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Ferdinand Pierce, of Franklin, and has had two children, a boy and a girl. Walter Allen Scott served during the Civil War in Company F, Twelfth Rhode Island Infantry. He married Helen May Whipple, settled in Providence, R.I., and is a member of the firm of J. B. Barnaby & Co., with which he has been connected many years. He has had four children - Walter, Willie, Gertrude, and Harold - but has been bereft of one, Gertrude, who died in September, 1897. Mary Emma Scott, now Mrs. Cheatam, of Central Falls, R.I., has one child. Evelyn and Edwin Scott are both married and live in Pawtucket. Edwin is a fine musician, and belongs to the American Band.

J. Lewis, who was a stone-cutter, died in August, 18S3. His widow, formerly Lucy Darling, of Cumberland, now blind, is living in Franklin with her only child, Elizabeth, the wife of Addison Blake.

Arnold Allen Jenckes, first, was, like his father, Arnold Jenckes, a farmer and cooper, and a resident of Cumberland, R.I., all his life. In politics he was a Democrat. He died February 13, 1S88. His wife, Amy Ann Alexander, of Cumberland, a descendant of the Narragansett Indians, died April 22, 1883, aged sixty years. Their children were: Arnold Allen, of Franklin, whose name stands at the head of this family record; Josephine Maria; Louisa Evelyn and Ella Frances, both deceased; Elmer Ellsworth, who died unmarried, February 19, 1885; and George Ray.

Josephine Maria Jenckes, born about 1857, married James Goldbourne, an Englishman, and settled in Pawtucket, R.I., where he has been connected for many years with the Conant Thread Works. Seven children have been born to them, and three are still living.

Arnold Allen Jenckes, of Franklin, eldest son of Arnold Allen, first, and Amy A. (Alexander) Jenckes, was born in Cumberland, Providence County, R.I., March 2, 1847, and grew to manhood in a period marked by some of the most momentous events in the history of our country. Lessons of patriotism in the days that soon came were learned without effort. Text-books were early thrown aside, and military drill took the place of school-room exercises. In the history of Franklin Post, No. 60, G. A. R., of which Mr. Jenckes is a comrade, it is recorded that he enlisted September 26, 1862, in his sixteenth year, at Providence, R.I., as private in Company F, Twelfth Rhode Island Infantry; was discharged July 29, 1863; re-enlistecl October 5, 1863, at Jamestown, R.I., as a private in Company C, Third Rhode Island Cavalry; was made Sergeant April 10, 1864; and was finally discharged after the close of the war at New Orleans, La., November 29, 1865. He was in the battle of Fredericksburg, Va., where he was severely wounded, December 13, 1862, the battle of Camden, La., and in all the battles of the Red River expedition.

Mr. Jenckes is a Methodist in religion and an independent Republican in politics. He married on April 22, 1866, Ruth Electa Whipple, of Cumberland, R.I. A few years later they removed to Woonsocket, R.I., whence they came to Franklin, Mass., where they purchased the house in which they now live.

The Whipple family came to this country from Scotland. David Whipple, grandfather of Mrs. Jenckes, married Ruth Weatherhead, a native of Wales, and settled in Cumberland, R.I. They had eight children - Washington, Amy Ann, Sylvester Kimpton, John, Mary, David Olney, Ruth Jane, and Erastus Ross .

Washington Whipple, farmer, married Adeline Ray, of Cumberland, and had seven children. The four now living are: Melissa, who married Ferdinand Jenckes, of Woonsocket, and had five children; Clarissa A., who married Leander Jenckes, of Woonsocket, and after his death married Barton Wilcox, of Scott Hill, Mass.; Ruth Adeline, who married Joseph Burlingame, of Cumberland, and had two children, one of whom is now living; and Nathan, who married a Miss Mason, of Pawtucket, and is a wholesale dealer in hay, grain, and produce in that city. Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Whipple had three children, only one of whom is now living. Owen

Amy Ann Whipple married Otis Clark, of Cumberland, who died in 1866, leaving her with two children - Ambrose and Betsy - two others having died young. She still lives in Cumberland. Her son, Ambrose Clark, married Sarah Whipple, of Cumberland, and went West, where she died, leaving no children. Betsy Clark married George Clark, a farmer of Cumberland, and has three children.

John Whipple married Marcelia Lee, of Slatersville, R.I., and died in May, 1879, leaving no children. Mrs. Whipple is still living on the old Whipple homestead at Cumberland.

Mary Whipple married a German named Miller. They settled in Portland, Jay County, Ind., where he was a very successful farmer, and had a large farm. Five children were born to them, and four are now living, and all married and settled in Portland. The sons, Alba and Sumner, each received a farm when they married. The daughter, Amy, who married a physician, and her sister Ada, who married a farmer, each received twelve hundred dollars.

David Olney Whipple married first Mary Ann Spade, a German, and settled at Portland, Ind. During the war he was Captain in an Indiana regiment, and received injuries which finally caused his death. His first wife left one child, Ruth Ann, now living; and his second wife is survived by five children.

Ruth Jane Whipple married Sumner Brown, a stone-cutter, and lived in Cumberland. They had five children, two of whom, Ida and Erastus, are now living. Their son Alba died at thirty-two years of age, leaving a widow and three children; and David Brown died in 1894, aged forty-five. Ida Brown is the wife of James Metcalf, a farmer, of Wrentham, Mass. Four of their seven children are now living. Erastus Brown is married, and settled in Saylesville, R.I. He has no children, having lost two.

Erastus Ross Whipple, farmer and stonecutter, married Jane Miller, and settled at Portland, Ind. He went to California as a forty-niner, is now a farmer and real estate

Sylvester Kimpton Whipple, third child of David and Ruth Whipple, and father of Mrs. Jenckes, was born March 20, 1S16, and died August 29, 1880. He was a blacksmith, and settled in Cumberland, R.I. His wife, Mary Amne Jillson, of Cumberland, was a descendant of early English settlers of Rhode Island. She became the mother of five children, four of whom are now living; namely, Lewis R., Ruth Electa, Ann liliza, and Kllen Jeannette. Lewis R. Whipple, a machinist, born in 1844, married Helen C. Buxton, of Woonsocket, where they still live. They have four children - Eddie Lee, Willie, Bertha Louise, and Sarah Augusta. Ann Eliza Whipple married Henry Bartlett. They live in Cumberland, and have no children. Ellen Jeannette Whipple married Frank I. Bates, a carpenter, of Valley Flails, R.I., now in business in Lawrence, Kan. During the late war he was a soldier in Company C, Third Rhode Island Cavalry, and while in the service received injuries from which he is still suffering. Mr. and Mrs. Bates have two children - Wild Rose and Rolf Star.

Arnold Allen and Ruth F:iecta (Whipple) Jenckes have one child, a son, Arthur Marshall. He was born August 28, 1872, in Woonsocket, R.I., is a hat-block maker, and resides with his parents. He was married July 2, 1895, to Miss Kate Lorena Mathewson, born June 22, 1872, daughter of James Burrill Mathewson, of Valley Falls, R.I., now living in Cheshire Mills, East Jaffrey, N.H. Mr. Mathewson was born in 1837, and is a descendant of early settlers of Rhode Island. He and his four brothers served through the late Civil War. His first wife, Katherine Falls, of Prince Edward Island, died leaving one child, a daughter, Sarah. She married John Boak, who is of Scottish descent: and they are now living in Providence. Mr. Mathewson's second wife, Eliza Boak, a sister of his daughters husband, was born in 1850. She died in 1891, having had these children, namely : Mary, who married Everett Petette, of Saratoga, N.Y., and had one child, Charles, unmarried, who was drowned at twenty-seven;

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Willie, who died young: Kate Lorena, now Mrs. Arthur M. Jenckes; Annie, who married Seymour H. Austin, a blacksmith, lives at East Jaffrey, N.H., and has three children; Eliza, who died in 1897, aged nineteen; Frances Gertrude, who is housekeeper for her father; Norris, Tom, Bennie, Nelson, and James, all living at home, and attending school; and Waity, who died young.

^ - ^ son, Brockton, Mass., dealers in bay and grain, was born in Hubbardston, this State, on December 24, 1847, son of Deacon Andrew and Celia (Harwood) Gleason. His grandfather Gleason and his great-grandfather Gleason were both soldiers in the Revolution, and fought side by side at Lexington. Deacon Andrew Gleason was a native of Worcester; and his wife was a native of Barre, Mass. The Deacon was a leading and successful agriculturist, and was a very prominent citizen of Hubbardston, where he served as Selectman and in various other town offices.

The boyhood and youth of Willard Gleason were spent on his father's farm in Hubbardston. He attended the common schools and the high school in that town, and subsequently was graduated from Franklin Academy at Shelburne Falls. He came to Holbrook in 1872, and engaged in the express business and in the business of shipping hay. He continued this until February, 1896, when he became a partner in the firm of Nye & Gleason, of Brockton. This firm, which carries on business at Freight Yard Square, is looked upon as entirely trustworthy; and its honorable and prompt methods of dealing with customers have secured a large list of patrons.

Mr. Gleason has been prominently identified with public interests in Holbrook, and has filled various official positions with credit to himself and in a manner highly satisfactory to his townsmen. F"or nine years he was Selectman of Holbrook and for much of that time chairman of the board; and for nine years, also, he was chairman of the Board of Water Commissioners. He was one of the active promoters of the water-works system ; and, while in the legislature, he introduced a bill which secured the franchise for the Holbrook Water Works. He was in the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1885 and 1SS8, member from Holbrook and Braintree; and in 1890 he was State Senator from the First Norfolk District, and chairman of the Senate Committee on Public Charities, and member of other committees.

Mr. Gleason married Hattie A. Reynolds, of Barre, Mass., and resides on Plymouth Street, Holbrook. Enterprising and progressive, he was one of the prime movers in the organization of the Holbrook Co-operative Hank, and is now vice-president of the bank and one of its directors. He is sincerely respected by his fellow-townsmen on account of his ability and success as a business man, but more for his high personal character and worth.

