore and ten years, and her mother at the age of ninety. The children reared by Thomas E. Sanford and his wife are: Sophia A., the wife of Edwin A. Howland; George, the subject of this sketch; and Mrs. Sarah H. Baker. Both parents were active and faithful members of the Methodist Episcopal church. After a widowhood of many years the mother passed away at the venerable age of ninety-one years.

George Sanford received his academical education in East Greenwich and Dartmouth, and then began working for himself. In 1855 he went on a sea voyage, after which he learned the art of manufacturing nails by hand. This trade he afterward followed in East Wareham for two years as a journeyman and later as a manufacturer, being also agent of the Tisdale Nail Works for a number of years. During the fifteen years that he resided in East Wareham he took a great interest in local affairs, serving as Selectman, for five years being chairman of the board, Assessor, and Overseer of the Poor. In 1868 and 1870 he represented that town in the General Court, being largely elected by the Republicans, although he has always been a Democrat, even in war time, and a sound money man. While in the legislature he was chairman of the Committee on Fisheries. In the later sixties Mr. Sanford opened a store in East Wareham; and in 1871 he came to Hyde Park, where he established another store, becoming senior member of the firm of Sanford & Runnells, for some years conducting both business establishments. In 1881 the partnership was dissolved, and since that time Mr. Sanford has devoted his attention to his official work. He was elected Selectman of Hyde Park in 1875 ancl 1876'- and in 1881 he was chosen Assessor, a capacity in which he served most acceptably for ten consecutive years. In 1882 he was appointed Tax Collector, which office he has since very efficiently filled.

In April, 1853, Mr. Sanford married Miss Mary A. Hayden, who was born in Wareham, Mass. She is one of the two children of Joseph P. Hayden, an insurance agent of that place. Mr. and Mrs. Sanford have three children - Jethro C, Clara Frances, and Eliza F. Jethro C, who is the superintendent of the New York & San Juan Smelting Company's works in Colorado, and has been Grand Master of the Grand Masonic Lodge of Colorado, married Miss Lottie Farley, of Eureka, Col. Kliza F. married Albert F. Rogers, a manufacturer of fireworks, and has two children - - Mildred S. and George M. Mr. Sanford, Sr. , was made a Mason in Social Harmony Lodge of Wareham, in which he has since held many of the offices. He is a member of the Order of Eastern Star; of Allyn Lodge, I. O. O. F., of Hyde Park; and a charter member of the Royal Arcanum. For some years he was a member of the Hyde Park and Waverly Clubs, for a while being treasurer of the latter. He is also a member of the Hyde Park Historical Society, and is connected with the Hyde Park Savings Bank as auditor and trustee. While his religious creed is broad, he attends the Unitarian church.

I DWIN P. GURNEY, builder and contractor of Needham, Mass., a son of Jacob and Sarah (Stephens) Gurney, was born in Hebron, Me., June 30, 1S42. Elisha Gurney, his great grandfather, was one of the first settlers of Hebron ; and on a rock which may still be seen on the old Gurney farm was baked the first bread made in the town. Elisha Gurney was a commissioned officer in the French and Indian wars.

His son, Jacob, Sr. , who was born in Bridgewater, Mass., and moved with him to Hebron, Me., where he engaged in farming, was a soldier in the Revolution, entering the service when but fifteen years of age. The gun which he carried is still in the possession of the family. Jacob's son, Jacob, Jr., the father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Hebron, Me., in 1809. He enlisted in 1863 in Company A, Thirtieth Maine Regiment, under General Nathaniel T. Banks; and both he and his sixteen-year-old son, Judson, who was with him in the Red River expedition, died in the service, the latter from exposure and hardships. Jacob Gurney, Jr., married Sarah, the daughter of Caleb Stephens, who was a pioneer settler in Maine. Mr. Stephens at one time moved his family on an ox sled in the middle of winter to Dead River, Me., a place so remote from the conveniences of civilization that to get his corn ground he had to carry it twelve miles to mill on his back. He died in 1884.

