Norfolk Town (part 21 of 23)

William Greenleaf Appleton, Mrs. Pattee's father, was born in Portsmouth, N. H. In early manhood he went to Baltimore, Md., where he engaged in mercantile business for many years, accumulating a good property. He then returned North, settling in Quincy, where he lived retired until his demise. He was a man of great force of character, taking an active part in local and State affairs. He was a member of the Unitarian church. His first wife was Mrs. Ann Hall Adams, born Greenleaf, formerly of Newbury, Mass., and later of Portsmouth, N. H. After her death he married her cousin, Eliza Greenleaf, a daughter of Thomas Greenleaf, for twenty-four years a member of the State legislature. Thomas Greenleaf was a grandson of William Greenleaf, who was Federal Sheriff of Suffolk

County during the Revolution, in which capacity the duty of promulgating the Declaration of Independence devolved upon him. The Greenleaf family originated in England. Edmund Greenleaf, the common ancestor of the family in New England, came to Massachusetts and settled at Newbury in 1635. His daughter Judith married Tristram Coffin, Jr., and going to Nantucket was with him among the first settlers of that island.

The Appleton family were also of English ancestry, one Samuel Appleton, of whom Mr. Pattee is a lineal descendant, having come from Waldingfield, Suffolk County, England, to Ipswich, Mass., in 1635.

William G. A. Pattee, who was named for his maternal grandfather, was fitted for college in the Chauncy Hall School, Boston, and was graduated at the Harvard Law School with the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1876, and three years later was admitted to the bar. For a time he was associated with Augustus Rust as a clerk, afterward being his assistant from 1876 until 1882. In 1879 Mr. Pattee opened an office in Quincy, where he has built up a lucrative practice, which since 1882 has required his entire time and attention. He was attorney for the town before its incorporation as a city, and was city solicitor the first two years it was under municipal government. He has a large corporation practice, being attorney for the Quincy & Boston Street Railway Company and other street railway companies; is president of the Quincy Electric Light and Power Company, of which he was one of the organizers; and he was also one of the organizers, and for several years a director, of the Quincy Street Railway Company. He has also been actively identified with other public enterprises, being a charter member of the City Hospital, and a prime mover in the organization of the Quincy Historical Society, of which he is one of the curators. He is a member of the Harvard Law School Association.

Mr. Pattee is one of the leading members of the Democratic party, having been one of the promoters of the Young Men's Democratic Club of Massachusetts, and chairman of the Committee on Elections since its formation in 1888, and having also dune valuable work on the stump. He has often served as Moderator at town meetings; and he presided at the town meeting which accepted the city charter, which he assisted in framing. He also suggested the design of the seal of the city of Ouincy, which, with the addition of the inscription, was unanimously adopted. In 1883 and 1884 he represented the town in the State legislature, serving both years on the Judiciary Committee, and being chairman of the Democratic organization in the House.

Mr. Pattee married Laura, daughter of Richard Saltonstall, of Boston, a direct descendant of Sir Richard Saltonstall, Lord Mayor of London. Mr. and Mrs. Pattee have two children; namely, Richard Saltonstall and Elizabeth Greenleaf. Mrs. Pattee is a communicant of Christ Church (Episcopal) of Ouincy.

- lifelong resident of this town, where his birth occurred December 23, 1839, and where his great-grandparents, Joseph and Abigail (Newcomb) Field, spent their entire lives. His grandfather, Joseph Field, Jr., a farmer, married Relief Baxter, daughter of Daniel Baxter, of Boston; and their son Harvey was his father.

Harvey Field was born in Ouincy, January 20, 1800. After completing his studies in the public schools, he began butchering with his uncle, and was engaged in that business until 1S36, when he turned his attention to speculation in real estate. In that year and the year following he represented Ouincy in the General Court. He was very prominent in local affairs, serving as Selectman of the town, and also in various other offices of minor importance. Energetic, far-sighted, and progressive, he was the leading spirit in the inauguration of many enterprises that were of public benefit. Through his efforts were secured all the stockholders of the National Granite Bank, of which he was the original projector; and he was also the chief promoter of the ship canal, which at the time of its building, before the days of railways, was of inestimable advantage to the town, being used to transport granite. He found money to start the Ouincy Patriot, which was carried on for a number of years under the editorship of Mr. Green. He erected the first ice-house in Ouincy; and, having acquired a large property in land, he built many fine dwellings in the town. He was very generous and openhearted, delighting to entertain his many friends, and was held in the highest esteem by his fellow-men. His active career, so full of promise, was brought to a sudden termination in 1837 by injuries received from his being buried in a well, which caved in upon him. Epilepsy ensued, resulting in his death a few years later.

He had eight children by his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Ebenezer Goddard, of Roxbury, Mass. A brief record is as follows: Eliza Greenfield, wife of Albion King Paris Dearborn, of Bridgewater; Susanna Goddard; Lucy Ann, who married John J. Floyd, of this city; Relief Baxter, the wife of George Porter Floyd; Mary M. ; John Q. A.; Mehitabel Adams, whose first husband was Charles Sanderson, of Lynn, she being now the wife of Dr. Edward Newhall, of that city; and George Harvey, whose personal history is outlined below. Both parents were members of the Unitarian church, whose house of worship is the Adams Temple.

George Harvey Field attended the public schools until about fourteen years old, when he began working on a 'farm, and was thereafter a tiller of the soil until the 1st of January, 1882. In March of that year he was elected Selectman and Overseer of the Poor on the Republican ticket, and rendered the town such efficient service that he was kept in those offices the next five years. In 1886 he became Deputy Sheriff, a position which he has since filled with commendable fidelity. Under the new city government he was appointed Overseer of the Poor, and served from 1888 till 1893. He has also been largely interested for a number of years in the insurance business, having successfully represented the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York.

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Shore Commandery. He possesses good business tact, and is now one of the directorate of Mount Wollaston Bank and president of the O. S. Rogers Granite Company.

Mr. Field married Mary Abbie, daughter of Alonzo G. Davis. One child has been born of their union, Maud Davis, now the wife of Edward H. Dewson, of Quincy. Mr. and Mrs. Field are Unitarians in belief, and attend the Adams Temple Church, of which he has been collector for a number of years.

T^NHARLES M. FULLER, M.D., a I Ks prominent physician of Medfield, was \A>_ born in West Medway, Mass., October 1 8, 1854, son of A. M. B. and Nancy D. (Forbush) Fuller. The father was for several years a jeweller and watchmaker in West Medway, Mass. Nancy D. Forbush, who became his first wife and was born in Upton, Mass., died in 1854, leaving one son, Charles M., the subject of this sketch. For his second wife he wedded Mrs. Mary Ann (Tarleton) Ingram, the widow of Alphonso Ingram. By this union there were two children - George Arthur and Mary Louise - both of whom died in infancy.

Charles M. Fuller acquired his early education in the common schools; and he attended college in West Newton, Mass. His medical studies were pursued at the Boston University, from which after a four years' course he graduated with the class of 1878. In January, 1879, he located in Medfield, where he resided until 1886. Then he moved to Boston, and continued to practise his profession for nine years. He returned to Medfield in 1895, establishing himself in the village; and he has since acquired a large and increasing practice. He is a medical inspector for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company of New York. In politics he is a Republican, and he has served the community as medical examiner for the Board of Health.

On February 2, 1881, Dr. Fuller was united in marriage with Mrs. Lillian J. Johnson. She was born in West Sumner, Me., November 24, 1856, daughter of Cyrus W. and Elizabeth C. Bates, neither of whom is now living. Her first husband, Arthur S.

Johnson, died in 1877, leaving her with one son, George Arthur, born in May, 1874. George married Mabel Nason, of Somerville, Mass., and is now employed in the city water department of Louisville, Ky. Dr. Fuller is an Odd Fellow, and he was formerly connected with the Ancient Order of United Workmen. In 1889 he was the vice-president of the Massachusetts Surgical and Gynaecological Society of Boston, Mass. Both he and Mrs. Fuller are members of the Berkeley Temple in Boston. As a physician he has gained the confidence of a large number of patients throughout this section of the county.

INSLOW LEWIS MORSE,* one of Norwood's able and successful agriculturists, was born in the house where he now lives, October 8, 1841, son of John Lewis and Caroline (Winslow) Morse. He is a lineal descendant of Samuel Morse, who was born in England in 1585, came over in 1635, and settled in Dedham in 1636, and died in 1654. His brother Joseph settled at Ipswich, Mass. Seven persons named Morse are said to have settled in America in the seventeenth century.

John Morse, great-grandfather of Winslow L. , was born in Dedham, March 25, 1753. He was the owner of a large farm in South Dedham, a part of which is now the property of his grandson ; and the active period of his life was devoted to agricultural pursuits. His children were: Lewis, Mary, John, and Jabez. Lewis Morse, W. L. Morse's grandfather, was born here, January 16, 1785. He engaged in farming; and he also drove a team between Boston and Providence, South Dedham being a way station. On January 21, 1812, he married Nabby Fisher, who bore him five children, as follows: John Lewis, Olive Ellis, Albert (first), Albert (second), and Caroline. Olive Ellis married John H. Brooks, of Worcester, Mass. ; and Caroline married Isaac H. Upton, of Worcester.

John Lewis Morse, father of Winslow Lewis, was born at the homestead, January 20, 18 14. He was reared upon the farm, which he inherited at his father's death; and the present residence was erected by him in 1837. He married Caroline Winslow, who was born in Brewster, Mass., October 14, 1814; and Winslow L. Morse, the subject of this sketch, is the only child of their union.

Winslow Lewis Morse obtained his elementary education in the old Eagle's Nest Schoolhouse, located near his home; and he completed his studies at the village school in South Dedham. At an early age he began to assist in carrying on the farm, and for some time he drove a milk wagon. After his father's death he sold the milk business, and has since given his attention to general farming.

