Norfolk Town (part 20 of 23)

William John Dana, who was but seven years old at his mother's death, obtained his education in the grammar schools of Roxbury and Braintree. When eighteen years of age he began to take contracts for the building of streets, cellars, reservoirs, wells, etc., in the towns of Weymouth and Braintree. At the age of twenty-one he took charge of the Stetson estate of four hundred acres, as superintendent. Later he was elected Superintendent of Streets in Braintree. In 18S5 he came to Wellesley, and became superintendent of the Hollis estate of two hundred acres. He was retained in this position after the property changed hands, by the new owner, Dr. Cull is, until 1895, when he was appointed by the Selectmen as Superintendent of Streets. In this capacity he served for one year. During the last ten years he has efficiently filled the office of Constable. For six years he was Chief of the Fire Department, in which position he showed marked executive ability. In 1 891 Mr. Dana entered the florist business, which now occupies his chief attention. He started in company with Robert McGorham, under the style of Dana & McGorham. This connection had existed for two years when he bought out the interest of Mr. McGorham, and received Denis Murphy into partnership. Dana & Murphy did business for a year, at the end of which time Mr. Dana became the sole proprietor of the business, which he has since conducted under his own name. He makes a specialty of roses, pinks, and violets, which are sold both by wholesale and retail. He has about forty-three thousand feet of land under glass, and his buildings are located at Wellesley Hills.

In 1877 Mr. Dana was married to Mrs. Harriet D. Snow, whose first husband was Samuel N. W. Snow, and who is a daughter of John Bowditch, a prominent resident of Braintree. In politics Mr. Dana is a Republican. He is a member of the Florists' and Gardeners' Club of Boston, and of the R. A. at Natick. In 1896 he joined the Roxbury Horse Guards, of which his father was a charter member.

§EREMIAH C. KITTREDGE, of Brookline, author of "Historic Footprints on British Soil," was born in Boston, December 13, 1847, son of Jeremiah and Clarissa J. (Chapman) Kittredge. John Kittredge, the first of the family in this country, came from England to Massachusetts early in the seventeenth century; and since 1652 generations of the family have been born in Billerica, this State, and vicinity.

Thomas Kittredge, great-grandfather of Jeremiah C, was in the French and Indian War and in the Revolution. Jeremiah Kittredge, Sr. , son of Thomas, was born in Tewksbury, Mass., in 1763, and lived for a number of years in Billerica. He managed a farm and kept a tavern, and for some time he served as Constable of Tewksbury. Although but twelve years old when the war broke out, he fought in the Revolution. He died at the age of fifty-five. His wife, whose maiden name was Anna Chapman, was a native of Tewksbury. She died at the age of eighty-five. They had a family of five children, all of whom attained maturity.

Jeremiah, Jr., named for his father, remained with his parents until he reached his majority, when, with twenty-five cents in his pocket and with high resolve to succeed, he walked over to Charlestown in search of employment. Securing a clerkship in a grocery store, he went to work with a will, and remained there several years, winning by his diligence, courtesy, and evident ability the approval and good will of his employers. Ambitious and energetic, he, in company with a young man named Wyman, at length started in business in Boston, not far from the old Boston & Maine Railroad station. After a few years of* prosperity the partnership was dissolved, and he removed to the site now occupied by the Boylston National Bank. Here he began to engage in the West India trade, and in time built a fleet of vessels that sailed to the different ports in the West Indies and to some of the Baltic ports, goods manufactured in the United States being exchanged for cotton, logwood, mahogany, coffee, and other commodities. In 1835 Mr. Kittredge removed to the office on Commercial Street, Boston, where he was in business at the time of his death. Here he carried on a large business in naval stores, in addition to the lines of trade already established. Camphene, a burning fluid popular at that time, was invented by him, and brought him large returns. Spirits of turpentine, tar, pitch, and rosin were manufactured and sold by him; and in the buying of these products he became intimately associated with Southern people whose acquaintance he found agreeable and friendly.

Although essentially a man of practical affairs, Mr. Jeremiah Kittredge was fond of literature and science, and found time to gratify his tastes in these directions by attending courses of lectures. He never entered political life, though earnestly requested to do so on various occasions, his wide experience of men and affairs having given him a varied and practical knowledge that would have been of the greatest service to a public official. He also declined to act as president of the Blackstone National Bank, to which position he was elected.

In 1843 he purchased from the other heirs their rights in the homestead property in Tewksbury; and in 1854 he removed the old house, which had stood there since early in the eighteenth century, and built the capacious house and barn now on the estate. It was his intention to make Tewksbury his summer home; but his death, which occurred on November 5, 1S55, prevented.

He was twice married. His first wife, Lydia Wood, who died young, bore him three children (now deceased). His second wife was a daughter of John Chapman, a blacksmith, who came to Tewksbury from Londonderry, N. H., and who was a prominent Free Mason. Mrs. Chapman was born in the town of Tewksbury. She lived to the age of ninety-nine years. By his second wife Mr. Kittredge had two children, namely: George Albert and Jeremiah C, who is the only one living to-day. Mr. and Mrs. Jeremiah Kittredge were connected with the Park Street Church in Boston, and their sons were christened there.

Jeremiah C. Kittredge in his youth, after attending the Boston Latin School, went one year to Phillips Academy in Andover, then took a course of study at the Chauncy Hall School, and later was for some time under the tuition of a private tutor, Professor Busbay. His health failing then, he gave up his studies; and shortly after, owing to the death of his elder brother, he assumed charge of the family estate. Since then he has devoted himself to literary work and the care of his property, and for some time he has also been engaged in real estate business. From 1870 to 1880 he lived at the homestead in Tewksbury. He then took up his residence in Boston, and in 1889 he built his present house in Brookline. He was married in 1874 to Martha A., daughter of the Hon. Hiram A. Stevens, of East Boston, and has two daughters - Florence Ethel and Clarissa Maria.

Mr. Kittredge is a man of culture, with a broad knowledge of men and things. He has travelled extensively in Europe and the United States. He has published a work on the Tewksbury Library, a "Library Guide," and he has written a number of dramas and comedies. He is a member of the American Library Association, the Bostonian Society, and Thayer Association of Chauncy Hall. He is chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Tewksbury Public Library. This institution was founded by Mr. Kittredge and his brother, George Albert, and is one of the best libraries in this part of the State. He also has a remarkably fine private library. Mrs. Kittredge is regent of the chapter of the Daughters of the Revolution of Brookline. Mr. and Mrs. Kittredge attend the Unitarian church.

LIAB METCALF POND, a retired farmer and a highly respected resident of Franklin, was born in this town, October 7, 18 19, son of Jeremiah and Polly (Morse) Pond. The Pond farm, which has passed from father to son through four generations, was settled by Ezra Pond, the greatgrandfather of Eliab M. The grandfather was Hezekiah, the sixth son of Ezra Pond.

Jeremiah Pond, who was born February 12, 178 1 , died on June 2, 1827. His widow married Leonard Pond, of Franklin; and both lived on the farm during the remainder of their lives. She died in 1863, and Leonard in 1S53. The children of Jeremiah were: Lyman, Eliza P., Moulton, Asa, Eliab M. , and Alfred D. Lyman was bom January 9, 1806, married Clarissa Buxton, and died December 11, 1829. Eliza P., born November 1 1, 1809, now deceased, was the wife of Mark D. Moulton, who is also deceased. The widow of Asa, who was born January 4, 1815, is living at East Brimfield, Mass. Alfred D., born May 17, 1823, died January 3, 1827.

Eliab Pond has resided all his lifetime on the old homestead. After leaving the common schools he engaged in general farming, and he took charge of the farm after his mar- riage. On the farm he keeps a dairy. Besides the eighty acres of the home estate he owns other land in town conjointly with his son. At first he voted with the Whigs. Since that party went out of existence he has been a Democrat. He is interested in local affairs, but he has never been an office-seeker, nor has he desired to hold office. He attends the Universalist Church of Franklin. A hard-working man, he has become comfortably prosperous, and is well-known and respected.

In 1845 Mr. Pond was married to Miss Isabella I. Lawrence, a native of Franklin, and a daughter of Leonard and Azuba (Johnson) Lawrence. Mr. Lawrence was a blacksmith by trade, and both he and his wife lived and died in this town. Mrs. Pond died April 2, 1897, leaving four children - Eliza Jane, Ella Gertrude, Ada, and Wilton A. Eliza, who was born April 17, 1846, is the wife of William Blake, a farmer, and resides near her father; Ella, born August 30, 1853, is the wife of Charles Weeks, and lives at Matawan, N.J. ; Ada, born January 2, 1862, is now Mrs. Hugh McMillan, of Milford, Mass.; Wilton A., born July 2, i860, lives on the old homestead with his father, and is engaged in the real estate business. Mrs. Elizabeth Lawrence Clark, a sister of the late Mrs. Pond, keeps house for the family.

His grandfather was Rufus White, of Raynham, Bristol County, Mass. James White, son of Rufus, was born in that town, July 1, 1 798, and removed to Canton at the age of about thirty years. He worked at the manufacture of candle-wicking for some little time, but later on built a mill, and engaged in the manufacture of cotton and satinet, which he carried on for a number of years. He then retired from active business life, and took care of his property. In his political views he was a liberal. His wife, whose maiden name was Aurelia Howard, was born in Chesterfield, Hampshire County, this State; but when quite young she removed to Bridgewater, Bristol County, where they were married. They had eight children, four of whom are now living; namely, Mary, James F., Harriet D., and Stillman. Mary White married Mr. D. Makepeace, but is now a widow; Harriet also married a Mr. Makepeace; James F. White resides in Norwood; and Stillman resides in Providence. The father died in 1866.

W. Bradford White, the second of the three sons here named, was educated in the schools of his native town; and when about sixteen years of age he learned the machinist's trade, which he followed until 1878. After that he was for seventeen years superintendent of the braiding-mill in the town of Warren, R.I., engaged in the manufacture of lamp-wicking and braids. He then returned to Canton. In politics he affiliated with the Republican party, having at first been a Free Soiler. He was a member of the Blue Hill Lodge of Masons, also of the St. John's Encampment of Knights Templars.

