Norfolk Town (part 5 of 23)

Mr. Miles was married December 25, 1873, to Miss Rosa Belle Allen. Born in Cam bridge, Mass., a daughter of Orville Allen, and a sister of the wife of Thomas E. Faunce (of whom a biography is presented on another page), she died at the age of forty years. Subsequently, on September 6, 1890, Mr. Miles married Miss Eva E. Shaw, a daughter of William Shaw, of Hyde Park. Oi this union one child has been born, Georgia Allen. In politics Mr. Miles is a sound Republican, and for two years he has served his fellowtownsmen as Selectman. A leading Mason in Hyde Park and vicinity for some years, he has done much to advance the interests of the lodges with which he is connected. lie is a member of Hyde Park Lodge, E. & A. M., of which he has been chaplain for years; oi Norfolk Chapter, R. A. M., oi which he is also chaplain; of Hyde Park Council; oi Cyprus Commandery, oi which he has been Commander for two years, besides having held other offices; oi the Boston Lafayette Lodge "t Perfection; oi the Giles I Yates Council of Princes of Jerusalem ; oi the Massachusetts Consistory, in which he has taken the thirtysecond degree; "i the Commanders' Union of Massachusetts and Rhode Island; and of the Ulue Hill Chapter of the Eastern Star. He also belongs to the Red Men, to the Knights of Honor, and to the Royal Arcanum. Mr. Miles has been a director of the Hyde Park Co-operative Hank since its organization, was its president fur six years, and is now its vicepresident. He is a member of the Hyde Park Historical Society, in which he takes a deep interest. Ruth Mr. and Mrs. Miles are active members of the Baptist church, and contribute generously toward its support.

ILLIAM B. HOLMES, a successful general farmer of Sharon, was born in North Easton, Mass., May 8, 1847, son <>1 Bradford and Harriet (Alexander) Holmes. The farm he now occupies was purchased by his grandfather, Nathan Holmes, a native of Stoughton, who cut thereon a considerable amount of ship timber, hoop poles, and wood. The grandfather, Nathan, married Zilpha Monk, of Stoughton, and their children were nine in number; namely, Nathan, Clements, Elijah, Bradford, William, Fisher, Wadsworth, Francis, and Zilpha.

Bradford Holmes, father of William B., was born in Stoughton, and accompanied his parents to Sharon when quite young. While still a young man he removed to North Easton, where he remained for over twenty years, during which time he was engaged in teaming. Subsequently, returning to Sharon, he resided here until his death, which occurred in 1882. In politics he was a Republican, and he held at different times several town offices. He was a member of the Universalist church. His wife, Harriet Alexander, who was a native of Chcstcrville, Me., became the mother of five children, oi whom two were of twenty-one years. The survivors are: Mary, the first-born, who is now the widow oi Jeremiah M. Leonard, late of Stoughton; and William R. , tin- subject of this sketch. The mother died in 1 896.

William R. Holmes supplemented the education obtained in the common school-, of Sharon by attendance at Stoughtonham Institute, where he finished his school studies. Since leaching manhood he has tilled the -oil of the homestead faun besides dealing largely in milk. He also does a good business in wood and hoops. In politics he supports the .Republican party; and he has been called upon to serve in several of the town offices, in all of which he has acquitted himself with credit.

On September 23, 1896, Mr. Holmes was united in marriage with Caroline I'. Bowden, daughter of Anthony W. and Hellen N. Howden, of Boston. He is a member of Lodge- No. 72, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and Grange No. [97, of Stoughton. He and his wife attend the Universalist church.

AVID NEAL, who has been identified with the mercantile interests oi Norfolk County for more than a quarter oi a century, is carrying on an extensive trade in groceries on Washington Street, Dedharh, where he has a fine and wellequipped store. Son of Rufus Neal, he was born April 18, [828, in Palermo, Waldo County, Me.

Rufus Neal was horn on a farm in North Berwick, Me., being one oi a family of twelve children. He was reared to agricultural pursuits, which he followed throughout his long life of seventy-eight years, tiisi in his native town and later in Palermo, where he settled soon after his marriage. His wife, whose maiden name was Sarah Buffum, was a daughter ot Jonathan liuffum, and one of a family of thirteen children. She also was born and reared on a North Berwick farm. She was the mother of five children, three of whom are still living; namely, Miss Harriet L. Neal, Mrs. Jane I'. Shorey, and David, the special subject of this brief biographical sketch. The mother lived to the ripe old age of eighty years, and during her entire life clung to the Quaker faith, in which she was reared, her husband being a devout and true Uni versa list.

David Neal spent the days of his boyhood and youth on the home farm, obtaining his education in the district schools. When nineteen years old he left home and went to Orono, Me., about eight miles above Bangor, where he worked in a lumber-mill two years. Going thence to South Yarmouth, Mass., he learned the trade of printing oil-cloth carpets, and worked at that business in different cities for sixteen years. After being employed as an operator in mills at Hallowell Crossroads, now Manchester, Me., two years, at Fall River, Mass., two years, Winthrop, Me., one year, and at Cleveland, Ohio, two years, he spent a short time in his childhood's home, and then worked in the South Dedham Mills until the winter of 1861, when he turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, settling on the farm which he had previously purchased in Palermo, Me. Two years later he again went to -Hallowell to work in the mills; but in a short time he gave up his position and opened a meat market in that town, remaining there five years.

He was next located in Ashland, Mass., for two years, having charge of the meat market of H. W. Barrett. In 1871 Mr. Neal accepted the position of clerk in his present store in Dedham, a position which he faithfully filled seven years, in that time becoming fully acquainted with the details of the business. He then started as a grocer on his own account, opening a store a short distance away, and remained there prosperously engaged until 1 891 , when he removed to his present commodious and well-arranged quarters. Mr. Neal is, with one exception, the oldest-established grocer in Dedham, and by his upright, honorable business methods has built up a large and lucrative trade, securing an extensive patronage among the best people of the town. He carries a full stock of staple and fancy groceries, besides having a large assortment of crockery and glassware,' his highest endeavor being to meet the wants and please the tastes of his numerous customers.

Frances E. Griggs, who was born in Dedham, daughter of James Griggs, a cabinet-maker of this place. Mr. and Mrs. Neal have two children - Carrie E. and Edgar, who both live in Minneapolis. Edgar Neal is an electrician in that city; and his sister is the wife of Oliver T. Erickson, and has three children - Elsie, Irene, and Frances.

Mr. Neal takes an active interest in all things pertaining to the welfare of his adopted town, and for four years, or since 1893, has been a member of the Board of Selectmen, at the election in 1896 receiving the largest number of votes cast for any one candidate for office. In politics he is a strict adherent of the Republican party. For over thirty years he has been connected with the Masonic order, having united with Kennebec Lodge in Hallowell, Me., and being now a member of Consolation Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Dedham. He is also a member of the Samuel Dexter Lodge, No. 232, I. O. O. F. Mr. Neal and his wife and daughter are connected with the Unitarian church in Dedham.

IMOTHY OWEN, a prosperous druggist of Canton, who was born in Hanover, N.H., March 28, 1847, is a son of Frederick L. and Rebecca B. (Chandler) Owen. His great-grandfather was an earlysettler of Hanover; and his grandfather, Timothy (first), was a resident of the same town. Frederick L. was fitted for college at Kimball Union Academy; and he would have taken a course at Dartmouth College, but for the death of his father. He spent his life as a farmer, mostly in Hanover and Lebanon. His wife, Rebecca, had four children - Timothy, Millard F., Emily, and Frederick L., Jr. Millard died at the age of fifteen. The father, having survived the mother, contracted a second marriage with Emeline E. Ingalls, who had no children. He died in Lebanon at the age of sixty-seven years.

After receiving his early education in the common schools and at Kimball Union Academy, Timothy Owen attended Dartmouth College for two years, completing a course at the age of nineteen. Afterward he returned to Hanover, and studied pharmacy with Dr.

Smith. He then took charge of the business, and for two years managed the store of George Kendrick at Lebanon. His next step was to go to Boston, where he entered the employ of rheodore Metcali & Co., remaining with them for about two years. Also for about the same length of time he was associated with his father-in-law in that city. In 1N77 he came tu Canton, and started for himself in the drug business, which he has si nee prosperously followed, carrying a full stock of drugs and medicines. He is a member of the College of Pharmacy.

Mr. Owen has been Tax Collector for seven years, and on the Board of Registrars for two years. He is a member of Line Hill Lodge (if Masons: oi Mount Zion Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, of Stoughton ; of Hyde Park Council; and of Cyprus Commandery, Knights Templars, of Hyde Park. He has taken the degrees in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and is now Past Grand therein. In the Blue Hill Lodge, A. F. & A. M., mentioned above, he has been the secretary for thirteen years. He was a member and an officer of the Golden Cross Commander}', the collector and the local secretary for the Bay State Beneficiary Association, and the secretary of the Odd Fellows and Masonic Accident Association. In politics he is a Republican; and his family attend the Universalist church, which he has served as collector for the past three years. He was married in 1871 to Xancy J., daughter of Silas D. Coburn, of Boston. They have six children - Florence L., Alice M., Frederick L., Daisy F., S. Coburn, and Mabel R.

NDREW J. NORRIS, of Dedham, the agent of Parker's Boston Express, and for over fifty years a resident of this town, was born in Dorchester, X.H., February 2, 1830, son of Zebulon ami Martha (Everett) Xorris. The grandfather, Xathaniel Xorris, who was a native of Stratford, X.H., settled in Dorchester when a young man, and erected mills. He had carried on a large manufacturing business for many years, when he retired; and he died at the age of eighty years. He reared a family of ten children, of whom Zebulon was the eldest. Some of his sons succeeded to their father's business, which was located in a part of Dorchester. X.1L, known as Xorris Mills: and two became Methodist minister-.