T^ /ALTER L. PALMER, an energetic \)5\/ business man of Medway and for- '"*> **"> merly a member of the Connecticut legislature, was born in Plainfield, Conn., April 23, 1X57, son of Walter and Hannah (Shepard) Palmer. His parents are natives of Plainfield, in which town his father is now a prosperous farmer. They have had three children, namely: Walter L., the subject of this sketch ; Margaret, wife of Jason P. Lathrop, of Plainfield; and Elizabeth, wife of Herbert Gallop, of Oneco, Conn.

Walter L. Palmer was educated in the common schools and at Plainfield Academy. When about twenty-three years old he went to Turner's F"alls, Mass., where he was engaged in the hardware and coal business for over two years. At the end of that time he removed to Central Village, Conn., where for the succeeding three years he kept a country store, being also engaged in the undertaking business. In June, 1886, he came to Medway ; and he established himself in the coal, wood, grain, and teaming business, having centrally located quarters near the depot. He also still carries on an undertaking business. In politics a Democrat, he served as a member of the Connecticut legislature in 1885 and 1886. He is at the present time a member of the Board of Selectmen of Medway, having previously been a Road Surveyor.

In February, 1881, Mr. Palmer was joined in marriage with Ella Frances Witter, his first wife. She was a native of Packerville, Conn., and a daughter of Amos and Mary Witter, the former of whom is no longer living, the latter being a resident of Medway. Mr. Palmer's first wife died September 26, 1888; and on February 22, 1893, he married Harriet W. Cary, of Medway, daughter of William H. and Maria B. (White) Cary, residents of this town.

Mr. Palmer is a member of Moosup Lodge, F. & A. M., of Plainfield, and of the Ancient Order of United Workmen of Medway. Since locating here, he has built up a good, profitable business, and has gained the esteem and good will of the entire community.

/ 3|TeORGE W. HARTSHORN, a mason \ '*> I by trade and a well-known resident ^ - of Foxboro, was born July 10, 1846, in North Bridgewater, Mass., son of George Hartshorn. His grandfather, Seth Hartshorn, who was a stone-cutter, spent the larger part of his long life in Foxboro. Seth married Lydia Paddock, who bore him five children - Gilbert, George, Mary, Julia, and Walter - of whom Julia is the only survivor. George Hartshorn, born and reared in Brockton, when a young man learned the shoemaker's trade, which he made his principal occupation through life. In 1862 he enlisted in the Forty-seventh Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and during the campaign of General N. P. Banks in the late war was stationed at New Orleans. While there he contracted disease from exposure, and died about a year after leaving home. On October 8, 1845, he married Miss Seraphine D. Alexander. By her he became the father of four children, namely: George W. , the subject of this sketch; Flora C, now the wife of John Tolman, residing in Springfield, Mass. ; Hattie A., who is the wife of Royal J. Packard, of this town, and has six children - Mernie, Hattie (who died in infancy), Bessie, Freddie, Roy, and Willie T. ; and Arthur J., a clothing merchant in Foxboro, who married Fannie Williams, and has one child, Jesse.

George W. Hartshorn acquired a good education in the common schools. He began to earn his living in a hoop-skirt factory, where he was employed until after the breaking out of the late war. On August 15, 1862, he enlisted in the Seventh Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry, on his enlistment giving his age as nearly nineteen years. He subsequently served until the cessation of hostilities, being mustered out June 9, 1865, at New Alexandria, Va. He experienced the hardships and exposures of army life, and was an active participant in thirteen of the important engagements. At Jackson, Miss., he was wounded in the foot. On returning to Massachusetts he learned the mason's trade, which he has since followed successfully in Foxboro, being an expert workman, and well qualified to perform labor requiring skill and neatness.

In 1870 Mr. Hartshorn married Miss Marietta Brigham, who died August 9, 1885. His children by her were: Etta May, who died in infancy; Effie Geneva, who is now the wife of George Wilber, of this town, and has one child, Georgie; Jennie, who died at the age of nine years; Sadie F. ; and Mary O. A subsequent marriage performed September 29, 1885, united him to Miss Hannah A. Purdy, daughter of Alexander Purdy. In politics he is a sound Republican. While in the army he cast his first vote for President, giving it to George B. McClellan in 1864. He is a member of the E. P. Carpenter Post, No. 91, G. A. R., of Foxboro, and is likewise a member of the A. P. A.

NSMAN SAWYER, the popular Postmaster of Wellesley, is a native of North Yarmouth, Me., born in 1850, a son of L. W. and Sarah K. (Maxfield) Sawyer. The first representative of the family in this country settled in Maine as early as 1620 or 1622, in which latter year the first permanent settlement was made; and most of their descendants have resided in that

State. Mr. Sawyer's father, a farmer by occupation, died in Salem, Mass., in 1892. His mother was a daughter of Reuben and Lucy Maxfield, of North Yarmouth, Me.

R. Kinsman Sawyer received his education in the public schools of his native town and in the famous Kimball Union Academy of Meriden, N.IL, where he fitted for college. He matriculated- at Dartmouth College, but was subsequently obliged to discontinue his studies there on account of poor health. Shortly afterward he went to New Jersey, where he was employed for some time in the State Reform School as instructor. Later he came to Wellesley, and worked some time for Mr. Durant, having charge of the improvements then being made on what are now the college grounds. Then for five years, from 1S80 to 1885, he was superintendent of Stone Hall and other college buildings. In 18S6 he was appointed Postmaster at Wellesley by President Cleveland; and he was reappointed to the same office by President Harrison, and again reappointed by President Cleveland during his second term. In 1886 he served the town as Selectman. Mr. Sawyer has done quite a business in real estate, and has built a number of houses in Wellesley. He is actively interested in the business and life of the town and in its general welfare. He is a member of the Masonic order and of other secret societies, belonging to the Blue Lodge, F. & A. M., at Natick; Parker Royal Arch Chapter of Natick and Natick Commandery; Sincerity Lodge, I. O. O. F., of which he is Past Grand, having also represented it in the Grand Lodge; and to Natick Council, Royal Arcanum. He is a Warden and the treasurer of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church. In 1879 Mr. Sawyer was united in marriage with E. Ellen, daughter of William Flagg, Esq., of Wellesley.

§OSHUA F. LEWIS, M.D., of Hyde Park, Deputy Superintendent of Indoor Poor of the State Board of Lunacy and Charity, was born in Provincetown, Mass., February 19, 1855, son of Joshua and Mary (Avery) Lewis. The family claims descent from Oliver Cromwell; and its first

American progenitor settled in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, in the seventeenth century. Dr. Lewis's great-grandfather was an officer in the British army, and served in America during the Revolutionary War. George Lewis, the grandfather, was born in Truro, Mass., and was engaged in the fishing business, controlling a large fleet of vessels throughout the active period of his life. He died at the age of seventy. His son Joshua, father of Dr. Lewis, was also born in Truro, and when a young man engaged in his father's business, which he followed for many years. He was favorably known along the Cape Cod shore as an upright man and reliable citizen; and he was prominently identified with public affairs, serving as Selectman, Assessor, Overseer of the Poor, and Highway Surveyor. In politics he was in his earlier years a Whig and later a Republican. His wife, Mary, was a daughter of Peter and Betsy Avery, of Truro, her father being a master mariner. She became the mother of eight children, six of whom attained maturity, and four are now living; namely, George W. , Joshua F. , Anna W., and Lawrence B. Those deceased are: Etta, who married L. H. Richards, Deputy Sheriff of Middlesex County, and died at the age of forty-four; and Ida F., a school teacher who died unmarried, at the age of forty-two years. The father died in 1883, aged sixtyeight years; and the mother lived to the age of seventy-two. Both parents were members of the Methodist Episcopal church, the father serving as steward and clerk of the society for a number of years.

Joshua F. Lewis remained at home with his parents until he was fifteen years old, at which time he went to reside in Ware, Hampshire County, Mass. He fitted for his collegiate course at the Wesleyan Academy, and was graduated at Dartmouth College in 1879. Returning to Cape Cod, he taught school for two years in Dennis. Subsequently he became principal of the Whitman School at Brockton, Mass., where he remained three years, at the expiration of which time he received the appointment of secretary at the Republican headquarters in Boston. He was also principal of an evening school in Maiden for six years, during which time he pursued his medical .studies, and was graduated at the Harvard University Medical School with the class of 1887. On June 15 of that year, after successfully passing a competitive examination, he was appointed Deputy Superintendent of Indoor Poor of the State Board of Lunacy and Charity, a position which he has since retained. (His duties require him to visit monthly each of the eight State asylums, in order to personally interview the patients therein confined, ascertain where they belong and if legally settled in Massachusetts, and also to arrange for the deportation of those who belong in foreign countries.) In this particular department of the public service he has become recognized as an expert, and has testified in many law cases bearing upon the subject. Politically, he is a Republican. He was formerly a member of the School Board of Maiden, but resigned upon his removal to Hyde Park in 1890. Since 1892 he has served in a like capacity in this town, and is now chairman of the board.

On June 26, 1887, Dr. Lewis was united in marriage in Brooklyn, N.Y., with Madeline S. Howes, who was born in Dennis, Barnstable County, Mass., daughter of Barzillia H. and Rebecca (Carlow) Howes. Her father, who was a sea captain, circumnavigated the globe several times while in the exercise of his calling. He is now sixty-four years old, and a resident of Hyde Park. Her mother is also living. Captain and Mrs. Howes have two daughters, the other being Eliza H., who married Charles R. Peto. Mrs. Lewis has had three children, two of whom are living - Lena S. and Etta R.