Mr. White married Sarah Adams, daughter of Jedediah Adams. They had one child, a son, Herbert, who died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. White attended the Baptist church. Mr. White never cared for public life, but always took a great interest in the affairs of his native town. His death, which occurred April 10, 1897, caused wide-spread sorrow in the community.

ILAS ALLEN STONE, one of Sharon's prominent business men and a member of its Board of Selectmen, was born in Norton, Mass., February 3, 1843, son of Laniard and Caroline (Allen) Stone. His grandfather, Nathaniel Stone, born September 2, 1753, who was a lifelong resident of Norton and a manufacturer of iron, served as a Corporal in the Revolutionary War, and died April 11, 1835. Nathaniel married Rebecca Woodward, who, born in Taunton, Mass., June 26, 1758, died September 8, 1806. They had twelve children, as follows: Sarah, born February 20, 1780, who died October 4, 1843;

Larnard Stone was reared in Norton. When a young man he was engaged in peddling dry goods for several years. In 1834 he bought a farm in Norton, where he resided for a time. Later he was foreman of his brother's mill in East Newton, Mass. Failing health finally compelled him to retire; and he died September 12, 1859. He was a good mechanic, doing considerable work in that line; and he also settled estates. His first wife, Caroline, who was born in Mansfield, Mass., November 7, 1806, died July 14, 1846. On May 24, 1848, he married for his second wife Mrs. Roxanna Carpenter Harris, who, born in 1801, died August 12, 1849. His children by his first wife were: Hiram L., born October 23, 1834, who died March 25, i860; Nathaniel D., born December 15, 1835, who died February 24, 1858; Sarah C, born February 5, 1839, who died May 14, 1869; Silas A., the subject of this sketch; and George O., born April 29, 1845, who died April 3, 1847.

Silas Allen Stone was educated in the common schools of Norton. When nineteen years old he began to learn the blacksmith's trade in Sharon. After serving his apprenticeship and working as a journeyman for a time, he went to Providence, R. I., where he remained a year. Returning to Norton, he followed his trade upon his own account for two years, and then built his present shop in Sharon. Here he was engaged in the general business of blacksmith and wheelwright quite extensively until 1880. For the succeeding three years he resided upon his grandfather's old farm in Norton, carrying on general farming and dealing in horses and carriages. From 1883 to 1892 he was engaged in the manufacture of carriages and general blacksmith work. Since that year, besides carrying on his farm, his time has been given exclusively to dealing in horses and carriages. In politics he is a Republican, and he has been a member of the Republican Town Committee for some time. While residing in Norton he served as a Selectman and Assessor, and was Overseer of the Poor for two years. Previous to 1896 he was a Selectman of this town, and he was elected to that office for the thirteenth time in 1897.

On April 29, 1867, Mr. Stone was united in marriage with Mary L. Billings, a native of this town. She is a daughter of Sanford and Phoebe (Lincoln) Billings, natives respectively of Sharon and Easton, Mass. Mr. and Mrs. Stone have two children: Mary C, born April 26, 1869; and Allen, born November 10. 1875. Mary C. is now the wife of Adolph P. D. Piguet, a florist of West Roxbury, Mass. Allen is residing at home. Mr. Stone has been a member of St. James Lodge, F. & A. M., of Mansfield, since 1866; and of Lodge No. 43, Ancient Order of United Workmen, of Sharon. Mrs. Stone is a member of the Congregational church.

ENRY S. WARD, a capable farmer and respected citizen of Franklin, Mass., was born in Wrentham, Mass., August 5, 1869, son of William S. and Adeline S. (Ruggles) Ward. The father, who was a native of Franklin, removed to Westbury in early manhood, and subsequently resided in other towns, for the most part carrying on a business in general repairing. Finally returning to Westbury, he now resides there, retired from active work. His wife, Adeline, who was a native of Wrentham, died in 1869. They had two children: William, a promising boy, who died at the age of fourteen years; and Henry S., whose name appears at the head of this sketch.

Henry S. Ward was educated in the public school of Franklin. When he was an infant he was taken by Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Corbin, of Franklin, and brought up by them as their own child. He remained with his foster-parents until he was twenty-three years old, when he came to live on his present farm, which contains fifty acres. He leases the property and carries on general farming, keeping poultry and paying special attention to dairying, besides running a wagon in Franklin. Energetic and industrious, he has met with a fair measure of success. In politics he is a Republican, and he takes an active interest in all that pertains to the welfare of the town in which he lives.

Mr. Ward was married May 24, 1893, to Miss Georgia E. Medley, of Montreal, Canada. Mrs. Ward was born August 23, 1871. and is a daughter of Stephen B. and Anna M. (Page) Medley. Her father, who is now deceased, was a merchant. Her mother resides in Holyoke, Mass. Mrs. Ward is a member of the Baptist church, and attends service in Boston. She is the mother of one child, Maude S., born June 27, 1895.

ENJAMIN GANNETT, a prominent resident and real estate owner of Sharon, was born upon the farm where he now resides, March 29, 1825, son of Captain Earl B. and Mary (Clark) Gannett. The grandfather, Benjamin Gannett, who was a native of Sharon, cleared from the wilderness the farm now owned by his grandson. He served as a member of the Board of Selectmen. He married April 7, 1784, Deborah Sampson, the only woman of whom it is authentically recorded that she served as a soldier in the Revolutionary War. An interesting article in regard to her appeared in the Boston Transcript in March, 1897, showing that she enlisted, probably by proxy, in April, 1781, at which time she was twenty-two years old, under the name of Robert Shurtleff, in a company commanded by Captain George Webb, in the Massachusetts regiment commanded by Colonel Shepherd and afterward by Colonel Henry Jackson. Dressed in male clothes, she kept the secret of her sex until the close of the war. She was at the capture of Cornwallis, having recovered from the immediate effects of a wound received at Tarrytown some months before, but from which she died April 29, 1827, after years of suffering. Some years after her marriage, when her wound began to be troublesome, she applied for and received a pension from the government, being successful in proving herself to be the identical person who had served as Robert Shurtleff. The pension ceased at her death, at which time her husband was seventy-four years old. Mr. Gannett being then in reduced circumstances owing to the expenses attached to his wife's sickness, application was made to Congress for a special act in his favor, which, owing to the absence of any law governing the case, was not granted until January 31, 1837, at which time the Committee on Pensions reported a bill granting him a pension of eighty dollars per year "from March 4, 1831, for and during his natural life." This relief arrived too late, however; for Mr. Gannett had been in his grave for three weeks when the report was made. Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Gannett reared three children - -Patience, Earl B., and Mary. Patience married Seth Gray, and Mary wedded Judson Gilbert.

Earl B. Gannett, Benjamin Gannett's father, was born in Sharon, November 8, 1785. He was a stone-cutter by trade, which he followed in connection with farming; and he assisted his father in improving the homestead property. He held a Captain's commission in the State militia, and was favorably known in this locality. He was accidentally killed at a quarry, June 9, 1845. His wife, Mary, born in Sharon, December 17, 17S8, was a daughter of Thomas Clark, a stirring farmer of Sharon. The other children of Mr. Clark were: Amatha, Lewis, Nathan, John, Rhoda, Susan, Thomas, and Marcus. Captain Gannett's children were: Mary, who married Barzilla Monk, of Stoughton, Mass. ; Patience, who married Asa L. Drake, of Sharon; Rhoda, who became the wife of Elijah Monk, of Stoughton; Deborah, who died March 13, 1821, aged three years; Earl, who successively married Susan Gay, of Canton, Mass., and Jane, the widow of Henry Reid; Benjamin, the subject of this sketch; Thomas, who died at the age of thirty-one years; and Joseph Warren. Of these there are three survivors: Rhoda, Earl, and Ben- jam in. Joseph Warren Gannett was formerly auditor for the Union Pacific Railroad at Omaha, Neb., and the treasurer of the Republican Valley Railroad Company. He married for his first wife Kate Joslyn and for his second Fanny Joslyn. By his second union he has one son, Earl. Mrs. Earl B. Gannett died in March, 1872.

Benjamin Gannett acquired his education in the district schools of Sharon, and was reared to farm life at the homestead where he has always resided. After his mother's death he bought the home farm of forty-five acres. He also owns another farm of a like size. He has followed agriculture with good financial results, and has been successful as a real estate dealer. At the present time he leases the greater part of his property, retaining a small portion, which he cultivates. He was formerly quite an extensive dealer in horses, and he carried on livery stables in various localities.

Mr. Gannett was first married to Martha Jane Gay, of Stoughton, who died May 10, 1859, aged thirty-three years. On May 26, 1867, a second marriage united him to Helen E. Thayer, of North Easton, Mass. She is a daughter of Zebah and Prudence (Stone) Thayer, natives respectively of Bridgewater and South Easton. Mr. Thayer, who was a carpenter by trade, died June 22, 1875, and his wife on March 26, 1888. They were the parents of nine children: Sarah S., Fidelia, and George G., who are no longer living; Lydia S. and Mary; Lucy Jane, who married W. S. Martin, of Pawtucket, R.I.; Mary A., the wife of Charles Perkins, of Fayville, Mass.; Helen E., who is now Mrs. Gannett; and Lillie M., the wife of Edward Monks, of Stoughton. By Mr. Gannett's first union there were four children, namely: Isaac B., born November 28, 1847; Mary Jane, born November 28, 1851 ; Warren, who died in infancy; and Hannah L., born June 1, 1858. Isaac B. married Emily Trafton, and resides near Pawtucket, R.I. Mary Jane is the wife of Frank Leonard, formerly of Stoughton, now a coal dealer and contractor residing in Sharon. She has one daughter, Edith Bradford. Hannah L. is the wife of Herbert Pollard, of Sharon, and has one daughter,

Ella Louise. The children of Mr. Gannett's second union are: Nettie F., born March 16, 1868; Adelbert Henry, born November 14, 1869; Benjamin F., born January 10, 1871 ; and Susan G., born August 26, 1873. Nettie F. is the wife of Walter Watson, formerly of Sharon, now of Needham, and her children are: Helen A., Roy G., Warren D., and Pearl. Adelbert Henry, a merchant who resides in North Somerville, Mass., married Annie Parker. Benjamin F., who is a horse dealer in Dedham, wedded Maggie Burke, and has three children - Harold S. , John, and Benjamin. Susan G. is employed in a store in Stoughton.