Edwin P. Gurney was educated in the public schools of Hebron and at the Hebron Academy, from which he was graduated in 1862. In the same year he enlisted in Company C, Seventeenth Maine Regiment of Infantry, under Captain Augustus Golderman and Colonel Roberts. This regiment was engaged in engineering for some time before it was sent to the front. Mr. Gurney was in the heavy artillery in the defence of Washington, his regiment helping to construct the forts about the city. While at this work he was injured by a team ; and he was discharged from the service in February, 1863. He draws a pension from the government. Returning to his home in Hebron, he was engaged as a school teacher for seven years after leaving the army, and then worked at his trade of building in Lewiston until 1879, when he went to Colorado. A year later he came back to Cambridge, and worked in the car shops, but went to Florida the next year, and for a year or so worked at his trade. Then, returning North, he worked in Cambridge for the next eleven years. In 1893 he came to Needham, where he has been engaged as a builder and contractor ever since. Mr. Gurney is a comrade of Galen Orr Post, No. 81, G. A. R., of Needham. In politics he is a Republican, and he is a member of the Congregational church.

Mr. Gurney was married in 1869 to Louise M., the daughter of Harvey Dunham, of Hebron, Me. They have one daughter - Lillian M., born in Hebron in 1871, educated

§OHN HENRY DUNBAR, superintendent of the almshouse and town farm at Canton, Norfolk County, Mass., was born August 25, 1836, in Winchendon, Worcester County, son of John D. Dunbar, Jr. His grandfather, John D. Dunbar, Sr., was a lineal descendant of Samuel Dunbar, the first member of the Dunbar family to locate in Canton, where he was a settled minister during the Revolutionary War. A near kinsman was Squire Bill Dunbar, a prominent figure of this locality in 1825. John D. Dunbar, Sr., was one of the leading Masons of his day, as is shown by papers in the hands of Mr. Dunbar, these being his credentials, dated 1802, as a member of the District Department, Grand Commandery of Massachusetts, Seventh Masonic District.

John D. Dunbar, Jr., was born in Charlton, Mass., and when but a boy was in the War of 18 1 2, accompanying his uncle, with whom he afterward worked for some years at manufacturing in Canton. He subsequently formed a partnership with his brother, William C, and opened factories in Sharon, Canton, and Stoughton, Mass. ; but the firm finally removed to Barre, Mass., and there began the manufacture of cotton cloth. In a few years the partnership was dissolved, John D. Dunbar going from Barre to Winchendon Springs, Mass., where he carried on an extensive manufacturing business until 1838. The succeeding thirty years or so he was engaged in the building and loan business in Boston, continuing until 1867, when he became a resident of Canton, where he lived retired until his death, on June 12, 1879, at the venerable age of eighty-two years and six months. He married Miss Harriet Beaman, of Winchendon, and they reared three children, namely: John H., the special subject of this sketch; Lillian F., wife of the Rev. John H. Hartman, a former minister of Canton; and Zerviah, who died at an early age.

1854. He was subsequently engaged for some time as a ship-chandler in Boston, going from there to South America in 1865. Two years later he returned to Boston, and soon established himself as a ship-chandler, a business which he conducted successfully twenty-two years. He then became the New England agent for the Calumet Fire Clay Company, having his office in Boston, and remained in that position until 1891, when he was given charge of the Canton almshouse and town farm, an office which he has since filled with great ability and fidelity. In politics he is a sound Democrat, and for six years he has been a member of the Democratic Town Committee. Mr. Dunbar was married June 22, 1871, to Miss Frances S. Goodrich, who was born in New York, a daughter of Francis Goodrich. They have one son, D wight Dunbar. Mr. Dunbar is a member of St. John's Lodge, F. & A. M., of Boston. He is a Congregationalist in religious belief, and he and his family attend the Congregational church.

YRUS M. ALLEN, a representative farmer of Franklin, Mass., and a son of Cyrus and Sally (Bacon) Allen, was born in Franklin, June 6, 1831. His paternal great-grandfather, Samuel, came from Medfield to Franklin, and settled near the farm now occupied by Cyrus M. Allen. Samuel was a farmer all his life, and so was his son Abijah, who succeeded to the old home farm. Abijah was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, taking part in the battle of Bunker Hill, and having previously been a member of the Boston Tea Party. His son Cyrus, who in young manhood came to the farm now occupied by the subject of this sketch, was both farmer and mechanic. Cyrus lived on the farm until his death on September 2, 1866. His wife, Sally Bacon Allen, a native of Franklin, died May 25, 1886. They had four children - Marena, George, Cyrus M., and Thomas. George died in infancy. Thomas, born October 7, 1836, married Martha M. Metcalf, and lives in Franklin, where he conducts a wood yard. Marena married Rensselaer Patch, and went to Iowa to live, where she and her husband died.