Zebulon Xorris, father oi Andrew J., left home in 1833, and established a line of eighthorse teams between a point in Vermont and Boston. His teams made the round trip, three hundred and fifty miles, in twenty days, and transported large quantities ol I night. Some years later he gave up the business; and, after following agricultural pursuits for a time, he came to Dedham, where he passed the rest of his life. He figured quite prominently in public affairs, serving as a Selectman, Assessor, and Overseer of the Poor in the town of Fairlee; Vt. , and he was for two years a Representative to the legislature. His wife was a native of Chesterfield, X.H., and a daughter of Xathaniel Everett, a prosperous farmer. She reared three children, two of whom are living, namely: Andrew J., the subject of this sketch; and Samuel M. Zebulon Xorris and his wife died at the age of sixty-nine years. They were members of the Methodist Episcopal church.

Andrew J. Xorris was educated in the common schools, and resided at home until seventeen years old. Going then to Boston, he secured a position as clerk in a dry-goods store. A short time later he settled in Dedham, where he entered into partnership with Benjamin Boyden, and carried on business at East Dedham several years. In 1S70 he engaged in the grocery business upon his own account in the central part of the town, and for twenty years conducted a thriving trade. He sold out in 1890, since which time he has been connected with Parker's Express, having charge of the business at this end of the line. Politically, Mr. Xorris is a Republican. For six years he served as a Selectman, some of the time acting as chairman, when the duties of assessing the town and overseeing the poor were in charge of the board.

In 1849 Mr. Xorris was joined in marriage with Harriet T. Boyden, daughter of Benjamin Boyden, his former business associate. Mrs. Xorris has had seven children - Albert B., Clara, Edward E., Elizabeth E., Frank, Annie H., and Ferdinand F. Edward is now deceased; Albert B. , who is in the dry-goods business in Boston, married Annie Ingalls, and has three children - Albert F., Thomas M., and Martha; Elizabeth E. is the wife of O. H. Hammond, and has one daughter, Marjorie; Frank, who occupies a responsible position with S. S. Pierce, Boston, married Ada Mosier, and has one son, Ralph; Ferdinand is also in the employ of S. S. Pierce; Elizabeth E. and Annie H. are copyists in the office of the Norfolk County Registry of Deeds. The children were all educated in the common and high schools of Dedham. They are all interested in music; and Frank is a well-known tenor singer, a member of a quartette and of the Apollo Club of Boston. Mr. Xorris, Sr., is Past Master of Constellation Lodge, F. & A. M., and a charter member of the Knights of Honor. The family attend the Episcopal church.

ENRY SIDNEY DRAPER, of West Dedham, one of the most extensive dairy farmers in Norfolk County, was born in the vicinity of his present home, July 18, 1827, son of Willard and Louisa (Smith) Draper.

His paternal grandfather, whose name was Daniel, was the youngest son of Aaron Draper, who resided in Dover, Mass., and reared three sons and three daughters. Daniel Draper married Amy Deane. He was the first of the family to settle in West Dedham, where he followed the wheelwright's trade in connection with farming.

Willard Draper, son of Daniel and Amy (Deane) Draper, was by occupation a farmer. He married Louisa, daughter of Abijah Smith, and had a family of nine children, of whom Henry S., the subject of this sketch, is the eldest, and now the only one living. The others were: Frank, Louisa, Whiting S., Mary, Dora, Hannah, Abijah, and Edward.

Henry S. Draper resided at home until twenty years of age, and then engaged in farming upon his own account. He bought a small piece of land, upon which he began dairy farming on a limited scale, gradually increasing his acreage as his business advanced in prosperity, and his improvements kept pace with his progress. When circumstances required the erection of large barns, he visited Maine, and purchased nine or ten carloads of lumber, thus securing well-selected building material at wholesale rates. Pie now owns five hundred acres of excellent tillage and pasture land, keeps one hundred and seventyeight cows, and handles three hundred cans of milk and twenty gallons of cream per day. He has established and sold eight different milk routes in Boston, and at the present time is supplying a numerous patronage in the Back Bay district. He has recently built a hennery one hundred and twenty feet long, fourteen feet wide, and twelve feet high; and, keeping from seven hundred to eight hundred fowls, he realizes an average of thirty dozen eggs per day.

Mr. Draper married for his first wife Catherine Arris, a native of Maine. She died at the age of thirty-two years, leaving three daughters - Edna, Lucy, and Martha. Edna is now the widow of James Armstrong, and the mother of six sons and three daughters. Lucy, who is the wife of George Williams, and lives in Gardiner, Me., has one son and two daughters. Martha, who is now Mrs. McElroy, of Boston, has three children. For his second wife Mr. Draper wedded Harriet Butler, a native of Dixfield, Me., daughter of Shepard Butler. By this union he has four children; namely, Sidney Waldo, Florence, Willard, and George. Florence is now Mrs. Almon Daniels, of Boston. She has had two daughters, but has been bereft of one. Willard Draper is married, and has two children. George, the youngest son, is attending school. In politics Mr. Draper is a Republican. He and Mrs. Draper united with the Baptist church many years ago, and the children are all members.

1OBERT L. FRAMPTON, a manufacturer of morocco leather at Hyde Park, was born October 18. 1847, in New Bedford, Mass., son of Robert L. Frampton. The family originated in England, whence the first representative in America came in did Colonial times, locating probably in the South. James F. Frampton,

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The father lived in South Carolina until the breaking out of the Rebellion, when he joined the Union army, enlisting at Washington, D.C. lie married Elizabeth Moultrie, who was horn and bred in South Carolina. She was tin- great-grand daughter of the heroic Colonel William Moultrie, whose gallant defence i>t Fort Sullivan, in 1776, caused that place to be afterward called Fort Moultrie. ( )l her four children, James A., Robert L., and Charlotte E. are living. Charlotte E. is the wife of William Peabody, of Jamaica Plain. The mother, now seventy-eight years of age, and residing at South Braintree, Mass., is a woman of fine character, and belongs to the Episcopal church.

Robert L. Frampton spent his early life in New Bedford, acquiring a practical education in the public schools of that city. During the Rebellion he enlisted in New Bedford to fill a quota from Milford, Mass., as a drummer boy in the Nineteenth (unattached) Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, in which he served until the cessation of hostilities. After returning to New Bedford, he worked in a morocco factory, learned the morocco dresser's trade, and subsequently became foreman of a shop in Roxbury. A short time afterward he emharked in business for himself at Boylston Station, remaining there six years. Then he transferred his operations to a large factory he had erected at Mount Hope, and where he carried on an extensive business for ten years, employing as many as one hundred hands, it being the largest and one of the oldest establishments of the kind in New England. In 1.XS5 the Mount Hope factory was burned, and Mr. Frampton at once removed to Hyde Park, taking possession of the factory which he had previously built. He has since met with greal and, seemingly, abiding prosperity.

Mr. Frampton has been twice married. The first occasion was in 1X71. when he was united to Adcdaide Rogers, who was horn in Roxbury, Mass., a daughter of Joseph Rogers. She died in 1875, leaving two daughters, both riage was made with Miss Amelia E. Russell, who was born and bred in Boston. She has become the mother of one child, Robert L. Frampton, Jr., who is engaged in business with his father. The son, as well as the daughter, Adelaide K.. was educated in the Berkeley School. Adelaide afterward took a course of study in the Boston Conservatory oi Music. Mr. Frampton is a stanch Republican in politics. He belongs to the Boston Lodge of Elks, in which he has held 1 it a charter member of Stony Brook Lodge, Knights of Honor, of which he has been financial reporter for several years; and he is also a comrade of the Timothy Ingraham Post, No. 121, G. A. R., of Hyde Park. In religious belief he is an Episcopalian, and with his family attends the Episcopal church.

HOMAS DUNBAR, a retired business ' I man of Canton, Mass., was born here, -"- August 19, 1 8 14, son of Thomas and Cloa (Bent) Dunbar. His great-grandfather was Samuel Dunbar, who settled in Canton in 1727, and was a minister in the place for fiftysix years. Samuel's son, Elijah, was famous in the musical line, and was the first man in the State who sang by note. Elijah's son, Thomas (first), who was a farmer, in 1804 purchased the place where his son now lives, and where he spent the greater part of his life. The wife of this Thomas was a daughter of Captain William Bent, who was a soldier in the Revolution. Of their twelve children Thomas and Elijah are living. Elijah now resides in Grand Haven, Mich. The father died in 1854, at the age of eighty years. He was a stanch Whig in politics.

Thomas Dunbar, the subject of this sketch, was educated in the common schools of his native place. At the age of sixteen he went to Dedham, Mass., and served five years as a millwright and machinist. After finishing his apprenticeship, he followed the same occupation for a year, and subsequently took charge of the Revere Copper Company works; and he remained in the business for six years. He then resigned, and went back to Dedham, where he formed a partner- ship with the man to whom he had been apprenticed. The partnership had lasted five years, when, in 1 851, he went to Canada, and engaged in the contracting business. This turned out to be a permanent and lucrative undertaking, and occupied his time and attention for twenty-seven years. The work was mainly dredging the harbors of Lake Erie. In 1877 he came back to Canton, and has remained there ever since, having retired from active business.

Mr. Dunbar was married December 27, 1837, to Hannah French. They have had six children, of whom the only survivor is Charles F. , now a contractor in Buffalo, N.Y. Frederick, another son, who was a clerk for a manufacturing company in Stoughton, Mass., died at the age of forty-two. Elwin became a physician, and died at the age of twenty-three. Willie T. died when he was twenty-nine years old. Mr. Dunbar is a member of the Unitarian church, to whose support he is a liberal contributor. He has served as Deacon in the same for some time, and owns the same pew that his father did before him. In politics he is a Republican. He has been the superintendent of the cemetery for fourteen years.

iAPTAIN ALPHEUS P. BOYD, an esteemed resident of Needham, was formerly a sea captain, engaged in the merchant service. Born in Wiscasset, Me., in 1S26, he is a son of Thomas Boyd. The father, also a native of Wiscasset, born in 1780, who followed the same calling, died in 1835, in a small house on School Street, Boston, where the Parker House now stands. His death resulted from yellow fever, which he had contracted in a Southern port.