Politically, Mr. Gannett is a Democrat. For nineteen years he has served as Selectman, Overseer of the Poor, and Assessor; and he has been a member of the Board of Health for thirteen years. His life has been an energetic and industrious one, and he is still smart and active.

'TEPHEN H. REYNOLDS, residing at 71 Central Avenue, Hyde Park, Norfolk County, was until quite recently junior member of the firm of Hood & Reynolds, manufacturers of dental instruments and dealers in dental goods, with a factory in this town and a depot at 178 Tremont Street, Boston. He was born March 17, 1835, in New Market, N.H., a son of Stephen Reynolds.

The emigrant ancestor of the family, who was of English descent, came to Massachusetts from Port Royal, N.S., in 1674, and settled in or near Haverhill. One of his grandsons, Daniel Reynolds, a progenitor of Stephen H. some generations removed, was born in Bradford, Mass., in 1728.

Daniel Reynolds, second, the next in line of descent, was born in Boxford, Mass., in 1754, and in early manhood settled in Londonderry, N.H., where he was afterward for many years one of the leading citizens. He served as an officer in the Revolutionary War, first as Captain of a company in Colonel Moody's regiment, and later as Colonel of a regiment that he raised. In 1780, 1784, 1786, and 1788 he was a Representative to

His son, Daniel, third, grandfather of Stephen H., was born and reared in Derry, N.H., where he learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed for a time. He subsequently gave that up, and was engaged as a teacher in the district schools of Dover and Durham for a number of years, and later was Deputy Sheriff of Strafford County. He died at the early age of thirty-eight years. His wife, Elizabeth Leighton, who was born in Durham, N.H., was a daughter of James Leighton, one of Paul Jones's "Men," and a niece of Judge Thompson, of that town. She died September 12, 1851, aged seventy-one years, having been the mother of seven children, among them being Stephen, father of Stephen H.

Stephen Reynolds was born and educated in Durham. He chose shoemaking as his occupation, and followed it in his native town and in New Market for a while, but later removed to Madbury, N. H., and purchasing land was thenceforth engaged as a farmer, shoemaker, and station agent, living there until his death, which occurred at the age of seventy-four years. His wife, whose maiden name was Sally Garland, was born in Durham. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Garland, each had an earthly life of more than ninety-five years. Her paternal grandfather was killed in the Revolutionary War. Stephen and Sally (Garland) Reynolds reared eleven children, namely: Mary E. ; Lydia, who died in 1867; Stephen H. ; James A.; Hannah J.; Charles W. ; Sarah M. ; Josephine M. ; John D. ; George A. ; and Bernice A., who died in 1849. The mother passed away at the age of threescore and ten years. She was a devoted member of the Baptist church, of which her husband was for many years a Deacon.

Stephen H. Reynolds attended the district school until ten years of age, when he entered the cotton-mills, where he remained seven years, working twelve hours a day. Going then to Boston, he spent three years in learning the trade of a gold beater, receiving two and a half dollars per week wages. Before the beginning of the late Rebellion, Mr. Reynolds went to Concord, Mass., where he enlisted as a private in Company G, Fifth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. He served throughout his three months' term of enlistment, passing through the battles of Bull Run and other engagements. After his discharge he returned to Concord, and re-enlisted as a private in the First Massachusetts Light Battery, which was first attached to the First Army Corps and then to the Sixth. He was promoted first to the rank of Corporal, then to Sergeant, and was an active participant in the battles at West Point, Gaines's Mills, Savage's Station, Charles City Cross-roads, second Bull Run, Grampton Pass, South Mountain, Antietam, and at Fredericksburg, where on December 13, 1862, he was severely wounded. He was taken to the hospital, of which he remained an inmate until August 15, 1863, when he received his honorable discharge.

Returning to Concord, Mass., Mr. Reynolds resumed work at his trade, continuing there two years. He then settled as a gold beater in Boston, where in 1872 he formed a partnership with Mr. Hood, beginning business on a small scale. This they gradually enlarged, eventually employing twenty hands at the factory in Hyde Park, of which Mr. Reynolds had the supervision, and a large number of salesmen in their office in Boston. Both members of this enterprising firm, being men of superior business ability and push, kept well abreast of the times in regard to the modern methods of dentistry, manufacturing and handling all instruments, articles, and materials used in the dental profession. In March, 1897, Mr. Reynolds withdrew from the firm of Hood & Reynolds, and, associating himself with his two sons, has since continued the manufacture of gold foils and other specialties for dentists' use.

Mr. Reynolds was married on the 8th of September, 1866, to Miss Lucy Adanjs, who was born in Dorchester, Mass., the only child of George W. Adams, a clerk. Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds have three children, namely: Lizzie G. , born in 1868, who is now the wife of Edgar Hodgson, a jeweller and watchmaker in Boston, and has two children - Maurice and Gladys; George L., who married Miss Ella

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Brown, and is in the factory with his father; and S. Warren, also in the factory, who married Miss Mabel Jordan. Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds have lost one child, a son named Walter, who died in 1877.

In politics Mr. Reynolds affiliates with the Republican party. He is a member of Timothy Ingraham Post, No. 121, G. A. R., in which he has served as Commander, besides holding all other important offices; he has held the highest official position in the local lodge of Knights of Honor; has been treasurer two years of Forest Lodge, No. 148, I. O. O. F. ; and is an active member of the Waverly Club. Both Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds are regular attendants of the Baptist church. In 1894 they took possession of their pleasant dwelling, which he had just completed; and here they entertain their numerous friends and acquaintances with a gracious hospitality.

RTHUR F. YOUNG, of Foxboro, a dyer and bleacher, and a manufacturer of felt and straw hats, was born in this town, November 16, i860, son of Asa H. and Sarah (Atwood) Young. The father, who was born and reared in Luton, Bedfordshire, England, learned to dye straw goods in his native town, and subsequently worked at the trade until 1859. Then he came to America to join his brother William, who was already established in the same business at Hersey Place, Foxboro. A few years later he accepted the position of chief dyer at the Union Straw Works, where he remained about ten years. In 1885 he built a large shop near his home, and taking his eldest son, Arthur F., into copartnership, he began the business of bleaching and dyeing, in which he is an expert, and the manufacture of straw and felt hats. Soon after coming here he married Miss Sarah Atwood, who is also a native of Luton. She has borne him seven children; namely, Arthur F., Jennie, Walter, Charles, William, Harry, and Alfred. Walter, who is living in this town, married Mary A. McGoty; Charles married M. Lou Butterworth, and has two children - Leslie and Marguerite; and William married Miss Ada Forrest.

Arthur F. Young obtained a practical education in the public schools of this town, and under the instruction of his father learned the trade of a dyer at the Union Straw Works, where he was employed three years. He afterward worked at his trade with B. H. Spaulding in Milford, Mass., and for three years in Monson, Mass., with the firm of Merrick, Fay & Co. In 1885 he returned to Foxboro, and entered into partnership with his father, with whom he has since carried on an extensive and remunerative business. In politics Mr. Young has been identified with the Republicans since he cast his first Presidential vote in 1884 for James G. Blaine. He takes much interest in local affairs, and is now serving as chairman of the Board of Selectmen. He was made a Mason in St. Albans Lodge of this town. On October 14, 1892, he married Miss Elizabeth N. Cook, daughter of George T. and Clarissa (Stratton) Cook. She is a direct descendant and almost the last member of an old and honored family of Norfolk County. Mr. and Mrs. Young have one son, Cecil Young.

GOULD SHAW, the owner ie of the finest estates in Needwas born in Boston, June 16, 1872. A son of Quincy Adams and Pauline (Agassiz) Shaw, he belongs to one of the most prominent families in Boston. Among his ancestors are numbered Governor Thomas Dudley, of Massachusetts, and no less than twelve famous divines of New England. His great-great-grandfather, Francis Shaw, Sr. , who was born in Boston, March 29, 172 1, became a merchant of Gouldsboro. In 1 745 he married Lydia Dickman, who died December 26, 1746. A second marriage contracted by this ancestor on September 22, 1747, united him to Sarah, daughter of Benjamin Burt, a silversmith, of whose skilful workmanship many specimens are still preserved. Francis Shaw, Sr., died October 18, 1784. His eldest son by his second wife, Francis Shaw, Jr., born July 28, 1748, who resided in Gouldsboro, there, in 1773, married Hannah Nickels, who was born October 20, 1754. In 1770 Francis Shaw, Jr., became agent for his father and Robert Gould, of Boston, in carrying on extensive building operations at Gouldsboro. He died there April 17, 1785. His widow subsequently married Joseph Townsley, and died at Steuben, Me., at the age of eightyone years.

