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William Nash, after attending the schools of his town, at the age of nineteen engaged in the manufacture of shoes. The depression in business caused by the outbreak of the Civil War so affected his particular line of industry that he relinquished it, and, entering his father's store as an assistant, eventually succeeded to the business, which he has since carried on successfully. Politically, he is a Republican; and in July, 1892, he was appointed Postmaster of Nash. He was a member of the Board of Selectmen of Weymouth for fifteen years, and he also served as Overseer of the Poor. For a number of years he has been a Justice of the Peace. During his long period of public service he has been instrumental in accomplishing much toward the improvement of the town. He is connected with Orphans' Hope Lodge, F. & A. M., of East Weymouth, and with the Lodge of Odd Fellows at South Weymouth. In his religious

OUIS N. LINCOLN, of the firm of Lincoln Brothers, of Cohasset, dealers in wood and coal, was born January 27, 1827, a son of Joseph and' Mary H. (Nichols) Lincoln, native residents of this town. He comes of old New England stock, being a descendant in the seventh generation of Samuel Lincoln, who settled in Cohasset, then a part of Hingham, in 1637. From Samuel the line is traced through Daniel, Hezekiah, Francis, Zenas, to Joseph, the father of the subject of this sketch. Joseph Lincoln, who was a native of Cohasset, was a carpenter by trade. He died in 1869. His wife died in 1867. Of their children the following are living: Samuel N. ; Zenas D., a member of the firm of Lincoln Brothers; and Louis N.

Louis N. Lincoln grew to manhood in his native town, acquiring his education in the public schools. In 1842, when he was but fifteen years of age, he began to learn the brick mason's trade in Boston with his older brother, Henry Lincoln, now deceased. In 1850 Mr. Lincoln was engaged as clerk in the store of John Simmons, a wholesale and retail clothing merchant of Boston; and he remained in Mr. Simmons's employ about sixyears. For a number of years he has been in business as an auctioneer and real estate dealer; and in 1879, with his brother, he established the coal and wood business now managed by the firm of Lincoln Brothers, an enterprise which has been very successful. Several years ago Mr. Lincoln became a trustee of the Cohasset Savings Bank, and he was elected vice-president. He has also been for a number of years a member of the Board of Investment of the bank, and for an extended period he has held the office of president of the Cohasset Mutual Fire Insurance Companv. On September 15, 1850, Mr. Lincoln was united in marriage with Miss Eliza A. Livingstone, of Boston, Mass. The) had one daughter, Effie I7., who died October 21, 1873. In politics Mr. Lincoln i.s a Demoio6 crat, and some years ago he was closely identified with the political affairs of Cohasset. In 1S70 he was elected Selectman. Assessor, and Overseer of the Poor; and he served as such eight successive years. He was chairman of the Hoard of Selectmen for some time. a member of the Board of Health, and he was also Constable of Cohasset. Mr. Lincoln is a member of the First Congregational (Unitarian) Society of this town.

ENRY A. NASH, the well-known cashier of the Union National Bank in Weymouth, Mass., was born in this town, November 23, 1829, son of Abner 1'. and Silence W. (Humphrey) Nash. Timothy Nash, his paternal grandfather, who was a Revolutionary soldier, was a descendant of an English family that settled in Weymouth early in the seventeenth century. Abner P. Nash, son of Timothy, was an early shoe manufacturer of Weymouth; and afterward he engaged in the shoe and leather business in Boston. Three of his children now survive: Henry A.; Almena, wile of Israel D. Wildes, of Weymouth; and George H., residing in Oakland, la.

.Mr. Henry A. Nash received his education in the public schools of Weymouth, at Leicester Academy, and at Milton Academy. At the age of sixteen he became a clerk in his father's shoe and leather establishment in Boston; and upon attaining his majority he was made a partner in the business, under the firm name of Abner P. Nash & Co., this firm existing until 1S54. In that year the younger partner withdrew from the concern to establish a like business in San Francisco, Cal., in partnership with T. W. Beamis ami Parker S. Fogg, with whom he continued for ten years. Soon after his return to Weymouth, in 1S65, Mr. Nash was chosen a director of the Union National Bank, also holding the office of president of the bank for a time; and in 1896 he was appointed to his present position of cashier. For several years past he has been president of the Weymouth Savings Hank.

Mr. Nash may be called a self-made man, his success in life being due to his diligent application to business and his faithfulness in the administration of trusts, lie has always devoted much time and attention 1 affairs, having served as one of the Selectmen for a period of thirteen years, for twelve years as clerk of the board, and since 1884 as a member of the Hoard of Water Commissioners of the town, also acting as clerk of that board. He always votes independently, favoring things that make for progress, and, as a man of intelligence and undoubted integrity, commands the respect and confidence of all who know him.

NDREW J. GOVE, proprietor of a flourishing livery and express business in Randolph and formerly a member of the Massachusetts legislature, was born in the town now known as Plainfield, N.IL, October 26, 1S34, son of Isaiah and Mary (Brown) Gove. The Gove family, of which he is a representative, was founded in America by three brothers, who emigrated from England at an early dale in the Colonial period. Of the one who located in New Hampshire, the subject of this sketch is a direct descendant. Isaiah Gove and his wife were both natives of the Granite State, and the former was an industrious tiller of the soil.

Andrew J. Gove was reared to farm life; but at the age of nineteen he went to Boston, where he remained a short time, removing thence to South Weymouth, wdiere also he made but a short stay. Subsequently going to Hingham, he obtained his first experience as an expressman in the employ of David dishing. In 1858 he came to Randolph, where hewas employed in the same business by William Cole, and later by Charles F.stabrook. From 1865 to 1871 he was engaged in business for himself at East Randolph. Afterward, returning to Randolph, he purchased the express route of his former employer, Charles Estabrook, and has since conducted a profitable business between this town and Boston.

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Since 1882 he has also carried on a first-class livery stable, and he enjoys the liberal patronage and good will of the community. Being elected to the legislature for the years 1873 and 1874, he made a capable Representative, proving faithful to the interests of his constituents. He is well advanced in Masonry, being a member of the Blue Lodge in Randolph, and is a charter member of Bay State Commandery, K. T., of Brockton.

Mr. Gove married Sarah L. Cushing, of Hingham, and by her has two children: Alice C, wife of J. S. Fowler, of Hingham; and A. Florence Gove, who resides with her parents.

tUPERT FRANKLIN CLAFLIN, who has been cashier of the National Granite Bank of Quincy, Mass., for """' more than a quarter of a century, was born in Boston, September 29, 1845, and is a son of the late Thomas J. Claflin.

His paternal grandfather, James Claflin, was born in the latter part of the eighteenth century in Barre, Mass., whence he enlisted as a soldier in the War of 1812. He subsequently engaged in farming in Llopkinton, Middlesex County. His wife, whose maiden name was Susan Wadsworth, was a direct descendant of two of the early presidents of Harvard College, the Rev. Benjamin Wadsworth and the Rev. Samuel Willard. She was a woman of remarkable energy and strong physical powers, being bright and active until her death, which occurred at the age of ninetyseven years from la grippe.

Thomas J. Claflin was born in Hopkinton, Mass., and in the common schools of that town received his education. He started in the railroad business when a young man, in the early days of the Old Colony Railway, on which for seventeen years he was employed as a conductor, a large part of the time having charge of the "steamboat train" running between Boston and Fall River. This position gave him a very large acquaintance with the leading merchants of New England, who in their frequent trips to New York were his passengers. He was a man of marked personality, very genial and accommodating, and noted for his power of quick and apt repartee. On leaving the railroad, he lived retired from active business until his death, at the age of seventy-seven years. He married Mary A., daughter of Anthony Holbrook, of Boston, Mass. Of their union four children were born, as follows: Rupert Franklin; Frederick A., of Boston; Hettie H., wife of George E. Whall, of Littleton, Mass. ; and James Alfred, of Wollaston. The parents were not members of any religious organization, but were of the Orthodox faith.

Rupert F. Claflin received a substantial education in the public schools of Boston, continuing his studies until fourteen years of age, when he became messenger boy in a wholesale dry-goods house, his salary being fifty dollars per annum. He remained there a year, and the next year was employed in a specie broker's office. Twelve months later he became assistant to the ticket master in the Boston office of the Old Colony Railway Company, where he sold tickets for a little more than a year. Securing then a situation in the National Bank of Redemption, which was called the Bank of Mutual Redemption, under the old State bank system, he remained there a year. He was subsequently employed in the Atlas Bank an equal length of time, after which he went to Chicago, where he worked for a year and a half, part of the time in a railway office and during the remaining months with a real estate dealer. Returning East, he was soon made cashier of the Hopkinton Bank at Hopkinton, Mass., and was also elected treasurer of the Hopkinton Savings Bank, positions which he retained three years, resigning to come to Quincy. Here on the 1st of July, 1S71, he assumed the cashiership of the National Granite Bank; and he has since discharged the duties of this position with marked ability and faithfulness. Mr. Claflin has also been a member of the Board of Directors of this bank for many years, and since 1890 has been president of the Quincy Savings Bank. He is likewise treasurer of the Quincy Shoe Company and one of the directorate of the Braintree Street Railway Company.

served as Notary Public fourteen years, and for five years was a member of the School Board, three years being its chairman. Frailly, he is a member of the Massachusetts Reform Club of Boston, of the Granite City Club, and of the Suburban Bank- Cashiers' Association. He is very progressive in his views, and has been somewhat active in current reformatory movements, having been made president of the first Tariff Reform League established in Quincy, of the Civil Service Reform League, and of the Business Men's Association. 1 le has devoted much of his leisure time to physical culture, always striving to perfect his physical condition, with a view to performing his mental work to the best advantage and to obtaining the highest enjoyment of the fast fleeting years. Since 1X82 he has been a devotee of the bicycle, and prior to that time he was an enthusiastic pedestrian in a private way.