Dr. Lewis belongs to Allon Lodge, I. O. O. F., the Good Fellows, the Waverly Club, and the Republican Town Committee. He attends the Methodist Episcopal church, of which Mrs. Lewis is a member.

jOBERT CRAIG, for many years one the best known and most highly teemed business men of Quincy, was born in the parish of Bristol, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, March 18, 1821. Left an orphan at an early age, he received little or no schooling, being apprenticed to a stone-cutter when a mere boy. He became, however, a master workman, an expert at every branch of the trade, but especially at carving, of which he subsequently made a specialty. While still a young man he enlisted in the British army, and went to Gibraltar, where he served for some time. In 1850 he came to America, settling in Quincy, Mass. His first work here was on Minot's Ledge Light-house, and for several years subsequently he followed his trade as a journeyman in this town. He finally engaged in monumental work in Quincy, in company with his three eldest sons, with whom he continued in business until the time of his death, which occurred April 6, 1884, at the age of sixty-three years. He took an active interest in the politics of this country, became an American citizen, and voted the Republican ticket at State and national elections, but acted independently of party affiliations in local affairs. Intelligent and ambitious, he made up for his lack of schooling by extended reading and habits of close observation, and succeeded ultimately in acquiring a very respectable education. He married Janet Smith, daughter of William Smith, of Glasgow, Scotland, and by her had twelve children- - -John, William W., Isabel, Robert A., James, Janet, George, Angus, Charles, Walter, Arthur, and Frank. The mother is still a resident of Quincy, where she has many friends and is widely respected.

DGAR F. DRAKE, a prosperous dairyman and market gardener of Sharon, was born in this town, November 25, 1851, son of Asahel and Mary E. (Johnson) Drake. His grandfather, Ziba Drake, of Sharon, one of the stirring farmers of his day, took an active part in public affairs, serving as a Selectman, representing Sharon in the legislature. Ziba's death occurred in 1852. He married Mary Smith, of Canton, Mass., and by her became the father of five children, of whom one died in infancy. The others were: Tisdale, Hannah, Andrew, and Asahel.

tensive cattle dealer. Prominent in political affairs, he served with ability on the Board of Selectmen for a number of years, and was a member of the House of Representatives in i860. He died January 21, 1888. On April 22, 1836, he married Patience Gannett, who, born in Sharon, September 10, 1815, died January 24, 1845. Of that union were born two children: Alary A., on January ig, 1837, who married Benjamin Drake, of Stoughton, Mass.; and Hannah A., on June 21, 1839, who died October 21, 1843. Mary E. Johnson Drake, Asahel's second wife, whom he wedded on November 6, 1848, was born in Boston. She was a daughter of Otis and Edna (Hill) Johnson, the former of whom was a native of Sharon, and his wife, of Nashua, N.H. Otis Johnson, after many years spent in the business of grain dealer in Boston, on account of failing health retired to a farm in his native town. He served as a Selectman for twenty-nine years, and was Town Treasurer for some time. Otis and Edna Johnson reared two daughters - Edna R. and Mary E. Asahel Drake's children by his second wife were: Ellis O., born August 29, 1849; Edgar F., the subject of this sketch; and Lizzie M., born December 13, 1857, who died December 30, 1875. Ellis O., who is a manufacturer of steam heaters in Gardner, Mass., and the Postmaster of that town, married Emily A. Partridge, and has had three children - Lizzie M., Bertha E. (now deceased), and Harold E. Mrs. Mary E. Drake died June 10, 1889.

Edgar F. Drake began his education in the common schools, and attended a private school for four years. When seventeen years old he became a clerk in a store. A short time later he engaged in the milk business, which he subsequently followed for five years. Afterward for three years he was associated with his brother in carrying on a general store in Winchendon, Mass. Since his return to Sharon at the end of that time, he has been engaged in his present business. On his seventy acres of fertile land he keeps a dairy, raises garden truck for the Stoughton and Canton markets, and has a large greenhouse. In politics he is a Democrat, and he has served upon the School Board and as Town

On March 20, 1887, Mr. Drake was joined in marriage with Eliza J. W. Berry. She was born in Boston, October 20, 1858, daughter of Clark T. and Betsey M. (Trickey) Berry. Her father, who was an expressman, died March 6, 1897; and his wife died in January, 1872. Mr. and Mrs. Drake have two children: Edna F. , born December 7, 1892; and Asahel E., born March 5, 1895. Mr. Drake has displayed an energy and perseverance which fully merit the success he has attained, and his industry is highly commended by his fellowtownsmen. The family attend the Congregational church.

ENRY W. PICKERING, a prosperous dairyman of Bellingham and a veteran of the Fourth Regiment, Rhode Island Infantry, was born in Woonsocket, R.I. , November 9, 1840, son of Wiley and Susan Blue Pickering. The father, who was a native of Blackstone, Mass., was engaged in agricultural pursuits in Woonsocket for many years before his death. The mother, who was born in Burrville, R.I., and is now residing with a daughter in Providence, has six children living. These are: Vina, the wife of Wilton Grant, of Woonsocket; Henry W. , the subject of this sketch; Almeda, who married Alfred Bartlett, and resides in Woonsocket; Frank P., a thriving farmer in Bellingham; Ellen, the wife of Albert E. Sweet, of Providence; and Arnold, who also resides in that city. The others were: Newton R. ; Wesson Wilder, who died in California; and Nathaniel.

Henry W. Pickering attended school in his native town. In his youth he worked upon his father's farm, and was also employed in mechanical pursuits. In September, 1861, he enlisted as a private in Company E, Fourth Rhode Island Infantry, under Colonel McCarty and Captain Allen. He saw a great deal of active service in New Orleans, North Carolina, and Virginia, participating in many engagements, including those of Antietam, Fredericksburg, Black Water, and Petersburg, and being present at Appomattox Court-house when General Lee surrendered. He was mustered out July 13, 1865, and returned to Woonsocket. Later he bought the farm of seventy-three acres in Bellingham where he has since resided. He has made various improvements in his property, and is now one of the most successful dairy farmers in the town. Raising vegetables and poultry yields him a good income, and for the past twenty-five years he has not missed a single daily trip with milk to Woonsocket. In politics he is a Republican, and at the present time he is an Overseer of the Poor and a member of the School Board. He is connected with the Order of the Golden Cross and the Patrons of Husbandry, and is a comrade of Swift Post, No. 9, G. A. R.

Mr. Pickering has been twice married. His first marriage, contracted in 1868, united him to Amelia Wilcox, of Bellingham. She was a daughter of Jerold O. and Phcebe (Harris) Wilcox, who resided in Bellingham all their lives. Mr. Wilcox was a wellknown manufacturer of rakes, and the founder of the village of Rakeville, R.I. Mrs. Amelia Pickering died June 25, 1871, leaving one daughter, Amelia, who married George Grant, a master mechanic at the Eagle Mill, Woonsocket. In December, 1872, Mr. Pickering married Caroline Fenton, of New York. Her parents, Rossman and Elvira (Snell) Fenton, are now deceased. She is the mother of four children - Florence, Nathaniel, Gertrude, and Mary. Florence is now the wife of Cumfort Sidley, of Woonsocket. The other children reside with their parents.

LIVER HUNT HOWE, M.D., of Cohasset, was born in Dedham, Mass., May 29, i860. A son of Elijah and Julia A. (Hunt) Howe, he is of the ninth generation of Howes in this country. The name was originally spelled How. The Doctor's immigrant ancestor, Abraham How, was made a freeman in Roxbury, Mass., in 1638. From Abraham the line is traced through Isaac, Isaac (second), Thomas, Thomas (second), Thomas (third), Elijah, and Elijah (second), the last named being Dr.

Oliver Hunt Howe acquired the rudiments of his education in the public schools of Dedham. He graduated from the Medical School of Harvard University in 1886. For a year and a half he was house surgeon in the Boston City Hospital, and he was later assistant to the superintendent of the hospital. Since 1887, when he entered upon his profession in Cohasset, he has built up a large and successful practice. He is a skilful surgeon and thoroughly in touch with modern progress in medicine. He is a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society, the Massachusetts Medico-Legal Society, and the Massachusetts Association of Boards of Health; and he is the medical examiner for the district of Cohasset and physician to the Board of Health in this town.

In 1889 Dr. Howe was united in marriage with Martha Dresser Paul, daughter of Ebenezer and Susan (Dresser) Paul. Two children have blessed the union - Paul and Julian Cheever. In politics Dr. Howe is a Republican. He is a Mason of Konohasset Lodge of Cohasset and a member of the Second Congregational Church in this town.

DpRANKLIN PORTER, for thirty years r*| a prosperous druggist and apothecary -*- of Randolph, was born in Braintree, Mass., October 14, 1836. His parents were Ira and Eulalia (Belcher) Porter, the former of whom was a native of North Bridgewater, Mass., and the latter of Randolph. Mr. Porter's uncle, Isaac Porter, served in the War of 1812, and is said to have been a drummer on board the United States frigate "Chesapeake" at the time of her encounter with the British frigate "Shannon." Ira Porter, father of Franklin, was a carpenter by trade, and did quite an extensive contracting and building business in Randolph and the vicinity.

Franklin Porter obtained his education in the common schools of Randolph and at the Stetson High School. At the age of thirteen, while attending school, he began to work mornings and evenings in the drug store of Zenas

Snow, which occupation he continued until finishing his education. When seventeen years old he secured a position in Boston as clerk for Alvah Littlefield, who at that time kept a pharmacy under the United States Hotel, and with whom he remained several years. Upon his return to Randolph he went to work as clerk for Benjamin Dickerman, and later became associated with him as a partner. He eventually became sole proprietor of the business by purchasing Mr. Dickerman's interest, and has since been very successful. He is an enterprising citizen, always ready to aid in the introduction of public improvements. In politics he is a Democrat, with independent proclivities. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Honor, and the Royal Arcanum, and is very popular socially.

November 25, 1862, Mr. Porter married Eliza R; Woodman, of Randolph. He has two children living, namely: Abbie Woodman, born in Randolph, July 16, 1864, and now Mrs. William H. Farnsworth, of Westfield, Mass.; and Lee H., born in Randolph, November 25, 1879, and now a student at the Chauncy Hall School, Boston.

NEWTON THAYER, a prominent manufacturer and business man of Holbrook, was born in this town, October 18, 1839, son of Royal and Serena A. (White) Thayer. The Thayers are one of the old families of Braintree, Mass., where Richard Thayer, immigrant, was admitted a freeman in 1640.