Robert Gould Shaw, the grandfather of the present bearer of that name, was one of Boston's merchant princes. Born in Gouldsboro, June 4, 1776, he removed to Boston at the age of thirteen, and there entered upon a mercantile career. He married February 2, 1809, Elizabeth Willard Parkman, a very beautiful society belle, who made him a devoted and loving wife. She belonged to the well-known Boston family of that name, having connection with the distinguished Massachusetts families named Cheever, Lathrop, Breck, Rogers, Dennison, Appleton, Woodbridge, Whiting, and Chester. Through a long career Grandfather Shaw was a most honorable man in all his relations. While enterprising and highly successful, he was also charitable. His wife died April 14, 1853. His grief for her is believed to have been the chief cause of his death on the 3d of May following. It is said of him: "He was very tender-hearted to man and beast. Prosperity never injured him, and he retained to the end of his life a singularly unworldly and youthful spirit." He bequeathed four hundred thousand dollars as a fund with which to found the Shaw Asylum for Mariners' Children. His children were: Francis George, Sarah Parkman, Samuel Parkman, Robert Gould, Anna Blake, Gardner Howland, Joseph Coolidge, Elizabeth Willard, and Quincy Adams. Francis George, born October 23, 1809, married Sarah Blake Sturgis, and died November 7, 1882. His eldest son was the famous Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, who fell at Fort Wagner, and to whom a monument was recently erected in Boston Common. Colonel Shaw, who was born October 10, 1837, and graduated from Harvard College in i860, married Anna Kneeland Haggerty soon after leaving college. In April, 1861, he enlisted as a private in the Seventh New York Regiment, was rapidly promoted, and at the time of his death was Colonel of the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts (colored) Volunteers. He was killed in the assault on Fort Wagner, S. C. , July 18, 1863, in the twenty-sixth year of his age. "The immortal charge of his black regiment reads like a page of the Iliad or a story from Plutarch." Sarah Parkman, born March 3, 181 1, married Colonel George Robert Russell, who died August 6, 1866. Samuel Parkman, who was born November 19, 18 13, married Hannah Buck, and died December 7, 1869. Robert Gould, who, born September 17, 1815, died December 2, 1853, married Mary Louisa Sturgis, whose death occurred August 9, 1870. Anna Blake, born August 6, 1817, married Colonel William Batchelder Greene, who died May 30, 1878. Gardner Howland, born June 10, 18 19, married Cora Lyman, and died May 1, 1867. Joseph Coolidge, born January 22, 1821, who became a priest in the Catholic church, died March 10, 185 1. Elizabeth Willard, born February 3, 1823, died February 14, 1850. She married Daniel Augustus Oliver, whose death happened in the same year as hers.

Quincy Adams Shaw was born February 8, 1825. He married Pauline Agassiz, a daughter of the celebrated scientist, Louis John Rudolph Agassiz, M.D., Ph.D., LL.D., who was born May 28, 1807, near Lake Neufchatel, Switzerland, and who died at Cambridge, Mass., December 14, 1873. Mr. Q. A. Shaw was one of the syndicate that opened the Calumet and Hecla Copper Mines, which have been a source of wealth to several Boston men. His connection with that enterprise enabled him to make a large fortune. He is now living in retirement in Boston. His children are: Louis Agassiz, born September 10, 1861, who married Mary Saltonstall, daughter of the Hon. Leverett Saltonstall ; Pauline, born July 28, 1863; Marian, born February 21, 1866; Quincy Alexander, born July 30, 1869; and Robert Gould, the subject of this biography.

Robert Gould Shaw prepared for college in the Hopkinson Private School in Boston, and graduated from Harvard University in the class of 1895. In 1896 he purchased the property he now owns on South Street, Needham. Here he has built a handsome residence and one of the best stables in the town. He is much interested in the breeding of race horses and polo ponies. The social gifts for which his family has been famous are his in a marked degree. He is a member of the principal clubs of Harvard, of the Puritan Club of Boston, the Country Club, the Myopia Club, the Norfolk Hunting Club, and the Deep Run Hunting Club of Richmond, Va. His summers are spent at the seashore, and he passes the winter at his well-equipped farm in Needham. On October 27, 1897, he was married to Miss Nancy Langhorne, a daughter of C. D. Langhorne, of Richmond, Va. Though now leading a life of leisure, Mr. Shaw has shown those sterling qualities that distinguished his ancestors as honorable and successful business men and brilliant members of society.

§OEL P. HEWINS, of Sharon, died June 29, 1897, in the house where he was born, June 13, 1817, his parents being Deacon Joel and Polly (Plimpton) Hewins, and his grandfather, Lieutenant Enoch Hewins of the Continental army. Deacon Joel Hewins, born April 27, 1787, was a blacksmith by trade, which he followed many years (in the shop still to be seen opposite the head of Station Street) in connection with farming, and was an active, hard-working man. He was prominent in public affairs in town and church, and a leader in progressive public and private undertakings - a fine example of old Puritan stock - and died June 23, 1 8 7 1 . Polly Plimpton, his wife, who was born in the west part of Sharon, April 20, 1 79 1, and died April 12, 1876, became the mother of three children: Joel P., the subject of this sketch; Charles, born February 12, 1 8 19; and Mary, born August 7, 1821. Charles, who is now an extensive farmer in Crawford, Neb., married Lucy Drake, of Sharon, and had three children: Evelyn, now Mrs. P. P. Curtis, living in Penn Yan, N.Y. ; and Mary and Charles, not now living. Mary married William R. Mann, a cotton manufacturer of Sharon, and died in 1878.

Joel P. Hewins received his early education in the public schools of Sharon, supplemented at the New Hampton (N.H.) Literary and Biblical Institute. In early manhood he taught school, and later engaged in the manufacture of boots and shoes. Afterward he engaged in the oil refining business in Pennsylvania, from which he retired in 1864, and returned to the old homestead. Politically, he was an ardent supporter of the principles of the Republican party, but in town affairs entirely free from political bias, serving for many years as member of the Boards of Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, and Assessors, also as Town Clerk and Treasurer, and as Representative to the General Court, in an unusual degree receiving the confidence and respect of his political opponents, and invariably retiring from office of his own motion, and frequently against the wishes of all parties, although inflexible and unsparing in his denunciation of wrong-doing wherever found. He was of a contemplative and studious turn of mind, delighting in metaphysical discussion. While not a church communicant, he was active in the Unitarian Society and its treasurer at the time of his death.

On June 17, 1S42, Mr. Hewins was united in marriage with Sarah Jane Dunbar, born in Mansfield, Mass., March 23, 1820, daughter of Amasa and Nabby (Pond) Dunbar. Mr. Dunbar was a native of Easton, and his wife of Wrentham. He was an extensive manufacturer of boots and shoes.

They had one son, Edmund Hart, born December 23, 1845 (descended arid named from the builder of the frigate "Constitution"), who was educated in the public schools and Stoughtonham Institute of Sharon and Lawrence Scientific School of Cambridge, and who now resides in Boston. On June 23, 1870, he married Kate M. Potter, and has had three children: Mary Angie, born April 15, 1872, died September 16 of that same year: Edmund Dunbar and Katharine Potter, twins, born June 27, 1875.

,ARROLL E. WHITE, an enterprising manufacturer and farmer of Bellingham, was born in Hopkinton, R.I., September 5, 1858, son of William G. and Betsey Ann (Ray) White. The father, who was a native of Mansfield, Mass., was brought up in YVatertown, where he learned the trade of blacksmith. After re- siding for some time in Newton and Hopkinton, R.I., he settled in Bellingham township, where he worked at his trade until near his death on February 15, 1893. He married Betsey Ann Ray, of Cumberland, R.I., who was born in that place, February 2, 1831. His children by her are: Warren E., who married Grace Forbes, and is a fish dealer of Bellingham; Anna F. , the wife of Henry J. Keyes, of Bellingham, who conducts a milk route here; and Carroll E., the subject of this sketch. The mother, who resides with Carroll E., under the pen name of "Didama" is the author and publisher of the touching story, "Three Holes in the Chimney." She has also written the interesting booklet, "Richmond and Way Stations," which is a realistic and thrilling account of the war experiences of a private soldier of the Union army.

Carroll E. White was educated in the common schools of Newton, Mass. In 1877 he came with his parents to Bellingham. On December 25, 1879, he married Miss Annie I. Forbes, of Boston, where she was born August 7, 1862, daughter of William H. and Susan E. Forbes. Her father was salesman for a wholesale dry-goods house of Boston, and a lifelong resident of that city. Mr. and Mrs. White have three children, namely: Waldo F., born June 20, 1881 ; Carroll F., born November 18, 1886; and Ralph Grafton, born September 12, 1896.

When Mr. White settled in Bellingham, he took a farm, and started the manufacture of loom straps and flexible inner-soles. In 1888 he bought his present estate, known as the Andrew Bates farm, containing about ninety acres of land, which he has since much improved. He carries on general farming, raises some poultry, and keeps a dairy of twenty milch cows. He still owns his first milk route, which was bought in 1888, and which covers territory extending from Milford to Bellingham. Another source of income to him is dealing in second-hand card-clothing, old leather hose, and old raw-hide pickers, for which he employs about ten hands.

In politics Mr. White is a Republican. He was Assessor for one year. He is the Cattle Inspector of the township, the chairman and clerk of the Board of Overseers of the Poor, and a member of the School Board. An esteemed member of the Bellingham Grange, he has been Master for several years. He has also been Master of the Pomona Grange, and he belongs to the A. O. U. W. of Franklin village. His wife and mother are members of the Baptist church.

4 1 extensive market gardeners of Norfolk County, Massachusetts, occupies the old Corey homestead in Brookline, where he was born on September 30, 1 86 1 . His father, Timothy Corey, the third of the name in direct line, was born in the same house, March 3, 1822, being a son of Deacon Timothy Corey, whose birthplace was a house standing not far distant.

Captain Timothy Corey, great-grandfather of Timothy, came to Brookline a few years before the Revolution, in which he served as an officer, and was noted for his bravery. He purchased two hundred acres of land in Brookline, and engaged in tilling the soil until his death, at the age of sixty-five years. He married Elizabeth Griggs, of Brookline, and reared two sons, one being his namesake, the Deacon above mentioned.

Deacon Corey was a lifelong resident of Brookline, his birth having occurred here during the time of the Revolution. He succeeded to the occupation in which he was reared, and acquired a large landed property. In 1806 he erected the house now owned and occupied by his grandson, Timothy F., and which adjoins the one he had previously built in 1802. He married Mary Gardener, who was born in this town, a daughter of Caleb Gardener, and a descendant of one of the five brave men that defended the town when assailed by the Indians in early Colonial times. Deacon Timothy and Mary G. Corey reared a family of seven daughters and three sons, and of these three children are yet living. Deacon Corey died in 1844; and his wife, surviving him, died March 3, 1861, aged eighty years. She was a member of the Baptist church, of which her husband was for many years the Deacon.