On November 12, 1S68, Mr. Morse was joined in marriage with Adeline Virginia Bateman, daughter of William and Harriet Newell (Smith) Bateman, of this town. Mrs. Morse is the mother of five children, as follows: Addie J., born in 1869, now the wife of William Henry Drugan, of Cambridgeport, Mass.; Edwin L. , born in 1871; Arthur W., born in 1872; Ida F. , born in 1874; and Caroline W., born in 1884.

lHARLES HENRY CURRIER,* inventor and manufacturer of dye stuffs at 36 Berry Street, Hyde Park, was born in Waterloo, N. V., March 1, 1858, son of Perry L. and Martha (Bryant) Currier. His father enlisted as a private in the One Hundred and Forty-eighth Regiment, New York Volunteers, with which he served through the Civil War, and was mustered out as a Lieutenant. He returned to New York State, and a year later engaged in the hotel business in Titusville, Pa. Selling his property there, he finally removed to Georgetown, Col., and for many years was engaged in mining. His wife, Martha Bryant, who was a native of Amherst, Mass., died when her son, Charles II., the subject of this sketch, their only child, was four years old.

Charles Henry Currier spent his childhood and early youth in Waterloo and Auburn, N.Y. , and attended school until he was eighteen years old. He then went to Holyoke,

Mass., where he served a three years' apprenticeship at the dyer's trade in A. T. Stewart's woollen-mill ; and after that he was employed as a journeyman dyer at an ivory button manufactory in South Hadley, Mass. He subsequently followed his trade in Holyoke and Huntington, Mass., Birmingham, Conn., and Philadelphia, Pa. While working in the Quaker City he invented some new dye stuffs ; and in company with his cousin he engaged in their manufacture at Walpole, Mass. Two years later he sold a three-quarters' interest in his patents; and after remaining out of business for a time he connected himself with A. Klipstein, a manufacturer of dye stuffs in Boston. Having perfected other inventions in his line, he engaged in business for himself and established his factory at Hyde Park in 1S94. His business has become one of the most extensive in this locality, employing eleven men at the works and three salesmen upon the road. fc

Mr. Currier married Minnie E. Higgins, daughter of Ira Higgins, of Washington, Mass. Three children have been born to them; namely, George Robert, Essie L. , and Charles Raymond.

In politics Mr. Currier is a Republican. He is treasurer of the Town Committee and the Republican Club. He is a thirty-second degree Mason, being a member of Hyde Park Lodge, F. & A. M. ; Norfolk Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Hyde Park Council, Royal and Select Masters; Cypress Commandery, Knights Templar; La F"ayette Lodge of Perfection; Mount Olivet Chapter of the Rose Croix; Giles Faneuil Hall Council, Princes of Jerusalem; Mecca Temple of the Mystic Shrine; and the Massachusetts Consistory.

EORGE CHAPMAN,* a practical, >> I prosperous, and progressive agriculturist of Canton, Norfolk Count)', Mass., was born in Plymouth, N.H., in 1824, son of Noah and Abigail (Currier) Chapman. Noah Chapman was born and reared among New Hampshire's hills, and there remained a resident, spending the larger part of his life in Plymouth, his native place. The currier's trade, which he learned when a young man, was his habitual occupation. He married Abigail Currier, a daughter of Daniel Currier, a well-known and prominent citizen of Plymouth, and they became the parents of nine children, of whom but two survive, namely: George, the special subject of this brief biographical sketch; and Laura, now Mrs. Bradley, of New York.

George Chapman grew to man's estate in Plymouth, acquiring his book learning in the common schools of the town, in which he was a pupil until about fifteen years old. From that age he became a self-supporting member of the community, earning his own living as best he could by working for the neighboring farmers or at any honorable employment. In 1842, bidding good-by to the companions of his youth, he came to Norfolk County, Massachusetts, and, settling in Milton, was successfully engaged as a wood and lumber dealer for fifteen years. Mr. Chapman then invested a part of his money in the Bailey farm at Ponkapog, and has since been prominently identified with the agricultural and business interests of this community. To his extensive farming operations he has added other lines of industry, dealing to a considerable extent in wood, having about two hundred acres of land in Canton and vicinity in his possession. He is an earnest supporter of the Republican platform, but has never been an aspirant for political office.

Mr. Chapman married Miss Rosanna Young. Their children are: Laura; Mary, wife of Francis Ellis; Henry, a resident of South Boston ; Frederick C. , of Canton; and Sarah, wife of Charles Crowe] 1. Mr. Chapman and his family attend the Unitarian church.

AVID HENRY WHITTIER,* an able farmer of Sharon, Mass., is a native of Canaan, Kings County, N. S. He was born October 9, His parents were Edward D. and Rebecca (Ward) Whittier, lifelong residents of Kings County; and his father was a prominent farmer in that section of the province. Edward D. Whittier died in 1877, and his wife died in 1893. They had these children, namely: Unas; David H. ; Eunice Ann, who died at the age of eighteen; William L., who married a Miss Bishop; Mary E. , who became Mrs. Bishop; Ebenezer; Abbie E. ; Urias, second ; Harriet A. ; Samuel E. ; and Maggie. Of these David Henry, Mary E., Ebenezer, Samuel E. , and Maggie are living

David Henry Whittier, the second-born son, was educated at a private school, and resided at the parental home until he was twenty-two years old. He then came to Massachusetts; and, securing a position as foreman of a large farm in Dedham, he remained there until 1887. For the succeeding eight years he took charge successively of the poor farms in Easton and Sharon, and in 1895 he bought the Philip Drake farm in this town. This property, which consists of ninety-six acres, he has greatly improved ; and aside from carrying on general farming he deals quite largely in wood.

On May 28, 1S72, Mr. Whittier was joined in marriage with Mary Jane York. She was born in Boston, August 22, 1843, daughter of Captain George and Mary (Gates) York. Her father was in early life a sea captain and in his later years a mason. He died in 1866, and Mrs. York is now residing with one of her daughters in Massachusetts. Mrs. Whittier's parents had a family of eight children, as follows: Stephen; Charles; Mary Jane; Elizabeth, wife of Lewis Warner, of New Llaven, Conn. ; Melissa, wife of PTank Parker, of the same city; George, who married Sarah Stephens, and is now employed in Ouincy Market, Boston ; Grace, widow of Augustus Ward, late of St. Louis, Mo. ; and Annie.

Politically, Mr. Whittier is a Republican. He is connected with the Ancient Order of United Workmen and with the grange in Sharon. He is an industrious, energetic, and capable farmer; and he has a large circle of friends and acquaintances. Mr. and Mrs. Whittier are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.

ILLIAM T. COOK, a successful business man of Foxboro, was born May 22, 1826, in Wakefield, N. H. His father, Jesse Cook, who was also born in Wakefield, grew to manhood in his native town, where he was engaged in farming for some time. Later Jesse removed to Dover, N.H., and there continued in his chosen occupation until his death, at the age of fifty years. He married Hannah Trickey, who bore him four children - William T., Sarah N., Emily C, and Amasa N. Sarah, who married Louis Merriam, died leaving three children - Nellie A., Emily C, and William N. Emily is the wife of Henry A. Mellen, of the firm of Norcross, Mellen & Co., of Boston, Mass. Amasa N. Cook, who deals in hats, caps, and furs, on Washington Street, Boston, married Mary A. Cheever, daughter of Dr. John Cheever, of Charlestown, Mass., and has two children. The latter are: Alice, the wife of Dr. James Shepard, residing in Brookline, who has an office on Park Street, Boston; and Newell Cheever, who, through the illness of his father, has recently given up his studies at Harvard College to attend to the business of the Boston store.

William T. Cook was educated in the public schools of Wakefield and Dover, N. H. In the latter town he subsequently began his mercantile career as clerk in a store. Here, being enterprising and ambitious, he quickly outgrew his environment, went to Boston, and was there engaged as a clerk until he had become somewhat acquainted with city ways. He then embarked in the hat, cap, and fur business, locating at 15 and 17 Court Street, where he remained for four years. During the following eight years he was a member of the well-known firm of Greenough, Cook & Co., of Boston, taking the place of Mr. Jameson, whose interest he purchased. At the same time he was a member of the firm of Covell, Steele & Co., of Portland, Me., the two firms doing a business of five hundred thousand dollars a year. About two years previous to the Civil War, Mr. Cook entered into partnership with Charles Rice, of Pearl Street, Boston, and engaged in the sale of straw goods both for themselves and for the Union Straw Works of Foxboro, Mr. Rice having previously been engaged in that business for himself. Soon after the outbreak of the war they moved to New York where they continued in the same business for about three years. Subsequently he returned to Boston, and joined the lumber firm of Trickey, Jewett & Cook, of which the senior member was his uncle. They carried on an extensive business until after the close of the Rebellion, selling immense quantities of lumber for use in the construction of war vessels at the Charlestown and Kittery navy-yards.

In July, 1866, Mr. Cook came to Foxboro. One year later he entered into partnership with Mr. E. P. Carpenter, one of the founders of the Union Straw Works. A few years afterward Mr. Carpenter retired from the business, and for seventeen years Mr. Cook was its manager and responsible head. Later a stock company was formed, when the Union Straw Works was merged into one corporation with the Bay State Works of Middleboro, with a capital stock of five hundred thousand dollars, and Mr. Cook was made .president. The business was continued in Foxboro, under the firm name of W. T. Cook & Co., as long as the work was carried on for the Union and Bay State Manufacturing Company; and the same business was carried on in another large factory at Middleboro, Mass., under the style of Albert Alden & Co. Mr. Cook sold to' the State the property now occupied by the Inebriates' Home in Foxboro, and which he at one time used as a stock farm. He built a private trotting park on the farm while it was in his possession, and raised many fine trotting horses, at one time selling forty head. He also raised full-blooded Jersey cattle in large numbers. Afterward he bought the old Warren homestead, which was originally owned and improved by a brother of General Joseph Warren of Bunker Hill fame. He now owns a well-improved and finely equipped farm of one hundred and twenty acres, lying between Foxboro and Mansfield, and does a good deal of fancy farming. He is a director in the Foxboro Co-operative Bank and chairman of the board of investment; a trustee in the Foxboro Savings Bank and a member of the board of investment; and a stockholder and director in the Mt. Washington Cold Spring Manufacturing Company of Boston. He has always been a straightforward Republican, but has never been induced to accept public office. He cast his first Presidential vote in 1848 for Zachary Taylor. He is a member of the local grange, of the Knights of Honor of this town, and of the Norfolk Club of Boston; and he belongs to the Congregational Society of Foxboro.