In 1869 Mr. Claflin married Miss Lydia M., daughter of James 13. Hull, of Lombard, 111. She died in 1877, leaving two children, who subsequently died from diphtheria. The following year he married her cousin, Miss Alice M. , daughter of Alanson P. Benson, of Manlius, X. Y. Mr. and Mrs. Claflin have two children - Helen II. and Alice L.

<3| HOMAS HENRY McDONNELL, a 4 I member of the firm McDonnell & Sons, of Quincy, and the president of the < Hiincy Quarry Company, was born in this town, August 18, 1848, son of Patrick and Mary (Hughes) McDonnell. The father was born June 12, 1S17, in the County Roscommon, Ireland. Leaving his native land in 1834, he came to this country, taking up his residence in Dorchester, Mass. Here he worked in a tannery for two or three years. Then he came to Quincy, where he served an apprenticeship at the trade of a stone-cutter, and subsequently followed that trade for several years. In 1857 he embarked in the granite business on his own account, manufacturing monumental and cemetery work of all descriptions for the wholesale trade, and meeting with great success from the first. In 1 s - r he enlarged his operations, taking into

John (J., of whom the latter died in I S< 14 . Besides one of the largest and best quarries in Quincy, the linn owns another in Banc, Vt., which produces a line quality of granite, of a lighter shade than the Quincy granite, and especially adapted for building vaults, mausoleums, and that class of structures, as it is comparatively easy to work, and can be quarried in blocks of almost any si/e. The value of the Quincy granite, which takes and holds a higher polish than any other yet discovered, has been known lor more than half a century, and still leads all others in popularity. Mc- Donnell & Sons have large yards in Buffalo and Chictawauga, Erie County, X.Y. , and at West Seneca, in the same State: and they keep an agent and office at Indianapolis, Ind., and an agent at Geneva, N.Y. Their trade throughout the Union is very large. Many monuments and mausoleums from their works may be seen in the principal cemeteries of New York. Indiana, and other States. They have also a high reputation as architects and builders, their designs being artistic and well executed. Having started in business on a modest scale, they are now obliged to keep about one hundred and fifty men constantly employed to meet the demands of their patrons. They were the first firm in Quincy to adopt the apparatus of the American Pneumatic Tool Company for carving and cutting stone.

After attending the public schools of Quincy, Thomas Henry McDonnell took a business course at Comer's Commercial College in Boston. He then learned the stonecutter's trade in his father's sheds, where he worked until of age. At this time he was taken into partnership by his father and brother, since which event he has been an important factor in extending the business and placing the firm in its present conspicuous position. He was one of the organizers of the Quincy Quarry Company, and has since been its president. He has also been a director of the Quincy <.K: Boston Street Railway Company since its organization, and of the Quincy, Braintree & Holbrook Street Railway; and he is largely interested in real estate in various parts of the country, being a member of President Hill and Cranch Hill Land Companies. As a member of the firm of McDonnell & Sons, he has an interest in a large dairy farm of five hundred acres in Springfield, N.Y., on the Rochester, Buffalo & Pittsburg Railroad, where a fine grade of petroleum has been struck, and in other real estate in the immediate vicinity of Buffalo, N.Y.

Mr. McDonnell has fellowship in the order of the Knights of Columbus and that of the Royal Arcanum. In 1892, accompanied by his friend, the Rev. T. J. Danahy, he enjoyed a European trip, and while in Rome, together with his clerical friend, was accorded the great and rare privilege of a private audience with the Holy Father, Pope Leo XIII.

§OSEPH HARDING, a skilled toolmaker, who has resided in Medfield since he gave up active business five years ago, was born in what is now Millis, Norfolk County, Mass., August 24, 182 1. His parents were Theophilus and Mary (Harding) Harding, the father a son of Theodore Harding, and the mother a daughter of Steven Harding.

Theophilus Harding followed farming, and always resided in Mi I lis. He was twice married, first to Abigail Clark, of Medfield, who bore him five children, all now deceased, namely: Clark; Betsy, who was the wife of John Cook, also deceased, a tanner and butcher; Julia, wife of Orrin Pratt, who was a shoemaker; Theodore, who lived for a time on the old homestead, and also in Medfield; and Abigail, who was twice married, her first husband being Adin Partridge, and her second, Captain Henry, now in Philadelphia. After the death of his first wife, Abigail, Theophilus Harding married Mrs. Mary Harding Atwell, a widow, who was born in Mill is. He died in February, 1843, and she in April, 1873. Four children were the fruit of this second union; namely, Joseph, Eliza, Alfred, and Moses. Eliza, born May 15, 1823, now wife of L. M. Richards, residing in Medfield, has had five children, as follows: Mary F., Addison, and Emma, who have passed away; Ella Maria, wife of William

Crane; Emma L., wife of E. M. Bent, a coal dealer. Alfred, born in 1827, is employed in a hotel in Foxboro. Moses (deceased), was in the Civil War. He married Abbie Seavey.

Joseph Harding, the eldest child of Theophilus and Mary Harding, was given with the other children a practical common-school education. At the age of sixteen he learned the trade of a gunsmith, at which he worked a few years. He then turned his attention to the making of watch tools, gun tools, and tools for the manufacture of tinware. He engaged in the tool manufacturing business in Sherborn, Lowell, Waltham, and Springfield, and again in Waltham. Going to Chicago in 1869, he worked for twenty years in a tin manufacturing shop in that city and for some time at Elgin, 111., in a watch factory. He came to Medfield in 1S92, and built a new house on Adams Avenue, his present home, where Mrs. Ella M. Crane and her husband are living with him. For several years Mr. Harding has not been engaged in business.

On June 23, 1846, he married Miss Eliza M. Bacon, of Millis. She was born in 1823, and was a daughter of William and Melinda Bacon, both now deceased. Her father was a church bell maker. Mrs. Harding died in Chicago, 111., April 1, 1884, at sixty years of age.

Mr. Harding cast his first Presidential vote for Franklin Pierce, but since then he has been a Republican. Although a popular and successful man, he has never accepted official honors.

LIVER H. CLIFFORD, who is well remembered by the older residents of Medfield, was a native of Brookfield Vt., born January 18, 1809, son of Samuel and Betsy (Hamlin) Clifford.

Samuel Clifford, who was born in Boscawen, N.H., was a schoolmate of Daniel Webster. Betsy Hamlin, whom he married in Brookfield, Vt., was born in that town. May 6, 1780, a daughter of Oliver and Rachel (Cleveland) Hamlin. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Clifford had eight children, of whom three are living, namely: William T., in Ware, Mass.; Samuel, Jr., in Eugene City, Ore.; and Loreua,

Oliver Clifford was educated in the common schools of Danburv. N.H. At the age of twenty- one he came to Medfield, Mass., and engaged in farming here and in Millis, returning to Medfield in 1868, after which he lived in retirement in the village until his death on June 8, 1893.

On September 29, 1838, Mr. Clifford married Miss Elizabeth Mason, who was born in Princeton, Mass., January 20, 18 16, daughter of Joseph and Sallie (Foster) Mason. Her father was a farmer, and always lived in Princeton. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford had four children, namely: Joseph C, who was born September 10, 1839, and died November 12, 1 89 1, and whose widow, formerly Mary E. Conders, now lives in Allentown, Pa. ; Alfred, born February 11, 1845, who married Mary F. Morton, lives in St. Louis, Mo., and is secretary of the Consolidated Steel Ware Company; Ellen, born March 7, 1846, who for several years was a teacher in Medfield and Needham, has also served on the School Committee, and now lives with her mother on the homestead; and Sarah Elizabeth, born May 1, 1854, who married George F. Twitchell, an engineer in the straw shop, and lived in Medfield till her death, December 15, 188^5.

IMOTHY SMITH, a well-known and * I highly esteemed citizen of Dedham, Mass., was born February 12, 1821, in Stoughton, Mass., and is the representative of one of the earliest families settled in that old Norfolk County town, which was the birthplace of his great-great-grandfather, Jesse Smith, his great-grandfather, his grandfather, Joseph Smith, Sr. , and his father, Joseph, Jr. Joseph Smith, Sr., was one of the leading farmers of the town, and acquired a large amount of real estate. To him and his wife, whose maiden name was Rhoda Morris, seven children were born; namely, Joseph, Jr., Nathan, Ebenezer, Luther, Calvin, Timothy, and Ruth. As these children settled in life,

Joseph Smith, Jr., was reared as a tiller of the soil, receiving a common-school education. Marrying soon after he attained his majority, he continued industriously and successfully engaged in agricultural labors until his death, at the age of sixty-one years. A man of sterling integrity, he was highly respected. His wife, whose maiden name was Susan R. White, was born and bred in Easton, beingone of the three children of her parents. She survived her husband, living to the age of sixty-three years. Of their six children two are yet living, namely: Joan, the widow of Willard Corbetf, of Dedham; and Timothy, the special subject of this sketch. Both parents were attendants of the Methodist church.