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schools of Brookline and Worcester, and under his father's instruction early became acquainted with the various branches of agriculture. On the death of his father he came into possession of seventy-five acres of the homestead property, which he managed with great success until his decease, October 4, 1887. On February 17, 1S52, he married Sarah E. Strout, who was born in Poland, Me., a daughter of Joseph Strout, a native of the same town, and a grand-daughter of Nehemiah Strout, who was born in Gloucester, Mass. Her grandfather Strout was a pioneer settler of Poland, Me., whither he made his way from the seaport in which he was reared by a route marked by blazed trees. He took up a tract of heavily timbered land, constructed a log cabin in the woods, and by dint of persistent toil cleared a good farm. He built a comfortable frame house, which is still standing, being in a good state of preservation, notwithstanding it has breasted the storms of a century. He lived to the age of ninety-four years. His wife, whose maiden name was Rebecca Dunn, bore him nine children. Their son Joseph was a farmer, and spent his entire life of eighty-four years in Poland. He married Olive Downing, who was born in Minot, Me., a daughter of John and Ruth (Emery) Downing, both natives of Massachusetts, he having been born in Andover and she in Newton, whence when a child she accompanied her parents to Maine, being the first white child in Minot. John Downing enlisted as a soldier in the Revolutionary army when a youth of sixteen years, and on account of an act of bravery was appointed as one of the body-guard to General Washington. Joseph and Olive Strout reared eight children, five of whom survive, as follows: John A., Harriet, wife of Tolman Wight; Sarah E. ; Mrs. Corey; Charles; and George, a resident of Maiden, Mass.

Of the union of Timothy Corey and Sarah E. Strout eight children were born, namely: Lizzie G., the wife of Frederick R. Gerry, who is engaged in the sash and door business at Philadelphia, Pa.; Timothy F. , the special subject of this sketch, and his twin brother, James F., who married Idell Dodge, of Londonderry, Vt., and is now in business in Boston; Harold D., who married Mary H. Wallace, of Newton, Mass., a commission broker at 53 State Street, Boston; William K., who married Annie Plummer, of Auburndale, and is an employee of the Pope Bicycle Company in Boston; P^va D. ; Linda Emery; and Timothy G. , who died April 4, i860, aged two years and seven months. Mrs. Corey has been an extensive traveller, both in this country and Europe, having visited the principal cities of each, her travels in the United States having extended through twenty States of the Union. She and her daughters are communicants of All Saints' (Episcopal) Church.

Timothy F. Corey completed his education at Bryant & Stratton's Commercial College, where he took a two years' course. He then turned his attention to the pursuit of agriculture, and since the death of his father has had the control of twenty acres of the old home farm. In addition to this he leases about sixty acres of land in Brighton, and is carrying on a very flourishing business in market gardening, keeping some twenty-five men employed, and shipping his produce to Boston. In addition to garden vegetables he raises large quantities of fruit, making a specialty of currants, cherries, and pears, all of which find a ready sale near home. In politics he is a stanch Republican, but has declined all official honors. He is a member of Beth Horan Lodge, F. & A. M.; a charter member of the Knights of Essen ic Order; was formerly identified with the Order of Red Men; and is also a member of the Gentlemen's Driving Club of Medford.

Mr. Corey was married June 13, 1888, to Sarah T. Armstrong, who was born in Brewer, Me., a daughter of Stephen Armstrong, a ship-builder of that town.

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AJOR CHARLES F. HOWARD, a veteran of the late war and an esteemed resident of Foxboro, was born April 6, 1823, in Taunton, Mass., son of John Howard. His paternal grandfather, Samuel Howard, was born and bred in New York State. In early manhood Samuel moved to Bristol County, Massachusetts, settling in the western part of Taun- ton, where he bought a farm, and was thereafter engaged in agricultural pursuits until his demise. He reared a family of ten children. John Howard was born and educated in Taunton, and there spent his entire life of sixty-six years. During the whole of his active period he was engaged in the grocery business, first as senior member of the firm of Howard & Woodward, wholesale grocers. Upon the death of Mr. Woodward the style of the firm became Howard & Brown, and still later Mr. Howard carried on the business alone. By his first marriage, which was made with Eliza Lemist, there were no children. His second wife, Mary Seaver Howard, had three children - John S., Charles F., and Francis. Marrying for the third time, he had by his third wife, Mary Parker Howard, one child, Mary.

Charles F. Howard received his education in the public schools of Taunton and at Bristol Academy. Subsequently he worked for three years in a printing-office. Then he learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed until 1852. In that year he became the purchasing agent of general supplies for the Union Straw Works. This employment he relinquished in

1862, to form a military company, which was attached to the Fourth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. Soon after, he was elected Captain of Company F, which had previously been in service three months. In January, 1863, before the regiment had left the State, Captain Howard was promoted to the rank of Major, a capacity in which he served until the expiration of his term of enlistment in August,

1863. With his regiment he was in the Gulf expedition, under General N. P. Banks. On his return to Foxboro he resumed his former position in the Union Straw Works, retaining it until 1888. Since then he has devoted his attention to the care of a small farm on Mechanic Street which he had previously purchased, and on which, in 1846, he had erected a fine set of buildings.

Major Howard was married November 28, 1844, t0 Miss Mary Copeland, daughter of Oakes and Polly (Pettee) Copeland. He has two daughters - Genevieve and Mabel. The former is the wife of Joseph H. Burgess, of Wareham, Mass., and has one child, Ethel H.

Mabel is the wife of Edward B. Swift, now a resident of this town. The Major is a sound Republican in politics. He cast his first Presidential vote in 1844 for Henry Clay. For more than twenty years he has been Moderator at the annual town meetings. He is a member of the Society of the Army and Navy of the Gulf and of E. P. Carpenter Post, No. 91, G. A. R., of Foxboro.

(OrNDREW MILNE, the senior member fl\ of the firm of Milne & Chalmers, pro- /J(A prietors of granite works in Quincy, - ' is actively identified with the industrial and business interests of this city, where he is held in high esteem. He was born April 13, 1842, in Aberdeen, Scotland, son of James Milne. The latter, born and reared in Aberdeen, was engaged in tilling the soil throughout his active period. His wife, whose maiden name was Jane Forsyth, likewise a native of Aberdeen, had a family of five children, of whom four grew to years of maturity. These were: Elizabeth, deceased, who was the wife of the late John Taylor; James, also deceased; Margaret, the wife of Alexander Milne; and Andrew, the special subject of this, sketch. Both parents were members of the Presbyterian church, and reared their children in the same faith.

After receiving his education in the parish schools of his native city, Andrew Milne was engaged in railway work in that locality until his emigration to America in 1872. Coming directly to Quincy, he entered the employ of McKenzie & Patterson, and in the five years that he remained with them learned the polisher's trade. The firm of A. Milne & Co., formed in 1882, was succeeded by the present firm five years later, when Mr. Chalmers became the junior member. They handle all kinds of granite, and execute monumental work of every description for the local retail trade, employing in the different departments an average force of thirty or forty men. Mr. Milne is greatly interested in the development of the granite industries and in the improvement of Quincy real estate, giving much time and attention to solving problems connected with each. He is the clerk and a di- rector alike of the Quincy Quarry Company, the Blue Hill Granite Company, and the Lyons Granite Company; the vice-president of President's Hill Real Estate Trust; the president and a trustee of President's Hill Annex Real Estate Trust; and a trustee of Cranch Hill Estate Trust.

Mr. Milne is a member and Past Dictator of Merry Mount Lodge, K. of H. In 1866 he married Mary, daughter of George Taylor, of Aberdeen, Scotland. Of their children James, Andrew, Mary B. T. , Thomas D., and Margaret are living. Both parents are active members of the Presbyterian church, and for several years Mr. Milne was president of the society connected therewith.

EORGE KURTZ BIRD, formerly a *> I well-known Boston business man and /eteran of the Civil War, was born in Boston, Mass., October 12, 1843, son of Edwin L. and Catherine (Kurtz) Bird. His father, who was a decorator by trade, served as a Captain in a Massachusetts regiment during the Civil War; and a brother, John E. Bird, died in the service.

George Kurtz Bird was given the advantage of a good education. After the breaking out of the Rebellion he enlisted as a private in the Forty-seventh Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. He was afterward appointed Quartermaster Sergeant, and was honorably discharged as such after serving one year. Returning to Boston, he became a member of the firm of James Edmunds & Co., importers of brick drain pipe, located on Federal Street, with which concern he continued fourteen years, or until his death, which occurred at Dorchester, Mass., April 4, 1877, when he was in his thirty-fourth year. He possessed a strongly defined character, a marked personality, and a vigorous intellect, and took an intelligent interest in current affairs. In politics he acted with the Republican party. He was especially devoted to the welfare and success of the Grand Army of the Republic, and the G. A. R. Post in Norwood was named in his honor. He was a member of Orient Lodge, F. & A. M., Norwood, Mass.

Mr. Bird married Hattie A. Ellis, daughter of Jason and Martha A. (Smith) Ellis, the former of whom is a prosperous farmer of West Dedham. Since the death of her husband, Mrs. Bird has resided with her parents. She is the mother of two sons - John Ellis and George Kurtz Bird.

'ORACH C. CHEEVER, of Wrentham, well-known publisher of local newspapers, was born here, July 24, 1824, son of John P. and Grace (Richards) Cheever. The great-grandfather, John Cheever, who was born in Roxbury, Mass., and settled in Wrentham in 1765, first erected a frame house for his dwelling. At a later date he built the house now standing, and in which Horace C. was born. He fought in the Revolutionary War. By occupation he was a farmer and shop-joiner. His son John, who was also a farmer, worked at the trade of wheelwright for many years, and died at the age of eighty-five years. This John Cheever married Caroline Plymton.