/ STlLBERT C. FISHER,* one of the V 3 I leading farmers of Franklin, Mass., ^ - - *~ the son of Adin and Mary (Clark) Fisher, was born in this town, April 15, 1827. From the Dedham Historical Register, October, 1892, we learn that Anthony Fisher, son of Anthony of Syleham, County Suffolk, England, with wife and children, came to Massachusetts in 1637, bought land in Dedham, and died in Dorchester near the Dedham line in 1671 ; that his brother Joshua came over in 1640, settled first in Dedham, and in 1650 went to Medfield ; and that a Thomas Fisher from England, not known to be related to the foregoing, came in 1634, and settled at Dedham.

Timothy Fisher, Jr., son of a Timothy Fisher of Dedham, was the father of Adin Fisher. He went to Medway when he was twenty years of age to learn the blacksmith's trade; and when the Revolution broke out he enlisted in the Continental army, and served his full term. He was at the battle of Bunker Hill, and in many other important engagements. After his term of enlistment expired, he returned to Franklin, and was for many years engaged in teaming. He was a strong temperance man, was very enterprising, and was successful in his business. Atone period he used to drive an ox team from Boston to New York City. He died at the age of eighty-eight years, in the house where the subject of this sketch was born. He was married three times; and Mr. Fisher's father, Adin Fisher, was the son of the third wife. He remained at home, and took charge of the old homestead, engaged in farming and teaming. He, too, was a successful man of business, and did a great deal of teaming. In his later years he removed to Franklin village, where he built several buildings. He died there at the age of ninety-two years. His wife, Mary Clark, of Franklin, was the mother of five children: Gilbert C, the subject of our sketch; Marshall, now engaged in farming in Medfield; Edmund T., a pedler, living in Pawtucket, R.I. ; Mary Ann, the widow of James Bond, living in Franklin village; and one that died in infancy.

Gilbert Fisher received his education in the public schools of Franklin. When he was twelve years of age he was engaged in driving an ox team for fifteen cents a day, and at the age of fifteen he went to live with a doctor in Franklin village. After remaining with him one year, he returned to the old homestead, where he has been ever since. He now owns about one hundred and twenty-two acres of land in the old farm, and carries on general farming to a considerable extent, although teaming is his main occupation. He married Emily, a daughter of Charles Keith, of South Walpole, Mass. They had five children, namely: Eugene, now living in Franklin village; Emma, the wife of Edward Coben, of Hopkinton, Mass.; Ida, deceased; Charles, a fireman on the New England Railroad, living in Franklin; and Frank H. Mrs. Fisher died July 24, 1874.

Mr. Fisher does not live in the old farmhouse at the present time, but boards near by in the village. He is a public- spirited citizen, and at one time he served the town as Highway Surveyor. In politics he was in his early days a Whig, and he is now a stanch Republican.

ERNARD F. COLBURN,* organist at the Universalist church at Norwood and a well-known teacher of advanced pianoforte playing in Boston, was born in Waltham, Mass., February 9, 185 1, son of Isaac and Catherine (Farwell) Colburn. He is a lineal descendant of Nathaniel Colburn, who came to Dedham soon after the settlement of the town, and joined the church in 1641. His great-grandfather, Isaac Colburn, was probably a native of West Dedham, where his grandfather, Isaacus Colburn, was a prosperous farmer and a lifelong resident.

Isaac Colburn, second, son of Isaacus and father of Bernard F. , was born in West Dedham, and for some time was connected with the South Dedham Iron Works. He was later engaged in the shoe and leather business in Boston; and in 1854 he settled in what is now Norwood, where he resided for the rest of his life. He died at the age of forty-seven years. Catherine Farwell, his wife, was a daughter of Peter Farwell, of Waltham. She became the mother of three children, namely: Bernard F., the subject of this sketch; Frank D. ; and Isaac Colburn.

Bernard F. Colburn was educated in the public schools, being graduated from the Dedham High School. The unusual musical talents which he evinced at an early age were fostered and encouraged by his parents, who placed him under the care of Mrs. Mary Boyden ; and so rapidly did he advance in pianoforte playing that while still attending the high school he had several pupils. He pursued a long course of advanced musical training under Professor Fritz Zuchtmann, of Boston, a musician and teacher of considerable celebrity in his clay; and in 1S70, when Professor Carlyle Petersilea opened his musical school, Mr. Colburn was engaged to teach pianoforte playing. For seventeen years he continued to occupy a prominent place in the corps of instructors of that excellent school, and since 1887 he has devoted the greater part of his time to private pupils in Boston. For the past twenty-eight years Mr. Colburn has officiated as organist at the Universalist church, Norwood, which has been his place of residence during his entire musical career. He has composed and published several instrumental pieces of a high order, and about nine years ago he was secured as conductor by the Norwood Brass Band. He is a member of the Royal Arcanum and of the Ancient Order of United Workmen.

In 1878 Mr. Colburn was united in marriage with Maria E. Hartshorn, daughter of Caleb Hartshorn, of Norwood. Mrs. Colburn is a lady of literary tastes and attainments, and is one of the trustees of the Norwood Public Library.

-t^CTHER STETSON ANDERSON, Ijl superintendent of the Ouincy Quarry _LJ? _ Company at Ouincy, Mass., was born April 9, 1858, in the neighboring town of Braintree, son of Luther Wilson Anderson, a well-known educator. He is of Scottish extraction, and descended from early settlers of Londonderry, N. H., where his paternal grandfather, Robert Anderson, who was a native and lifelong resident of that historic town, formerly known as "Nuffield," operated a saw-mill. Among the sixteen original proprietors of Londonderry in April, 1 7 19, were James Anderson, who had seven children, and Allen Anderson, who was childless. John Anderson, with his wife and four children, came over and settled in Londonderry in 1725. Robert Anderson, born in 1789, and presumably a descendant of James Anderson, died in Londonderry, N.H., in 1835. Mr. Anderson *s probable genealogy is as follows: James', David2 (married a Miss Wilson), Robert-1 (married Naomi Aiken), Robert4, Luther Wilson?, Luther Stetson6.

Luther Wilson Anderson was born in Londonderry, N.H., in 1821. He was left fatherless when a lad of fourteen years, and his services were needed to aid in supporting his widowed mother and her little family. He performed his various tasks cheerfully and manfully; and, notwithstanding the many drawbacks and obstacles he had to contend with, he fitted himself for Dartmouth College, pursued the full course, and was graduated with the class of 1846. During his college career he partly paid his expenses by teaching, but also spent some of his leisure time in the study of medicine. He abandoned the idea of becoming a physician, however, and took up the vocation of teacher, for which he was particularly adapted. His first school after his graduation was in East Braintree, where he taught two years, going thence to the Charlestown High School as principal, and in 1852 becoming master of the English High School in Boston. This position he held until his death, which occurred in 1887, a period of thirty-five consecutive years. He had a remarkable gift of imparting knowledge, was progressive in his methods, and quick to meet every demand of the new and higher educational life. He was also somewhat interested in literary pursuits, at one time doing a good deal of writing for Harper Brothers: and he was associated with the late Benjamin F. Tweed, for some years a supervisor of the

Boston schools, in the publication of a series of illustrated primers. In 1881 he was chosen treasurer of the Reece Button-hole Machine Company, an office in which he served as long as he lived; and he was also manager of the Adams Academy from its establishment in 1871 until his decease, and for many years was a trustee of the Thomas Crane Public Library. He was made a Mason in the lodge at East Weymouth.

He married Annie Warren, daughter of Amos Warren Stetson, of East Braintree. Four children were born of this union, and three are now living, namely: Luther Stetson; Jeannie Wilson, wife of Edwin S. Bennett, of Dorchester, Mass. ; and Amos Warren. For many years both parents were members of the Union Congregational Church of Weymouth and Braintree, in which the father was a Deacon; and, after coming to Quincy in 1868, he was identified with the First, or Unitarian, Congregational Church.

Luther Stetson Anderson received his elementary education in private schools, attending first one in Weymouth and afterward that of Miss Wright in Quincy. In 1869 he entered the Boston Latin School, and the following year became a pupil of the English High, from which he received his diploma in 1873. The succeeding two years he was so much out of health that he was forced to give up his studies. In 1875 he was enrolled as a student at Adams Academy, where he was graduated in 1878; and in 1882 he was graduated from Harvard College. In September of that year he secured a situation in the general freight office of the Old Colony Railway, where he worked in various capacities for three years. On September 30, 1885, Mr. Anderson became assistant to the president of the Union Pacific Railway Company. In addition to that, on April 30, 18S8, he was made assistant treasurer of the company, and in the month of June, 1889, was also appointed its assistant secretary. All these positions he held concurrently, and for a short time in 1890 he was likewise purchasing agent of the same company. From February, 1891, until the following autumn he was business manager of the New England Conservatory of Music. In 1893 he supervised the construction of the Quincy Quarry Railway, of which he was subsequently made the superintendent, a responsible position, which he is still ably filling.

Mr. Anderson is treasurer of the First Congregational, or Unitarian, Church and one of the parish assessors. He is an unswerving Republican in politics, and served in the City Council in 1893, 1894, 1896, and 1897, the latter year being chairman of the Committee on Finance.

