Norfolk Town (part 7 of 23)

Charles W. Hodges, after acquiring his education in the district schools of Norton and at the academy in Seekonk, now East Providence, taught school four years in the towns of Norton, Taunton, and Attleboro. He was subsequently employed seven years in a store of general merchandise in Norton, whence he came to Foxboro in 1857. Here, in company with his brother, Joseph F. Hodges, he opened a furniture and grocery store, which they conducted ten years, when the firm was changed, the business being carried on for nine years more under the name of Hodges & Messenger. The partnership was then dissolved and the business divided, Mr. Hodges retaining the furniture department, to which, fifteen years later, he added the insurance business, becoming agent for several companies. In 1889 he sold the furniture business to his eldest son. Since that time he has been largely interested in real estate, in which he has had many extensive transactions; and he has recently admitted into partnership one of his younger sons.

Mr. Hodges cast his first Presidential vote in 1844 for James K. Polk. He is a strong Prohibitionist in politics, and is a leading member of the Good Templars and of the Sons of Temperance. He has been elected to all the important offices within the gift of his fellow-townsmen, having been Selectman, Assessor, School Committee, Town Treasurer for many years, Justice of the Peace a quarter of a century, and in 1853 he represented Norton in the State legislature. He has been president of the Foxboro Savings Bank. He has been a member and the treasurer of the local grange since its organization.

Mr. Hodges was married April 30, 1856, to Mary E. Nichols, daughter of Gilbert and Rebecca (Crane) Nichols, of Berkeley, Mass. They have four children; namely, Charles G., Mary Avis, Louis Williams, and John Bradford. Charles G. Hodges married Laura L. Shepard, and has two children - Maud A. and Ruth E. He is in the furniture business, having succeeded his father, and is now Town Auditor and a trustee of the Savings Bank. Louis W. Hodges is Town Clerk of Foxboro, and also a Justice of the Peace. He married Annie A. Wilbur, a daughter of Seth S. Wilbur, of this town ; and they have three children - Grace Avis, Gilbert Williams, and Genevra Wilbur.

ANIEL B. WHITE, of Randolph, a prosperous coal dealer of Randolph, |vSy was born in this town, May 27, 1844. His parents were Solomon L. and Elizabeth (Belcher) White, the father being a native of Vermont, and the mother of Randolph, Mass.

Daniel B. White was educated in the common schools and at the Stetson High School. When fifteen years old he entered a grocery store as clerk. After acquiring a thorough knowledge of the business, he engaged in it for himself, taking as a partner Mr. R. W. Turner. Mr. Turner subsequently retiring, Mr. C. H. Belcher was admitted as a partner, the firm assuming the style of D. B. White & Co. Mr. White later became interested in the retail coal business with Mr. Turner, and selling in 1887 his interest in the grocery store to Mr. Belcher, and buying the interest of his partner Turner in the coal business, he has since carried on the latter alone. He is actively interested in the business development and general improvement of the town, was one of the promoters of the Randolph Power Company, of which he is treasurer, is a member of the Board of Water Commissioners, and a trustee of the Savings Bank. Politically, he is a Republican.

Mr. White married Flora A. Belcher, daughter of Charles Belcher, late of Randolph, and has two children: Jennie I'"., wife of W. H. Leavitt, of Randolph; and Helen E., who resides with her parents. Mr. White is a charter member of the Knights of Honor, and has been officially connected with the order in this town since its organization.

ILMAN B. LOUD, of the firm R. \ '-> I Loud & Sons, box manufacturers of ^ - South Weymouth, and Assessor of the town, was born in Weymouth, July 1 2, 1839. A son of Reuben and Theda (Burrell) Loud, he belongs to one of the oldest families in Weymouth. The grandfather, Eliphalet Loud, who was also born in Weymouth, is said to have been a soldier in the Revolution; and. his son Reuben is said to have been a soldier in the War of 181 2. Reuben, born in 1798, died at the age of ninety-three. In early life he was in the grain business and a member of the firm of Joseph Loud & Co. Subsequently he started a planing-mill and box factory, which was conducted under the style of Reuben Loud & Son. He became an extensive land-owner, and was a well-known man in Weymouth in his day. His living children are: Reuben, Richard, Mary, Francis P., Oilman B., and Maria J.