Alpheus P. Boyd attended the common schools of his native town for the customary period. Subsequently he took a course in the School of Navigation in New York City. Previous to this he had spent five years at sea, sailing first as a cabin boy in the ship " Massachusetts," Captain Sampson, engaged in the carrying trade. He left the "Massachusetts" at San Francisco in 1850, and for the succeeding two years was engaged in freighting goods from vessels to the shore. Then he bought the schooner "Outolian," and sailed her for three years, running between the Sandwich Islands and San Francisco. After this he returned to Maine, and bought a half-interest in the "Highland Light," of Damariscotta, the other half being owned by Humphrey & Baker, lie was three years in this ship, makingvoyages between New Orleans and Liverpool, England. At the end of that time he sold half of his interest in her, took command of the "National" of Bath, Me., and engaged in the freight business between Xew Orleans and Havre, France. On the 26th of November, 1858, the "National," which drew fifteen feet of water, was driven by a heavy gale on the rocks off Colorado Reefs, near Cape Antonio, Cuba, when the water was only seven feet deep. The ship and cargo were a total loss, but the passengers were taken off by a Spanish man-of-war, and landed at Havana. Captain Boyd then returned to Bath, and took command of the ship "Mazeppa," running her between New Orleans and Liverpool, with freights of cotton. He was in her a year ami a half when a new ship, the "National," was placed under his command. This he sailed for two years and a half, between the same ports as when in the old "National." He then took charge of another new ship, the "Nyphon," also built in Bath, sailed her for three years, ami then became master of the "Rangoon," built in Newburyport, Mass. He sailed the "Rangoon" from New York to San Francisco, and from Callao to Hamburg, Germany, carrying a cargo of general merchandise. He then went to San Francisco and Europe in the "Sapphire" of Newburyport. He had been in charge of this ship two and one-half years, when she collided with a French man-of-war off the coast of California, and both vessels were disabled and obli put into San Francisco for repairs. A lawsuit resulted, and was tried twice in the United States district courts of California. In both these trials the "Sapphire's" owners were beaten ; but an appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States resulted in the final decision that each ship should pay her own expenses and costs, and should stand her own damages. The underwriters pa

5 to the "Sap] ill ire," and presented her captain with a fine chronometer. Captain Boyd then took a new ship, the "Storm King," built at Richmond, Me., and sailed her in the East Indian trade for four years. His next command was the "Willie Rosenfelt," which after a short time he left for that of the "Solitaire" of Cardiff, England, ami sailed to ports on the Pacific. In 1890, while on the last-named vessel, Captain Boyd was taken ill with yellow lever, contracted on the coast of Panama. He went to San Erancisco, whence he came Mast overland, and then retired from active occupation. Since he came to Needham, in 1884, he has acquired shares in several sailing-vessels, and has interests with the Sewalls, the noted ship-builders of Bath, Me., for whom he formerly sailed in a number of vessels.

In September, 185S, Captain Boyd was united in marriage with Susan T., daughter of Gilbert Trufant, of Bath, Me. Their children are: Helen, Gilbert T., Thomas. James, Samuel, Susan, and Belle. Helen, born in i860, was educated in the schools of Bath and in the Gillman Young Ladies' School of Boston. She married Robert E. Danfreld, a teacher in the Needham High School, and now located at Duluth, Minn. Gilbert T., born in 1862, is now in Duluth, Minn., and holds a responsible position under the city government. He is unmarried. Thomas, born in 1863, is now chief mate of the steamer "Colon," in the Pacific mail service between Panama and San Francisco. He married in Costa Rica a Spanish lady of South American birth. James, born in 1866, graduated from Chauncy Hall School in Boston, and, after passing the entrance examinations for Harvard College, went West to Minnesota, where he engaged in the business of a plumber. Samuel, burn in 1872, was educated in the public schools and in Comer's Commercial College, and is now in the lumber business in Duluth, Minn. Susan, born in 1877, is book-keeper for Mr. Isaac Rich, the well-known theatre man of Boston. Belle Boyd, born in 1881, is now .1 pupil in the Needham High School. Captain Boyd took his family with him on mam' voyages to the Mediterranean and to California. He was made a Mason of Lincoln

Lodge, No. 3, at Wiscasset, in 1857. He is also a member oi the Boston Marine Society, which was incorporated in 1742, and consists of ship-owners and captains. In politics the Captain is a Democrat.

office at North Weymouth, was born October 22, 1849, in I oncord, N.IL, son of Simeon and Martha E. (Durgin) Drake. The first of the family in America was Robert Drake, who came from England in 1642, and settled at Hampton, N.H. The Doctor's boyhood was spent in Bath, Me., to which place his parents removed when lie was about five years old. He attended the public schools of Bath and of Augusta, and received considerable instruction under private tutorship. When fifteen years of age he enlisted as a private in Company B of the First Battalion of Maine Sharpshooters, and afterward served in Virginia, and was in the brigade which received the formal surrender of General Lee's army. After Dr. Drake's return from the war he completed his education. Beginning the study of medicine after passing his majority, he graduated from the medical department of Bowdoin College in 1879, and was selected for appointment in the Marine Hospital service. He was in this service for four years in all, and was located at Portland, Me., and at St. Louis. He resigned his position at St. Louis on November 1, 1879, and in the following March came to North Weymouth, where he has since been engaged in the practice of his profession. For some thirteen years he has been a member of the School Board, and much of the efficiency of the public schools of the town is due in large measure to his wise and timely suggestions I'M' improvement in various directions. For nine years he was the chairman of the board. lie is a member of the Massachusetts Medical Association, and takes a lively interest in its proceedings. At present he is Mirgeon ni Reynolds Post, No. 58, G. A. R., at Past Weymouth. He is also connected with the Masonic fraternity; and he attends the Congregational church at North Weymouth,

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Dr. Drake married Rosalie M. Horn, of Norway, Me., who is now the mother of one son, Wallace H. In politics the Doctor is a Republican, and he takes a strong interest in the affairs of the town and State. He is a member of the Republican Town Committee, and is always ready to expend time and effort in behalf of his political principles. He is a director and stockholder in the Quincy & Boston Electric Railroad Company.

§OSEPH M. GLOVER, a former resident and a native of Quincy, was born April ii, 1834. A son of John Glover, Jr., he was a descendant of one John Glover, who came from England to Massachusetts on the ship "John and Mary," in 1630, landing at Hull. His great-grandfather, Nathaniel Glover, was born in Dorchester, Mass. The grandfather, John Glover, Sr., born August 13, 1769, on territory now included in Quincy, died here in 1855. He learned the trade of a shoemaker when young, but never followed it, preferring farming, an occupation in which he was engaged throughout his active days. His wife, whose maiden name was Phoebe Curtis, born in Braintree, this county, September 23, 1778, was a daughter of Samuel Curtis. They reared a family of ten children, of whom John, the first son and second child, was the father of Joseph M. John Glover, Jr., was born in Quincy, Mass., November 21, 1803, and died January 24, 1889, having spent his long and busy life in this place. He was a bootmaker by trade, following that particular branch of it known as bottoming boots, and was a skilful and quick workman. A patriotic citizen, though not in actual service during the Rebellion, he was very active in raising soldiers for the army, and contributed funds for necessary expenses. He married Margaret Adams Field, a daughter of William Field, and became the father of three children - William IL, John, and Joseph M.

worked at it until after the breaking out of the Civil War. Then he enlisted as a private in the Sixtieth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and, going with his comrades to the scene of conflict, served until the regiment was mustered out. Soon after his return to Quincy he commenced book-keeping, which he afterward made his permanent occupation, being thus employed until his demise. On January 3, 1861, Mr. Glover married Frances A. Dodge, a daughter of Benjamin Dodge, of Quincy. Benjamin Dodge, who was born in Beverly, Mass., brought up on the coast, imbibed a love for the sea, which he followed as a lad, shipping before the mast. One or two rough voyages proved enough for him, however: and he made up his mind to be content with land pursuits. Coming to Quincy in early manhood, he began working in the quarries, and was afterward engaged in the granite business as long as he lived. His first wife died at an early age, leaving one child, Adeline, now the wife of Josiah Munroe, of Roxbury, Mass. He subsequently married Sarah Ann, daughter of Jacob Fowles, of Boston, who bore him four daughters. These were: Sarah Jane, who successively married Seth Pratt, of Weymouth, and Solomon Lovell, and died March 19, 1896; Elizabeth F., now the wife of Napoleon B. Furnald, of this city; Mary A., who married David J. Pratt, of Weymouth; and Frances A., now Mrs. Glover. Mrs. Dodge passed away February 15, 1897, aged ninety years, eleven months, and twenty-three days. She was a strong Universalist in religious belief, and with her husband attended the church of that denomination. Addie Munroe Glover, the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Glover, is now the wife of Charles H. Burgess, of Quincy. Mr. Glover, while holding liberal opinions on questions of religion, attended and generously supported the Unitarian church. He died October 12, 1893, regretted as one of the most respected citizens of Quincy.