Captain Ezra Thayer, grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was probably the first man in the United States to engage in the manufacture of leather shoe-strings, establishing in 1838 in East Randolph (now Holbrook) an enterprise of this kind, which he conducted for a number of years in a small shop that stood on the spot now occupied by the Winthrop Congregational Church, and which he carried on until his death in 1856. Gifted musically, he was for a number of years leader of the choir of the Congregational Church of East Randolph. He was also an officer in the militia.

was born in East Randolph, March 31, 1813. He succeeded his father, Captain Ezra Thayer, in business, and enlarged the scope of the enterprise, adding to the manufacture of shoestrings a profitable trade in leather remnants, from which were sorted the pieces of kid and calf suitable for strings, the remainder being sold for other purposes. The work was at first all clone by hand, machinery not being introduced until after the close of the Civil War. Royal Thayer was a thoroughly capable business man, foresighted, and enterprising, and as a natural consequence successful. He continued to carry on business until his_ death, which occurred July 13, 1889. In politics he was a Republican. He was actively interested in the welfare of the town, and was one of the promoters of the present town of Holbrook, circulating a petition to have it set off from the old town of Randolph. His wife, who also was a native of East Randolph, born February 22, 1818, was a daughter of Colonel Simeon and Sarah (Linfield) White, her father being a prominent citizen of this town. She was the mother of but one child, E. Newton. Mrs. Serena A. Thayer died December 14, 1885.

E. Newton Thayer was educated in public and private schools in his native town. He first obtained employment as a clerk in a general store in East Randolph, a position which he held for two years. About 1857 he went to work for his father in the factory; and two years later he was admitted as partner, the firm name becoming Royal Thayer & Son. They conducted the business in East Randolph till 1870, when they removed to North Bridgewater (now Brockton), where they remained until 1874. They then returned to Holbrook, and erected the factory at the foot of Maple Hill Avenue, in which the business is now carried on by E. Newton Thayer, successor to Royal Thayer & Son. As already stated, the work was at first done by hand, even to the rolling of the strings on a board. Subsequently the superintendent of the shop, Mr. Smith, invented a rolling machine, which he patented in 1866, and which he later improved. In 1883 he devised a machine that produces a string of much finer finish than that made by the old machine, which it has superseded.

The factory turns out four grades of strings, in the manufacture of which both men and women are employed. Mr. Smith has also improved the cutting machines invented by others. The superiority of his machinery gives Mr. Thayer an advantage over most of his competitors throughout Norfolk and Worcester Counties, to which the shoe-string industry is principally confined. Mr. Thayer is a capable and enterprising business man. He was one of the promoters and organizers of the Holbrook Co-operative Bank, which he served as president for a number of years, and also for a time as a director.

He was married in 1865, June 29, to Miss B. Jane Vining, a native of Holbrook, born December 22, 1842, daughter of Samuel A. and Eliza Ann (White) Vining, the former a prominent boot and shoe manufacturer of East Randolph, now Holbrook. Mrs. Thayer has four sisters: Abbie E., wife of R. H. Duncan, a prominent lawyer of Brooklyn, N.Y. ; Mary F., wife of the Rev. Perley B. Davis, pastor of the Central Congregational Church at Field's Corner, Dorchester, Mass.; Felicia, wife of Congressman Elijah A. Morse, of Canton, Mass. ; and Ellen W., who married Elisha Wales, formerly a boot and shoe manufacturer of Holbrook, but now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Thayer are the parents of six children - Mary V., Wilson D., Alfred N., Hartley W., Charles W., and Royal B. Charles W. died at the age of nine years. Mr. Thayer is a Republican politically. He is actively interested in town affairs, and served on the Building Committee of the first town hall of Holbrook, and also on the Building Committee of the Franklin School in this town. He ami his wife and children are members of Winthrop Congregational Church.

7T"tHARLES H. DEANS, a successful I Sr-^ attorney-at-law and an esteemed resi- ^^Hs dent of Med way, was born in Easton, Mass., May 2, 1832. His parents, Dr. Samuel and Hannah LeBaron (Wheaton) Deans, were natives respectively of Eastford, Conn., and Easton. Samuel Deans, M.D., settled in the latter town when a young man, and practised his profession there for the rest of his life. He died in 1873; and his wife died in January, 1881. Their children were: George Wheaton Deans, a lawyer and merchant, who died in Jacksonville, Fla., in 1888; Charlotte and Fidelia, both of whom died in infancy: Elizabeth, also deceased, who was a teacher; Charles H., the subject of this sketch; and Anna LeBaron, who is residing in Mansfield, Mass.

Charles H. Deans was fitted for college at the New Hampton (N.H.) Literary Institute, and subsequently studied at Brown University. He read law in Canton, Mass., teaching school while pursuing his legal studies; and he has practised law in Medway since 1858. He has conducted a profitable business, and is now one of the well-to-do residents of the town. A Republican in politics, he has ably contributed to the success of his party in this section of the State. He was a member of the committee appointed to raise funds for the volunteers of Massachusetts during the Civil War, and he was one of the enrolment commissioners who supervised the drafting of levies. He was Trial Justice for twenty-one years; a member of the School Board for twenty-three years, being the Superintendent of Schools for a part of that period; and he has been a Justice of the Peace for nearly forty years.

In 1861 Mr. Deans was united in marriage with Mary M. Harris, a native of Westboro, Mass., and a daughter of Rufus and Elvira (Goss) Harris. Mrs. Deans's father, who is no longer living, was a real estate dealer in Westboro. Her mother, who is now ninetytwo years old, and resides with her, is unusually bright and active for her age. Mr. and Mrs. Deans are the parents of five children, namely: Harris Wheaton, who married Charlotte Ellis, of Woburn, Mass., and is now a jeweller in Spencer, Mass. ; Anna Le- Baron, who is residing in Denver, Col., for the benefit of her health; Harriet Elizabeth, the wife of George C. Conn, who is connected with the freight department of the Canada Pacific Railroad, and resides in Woburn, Mass. ; Gertrude A., a teacher in the Milford High School; and Mary Elvira, who lives at home. Both parents are members of the Congregational church.

Charles H. Deans

"IRAM W. PHILLIPS, submarine diver, residing in Quincy, Mass., was born in this town, May 9, 1850, a son of Lemuel Phillips. His paternal grandfather, Isaac Phillips, was a resident of Weymouth, Mass. He was a mason by trade, and acquired a large landed property, being engaged during the greater part of his active years in laying stone, building wharves, and kindred work. He married Rhoda Litchfield.

Lemuel Phillips was born March 20, 1819, in Weymouth, and in his earlier manhood years was captain of the vessels he employed in the business of freighting stone between Quincy and Boston. In 1864 he removed to Pembroke, Mass., where he has since devoted his time to agricultural pursuits. He married Betsey Judkins, of Alton, Me., a daughter of Samuel Judkins, whose wife's maiden name was Cammel. Of the eleven children born of their union nine grew to mature years. The record is as follows: George L., of Quincy; Adelaide, wife of James Trainor, of Weymouth; Susan, who was killed in an explosion; Lewis, of Pembroke; Alice, who was killed by a fall; Loring, of Hanover, Mass.; Hiram W. ; Betsey J., wife of Marshall Wright, of Weymouth; Annie, who married William Gutterson, of Weymouth; Edwin P., of Seattle, Wash. ; and Charles, of Pembroke, Mass.

Hiram W. Phillips received a practical common-school education, and afterward worked at freighting stone. When about nineteen years old he began making a specialty of diving under water, first for his own amusement, becoming such an adept in this athletic pursuit that in the course of two years he made it a regular business, and has ever since continued submarine diving. He is principally engaged in building foundations for wharf and bridge structures under water, blasting rocks, etc. ; and in this occupation he has probably been under the water more times than any other one man in this section of the Union. He is one of the best known and most prominent divers in New England, having labored all along the coast.

the City Council, in which he was on the Committee on Sewers, Drains, and Water Supply, and the chairman of the Legislative Committee. Fraternally, he is a member of Rural Lodge, F. & A. M.

Mr. Phillips was married January 2, 1876, to Melvina, daughter of William Cargill, of Cumberland, R.I. They have three children ; namely, Harriet M., Eva D. , and Elise C.

KRANK H. PORTER, a respected citizen of Wellesley, where he is engaged in the plumbing business, was born in Needham, Mass., in 1856, son of John and Catharine (Day) Porter. The father went to California in 1859, and remained there until a short time before his death, which occurred in 1878. His wife, Catharine, was born in London, England, a daughter of Edward Day, and came to this country with her parents when she was but thirteen years old.

Frank H. Porter, at the age of six years, went to reside in Lenox, Mass. ; and he was educated in the public schools of that town. He then went to work on a farm, and remained thus engaged until 1871, when he began to learn the carpenter's trade. After a year spent in carpentering he removed to Pittsfield, where he worked at tinning and plumbing for Backus & Sons. He remained with this firm six years, and was then employed for a time by John Fealey in the sand business. In 1878 he went to Boston, where he worked a year for Walker & Pratt, stove manufacturers. Subsequently he was employed by the Magee Furnace Company for one year. In 1S81 he came to Wellesley, and went into the plumbing business, in 1893 forming a partnership with Joseph Schellar, under the firm name of F. H. Porter & Co. This partnership remained intact until the fall of 1S97, when Mr. Porter became sole proprietor of the business which he conducts under the name of F. H. Porter. His specialty is plumbing and the installation of heating apparatus. He also carries a large general stock of hardware.

A. O. U. W. ; to Sincerity Lodge, No. 173, I. O. O. F. ; and to the Manchester Unity Saint Mannacs Lodge, I. O. O. F., at Wellesley. He was married in 1878 to Sarah, a daughter of John and Sarah Fells, of Newton Upper Falls. Mr. and Mrs. Porter have two children: Henry, born in 1880, now a student at the Burdett School of Boston; and Mary, born in 1882, who attends the grammar school.

'ILAS G. WILLIAMS, late a respected resident of Wellesley and a son of Silas and Ellis (Spaulding) Williams, was born in Plainfield, 1 8 16. The father, who was born in Royalton, Vt., there spent the greater part of his life, serving in the capacity of Town Clerk for over thirty years. Afterward he moved to Massachusetts, and went into the freight business. He died in this State in 1870. Of his eight children three are now living in Newton Lower Falls.