Benjamin F. Boyden

Cyrus M. Allen received a common-school education. At the age of twenty-one he obtained employment in a straw shop of Franklin. During the following sixteen years he worked in Franklin, Worcester, Maiden, Keene, N.H., and Reading, Pa. In 1869 he returned to the old homestead, where he has remained since, engaged in general farming and dairying. He has made many improvements on his beautiful place, and now owns one hundred and twenty acres of good farming land. He keeps about twenty cows, and does a good retail milk business. In politics he is a stanch Republican. He has served his townsmen for one year as Assessor and for twelve years as Overseer of the Poor. He is a member of the Grange Society at Franklin and of the Farmers' Club.

Mr. Allen was married November 30, 1854, to Sarah M., a daughter of William and Julia (Amsden) Williams. Mr. Williams spent his life chiefly in Southboro, Mass., where he was engaged in farming and shoemaking, and died in Ashland. Mr. and Mrs. Allen had six children, namely: William Henry, born July 20, 1S56, who married Belle H. Sechler, and is living in Downingtown, Pa., where he is engaged as supervisor on the Penn. Railroad; Aldis M., born November 12, 1861, who died at the age of two years; Emma Marena, born November 12, 1863; Julia W., born February 27, 1866; Abbie M., born February 13, 1870; and George A., born November 16, 1874, who married Margerie E. Bacon. The last four live with their parents. Both Mr. and Mrs. Allen are earnest members of the Congregational church at Franklin.

RIAH W. BOYDEN, an experienced and progressive miller of Foxboro, was born in this town, March 30, 1848, son of the late Benjamin F. Boyden. His great-grandfather, Seth Boyden, came here from Med field when this section of Norfolk County was in its primitive wildness, and took up two hundred acres of land in what is now the north-eastern part of Foxboro. Seth, who was twice married, reared six children, of whom Seth, second, was the grandfather of Uriah W.

Seth Boyden, second, born in Stoughton, Mass., April 22, 1764, died on his Foxboro farm, August 15, 1840. When a young man he settled in this town, erecting a fine brick house, the first of its kind in the locality, and which is now one of the landmarks of the place. Possessed of much inventive genius, he devised, among other things, the famous leather-splitting machine, which caused a revolution in the shoe and leather business. He married Susan, daughter of Uriah Atherton, who is alleged to have cast, at his foundry in Stoughton, the first cannon used in the Revolutionary Army. It is related that, after Mr. Atherton had started with the cannon for either Dorchester Heights or Cambridge, his team was unable to haul it, owing to the miserable condition of the roads, and that Seth Boyden, first, brought to his assistance a yoke of bulls and a stallion that had to be worked in fetters. Seth assured Mr. Atherton that with these the transportation of the cannon would be safe; for, if he should meet the redcoats, all he would need to do to rout them was to unhitch his warlike cattle. Mrs. Susan Boyden had ten children; namely, Seth, Alexander, Susanna, Sarah, Otis, Sabra, Hannah, Uriah A., Benjamin F., and William P. Seth, the third bearer of the name, became a noted inventor, removed to Newark, N.J., where he spent his last years, and where in 1890 a statue was erected to his memory in Washington Park. Alexander, a resident of Massachusetts, was an inventor of a machine for turning knife-handles. Sarah died in Newark, N.J., at the age of forty years. Otis, who had worked fur his brothers in Newark, died there in 1861. Sabra became the wife of Silas Smith, of Foxboio, and died in 1861. Hannah died in infancy. Uriah A., by occupation a civil engineer, invented a turbine water-wheel, and died in Boston in 1879, leaving a sum of money to Harvard Col lege to be used for scientific purposes. lie also gave a munificent gift to the Foxboro public library, which was named for him. William P., the youngest son, also a civil engineer, died in Kentucky in 1886.

went with his brother William to Cambridge to introduce the leather-splitting machines, and was there engaged in business for some time. He subsequently went to Schenectady, N. Y., remaining there two years. In 1835 he resumed business in Cambridge, Mass., continuing there until the death of his father in 1840, when he assumed the management of the old homestead. In 1871 he removed to the place now known as Boyden's Mill, in North Foxboro, where he resided until his demise. On January 1, 1829, he married Miss Lucinda A. Clapp, daughter of Thomas Clapp, a Revolutionary soldier, and one of the guards at the execution of Major Andrd, the sword which he wore being still preserved by the family. She passed away March 8, 1877, having given birth to four children. These were: Sarah A., who resides with her brother Uriah in North Foxboro; Seth R., a resident of New York City, who has charge of the establishment of D wight, Church & Co. ; Susan A., who died in infancy; and Uriah W. , the subject of this sketch.