^MERY CLINTON BRITTOX, a stablekeeper of Canton, Mass., was born in ~^*"" ' Stoughton, Mass., November 14, 1858, son of Joshua and Olive F. (White)

The lather ol Emery Clinton Britton was horn December 27, 1819, in Stoughton, where he still lives, iir was a manufacturer of shoe machinery for the shoe trade, and still does iiisiness in this line. In politics he is iblican, but he I 1 held public office. He married Olive F. White, of Easton, of whose twelve children by him six are living. These are: Leander G., Melissa, Henry W., Horace E., Ellis F., and Emery C. Leander and Henry reside at Stoughton; is the wife of W. T. Morse, of West I, Mass; Horace E. now carries on his father's business; and Ellis F. is interested in mining at Cripple Creek. Col.

Emery Clinton Britton obtained his general education in the public schools of his nativetown. Later he attended the Bryant & Stratton Commercial College at Boston, where he completed a course of study at the age of nineteen. After this he was employed by his father for two years; and in 18S3, June 15, he came to Canton. He started here in the livery and sale stable business. In 1889 he purchased the carriage repair shop of John Hall, and has now added that branch to his business. In his politics he is a Republican, member of the Blue Hill Lodge of mil of Royal Arch Chapter of Stoughton, in both of which he has held offices. He is also connected with the Odd Fellows Lodge. No. 72, in which he has held office. Lie married Lizzie M. Cobb, of Sharon, daughter of Warren Cobb. They have one child, a daughter, Marjorie. The family attend the Universalist church.

1IAKLLS 11. ELLIS, the Postmaster of Wesl Dedham, ami one oi the Selectmen of the town, was born here, 1 lecember [4, 1 852, son of Merrill 1). Ellis. He is descended from Richard Ellis, who located here in [632. The next in line of descent was Joseph, born in 1666. After him cai 101 n in 1696, who died in 1783, and then Abner, Sr., born in 1732, who died in [781. Abner Ellis, Sr., was one of the most prominent men of eneration, serving not only in town offices, but as a Representative to the General Court. Colonel Abner Ellis, born in 1777, indfather of Charles II . was brought up on a farm in West Dedham. Lor many years of his life he was engaged in merchandise, his store standing on the site of the present establishment of his grandson, Charles H. Ellis. He was quite influential in local affairs. For a time he represented his town in the State legislature, and he was a Colonel in tin; State militia. In 1824 be' was appointed Postmaster, a position which he afterward held until his death, in 1844. The first of his two marriages was contracted with Boll)- Gay, who bad two dan- liters by him. His second marriage was made with Polly Newell, who bore him five sons. Theodore Gay, his assistant in the post-office, married a daughter of his, and in 1S45 became Postmaster, holding the position till 18S0.

Merrill D. Ellis was educated in the common schools of Dedham, remaining with his parents until reaching man's estate. lie subsequently worked at various occupations in this vicinity, finding nothing congenial to his tastes until he embarked in the grocery business in Dedham, where he continued fifteen years. He eventually returned to West Dedham, assuming the management of his father"s old store. He was a man of strong personality, universally respected for his honesty. He took a leading part in town matters, serving as Selectman and as district School Committee for several years. He was also a Representative to the State legislature for three terms. He was a natural musician, being a tine violinist, and for many years led the choir of the Unitarian church. He was also one of tin Parish Committee, and the parish clerk for a long time. lie passed awa) at the age of sixty-nine years, his death being deeply deplored by the community. He married Rebecca Ellis, who was born and bred in Dedham, being one of the three children ol Jason Ellis, a well-known agriculturist. She died at the age of seventy-eight years, leaving children; namely, Frederick, Susan,

Charles H. Ellis was educated in the public schools. As soon as he was old enough to be of assistance, he began working in his father's store. In 1S69 he became one of the regular clerks, and in 1880 he succeeded to its ownership. At the same time he was appointed Postmaster, an office which he has since held, and which has been in his family for more than seventy years. In 1887, April 18, the store was burned to the ground ; but Mr. Ellis, with characteristic enterprise, immediately rebuilt it, and has since carried on a more extensive and prosperous business than before. He keeps in stock a full line of dry goods, boots and shoes, groceries, etc. His trade is large; and his store is one of the oldest in this locality, and well known for the standard quality of its goods.

Mr. Ellis was married February 23, 1890, to Miss Emma Towne, who was born in Vermont, where her father, Hosea Towne, was engaged in agricultural pursuits. Three children have been born of this union; namely: Charles Newell, George Merrill, and Warren Hosea. Mr. Ellis was elected Selectman in

ILLIAM W. SCOTT, the manager of the Wilton Wool Scouring Mill at Hyde Park, was born in Hawick, Scotland, March 7, 1S65, son of John and Jane (Wilson) Scott. His grandfather, Michael Scott, was a farmer, who resided in Scotland all of his life, and died at an advanced age.

John Scott, who left home when he was eight years old, worked on a farm until he was twenty. Then he engaged in the business of a wool-sorter or warehouse man. In 1869 he emigrated to the United States. Here he was employed as a wool-puller in various places until 1S72, at which time, his family having followed him to America, he settled in Hyde Park. He was in charge of the pickers for the Hyde Park Wooilen Company until their mills were burned, and then started in the woolscouring business for himself at Milton Lower Mills. In 1881 he erected the present mill in Hyde Park, where he established a business which has grown into an important industry; and he continued at its head until his death, which occurred in March, 1893, when he was sixty years old. He was a selfmade man; and, aside from his natural capacity for labor, he displayed excellent business ability and strict integrity. He married Jam- Wilson, daughter of William and Jeanette (Hunter) Wilson. Her father was a woolsorter, and a native of the same locality in Scotland in which the Scotts resided. She became the mother of ten children, of whom five are living, namely: Walter, the superintendent of the Wilton Wool Scouring Mill: William W., the subject of this sketch; Mai)-, the wife of Robert E. Grant; John P.; and Annie J. Mrs. John Scott is still living. She is a member of the Congregational church, as was her husband.

William W. Scott was about eight years old when his parents emigrated to the United States, and he has resided in Hyde Park since he was sixteen years old. About the same time, after graduating from the Stoughton Grammar School in Boston, hebegan to learn the wool-scouring business with his father. Becoming thoroughly acquainted with the work, he ably assisted in carrying it on under his father's direction; and since the death of the elder Scott he has managed the enterprise as his mother's representative. The mill, which is equipped with modern machinery, employs about twenty-five men, and, being the oldest of its kind in this locality, is favorably known to the trade.

In 1893 Mr. Scott was joined in marriage with Minnie Monroe, daughter of Joseph B. Monroe, a native of Hyde Park, and a carpenter by trade. Her parents, who are still living, have reared five children. Mrs. Scott is the mother of three children; namely, Inez, Isabel, and Minnie. Mr. Scott has served as Constable for some years, is a member of the Board of Health, and in politics he is a Republican. He is one of the most popular young men in Hyde Park, having a wide circle of friends and acquaintances, and occupies a prominent social position. He is a Past Grand of Forest Lodge, I. O. O. F. ; Pasl Sachem oi Neponset Tribe, Improved Order of Red Men; and he was formerly a member of the Waverly Club. He was one ol the first to ride a high-wheel bicycle after their introduction, was captain of the old Hyde Park Bicycle Club, a member of the League of American Wheelmen, and he represented Massachusetts in the national meeting of that organization. Mrs. Scott is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.

KRANK C. PACKARD, an enterprising business man of Quincy, Mass., has been identified with its manufacturing interests for the past twenty years. lie was born in this town, June 6, 1852, a son of Colonel Abner B. and Elizabeth (Newcomb) Packard, of whom further mention may be found on another page of this volume. The subject of this sketch received his elementary education in the public schools of Quincy, and subsequently followed a course of study at a private school. When seventeen years old he entered the employ of E. Packard & Co., manufacturers of boot and shoe makers' ink, as an assistant, continuing with them in that capacity until 1876, when he was admitted to the firm. In 1878 he began the manufacture of flavoring extracts, which he sold on the road, driving east to Cape Cod, and as far south as Providence, R.I., and going west to the New York State line - in fact, taking in nearly all the towns in the State on his regular routes. He was thus engaged until 1890, and, besides, made all the blacking sold by the firm, carrying on a very large business. Since 1883 he has been occupied with inside work almost exclusively. The firm has been exceedingly prosperous as regards its sale of both ink and extracts, and has also built up a fine jobbing trade in drugs and medicines. Since 1872 Mr. Packard has been a regular member of the lire department, having in that year joined i!i^' Washington M. French Hose Company. When that disbanded, he was sent to the Vulture engine of Quincy Point, with which he remained six months. lie was then made a "fine member" of the steamer company, of which he was afterward elected hoseman and the treasurer. For nearly ten years he h assistant engineer of the tire department of Wai'd One. During one winter he man money by hiring a skating rink, in which heentertained private parties twice each week throughout the season. In politics he affiliates with the Republican party, but in local elections votes independently, and solely with a view to furthering the best interests oi the city.

He is a member of Mount Wollaston I No. 1, I. O. O. F., and belongs also Knights of Honor, the New England < >rder of Protection, the O. U. A. M., and to the Knights of the Ancient /Escenic Order. He is likewise a member of the Granite City Club and of the Ramblers' Club.

March 31, 1875, Mr. Packard married Miss Lucy C. Newcombe, daughter of Ira Newcombe, of Quincy. They have had six children, of whom but two are now living; namely, Alice Gertrude and Bertha Haskell. Mrs. Packard attends the Unitarian church.

HARLES F. KNOWLTON, Commissioner of Public Works at Quincy, was born in Swampscott, Mass., January 31, 1865, a son of James Austin Knowlton. His great-grandfather, Edmund Knowlton, fought in the battle of Bunker Hill, also at Saratoga, where he captured a British musket, proudly cherished by Mr. Knowlton. Edmund was a kinsman of Colonel Thomas Knowlton, of Hartford, Conn.

James Knowlton. the grandfather of Charles F., was a native of Hamilton, Mass., where he spent his early years. Later he resided in the neighboring town of Magnolia. He was a farmer, carpenter, and boat-builder, and a good worker at all.