§OSEPH CHASE, Jr., M.D.,* a representative professional man and a leading physician and surgeon of East Weymouth, was born in Boston, November 25, 185 1, son of Dr. Joseph, Sr., and Clara (d' A. -Luce) Chase. The family is of English origin, and was settled in America in the early days of the country's history.

Dr. Chase's great-grandfather Luce was a Revolutionary soldier, and was a man of noted patriotism and bravery. The elder Dr. Chase, father of the subject of this sketch, resides at Martha's Vineyard, which was his wife's native place. He is now eighty years of age. He practised dentistry for years in Boston, where he was born, and later, until he retired from active pursuits, was identified with manufacturing interests.

Joseph, Jr., in his youth attended the public schools of the city of Boston, and was graduated from the English High School. After receiving considerable private instruction, he began the study of medicine at the Boston University Medical School in 1875, and was graduated from that institution in 1878 as valedictorian of his class, a fact sufficiently attesting his superior rank in scholarship. During the year succeeding his graduation he practised medicine in Hingham, and later was in Boston and in New York City, where he was engaged in the practice of his profession and in pursuing post-graduate courses. He was then settled at Concord, N.H., for six years, and in 1887 came to East Weymouth, where he has won a widespread reputation for skill as a medical practitioner, and has built up a lucrative and constantly increasing business. Dr. Chase married Carrie A. Blaisdell, of Concord, N. H., a lady of taste and culture. He is a member of the School Committee of Weymouth, and takes an active interest in the improvement and welfare of the public schools. He is a member of the Boston Homoeopathic and 'the Massachusetts Homoeopathic Medical Societies, and of the Massachusetts Surgical and Gynaecological Societies. Dr. Chase is a Republican in politics, and is always glad to help in furthering the spread of Republican principles. He is identified with three branches of the Masonic fraternity at East Weymouth, with the United Order of Pilgrim Fathers, and with the American Order of United Workmen.

JDMUND P. CASSELL,* accountant, a /ell-known resident of Dedham, was born May 7, 1838, in Boston, a son of Edmund D. Cassell. His paternal grandfather, James Cassell, was born in England of Huguenot ancestry. In his early life he was for many years a sea captain; and prior to his marriage he settled in Boston, Mass. He subsequently removed to Cape Cod, making his home in Truro until his death, which was caused by falling downstairs. He was ninety-three years of age when he met with this fatal accident, but was a hale and hearty old gentleman, with every prospect of enjoying many more years of life on earth.

Edmund D. Cassell was born in Boston, being one of a family of ten children, and in that city spent many years of his life. While yet a boy, during the War of 18 12, he stood on Pemberton Hill, and watched the encounter between the "Chesapeake" and "Shannon," when the gallant Lawrence, having received his mortal wound, uttered the memorable words, "Don't give up the ship." After completing his education he learned the trade of house and sign painter, and, beginning business for himself in 1829, was successfully engaged therein for many years. At an early age he entered the military service as a private, and being promoted was for some time Captain of the Lafayette Guards. He was a wide-awake, keen business man. In politics he was a strong Republican from the formation of his party, and prior to that time he cast his first Presidential vote for General Jackson. In 1863 he retired from active pursuits; and he passed his last years in Dedham, dying here at the age of eighty-six years in 1888. Strictly honorable and upright in his dealings, he was held in the highest esteem and respect by his fellow-men. He was a typical gentleman of the old school, courtly and polished in his manners, and at all times a genial companion.

He married Miss Sophia Parker, a daughter of James and Esther (Lawrence) Parker, her mother being a relative of Abbott Lawrence, who was United States Minister to England, 1849-52. Of the five children born to Edmund D. and Mrs. Cassell, four grew to mature life, and three are still living, namely: Sophia, who married Seth Caldwell, Jr., president of the Girard National Bank of Philadelphia; Edmund P., the subject of this sketch; and Mary A., wife of Henry T. Mc- Clearn, who is engaged in the real estate business in Boston, but is a resident of Dedham. The mother preceded her husband to the life eternal, passing away at the age of seventythree years. Both were connected with the Baptist church.

Edmund P. Cassell received his education in the public schools of Boston, and was graduated from the Latin School with the class of 1856. He soon after became a clerk for the firm of Kimball, Robinson & Co., boot, shoe, and leather dealers, with whom he remained eight years. In 1865 he gave up the position, and started in a similar business on his own account, forming a partnership with a Mr. Parker, under the firm name of Cassell & Parker, and for ten years carrying on a successful trade in boots and shoes. Since that time he has followed the lucrative profession of an expert accountant in Boston, although he has continued his residence in Dedham, where he settled in 1865.

In 1865 Mr. Cassell married Miss Josephine H. Kingsbury, of Dedham. Her father, Lewis H. Kingsbury, was accidentally killed by a runaway team in Boston in 1893, in the seventy-eighth year of his age. Mr. Kingsbury was for forty years president of the Dedham National Bank; and for thirty years he served as Town Treasurer, besides holding other public offices of trust and responsibility. He and his wife, whose maiden name was Eunice Haven, reared seven children, of whom four are still living. Mrs. Kingsbury was born in Boston, and died in Dedham, at the age of sixty-four years. Mr. and Mrs. Cassell have the following children: Jennie K., wife of Lewis D. Smith, a provision dealer in Boston, but a resident of Dedham, where he is Past Master of the local lodge of Free Masons; Edmund P., Jr., is engaged in the real estate business in New York; and Mabel J.

In politics Mr. Cassell is a stanch Republican. He is a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity, belonging to Constellation Lodge, F. & A. M., of which he was one of the first members; and to Hyde Park Chapter, of Hyde Park. He is an attendant of the Episcopal church, of which Mrs. Cassell and the daughters are communicants.

LFRED C. SMITH,* a rising young lawyer of Dedham, and also a practitioner at the Suffolk County bar in Boston, was born in this old Norfolk County town, January 11, 1873,. son of Alfred M. and Mary J. (Heagan) Smith. His paternal grandfather, Webb Smith, was a prosperous farmer of Cornish, N.H., lived to be eighty years old, and was the father of thirteen children.

Alfred M. Smith, son of Webb and father of Alfred C. Smith, was born in Cornish, and reared upon the homestead farm. At the age of twenty-one he went to Lowell, Mass., where he was employed for a time as night watchman in a cotton factory; and he then became an employee of the Boston & Lowell Railroad Company. He later entered the service of the Boston & Providence Railroad Company, was assigned to duty on the Dedham division, and was appointed a conductor in 1861. He is still in active service, and with one exception is the oldest conductor on the Dedham branch. He has resided here for forty years. His wife, whose maiden name was Mary J. Heagan, was born in Egypt, Me., daughter of James and Amelia Heagan, the former of whom was an industrious tiller of the soil. Mrs. Smith has reared two children, namely: Adelaide N., who is female probation officer, with headquarters at the State House, Boston ; and Alfred C, the subject of this sketch. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred M. Smith are members of the Congregational church.

Alfred C. Smith was graduated from the grammar school in 1886 and from the Dedham High School in 1890. His law studies were pursued under the direction of Judge Grover, of Canton; J. J. Teely, Assistant District Attorney for Norfolk and Plymouth Counties; and James E. Cotter, who has recently acquired considerable distinction for his able management of the defence in the Bram murder trial. Mr. Smith finished his course at the Boston University School of Law, June 7, 1893, and was the youngest student ever graduated from that department. On January 11, 1894, his twenty-first birthday, he was admitted to the bar; and, immediately opening an office in Dedham, he practised his profession alone until 1895, when he became associated with J. J. Teely at 95 Milk Street, Boston.

In politics Mr. Smith is a Democrat. He has. been a member of the Town Committee since 1894, and as a campaign speaker is eloquent and forcible. He is a member of the Park Commission, and was a candidate for Representative to the legislature in 1896. In Masonry he has advanced to the Royal Arch degree, being a member of Constellation Lodge, F. & A. M., and Norfolk Chapter, R. A. M., of Hyde Park. He is a member of the Norfolk County Bar Association. Mr. Smith attends the Congregational church.

UGUSTUS WHITTEMORE, a retired business man residing on Carleton Street, Brookline, was born in Weymouth, February 12, 1821, son of James and Hannah (Stevens) Whittemore. The first ancestor of the Whittemores, who are of English origin, settled in Somerville, Mass., where a branch of the family still resides. Samuel Whittemore, grandfather of Augustus, was a farmer of West Cambridge. James Whittemore for many years kept a general store in Weymouth, and was a member of the firm of Tufts & Whittemore. The Tufts family were related to John Quincy Adams, whom James Whittemore remembered very well. James went into the insurance business later in life. He also became Postmaster of the town and a Justice of the Peace, and was known as Esquire Whittemore. Upon retiring from public life, he removed to Cherry Valley, Mass., where he died in the eighty-sixth year of his age. He married a daughter of Calvin Stevens, who was a farmer of Hillsboro, N.H., and the father of fourteen children. Of the six children born to James Whittemore and his wife four reached maturity and Sarah Jane and Augustus are still living. Sarah Jane married John E. Bruce. Both parents were members of the Congregational church. The mother died at the age of seventy-five years.

Augustus Whittemore spent his early youth in Weymouth, finishing his education at Weymouth Academy. He then entered his father's store as a clerk. When nineteen years old he went to Boston, and became a clerk in the silk goods jobbing-house of Francis H. Blanchard & Co., in 1846 becoming a member of the firm. In 1852 he resigned to become a clerk in an adjoining concern. Here he had been employed for four years, when the firm was succeeded by that of Ordway, Bradish & Co. In 1857 this firm went out of business, and Mr. Whittemore started a commission business, in which'he continued until 1 884, when he permanently retired.