Uriah W. Boyden was bred and educated in his native town. After reaching man's estate, he bought a grist-mill in North Foxboro, and has since carried it on successfully. Later he bought a house not far from the mill, where he and his sister now reside. He also owns the old Boyden homestead on Oak Street, and has a farm of one hundred acres, which he devotes to general agriculture. Politically, he has always been a firm supporter of Democratic principles. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, belonging to St. Alban's Lodge, F. & A. M., of Foxboro, Mass.

{ 3^EORGE WILLARD GAY, a well- V -) I known business man of Norwood, formerly South Dedham, son of the late VVillard and Emeline (Rhoades) Gay, was born here on July 16, 1841. He is of the eighth generation in descent from John Gay, who came to America about 1630, and, settling first at Watertown, was a grantee in the Great Dividends and in the Beaver Brook Plowlands, owning all together forty acres; was admitted a freeman May 6, 1635; was one of the founders of the plantation of Dedham - as shown by his signature on the petition for incorporation, September 6, 1636 - and was among the original proprietors of lands. The line is as follows: John,' Samuel,2 Timothy,3 Timothy,4 Ichabod,5 Oliver,6 Willard,7 George Willard.s

John Gay was on the Board of Selectmen of Dedham in 1654. He died March 4, 1688. His wife, who is said in family tradition to have been widow Baldwicke before he married her, died August 14, 1691. John Gay's will (Suffolk Records), dated December 18, 1686, was proved December 17, 1689, his wife, Joanna, and son, John, being the executors. His estate was valued at ninety-one pounds, five shillings, eight pence. The children of John and Joanna Gay were : Samuel, who was born March 10, 1639, and died April 15, 1 7 1 8 ; Hezekiah, born July 3, 1640, who died November 28, 1669; Nathaniel, born January 11, 1643, who died February 20, 1 7 1 2 ; Joanna, born March 23, 1645; Eliezer, born June 25, 1647, who died April 13, 1726 (wrongly called Ebenezer by Savage) ; Abiel, born April 23, 1649, who was married to Daniel Hawes, February 23, 1677; Judith, Abiel's twin sister (called Judah in her father's will), who was married February 8, 1672, to John Fuller; John, born May 6, 1651, who died November 19, 1 73 1 ; Jonathan, born August 1, 1653; Hannah, born October 16, 1656, who died February 26, 1660; and Elizabeth (date and place of birth unknown), who married Richard Martin in 1660 (see Reg., ante, vol. xix. 168), not mentioned in her father's will.

Samuel, the eldest son, received under his father's will the portion of land near Medfield granted by the town in the division of lands. He was one of the Selectmen in 1698. He died April 15, 17 18. He was married November 23, 1661, to Mary, daughter of Edward Bridge, of Roxbury. She died April 13, 1718. Following are the children of Samuel and Mary (Bridge) Gay: Samuel, born February 4, 1663; Edward, born April 13, 1666, who married March 25, 1688, Rebecca Fisher, and died December 23, 1730; John, who was born June 25, 1668, and died June 17, 1758; Hezekiah, born May 10, 1670; and Timothy, born September 15, 1674.

Timothy Gay, Jr., died March 29, 1793. He was married in Stoughton, Mass. ; February 10, 1727, to Azubah Thorp, who died December 9, 1773. Their children were: Rebecca, born June 22, 1730; Timothy, born July 30, 1733; Solomon, born February 24, 1 741, who was married to Abigail Gould, February 4, 1762; Seth, who was born October 9, 1742, and died March 18, 1752; Ichabod, who was born May 8, 1745, and died Decomber 23, 1812; Jesse, born September 4, 1747, Selectman at Dedham in 1793; and Azubah, born November 21, 1753, who was married to Abner Colburn, December 10, 1772.

Ichabod Gay was married first, July 24, 1766, to" Mary Gould, who died August 27, 1778. Their children were: Ichabod, born June 2, 1767, who married Catherine Ellis; Oliver, who was born June 17, 1 77 1 , and died September 26, 1824; Molly, born November 3°. l773i wno married Lemuel Savels, September 3, 179S; Wilkes, born August 30, 1775, who married Betsey Savels, May 18, 1796. Ichabod Gay's second wife, formerly Mrs. Mary Fisher, bore him one child, Peggy, born June 20, 1789, who was married August 11, 1S06, to Lemuel Taunt. Mrs. Mary Gay died March 24, 1797.