James Austin Knowlton was born in Magnolia, Essex County, February [9, 1821. Under the instruction of his father he learned the trades tit a ship-builder anil house carpenter, which he followed winters until 1876. In the summer seasons he kepi a hotel for the reception ol guests from the city, having charge at different seasons of the Gloucester Hotel, the Pavilion, at both Gloucester and

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Crescent Beach, and the Hesperus at Magnolia. Each house was made very attractive to boarders, and had a substantial summer business. For several years he let for rent a hotel that he owned in Swampscott; but in 1882, having retired from his trades, he assumed the management of the house himself, and has since conducted it. A strict Republican, he has been quite active in local affairs, and served as an Overseer of the Poor, Assessor, and Selectman in Swampscott for a number of years. He married Clara M., daughter of William Fuller, of Lynn, Mass. They have had eleven children, six of whom are living, namely: James B., of Ludlow, Mass.; Edmund F., of Swampscott; Daniel F., of Somerville, Mass. ; Nellie M., the wife of Arthur C. Widger, of Longwood, Mas^. ; Charles F. ; and Hattie F. Both parents are members of the Congregational church.

Charles F. Knowlton completed his schooling at Bryant & Stratton's Commercial College in Boston, whither he went from the public schools of Swampscott. He was then employed by Norman Weaver & Co. for a time in putting in water-works, and was afterward with Luce & Manning from 1883 until 1888. Of the following year, six months were spent in the capacity of clerk for H. C. Thatcher & Co., wool dealers, and the other six, in that of salesman for Henry Schmidt, of Philadelphia. Returning to Massachusetts then, he embarked in business for himself in Boston. At the end of four months his health gave out; and he went to Duluth, Minn., to recuperate. While there he saw notice of a vacancy in the city engineer's force, and, applying for the situation, secured it. He at once began studying engineering, and was later made inspector and then the superintendent of sewer construction. After an experience of eighteen months of this work he went to Everett, Wash., as an employee of the Everett Land Company, and assisted in laying out that city, remaining there four and one-half years. During this time he had continued the study of engineering, obtaining a thorough and practical knowledge of the science. Having received word of the serious illness of his father, Mr. Knowlton returned home in the spring of 1895. He soon began working for the Massachusetts Highway Commission, and under its direction he built State roads in North Adams, Williamstown, and West Newbury. In 1896 he was appointed to his present position as Commissioner of Public Works. In this capacity he has done much to advance the material interests of the city and to further its public improvements.

Mr. Knowlton is a member of Everett Lodge, No. 122, I. O. O. F., of Everett, Wash., of which he was Noble Grand when he came East; of Everett Lodge, K. of P.: and of Everett Encampment, I. O. O. F. On September 18, 1895, he married Lenor, daughter of Josiah Hatton, of Snohomish, Wash. A son, James Adams Knowlton, was born to them August 27, 1897. Mr. Knowlton and his wife attend the Congregational church.

ENRY F. ARNOLD, the superintendent of the American Tool Company's works at Hyde Park, was born May 5, 1850, in Charlestown, Mass., son of Isaiah F. Arnold. His paternal grandfather, a descendant of an early Massachusetts family, was a general merchant in Charlestown for many years, and died there at a comparatively early age, leaving a family of ten children.

Isaiah Arnold was born and brought up in Charlestown. In 1853 he removed to Chelsea. After conducting a shoe store in Boston for some time, he accepted a position as bookkeeper. In 1861 he changed his place of residence from Chelsea to Newton Centre. Five years later he came to Hyde Park, which he made his home until his death, at the age of fifty-six years. He married Miss Sarah E. Snow, a daughter of Zenas and Temperance (Snow) Snow, who traced their ancestry to a passenger of the "Mayflower." Of Isaiah's three children two are living, namely: Henry F., the subject of this sketch; and Zenas S., a resident of Quincy, this county. The mother, an active woman though seventy years old, makis her home with her son Henry. She is a consistent member of the Baptist church, of which her husband was Deacon and treasurer at the time of his demise.

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Henry F. Arnold passed his boyhood in 1 and Newton Centre, being there educated in the public schools. When his parents removed the family to Hyde Park, he went to Boston to learn the trade of a machinist. His apprenticeship of three years was served with Mellen Bray and the succeeding firm, Bray & Newell. Then he worked for the American Tool and .Machine Company, and spent a short time with the Brainard Milling Company, and in the same season, in 1869, began working as a journeyman for the American Tool Company. Four years later he was employed for a while by the Moseley Iron Bridge Company, but returned to the American Tool Company, with whom he remained another four years. His health giving out, Mr. Arnold was sent to St. Lawrence Bay to recuperate. After his return he was employed in the grocery business at Hyde Park. At the end of the first season he gave up this employment, and secured a situation with the Peet Valve Company of Roxbury. He had worked there six months, when he again became an employee of the American Tool Company, with which this time he was connected for several years. He then started in business for himself in the manufacture of sewing-machine treadles at Norwood, Mass., continuing in this enterprise about eight months. In the following year he worked for the Tubular Rivet Company, after which he was employed for a short time in the works of the Brainard Milling Company. In 1882 he entered the service of the Globe Nail Company, being foreman of one of their departments four years. In 1886 he re-entered the works of the American Tool Company, of which four years later he was made superintendent, an important position which he is now ably and satisfactorily filling. This plant, which is one of the largest in this section of the county, employs three hundred men, all of whom are under Mr. Arnold's control.

On April 10, 1S72, Mr. Arnold married Miss Caroline F. Hibbard, who was born in South Boston in 1850, being one of the three children of Horatio N. Hibbard, a machinist of 1 1 vile Park. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold have three children; namely, Helen S. , Henry F. .

Jr., and Gertrude F. In politics Mr. Arnold is a decided Republican, and for three years has served as Assessor. While liberal in his religious views, he is nut a member of any church. An active worker in the Masonic fraternity, he belongs to Hyde Park Lodge, F. & A. M.. in which he is Senior Warden: to Norfolk Chapter, R. A. M.: to Hyde Park Council, of which he is Thrice Illustrious Master; to Cyprus Commandery, of which he is treasurer; and to Aleppo Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He is also an indefatigable worker in Forest Lodge, No. 148, I. (). < ). P., having served two terms in the principal chairs, besides being secretary of the lodge for nineteen years, and District Deputy Grand Master for six years. He was likewise a member of Shalom Encampment, No. 12, in which he held all the offices, and had been Scribe for five years; and he is a charter member of Monterey Encampment, No. 60, I. O. O. F. , in which he served as Scribe for a number of years, is Past Chief Patriarch and Past High Priest, and has been District Deputy Grand Patriarch. Mr. Arnold was the first Commander of the American Legion of Honor. Having served for five years in the Hyde Park general department, he is now a member of the Veteran Firemen's Association. He was also for some years a member of the Waverly Club. In 1869 he assisted in organizing the Hyde Park Band, of which he was the leader for eleven years; and he is now a member of the present band. He is likewise a valued member of the Hyde Park Historical Society, and he is one of the directors and was the first president of the Employers' Benefit Association of the American Tool and Machine Company.

ILLIAM W. BROOKS, a real estate dealer in Canton, one of the prominent and well-to-do citizens, was bom in Dorchester, Mass., and came to Canton in 1845. His parents were William and Mary Ann (Bird) Whittington.

William Whittington was born and reared in Cohasset, Mass.. and became a seafaring man. After his marriage his family home was on Meeting House Hill in Dorchester, his wife's native place. He still continued voyaging, and for some years was captain of a vessel engaged in the West India trade. He died at sea in 1831, leaving his widow with two children, namely: Amanda,. who died in 1852 in Canton; and William, the subject of this sketch. Mrs. Whittington subsequently married George W. Brooks, of Medford, Mass. ; and both of her children had their names changed to accord with hers, the son becoming William Whittington Brooks.

George W. Brooks removed from Medford when a young man, and served a full apprenticeship at the carriage builder's and harnessmaker's trade with T. W. Cross, of Ouincy, Mass. Settling then in Dorchester, he worked at his trade the greater part of his life in that locality. Mrs. Brooks lived to a good age, passing away in February, 1874.

William Whittington Brooks attended the public schools of Dorchester until sixteen years old, when he became a clerk in the shoe store of Henry Wenzell on Washington Street, Boston, where he remained until about twenty years old. After the removal of the family to Canton he worked for a time for his stepfather in this town, and then went to Stoughton, where he was in the shoe trade until he was of age. Changing his occupation at that time, he began the manufacture of curtain fixtures with Uran & Fowle, of Saxonville, but later of Canton, continuing witli the firm until 1856, when he was appointed Postmaster of Canton. He served through the administration of President Pierce, being removed by President Lincoln in 1861 to make room for Rufus C. Wood. In 1857 Mr. Brooks opened a drug store in company with Dr. Jesse E. Pearce, with whom he subsequently studied medicine; and for thirty-five years he was one of the leading druggists of this town. He was exceedingly prosperous, and invested his money wisely, in 18S0 erecting the brick block known as Brooks Block and the Music Hall. In 1892 he sold out his drug business to John W. Tirrell, who was for some years his clerk. (See sketch which appears elsewhere in this volume. ) Mr. Brooks has since been engaged in the real estate and insurance business, in which he has been very fortunate.