Silas G. Williams, the subject of this sketch, was withdrawn from the public schools in Plainfield when he was seventeen years old. Then he went to VVinchendon, Mass., and obtained work in a machine shop connected with a cotton factory there. He was afterward put in charge of the factory, a position that he held for several years. From 1843 until the outbreak of the Civil War he was engaged in the freight business at Newton Upper Falls. At the laying of the corner-stone of the Bunker Hill monument Mr. Williams furnished a six-horse conveyance, carrying seventy -five persons, a four-horse conveyance carrying fifty, and a two-horse wagon driven by himself, accommodating twenty-five, the entire party going to hear Daniel Webster's great oration. During the war he was a recruiting officer by virtue of his office as Selectman. After the war he went into the livery business. He died Saturday, January 8, 1898, aged eighty-one years and nearly nine months.

Mr. Williams filled several public offices, where he exercised the same integrity and care which he practised in business. He served for a number of years on the Board of Assessors and in the capacity of Collector of Taxes in Needham, and he was Selectman there for eight years and the chairman of the Board of Selectmen for several years. In politics he was a Democrat, and he first voted in the Presidential election of 1840. He attended the Unitarian church at Wellesley Hills. In 1839 he was married to Nancy C, a daughter of Thomas Caldwell, of Peterboro, N.H. They had eight children - Ellen Augusta, Maria Frances, Eliza Ellis, Caroline Warren, Jeanette Webster, Nancy Caldwell, Silas William, and Eva Katharine. Maria Frances married Jonathan Felt; Eliza Ellis married the Rev. Isaac F. Porter; Jeanette Webster died in 1893; Nancy Caldwell married Arthur Waldo Sweetser; Silas William died in childhood; and Eva Katharine died in infancy.

'TANLEY A. CLARK, who owns and cultivates a productive farm in Millis, is a native of Nova Scotia, and was born August 27, 1863. His parents, William H. and Prudence (Reagh) Clark, were natives of Wilmot, N.S. The father was engaged in agriculture until his death, which occurred in 1885. His first wife, Prudence, died December 27, 1863. His second marriage was contracted with Ceretha Chute, of Wilmot, who is still residing there. Of his eleven children, all by his first union, eight are living, namely: Sarah, the wife of Phineas Whitman, of Nova Scotia; Wallace and John, who are residing in that province; Henry, Charles, and Thomas, residents of Franklin, Mass.; Brenton, who lives in Hyde Park, Mass. ; and Stanley A., the subject of this sketch. The others were: Mary, Isaac, and Gilbert.

Stanley A. Clark attended the common schools of Nova Scotia, and resided at home until he was eighteen years old. He then came to the United States, and settling in Millis was here employed as a farm assistant for some years. After his marriage his fatherin-law, George W. Couth ill, bought what is known as the Metcalf farm, containing fiftyseven acres, which Mr. Clark rents, and where he carries on general farming with gratifying success. The property has undergone consid- erable improvement since it came into his possession, and he displays an energy and progressive tendency which promise well for his future prosperity. In politics he acts with the Republican party; and, though not desirous of holding office, he takes an earnest interest in the administration of public affairs. He is connected with the Society of the Home Circle.

On December 18, 1889, Mr. Clark was joined in marriage with Jennie M. Couthill, who was born in New York City, February 12, 1867, daughter of George N. and Sarah (Sease) Couthill. The former is a native of Coldstream, Scotland; and the latter was born in New York. Mr. Couthill arrived in New York when he was eighteen years old, and there learned the machinist's trade. He is now employed at a straw factory in Franklin, Mass. Mrs. Clark has had two children: Mary Esther, born July 2, 1892, who died March 4, 1893; and George Nesbitt, born August 22, 1896. Both parents are members of the Baptist church.

ILLIAM F. DRUGAN, the chief of police in Dedham, was born July 29, 1838, in Cambridge, Mass., son of Joseph Drugan. His paternal grandfather, also named Joseph, who was born and reared in Ireland, lived there during his earlier manhood, engaged as a seine weaver until his emigration to America. After his arrival the grandfather located on the island of Grand Menan, off the north-east coast of Maine, and there afterward resided until his death, at the advanced age of seventy -eight years, being much of the time occupied in fishing.

Joseph Drugan, the father of William F., was born on Grand Menan, where he was bred and educated. Remaining with his parents until twenty years old, in common with the natives of that isle he spent his time in fishing after becoming old enough to help support himself. Coming then to Massachusetts, he secured work in a soap factory at Winchester, remaining there as workman and foreman for some years. He afterward resided for a while in Cambridge, going thence to East Boston, where he was foreman of a soap factory until

1855. In that year he bought a farm in Walpole, this county; and from that time until his death, at the age of seventy-eight years, he was engaged in agricultural pursuits. He married Sarah G. Johnston, who was born in Philadelphia, Pa. She was a daughter of Frazier Johnston, who was accidentally killed in that city while working on the old city hall, leaving his widow with six children. The children of Joseph and Sarah Drugan were: William F., the subject of this sketch; Rebecca, now the wife of H. H. Graham; John, of whom there is no special record; Mary, who died in 1S90; Anna, the widow of the late Andrew J. Sellon; and Joseph. The mother died at the age of seventy years. Both parents united with the Methodist Episcopal church when living in East Boston.

William F. Drugan was educated in the public schools of Boston, remaining with his parents until thirteen years of age. He then began learning the mason's trade, serving a four years' apprenticeship during the longhour times, and afterward worked as a journeyman in Boston for some years. In 1861 he was one of the first to respond to his country's call, enlisting as a private in Company B, First Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, which was the first regiment to pass through Baltimore after the riot. This regiment was also the first assigned to the First Army Corps. Later it was transferred to the Fifth Army Corps, and was in continuous service until after General Grant had crossed the Rapidan. Mr. Drugan saw some severe fighting during the three years of his life as a soldier, being with his comrades in some of the most hotly contested battles of the war, from the first battle of Bull Run until his discharge in 1864. On returning from the army he resumed his trade, working for a while for L. D. Gray, of Walpole, with whom he subsequently formed a copartnership, having their headquarters in Dedham, where they located in 1868. They built up a very large and substantial business, which they carried on in company until August 10, 1878. On this date Mr. Drugan was appointed on the police force of Dedham, a position to which he has since been reappointed each year, each succeeding Board of Selectmen recognizing his ability and peculiar fitness for the responsible office. Nineteen years ago, when he assumed its management, the force consisted of but two men. The number is now six men, who share the guardianship of a town of nine thousand inhabitants.

Mr. Drugan has been twice married. His union with Miss Mary E. Richards took place in 1864. She was born in Sharon, Mass., daughter of Moses Richards, a well-to-do farmer and the representative of an early family of that place. She was a woman of great personal worth; and her early death at the age of twenty-nine years was deeply deplored by hosts of friends, and her influence was missed in the Orthodox church, of which she was a member. She left two children, as follows: Sarah E. and William H. Sarah E. married Frank L. Gould, a coal dealer at East Walpole, and has four children - Catherine, Annie, Maynard, and Howard. William H., a resident of Cambridgeport and a travelling salesman for B. P. Clark, married Miss Addie Morse, and has one child, Olive. Mr. Drugan married for his second wife Mrs. Martha E. Silsby, a daughter of Jeremiah Getchell, of Hallowell, Me. In politics Mr. Drugan is a straightforward Republican, and his religious creed is broad and liberal. Fraternally, he is a member of Constellation Lodge, F. & A. M., of Dedham ; of Norfolk Chapter, R. A. M., of Hyde Park; and of Hyde Park Council of Select Masters. He is also a member of Charles W. Carroll Post, No. 144, G. A. R., of Dedham; of Samuel Dexter Lodge, No. 232, I. O. O. F., of this town; of the A. O. U. W. ; of the Royal Arcanum; and is a member of the Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Union.

-*- was born in Lawrence, Mass., September 8, 1854, son of Timothy J. and Ellen (Atkinson) Whelan. His parents, who were natives of County Meath, Ireland, emigrated to the United States, and settled in Lawrence, Mass. Father Whelan's parents reared four children, two sons and two daughters.

public schools of Lawrence, the Amesbury (Mass.) High School, and the Putnam High School in Newburyport, Mass. He subsequently attended Nicholet College, Canada, and completed his theological studies with a course of four and a half years at St. Mary's College, Baltimore. After his ordination to the priesthood in 1880, he was appointed to serve at St. Barnard's Church, Concord, Mass., where he remained for three years, after which he was stationed at Hopkinton, Mass., for a similar length of time. He was located for a short time in Cambridgeport, subsequently served six years at St. Francis de Sales Church, Roxbury, and since January, 1896, has been assistant pastor of St. Joseph's Church, Medway. Father Whelan is a zealous priest and an indefatigable worker for the welfare of the church and the prosperity of the parish.

RADFORD LEWIS, a veteran manufacturer of Walpole Centre, Mass., being senior member of the wellknown firm of Bradford Lewis & Son, was born October 9, 18 19, in South Dedham, Mass., a son of Joseph Lewis. He is a lineal descendant of William Lewis, who emigrated from Wales to Massachusetts in 1635, settling in Boston, near Roxbury probably, as he soon afterward united with the First Church of that town, of which John Eliot, the Apostle to the Indians, was the pastor. Isaac Lewis, the great-grandfather of Bradford Lewis, was the first of the family to make his home in Walpole; and here John Lewis, the next in line, was born, lived, and died.

Joseph Lewis, son of John, was born in Walpole in 1773. During his earlier active life he was for some years a tavern-keeper in Roxbury. He subsequently engaged in general farming at East Walpole, Mass., where he died at the early age of forty -eight years in 1 82 1. He married Miss Lydia Crane, of Milton, Mass.; and they became the parents of four children, of whom Bradford, the special subject of this sketch, is the only survivor.

Bradford Lewis

ticeship at the trade of hoemaking, followed that occupation for some years in this town and at Plymptonville. He then established himself in mercantile business, opening a general store in Walpole, which he conducted twelve years. In 1868 he began preparing machine waste for use, establishing a plant in this town; and in 1882 he added a paper-mill for the manufacture of bookbinders' board, in which he has since built up a flourishing industry. Having admitted his son to an equal partnership in 1880, in 1894 he sold out to this son, James B., who has entire charge of the manufacturing, although Mr. Lewis himself still attends to the outside business, going to Boston every day.