Oliver Gay, grandfather of George W. Gay, married first Hannah Richards, who died July 18, 1805; and second, in 1806, Mary Fisher, of Sharon, who died March 21, 1832. By his second wife he had: Reuben R., born November 10, 1806, who died April 9, 1828; George, born May 4, 1809, who died September 24, 1824; Mary, born December 20, 18 10, who died September 22, 1824; Hannah, born June 3, 1813, who died March 27, 1833, wife of John Ellis Hartshorn; Willard, born January 3, 1 8 18, who died January 31, 1882; and Ebenezer Fisher, who was born September 8, 1820, and died November 15, 1871. Oliver Gay died September 26, 1824.

Willard Gay, third son of Oliver named above, married November 15, 1840, Emeline, daughter of Lewis and Hannah (Ellis) Rhoades, and was the father of five children, namely: George W., whose name appears at the head of this article; Mary F., born October 20, 1845; Emma W., born P"ebruary 11, 1849, wno died June 15, 1892; Warren F., who was born February 11, 1851, and died October 1, 1852; and Ebenezer F., born June 4, 1861. Mrs. Gay died February 18, 1877.

George Willard Gay acquired his education in the public schools of his native town. At the age of nineteen he went to work for Isaac Colburn & Co., a shoe leather firm of Boston, with whom he remained nine years. He then established a business of his own on High Street, Boston, dealing in upper and sole leather; but the great fire of 1872, so disastrous to the business men of Boston, ruined his enterprise, and in P'ebruary, 1873, he engaged as salesman with Winslow Brothers, tanners of Norwood. He has now been with this firm nearly a quarter of a century. Mr. Gay is a member of the Business Men's Association and of the Norwood Associates, a land company; he is a director of the Co-operative Bank and a member of the Investment Committee; and he is engaged in the fire insurance business. He is actively interested in the welfare of Norwood, has served on the School Committee, and is a Justice of the Peace.

TILLMAN E. NEWELL, a member of the Magee Furnace Company of Boston and a resident of Hyde Park, was born in Lisbon Falls, Me., July 4, 1847, son of Stillman and Arabella (Berry) Newell. The father, a native of Maine, who for some years followed the trade of a tailor in Strong, spent his last days in

Lisbon Falls, and died at the age of thirtyseven years. The mother was a daughter of Deacon Edward Berry, a prominent farmer and tanner of Lisbon Falls. Mr. Berry and his wife were members of the Congregational church. The subject of this sketch is Stillman Newell's only child. Arabella Newell subsequently married the Rev. John Elliott, a Congregational preacher, and became the mother of five children, of whom J. F., Belle May, and Charles D. Elliott are living. Charles resides in Montana. The mother died at the age of sixty-nine years. The Rev. Mr. Elliott, who was for some time the pastor of a church in West Auburn, Me., preached for twenty years in Rumford, Me., and died at the age of seventy-eight.

Stillman E. Newell passed his boyhood in Auburn and Rumford, and was educated in the common schools. When fifteen years old he went to Boston, where he was employed by Charles Monroe, a baker, for two years. Then, entering the stove business as a clerk for James G. Haynes, he remained with him for ten years. After carrying on business on his own account for six years, he sold out and became travelling salesman for the Barstow Stove Company. He remained in the employment of this firm until about 1880, when he became the travelling representative of the Magee Furnace Company. He was a director of the Co-operative Bank in Hyde Park for two years.

On December 18, 1871, Mr. Newell was united in marriage with Susan E. Martin. Her father, the late Hon. J. K. Martin, was an extensive farmer and cattle dealer of Rumford, and for two years a member of the Maine Senate. Mrs. Newell is the mother of four children - Freelon, Emeline M., Helen A., and Susan. Freelon is in the glass business in Boston. Since settling here in 1880, Mr. Newell has been actively interested in the progress of the town. He was elected a Selectman in 1S96 and 1897. In politics he is a Republican. He is a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen of Hyde Park, of the Knights of Honor of Boston, and of the Royal Arcanum. He, his wife, and a daughter are united with the Congregational church. Owins: his success in life to his general ability and agreeable personal qualities, Mr. Newell has the esteem of a wide circle of friends.