Mr. Brooks married Miss Sarah J. Leavitt, daughter of Joseph Leavitt, formerly a prominent business man of Canton. She died in 1878. leaving no family. In politics Mr. Brooks has always been identified with the Democratic party. lie has been a candidate for the office of Representative to the State legislature; and for twelve years he served his fellow-townsmen as Selectman, being chairman of the board a part of the time, and for fifteen years was Tax Collector. Fraternally, he is a member of Blue Hill Lodge, F. & A. M. He is an active member of the Unitarian church and parish.

fOSEPH HOLMES, the Town Treasurer of Milton, was born Novembers, 1825, in Pembroke, Plymouth County. His parents, John and Margaret (Porter) Holmes, were natives of Marshfield, Mass. John Holmes was a wheelwright by trade. He followed carriage-making for a number of years in Pembroke, and then engaged in general mercantile business, keeping a country store until his death, which occurred in 1S41. Of his children there are three survivors, namely: John; Joseph, the subject of this sketch; and Samuel. John Holmes t and his brother Samuel are still residing in Pembroke. Joseph Holmes was educated in the common schools of his native town, and in his seventeenth year came to Milton, where he entered upon an apprenticeship at the tinsmith's trade with George Haynes. After serving his time and working as a journeyman for a year, he was engaged for a while in the sheet-iron and tinplate business on his own account in Roxbury, Mass., and in 1849 went to California by Cape. Horn, the length of the passage being five months and three clays. He remained on the Pacific coast two and one-half years, either working in the mines or following his trade until his return East, which was made by way of the Isthmus. After a temporary sojourn in Milton, he was engaged several years in farming in Pembroke, but eventually returned to Milton, where he lias since resided, with the exception of a few years spent in Dorchester.

qualified to hold office; and he is now serving his tenth year as Town Treasurer. He is a sell -mule man : and as a progressive and publicspirited citizen and a competent and faithful official he has gained the esteem, confidence, and good will of his fellow-townsmen. For a number ol years he has acted as a Justice of the Peace. He is a member of Macedonian Lodge, F. & A. M.

Mr. Holmes married Elmira W. Sumner, of Milton. Two children were born of this union, namely: J. Porter; and Nellie, who is mi longer living. Though not a church member, Mr. Holmes contributes liberally toward the support of religious activities, and is a trustee of the First Methodist Church Society of Dorchester.

\ '-> I tree, a well-known contractor and builder, was born in this town, April 15, 1852, son of Elias and Susan (Tower) Holbrook. His grandfather, Ludovicus Holbrook, was a resident of Braintree, Mass. The immigrant ancestor of the family was Thomas Holbrook, who was an early settler in Weymouth. Savage says that all his children (six, including three sons, John, Thomas, and William) "were probably brought from England." Thomas Holbrook, doubtless the second of the name, is mentioned in the Braintree records for the year 1640.

Elias Holbrook, who was born in Braintree, has diligently followed shoemaking for the greater part of his life, and is still residing here, being now seventy-five years old. He .is a veteran of the Civil War, having served in the engineers' corps. His wife, Susan I'ow.r, who also was born in Braintree, became the mother of a large family of children, of whom six are living, namely: Mary E., wife of Henry B. Vinton, of the adjoining town of Weymouth; Charles F., who resides in Brockton, Mass.; George H., whose name heads this biographical sketch; Eugene W., of Braintree; Emma, wife of George E. Fuller, of Melrose: and lluttie, wife of R. A. Gage, of Braintree.

general education in the public schools of Braintree, pursued a business course at Comer's Commercial College, Boston, and was graduated therefrom. He served a three years" apprenticeship at the carpenter's trade with A. F. Hannaford, formerly a builder in this town, and subsequently became foreman for Ira Litchfield, of Quincy, Mass. In 1886 he engaged in business for himself; and he has since been identified with building operations in Braintree and elsewhere, employing a large number of men. At the starting of the Braintree Co-operative Bank he was chosen one of the directors, but did not act as such. He is a charter member of Monatiquot Lodge, Knights of Pythias, of this town; a member of the Grand Lodge, Knights of Pythias, of Massachusetts; and of the Eastern Past Chancellors' Association of Boston; also a member of Francis L. Souther Camp, Sons of Veterans, of Quincy.

Mr. Holbrook married Sarah E. Newcomb, of Medford, Mass., and has had seven children - Alfred H., Irving N., Bessie F., Irene A., Clara N. M., Miriam F., and Arthur W. - the first five of whom are now living.

AMUEL D. CHASE, the present chairman of the Board of Selectmen of Holbrook, and a member of the firm of White & Chase, manufacturers of shoe finishing supplies in Brookville, Mass., was born December 17, 1842, in Grafton, Mass. His parents were Samuel and Lydia (Holbrook) Chase, the former a native of New Hampshire, and the latter of Braintree. His father was a shoemaker by trade. One of his uncles, William Holbrook, was a soldier in the War of 1S12.

When about eight years of age, Samuel went to Deering, N.H., where he resided for a short time with an uncle. He then came to Braintree. Mass., and there received his early education in the public schools and at the Hollis Institute, which was then located in Braintree. He left school at the age of fifteen, and subsequently worked at shoemaking until he joined the Union army for service in the Civil War. He served in the First Massachusetts Andrew's Sharpshooters, which was so named in honor of the famous war governor. Mr. Chase fought in both the first and second battles of Fredericksburg, at Gettysburg, the Wilderness, Cold Harbor, Bristoe Station, Ream's Station, Mine Run, and at the siege of Petersburg. At Petersburg he was slightly wounded in the left arm by a spent ball. His whole time was spent with the Army of the Potomac in the Third Brigade of the Second Army Corps, and he was a witness of the surrender of Lee at Appomattox Court-house. In 1865 he was honorably discharged, and was mustered out on June 30 of that year. After his return to Braintree he was engaged in shoemaking for several years. In 1866 he removed to Brookville, where he has since resided. About 1870, in company with L. A. Hayden, Jr., he engaged in the manufacture of boots at Brookville, doing business under the name of Chase & Hayden for some three years. At the end of that time Mr. Chase became a journeyman shoemaker, and subsequently the foreman of the bottoming department in the boot and shoe factory of Edmund White, for whom he worked some ten years..

In 1878, while foreman in Mr. White's shop, Mr. Chase was elected a Selectman of Holbrook, and served successively for six years, being for a part of the time chairman and clerk of the board. After an interval of five years, during which time he was not holding any political office, he was again elected Selectman, and as such served for seven successive terms, being a large portion of the time chairman of the board. In the spring of 1897 he was again elected, and is at present serving as chairman of the board. For three years in the seventies he was a member of the School Committee, and for seven years he was a member of the Board of Engineers of the fire department. He has been Justice of the Peace for many years, and has done a large amount of business in that capacity. In politics Mr. Chase is a Republican. He is a member of the Industrial and Improvement Committee of Holbrook; of the Knights of Honor, being charter member of Holbrook Lodge; and a charter member of Norfolk Lodge, K. of P., and of Brookville Grange, P. of H. A self-made man, his success in life may be attributed to his energy, intelligence, and honesty. Mr. Chase was married on December 26, 1866, to Mary L. White, a native of Holbrook.

HEODORE R. GLOVER, a retired ll merchant residing on one of the famous old Colonial estates of Milton, was born November 7, 1S24. He is a son of Captain Stephen and Rebecca Payne (Gore) Glover, and is a lineal descendant of John Glover, who came from England in the ship "John and Mary," commanded by Captain Squib, and settled in what is now the town of Milton. (See History of Milton, Mass.) Stephen Glover, father of Theodore R. Glover, was born in Ouincy, Mass. He was a sea captain, and sailed to all quarters of the globe. His wife was born in Boston. She was a daughter of Samuel Gore, who was a member of the Boston Tea Party. She was a niece of Christopher Gore, LL. D., who was Commissioner to England, 1 796-1 804; Governor of Massachusetts, 1809; United States Senator, 18 13-16; and who bequeathed nearly one hundred thousand dollars to Harvard College.

Theodore R. Glover passed the greater part of his boyhood in Roxbury, acquiring his education in the public schools. In his seventeenth year he first went to sea; and he afterward made a number of voyages, in the meantime buying shares in vessels until he was owner of a number of ships which were engaged principally in the East India trade and in carrying cotton to Europe. Shortly after the close of the war Mr. Glover, having been very successful as a business man, retired from commercial pursuits. After residing for a number of years in Roxbury, spending the summers in Hingham, in 1879 he removed to his present beautiful country seat in Milton. This estate was the home of a number of the Colonial governors; and for some time it was occupied by the Rev. Mr. Whitfield, an English clergyman of the Episcopal church.

On May 26, 1846, Captain Glover was united in marriage with Miss Mary T. Malbon, of Hingham, Mass. : and on May 26, 1896, they celebrated their golden wedding.

ENRY S. BUNTON, Town Treasurer of Hyde Park for the past twentythree years, was born in Manchester, \. II.. April 6, [848, son of Dr. Sylvanus and Clara (Conant) Bunton. His family was of the so-called Scotch-Irish stock, and was undoubtedly represented among the stalwart defenders of Londonderry in the famous siege of 1689.

The emigrant Robert Bunton was one of the original settlers of Allenstown, Merrimack County, N. H. In 1746, while he was working with his son on his intervale farm, bordering on the Merrimac River, they were both taken captive by Indians and carried by them to Canada, where they were held for quite a protracted period. The son, the great-grandfather of Mr. Bunton of Hyde Park, entered the service of the colonies as a Captain of militia early in the Revolutionary War, was at the battle of Bunker Hill in 1775, and was killed at the battle of White Plains in September, 1776. His son, Andrew, married Lavinia Holden, daughter of David Holden, who served as First Sergeant during the French and Indian War. After his return from the army Mr. Holden lived at Townsend, Mass. ; but at the outbreak of the Revolution his sympathies were with the Crown, and so strong was the feeling in his neighborhood at that period against the Tories that he was obliged to leave his home and remove to Mollis, N. 1 1.