Mr. Whittemore, in 1848, contracted his first marriage with Sarah B., daughter of Samuel H. Babcock, a Boston merchant. She died in 1852, at the age of twenty-eight, having borne her husband two children. Of these, Ida H. married Richard H. Soule, the superintendent of locomotive power on the Norfolk & Western Railroad in Virginia, and has two children - Windsor and Augustus Whittemore Soule. Mr. Whittemore subsequently married Sarah C. Appleton, daughter of John Burnham, a lawyer of Hillsboro, N.H. By her he has one child, Ethel M. , now the widow of Charles F. Wentworth, who was an architect of the firm of Cram, Wentworth & Goodhue, and died February 8, 1897.

Mr. Whittemore formerly belonged to the old Whig party, and is now a Republican. He has been a Selectman of the town of Brookline for one year. He has travelled extensively, and is well known in social circles. The members of his family attend the Episcopal church, and his daughters take an active interest in church affairs. He has been a member of the New England Guard and of the Home Guard, and since 1864 of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston. When that famous body attended the dedication of the Washington Monument in the national capital, Mr. Whittemore, who was then its Captain, was called upon by General Sheridan, and personally complimented upon the fine form of his command.

^~" Street, Dedham, over the postoffice, was born December 4, 1858, in Ipswich, Essex County, Mass., in the very house in which his father, John H. Shatswell, his grandfather, John Shatswell, and his greatgrandfather Shatswell first opened their eyes to the light of this world. This house was built in 1636, and has ever since that time been in the possession of the Shatswell family, being now owned by the Doctor's aunt. It has been the birthplace of nine generations in direct descent from the original owner.

The Doctor's grandfather succeeded to the ownership of the old homestead, becoming an extensive farmer and a large land-owner, and there spending his seventy-five years of life. He had six children, four daughters and two sons, all of whom are still living.

John H. Shatswell was brought up on the old homestead, receiving his education in the Ipswich schools. When a young man he turned his attention to seafaring pursuits, going first on whaling voyages; and he was afterward engaged in the West India trade as master of a vessel for twenty years. Captain Shatswell subsequently settled in his native town, where he is now living retired from active business. He is a genial, whole-souled man, notably just and honest, and eminently worthy of the high respect in which he is held. He has been a steward and class leader of the Methodist church, of which his wife also was a devoted member; and he is very prominent in Masonic circles, belonging to the John F. Hurd Lodge, F. & A. M., of which he was Master six years; to the Royal Arch Chapter; and to the Knights of Malta Commandery. He married Miss Harriet A. Hills, who was born and bred in Ipswich, a daughter of Albert and Eunice A. (Perkins) Hills. Her father was a country merchant and for many years one of the leading business men of the town. He reared two children, namely: Harriet A. (Mrs. Shatswell), who died at the age of fifty-seven years; and a son who is still living. Mrs. Shatswell was the mother of three children, of whom the Doctor is the only survivor.

Henry K. Shatswell spent his early years in the parental home. He acquired his education in the public schools, and then went to work in a printing-office in Ipswich. Later he started a paper called the Ipswich Independent, which he published about eighteen months. During this time he had studied medicine to some extent ; and on giving up his paper he went to Chicago, 111., and attended the Chicago Medical College. Returning to New England, he practised for a time with a local physician in Northern Vermont. He then went back to Chicago, and in t888 received his diploma from the Medical College. Locating his office for practice at Park Square, Boston, Dr. Shatswell shortly took up the study of dentistry, and in 1891 was graduated from the Boston Dental College. Since that time the Doctor has been one of the most busy and successful men of the clay. He continued the practice of both branches of his profession for a year, at the same time occupying the position of teacher of chemistry in the Dental College and of superintendent of the Suffolk Dispensary, later connected with the College of Physicians. In 1892 he came to Dedham, and opened his present office, at that time the only office in the place. He has here won an extensive and lucrative patronage, his business necessitating the aid of two assistants. With the energy and enterprise for which he has always been noted, Dr. Shatswell has opened two other dental offices, one in Medfield and one in Mattapan, in both of which he has a good practice. He has also the appointment of visiting surgeon at the Boston Oral Hospital.

Dr. Shatswell is known as one of the brightest and most promising members of his profession in this part of the State, his knowledge of medicine as well as of dental surgery being of inestimable value to him in his work; and he is a valued member of the Massachusetts Dental Society. He is active in fraternal circles, belonging to Allan Lodge, No. 126, I. O. O. F., of Hyde Park, and being Commander of the Knights of Malta Commandery of the same place. He is an attendant of the Unitarian church, and is a member of the American Yacht Club.

£f|-AMES S. JONES* was born in Boston, Mass., February 7, 1806, son of Elisha and Betsey (Thayer) Jones, of that city. On his mother's side he was a descendant in the seventh generation of John and Priscilla (Mullins) Alden, of the Plymouth Colony. His grandfather, Colonel Elisha Jones, held a commission under King- George; but at the first outbreak of hostilities between the American colonies and the English government he resigned it, and accepted a similar position in the Continental army. On the day of the Concord fight some British troops were encamped upon the lawn in front of the Jones mansion. Colonel Jones, having been detailed to guard the stores, valued at fifty thousand dollars, which had been sent to Concord by Elbridge Gerry, was fired upon by the British; but the balls missed their mark, and entered the wall of the house, where the bullet holes may be seen to this day. Colonel Barrett, who commanded at Concord on that clay, was a cousin of Colonel Jones.

Elisha Jones, father of James S., was a prominent commission merchant and importer of foreign goods of Boston. He died in Concord at the old homestead, and was buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. His wife, Betsey Thayer Jones, of Braintree, traced her family back to a Thayer who left Gloucester, Eng- land, in 161 8. She also claimed descent from John and Priscilla (Mullins) Alden, thus establishing a connection with the famous Adams family of Massachusetts. Her mother was Dorothy Hunt, whose ancestors left Weymouth, England, in 1610. One of her maternal ancestors was Captain Ephraim Hunt, who took an active part in the early French and Indian wars in Canada, and received a grant of a whole township as a reward of his military services. Mrs. Jones is buried in the old Copp's Hill Burying-ground in Boston.

James S. Jones received his early mental training in the public schools of Boston. He was then sent to Day's Academy at Wrentham, where he fitted himself for the position of a teacher. When quite a young man he went to reside upon the old family estate in Concord, which has been in the possession of the family for one hundred and twenty-five years. Here he took care of an aged uncle and aunt until their death, when he became their sole heir. The estate, one of the most beautiful in historic Concord, is now the home of his daughter Mary and her family. Mr. Jones died June 1, 1887. His wife, Elmira, was a daughter of Ariel and Abbie Cheever, representatives of one of the old families of Concord, who trace their ancestry back to one of two brothers, Daniel and Bartholomew Cheever, who came to this country from Canterbury, England, in 1637. Daniel took up and brought under cultivation twenty acres of goverment land in what is now Cambridge, Mass.

Mr. and Mrs. Jones reared two children - Alice E. and Mary E. Alice married Horace Hawes, a member of an old Wrentham family of that name; and they have two children - Elizabeth J. and Horace. Mary became the wife of Owen Bearse, of Cape Cod, a son of Captain Bearse, whose ancestors fought for American independence.

Mr. Owen Bearse died in the fall of 1896. He and his wife had four children, of whom two are now living - Mary P. and Alice H. Lillian A. died in childhood, and Mark L. met his death by accident while the family were on a pleasure trip in the South. Mrs. Bearse and her two surviving children reside at the old homestead in Concord.

T^LBRIDGE NASH,* a well-known pharpl macist of South Weymouth, was born in Weymouth, Mass., October 8, 1841, son of William G. and Dorothy B. Nash. The father was a merchant at Nash's Corners for many years. The grandfather, William G., is still living, in the eightyeighth year of his age.

Elbridge Nash attended the public and high schools of South Weymouth. He subsequently spent two years as a clerk in a clothing store. August 29, 1862, he enlisted in Company K, Forty-fourth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, which was attached to the command of General Foster, and operated mainly in North Carolina. With this regiment he took part in the actions at Kingston, White Hall, and Goldsboro. He was also with the besieged troops at Little Washington, N.C. He returned with his regiment to Newbern, N.C, and discharged provost duty there until honorably discharged, June 18, 1863. For several years after the war Mr. Nash was in his father's employ as clerk in his general store at Nash's Corners. In 1876 he engaged in the drug business at South Weymouth, where he has since located; and during this period of twenty years he has built up an excellent trade. He married first Elizabeth Harty, of Gloucester, Mass., who is now deceased. His present wife was in maidenhood Mary J. Harty.

Mr. Nash is an active member of the Reynolds Post, No. 58, G. A. R., and for a quarter of a century has been its Quartermaster. On various occasions also he has served as treasurer of the G. A. R. fairs held by that post at East Weymouth. He is a member of Wildey Lodge, I. O. O. F.. at South Weymouth; and is also connected with Orphans' Hope Lodge, A. F. & A. M., at East Weymouth.

§AMES MICHAEL FOLAN,* a prosperous boot and shoe merchant of Norwood, was born in South Dedham, February 14, 1865, son of Michael and Catherine (Flaherty) Folan. The father emigrated from County Galway, Ireland, to the United States in 1861, and located in South Dedham in 1863. His wife, Catherine, who is a daughter of James Flaherty, of Ireland, became the mother of five children; namely, Delia, Margaret, Patrick, John, and James M. James Michael Folan attended the Everett School until he was fifteen years old, and then began to contribute toward his own support by working in a foundry. He was later employed in a tannery, still later worked at the jeweller's trade for ten months in North Attleboro, Mass., and subsequently served an apprenticeship to the house painter's trade. Ambitious and progressive, he decided to enter mercantile life; and, though without experience or credit, he at length succeeded in establishing himself in the shoe business at the corner of Washington and Railroad Streets. His upright character and the regularity with which he has met his obligations have gained for him the respect of business men and won the confidence of the public. He has made some successful real estate deals, thus strengthening his financial standing; and, as a rising young business man, his future is bright and promising. He takes a lively interest in the welfare and prosperity of his native town, and is a leading spirit in forwarding all practical measures for its improvement. He is a member of the Business Men's Association and of the local court of the Catholic Order of Foresters. On June 2, 1892, Mr. Folan was united in marriage with Julia A. Ford, daughter of James and Julia Ford, of Needham, Mass., and has one son, Leo M.