ROBERT BLEAKIE, one of the well known and highly respected residents of Hyde Park, Mass., was born near Glasgow, Scotland, in 1833, being the eldest of four children. In 1S47 Mr. Bleakie's father came to Massachusetts and entered the employ of the Salisbury Mills, of Salisbury and Amesbury; and there he started the first fancy woolen looms in this country. His family followed the year after, Robert, the subject of this sketch, being then in his fourteenth year. At the age of eleven years he had worked as a bobbin boy in a mill in Scotland, and the year following had begun as a weaver. Upon coming to this country he entered the mills under the charge of his father, remaining in Salisbury until 1850, when the family removed to East Greenwich, R. I. In a few years he took charge of the weaving department of the Elm Street Mills in Providence, R. I. ; and practically the only schooling he received during life was at this time, being obtained at night schools. In 1859 he took charge as superintendent of the Harrison Mills at Franklin, N.J. ; and two years later he accepted a similar position at a woollen-mill in Rhode Island, where he remained until i860, when he started in for himself.

His first venture was at Tolland, Conn., in a one-set mill. His success there was so great that he received many offers; and in 1863 he accepted the management of the Hyde Park Woolen Mills, where he remained until 1873, when the mill was destroyed by fire. After leaving Tolland, in connection with some Providence parties he organized the Riverside Company, and personally made the plans for the mill, purchased the machinery, superintended the installation, and started the mill in operation. He had a part ownership in the company, but a difference in opinion as to a question in policy caused him to give up his position shortly after the mill had started running. In 1876 he organized the firm of Robert Bleakie & Co., consisting of himself and his brother, John S., and Charles F. Allen, and purchased the Webster Mill at Sabattus, Me. Afterward the firm acquired the Amesbury Mill; and still later, that is, in 1878, they bought the Hyde Park Woollen Company's property, and operated these three mills under the one management.

Mr. Bleakie has made his home in Hyde Park; and, while having no ambition for political prominence, he has been frequently called to offices of trust by his fellow-citizens, serving as chairman of the Board of Selectmen for several years. In 1880 he was elected president of the Hyde Park Savings Bank, and under his management the bank has been highly successful, the surplus growing from one hundred and sixty -three dollars to seventy thousand dollars. He has also been identified with the Hyde Park Water Company. The tariff discussion has engaged much of his attention, and has proved him to be an original and vigorous thinker on economical questions, with a decided leaning toward the policy of freer if not free trade. He certainly has gained something of a national reputation by the candor of his expression of views on the question of free wool.

§'OHN E. COUSENS, a prosperous and well-known resident of Brookline, is carrying on an extensive business as a dealer in coal, having a wharf in Boston, not far from the town limits of Brookline. He was born March 8, 1836, in Lyman, Me., which was likewise the birthplace of his father, Seth Cousens. The latter, who was a farmer by occupation, spent his entire life of eighty-four years in Lyman. His wife, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Emmons, was one of the ten children of John Emmons, another successful farmer of Lyman. She reared fourteen children, seven of whom are living; namely, Horace, Samuel, Oliver, Joseph, Ivory, Amanda, and John E. Amanda is the wife of Frederick Spurr. The mother passed away at the age of seventy-one years. Both she and her husband belonged to the Congregational church.

at the high school of Brookline, where he became a resident when entering his teens. Afterward for some years he was employed as a clerk in a grocery store. He then engaged in the lumber business at Fernandina, Fla., continuing there two years. Returning to Brookline in 1869, he established his present yard, forming a partnership with his brother Horace, and for twenty years carried on a substantial trade under the firm name of Cousens Brothers. Since 18S9 he has continued the business alone, being the only resident coal merchant in this town, and has a large number of patrons both here and in the city. He is a firm adherent of the Republican party. Active in Masonry, he is a member of Beth-Horon Lodge; of St. Paul's Royal Arch Chapter; and of the Joseph Warren Commandery. A prominent member of the Universalist church, he is the president of the Board of Parish Trustees.

Mr. Cousens was married September 13, 187 1, to Miss Sarah C. VViggin, who was born in Belfast, Me., one of the five children of Nathaniel and Sarah VViggin. Her father was a shoe manufacturer in Belfast for many years. Mr. and Mrs. Cousens have three children - Rebecca L., John A., and Kate E. - who have had excellent educational advantages. Rebecca L. is now a member of the Boston Art School, and her brother and sister are students at Tufts College.