Mr. Lewis was married October 27, 1841, to Miss Hannah Gay, of Walpole, who by his side trod life's pathway fifty-one years, when on December 3, 1892, little more than a twelvemonth after they had celebrated the golden anniversary of their wedding, the angel of death silently bore her to the realms of eternal day. She left five children, namely: E. Frank, a prominent business man of Lawrence, Mass.; Josephine G., wife of Henry A. Billings, of Providence, R.I. ; James Bradford, junior member of the firm of Bradford Lewis & Son; Harrison N., who until his death, October 8, 1897, had charge of the paper department in the firm's factory; and Florence A., who lives at home. E. Frank Lewis has a wool-scouring factory in Lawrence, and is carrying on the business established in Walpole in 1870 by him and his father. The business grew wonderfully while it was conducted in this place; and since its removal to Lawrence, in 1890, it has assumed magnificent proportions, the plant being now the largest of its kind in New England.

In former years Mr. Lewis voted with the old Whig party, and in 1840 cast his first Presidential ballot for William Henry Harrison. Since the formation of the Republican party he has been one of its firmest supporters. He has been active and influential in local affairs, and has served in all important offices, including that of School Committee. In 1849 he made a public profession of religion, uniting with the Congregational church, in which he has since been an earnest

WALTER HEWETT, of Needham, the clothing cutter for Shuman & Co., Boston, was born in Gosport, Hants, England, January 20, 1849, son of Richard and Sarah (Cousens) Hewett. Richard Hewett was born in England in 18 14. When a young man he learned the trade of shipwright, and afterward had charge of the new saw-mills at Portsmouth dock-yards. He is now a government pensioner, living in Wimbledon, County Surrey. His wife, Sarah, a daughter of James Cousens, was born in Hants, England, in 1816, and is still living. They reared seven children - Charles, Richard, James, Frank, Walter, George, and 'Sarah - all of whom, with the exception of Walter, are still living in England.

Walter Hewett was educated in the national schools of Gosport. After leaving school he served an apprenticeship of five years to the clothier's trade. Then he went to London, where he was engaged as cutter and afterward as book-keeper in the same firm. He came to this country in May, 1874, landing in Boston. From there he went to Martin, Ohio, whence after a stay of one year he returned to Boston in the following June. Soon after he entered the employment of A. Shuman & Co. as cutter, a position that he has held ever since. He went to Needham to live in 1883, and he has become one of the influential men of the town. Mr. Hewett is a charter member of the Cutters' Union of Boston, and has served in the society as recording secretary, as financial secretary, and vice-president. For three successive years he went as delegate to the legislature to look out for the interests of this organization. He has been Master Workman of the K. of L. of Highlandville, and also of the National Garment Makers' Union of Boston. In politics he is a stanch Democrat, and he has served one year as Selectman of Needham.

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Eliza Baker, of the parish of North Petherwin, County of Devon, England. His children are: William Walter, Bertha Prower, Amy Gertrude, Edith Sarah, and George Henry. William Walter is now working with his father. The three older children were educated in the Avery School, and the two younger are still attending school.

KLAVIUS JOSEPHUS LAKE, the Assessor of Wellesley and a well-known florist, is a native of Springfield, Vt. Born in 1829, he is a son of Alvah and Elizabeth (Graves) Lake. His first ancestor in this country was Henry Lake, born in England in 1635, who came to America, and died in Topsfield, Mass., at the age of ninetyeight. His wife, Priscilla, was a daughter of John and Priscilla Gould, who had a family of four children. The line of descent from Henry Lake is through Daniel, Enos, Enos (second), and Alvah. Daniel married Sarah Bixbee. The first Enos, who, born in 1733, married Prudence Page, was at the battles of Lexington and Bunker Hill, and shared in the capture of Fort Ticonderoga. Grandfather Enos was married to Abigail Hudson on September 22, 1796. She died in 1800.

Alvah Lake was born in Springfield, Vt., and lived to be fifty-two years of age. His wife, Elizabeth, a daughter of Henry Graves, was born in Williamsburg, Va. She married for her first husband John Prior, a commissioned officer of the Revolution. The subject of this sketch has in his possession a certificate, signed by Generals Washington and Knox, certifying the membership of Colonel Prior in the Order of the Cincinnati. The father of Mrs. Elizabeth Lake ranked with Major Prior. A sister of hers was Mrs. Landon Carter, a cut of whose home at Sabine Hill, Va., appeared in Munsey' s Magazine for March, 1897. She was a Revolutionary pensioner for some time previous to her death, which occurred at the age of seventy-seven. John M. Gregory, Governor of Virginia, 1842-43, was an own cousin of hers.

Richmond in that State. At the age of fourteen years he went to work in the clothing business for William Star, with whom he remained for a year. His father then returning to Boston, he went to work for John Simons, a clothier, with whom he remained for eleven years, starting at a salary of two dollars a week, and gradually advancing until he received twelve hundred dollars a year. He then went into the house of Whiting, Kihoe & Galloupe, of Boston, and was with that firm for twenty years. The firm then changed to that of Bliss, Whiting & Co.; and Mr. Lake became one of the partners. Theirs was among the business houses destroyed in the Boston fire of 1872, when Mr. Lake lost all he had made. He next started as partner in the firm of Lake, Cushing & Daniels, which, after existing for one year, was changed to that of Davis, Lake & Allen. At the end of five years this company was dissolved, and Mr. Lake entered the employ of A. Shurnan & Co., remaining with them for two years. In 1855 he came to Grantville, now Wellesley Hills; and in 1878 he started the florist business, in which he has since been engaged. He makes a specialty of pinks and violets, and sells principally to the wholesale trade in Boston. His hot-houses cover about sixteen thousand feet of land. In 1884 Mr. Lake was elected Assessor of Wellesley, and has since served the town in that capacity. For three years he was on the Board of Auditors, and he was the chairman of the Building Committee that erected the Shaw School-house. He is a member of the Congregational church at Wellesley Hills, and takes an active part in the church work. In politics he is independent.

In 1852 Mr. Lake married Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Alexander Grant, of Richmond, who came originally from England. The maiden name of her mother was Elizabeth Wyott Lark. The two children of Mr. and Mrs. Lake are: Walter and Alexander. Walter Lake, born in 1853 in Boston, was educated in the Allen School at West Newton and at the schools in Wellesley. He married Mary E., daughter of George Mills, of Newton Lower Falls, and has one child, May, born in 1880, who is now a pupil in the high school at Medfield, where her parents reside. Alexander Grant Lake, who was born in Grantville in 1865, and was educated at the Allen School and in Chauncy Hall School in Boston, now has charge of the greenhouses of Lake & Son. He married Charlotte Sarrott, of Nova Scotia, who died in 1895, leaving one son, Charles Percy Lake, to whom she gave birth in 1894.

2EVVIS ALDEN, a well-known and prominent citizen of Holbrook, was ^ born in this town, April 29, 1848. He is a son of Lewis and Abigail N. (Belcher) Alden and a descendant in the ninth generation of John and Priscilla (Mullins) Alden, of Plymouth. His parents were natives of East Randolph (now Holbrook), Mass. His father died when Lewis Alden was an infant. The boy grew to manhood in East Randolph, acquiring his education in the schools of his native town. He finished his studies in the high school in his eighteenth year, and entered the employ of L. F. Wilde & Co., boot and shoe manufacturers of East Randolph. Engaged in the stock-cutting department of this concern until 1874, he was subsequently in the employ of Rufus Gibbs & Co., of Boston, jobbers and manufacturers of boots and shoes. After working in their jobbing department for a short time, he was for three years superintendent of their boot and shoe factory in South Weymouth, Mass. In 1878 he returned to Holbrook, and started an independent business as a boot and shoe manufacturer. In 1893 Leonard Belcher became his partner; and the business was conducted under the firm name of Alden & Belcher until May, 1897, when the partnership was dissolved. Mr. Alden has been very successful in business. He was one of the promoters and organizers of the Holbrook Co-operative Bank, and he has been a member of the Board of Directors since its organization.

He married Harriet S. Hammond, a native of Boston, Mass., and they have two children: Mabel F., a teacher in Holbrook; and Annie L. In politics Mr. Alden is a Republican. A member of the School Committee of Holbrook since 1889, he has presided during a portion of the time as chairman of the board, and has served as clerk and purchasing agent. He was for nine years a member of the Board of Trustees of the Holbrook Public Library, and for some time its president. For a number of years he has presided as Moderator of the Holbrook town meetings. He is a charter member of Lodge No. 1753, Knights of Honor, of Holbrook, in which he served for a number of terms as Dictator. He was one of the promoters and founders of the Methodist Episcopal church in this town, has been class leader since the incorporation of the church, and Sunday-school superintendent for twelve years.

§AMES H. MURPHY, a well-known resident of Canton, Mass., where he has served as Selectman, and is now a member of the Board of Health, was born not far from his present home in 1855, of Irish parentage.

His father, the late Dennis Murphy, grew to manhood in the Emerald Isle, whence he emigrated to this country in 1847. Settling in Canton, he here made his permanent home, winning for himself an assured position among the valued citizens of the town. He was an industrious, hard-working man, and was successfully employed as a carpenter and contractor until his death in 1890. For forty years or more he had charge of the Catholic church and cemetery. He was a Democrat in his political affiliations. To him and his good wife, Mary Golden, seven children were born, of whom four are now living, namely: Mary, wife of Leonard Fisher; Margaret, who married J. Lynch; Annie, wife of Dennis Lyons; and James H., the special subject of this sketch.

James H. Murphy received his elementary education in the public schools of Canton, and made further advance in learning by attendance at a private school in Sharon. At the age of seventeen he began working at the carpenter's trade with William Billings, and, after serving his time, followed the trade for more than a dozen years. He established himself in business in 1876 as an undertaker and funeral director, and he continues sue- cessfully engaged in that calling. Since the death of his father he has had the care of the Catholic church and cemetery, devoting considerable of his time to each. He is also a real estate dealer to some extent, and often acts as auctioneer in this and neighboring towns. In politics he is a sound Democrat, never swerving from party allegiance. He has contributed to the town's welfare and progress by his services for four years as Selectman, Overseer of the Poor, and Assessor, also as a member of the Board of Health, on which he is now serving, this being the seventh year he has held the position, although not in successive terms.