§ARED N. HAYES,* a carpenter and builder of Foxboro, was born October 5, 1830, in Granby, Conn., the birthplace of his father, Chauncey Hayes, and of his grandfather, Dudley Hayes. He is of distinguished ancestry, being a kinsman of a President of the United States, Rutherford B. Hayes. A complete record of the Hayes family has been preserved in the work entitled Genealogy of the Hayes Family, recently published at Buffalo, N.Y., by the Rev. Charles Wells Hayes, rector of St. Peter's Church of Westfield, N.Y., and a member of the historical societies of Maine, Wisconsin, and Buffalo, N.Y., and of the

New England Genealogical Society. Dudley Hayes entered the Revolutionary army when a lad of eighteen years, and in one of the engagements of that war received a wound that made him a cripple for life. He owned a farm in Granby, and there carried on general farming until his death, at the venerable age of eighty-six years. He married a Miss Dewey.

Chauncey Hayes early chose farming as his life occupation, and purchased land adjoining the homestead of his parents. He cleared and improved a valuable farm, which is now in the possession of one of his sons. Active and enterprising, he for some years carried on a substantial business in manufacturing lumber, having built a saw-mill on his estate. He lived to a ripe old age, passing away in 1 88 1. He married Savilla Rose, of Granville, Mass., and they reared eight children, as follows: Maria, Chauncey, Wealthy, Jared N., Lavinia, Mills, Chloe, and Hiram. Chloe lives in Great Barrington, Mass., and Hiram resides on the old homestead in Granby, these two and Jared N. being the only surviving members of the family.

Jared N. Hayes obtained a practical education in the district schools of his native town, and on the home farm was well trained in the science of agriculture. Not caring to spend his life in tilling the soil, however, he served an apprenticeship of three years at the trade of a carpenter and joiner, after which he embarked in business for himself at Winsfed, Conn., and later in Great Barrington, Mass. His first work in the latter place was a large brick block, which has been recently burned. On the completion of that building he went to New Lebanon, N.Y., where he was employed by the Shakers ten years as a carpenter. In 1 861 he returned to Great Barrington, remaining there actively engaged until his removal to Foxboro in 1882. Since coming here he has had charge of the construction of some of the finest residences in this locality, and has rebuilt his own dwelling-house, making it one of the most attractive of any in the town, and an ornament to that part of Cocasset Street on which it is located.

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death he married for his second wife Miss Sarah Hale, who lived but a few years after their union. He was subsequently united in marriage with Miss Lucy M. Farwell, a most estimable woman, noted for her social and domestic virtues. Mr. Hayes has lost two children, one by his first marriage and one by his second. He is a strong Republican in his political affiliations, having joined that party on its formation. He cast his first Presiden.- tial vote in 1852 for Franklin Pierce. While living in Great Barrington he served as police officer for several years, and for the past six years he has been Chief Engineer of the Foxboro Fire Department. He is a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity, having advanced as far as the Commandery. He is a member of the Baptist church.

ILLIAM TURNER CHADWICK,* a successful farmer of West Dedham, was born at the North End, Boston, May 8, 1823, son of William Chadwick. His father was a native and lifelong resident of Boston. The grandparents came from England, where two of their daughters were born. William Chadwick had three children: William Turner, the subject of this sketch; Joseph H., the founder of the Chadwick Lead Works, a large Boston concern; and Rhoda Elizabeth, wife of Francis Freeman.

William Turner Chadwick spent his early years in Boston. He commenced when quite young to be self-supporting, finding employment at the age of eight with a Mrs. Brewer, a dressmaker, for whom he delivered bundles, working outside of school hours. Afterward he worked in a store until ten years old, at which time he returned to the shelter of his parents' roof, and for two years was a regular attendant at school, first at the Mayo and later at the Dudley Street School. He next secured a position with an omnibus line as conductor, which occupation he followed about a year. After that he clerked in different stores until sixteen years old, at which time he began learning the shoemaker's trade. This did not prove a congenial occupation; and, an opportunity offering, he learned the trade of a tannner and currier, which he followed during the rest of his minority, boarding at home with his widowed mother. The next three years he bought and curried leather on his own account, selling the finished product ; and when about twenty-seven years old he became a confidential clerk in the large establishment of his brother, the Chadwick Lead Works, where he remained about ten years. Close confinement to office work injuriously affecting his health, he bought and conducted a shoe store in Chelsea, Mass., for about three years. He also dealt to some extent in real estate, buying and selling land and houses in Boston, Everett, and other places. In 1863 he came to Dedham, and settled on the farm where he has since resided.

At twenty-five years of age Mr. Chadwick was joined in marriage with Miss Mehitable C. Sloman, daughter of Captain John Sloman, of Wiscasset, Me., who was of English parentage. One son has been born of their union, William Edward, who married Bessie M. Lyon, and has four daughters. This son with his wife and family reside on the farm, the business of which he superintends.

Mr. Chadwick has long taken an active interest in the temperance cause. He is also interested in the Young Men's Christian Association, with which he connected himself when a young man. He is a Republican in his political views.

ILLIAM JONES GRIGGS, a prominent citizen of Brookline, residing on the old Griggs homestead, was born there on June 6, 1821, son of Deacon Thomas and Harriet (Fuller) Griggs. The Griggs family, which is one of the oldest in this section of the State, traces its origin to Thomas Griggs, who settled in Roxbury in 1635. Thomas had two wives. The first was Mary, who died in 1639, leaving three children- - John, Joseph, and a daughter. The maiden name of the second was Mary Green, whom he married on August 26, 1640. Thomas died on May 23, 1646.

February 10, in 1 7 14 or 171 5. He was a very prominent man, having been Selectman of Roxbury for five years, Deputy to General Court in 1681, and an important man in the church. He was first married to Mary Crafts, of Roxbury, who died June 30, 1653. His second marriage was contracted with Hannah Davis on November 8, 1654. She died January 9, 1683. Ichabod Griggs, son of Joseph, was born September 27, 1675. Nine children were born to him and his wife, Margaret. Their son Thomas, who, born in 171 5, died July 7, 1782, on September 1, 1743, married Margaret Williams, who bore him ten children. A cordwainer by trade, Thomas worked at that calling for many years in what is known as the Downer house, which was built by him. He afterward sold this estate, and purchased one on Harvard Street. Thomas's son, Samuel C, the grandfather of William J. Griggs, was born on December 23, 1753, and died on January 16, 1 8 14. Samuel was a farmer, carrying on an extensive trade, and spent his entire life here. His wife, who was Beulah, daughter of Daniel and Lucy (Jones) Hammond, of Newton, died August 21, 1847, having been the mother of nine children.

Deacon Thomas Griggs, father of William J., was born April 5, 1788, on the Griggs farm, where he resided until the death of his father. He had a part of the original farm. Later he purchased more land, and in 1845 built upon his property the house now standing. Some time after he removed to a house on Washington Street, situated on a part of the same farm, and there spent the last years of his life, dying at the age of ninety-nine years. He was one of the most prominent and influential citizens of Brookline, having served the town in various capacities, and always caring for the public interests with sound judgment and with a high order of executive ability. He was Selectman for many years and Overseer of the Poor and Assessor. His wife, Harriet, was a daughter of Jonathan Fuller, of Needham. The first-born of a family of six children, she was the first of them to die, which event occurred August 13, 1S67, at the age of seventy years; and the deaths of her brothers and sisters followed in the order of their respective ages. Deacon Thomas Griggs and his wife had a family of seven children, six of whom are living. They were: Caroline, born January 27, 1820, now the widow of the late David Sullivan Coolidge; William J., the subject of this sketch; Mary Jane, born September 18, 1822, now the wife of Hezekiah Shailer, of Haddam, Conn.; Ellen, born May 5, 1824, now the widow of Charles Jewett Saxe, of Highgate, Vt. ; Thomas B., born May 1, 1826; Amanda, deceased, born May 26, 1828, who married Hezekiah Smith Chase, of Boston; and Francis Henry, born November 14, 1834, who is now a prominent man in Davenport, la.

William J. Griggs attended the common schools and later Worcester Academy. From Worcester he returned home to assist his father. When the latter removed to the house on Washington Street, Mr. Griggs took possession of the old home and some fifty acres of land, which he cultivated as a vegetable garden. He subsequently sold a number of building lots, and has now but about twenty acres of the original farm. He deals in real estate, and does market gardening. In politics he is a Republican. The first town office to which he was elected was that of Highway Surveyor, which he held for four years. In 1862 he was elected Selectman, and he held that responsible position for eight consecutive years. He has also been Overseer of the Poor, and was a member of the Board of Water Commissioners during the first ten years subsequent to the formation of the board. It was during his term of office that the high service was introduced.

In 1865 Mr. Griggs was united in marriage with Mary Gipson, a native of South Boston. Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Griggs, three of whom, Mary, Sarah, and Lucy, are living. Mary, who married Dr. Scott Dow, of Allston Street, died at the age of thirty, leaving two children - William and Edmund. Sarah married Charles Dyer, a provision dealer, and has one daughter, Louisa. Lucy married Dr. Bowker, of Brookline, a Harvard graduate, and has one child, William H. Mr. Griggs and his family attend and support the Baptist church, and his daughters are members of the church.

LONZO W. DUNBAR,* painter and decorator of Hyde Park, was born May 4, 1850, in Springfield, Mass. He is a son of Marvin and Sophia (Gritman) Dunbar, his father being a native of Vermont and his mother a native of New York.