Timothy Smith spent the years of his childhood and youth on the home farm, obtaining the rudiments of his education at the Pierce School, which he attended four years. He subsequently pursued his studies in the district school of West Stoughton and later in one of the Canton schools. When but twelve years old he entered the Messenger Mills at Canton, in order to learn the trade of making cotton cloth, including shirting and sheeting, which were there manufactured. Beginning at the lowest position, he gradually worked his way through every department of the factory, being enabled before many years to superintend the entire process of converting a bale of raw cotton into cloth; and when but eighteen years old he was given charge of the spinning and weaving rooms, with their thirty employees. In 1840 this mill was burned; and Mr. Smith accepted a similar position in a newly erected mill at Newton, remaining there until some time during the next year, when he went to Franklin City Mills, to engage with Freeman Fisher, who had previously been in business with Mr. Messenger. After serving as overseer of the spinning and weaving department five years, he was made superintendent of the mills, and with its eighty looms turned out thousands of yards of cloth daily for a number of years. When the company drew off their pond for the New York & New England Railway Com- pany, Mr. Smith went to Lewiston, Me., to set up machinery in a new mill, being gone six months. On his return to Franklin he acted as agent for a company for eight years, and then in partnership with Timothy Kaley began the manufacture of knitting cotton on his own account in Canton. Mass. Five years later Mr. Smith sold his interest in the Canton mill, and, going to New Orleans, set up machinery in a new mill. He remained there until he saw everything in good running order, returning North just before the firing on Fort Sumter. During the succeeding three years Mr. Smith worked as an overseer for Mr. Taft at the Norfolk Mills in Dedham; and, when these mills were purchased by the Merchants' Woollen Company, he was placed in charge of a gang of night workmen as overseer. After the war he resigned his position to engage in the manufacture of spring beds, a business which he carried on successfully for a number of years. In his present vocation, that of undertaking, he has been engaged since 1875, when he was appointed undertaker for the town. He is the oldest undertaker in point of service of any in this locality, and carries on a large business, with the aid of his son-in-law, under the firm name of Smith & Higgins. He has a host of friends throughout the community, and does work for all classes of people, irrespective of church affiliations. He manufactures the most of his coffins, keeping several hands constantly employed.

Mr. Smith was married in 1842 to Miss Emily Hamilton, who was born in Scituate, Mass., a daughter of Leonard and Ruth (Munis) Hamilton. Mr. Hamilton was born and reared in Brookfield, Mass. ; but after his marriage he settled in Scituate, where his death occurred when he was but forty-six years old. Mrs. Smith bore her husband six children, of whom the following is a brief record: George E., the first-born, died May 31, 1844, aged fifteen months; Georgianna, born May 19, 1845, cl'e(l October 29, 1862; Emeline F., born October 23, 1848, died January 2, 1852; F ranees A., born February 19, 1854, is the wife of Franklin P. Higgins, and has one child, Herbert F. Higgins; Charles Sumner, born May 4, 1857, died January 17, 1858; and

Clara E. , born November 12, 1867, died July 11, 1868. On November 22, 1894, after more than half a century of happy wedlock, Mrs. Smith passed to the life immortal.

In politics Mr. Smith is a steadfast Republican. He is a Free Mason, belonging to Constellation Lodge of Dedham. Mr. Smith and his daughter and her husband are members of the Baptist church.

§OHN Q. A. FIELD, the senior member of the firm Field & Wild, of Quincy, quarrymen and dealers in building and monumental granite, was bom here, January 4, 1835. His great-grandparents, Joseph and Abigail (Newcomb) Field, spent their lives here; and their son, Joseph Field, who married Relief Baxter, was also a lifelong resident of this town. Harvey Field, the father of the subject of this sketch, for many years was one of the most prominent and influential men in Quincy, and a promoter of many of its most beneficial enterprises. A more extended account of him will be found in the biography of George H. Field.

John O. A. Field was bred and educated in Quincy. As soon as he was old enough he took charge of one of his father's farms, on which was a large dairy. He subsequently established a milk route in Quincy, and conducted it for nearly forty years, having a very lucrative patronage. Besides this, from 1855 to i860 he dealt in paving-stones; and he did a good deal of heavy teaming in this locality. During the Civil War he was a superintendent of cavalry horses for the government in Readville and Boston. He abandoned his teaming business in 1870, when elected Highway Surveyor, a position which he filled for two years. He afterward served as Selectman of Quincy for five years, and in 1876 was the chairman of the board. He had been Special Commissioner of Norfolk County nine years when, in 1884, he was elected Regular Commissioner, in which capacity he served for five years. In 1884 Mr. Field formed a copartnership with Frank M. Wild, and succeeding to the business established by the late John Q. A. Wild, the father of Frank M., became senior member of the present firm of Field &

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Wild. The firm owns one of the largest quarries in this section of New England, executes monumental and cemetery work of all kinds, and employs a large numbei of men. It often furnishes granite for building material. The stone for tin- recenl addition to the Uedham court-house was obtained at Dover quarry, owned by Mr. Field. For the past fifteen years Mr. Field has been a member of the Investment Committee of the Quincy Savings Hank. Also, for four years he was the president of the Granite Manufacturers' Association of New England, which included six New England States and New York City. Another of his occupations has been the settlement of many estates in this vicinity, some of which involved large sums of money.

Mr. Field belongs to Mount Wollaston Lodge, I. O. O. F. ; to the Knights of Pythias, the Knights of Honor, and the Granite City Club. Politically, he is a Republican, and in 1896 and 1897 was elected Councilman-at-large. He was married November 28, 1858, to Sylvia Caroline Wellington, daughter of Elbridge Wellington, a native of Concord, Mass., who afterward became a resident of New Orleans. Of their five children, four are living - John W., Georgiana, Harvey Adams, and Jennie Bartlett. Georgiana is the wife of D. P'rederick Potter, of Buffalo, N.Y. ; and Plarvey Adams is a student at the Harvard Medical School, class of 1898. Mr. and Mrs. Field are members of the Adams Temple Parish, in which he served as one of the Parish Committee from 1872 until 1877; and they attend the church connected therewith.

lEWCOMB B. TOWER, one of the leading merchants of Cohasset, was born in this town, P'ebruary 20, 1848. His parents were Abraham H. and Charlotte (Bates) Tower, the former of whom was for many years engaged in the mackerel fishing industry of this locality, but is now deceased. A more extended account of Mr. Tower's ancestry may be found in the sketch of his brother, Abraham II. Tower, which is published elsewhere in this work. Newcomb B. Tower was educated in the public schools of Cohasset, and previous to entering mercantile pursuits he assisted his father in mackerel fishing. In 1866 lie became associated with his brother, Abraham IL, in tarrying on a general store, coal, lumber, and building materials being later added to their stock in trade. The firm, which is known as Tower Brothers & Co., have conducted a successful business for over thirty years, and are widely and favorably known along the South Shore. Mr. Tower has been a trustee of the Cohasset Savings Bank for the past thirty-five years, and takes a deep interest in all other institutions established for the ben efit of the community. In politics a Republican, he ably fulfilled the duties of Town Clerk for twenty-five years, was elected to the Board of Selectmen in 1S95, and is Assessor and Overseer of the Poor.

Mr. Tower married Sophronia L. Parker, of this town, by whom he has had five children, four of whom are living; namely, George P., Ella G., Mary P., and Charlotte's. Ella G. is the wife of Edward Nichols, of Cohasset.

Mr. Tower was formerly organist of the First Unitarian Church, of which he is now a Deacon. He is also actively interested in the Sunday-school. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and belongs to Konohasset Lodge.

ELA FRENCH, a venerable and highly respected resident of Weymouth, was born in this town, April 15, [818, son of Stephen and Sallie (Dyer) French, both also natives of the town. His grandfather, Stephen French, Si., was one of the early settlers of Weymouth. The father, who was a farmer and did considerable teaming, died in his sixty-eighth year, having been .prominent in the town and having served as Overseer of the Poor. His surviving children are: Bela, the subject of this sketch; and Thomas M., who resides in East Weymouth.

Bela French grew up on his father's farm. His school life ended when he was sixteen years of age. Upon reaching his majority he entered the employ of the Weymouth Iron Company, for whom he did general jobbing for a number of years. He subsequently engaged in farming, which has been his chief occupation since. He owns about fifty acres of land in the towns of Weymouth and Hingham. For some time he dealt in wood.

Mr. French has been twice married. On the first occasion he was united to Mary A. Washburn, of Plympton, who bore him one son, now deceased. The second marriage was contracted with Lucy E. , daughter of Jacob Lovell, of Weymouth. She is the mother of Bela French, of the firm of French & Merchant, dry-goods merchants at East Weymouth. There is one grandchild, Lucy A. French. Mr. French, Sr. , has been a trustee of the East Weymouth Savings Bank since it was organized. He is an active member and a trustee of the Methodist Episcopal Church of East Weymouth. Public-spirited and generous, he is ready to lend his time and influence for the furtherance of any worthy object. Watching the trend of events in Weymouth, he has witnessed many changes and seen many improvements.

DWIN P. WORSTER, the vice-president of the UJnion National Bank of Weymouth, was born August 24, 1826, son of Ezekiel and Mary (Bourne) Worster. The father, a native of Somersworth, N. H., at the age of seventeen came to Weymouth, and was here engaged in boot and shoe making until fifty years of age. Subsequently he took up the coal and wood business, which he had followed for several years when ill health compelled him to retire. He died in June, i860. His wife was a native of Barnstable, Mass.

Edwin P. Wmster went to school in Weymouth until twelve years of age. Then he learned the trade of shoemaker, which he followed until 1844. He next spent two years learning the carpenter's trade in Lowell, Mass., after which he returned to Weymouth. In 1S49 he sailed for California via Cape Horn, making the journey in seven months and fourteen davs. After a short time spent in the gold mines and a year in the State of California, he decided to return Fast, and embarked on a sailing-vessel bound for the Isthmus of Panama. Owing to severe storms and calms the ship landed its passengers on the coast of Nicaragua, from which place the party crossed the country to Grey Town on the Atlantic side. At Chagres Mr. Wmster took passage on a steamship, and returned home by way of New York. After- some time spent in recruiting his health, which had been impaired by malarial fever contracted on the Pacific Coast, he established himself in the brokerage business in Boston. Dealing principally in foreign money and negotiable paper, and negotiating loans, he in time acquired a large and profitable connection. In 1893 he practically retired from business.