For twenty-one years Mr. Murphy has been a member of Division 2, A. O. H., twenty years of the time having been treasurer thereof. He is also a member of the Canton Court of Foresters, of which he has been treasurer for some time; of Magnolia Council, Knights of Columbus, of Hyde Park; of the Maine Benefit Association; of the Irish Charitable Association of Boston; of the Massachusetts Undertakers' Association; and of the Norfolk County Undertakers' Association, in which he is a director.

Mr. Murphy was married June 16, 1885, to Miss Jennie O'Donnell, who was born in Stoughton, Mass., a daughter of John O'Donnell. She died in 1894, leaving no children.

{ STeORGE BIRD TALBOT, a retired \ -) I merchant residing in Norwood, was - born in Sharon, Mass., February 26, 1819, son of Josiah and Mary (Richards) Talbot. He traces his descent by a long line of ancestors to Peter Talbot, who emigrated from England at an early date in the Colonial period. His grandfather, Josiah Talbot, was one of the prominent farmers of Sharon in his day. The father, who was a native of Sharon, followed agriculture with prosperity during his active years. His last days were spent in Norwood, and he lived to be eighty-eight years old. His wife, Mary, who was a daughter of Jeremiah Richards, of Wilton, Me., became the mother of eleven children, namely: Nathaniel, who died in infancy; Josiah Warren and Ebenezer F. ; Mary Ann, the wife of Seth Colburn ; George B., the subject of this sketch; Susan M., the wife of Samuel Richards: Nathaniel (second), who died young; Nancy, who married Amos Binney; Harriet, the wife of Gustavus Forbes; Israel F., who is a physician; and Sarah W., who married Brainard Darrows.

George Bird Talbot passed his boyhood in Sharon, where he attended school. At the age of sixteen he secured a position as clerk in Foxboro, Mass. He later entered the store of Oliver Ames & Son, of Easton, Mass., with whom he remained four years, working his way forward to the position of head clerk, and receiving charge of the buying of stock. After establishing a general store in West Dedham and conducting it for a year, he sold out, and for the succeeding four years took charge of the estate of his wife's father in Boxboro, Mass. In 1848 he established the wholesale grocery house of Talbot, Winchester & Upham, at 48 Water Street, Boston, which became one of the largest concerns of its kind in the city. He had been the principal one of this firm for twenty-five years, when he retired in 1873. Mr. Talbot took up his residence in South Dedham in 1853. Since relinquishing his business in Boston, he has been identified with the progress and development of this town. He has invested quite largely in land, upon which he built dwelling-houses. These he subsequently sold on the instalment plan.

In 1840 Mr. Talbot was united in marriage with Augusta Bigelow, who was a daughter of Lyman Bigelow, of Boxboro, Mass. To that union were born two children, one of whom died in infancy. The other child, Augusta, became the wife of Marshman W. Sanborn. His present wife was before marriage Martha Bicknell, daughter of Thomas Bicknell, of Melrose, Mass. She is the mother of six children, namely: Helen Maria and Mary Josephine; Dr. George H. Talbot, of Newtonville, Mass.; Martha; Erastus W. ; and Jennie F. Mr. Talbot is still active, and attends personally to his numerous affairs. In politics he acts with the Republican party. In religious belief he is a Universalist ; and he is a member of Orient Lodge, F. & A. M., of Norwood, Mass.

) A WHENCE McGINNIS, a large real estate owner, living in retirement in Medway, was born in Glenfarden, Ireland, March 17, 1831, son of Alonzo and Alice (McHugh) McGinnis. The father, who was a farmer and a grocer in Glenfarden, spent all his lifetime in that place, and died in 1864, aged eighty-four years. By his first marriage, which was contracted with a lady named McGouty, there were seven children. His second wife, Alice McHugh McGinnis, who was a native of County Cavan, died in 1850, aged sixty-two. Of her six children the subject of this sketch is the only one living.

Lawrence McGinnis was educated in Ireland. At the age of twenty years he emigrated to the United States, landing in New York City in 1852. Thence he went to Boston, where his brother, Barney McGinnis, was serving on the police force. From Boston, after a short stay, he went to St. Johnsbury, Vt, and resided there for five years. He next worked at shoemaking in Hopkinton, Mass., for a year and a half, after which he moved to Medway. For nearly forty years he was connected with the shoemaking industry in this town. During that time, by carefully investing his surplus earnings, he acquired considerable property. He owns the old Gladstone House, which he has greatly improved, and also two dwelling-houses, which yield a good income. He has been successful as a real estate dealer. Since 1889, when he retired from active labor, he has devoted his time to the care of his property. For the past thirty-eight years he has been a Republican in politics, taking a warm interest in local affairs and the success of his party. His industry and thrift have gained for him the respect of his fellow-townsmen.

On November 19, 1853, Mr. McGinnis married Rose Kaney, who was born in Glenfarden, Ireland, June 24, 1833, daughter of Francis and Ann (McGuire) Kaney. Her father, who was a cattle dealer, died in Ireland. Her mother subsequently emigrated with her children to the United States, and died in Medway. Mrs. McGinnis is the mother of eleven children, as follows: Ann, the wife of Francis Flinn, of Boston; Alice, who married John Keenan, of Roxbury; Mary, who is now Mrs. William Reardon, of Congress, N.Y. ; John, a real estate dealer in Congress; Bernard, who married Kate Feley, of Holliston, Mass., and is a shoemaker in Medway; Margaret, who is residing at home; Rosilla, the wife of John Reardon, of this town; Sarah, the wife of Denis Bresenham, of Boston; Charles, who is conducting a real estate business in Medway; Lawrence, who resides in Boston; and James, who is attending school in Notre Dame, Ind. The family attend the Roman Catholic church. Mr. Mc- Ginnis was a liberal contributor toward the erection of the church edifice in Medway.

DWARD WHITING, a prominent and successful farmer of Medway, was born in Southboro, Mass., May 22, 1824, son of Mason and Martha (Amsden) Whiting. Mason Whiting was a native of Dedham, Mass. When twenty-four years old he accompanied his parents to Southboro, where he made his home for a long period, and was diligently engaged in farming. His wife, Martha Amsden, who was born in Hopkinton, Mass., became the mother of seven children, namely: Martha; Edward, the subject of this sketch; Maria; George; Charles; Abbie; and Henry. Martha and Abbie are no longer living; Maria is the wife of Willard S. Gill, a farmer and carpenter, residing in Douglas, Mich. ; George, who was married and whose home was in Worcester, Mass., died in December, 1897; Charles is living in retirement in California; and Henry is a railroad man in that State. Mrs. Martha A. Whiting died February 12, 1857, aged fifty-six; and Mason Whiting, who long survived her, spent his last days with his son in Medway, where he died in 1883, at the age of ninety-one years and three months.

Edward Whiting was educated in the common schools, and when a young man he worked for a short time in a shoe manufactory. He has always, however, preferred agricultural pursuits to any other calling; and, settling upon a farm in Southboro, he continued to reside there until 1S67, when he went to a farm in New Salem, Mass., where he re- mained six years. From New Salem he removed to Canaan, N.H., and carried on lumbering operations until 1877. In that year he bought his present farm of one hundred acres of well-improved land in Medway. He devotes his energies to general farming and dairying, and sells considerable milk. Politically, Mr. Whiting is a Republican. He has been Overseer of the Poor for the past ten years, and has served as Cattle Inspector and Fence Viewer, six years.

On July 2, 1845, Mr. Whiting was joined in marriage with Harriet A. Woods, who was born in Southboro, July 6, 1827. Her parents, David and Sally (Arnold) Woods, were prosperous farming people. Her father was a native of Southboro, and her mother of Marlboro, Mass. To Mr. and Mrs. Whiting in the early years of their married life were born eleven children; namely, Addie A., Edward Mason, Hattie Maria, Emery, Mary Elizabeth, Francis Waldo, Cora, Nellie L., Jessie I., Mason, and Grace Emma. The following is a brief record of the eight that are now living: Addie A., whose husband, Uriah Howes, died while serving in the Civil War, is residing in New Salem; Emery is now superintendent of the poor farm in Medway; Mary Elizabeth married Lendell Taylor, and lives in Albion, Kennebec County, Me. ; Francis Waldo resides in Southboro; Cora is now Mrs. Searls, and her husband is a lawyer in Boston; Jessie I. married Charles Lawrence, and resides in West Medway; Mason Whiting is at home with his parents; and Grace Emma is the wife of W. Erwin Smith, of Somerville, Mass.

ILLIAM K. MELCHER, Inspector of Buildings at Brookline and the chairman of the town Board of Water Commissioners, was born February 13, 181 5, in Brunswick, Me., son of Samuel Melcher. His grandfather, Samuel Melcher, Sr., spent his entire life in Maine, a large part of the time having been engaged as a carpenter and joiner in the town of Brunswick.

a ship-joiner, and did a good deal of work at each industry. He erected several churches in different parts of the State, but made Brunswick his chief place of residence, living there until his death, at the advanced age of eighty -seven years. He married Lois D. Dunning, who was born in Brunswick, Me., daughter of Andrew Dunning. Seven sons and an equal number of daughters were born of the union. Of these five children are now living - William K., Jesse A., Margaret, Frances, and Charles. The mother died at the age of fourscore and four years. Both she and her husband were members of the Brunswick Congregational Church.