John P. Cheever, son of John, followed farming throughout his active life. The commander of the old South militia company of Wrentham, he was known as Captain Cheever. He married Grace Richards, of North Attleboro, who had six children by him. Of these Ellen, who is the widow of James D. Franklin, resides at home; Emma married Charles A. Faas, of Plainville, a veteran of the Grand Army, who lost a leg at Fair Oaks; and Zeolide, who married J. P. Barney, resides on a part of the homestead.

After attending the public schools of his native town for the usual period, Horace C. Cheever took the teachers' course at the Bridgewater Normal School, and subsequently taught school for a time. Afterward, having much literary talent combined with business ability, he published local newspapers for nearly twenty years. These journals were established in Danvers, Mass., Rockport, Mass., and Cape May, and are still in existence. He spent four years in Minnesota, between the years 1856 and i860, engaged in surveying lots in Minneapolis, which was then very small, and where his uncle William was one of the first white men to settle. He returned to the home farm upon the death of his father, and subsequently served in the late war for six months with the band of the Eighteenth Massachusetts Regiment.

Mr. Cheever and his wife, Ann Austin Cheever, have two children - Mary B. and Frederic L. Mary B. married Charles Burns, of Wrentham, and has the following children - Emma, Frank, Bertha, Eva, Charles, and George. Frederic L., who married Kate Smiley, of Danvers, has three children - Horace, John, and Ellen. Mr. Cheever is a Democrat. He cast his first vote for George B. McClellan in 1864.

RANKLIN ALTON PETTEE, a prominent dry-goods merchant of Foxboro, was born in this town, March 6, 1859, son of Albert F. Pettee. His greatgrandfather, Oliver Pettee, was one of the original settlers of Foxboro. A tablet erected by the town in the cemetery records the fact that Oliver was a valiant soldier in the Revolution. Oliver married a sister of Nathaniel Clark, who was also an early settler of the town, and lived to the advanced age of ninety-nine years. After their marriage the great-grandparents settled on the old Pettee homestead on Mechanic Street, where their son Martin, the grandfather of Franklin A., was born.

Martin Pettee was a soldier of the War of 181 2, being stationed at one of the forts in Boston Harbor. His occupation in civil life was that of a manufacturer of straw goods on a small scale. He resided for the most part in Foxboro, and passed away at the age of eighty-one years. His wife, Johanna Norton Pettee, had seven children that lived to maturity. Albert F. Pettee was educated in the district schools of this town. When quite young he entered the Union Straw Works, in which he was employed until 1887. Since then he has lived in retirement. A talented musician, he has been for many years a noted teacher of music and a chorister of the Congregational church. He married Miss Lydia Messenger, daughter of Fisher Messenger, of Wrentham; and Franklin A. Pettee, the subject of this sketch, is their only child. Mrs. Pettee is a direct descendant of Peregrine White, the first white child born in New England after the landing of the Pilgrims.

Franklin A. Pettee completed his education in the public schools at an early age. Soon after he began his mercantile career as a clerk for L. C. Bliss, a dry-goods merchant. He was retained in this capacity by the successors of Mr. Bliss, B. F. Boyden, and S. P. Oliver & Co. Having worked for the last-named firm for four years, he bought out the interest of Mr. Oliver's partner; and three years later, by purchasing Mr. Oliver's interest, he became the sole proprietor. He has since carried on the business alone, having a flourishing trade, which he has won by his honest and honorable methods and his good business tact. The Knights of Honor is the only fraternal organization to which he belongs. In politics he is a stanch Republican. Like his father, he has great musical ability; and since he was fifteen years of age he has been the organist at the Congregational church.

SALMON TURNER, one of the oldest and most respected residents of Foxboro, was born May 21, 181 7, in Easton, Mass., son of Salmon and Clarissa (Pierce) Turner. The father, who was born and reared in the same town, settled in New Bedford, Mas?., when he was a young man, and there for upward of twoscore years carried on a store well stocked with general merchandise. Among his regular customers were many of the old whalers of the locality, whose home-coming was a gala day for the merchants of the town, especially if the voyage had been a prosperous one. He spent a very few years in Foxboro, but died in New Bedford at the age of sixty-six years. Of his children, Elbridge G., Willard P., Salmon, Calvin K., and Clarissa P. attained maturity. Elbridge G. , now eighty-four years of age and the only survivor, is a bachelor, and lives in New Bedford.

Mr. Turner had but meagre educational advantages, his student life having been confined to a few terms at the district school. While yet a boy, he worked at anything he could find to do, often assisting his father in the store. After leaving home he was employed for eight years in the Union Straw Works at Foxboro. Being then seized with an acute attack of the gold fever, which was raging throughout New England, he started for California, making the journey by the way of Nicaragua Lake. In California he prospected for a time along the Sacramento River; but, not meeting with the success he had expected, he abandoned mining and returned to Foxboro. Here he resumed work at the Union Straw shops. After some time spent there, he and his brother purchased a cranberry bog, which they have since cultivated with profit.

Mr. Turner married Miss Clementine L. Bird, daughter of Warren Bird, of this town. Of their children, George S. is living. He subsequently married Miss Maria Grover, daughter of Lindoll Grover. George S. Turner married Ruth Wilson, who has borne him one child, Mary. Mr. Salmon Turner has been identified with the Republican party since its formation, and is an ardent supporter of its principles. He is broad and liberal in his interpretation of the Scriptures, and worships at the Universalis church.

SETER J. WILLIAMS,* of Quincy, Mass., Chief Engineer of the Quincy Fire Department, by occupation a carpenter and builder, is a wideawake, progressive business man, highly respected by his fellow-citizens. He was born in this town, April 18, 1856. His parents were Peter and Lydia (Olive) Williams.

The Williams family originated in Wales, from whence some of its early members migrated to Ireland, locating in the parish of Inniscarra, County Cork. There Robert Williams, the paternal grandfather of Peter J. Williams, spent his life as a farmer. He married Hannah Harold, and had two children, but one of whom, namely, Peter, grew to mature years.

Peter Williams, son of Robert, was born October 23, 1826, in Inniscarra, where he lived until after his marriage, working for several years at the shoemaker's trade. When twenty-three years of age he left the Emerald

Isle, and, coming to this country, settled in Quincy, which he made his permanent abidingplace. He continued the trade that he had learned in his youthful days until the close of his earthly career, February 20, 1897. His wife, whose maiden name was Lydia Olive, was born in Bandon, County Cork, being a daughter of Robert Olive. She passed to the higher life June 16, 1895. Both Mrs. Williams and her husband were devout members of the Episcopal church, of which he was for more than seventeen years the sexton. They had a family of nine children, of whom eight are now living, namely: Thomas H., of Boston; Robert J., of Quincy; Peter J.; Sarah E., wife of Amos Lawrence Litchfield, of Quincy; George R., a resident of Quincy; Lydia M. ; Samuel E. and Frederick W., both of Quincy.

Peter J. Williams, after obtaining his education in the public schools of Quincy, learned the trade of carpenter and builder, beginning work at the age of eighteen and serving a full apprenticeship. He was subsequently employed as a journeyman carpenter four years, then began contracting and building on his own account; and, meeting with good success from the first, he has continued in the same business. He has built two engine-houses for the city of Quincy, has erected a large number of fine private residences, and restored and repaired the old President Adams house for the Quincy Historical Society. His services are always in demand for firstclass work, and in filling his contracts he employs on an average about twenty-five men.

When a youth of seventeen years Mr. Williams joined the old Tiger Engine Company, then operating an old hand tub; and he has ever since been identified with the local fire department. During the last three years of the existence of the "Tigers," he was foreman of the company; and when it was disbanded he was presented with the silver trumpet which was given to the company by the citizens of Quincy. In politics independent of any party, he casts his ballot for the best men for the offices to be filled. Fraternally, he is a member of Mount Wollaston Lodge, I. O. O. F., of this city, and of the Knights of Honor.

Angus McClain, of Prince Edward Island. Of their union five children have been born, and three are now living; namely, George Seymour, Grover Cleveland, and Mary Florence.

EACON BENJAMIN BISBEE,* one of Stoughton's Civil War veterans, was born in North Stoughton, where he now resides, April io, 1832, son of Otis and Nancy (Pope) Bisbee. His parents were natives of this town, as was also his grandfather, Benjamin Bisbee, who went from Stoughton to join the Continental army, with which he served four and one-half years in the war for independence. Grandfather Bisbee was a prosperous farmer and a well-known citizen of his day. He wedded Millie Vose, and reared six children ; namely, Lavinia, Millie, Hannah, Joshua, Benjamin, and Otis.

Otis Bisbee, son of Benjamin, inherited the farm, which he cultivated during his active years, and resided at the homestead from his birth until his death. He always attended strictly to his private affairs, and was deeply attached to his home and fireside. Nancy Pope, whom he married, was a daughter of Joseph and Betsey (Tower) Pope, and was one of a family of seven children : John, William, Joseph, Thomas, Nancy, Eliza, and Clarissa Pope. Her father was in early life a fisherman and later a farmer. Otis and Nancy (Pope) Bisbee reared six children, as follows: James Otis, who is engaged in agricultural pursuits in Stoughton; Benjamin, the subject of this sketch; Augusta, who married C. F. Kimball (both deceased) ; Eliza, who is now Mrs. Milliken, and resides in Somerville, Mass. ; Joseph, who enlisted in the First Massachusetts Cavalry for service in the Civil War, and died at Hilton Head, S. C. ; and Geraldine, who married George Milliken, and is no longer living. Mrs. Nancy P. Bisbee died in 1892.

Benjamin Bisbee acquired a common-school education and resided at home with his parents until he was twenty-one years old. Learning the shoemaker's trade, he followed it until 1862, when he enlisted as a private in Company B, Forty-fifth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, for nine months' service. He participated in the battles of White Hall, Kingston, Goldsboro, and other engagements, and was discharged at Milton, Mass., in July, 1863. Resuming his trade in Randolph, Mass., he later returned to Stoughton, where he was engaged in shoemaking until 1891 ; and since that time he has devoted his principal attention to the cultivation of the homestead farm. He carries on general farming and dairying, sells considerable milk, and is also in the express business as local agent of the New York & Boston Despatch Company. Politically, he is a Republican. He is prominently identified with the Universalist church, of which he is a Deacon, and has long been active in its affairs.