Mr. Worster married Miss Mary J. Metcalf, of Petersboro, N.H. Of the five children born to them, four survive. These are: E. Frank, who is living in New York City; Clara A., the wife of P. H. Linton, of Weymouth; Charles H., also in Weymouth; and Nellie W. , the wife of George W., of the same place. Mrs. Worster died March 21, 1896. Mr. Worster is a member of the Delta Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Weymouth. He is a director and the vice-president of the Union National Bank. Taking an earnest interest in the affairs of his native town, he is always ready to lend his aid for its advancement.

§OHN CASHMAN, a quarry owner and a general contractor of Ouincy, was born June 23, 1S49, in Count}' Cork, Ireland, son of James Cashman. The father came to the country with his family in about the middle of the present century, settling in Hanover, Mass. Here, after learning the trade of brickmaker, he became a contractor and lumber dealer. One of the most enterprising men of his time, he built up a large business, attained honorable prominence in the community, and at different times served in several of the minor town offices. He married Catherine Long, a daughter of Dennis Long, of the County Cork. Of their ten children, nine grew to maturity. The latter were : Hannah, who is the widow of John Connors, late of Rockland, Mass. ; Julia, who married Daniel Reardon, of Rockland; John, the sub- ject of this sketch; Dennis J., of whom there is no special record; James, now deceased; Catherine, who married John Mclntyre, of Brockton, Mass. ; William, now a resident of Quincy; Ellen, the wife of James Spence, of Rockland, Mass. ; and Luke, residing in New York City.

Although John Cashman's opportunities for obtaining a knowledge of hooks in his early years were very limited, yet by close observation and intelligent leading he has become well informed on general topics, and is a typical representative of the self-made men of our generation. When a lad of twelve years he began driving a team for his father, an occupation which he followed for ten years. Coming then to Quincy, he drove a stone team for four years, and then established himself as a teamster on his own account. He has done well from the outset. For many years he has carried on the heaviest business of that kind in this section of the count}', employing about thirty horses and nearly twice as many men. As a contractor he has been very prosperous. Among his more important works have been the building of the water-works in Quincy and Ipswich, Mass., and of those at Bar Harbor, Me. He has also done a vast amount of contract labor on various railways. In 1885 he purchased one of the finest quarries in Quincy, the product of which is a very handsome, rich, dark blue stone, much in demand among builders. He is also interested in the Quincy Electric Light and Power Company, of which he is a director.

On April 12, 1S74, Mr. Cashman married Hannah M. Falvey, a daughter of Eugene Falvey, of Quincy. They have had eleven children, of whom Adeline, James E. , Mary, William, John, Ellen, Beatrice, and Henry are living:.

E EVERETT HOLBROOK, a representative man of the town of Holbrook, was ~^ born here April 23, 1835, son of Elisha N. and Relief (Linfield) Holbrook. The father, a native of Braintree, was a wellknown shoe manufacturer of East Randolph (now Holbrook), for a half-century, and was one of the most successful business men the county has produced. The industry of which he was the head was one of the important factors in the growth and prosperity of Last Randolph, and it was owing largely to his influence that the town was set off as a separate corporation. Desirous of expressing their appreciation of his many acts of generosity to the town and their recognition of his honorable and upright character, the residents voluntarily renamed the town Holbrook in his honor. In politics he was a Republican, having joined the party at its formation. He was previously a Whig. A public-spirited man, he was interested not only in the welfare of his own town, but in the great questions at issue concerning the advancement or welfare of the State and of the country at large, having clear and decided views in relation to all, and being always ready to cast the weight of his influence on the side which he believed to be the right. He was a devoted member of Winthrop Congregational Church and one of its most liberal contributors. He donated to the town the magnificent sum of fifty thousand dollars, a part of which was used in building the public library. His death occurred on February 5, 1871. The town named after him was incorporated on the 29th of the same month. His wife, Relief, was bom in East Randolph (Holbrook). Two of their children are living, namely: Mary W. , of Holbrook ; and E. Everett, the subject of this sketch.

E. Everett Holbrook grew to manhood in East Randolph, receiving his education partly in the town and partly at Phillips Andover Academy. When about thirty years of age he became a partner in business with his father, the firm being known as that of E. N. Holbrook & Son. Shortly after the death of his father Mr. Holbrook retired from the manufacturing business. He was a director of the former National Bank of Randolph, and he is now a director of the Holbrook Co-operative National Bank. He was the first Representative of Holbrook in the General Court. While in the legislature lie served on the Committee on Mercantile Affairs.

D.D., of Holbrook. She died in 1886, the mother of two children, namely: Jennie L., now the wife of Edward N. Waterman, of Albany, N. Y. ; and Mary S. , living at Holbrook. The second marriage was contracted in February, 18S9, with Mrs. Isabel N. Dana, of Milwaukee, Wis. Like his father, Mr. Holbrook is an active member of Winthrop Congregational Church, and was for two years the superintendent of its Sunday-school. He is a man of extensive information and a keen judge of human nature. He has travelled in Europe and in the United States, and has spent several winters in the South. Mr. Holbrook's house, surrounded by lawn and shrubbery, is one of the most attractive features of the town.

^|UFUS A. THAYER, of Randolph, a former representative of the Seventh Ward, Norfolk District, in the General Court, was born in Randolph, December 3, 1839. A son of Rufus Thayer, he is a descendant of Richard Thayer, of Boston, who, with two brothers, came to this country from England in 1640. The father was a Republican in politics and a very public-spirited man, being especially interested and active in school matters. He gave a portion of his farm as a site for a school building, upon which the district schoolhouse, No. 5, now stands. He married Margery A. White, a native of Braintree and a daughter of Captain Calvin White, of Braintree. His death occurred in 1863. Of bis children, the other survivors are: Charles M., of the firm W. T. Piper & Co., manufacturers of vinegar, 124 Broad Street, Boston; and S. Austin, a dealer in coal, grain, hay, and lumber at Randolph.

In his youth, while also busy at farm work, Rufus A. Thayer attended the public schools nf Randolph, Hollis Institute at South Braintree, and Pierce Academy at Middleboro, Mass., finishing his education with a business course at Comer's Commercial College in Boston. At his father's death the charge of the property and the guardianship of his younger brothers and sisters devolved upon him. Active in local politics for a prolonged period, he served on the Board of Selectmen many years, and has officiated as chairman of -the Council. In 1888 and 1889 he was the Seventh Ward's Representative in the State legislature, serving in 1888 on the Committee of Count} Estimates and Taxation, and as clerk of the Committee on Taxation, and in 1889 as the chairman of the Committee on Public Charitable Institutions.

Mr. Thayer married Isadore Arnold, of Braintree, and has two daughters. The latter are: Flora A. and Mabel E., both graduates of Thayer Academy, of Braintree. Mr. Thayer was instrumental in the building of the Randolph Street Railway, and is a director and the clerk of the corporation owning it. He is a man of position and influence in the community, and is at all times interested in the growth of the town.

,E\VTON WHITE, formerly a wellknown boot and shoe manufacturer of Holbrook, was born in East Randolph (now Holbrook), December 27, 1 81 5. He was a son of Captain Thomas and Meriel (Burr) White, and a brother of Edmund White, a biography of whom appears elsewhere in this work. Captain Thomas White followed his trade of stone-cutter in early manhood and the calling of farmer in his later years.

Newton White was reared on the farm, and acquired a limited education in the schools near his home. He had not the advantages afforded young men of the present day, but his natural ability and intelligence made up for his lack of mental training. For a short time he manufactured shoes in company with Nathaniel Sprague, and for a number of years after he was engaged in the same business without a partner. As a business man he was very successful ; and he was very popular with his employees and with all with whom he was associated.

Mr. Holbrook was twice married. His first wife, whose maiden name was Rhoda White, bore him four daughters, namely: Rhoda R., of whom there is no special record; Ruth, now the wife of David Forrest; Mary B., the wife of Frank Lewis; ami Lizzie, now nted Holbrook and Braintree in the State legislature, and for a number of years he was ,1 Selectman of Holbrook. A publicspirited man, lie was actively interested in the progress oi the town, lie was Deacon in the Winthrop Congregational Church for over a quarter oi a century, and the superintendent of the Sunday school for a number of years. Mr. White was an upright and conscientious man, a kind father and husband, and an obliging neighbor. He died November 15, 1882. His widow and eldest daughter still reside in the handsome residence at the corner of Franklin and Adams Streets in Holbrook, where he made his home in the latter part of his life.

§KREMIAH CREHORE, for many years an honored and respected citizen of Dedham, Norfolk County, Mass., was born in Dorchester, Suffolk County, December 19, 1795, a son of John S. Crehore. IK- was of Colonial stock and, on the paternal side, of Irish extraction, his emigrant progenitor, Teague Crehore, having come from Ireland to Massachusetts between 1640 and 1650, and settled in the town of Milton, this county. An account of him and of his immediate descendants is given in Teele's History of Milton, in the chapter devoted to noted men and women and early families. His sons and grandsons became prominently identified with the interests of that section of the county, and some of their posterity were residents of Milton until within a very few years. They were principally engaged in agricultural pursuits, although they were noted for their mechanical skill and ingenuity, one member of a former generation being the fust manufacturer of artificial limbs, as well as of the first piano and the first violin made in the United States.