William K. Melcher spent the first twentyseven years of his life in Brunswick, obtaining a practical education in the public schools, and learning from his father the trade of carpenter and joiner. He subsequently followed his trade as a journeyman for a number of years, first in his native town and then for a year in Boston. From Boston in 1844 he came to Brookline, which has since been his home. In -1849 he started in the business of carpenter on his own account, and continued actively employed for forty years. Among the many buildings erected under his supervision in this locality is the town hall, a very handsome structure, which cost two hundred thousand dollars. He has been Inspector of Buildings since 1889; and he has served continuously on the Brookline Water Board since 1886, having been elected thereto for threeyears terms in 1889, 1892, and 1895. During this entire period he has been chairman of the board, being its oldest member in point of service and the oldest man in town holding office. He is prominently identified with the Masonic fraternity, being a charter member of Beth-Horon Lodge, and he was for many years a member of St. Omar Commandery of Boston, of the Boston Council, and of the Mount Vernon Chapter. In the Beth- Horon Lodge he was the First Senior Deacon. He is also a member of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association, and of the Pine Tree State Club of Boston. In religious faith he is a Congregationalism

William K. Melcher

Vt, daughter of Jotham Glazier. Mr. Glazier, who removed from Jericho to Boston, for some years kept a hotel in the latter city. He afterward lived for a time in Brookline, and then settled in West Boylston, Worcester County, where he died at a venerable age. While living in Brookline he owned the first coach line running from here to Boston, that being the only means of public transportation for many years. Mr. and Mrs. Melcher have three children - Isabel L., William K., and George. Isabel L. is the widow of the late Nelson A. Mowton ; William K., Jr., a member of the Boston Dry-goods Company, married Addie Doane, and has three children - Louise, Carl, and George; and George married Fannie Packard, and they have three children - Dora, Richard, and Andrew. George is chief engineer at Keith's Theatre in Boston.

ALTER R. FEGAN, senior member of the firm of Fegan & Ballou, wholesale dealers in granite, of Ouincy, Mass., was born in this town, February 20, 1848. He is of Irish parentage, his father, the late Edward Fegan, son of James, having been born, bred, and married in Ireland, in County Meath.

While in his native country Edward Fegan learned the trade of carpenter and wheelwright, which he followed until his marriage, when he came to America. He settled in West Ouincy, being one of the first to locate in that part of the town, and, resuming his early occupation, continued it until his death, at the age of fifty-five years. His wife was Ellen, daughter of Walter Forbes, of Kildare, Ireland. They had seven children, all of whom were born in this country, as follows: James W. ; Walter R. ; Mary Ann; Elizabeth; Ellen; the Rev. Edward J., of Natick, Mass. ; and Theresa M. James Fegan, the paternal grandfather, who was a farmer by occupation, spent his entire life in Ireland, with the exception of four years passed in visiting his son in America.

years, and then acted as treasurer and manager of the Quincy Co-operative Granite Works for ten years. On the 1st of July, 1S90, he formed a partnership with John C. Ballou, under their present firm name. They purchased their quarry and plant, which is one of the oldest established in Ouincy, and have since conducted a thriving wholesale business, making a specialty of monumental work and keeping some forty men constantly employed. In politics Mr. Fegan is a sound Democrat. Since 1894 he has served as Assessor.

He was married April 25, 1871, to Miss Mary J. Hernan, who was born in Boston, Mass., a daughter of Michael Hernan and B. M. Mullen Hernan. Mr. Hernan and his wife emigrated from the Emerald Isle a few years after their marriage; and, settling in Ouincy, he was here engaged as a custom boot and shoe maker for several years. His father, Bart Hernan, did an extensive farming business in Galway, Ireland, where Mrs. Hernan's father, Peter Mullen, was a trader in cattle. Mr. and Mrs. Fegan have had five children, namely: Edward J., who lived but six years; Aloysius Walter ; Marie De Pazzi ; Edward J. ; and Zita Mechtilde.

vi?_^- Wellesley, was born in Sherborn, Mass., in 1844, son of Abraham and Mary (Whitney) Bigelow. The first ancestor of the family concerning whom anything is known came to this country from England, and assumed the name of Bigelow upon his arrival here. Mr. Bigelow's grandfather, Isaac Bigelow, a native of Natick, who was a miller by trade, and died in Natick in 1852, married Fanny Jackson. Their son, Abraham (second), who was a farmer and shoemaker, was born in Natick in 18 10, and died in 1888. He moved to Sherborn, and in 1848 purchased a place in Dover. His wife, Mary Brown, a daughter of Ebenezer Whitney, of Dorchester, Mass., who was born in 1S13 and died in 1881, had eight children.

under Captain Clark, in Company H, Thirteenth Massachusetts Infantry, commanded by Colonel S. H. Leonard. He went to the Shenandoah Valley with General McDowell's division of the Army of the Potomac, and his first engagement was at Thoroughfare Gap. At the second Bull Run he was taken prisoner, was paroled at Gainesville, and sent to the parole camp at Columbus, Ohio. On the 28th of the following January he was exchanged, and rejoined his regiment at Manassas. Taken prisoner again at the battle of Gettysburg, he was this time paroled on the field, and sent under a flag of truce to General Couch's line, and from there to the parole camp at West Chester, Pa. On the 24th of July, having been granted leave of absence, he came to Boston on a visit. He returned to his regiment in the following September, and went into winter quarters on the Rapidan River. In the following spring he was with Grant at the battle of the Wilderness, and took part in the engagements before Petersburg. In July, 1864, he was transferred to Company I of the Thirty-ninth Massachusetts Regiment; and on February 24, 1S65, he was mustered out, his term having expired. During the whole time of his service he was never wounded, and he was off duty but once. After the war he returned home, and went into the hat business, being located at different times in Medfield, Framingham, Cincinnati, and Newton Upper Falls. Then he went to Dover, where he found employment in a grocery store for a year. He came to Boston at the end of that time, to assume the position of discipline officer in the Reform School at Deer Island. Afterward he held a similar position in the school at Providence, R.I., for a short time. Three years later he started in the grocery business, forming a partnership with C. H. Mansfield. After one year he sold his share of the business. Subsequently, before taking up his present occupation at Wellesley, he worked in a hat factory at Natick for a while. He is now associated with his brother in the livery business.

Mr. Bigelow is one of the constables of the town, having been appointed in 1875, when Wellesley was part of Needham. He is a member of the Wadsworth Post, G. A. R., at

Natick; of the Dalhousie Lodge, F. & A. M., at Newtonville; and of the Sincerity Lodge, I. O. O. F., No. 173, at Wellesley, to which he was transferred from the Eliot Lodge at Needham. In politics he is an ardent Republican. He was married in 1868 to Emma E., daughter of Albion K. P. Howe, of Dover, Mass.

Ev. Francis Friguglietti

pastor of St. John's Catholic Church at Quincy, was born in Italy. He was educated for the priesthood in Rome, at the College Propaganda, and was ordained in that city in 1859. Five years later, in 1864, he came to Massachusetts, and was first located as assistant pastor of the church at Brookline. Following that, he was for a time assistant pastor of the Gate of Heaven Church in South Boston. He was transferred, with his pastor, Rev. James Sullivan, to Quincy in February, 1868. The church in which the Catholic population were worshipping at that time had a seating capacity of about five hundred, but within four years the congregation increased so that larger accommodations became necessary; and in 1872, as a result of zealous work on the part of Father Friguglietti and the hearty support of his parishioners, a new building was completed, having a seating capacity of twelve hundred, more than twice that of the old structure. The new edifice stands on School Street at the corner of Gay. Eight years later, in 1880, the parochial residence, a handsome and commodious frame house, was erected.

In the surrounding towns Father Friguglietti has four other churches under his care, and three of these were established by him. The fourth is the West Quincy church, which at the time he settled here had a seating capacity of about one hundred and fifty, but which has now been enlarged so that it will seat five hundred. The three that he has organized are those in Atlantic, at South Braintree, and at Hough's Neck. The Atlantic church, built in 1878, seats about four hundred. The one at South Braintree, erected in 1S79, seats about three hundred. The church at Hough's Neck was built in 1883. Roughly estimating, it will be seen that his parishioners number about three thousand. He has three assistants; namely, Rev. John P. Cuffe, Rev. F. A. Cunningham, and Rev. J. Johnston.

Father Friguglietti has been settled over the Quincy church for thirty years, a period marked by great changes; and he looks back with pleasure and satisfaction upon the successful accomplishment of his aims and plans for his people.

|<)RXKLIUS J. MURPHY, a successful business man of Norfolk, and who has figured prominently in local affairs, is a native of County Cork, Ireland. Born February 2, 1847, he is a son of Michael and Hannah (Cody) Murphy, who were industrious farming people in the old country. His parents came to the United States in 1848, and settled in Norfolk. The father, who was much respected for his honesty and industry, found employment on the farm of Mr. Ware for the rest of his lifetime. He died in June, 1871. The mother, who resides with her son, Cornelius J., has had eight children; namely, Margaret, Cornelius J., John, Jeremiah, Michael, David, Bartholomew, and Mary. Margaret, Michael, Bartholomew, and Mary are now deceased. John resides in Norfolk; Jeremiah is in the real estate business in Kansas City, Mo. ; and David is a railway employee in this town.

Cornelius J. Murphy attended public and private schools of his native town. When old enough he was employed by Mr. Ware in the lumber and wood business. Later he became Mr. Ware's partner, under the firm name of Ware & Murphy. Since the death of the senior member the business has been conducted under the name of C. J. Murphy. Mr. Murphy deals in all kinds of lumber and firewood, having a spacious yard in this town ; and he carries on an extensive business. In politics he votes independently, preferring to support the candidates whom he considers most capable of holding office. He was a member of the Board of Selectmen for twelve years, was an Assessor for eight years; and he served as Highway Surveyor for twenty-one years. In the course of his business career, which has been marked by a spirit of enterprise and a strict adherence to principles of integrity, he has acquired considerable property. On October 1, 1S71, Mr. Murphy was united in marriage with Elizabeth Watson, a daughter of Robert and Winifred Watson, of Medway. Mrs. Murphy's parents, now deceased, were prosperous farming people. Mr. and Mrs. Murphy have four children - M. Frank, Cornelius Albert, May Gertrude, and Lester Joseph, all of whom are residing at home. Mr. Murphy is a member of the Catholic Order of Foresters. In religious belief he is a Roman Catholic.

'"4 also Town Constable and the Chief of the Wellesley Fire Department, was born in Roxbury, Mass., in 1856, son of Horace and Mary Catherine (Burns) Dana. The father, who was born in Grafton, Vt, in 181 5, and was left an orphan at an early age, went to Boston when quite young, and worked in the grocery business in that city for a number of years. He then removed to Braintree, and was in the same line of business there, carrying on, also, some farming. He died in Braintree, Mass., in 1897. His wife died in 1863.