Marvin Dunbar was educated in the common schools of Vermont, living on the parental farm through the years of his boyhood and early manhood. On leaving home he went first to Connecticut, where he spent a few years} going thence to Springfield, Mass. Later he came to Norfolk County, taking up his abode in that part of the town of Dedham now included within the corporate limits of Hyde Park. He learned the trade of a painter; and in 1885 he removed to New Hampshire, where he is still working at his chosen vocation. Four children were born to him and his wife, Sophia; and three of them are now living, one being a daughter, Mary H. The parents are connected with the Baptist church.

Alonzo W. Dunbar attended the public schools of Springfield until he was fifteen years old, when he entered the United States Navy, and went to sea under Admiral Farragut. He was thus engaged for three and onehalf years, being in European waters two years. Returning to Springfield, he learned the moulder's trade; and later he worked with his father as a painter, continuing with him after the removal of the family to this town. In 1872, some years before his father went to New Hampshire, Mr. Dunbar assumed the management of the business which he has since conducted. He carries on a very extensive business in painting and decorating, employing about thirty men, and has won an extended reputation as an artistic and skilful workman, having had charge of the decorating and painting of some of the finest buildings in Hyde Park and surrounding towns and cities.

Mr. Dunbar was first married in 1875 to W. Dora Stevens, who was born in West Dedham, and was a daughter of John Nelson Stevens. Her father was for many years a noted teacher in West Dedham, whence he removed to Readville, where he spent his declining years. At the age of twenty-three, at a comparatively short time after her marriage, Mrs. Dora S. Dunbar passed to the life immortal. Mr. Dunbar afterward married Miss Hannah McCloskey, his present wife, who is a native of Boston. Of the five children born to them three are living; namely, Alonzo Conness, Gertrude S., and Louisa A.

In politics Mr. Dunbar is a straight Republican. Fraternally, he belongs to Allyn Lodge of Hyde Park, also to the Neponset Tribe of Red Men, No. 132, and was formerly connected with the Waverly Club. He is an active member of the Union Evangelical, or Congregational, Church, and has been clerk and treasurer of the society.

FENTON BULLOCK,* president of South Weymouth Co-operative ik and manager in the South Shore district for Fleischmann & Co., manufacturers of compressed yeast, has been a resident of South Weymouth for the last quarter of a century. He was born June 14, 1837, in Stanstead, P.O., Canada, where his father, Noble Bullock, was a farmer and an early settler.

Mr. A. Fenton Bullock lived in his native county until about twenty-one years of age, acquiring a limited education in the schools of the neighborhood, his book knowledge being supplemented in after years by observation and business experience. At twenty-one he came to South Weymouth, and for a time engaged in general work for Deacon Josiah Reed, being also employed in a shoe factory. Afterward he was employed for a period of two years in general work about the store and stables of J. Austin Rogers, merchant and livery stable proprietor. Mr. Rogers then sold out his business; and Mr. Bullock was engaged for a time by his successor, Freeman Curtis. The next five years were spent in his native place, where for two years he carried on an express business between Stanstead and Derby Line, Vt. ; and then, in company with his brother, Francis F. Bullock, he established himself in general mercantile business, the firm of A. F. Bullock & Co. existing for about three years. After that the brothers went West to Cloud County, Kansas; and Mr.

A. F. Bullock there devoted some attention to agriculture, and was also engaged for two years in mercantile business at Glasco, Kan., in partnership with J. M. Copeland. In 1872 he returned to South Weymouth, and for about twelve months was employed in the shoe factory of C. & P. H. Tirrill, of South Weymouth. He then entered his present business, first as salesman for N. & E. Rosenfeld, general agents for Fleischmann & Co., of New York, with whom he was associated twenty-one years: and since that time he has been employed directly by Fleischmann & Co., the Boston office having been given up.

Mr. Bullock is a trustee of the South Weymouth Savings Bank and one of the incorporators of the Co-operative Bank, of which he has served as president since its organization. He is a director of the South Weymouth Agricultural and Industrial Society. He is a member of Wildey Lodge, I. O. O. F., a Past Grand of the order, and is now serving as chaplain. He is also a member of Orphans' Hope Lodge, A. F. & A. M., at East Weymouth, and has served as a trustee in that lodge. Mr. Bullock, as is seen from his record, is a public-spirited citizen. He married Hattie M. Farrington, daughter of Jason Farrington, of this town. He is a member of the Universalist church, and is on the Prudential Committee of the society.

§OHN L. WAKEFIELD,* of the Boston law firm, Rand, Vinton & Wakefield, resides in Dedham, Mass., where he was born, July 3, 1859, son of Thomas L. and Frances A. (Lathrop) Wakefield. On the paternal side he comes from a long line of American ancestry of English origin, the branch of the family to which he belongs having been represented in this country more than two hundred years. His grandfather, Thomas Wakefield, was a pioneer farmer of Londonderry, Vt., where he died at a venerable age. He reared five children, one of them being Thomas L. Wakefield, the father above named.

to enter upon a professional career, he fitted for college at the academy in Chester, Vt., and entering Dartmouth was graduated with the class of 1843. He first practised law in Bordentown, N.J., and later in New York State, where he was admitted to the bar in 1845, anc' Ior a time was associated with A. S. Gannon. He subsequently went to Allentown, N. Y. , and from there to Fulton County, where he was District Attorney two years. He was well known throughout Eastern and Central New York, as he served some years while in that State as Dean of the Albany Law School. In 1850 he removed his office to Boston, where he continued his practice as long as he lived, having his home for a while in Chelsea, but the greater part of the time being a resident of Dedham. On first locating in Boston he was in partnership with his brother, John H. Wakefield, and from the time of his brother's death until 1884 he was alone. In that year he took into partnership his sons, Thomas H. and John L., the business being subsequently carried on until his death, in 1888, under the firm name of T. L. Wakefield & Sons. In 1865 and 1866 he was a Representative to the General Court and in 1 87 1 and 1872 State Senator. While in the Senate he was chairman of the Judiciary Committee, and also of the commission to build the State Reformatory at Concord, Mass. In his legal practice he made a specialty of patent cases, acting as auditor and referee in many important cases. Among the young men who pursued the study of law under his instruction, and who have since attained eminence in the profession, may be mentioned, besides his two sons, George Fred Williams, Charles W. Carrow, and Frank W. Shorey.

Thomas L. Wakefield was twice married. His first wife, formerly Miss Jane Perry, was born in Fayetteville, Vt., a daughter of Dr. William Perry. She died in 1853, having borne him three children, namely: Gertrude, who died in childhood; Thomas H., who died November 9, 1896, having been for many years a prominent lawyer in Boston; and Jane Maria, wife of Clifton D. Baxter, of Dedham. His second wife, Frances A. Lathrop, who was born in Boston, was a daughter of the Rev. John P. and Maria M. (Long) Lathrop.

Her father was an ordained minister of the Methodist church in Burlington, N.J., and was for many years a chaplain in the United States Navy. His union with Miss Long was solemnized in British Guiana; and they afterward settled in Philadelphia, where Mr. Lathrop died December 29, 1843. Of the second marriage of Mr. Wakefield there were four children, as follows: John L., the special subject of this biographical sketch; Frank M. , a cotton broker in the office of Stephen Wells in Boston; Julius Ross, who is in the office of the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company; and Ella Marguerite. The mother, Mrs. Frances A. Lathrop Wakefield, is still living, making her home in Dedham.

John L. Wakefield in his boyhood and youth attended successively the common school, a private school in Dedham, the high school, and Harvard College, where he was graduated in 1880. He subsequently pursued his law studies with his father, and in 1884 was admitted to the bar. He accepted the position of assistant manager of the Massachusetts Title and Guarantee Company, with which he was connected in a legal capacity until 1895, when he resigned to become a member of the enterprising and well-known law firm of Rand, Vinton & Wakefield, which is located on Milk Street, Boston, and carries on an extensive business.

Mr. Wakefield is one of the foremost men of his community. For nine years he has rendered the town efficient service as a member of the School Board. He is also a member of the Dedham Historical Society, and is president of the Dedham Boat Club and a member of the University Club of Boston. He is a stanch Democrat in politics. He is a vestryman of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, with which his father was connected as vestryman, warden, and treasurer for thirty years.

"ON. LOUIS T. CUSHING, attorney and counsellor at law, was born in Boston, May 31, 1849, son or Thomas and Elizabeth A. (Baldwin) Cushing. His immigrant ancestor, Matthew Cushing, came to this country in the ship "Diligent" in 1638, and settled in Hingham, Mass. One of his ancestors on the paternal side, Colonel Henry Lee, was a soldier in the Revolutionary army. His mother's grandfather also, Enoch Baldwin, took part in the battle of Bunker Hill, and subsequently fought under Washington. Thomas Cushing, father of Louis T., was a well-known teacher, and for half a century was identified with the Chauncy Hall School in Boston.

Louis T. Cushing grew to manhood in Boston, and fitted for Harvard College at the Chauncy Hall School. Entering Harvard in 1866, he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in the class of 1870. After spending three years in Wisconsin, raising grain and live stock near Madison, he returned home, and entered Boston University Law School, at which he graduated in 1875, with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. That same year he was admitted to the Suffolk bar, and began to practise at Cohasset, then as now his place of residence. He later opened an office in the John Hancock Building. Boston ; and his place of business is now at 423 in that building.