John S. Crehore was born on the old homestead in Milton in 1761, and died January 7, 1833, in Dedham, whither he had removed with his family in 1828. In early manhood he learned the trade of a chair manufacturer, held in much esteem as a man and as a citizen. His wife, whose maiden name was Hannah Lyon, was a daughter of Elhanan Lyon, ol Stoughton. She was bom in that town, April 5, [765, and died in Dedham at the advanced age of eighty-six years, having reared six children. Both she and her husband were attend ants of the Congregational church.

ical pursuits, having a natural aptitude for that work, and enjoying a wide reputation as a skilled mechanic. He had his workshop on his farm, and it is safe to say spent far more days at the bench than in tilling the .-oil. He was very ingenious, and among other works which brought him fame was the placing of the wires on cylinders to produce the fine lines in writing-paper. In 1844 he removed to the village of Dedham, where he spent his remaining years, dying May 23, 1876, at the age of eighty years and five months. He married Miss Joan Dunbar, who was born in Charlton, Worcester Count}', Mass., a daughter of Samuel anil Sarah Dunbar. Her grandfather, Elijah Dunbar, was born in Canton, Mass., where his father, the Rev. Samuel Dunbar (Harvard College, 1723), was a settled minister for fifty years. (A very interesting sketch of him appears in the History of Canton.) Elijah Dunbar was a Justice of the Peace, being known as Esquire Dunbar; and in that capacity he did a great deal of town work, and was very prominent in local affairs. Mrs. Crehore was one of a family of twelve children, and was herself the mother of three, two of whom are now living; namely, Ellen H. and Augusta. The other, a daughter Maltha, died aged two and a half years. Mrs. Crehore survived her husband, attaining the age of eighty-seven years. Moth were active members ol the Unitarian church, Mr. Crehore having been Deacon of the church of that denomination in Milton until his removal to Dedham.

The two daughters of Mr. and Mis. Crehore were born in Milton, but were bred and educated in Dedham, being students in the high school. Miss Ellen II. Crehore began teach- ing when but seventeen years old, and afterward pursued the higher branches of education at a private school in Boston. Resuming her former occupation, she taught for a time in Dedham, being subsequently a teacher in Dorchester nine years, and later in Dedham. She has ever taken an active and prominent part in advancing the educational interests of Dedham, for six years serving faithfully as a member of the School Committee.

Miss Augusta Crehore completed her studies at a select .school in Roxbury, and afterward for a short time taught a private school in Dedham. Since the death of their parents, the sisters have lived together in Dedham, their home being a pleasant and attractive one. Both are active in social circles. They are members of the Unitarian church and of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, Ellen H. being also a member of the Dedham Historical Society.

§OHN K. WILLARD, a leading business man of Randolph, was born in Winchester, N. H., January 20, 1855, son of Samuel W. and Mary A. (Bryant) Willard. He is of Scotch descent on the paternal side. His maternal grandfather, Paul Butler, was a soldier and an officer in the Revolutionary War. His father, who engaged in the manufacture of tripe immediately alter locating here, and subsequently followed this industry for several years, retired from business some time previous to his demise, in February, 1896.

When five years of age John K. Willard was brought by his parents to Randolph, where he attended the grammar and high schools. His education was completed at Phillips Academy at Andover, Mass. He became associated with his father at the age of twentyfour. In 1S84, when the latter retired, he went into partnership with L. S. Woodward, of Rhode Island. One year later Mr. Woodward withdrew, and since that time Mr. Willard has conducted the business alone. In 1886 he added the rendering of tallow to the preparation of tripe and pigs' feet. He now carries on a large wholesale business in this class of goods.

Mr. Willard married Grace F. Wild, a daughter of Daniel Wild, of Randolph, and has three sons - Robert H., Roger B. , and John R. He is both a Mason and an Odd Fellow, and a member of the Young Men's Mutual Relief Association of Randolph, and an attendant of the Baptist church. In politics he is a Democrat ; and he has been one of the Selectmen of Randolph for the past six years, serving as chairman of the board during the current year. In the tall of 1896 he was the Democratic candidate for Representative of the Seventh Ward, Norfolk District, but was defeated by his opponent, Henry A. Belcher, of the same place. However, he is popular in the town with both parties, and is much esteemed.

LIHU A. HOLBROOK, a prominent resident of Holbrook, is a native of Braintree, Mass. Born on December 23, 1825, son of Samuel L. and Susanna D. (Adams) Holbrook, he comes of an old Braintree family, which is said to be of Scotch origin. Joseph Holbrook, his grandfather, was a son of Colonel John Holbrook, of Braintree. His father, Samuel L. Holbrook, was born in Braintree, and resided there throughout his life, engaged in farming. His mother, Susanna, was descended from the famous Adams family, to which the American Presidents of that name belonged. Jesse Reed, who worked for John Adams, the grandfather of Flihu Holbrook, in 1815 transplanted to South Franklin Street the beautiful elm-tree standing near Mr. Holbrook's residence, regarded as one of the landmarks of the town and said to be one of the largest trees in the State. Mrs. Susanna D. Holbrook, who was then a girl, assisted in the transplanting.

Flihu A. Holbrook grew to manhood in Braintree, ami was educated in the public schools of that town. When about eighteen years old, he began shoemaking. This trade he afterward followed as a journeyman until i860, in which year he began to manufacture boots on his own account in Fast Randolph, now known as Holbrook, in partnership with Danforth Thayer, under the firm name of

Thayer & Holbrook . The firm generally employed from twenty-five to thirty hands, and was in business fur fifteen years. After Mr. Thayer's death 'it was merged in that of E. A. Holbrook & Co. The latter firm had carried on business for a number of years with Mr. Holbrook at its bead when it dissolved and the senior partner retired from manufacturing.

Mr. Holbrook married Annie M. White, a daughter of Isaac W. White, of Holbrook. She bore him two children - John A. and Annie M. A second marriage subsequently united him to Roxie E. Dickinson, oi Amherst, Mass. Air. Holbrook is a Republican in politics. He is now serving his second term as a member of the Hoard of Assessors. He was one of the Building Committee that superintended the erection of the present town hall of Holbrook; and he has occupied various positions of honor and trust in the town. As a citizen he is known to have at heart the welfare of the community and to act always for the public interest.

Brookline, retired, after many years of faithful service in the ministry of the Unitarian body of the Congregational church, was born in Salem, Mass., February 12, 1821. His parents were the Hon. Daniel A. and Eliza (Orne) White.

The founder of the family, William White, came from England to this country over two hundred and fifty years ago (tradition says from Norfolk County), locating in Haverhill, Mass., in 1642. 'The Rev. Mr. White's grandfather, John White, who was a native of Haverhill, was engaged in farming during the greater part of his life, in Methuen. He died I here in 1800, aged eighty years.

Daniel A. White, son of John, was born in Methuen, June 7, 1776, and grew to manhood on the farm. Graduating from Harvard College in 17017. after studying law in Salem he was admitted to the bar. and began practice in Newburyport. He subsequently moved to Salem, where he acted as Judge of Probate for thirty-eighl years, resigning in 1853, at the age oi seventy-seven. He was first married

May 24, 1807. to Mrs. Mary Van Schalkwyck, daughter of Dr. Josiah Wilder, of Lancaster, Mass. Two daughters bom of this union grew up, and were married, llis wife, Mary, died June 29, 1811: ami < ighl years later, on August 1, [819, Judge White married .Mrs. Eliza Wetmore, widow oi William Wetmore and daughti r "I William ( )i no, a mi of Salem. The fruit of this marriage was one son, William, subject of this sketch, named tor his grandfather Orne. Mrs. Eliza White died in her thirty-seventh year, March 27, 1 82 1 ; and the Judge married on January 22, 1824, Mrs. Ruth Rogers, daughter of Joseph Hurd, a merchant of Charlestown, Mass. One son born of this union grew to maturity, and was married. The father, the Hon. Daniel A. White, died March 30, 1861, in his eighty-fifth year. His third wife, outliving him, attained the age of ninety years, her death occurring in November, 1874. The family record includes a long list of grandchildren and great-grandchildren sprung from the first and third marriages. Judge White was the author of a work entitled "New England Congregationalism," also of eulogies on Nathaniel Bowditch and John Pickering, and of other public addresses that appeared in print. He was one of the leading members of the First Church of Salem, his wife, Eliza, also being connected therewith.

William Orne White acquired his elementary education in the public and private schools of Salem, and prepared for college at Phillips Exeter Academy. Graduating from Harvard in 1840, after two years of voyaging and foreign travel for his health, he entered the Divinity School at Cambridge, pursued thi lar course of study, and was graduated in 1845. For five months he supplied the pulpit of the Unitarian church at Eastport, Me.: and in 1846-47, in its pastor's absence, he had charge of the Unitarian chinch in St. Louis. He was ordained in West Newton, November 22, [848. From that time until January 1, 1 85 1, he preached in West Newton; anil for twenty-seven years, from October 1. 1851, to November 3, [878, be was settled in Keene, N.II. Resigning his pastorate in Keene, he supplied different pulpits for a time, and preached lor the First Congregational Society

Ephraim H. Doane

Several of Mr. White's discourses have been published. Among them maybe named: "Our Struggle Righteous in the Sight of God," delivered in Keene, April 13, 1862, "on the day of thanksgiving for the nation's victories"; an address at Keene, September 18, 1863, delivered at the funeral of the Rev. George G. Ingersoll; a sermon preached to the "Keene Congregational Society," September 29, 1867, "previous to the enlarging and remodelling of their house of worship"; an historical address, July 4, 1876, delivered in Keene, N.H., by request of the city government; farewell sermon at Keene, November 3, 1878; and an address at the dedication of a mural monument to the memory of the Rev. Dr. James Walker, ex-president of Harvard University, delivered in Harvard Church, Charlestown, Mass., January 14, 1883. In September, 1881, Mr. White removed to his present residence in Brookline.

He was married on September 25, 1848, to Margaret E., a daughter of the late Chester Harding, the artist, whose home was in Springfield, Mass. Mrs. White was born in Barre, N.Y. She is the mother of two children: Daniel Appleton, who died in infancy in 1859: and Eliza Orne White, born August 2, 1856, author of "Miss Brooks," "Winterborough," "The Coming of Theodora," "When Molly was Six," "A Little Girl of Long Ago," "A Browning Courtship and Other Stories."