Dr. Sylvanus, the son of Andrew Bunton, was born at Allenstown, N.H., March 8, 18 12. He acquired a common school education in Goffstown, and, coming to Massachusetts at the age of seventeen, learned the stone-mason's trade in Quincy, teaching district schools during the winter before he himself had attended any higher school. In the fall of 1833 he went to Pembroke Academy to lit himself for college; and, entering Dartmouth in 1836, he was graduated in 1840. Impaired health years teacher in select classical schools at Georgetown, at Elk Ridge Landing, Md., and at Queen Anne, Anne Arundel County, Md. While at tin- latter place he began the study of medicine, attending lectures at the Washington University, Baltimore. Here he was graduated ; and, being elected a resident physician to their hospital, he discharged the duties of that position for over a year. Returning to New Hampshire, he commenced practice in Manchester in 1846, which he con tinned until the Civil War, during this time holding many responsible positions oi the city. While living in Manchester, he became connected with the State militia, and for two years held a commission as Major and surgeon of the Ninth Regiment. Early in the war his patriotism led him to volunteer his services to the national cause; and, being commissioned by Governor Berry as Assistant Surgeon of the Second New Hampshire Infantry, he was identified with that regiment in active service until June, 1864. When the Second was mustered out, he was immediately appointed surgeon of the Seventh New Hampshire Regiment; and after serving nearly fourteen months he was mustered out with the regiment, July 25, 1865. He practised his profession in Hollis, N.H., for two years, then, removing to Mont Vernon, N.H., there continued in active practice until failing health and disability occasioned by his army service compelled him to retire. He died August 13, 1884. By his first wife, Clara Conant, of Hollis, N.H., whom he married December 17, 1846, and who died July 3, 1873; he had two sons- Henry Sylvanus and Leonard Jewett, the latter dying in infancy. Dr. Bunton's second wife, whom he married in 1874, formerly Miss Sarah Jane Trevitt, of Mont Vernon, survives him. Dr. Bunton was a man of sincere religious convictions and unquestioned integrity, and of humane and benevolent disposition, these qualities being peculiarly marked in his conscientious discharge of duty during his army service.

Henry S. Bunton

church of East Budleigh, Devonshire, England, April 9, 1592, youngest of eight children of Richard and Agnes (Clarke) Conant. Me was married in London in November, 1618, and came to America in the year 1623, in company with John Oldham, at his own expense. He did not long remain at Plymouth, owing to a difference of religious belief between himself and the Pilgrim fathers, who were Separatists, while he was a Non-conformist, or Puritan. He joined Oldham and his colony at Nantasket, and lived on (or, as Felt, the historian says, "used") Governor's Island in Boston Harbor, which was for some time known as Conant's Island. During the following winter he was chosen by the Dorchester Company to govern their affairs at Cape Ann, and he proved himself a prudent ruler and skilful peacemaker. The settlers removed to Naumkeag, near Salem, in the fall of 1626. Mr. Conant was Governor of the colony for about three years. "Although he is not universally recognized as the first Governor of Massachusetts, he is fairly entitled to that honor, for the colony of which he was the head made the first permanent settlement in the Massachusetts Bay territory" (History and Genealogy of the Conant Family). His character was distinguished by strict integrity, great moral courage, and an indomitable will ; and he was, as well, tolerant and conciliatory, and preferred the public good to his own private interests. He died at Beverly in 1679.

Henry S. Bunton, a descendant in the eighth generation of this distinguished colonist, was educated in the Manchester public schools. At the age of fifteen he went to Point Lookout, Md, and for nine months rendered clerical assistance to his father in connection with the medical department of the Confederate prisoners' camp. During this period he continued his studies under his father's tuition. Appointed hospital steward of the Seventh New Hampshire Regiment in December, 1864, he served until the war ended. He became a resident of Hyde Park in 1866, coming here to assume the duties of book-keeper and paymaster for the Hyde Park Woollen Company, and continuing in that capacity until 1S75. In 1 87 1, upon the incorporation of the Hyde Park Savings Bank, he was elected first treasurer of the bank, and held the office continuously until 1888, since which time he has been one of its trustees and a member of the Board of Investment. Upon his retirement from the treasurership of the savings bank he became associated with Messrs. Robert and John S. Bleakie as treasurer of their mills at Sabattus, Me., styled Webster Woollen Company ; and this position he still occupies. In 1875 he was elected Town Treasurer, and at each successive election has been re-elected by a practically unanimous vote.

For over twenty-five years Mr. Bunton has been an active member of the Masonic fraternity, and has held its highest offices. In 1874 he was the Commander of Timothy Ingraham Post, No. I2i, G. A. R. He is also a member of the Massachusetts Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion, the Sons of Veterans, and the Independent Order of < Hid Fellows. For eight years he served Hyde Park as a member of its School Committee. He is a communicant in the Protestant Episcopal church, and at the present time is a Warden and the treasurer of Christ Church, Hyde Park. Mr. Bunton enjoys the respect of his fellowcitizens in a high degree, and implicit trust is placed in him as a financier and an honorable gentleman. He married November 9, 1880, Miss Mary Greenwood Giles, of Winthrop, Mass.

§OHN H. BURT, of the firm of J. H. Burt & Co., contractors and builders of Mattapan, Norfolk County, Mass., was born in Walpole, N.H., June 6, 1827, son of Holland and Nancy (Watkins) Burt. The family is said to be of English descent. Holland Burt was both a carpenter and cabinet-maker, and followed one or the other of these trades throughout his life. Of his children two sons are living; namely, John H. and George L., both members of the firm above named.

John II. Burt resided in his native State until he reached his seventeenth year, and was educated in the common schools, which after the age of eight years he attended only during the winter terms. Many New England country boys born a half-century and more ago had an experience similar to Mr. Hurt's. Their school advantages were of the most meagre sort ; and the prosperity attained b) so many of them shows that not opportunity, but ability and determination to make the most of whatever offers, is tin- foundation of success.

While a youth Mr. Hint began to learn the trades in which his father was skilled; and, being ambitious and capable, he became an expert workman in both carpentry and cabinetmaking. In 1850, in company with his brother George, he began to engage in contracting and building at Mattapan, under the firm name of J. H. & G. L. Hurt. This firm existed for a year and a half; and at the end of that time Sumner A. Hurt, another brother, was admitted, the company taking the name of J. H. Hurt & Co. Sumner Burt died several years since, but the name of the firm has remained unchanged. The business was started in a small way: but by degrees it has increased, until now Messrs. J. H. Hurt & Co. employ during the busy season from sixty to eighty workmen. As both partners are practical mechanics and understand every detail of construction, they are able to personally direct their working force and to secure the best possible results.

Mr. Hurt is a Republican in politics. In the sixties he served two years as Selectman of Milton, and in the seventies and eighties he served for eight years. He served as fire warden of Milton under a former law, and later on was engineer in the fire department.

Mr. Hurt married. Mary dishing, a native of Liverpool, England. She was an adopted daughter of Isaac dishing, late of Milton. Early called to part with the three children born to them, Mr. and Mrs. Burt have but one child living, an adopted daughter, Mabel B., now the wife of Graham C. Lawson, of Philadelphia, Pa.

AVID J. PIERCE, a prominent business man of Weymouth and a veteran of the Forty-second Massachusetts Regiment, was born in this town, October 2, [839, son of David J. and Nancy (Blanchard) Pierce. His paternal grandfather, David Pierce, Sr., was probably a native of Vermont. The family, which in- 1 ludes several branches, has been established in New England more than two hundred years, among the early immigrants bearing this surname being: Abraham, of Plymouth, nd of Duxbury, 1643: John, <>! Watertown ; and Thomas, of Charlestown.

David Pierce, Jr., father of David J. Pierce, was born in the vicinity of Pake Champlain, and many years after he distinctly remembered hearing the roar of artillery at the battle fought in the neighborhood of his birthplace during the War of 1S12. About the year 1S25 he came to Weymouth, where he followed the stone-cutter's trade tor the rest of his life, his death occurring in 1848. His wile, Nancy Blanchard, who was a native ot Weymouth, was the mother of several children, four of whom are living, namely: William, who resides at Weymouth Heights: Nancy, a resident of Weymouth; George, who lives in California; and David J., the subject of this sketch.

David J. Pierce was thrown upon his own resources at an early age, and when ten years old he began to learn the shoemaker's trade. He attended school at intervals, and, after completing his studies, devoted his whole time to the shoe business, of which he acquired a good knowledge; and for four years he was engaged in manufacturing upon his own account. Afterward he became a photographer, and was engaged in that occupation until enlisting as a private in Company A, Forty-second Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers, for servicein the Civil War. He served under General Butler on the Lower Mississippi for a year, most of the time on detached duty as a gunner at New Orleans..

After his discharge he engaged in the jewelry business in Natick, Mass. Five years later he entered the employ of the Singer Sewing Machine Company as head salesman in Toledo, Ohio; and subsequently he was appointed agent of the company in Terre Haute, Ind., where he remained for several years, or until failing health caused him to return East. He then took the position of general manager of the Howe Company for the New England States, with headquarters in Boston, and had continued with that concern for two years when the feeble state of his health compelled him to permanently relinquish the business. For several years he carried on the drug business in Weymouth, under the firm name of D. J. Pierce & Co., also engaging in the real estate business; and since 1892 he has devoted his principal attention to the latter enterprise. He was one of the organizers and is now treasurer of the Standard Rubber Company of Brockton, and is a member of the Investment Committee of the South Shore Co-operative Bank.

He is well advanced in Masonry, being at the present time Generalissimo of South Shore Commandery, Knights Templar; Vice-President of the South Shore Masonic Relief Association; and Past Master of Delta Lodge. He is also a comrade of Reynolds Post, No. 58, G. A. R.

As a business man he is widely known and highly respected for his integrity and regularity, and as a worthy and useful citizen he enjoys the esteem of his fellow-townsmen. Politically, he is a Republican.

Mr. Pierce married Sarah H. Clapp, daughter of Charles Clapp, late of Weymouth. Four children have been born to them. Three died in infancy; and one is now living, a daughter, Alice M. Pierce.