On September 24, 1862, Deacon Bisbee married Susan Y. P. Monk, of Stoughton. She is a daughter of the late Isaac P. and Mary A. (Packard) Monk. Deacon and Mrs. Bisbee have an adopted son - John, born September 22, 1882, who is now attending the Stoughton High School.

ENJAMIN J. WEEKS, a wellknown citizen of Ouincy, and the superintendent of the Quincy & Boston Electric Railway Company, was born October 24, 1856. Exeter, N.H., his native town, was also the birthplace of his father, James Weeks, Jr., and of his grandfather, James Weeks, Sr. The latter was a carpenter and builder during his life.

James Weeks, Jr., learned the carpenter's trade from his father, and followed that occupation until 1872. During the late Rebellion he was employed in the Portsmouth navyyard on work for the government. Coming to Massachusetts in 1872, he located in Boston, forming a partnership with John Perkins, under the firm name of Perkins & Weeks, contractors and builders. This firm built up an extensive business reputation, their work being noted for its durability and superior finish. They employed from forty to fifty men, and, in addition to building many fine private residences in the vicinity of Dorchester, fitted up a good many stores and club- rooms in the city. In 1885 Mr. Weeks retired from active occupation, leaving the work in which he had for so many years been profitably engaged to younger hands. His wife, whose maiden name was Martha Morrison, was born in Exeter, N. H., where her death occurred in 1863. She was a faithful member of the Baptist church. Her children are: Charles E., of this city; and Benjamin J. Weeks.

Benjamin J. Weeks received his education in the grammar and high schools of Exeter. He learned the jeweller's trade in Boston, and worked at it for a time in his earlier years. Finding it very trying to his eyes, and his health being also injured by the close confinement, he sought outdoor employment. Entering the service of the old Metropolitan Street Railway Company in Boston, he was a conductor on a horse-car for about four years. His health having in the meantime greatly improved, he again started in the jewelry business, opening a store in Exeter, N. H., but was soon again compelled to give it up on account of his eyes. In 1886 he went to South Framingham as an employee in the Para Rubber Shoe Factory. After remaining there about a year, he accepted the position of superintendent of the Framingham Union Street Railway Company, which had just completed its road, and held it for eighteen months. Mr. Weeks then took a special course in electrics at the Thomson-Houston Electric Company's works, after which he was sent to Albany, N.Y. , to install the power station for the Albany Street Railway, at that time the largest in the country. Going thence to Newport, R.I., he was superintendent of the Newport Street Railway from May to January, 1891. On the 26th of that month he was appointed superintendent of the Quincy & Boston Street Railway Company, with which he has since been connected. In 1893 the Manet Street Railroad was purchased and consolidated with the Quincy & Boston Railway, greatly increasing the facilities of the road and benefitting the travelling public. In 1895 Mr. Weeks was appointed superintendent of the Braintree Street Railway Company, and assumed the management of the road in September of that

Much interested in Masonry, Mr. Weeks is a member of Rural Lodge, F. & A. M., of Quincy; of St. Stephen's Chapter, R. A. M. ; of South Shore Commandery, K. T. ; of Lafayette Lodge of Perfection; of Giles F. Yates Council, Princes of Jerusalem, of Boston; of Mount Olivet Chapter, Rose Croix; of Massachusetts Consistory of Boston ; and of Aleppo Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He also belongs to Mount Wollaston Lodge and Manet Encampment of the I. O. O. F.; to Monadiquot Lodge, K. of P., of Braintree; to the A. O. U. W. ; and to the Granite City Club. On November i, 1886, he married Miss Cora L., daughter of Ware Folsom, a native of North Newport, Me., but later of Exeter, N.H. Mr. and Mrs. Weeks have two children ; namely, Marion Ethel and Earl Folsom. Both parents are members of the Congregational church.

DWARD B. NEVIN,* of South Weymouth, Representative to the General Court in 1897 from the Sixth Norfolk District, is a native of York County, Pennsylvania, and was born November 10, 1858, son of John A. and Catherine J. (Brown) Nevin. The Nevin family is of Scottish extraction, and is said to be descended from Robert Bruce. Many of its members have achieved distinction in Western Pennsylvania, where the Nevins were among the early settlers.

George P. Nevin, grandfather of Edward B. , was a wholesale coal dealer. His son, John A. Nevin, settled in Boston, where he engaged in the wholesale coal business. He was a soldier of the Civil War, and went out as Quartermaster in the coal regiment of Pennsylvania, which was composed exclusively of coal men. He died shortly after the close of the war. His wife, Catherine, was a native of Pennsylvania. One of her grandfathers fought under Wellington at Waterloo. Jeremiah Hess, a great-grandfather of Edward B. Nevin, was a soldier in the War of 1 81 2.

where they remained for about five years. The family then moved to Boston, where, as above mentioned, the father engaged in business; and in that city Edward B. grew to manhood and received his school training. In 1873 he began his working life as office boy in the employ of Day, Huddell & Co., wholesale coal merchants of Boston, and continued with them until 1876, when the firm was dissolved. During the latter part of this time Mr. Nevin was salesman. After this business was closed, he secured a New England general agency for the Pennsylvania miners. From 1883 to 1890 he was in the wholesale business for himself in Boston; and in 1890 he formed a partnership with Edward M. Alden, under the firm name of Alden & Nevin, which has remained a prominent firm to the present time. In November, 1896, Mr. Nevin was elected as Representative to the State legislature.

In politics Mr. Nevin is a Republican. He is a member of Commonwealth Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, at Boston; of Columbian Lodge, F. & A. M., of Boston; also of Fentalpba Chapter, R. A. M., and of South Shore Commandery, K. T. , both of East Weymouth.

Mr. Nevin married Bessie T. , daughter of the late General James L. Bates, who succeeded to the Colonelcy of the old Twelfth Massachusetts Regiment, which was formerly commanded by Colonel Fletcher Webster, son of Daniel Webster. Mr. Nevin resides at South Weymouth. His business office in Boston is in the Mason Building.

I L LI AM GORSE, a resident of Needham and owner of a factory for the manufacture of elastic bandages in Highlandville, was born in Duffield, Derbyshire, England, May 26, 1 841 , son of Henry and Hannah (Roome) Gorse. He was educated in the schools of Derbyshire, which he attended until he was twelve years of age, when he went to work in a knitting factory, where he remained seven years. In i860 he came to this country, landing in Boston, and lived in Roxbury until 1861, when he came to Needham. From 1864 to 1866 he was in business for himself, but subsequently gave it up and entered the employ of John and Mark Lee, with whom he remained until 1871. He then went to work for E. K. Hall in Highlandville, making surgical elastic bandages, and remained in his employ for about ten years. In 1881 he began business for himself in the same line, in which he has since remained engaged. He has a factory at Highlandville, and sells his products in Boston, New York, and other large cities. He was the first man to start a machine for the manufacture of elastic bandages here in the East, and was really the introducer of the business in America.

Mr. Gorse is a man who takes great interest in all public matters, especially those pertaining to education. He has been a member of the Sons of Temperance for thirty-five years, and has passed through all the chairs. During his term of office as Worthy Patriarch, the division experienced a growth exceeded by but one other. He was a charter member of the United Order of the Golden Cross, and is a member of the A. O. U. W. Mr. Gorse is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal church in Highlandville, of which he is a trustee; and he has been for thirty years a teacher in the Sunday-school. In politics he is a Republican.

Mr. Gorse was married in 1861 to Phebe, a daughter of Robert and Phebe Shaw, of Needham, but who came from England. Mr. and Mrs. Gorse have had eight children, namely: Henrietta, born in 1862, who died in 1868; Louise, born in 1864, who died in 1868; Frank W. , born in 1866, who married and settled in Needham; Phebe Lily, born in 1868, who married Arthur J. Littlehale, and is living in Needham; Etta Louise, born in 1870; Hannah May, born in 1872; Minnie Mary, born in 1874; and William Henry, born in 1878, who died aged nine months. The three younger daughters have been educated in the grammar and high schools of the town; and Minnie Mary has also had one year at Burdett's Business College in Boston. They are all living at home.

In 1865 Mr. Gorse sent for his father and mother to come and live here. The father was a stanch supporter of the North during the Rebellion, even before he came to this country; and his son relates that in a restaurant he one day met a man equally as bitter in defence of the South. They fell into discussion ; and after hot words they agreed to decide by their fists which was right, North or South, the result from the handicuffs being that the North won by a large majority. Henry Gorse died in 1870, and his wife, Hannah, in 1872.

ILLIAM FOREMAN,* proprietor of a thriving tinware business in Norwood and a veteran of the Civil War, was born in Neponset, Mass., January io, 1845. His father, William Foreman, emigrated from England after marriage, and settled upon a farm in Neponset, where he passed the rest of his life. He had a family of four children, two of whom are living, namely: William, the subject of this sketch; and Hannah, wife of Jacob Bonant, of Ashland, Mass.

William Foreman, second, began to support himself at the age of nine years, at which time he engaged in pegging shoes at a factory in Marsh field, Mass. He later returned to Neponset, where he remained about three years. He subsequently worked upon a farm in Southboro, Mass., for a time; and still later he learned the tinner's trade in Ashland. On July 21, 1862, he enlisted as a private in Company H, Thirty-second Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, which was attached to the Fifth Corps of the Army of the Potomac. This regiment was held in reserve at Antietam ; but with it Mr. Foreman later participated in the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Mine Run, the Wilderness, Laurel Hill, Spottsylvania Courthouse, Cold Harbor, Weldon Railroad, Hatcher's Run, Five Forks, Petersburg, and many skirmishes, making countless marches, enduring much hardship, and finally being present at Appomattox Court-house during the ceremony of the surrender of General Lee. With it Mr. Foreman also took part in the Grand Review in Washington, and was mustered out at Arlington Heights, June 25, 1865, being finally discharged on July 13 following. Returning to Ashland, Mr. Foreman resumed his trade, which he followed there until 1880, when he established himself in business at his present location in Norwood. He is prominently identified with G. K. Bird Post, G. A. R., which he has served in various official positions, having been its Commander in 1895. In politics he is a Republican. Mr. Foreman married Carrie Bodemer, and has two children : Carrie Estella, wife of E. L. Ingraham, of Norwood; and Freda A. He attends the Universalist church.