The Rev. Mr. White favors the Republican side in politics. He served on the School Committee of Keene, and was a trustee of Keene Academy, president of the Cheshire County Washingtonian Total Abstinence Society, and one of the trustees of the Orphans' Home in Franklin, N. H. Mr. and Mrs. White are life members of the American Unitarian Association.

and experience. Son of Ephraim Doane, Jr., he was born December 28, 1844, in Harwich, Mass., where his ancestors had been residents for several generations. LI is grandfather, Ephraim, Sr. , sun of Simeon Doane, one of the numerous descendants of Deacon John Doane, of Plymouth, 1630, and later of Eastham, Cape Cod, Mass., was engaged in seafaring pursuits when a young man as captain of a vessel. On retiring to land service, he opened a store of general merchandise in his native town, Harwich, and in connection with it had charge of the post-office there for many years.

Ephraim Doane, Jr., son of Ephraim, Sr. , was born in Harwich in [817. Like most boys reared on the coast, he early imbibed a love for the sea, and at the age of ten years was employed as a cook on board a coaster. From that time on for many a year he led a seafaring life, becoming while yet a very young man master of a vessel. He was engaged in fishing and coastwise sailing until 1*875, when he abandoned the sea to become superintendent of the Sailors' Snug Harbor in Quincy. After a continuous service of eight years in that capacity, he returned to his ancestral home in Harwich, where he is living retired from active labor, a hale and vigorous man for one of his advanced years. His wife was Priscilla Ellis, a daughter of Thomas Ellis, of Harwich. Of their six children, three grew to years of maturity, as follows: Emily, wife of Milton Kelley, of Dennis, Mass. ; Ephraim Harvey; and Minnie, wife of Edgar Thomas, of Dorchester, Mass. The parents early united with the Methodist Episcopal church, and have faithfully followed its teachings.

Ephraim Harvey Doane left school at the age of twelve years to follow in the footsteps of his father, whom he then accompanied on a coasting trip as cook. He continued going to sea upward of a quarter of a century, being employed in various minor capacities until about twenty years old, when he was made captain of a schooner, and subsequently engaged in the coasting business a number of years, the latter part of the time turning his attention to yachting. In 1885 Captain Doane was appointed superintendent of the its kind, where he has now the care oi about forty men, who appreciate to the highest degree his efforts to make their lives homelike and pleasant. Fraternally, he is a member "l the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company "I Boston.

In [863 Captain Doane married Harriet H., daughtei oi Josiah Doane, ol Harwich, who, although he bears the same surname, is not a near kinsman. Two children have been burn to the Captain and Mrs. Doane, namely: Annie, wife of William Gillion, of Dennis, Mass.; and llattie, who died, unmarried, at the age of twenty-seven years.

ANIEL BONNEY, a venerable and honored citizen of Dedham, Mass., ^5) J is living in pleasant retirement from active pursuits at his home on East Street, near Washington Street, enjoying the fruits of his many busy years of toil. He was born October 5, [Sir, in Kingston, this State, his father, Seth Bonney, being the son of Daniel Bonney,- a lifelong resident of Plymouth County.

Seth Bonney was born in Middleboro. He was one of a family of four children, and with 1 lie others was brought up on the home farm. IN' learned the founder's trade when a young man; and this calling he followed winters for some years, having charge of a blast furnace in Halifax, while in the summer season he made a -nod living at fishing. In 1823 he settled in Dedham, where he was engaged in various occupations until the time of his removal to living, where, at the home of one of his sons, he passed the last three of his sixty-one years of life. His wife, formerly Deborah Weston, was born and bred in Plympton, Mass., being one of the eight children reared by Deacon Weston, a prosperous cooper Mis. Bonney bore her husband five children, of whom Daniel, the special subject of this sketch, is the only one living. The mother passed to the higher life in 1X35, aged fifty-four years. Both parents were members of the Baptist church at Kingston.

came with his parents to Dedham. At the age of sixteen In' went to Dunstable, N.H., to learn the trade of a machinist and blacksmith, serving an apprenticeship of three years; and he afterward worked at his trade in a machine shop in Andover, Mass. In 1833 he returned to Dedham, locating in the east part of the town, where he built a simp and began the manufacture of blind hinges, a profitable industry, which he carried on several years. Subsequently, removing his simp to itlocation, near his residence, he enlarged it, and in r 868 put in an engine; and from that time until his retirement from business, in

Mr. Bonney has been twice married. His first wife, to whom he was united May 14, 1835, was Cordelia C. Coney, who was born in Kastport, Me., and was a daughter of William Coney, a native of Dedham. She died at the age of fifty-four vears, leaving six children, namely: Sarah, wife of Horace Wentworth ; Isadora, widow of the late Samuel Whitmore; Henry C. , auditor for the Bell Telephone Company, whose wife, Florence Bridge, died in 1878, having borne him seven children, of whom four are living - John, Robert, Daniel, and Florence C. ; Delia, widow of the late John H. Couclran ; Seth, who is married, and has one child, Arthur W. ; and Daniel Weston, who married Eva M. Wetmore, and has five children - Daniel Weston, Samuel Coney, John Henry, Roger, and Eunice. After the death of his first wife Mr. Bonney married Mrs. Almira S. Gale Grover, who was bom and reared in New Hampshire, where her father, Dudley dale, was engaged in agricultural pursuits throughout his life. She had been married twice previous \<> her union with Mr. Bonney, and by her first husband, Oliver Holmes, had three children - Osmond A., Cora E., and ('liver J. Her second husband, Frank 1). Grover, to whom she was married in 1863, died in [866.

Mr. Bonney is a man of keen intelligence and forethought, keeping well informed as to current events, and is now. as in his earlier years, deeply interested in the welfare and progress oi the community in which he resides.

Dexter E. Wadsworth Biographical Revifav

bread, cake, and pastry baker at Everett Square, Hyde Park, is a selfmade man in the highest sense implied by the term. lie was born in Whitingham, \'t., November 24, 1840, son of Luke W. Farnsworth. His grandfather, Thomas Farnsvvorth, was born in the Green Mountain State, and there spent his threescore and ten years of life employed as a farmer and blacksmith. Luke W. Farnsworth grew to manhood on the parental farm, assisting in its management until of age. Going then to Cape Ann, Massachusetts, he worked for some ten years at quarrying, first as a common laborer and afterward as foreman of the quarry. Subsequently, returning to Vermont, he purchased land in Whitingham; and from that time until his demise, at the venerable age of eighty-two years, he was engaged in agricultural pursuits. His wife, whose maiden name was Harriet Brigham, was born in Whitingham, daughter of John Brigham, a leading farmer of that town. Six children were born of their union, namely: Charles L., the subject of this sketch ; Sophia, the wife of Charles E. Chase; Ann E., the wife of Trueworthy Hayward, of Boston; John A., of whom there is no special record ; Laura, who married Cyrus Boyd, and lives on the old homestead; and Ellen, the wife of Frederick Clifford, living in Maine. The mother passed away in 1 879, aged sixty years. Both she and the father were regular attendants of the Universal ist church.

Charles L. Farnsworth remained beneath the parental roof until he attained man's estate, obtaining his education in the public schools, and acquiring a thorough knowledge of agriculture on the homestead. Coming then to Boston, he secured a situation as a driver of a baker's cart. In the ten years that he remained in that capacity, he became familiar with the business, and in 1X69 was able to start a bakery in Hyde Park, then a village of a thousand inhabitants. Having begun in a modest, unassuming manner, limiting his venture to the capital he had to invest, he has since built up an extensive and remunerative trade in bread, cake, and all kinds of pastry. Mr. Farnsworth has a large local patronage, besides a considerable share of that of the surrounding towns, including Quincy, Neponset, Dedham, and Milton ; and he employs six wagons and twenty hands. He is one of the oldest-established merchants in the [dace, and has taken an active part in developing the resources of the town, which has grown rapidly in the past few years.

Mr. Farnsworth was married in 1869 to Miss Nellie D. Clifford, who was born in Maine, being one of the five children oi Cap tain John Clifford. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Farnsworth are: Harry, Edith, Nellie, and Alice. Harry, who is an electrician, married Florence Page, and has one son, Augustus. A zealous advocate of the principles of the Republican party, Mr. P"arnsworth is fully alive to his duties as a true and faithful citizen. He has served as Selectman for two years, being chairman of the board for one year; as Overseer of the Poor and as a member of the Board of Health ; and he for four years was connected with the fixe department as city engineer. An esteemed member of the Masonic fraternity, he belongs to the Hyde Park Lodge, F. & A. M. ; to Norfolk Chapter, R. A. M., of which he has been High Priest; to the Hyde Park Council; and to Cyprus Commandery, in which he has served as Standard Bearer. He is also a member of Forrest Lodge and Monterey Encampment of the I. 0. O. V., ami a charter member of the Knights of Honor. He and his wife are active members of the Congregational chinch, which his children attend. Mr. Farnsworth's

EXTER EMERSON WADSWORTH, one of the foremost ®/ dry-goods merchants of the city of Quincy, was bom in the neighboi ing town of Milton, March 7, 1866, a son oi Edwin Dexter and Ellen M. (Emerson) Wadsi32 worth. After completing the course of study in the public schools of Milton, young Wads entered Bryanl & Stratton's business College, from which he was graduated in 1882. ilth being quite poor at that time, he did not engage in any especial business for a year or two. In 1884 he went to work for the firm nl Brown, Durrell & Co., of Boston, remaining with them five years. Then he ill store in the Adams Building, Quincy. This venture was so successful that at the end of two and a half years, needing bettei facilities and accommodations to meet the demands of the business, he removed to his present quarters in the Greenleaf Hotel, which at that time had just been remodelled. I [e now has one of the largest dry-goods stores in Norfolk County, well stocked with as complete a line of goods, excepting fancy dressind as large an assortment of smallwares as can be found in the largest store in Boston. He keeps five young ladies busily employed throughout the year, and during the holidays employs sixteen clerks. In 1894 he opened a branch store in Milton, where he has already built up a substantial trade, notwithstanding the recent business depression.