,HAUNCEY G. FULLER, a farmer and a former school teacher of Wrentham, was born in Newton, Mass., May 17, 1817, son of John and Nancy (Grant) Fuller. Stephen Fuller, the grandfather, born in Attleboro, was a house carpenter. Some of the old tools used by him in his trade have come down to present members of the family. His children by his wife, Maxcey, were: John, Stephen, Ann, and Mary. John, after making nails by hand for many years, afterward used machinery for their manufacture. Upon settling in Wrentham, he bought a farm of one hundred and sixty acres, and spent his last days there. He was a Selectman and Overseer of the Poor for many years. At his death he was fifty-six years old. His wife, Nancy, had five children. These were: Nancy G., who became the wife of Lyman W. Daggett, of Attleboro, and had one daughter, Cora L. R. ; John, whose first wife, Esther P. Eaton Fuller, had two boys - Arthur E. and Willis N. - and whose second wife, Frances E. Follett Fuller, had one daughter; Cornelia, who married S. R. Jackson, of Providence; Catherine, who married Alonzo Follett, of Wrentham, and had four daughters; and Chauncey G., the subject of this sketch.

Chauncey G. Fuller, the only surviving member of the family, attended the district schools, and afterward graduated from Day's Academy and North Attleboro Academy. He then engaged in school-teaching, which he followed successfully until he was forty years of age. He married Catherine C. Blackinton, and since that time has lived upon the farm. His wife died twelve years ago, leaving no children. He keeps about thirty acres of his farm under cultivation. Ninety acres are woodland. He has been a Republican since the formation of that party, and his first Presidential vote was cast for W. H. Harrison. He has represented his town in the legislature at two different periods, serving on the Valuation Committee in i860; was Selectman for eighteen years; and he has also served on the School Committee.

"ENRY C. BIGELOVV, the president of the Citizens' Mutual Insurance Company of Boston and a resident of Dedham, was born in Way land, January 20, 1834, son of Ezra and Sally (Crossman) Bigelow. He is a descendant in the seventh generation from Samuel Bigelow, and the family dates its origin in America from the year 1653. Amariah Bigelow, M.D., grandfather of Henry C, was a lifelong resident of West Boylston, Mass., and practised his profession there during his active period. He reared a family of four children.

Ezra Bigelow, Henry C. Bigelow's father, was born in West Boylston, November 27, 1782. In early life he was engaged in a mercantile business. This he relinquished for agriculture, and for a time he resided upon a farm in Wayland. He later returned to his native town, where he continued to till the soil for the rest of his active years; and his last days were spent at the home of his daughter in Clinton. Mass. He married Sally Crossman, a native of Boylston, and had a family of five children, one of whom, Everett W., became a business man in Boston, and died of apoplexy, May 16, 1895. The others are: Augusta, Cynthia G., Henry C, and Sarah. Mrs. Ezra Bigelow died in June, 1838.

Henry C. Bigelow was but four years old when his mother died. After finishing his studies in the common schools, he was employed as clerk in a store for five years. For the succeeding five years he served in the same capacity in the local post-office, advancing to the position of head clerk. His connection with the insurance business dates from about the year 1858, when he became clerk for the Merchants' and Farmers' Insurance Company in Worcester, Mass., with whom he remained about seven years. During the latter part of the Civil War he held an appointment in the Military Bureau of Justice in Washington, D.C. Upon his return in 1865 he became a special agent of the Home Insurance Company, with headcpiarters in New Haven, Conn. Beginning in 1871, he was special agent and adjuster for six years with the firm of Foster & Cole, of Boston. In 1877 he became president of the Citizens' Mutual Insurance Company. His long experience in the business has made him familiar with every detail and enabled him to place the Citizens' Mutual upon its present strong financial basis.

On January 21, 1855, Mr. Bigelow was united in marriage with Maria E. Fuller, a native of Wellesley, Mass., daughter of Jonathan and Sarah A. Fuller. Mr. and Mrs. Bigelow have had three children - Cora Louisa, Herbert Henry, and Ada Withington. Ada is the wife of James Y. Noyes, clerk of the Norfolk Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Dedham. The elder children died, aged respectively five years and two years. In politics Mr. Bigelow is a Republican. Both he and Mrs. Bigelow are members of the First Congregational Church. He is also a leader in the Sunday-school, and has been a Deacon for several years. In Morning Star Lodge, F. & A. M., of Worcester, he is a Last Worshipful Master. Since October, 1875, he has resided in Dedham, where he is highly esteemed.