OBERT E. AMES," a retired manufacturer residing in Needham, was born in Roxbury, Mass., in the year 1839, son of Robert W. and Louisa (Danforth) Ames. His paternal grandfather, Ezekiel Ames, son of Joshua Ames, born in Williamsburg, Mass., in 1775, a farmer and a well-known citizen, married Sally Clark, and died in 1856.

Robert W., above named, son of Ezekiel and Sally (Clark) Ames, was born in Milford, N.H., in 1 8 10. He settled in Roxbury, and was engaged in the manufacture of patent and grained leather, doing an extensive business and finally taking his son, Robert E., into partnership. He was a prominent business man, and was active in all religious and reform work, being one of the Deacons of Tremont Baptist Church, one of the Aldermen of Roxbury, and an original abolitionist. Hedied in September, 1888. His first wife, the mother of Mr. Robert E. Ames, was the daughter of Thomas Danforth, of Roxbury. She died in 1841 ; and he married for his second wife Frances, daughter of Thomas Tilden, a master builder in the city of Boston.

Robert E. Ames was educated in the public schools of his native town, graduating in 1857 in the third class sent out from the high school. At the age of eighteen years he began his working life by going into his father's business. In 1864 he became a member of the firm of R. W. Ames & Son, their factory being located in Roxbury and the store on High Street in Boston. In the big fire of 1872 the store was burned. Mr. Ames continued in the business until 1878, when he came to Needham and took a farm. He finally had the farm laid out into building lots, and at length sold it to Levi Ladd. Mr. Ames is now one of the Town Assessors of Needham, and his sound judgment is fully appreciated by his townsmen.

In 1868 he married Theoline L. , daughter of Josiah Richards, of Barry, 111., formerly a resident of Brookline. Four children have been born of this marriage; namely, Robert E., Jr., Louise, Walter H., and Fred R. Robert, born in 1870, was educated in the Needham town schools, and at eighteen years of age went to sea, sailing on bark "Clyde," Captain Terwelleyer, bound for Madagascar. The bark was wrecked in port, and young Mr. Ames then shipped for the return voyage on a German vessel. This was lost, probably off the coast of Cape of Good Hope; and neither ship nor crew was ever heard from. Louise Ames was born in July, 1872, and died in 1876. Walter H. Ames, born March 27, 1876, is now engaged in the dry-goods business. Fred R. Ames, born March 22, 1877, is a photographer in Needham.

§AMES THOMPSON, an influential citizen of Ouincy, Norfolk County, Mass., a member of the firm of John Thompson & Sons, granite manufacturers and dealers, was born in the southern part of Scotland, May 18, 1848. His greatgrandfather Thompson was one of the pioneer settlers of Pittsburg, Pa., and a man of considerable means and ability. He emigrated to this country before the march of civilization had extended very far westward, locating in Western Pennsylvania while that region was yet covered with heavy forests, through which wild beasts roamed at will, and in which the red man had his hunting-ground. He maintained a ferry across the river at Pittsburg for several years.

James Thompson, the paternal grandfather of James Thompson of Ouincy, was for many years in the British army, a part of the time being stationed at the Tower of London.

John Thompson was born in the Tower of London, May 3, 181 5. When a boy he learned the stone-cutter's trade, at which he worked in the old country for several seasons.

About the middle of the present century he emigrated from Scotland to the United States, and, having settled in Quincy, worked for various firms until 1872, receiving good wages for his labor. In that year he formed a partnership with his two sons - William and James - and has since successfully conducted a large business. This firm, which is one of the oldest in the city, handles all kinds of New England granite, and makes a specialty of monumental work, selling principally to the wholesale trade, keeping on an average fifty men busy in filling their orders. Fraternally, he is a Mason. He married Margaret McCormack, daughter of John McCormack, and Has four children, namely: William; Elizabeth; James, the direct subject of the present sketch; and Margaret. He is a member of the Presbyterian church, to which his wife, now deceased, also belonged.

James Thompson, the younger of the two brothers, obtained his education in the public schools of Quincy, and then learned the stonecutter's trade, working with his father. Soon after attaining his majority he became a member of the firm of which his father is the head, and he has since ably performed his full share in maintaining its prosperity. He is a man of prominence and influence in various financial, business, and fraternal organizations, being a director of the Ouincy National Granite Bank; one of the incorporators of the Ouincy Savings Bank; a director of the Ouincy Quarry Company; president of the Granite Manufacturers' Association, of which he was one of the founders, and was for a time the secretary ; a member of Mount Wollaston Lodge, I. O. O. F.; and of the Granite City Club, which he has served as president a number of years.

He is one of the leading members of the Republican party, and for several years has been actively connected with the Republican City Committee. During the first four years of city government he was a member of the Common Council, serving the first two years on the Committee on Sewers, Drains, and Public Buildings and Grounds, the second year being likewise chairman of the Finance Committee, and the succeeding two years president of the Council. In 1895 he was elected to the State legislature, where he was on the Committee on Fisheries and Game; and, being re-elected in 1896, he served on the Committee on Ways and Means; he was also re-elected in 1897 and serves on Committee of Ways and Means.

Mr. Thompson married Lydia A. Ford, daughter of Ebenezer Ford, a native of Dorchester, Mass., but later a resident of Quincy. Mrs. Thompson is a descendant of James Blake, one of the original settlers of Dorchester, whose house, built in very early Colonial times, is now the home of the Dorchester Historical Society.

fUTHER R. GROVER, a respected farmer residing in Foxboro, was ^ born November io, 1825, in Taunton, Mass., son of Luther Grover. His grandfather, Amasa Grover, was an early settler of this town, where he purchased a tract of unbroken land, and converted it into a homestead. The house that Amasa then built is still standing, and is in a good state of preservation considering its age. He carried on general farming, and also made baskets, an industry followed by many of the pioneers of his day. His wife, Olive Shaw, bore him a large family of children, of whom Luther was the youngest son.

Luther Grover was educated in the district schools of this town. When a young man he went to Taunton to learn the blacksmith's trade, and for several years had charge of machine blacksmith shops, among the last few of which was that owned by the Grover & Baker Sewing Machine Company. He subsequently engaged in manufacturing, in which he was quite successful. After building a house in Foxboro, he removed to Newton Upper Falls, but spent his last days in Boston, dying there at the age of fourscore years. He married Miss Anna W. Caswell, a daughter of Alvin Caswell, and they reared four children, namely: Luther R., the subject of this sketch; Reuben C, who died in 1880; Theodore L. , who died in 1896; and Elbridge H., a resident of Boston, Mass.

Falls, and Foxboro. He subsequently worked for a few years at the machinist's trade. Then, although he was a quick and skilful workman, he was forced to give up an excellent position owing to impaired eyesight. For the last forty years he has been profitably engaged in farming. He has lived in his present residence for over fifty years, coming here at the time of his marriage. Here his two children were born, and also two of his grandchildren. Here also he celebrated his golden wedding. Standing in front of the house is an elm-tree that is alleged to be two hundred years old, and the largest in the town. Mr. Grover has uniformly cast his vote with the Democratic party.

On May 27, 1846, Mr. Grover married Miss Almina M. Twichell, a daughter of Stillman and Elvira (Cheever) Twichell, and a granddaughter of John Cheever, who was a prominent resident of Wrentham. Mr. and Mrs. Grover have two children; namely, Elvira Anna and Stillman R. Elvira A., who was formerly a school teacher, married John C. Tibbetts, a native of Hamilton, Mass., has had two children - Alva G. and John R. - -and is now residing in Boston. Stillman R. Grover, a tool-maker in the jewelry trade, married Theodora Abigail Ashley. His children were: Edgar L. , who died in infancy; and Esther E.

ILLIAM GRFENLEAF APPLETON PATTEE, LL.B.,* attorney-at-law, Quincy, Mass., and president of the Quincy Electric Light and Power Company, is a man of keen intellect and strong personality. He was born in Quincy, August 28, 1854, a son of the late William S. Pattee, M.D.

Dr. Pattee was born January 8, 1824, in Bath, Me., which was also the birthplace of his father, William S. Pattee, Sr. After completing his academical education he entered the Harvard Medical School, and immediately after receiving his diploma began the practice of his profession in Quincy. He had a thorough knowledge of medicine, and, being careful, skilful, and prompt in attendance of cases, met with great success, becom- ing one of the leading physicians of his day. He had decided literary tastes, and was a large collector of choice books, his private library being, with one exception, the largest in town. He was deeply interested in the early settlement of Norfolk County, and gave to the public the knowledge he acquired in his researches through the volume entitled "'A History of Old Braintree and Quincy," which he prepared and published, and which is an acknowledged authority on the subjects treated. He rendered valuable service to the town as a member of the School Committee for several years, and also as one of the organizers of what is now known as the "Crane Memorial Library" and as a member of its first board of Trustees. He likewise contributed valuable articles relating to local history to various papers and magazines. He was a Democrat in politics, invariably interested in public affairs, and had frequent complimentary nominations to State offices. He was a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society.

Dr. Pattee married Mary Emily, daughter of William Greenleaf Appleton, and had two children, namely: William G. A., the special subject of this sketch; and Elizabeth Greenleaf, who married Edwin G. Peterson, of New York City, and died in early womanhood. Both the Doctor and his wife were active members of the Unitarian church, and he was for several years superintendent of the Sundayschool.