Prominent in Masonic circles, Mr. Wadsworth is a member of Macedonian Lodge of Milton, of which he is J. \V. , and belongs to St. Paul's Chapter, the Boston Commandery, and the Boston Council. He has also fellowship in Damon Lodge, No. 12, K. of P., of Boston; the Quincy Club and the Quincy Yacht Club; and he is the vice-president of the Granite City Club. In politics he is an unswerving Republican, and he has been one of the Warrant Committee of the town of Milton for two years. An energetic young man, Mr. Wadsworth has shown a remarkable aptitude for business, and no doubt has a prosperous future before him.

Aid, was born in Schenectady, WW, January 19, 1831, son of Elijah and i (Smith) Hastings, who were both natives of the State of Massachusetts. On the paternal side he is directly descended from Thomas Hastings, of Ipswich, England, who came with his wife to America in 1834, settling in Watertown, Mass. His maternal grandfather was a minute-man in Revolutionary times, and was at Lexington and other battles. Of the Richards tribe, from whom his mother was descended, no less than eight members of one family were soldiers in the Revolution.

Captain Hastings's father died rather early in life, leaving his widow with nine children. At five years of age Charles W. was taken into the family of his aunt, Mrs. Enoch Whiting, of St. Albans, Vt. , where he remained until thirteen years of age. He then made his home with his cousin, Calvin Whiting, of the same place, an extensive tanner; but a short time afterward he became a member of the family of Benjamin F. Tuller, an agriculturist near St. Albans. At the age of seventeen he was thrown on his own resources; and beginning life for himself he first obtained employment with the then well-known S. N. Dickenson, a job printer of Boston. Mr. Dickenson also owned a type foundry; and, after serving as office boy, Mr. Hastings was employed in the stereotype department of the concern. He left this business to go into the freight department of the Western Railroad at .Springfield, but in 1852 became an employee in the shoe factory of Tirrell & Bates at South Weymouth, with whom he continued until 1861. Elected in the fall of i860 Representative for the town of Weymouth to the lower house of the State legislature, he served during a portion of the session of 1861, resigning in April to enter the army.

He enlisted in what was afterward Company II, Twelfth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, known as the Webster Regiment, Colonel Fletcher Webster in command. He was elected First Lieutenant of the company at its organization, and August 10, 1862, was made Captain, so remaining until his discharge from the service in March, 1865. His company became a part of the Army of the Potomac under the immediate command of General Banks in Maryland. In [862 lie joined the General's expedition to the Shenandoah Valley. He was jn a skirmish at

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Thoroughfare Gap, and was afterward in the battle of second Bull Run, where Colonel Fletcher Webster fell. He fought in the battles of South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and participated also in the Mine Run campaign, the battles of the Wilderness, and Spottsylvania. Having crossed the North Anna River, it was at this time that Captain Hastings was captured by the Confederates, and, being taken to Libby Prison, spent a week within the walls of that den of horrors. With other officers, he was then transferred to Macon, Ga. , and imprisoned in a stockade. From there he was taken to Savannah, thence successively to Charleston jail yard, to Columbia, S. C, and to Charlotteville, N.C., where he was duly paroled and sent to Wilmington, N. C, to rejoin the Union forces.

Honorably discharged March 12, 1S65, he returned to South Weymouth, and has since remained in this town. He was employed in a shoe factory until 1 87 1 , when he was appointed clerk of the Board of Police Commissioners, then under the metropolitan system. In this capacity he served for about four years, and after that he again entered the shoe factory. Receiving the appointment of document clerk in the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth in December, 1877, he discharged the duties of that position until May, 1879, when he received the appointment he now holds, of State Aid Commissioner, and was chosen clerk of the board, or, in other words, executive officer.

He married first Rachel F. Rogers, daughter of John G. Rogers, a former well-known citizen of Weymouth. By her he had two sons - Edward R. and Alfred W. He married second Marion E. Daggett, daughter of Isaac R. Daggett, late of Weymouth.

The Captain is a charter member of Reynolds Post, G. A. R., No. 58, at East Weymouth, and has served sixteen years as Adjutant of the post and two terms as its Commander. He attends the Universalist church .it South Weymouth, and is a member of the Prudential Committee. A Republican in politics, he is a public-spirited citizen and one of the honored members of the community. He is a director in the South Weymouth Cooperative Bank, and is agent for the Board of Trustees of the Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts, situated at Chelsea, his duties being to investigate cases of soldiers and sailors applying for admission.

HARLES H. RILEY, the popular Postmaster of Dedham, was born in this town, January 1, 1852. The genial qualities which have made him a favorite with all who know him are, no doubt, inherited from his Irish parents. The father, Francis Riley, who after his marriage came to America, settling in Dedham and working as a gardener, died at the age of fortyfour. Of his five children the only other survivor is now one of the sweet-faced Sisters of Charity who care for orphaned children in St. Vincent's Orphan .Asylum of Boston. The mother died at the age of fifty-six.

Postmaster Riley lost his father when but a lad of twelve years. From that time his working life began, as it was needful for him to earn his own living and to assist in the support of his mother. For seven years he was a clerk in a grocery store in this town, and then for the next twelve years he was clerk in a hay and grain business. While in this position, his native ability and fitness to hold and administer positions of trust and responsibility were recognized; and he made many friends who were ready to put him forward as the best man in the town for the Postmastership. In the contest of 1886 Mr. Cummings received the appointment to this important position; but upon his resignation, in 18S8, Mr. Riley was appointed to the office by President Cleveland. At the end of his term of four years he was reappointed by President Harrison, and upon the expiration of his second term he was again reappointed by President Cleveland for another term of four years. The fact of these reappointments is in itself sufficient proof of his having filled the position in a highly satisfactory way. Beginning with one clerk, the business of the office has been so much increased, and its facilities so extended, that now three clerks are employed. The Dedham office is one of the best appointed and best managed of its class in the State. Mi.

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Riley believes in suiting the public convenience as far as possible, the most satisfactor) thing about the Dedham office. In addition to the despatch with which the mails are handled then , gratifying feature is the i onstant and never-failing courtesy with which every service is rendered. In 1892 and (893 Mr. Riley had charge of all the offices in Norfolk Count}-, being appointed by Postmaster-General Wanamaker. After sending his report of these offices to Washington, he received a letter from the department complimenting him on his excellent manner of conducting the business.

In 1884 Mr. Riley was united in marriage with Mary Foley, of Cambridge. Both Mr. and Mrs. Riley are communicants of the Roman "Catholic Church. Mr. Riley is a member of the Catholic Order of Foresters. Beginning life as a poor boy and with small equipment of education, he has by his own efforts, by personal industry and thrift, gained a position of influence, anil has won for himself general esteem.

DMUND G. BATES, an enterprising dry-goods merchant of East Weymouth, was born in Weymouth, Mass., June 26, 1833, son of Jacob and Nabby L. (Waterman) Bates. He is a representative of old and highly reputable families of Weymouth. The Bates family, which is of English origin, sprung from three brothers who emigrated in company, one settling on Cape Cod, another in New Hampshire, and the other, of whom the subject of this sketch is a direct descendant, in Weymouth, Mass. Jacob and Nabby L. Bates were both lifelong residents of this town. The former died at the age of sixtynine years, and the latter when nearly eightyfive.

Edmund G. Bates was reared and educated in Weymouth. At the age of thirteen he entered the employ of Henry Loud, general and Postmaster, with whom he remained as clerk for twenty years. Subsequently, after serving with Mr. Loud's successor, C. W. Soule, for a year, he in 1875 established himself in the dry and fancy goods business on Broad Street, East Weymouth, where he has built up a flourishing trade. Haying started in business with a limited capital saved from his earnings, his prosperity is the result of his business ability ; and he has good reason to be proud of his success. For a number of years he has been a trustee of the East Weymouth Savings Bank. He is a member of the Investment Committee, and he served on the '['own Committee for some time.

Mr. Bates married Jane B. Bicknell, daugh ter of Quincy L. and Deborah (Porter) Bicknell, both of whom were natives of this town. A fuller account of Mrs. Bates's ancestry may be found in a sketch of Zachariah L. Bicknell, which appears elsewhere in the Review. Mrs. Bates has had two children - Arthur W. and Addie L. , neither of whom is now living.

Mr. Bates has always displayed an active interest in the welfare of the town, and may be depended upon at all times to favor any measure calculated to develop its resoun improve its condition. He is connected with various social and fraternal organizations, being a member of Orphans' Hope Lodge, F. & A. M. ; has been treasurer of South Shore Commander}', Knights Templar, for the past twenty-two years; and a member of Crescent Lodge, I. O. O. F. , for over thirty years. He and his wife are members of the United Order of the Golden Cross, and both are popular in social circles.

iDOLPH P. MOSELEY, the actig secretary of the Brainard Machine Company and the superintendent of their foundry at Hyde Park, was born in Columbus, Ohio, June 22, 1842, son of Thomas William H. and Mary A. (Beckner) Moseley. The grandfather, Perrow Moseley, who was a Virginian by birth and a civil engineer by profession, reared a number of children, spent the most of his life in Kentucky, and died there at the age of eighty years. The father was reared and educated at Mount Sterling, Ky. In early life he followed his father's profession, and later was connected with the Washington Iron Works in Ironton, Ohio, where he remained for several years. From Ironton he went to Newport, Ky. , and in 1S62 came to Boston. He was the inventor of the corrugated iron rooting, which he manufactured for some years. Then he organized the Moseley Iron Bridge and Roof Company, whose plant was located in Roxbury and Readville, Mass. He was also the projector and builder of a large rollingmill in Readville, where he employed an average of four hundred men, and carried on an extensive business. His death occurred in 1879, at the age of sixty-four years. As an able and energetic business man he was an important factor in advancing the iron manufacturing interests of this locality, and his connection with the industries of Boston and its vicinity was exceedingly beneficial to the laboring classes. Originally a Whig in politics, he later became a Republican. His religious creed was the Presbyterian. He wedded Mary A. Beckner, of Carlisle, Ky., who died at the age of sixty-six years. She was the mother of three children; namely, Anna M. L., Randolph P., and Samuel R.