§ EVERETT SMITH, a well-known citizen of Dedham, Mass., carrying on an extensive business as a provision dealer on Washington Street, is at the present time, 1897, chairman ot the town Board of Selectmen. He was born March 1 1, 1838, in Norton, Bristol County, Mass., a son of Jarvis Smith, and is descended from one of the early settled families of Norfolk County. His grandfather, Araunah Smith, who was born and reared in Dedham, removed thence to Norton, where he purchased a farm and established a home. He" died in 1844, aged eighty years.

His son Jarvis was a lifelong resident of Norton, and with the four other children of the household was brought up on the home farm. In early life he learned the trade of a nail-maker, at which he worked for some years. Afterward he bought a farm in Norton, and engaged in agricultural pursuits until his demise, which occurred in 1847 while he was yet in the prime of manhood. Jarvis Smith married Henrietta Sweet, daughter of Hezekiah Sweet, an early settler of Norton. All of their children grew to years of maturity, and two of them are yet living, namely: J. Everett; and Adeline, wife of Stillman A. Witherell. The mother survived her husband but a few years, passing away at the age of fifty -two. Both parents were members of the Unitarian church, and for several years the father was a teacher in the Sunday-school.

J. Everett Smith was but ten years old when his father died; and, when the death of his mother occurred a few years later, he went to live with an older sister, making his home with her until sixteen years of age. From that time onward he was self-supporting. He worked first as a farm laborer by the month, afterward engaging in the ice trade and in the butchering business. In 1862, in company with a Mr. Brown, he opened a meat market in South Dedham, and after a few months purchased his partner's interest, and carried on the business himself for a while. In 1863 Mr. Smith removed to Dedham, where for the first ten years of his residence he sold meat from the cart. In this way he won an extensive trade, gaining the confidence of the people with whom he had dealings, either in buying or selling, and met with such encouraging success that he opened his present store on Washington Street in 1873. He has gradually enlarged his business, and has now one of the largest and most profitable meat and provision trades in this section of Norfolk County. He keeps an up-to-date market, carrying a full line of first-grade provisions and meat, and in addition runs three order wagons in this and neighboring towns. His sons ably assist him in his work, all beingkept busily employed.

On April 26, 1862, Mr. Smith married Miss Mary A. H. Wood, who was born and bred in Norton, where her father, Ely Wood, was for many years station agent. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have two children, namely: Lewis D., who married Miss Jennie K. Cassell; and Frederick Everett.

lie takes an active and intelligent interest in local affairs, uniformly giving his moral suppoi t ami financial aid to works of improvement. In 1 893 he was elected to the office of Selectman, and the succeeding four years was reelected to the same responsible position, the last three years hem- chairman of the hoard, lie is quite prominent in Masonic circles, belonging to Constellation Lodge, F. & A. M., of which he is Pasl Master, and is the present High Priest of Hebron Chapter, R. A. M. He likewise belongs to the Knights of Honor, and tor the past five years has been Dictator of the local lodge. Liberal in his religious belief, Mr. Smith with his family attends the Unitarian church, of which Mrs. Smith is an active member.

'AMES F. PRING, the superintendent of the Boston Gossamer Rubber Company's factory at Hyde Park, was born February 3, 1856, in Kennebunkport, A son of John Pring, who is a native of Prince Edward Island, he is a direct descendant of Martin Pring, an early explorer. John Pring, Sr. , the paternal grandfather of James F., spent his long and busy life of fourscore years on Prince Edward Island, engaged in agricultural pursuits. The father, John Pring, Jr., was brought up on the home farm, and while a resident of his native island learned the ship-carpenter's trade. At this he worked after removing to the States, first in Hath, Me., and later in Kennebunkport, where he is now living retired from active life, at the good age of seventy-nine years. He married Katherine Campbell, who was also born and bred in Prince Edward Island, where her father, John Campbell, was a lifelong farmer and fisherman. Eight children were born of their union; namely, William, Annie (deceased), John, James F., Mary (deceased), Walter S. , Robert !-",., and Thomas. Annie was the wife of Robert Delanty. The mother's death occurred in the sixty-fifth year of her age. Roth parents united with the Methodist church in their early years.

with his father, learning the trade of a shipcarpenter, which he made his chief occupation a number of years. Subsequently, in Boston, he was engaged as a house carpenter and contractor lor ten years, after which he became connected with the rubber busim ss as foreman nt the cutting department in a factory at Hyde Park, a position which he held three years. During the succeeding three years he was the superintendent of the works of the Sterling Rubber Company at Framingham, Mass. This position he resigned to accept his pi ent office, the factory of this company being then in Readville. In 1889, when the company decided to remove their plant to a more advantageous location, Mr. Pring was given the entire charge of selecting a site and of erecting the necessary buildings. Choosing the twenty-one acres of land on which the plant is located, he erected one building ninety-five feet by one hundred ami seventyfive feet, two stories in height, and another in the form of the letter T, forty feet by one hundred and forty feet, with an addition sixty feet by one hundred and forty feet, both two stories high. The plant is one of the largest in the count)'. Under his excellent management the business has been greatly increased, and the original force of fifty hands greatly augmented, numbering about four hundred in the busy season. The manufactures of this company consist of mackintosh clothing. They make a specialty of the first grade of goods, which finds a ready sale in the leading cities of the United States.

On August 25, 1875, Mr. Pring married Miss Mary P.. Kalleher, who was born in Newton, Mass., daughter of Daniel Kalleher, a machinist in the Newton foundry, she being one of a family of four children. Mr. and Mrs. Pring have had two children. George, their first-born, died at the age of twentv-one years. The other child is a daughter, Llizabeth. In politics Mr. Pring is a steadfast Republican, but takes no active part in public affairs. Made a Mason in Hyde Park Lodge, F. & A. M., he is a member of Roval Arch Chapter, of Hyde Park Council, of Cyprus Commandery, and oi Mecca Temple of the Mystic Shrine of Boston. He is likewise a charter member of Allen Lodge, I. O. O. F., and belongs to Waverly Club, in which he was chairman of the House Committee for three years. Both he and his estimable wife are active members of the Methodist church, of which he was one of the official board for seven years.

AVID L. DAVIS, who is now living in retirement at Hyde Park, was for over fifty-two years in the employ of the Boston & Providence Railroad Company. He was one of the first regular employees of the road, worked his way forward to a responsible position, and is now one of the few survivors of those with whom he was originally associated in the service. Born in East Washington, N.H., August 3, 181 1, he is a son of Edmund and Mary (Graves) Davis. His grandfather, Edmund Davis (first), was a native of Hancock, N.H.; and the family descends from one of the earliest settlers in Hillsborough County of that State. The grandfather, who was a prosperous farmer and a life-long resident of Hancock, reared several children.

Edmund Davis (second), David L. Davis's father, was reared upon his father's farm in Hancock, and acquired a good education in the schools of that town. When a young man he was employed as clerk in a store for a time, and he also taught school. He finally settled in East Washington, N. H., where he afterward operated a saw and grist mill until his death, which occurred when he was seventy-nine years old. He was considered one of the best mathematicians in his locality, and was called upon to transact a great deal of the town's public business. He was the first Postmaster in East Washington, and held the office for a number of years. His wife, Mary, a daughter of William Graves, a lifelong resident of East Washington, lived to be ninetytwo years old. He was one of the organizers of the Baptist church in East Washington, and he and his wife were active members. They were the parents of eight children; and David L., the subject of this sketch, is the only one now living.

a youth, and for a few years he worked in a mill in New York State. He then returned to his native town, where he completed his education in the common schools. At the age of nineteen he went to Brookline, Mass., where he was employed as a farm assistant for three years. Again returning to East Washington, he worked in his father's mills for about three years. In 1836 he entered the employ of the Boston & Providence Railroad Company, whose line had just been opened. Erom the occupation of track laborer he advanced to the position of roadmaster, thence in a short time to that of superintendent of repairs. During his long connection with the road he saw its rolling-stock increase from the original two locomotives and eight or ten cars to the immense equipment of modern engines and elegant passenger coaches afterward possessed by the road. He saw four tracks take the place of the old one-track line, and he has witnessed many changes in the Beard of Directors and the official heads of departments. He has survived more than one generation of employers, and continued a faithful and highly esteemed servitor of the company until 1888, when he retired, after having been connected with the road for fifty-two years and four months. A settler of Hyde Park previous to its incorporation as a town, he has seen it grow from a few farm-houses to a community of eleven thousand inhabitants. He erected his present residence at 66 Milton Street in 1846, when that locality was thinly populated; and he is now the oldest resident in his neighborhood. He was a member of one of the first Boards of Selectmen, served as an Assessor for one year, and has been a Republican in politics since the formation of that party.

In 1833 Mr. Davis was united in marriage with Olive Shackley, daughter of Aaron Shack ley, a native of Norway, Me. Of the five children born of the union, Ellerv C, Edmund, and Frances E. are living. Ellery C, who was formerly a civil engineer, is now engaged in agricultural pursuits. He wedded Minnie M. Appleton, and has two children - Frances and Jessie. Edmund, who is a wellknown lawyer of Hyde Park, married Sophia H. Chase, and has four sons - Alvan I... Sid- ney L., Edward H., and David L. Frances E. is the wife of Isaac Ballard, resides in Read vi lie, Mass., and has two sons - William Ellery'and Albert D. Mrs. David L. Davis died in [876, aged sixty-five years. Mr. Davis is one of the oldest surviving members of the Mutual Benefit .Society of Railroad Men.

§OHN L. TWIGG, a leading druggist of Needham, and a son of Charles and Harriet (Cox) Twigg, was born here in 1868. The father, a native of England, who was engaged for many years in the manufacture of elastic bandages in this country, is still living in Needham. The mother, also born in England, died here in 1S91.