LBERT F. MORSE, a well-known citizen of Canton, Mass., was bom in Onondaga Valley, N. Y. , in 1842, being the son of the Rev. Abner and Hannah (Peck) Morse. He is a lineal descendant of Samuel Morse, who was one of the twelve original proprietors of the old Norfolk County town of Dedham, having come to Massachusetts from Dedham, England, about the year 1635.

The Rev. Abner Morse, son of Abner, grandson of Ezekiel, great-grandson of Henry Morse, and father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Medway, Mass. He was a graduate of Brown University, and was an old-time minister of the gospel. He went West about 1835, first t0 Jamestown, N.Y., from thereto Onondaga Valley, N.Y., and then to South Bend, Ind., where he remained for six years. He then returned East, and was in various places in the vicinity of Boston, but unsettled. He was a member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society and an active "pioneer in genealogical research." He died in Sharon, Mass., at the age of seventy-two; and his remains rest in Holliston cemetery, where eight generations are represented in the same lot. His first wife was Sarah Ann Voorhees, of New Jersey, who died very soon after marriage, without surviving children. His second wife was Hannah Peck, daughter of Franklin Peck, who built at Onondaga Valley the first grist-mill west of Utica, N.Y. Three sons - Abner L. , who resides in Canton, Elijah A., and Albert F. - were born of the second marriage.

Albert F. , the subject of this sketch, was educated in the common schools of New York State and Boston, and in the schools of Sharon, Mass. At the age of seventeen he began the work of life as clerk in a country store, and continued thus engaged for about five years. In 1862 he enlisted from Sharon in Company B, Thirty-third Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and during his three years' service was in the battles of Fredericksburg, Beverly Ford, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and Catlett's Station. Injured by a mule while driving a powder team in the army, he returned to Sharon in 1865, and after staying there a few months removed to Canton and went into the manufacture of the Rising Sun Stove Polish, being associated in this enterprise with his brother Elijah, who had already begun in a small way. Desiring a change of scene and occupation, in 1868 he went South, and was engaged in farming in Virginia for a year. During the next six years, - from 1870 to 1876, he was selling Southern produce in the Northern markets, mainly in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. In 1876 he came back to Canton and undertook the superintendency of his brother's factory, which afterward was much enlarged on account of the growing business. He has remained here ever since.

Mr. Morse is a member of Revere Post No. 94, G. A. R., of this town, and has served as chaplain of the same for many years. His family are attendants of the Congregational church, where he was clerk of the society for fifteen years, and also for some time superintendent of the Sunday-school. In politics he is a Republican; but, unlike his brother Elijah, he never cared for public life.

Mr. Morse was married April 19, 1 cSfifi, to Emeline F. , daughter of Granville Pollard, of Sharon. They have two children - Etta L. and Leon F. who are of the tenth generation from the original Samuel Morse.

\%>^ Mass., September 16, i860, son of Charles E. and Elvira F. (Clark) Jenney. The English ancestor of the family, John Jenney, who was a member of John Robinson's congregation in Leyden, landed at Plymouth in 1623.

Charles F., the eldest child of his parents, graduated from the high school in Brockton, Mass., was a teacher in public schools in Brockton for two years, and then entered the

Law School of Boston University, from which he graduated in 1883 at the head of his class. He was admitted at the bar October 4, 1882, and after a short season of practice in Hyde Park opened an office in Boston in 1883. His office is now in the Sears Building, 199 Washington Street, and his residence in Hyde Park.

In 1886 he married Miss Mary E. Bruce, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Logan) Bruce. Of this union were born Elsie Bruce and Mildred Clark Jenney.

Mr. Jenney is an independent Democrat, and represented his district in the legislature of 1886. With two exceptions he has been the only Democrat to represent this Republican town. He has served on the Board of Trustees of the Public Library for ten years, and has been chairman of the board for four years. He has been a member of the Cemetery Commission for four years, and has acted as Moderator at town meetings. He is attorney for the Hyde Park Co-operative Bank and for the Norfolk Suburban Street Railway Company, and is one of the directors of the latter corporation. Since 1886 he has been one of the instructors in the Boston University Law School. He was for several years corresponding secretary of the Hyde Park Historical Society, and is a member of the Dedham and Canton Historical Societies. Mr. Jenney has been successful in the practice of his profession, and is largely interested in real estate in Hyde Park.