Randolph P. Moseley passed his earlier years in Newport, Ky. , and acquired his education in a private academy. At the age of eighteen he entered the employ of his father. In 1862 he enlisted in Company D, Fortysecond Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers. While serving in the Civil War, he was captured and held a prisoner for some time. Upon his return from the army he resumed his apprenticeship; and, after learning thoroughly every branch of the iron manufacturing industry, he took charge of the rolling-mill. He also acted as superintendent of the Bridge Company, and as such directed the adjustment of a number of iron bridges built by that concern. He was connected with his father's enterprises until 1869, when he was employed by George Southern & Co. in the steam shovel manufactory in South Boston, and remained with that concern four years. He next engaged in the hotel business as the proprietor of the Everett House in Hyde Park, which he ran for a year; and for the succeeding four years he was employed by the Boston Gas Light Company. He then became the secretary and general superintendent of the Nashua Lock Company in Nashua, N. If. During his eight years' connection with that concern he prepared a large catalogue, containing one thousand different designs of locks, knobs, and keys, which was issued to the trade at a cost of fifteen thousand dollars. Some ten years ago he purchased an interest in the Brainard Foundry in Hyde Park, which is now carried on under his personal supervision. This concern makes castings of all kinds, employing a large force of workmen ; and its office is located at 156 Oliver Street, Boston.

In 1868 Mr. Moseley was united in marriage with Eugenia Davis, daughter of Timothy Davis, of Boston. She died in January, 1876. For his second wife he married Josephine B. Brainard, daughter of Amos H. Brainard, Esq., the founder and official head of the company which bears his name. Mr. and Mis. Moseley have two children - Robert B. and Edna E. Politically, Mr. Moseley is a Republican. He served as an Assessor in Hyde Park for twelve years, and was elected a member of the board of Selectmen in 1896 and 1897, during the last term being chairman of the board. He is connected with the Masonic fraternity, and is Past Commander of Timothy Ingraham Post, No. 121, G. A. R. Mr. Moseley has had a very successful business career. He is especially familiar with the process attending the alloying of metals, and is frequently called into court as an expert. Mr. and Mrs. Moseley are Episcopalians.

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ON. JOHN FLINT MERRILL, the proprietor of the Boston Branch Grocer}- Store at Quincy and one of the leading merchants of the city, was born January 16, 1849, in Brownfield, Oxford County, Me., son of Samuel Eastman Merrill. The family is, presumably, of Huguenot extraction, although the first ancestor of whom there is anything definitely known was Nathaniel Merrill, who emigrated to this country from Hampshire, England, in 1634, settling in Newbury, Mass. In religious faith he was a Separatist, belonging to the sect known as the Orthodox Congregational; and his descendants to the present day, without a break, are alleged to have affiliated with the same denomination and to have ranked high as regards intelligence and morality, while, for the greater part, obtain-

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Nathaniel Merrill, the great grandfather of [ohn F. , also a native of Concord, was born in [738. Soon after his marriage with Martha Walker he removed to Fryeburg, Me., where he was engaged in agricultural pursuits for many years, and reared his family of thirteen children. Subsequently he removed to Brownfield, where his death occurred at a ripe old age. The line of descent was continued through his son Nathaniel, who was born and bred in Fryeburg, whence in early manhood he went to Brownfield. Here he took up a large tract of wild land, which he converted into a good homestead. His wife, a native of Conway, N.H., whose maiden name was Phebe Merrill, came of the same ancestral stock though far removed. They became the parents of seven children, all of whom were born on the Brownfield homestead. They were: Phebe, Samuel Eastman, Mary, Otis, Clarinda, Phedora, and Horatio.

Samuel Eastman Merrill was born February 2 2, 1S02, in Brownfield, where he lived for nearly half a century, devoting his time and attention to farming. In 1852 he settled in Fayette, Kennebec County, Me. Two years later he removed to Norway, Me., where he spent his remaining years, dying there December 1 g, 1878. With the exception of four years spent in manufacturing, he continued in the occupation to which he was reared, and was known as a practical and prosperous farmer. In the slavery days he was a Free Soiler. Later he became an earnest supporter of Neal Dow's prohibition principles. In [une, 1831, he married Clarissa Flint, of Norway, Me., a daughter of John Flint, who sprung from a pioneer family of Essex County, Massachusetts. Loth he and his wife were very active members of the Congregational church, which he served many years as Dea- 1 on. They had eight children, namely: Elizabeth F. , born in [833, who died in 1837; Clara Phebe, born in [835, now the widow of the late James B. Potter, of the firm of Moore, Smith & Co., of Boston; James Flint, born in

1837, who married Harriet Brown, and lives in Quincy, Mass.; Horatio Otis, born in 1840, wdio died in 1846; Samuel ( )scar, born in 1842, who married Fannie Green, of Boston, and is now a resident of Nashville, Tenn. ; Elizabeth Flint, born in 1845, who resides in Ashmont, Mass ; John Flint, the subject of this sketch; and Frederick, born in 1850, who died in 1854.

A child when his parents removed to Norway, Me., John Flint Merrill was there reared and educated, attending its public schools. On reaching man's estate he obtained the situation of clerk in a Boston grocery store, where he remained five years. Then, conversant with the business, he returned to his native State, opened a grocery in Lewiston, and subsequently carried it on for three years. In 1878 he came to Quincy and started his present store. Since then he has built up an extensive and remunerative trade in fancy and staple groceries, having the largest store of the kind in the city. In 1886 he and A. G. Durgin built the Durgin & Merrill Block, the first business block with modern improvements, and one of the largest erected in Quincy. Mr. Merrill has always taken an active interest in the welfare of the city. He was the leading spirit in forming the Quincy Street Railway Company, of which he was at first the treasurer, and thereafter the president until it went out of existence. In 1890 he became a director of the Quincy & Boston Street Railway Company. He is also the president of the Braintree Street Railway Company, the treasurer of the Randolph Street Railway Company, and a director of the Cottage City and Martha's Vineyard Street Railway Companies.

On October 4, 1894, Mr. Merrill was married to Miss Elizabeth Upton Waters, daughter of George F. Waters, a dentist of Boston, and now has one child, Catherine. He and Mrs. Merrill attend the Congregational church. In politics he is a straight Republican, and for four years was president of the Republican City Committee. He represented the towns of Quincy and Weymouth in the legislatures of 1S87 and 1888, serving in both on the Water Supply Committee. In 1S92 hewas elected to the Massachusetts Senate, and re-elected in 1893. During his first year here he was on the Committee on Mercantile Affairs and the Library Committee; and he was chairman of the Committee on Constitutional Amendments. In his second year he was chairman of the Mercantile Affairs Committee and a member of that on towns and bills to third reading. He likewise carried through the bill for undergrounding the electric wires in the city of Boston. Mr. Merrill 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 Mount Wol laston Lodge, I. O. O. F. ; and for a time was connected with the Improved Order of Red Men and the Royal Arcanum.

/^JeORGE MILES, who has been a prosy '*) I perous grocer in Hyde Park for upward of a quarter of a century, was bom April 7, 1842, in Stow, Middlesex County. A son of Lewis Miles, he belongs to the family that has produced Major-general Nelson A. Miles, the present head of the United States Army. His great-grandfather, who fought in the French and Indian War, after being captured by the Indians, made his escape but a few hours before the morning appointed to burn him at the stake. Ezra Miles, the grandfather, spent a large part of his life in the town of Stow, being engaged in the cabinet-maker's trade in that locality, living there until his demise, at the age of fourscore and four years.

Lewis Miles grew to man's estate in Stow, his native town, there acquiring his education in the common schools. He spent some years in Roxbury, Mass., in his early manhood, working in the rope-walk. Afterward he returned to Stow, where he purchased a farm, and was engaged in agricultural pursuits until the close of his life, when sixty-four years of age. He was a very successful farmer and business man, honorable and upright in all his dealings, and was held in the highest regard by the community. He married Miss Hannah A. Dean, who was born in Cohasset, Mass., one of the seven children of Mr. and Mrs. John Dean. Eight children were born of this union, six of whom are living; namely, Mrs.

Hannah M. Mead, Lewis H., George, Alonzo, Mrs. Martha A. Potter, and Albert T. Three of these sons, Lewis, Alonzo, and George, and one son-in-law, Mr. Mead, were brave participants in the late war. The mother, a bright and winsome woman of fourscore years, is a devoted member of the Methodist church.

George Miles lived beneath the parental roof until nineteen years of age, when he offered his services to his country. He was assigned to the hospital corps of the Seventh Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and two years later was transferred to the sutler's department, in which he served until the end of the war. He saw many of the important battles of the war, some twenty in all, and experienced the hardships and privations of army life. Subsequently, for three years, he worked for the Weed Tile Manufacturing Company, and then spent a few seasons at the old homestead in Stow. After that, securing a situation in the Boylston Market in Boston, he remained there until 1870, when he came to Hyde Park, which he has since made his home. Here he started at once in the grocery business as senior member of the firm of Miles & Silsbury, continuing thus five years, when the partnership was dissolved. Mr. Miles then carried on the business alone until 1890, when he took in a partner, the firm name having since been Miles & Morrison. These gentlemen are carrying on a very large and profitable business, having two stores, and keeping a force of eight clerks busily employed.