In 1 87 1 Mr. Cushing was married to Mary R., daughter of Major William B. and Sarah A. (Fabens) Johnson. Major Johnson, who died in 1872, was born in Boston. His wife was a native of Salem, Mass. Six children, all living, have blessed the union of Mr. and Mrs. Cushing; namely, Thomas ]., Charles B., William F., Robert L., Richard W. , and Sally Fabens Cushing. Mr. Cushing is an ardent Republican, his first Presidential vote having been cast for General U. S. Grant. He has served on the Republican Town Committee since 1874 as chairman or secretary, and is at present chairman of the First Plymouth Senatorial Committee and a member of the Republican State Committee for that district. During the long session of 1883 Mr. Cushing was in the legislature, representing Cohasset, Scituate, and South Scituate. He has served as a trustee of the Cohasset Public Library since its establishment, and has been an earnest friend to the library. He is deeply interested in the schools of his town, and is always ready to aid the cause of education, as shown by his twenty years' service as a mem- ber of the Cohasset School Committee, during which time he has held every office on the board. Mr. Cushing is a member of the First Church (Unitarian) of Cohasset.

proprietor of a large bakery in Norwood, Mass., was born in Halifax, Vt., October 16, 1843, son of Elijah B. and Abigail (Woodard) Farnsworth. The family is said to be of Scotch origin, and ancestors of Mr. Farnsworth were early settlers in the Green Mountain State. His great-grandfather, Joseph Farnsworth, who was probably a native of Vermont, served as an officer in the Continental army during the Revolutionary War; and the sword that he wore is still in the family's possession. Thomas Farnsworth, son of Joseph and grandfather of Henry E., was a lifelong resident of Halifax, Vt. , and followed the blacksmith's trade.

Elijah B. Farnsworth, son of Thomas, was born in Halifax, and learned the blacksmith's trade with his father. He followed this occupation in connection with farming in Vermont for a number of years; and then, moving to the northern part of New York State, he operated a saw-mill for the rest of his life. He died at the age of sixty-three years. His first wife, Abigail Woodard, who was a daughter of Benjamin Woodard, of Halifax, became the mother of two children, namely: Henry Elijah, the subject of this sketch; and Abigail Woodard, wife of R. J. Wallace, of Kansas. Elijah B. Farnsworth married for his second wife Martha Briggs, and by this union had one daughter, Lizzie, who married William Bosworth, of Mooers, N.Y.

Henry Elijah Farnsworth was educated in his native town, and when seventeen years old he accompanied his parents to New York State. He assisted his father in the mill until he was twenty-one, when he went to Essex, Vt., and for the next two years was there employed as a farm assistant. After that he resided in Weston and Lexington, Mass., for a short time; and in May, 1S68, he began work in his cousin's bakery at Hyde

Park. After an experience of fourteen years, he, in December, 1882, established his present bakery in Norwood, where he has since resided, his business being both extensive and profitable. He is a member of the Business Men's Association, and takes an active interest in all measures relating to the growth and prosperity of the town. In Masonry he is well advanced, being a member of Orient Lodge, A. F. & A. M. ; Hebron Chapter, R. A. M. ; and Cyprus Commandery, Knights Templar, of Hyde Park - having filled various important chairs in each of these organizations. He is also connected with the Ancient Order of United Workmen, and is a charter member of Tiot Lodge, I. O. O. F.

Mr. Farnsworth married Miriam Parker, daughter of George Parker, of Hyde Park. Of four children born to this union three are living; namely, Frank Henry, Gertrude Evaline, and Ruth Parker. In politics Mr. Farnsworth supports the Republican party, and in his religious views he is a Congregationalism

EVI LADD. It is not the purpose of this sketch to write a history of the Ladd family in America. But to note a few facts and incidents along the pathway of the generations from father to son, that two hundred and sixty-five years ago had in America a beginning, may, to the biographer of the future, to him who chases facts for the information they contain, and to the descendants of the emigrant, be of interest. Also to make a brief record of Appleton, the ancestors of Mrs. Ladd, and of Nancy Young, the mother of Levi Ladd.

One of the pioneers in the great work of founding this free and prosperous nation was Daniel Ladd of County Kent, England, the progenitor of the Ladd family in America, who took the oath of supremacy and allegiance to pass to New England in the "Mary and John " of London, Captain Robert Sayres, Master, March 24, 1633. He first settled at Ipswich, Essex County, Mass., where he built a house; in 1639 he moved to Salisbury and in 1645, Daniel Ladd, William White, Samuel Gile, James Davis, Henry Palmer, John

Robinson, Christopher Hussey, John Williams, Richard Littlehale, Abraham Tyler, Joseph Merrie and Job Clements ascended the Great (Merrimack) River to the Wild Woods of Pentucket (Haverhill) and were the original settlers of that town.

Chase, in his History of Haverhill, says: "Daniel Ladd doubtless found farming quite a different thing from what most farmers of the present day find it. His house lot was in the village, his planting-ground in two places, a part of it on the Great Plain, from one to two miles east of the village, and the other part up the Great River as far on the west of the village; while his meadow lands were in seven lots and as many distinct meadows. East Meadow was in the easterly part of the town, three miles from his home lot; while Spicket Meadow was at least eight miles in the opposite direction. Pond Meadow was two miles north-east, Hawkes Meadow some three miles west, Primrose Swamp two miles north-west, and Mistake Meadow somewhere in the westerly part of the town. When we reflect that in those days highways were at best but primitive cart-paths through the woods, with stumps still standing, hills ungraded and streams unbridged, and that the land was new, rough, and worked only by great labor, we may have a faint idea of some of the hardships of our first settlers. Had they not been men of iron nerve, tireless muscle, and indomitable energy and perseverance, our now beautiful town, with its unsurpassed mosaic of cultivated fields, green hills, smiling lakes, its majestic river, and murmuring streams, would still be a waste and howling wilderness, the home of wild beasts and the hunting-ground of the miserable aborigines."

In 1646 Daniel Ladd was taxed forty pounds (.£40). At a town meeting, July 12, 165 1, it was ordered that Hugh Sherratt, Theophilus Shatwell, Bart Heath, James Fiske, and Daniel Ladd shall view the upland that is fit to plough by the last of March or the 10th of April next, and that they bring in their intelligence to the town at that time. In 1659 Daniel Ladd and Theophilus Shatwell, having received liberty from the town, erected a sawmill on Spiggot (Spicket) River. It was built within the present limits of Salem,

N. H., and was the first one erected upon that stream. The proprietors were required to pay the town five pounds (j£$) per annum for the privilege. In 1668 Daniel Ladd was one of the Selectmen of Haverhill. In 1675 Daniel Ladd, Peter Ayers, and Thomas Whittier were appointed to designate what houses should be garrisoned. In 1683 Daniel Ladd voted against building a new meeting-house upon the lot where the old meeting-house stands. He was a very energetic and enterprising man, and held many positions of trust and responsibility. The records indicate that he was an extensive farmer, and that he de"alt largely in land. He died at Haverhill, July 27, 1693. His wife, Ann, died February 9, 1694.

Nathaniel Ladd, son of Daniel' and Ann Ladd, was born at Haverhill, March 10, 165 1 ; and when a young man he removed to Exeter, N.H. He married July 12, 1678, Elizabeth, daughter of the Hon. John Gilman, who in 1679 was appointed by the Crown one of the Council for the government of the Province of New Hampshire, and was later a Delegate to the Assembly and Speaker of the House. In the summer of 1690, an expedition was fitted out in Massachusetts with a contingent from New Hampshire to protect the more eastern settlements, in which Nathaniel Ladd was one of the volunteers from Exeter. On September 22, the party landed at Maquoit, near Cape Elizabeth, and soon fell into an ambush, and in the fight which ensued were compelled to retreat to their boats. These being aground, the Indians made a bold effort to take them ; but after a hard fight they were repulsed, with a loss to the English of eight killed and twenty-four wounded. Of the latter was Nathaniel Ladd, who died of his wounds at Exeter, N.H., August 11, 1691.

Captain Daniel Ladd, son of Nathaniel 2 and Elizabeth (Gilman) Ladd, born at Kingston, N. H., March iS, 16S6, married Mehitable Philbrook, of Kingston, N. H., Stephen Ladd, son of Captain Daniel' and Mehitable (Philbrook) Ladd, born at Kingston, N.H., August 30, 172S, married Abigail Webster, of Kingston, N.H. Samuel Ladd, son of Stephen4 and Abigail (Webster) Ladd, born at Brentwood, N.H., April 7, 1765, married Comfort Dow, of New Hampton, N. H.

Samuel Ladd, son of Samuel 5 and Comfort (Dow) Ladd, was born in New Hampton, N. H., December 12, 1803 - where he lived the life common to former boys of his time until he was thirteen years of age - when his father died, leaving a large family of children - and on him at this tender age, guided by the counsels of his loving mother, fell the burden of care. In 1818 the family removed to Tuftonborough, N.H., where they purchased a tract of land on the easterly side and adjoining Lake Winnipiseogee, on which they erected buildings. Success followed hard work and good judgment, more land was added to the farm, an island in the lake was purchased, a new house was built, and additions to the barn were made, until it was the town saying that Sam Ladd owned the best farm in town. He was a very energetic man, of strong mind, adhesive to principle, a teetotaler, a Christian gentleman by profession and daily practice. He married June 24, 1830, Nancy, daughter of John and Hannah (Ham) Young. (It may in this connection be interesting to note and worthy of record that four Ladd brothers married four Young sisters, showing quite conclusively that the brothers were fond of young company.) She died September 1, 1840, he died June 26, 189 1, and was buried in the family burying-ground upon the farm, which when a young man he set apart and dedicated to this sacred use. He married for second wife, Mary Moulton, who survives him.

John A. born September 1, 1832. Levi, born May 20, 1834. Lyman S. born January 25, 1836. He was a shoe manufacturer in Hamilton, Canada West, when President Lincoln issued the call for six hundred thousand men. He was so incensed at the secession talk of the Canadians that he closed up his business, came over to the States, and enlisted at Worcester in the Thirty-sixth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers. But his strength was not equal to a soldier's life. His health began to fail soon after leaving Washington ; and he became a victim of the Convalescent Camp at Alexandria, Va. , and was discharged when just ready to die. He reached home January 27, and died February 9, 1863.