schools. When about fourteen years old he began working in his father's planing-mill and box factory. In July, 1861, he became a member of the firm of Reuben Loud & Sons, with which he has been since identified. He married Lydia M. Shaw, of Weymouth, daughter of George W. Shaw. Nine children have been born of the marriage; namely, Emily T. , George G. , Wilton A., Frank E., R. Cady, Chester S., Lina M. , Merton S. , and Jessie S. Mr. Loud has taken an active part in politics in Weymouth. He was a member of the Republican Town Committee for some twenty years. For a year he was a member of the Board of Selectmen and he has served five years as Assessor of Taxes. A member of the Old South Congregational Church at South Weymouth for a quarter of a century, he has been a chorister therein, the treasurer of the society, and one of its Deacons for the past fifteen years. His large circle of business acquaintances have the fullest confidence in his integrity. Promptness and fair dealing are the characteristics of his business relations.

(£>r"LBERT J. DANIELS, one of the leadj^\ ing farmers of Foxboro, was born /j[\ where he now resides, October 13, - " 1846, son of Lewis G. and Sarah A. (Perrigo) Daniels. His great-grandfather, Francis Daniels, who was a native of Normandy, France, emigrated to America, and settled in Foxboro in 1749. Francis Daniels located upon wild land, which he cleared for agricultural purposes, erecting thereon a frame house; and before his death he had improved sixty acres of tillage land. He married Keziah Rockwood. His daughters, Margaret and Mary, became the first and second wives respectively of Ezra Carpenter, one of the leading residents of Foxboro in his day, concerning whom further information may be found in the sketch of E. P. Carpenter, which appears elsewhere in the Review. Anna Daniels, another daughter of Francis, married for her first husband Nehemiah Carpenter, and for her second, Stephen Rhodes.

James Daniels, grandfather of Albert J., was born on the homestead in 1761. He succeeded to its ownership, and resided there until his death, which occurred in 1849. He married for his first wife Naamah Guild, and for his second, Elizabeth Gay, and reared the following children: Jemima, Chloe, James, and Tryphena by his first marriage; and Elizabeth, Lewis G., and Anna by his second.

Lewis G. Daniels, Albert J. Daniels's father, was born and reared upon the home farm, which he inherited in turn; and during his life he added many acres to the property. He also improved the house, and displayed much energy in the management of the property. He died in the spring of 1896, aged eighty-six years. His wife, whose maiden name was Sarah A. Perrigo, became the mother of three children - Lewis S., John F., and Albert J. Lewis S., who is a travelling man, and resides in Cleveland, Ohio, married Lillian E. Carroll, and has one son, Harry C. , born September 14, 1S74. John F., who resides in Central City, Col., wedded Martha Boomer, and his children are: Albert J., born July 25, 1870; and Susan M., born July 1, 1876.

Albert J. Daniels was educated in the common and high schools of Foxboro. When a young man he learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed as a journeyman in this town, and also in St. Paul, Minn., until 1871, when he returned to the homestead, and has since been engaged in general farming.

On November 29, 1883, Mr. Daniels was united in marriage with Eliza A. Morse, daughter of Newell Morse; and for an account of her family and ancestors the reader is referred to a sketch of Charles N. Morse, which also may be found upon another page of this work. Mr. and Mrs. Daniels have four children, as follows: Francis Newell, Marion Winifred, Laura Antoinette, and Bertha Alice.

Politically, Mr. Daniels is a Republican; and his first Presidential vote was cast for General Ulysses S. Grant in 1868. He has rendered able services to the town as an Assessor for eight years and as a member of the Board of Selectmen for two years. He and Mrs. Daniels are members of Foxboro Grange, No. 193, Patrons of Husbandry, in which he was lecturer three years. Four generations of the family have occupied the farm, and it is worthy of note that the house built by his great-grandfather has been remodelled or enlarged by each succeeding generation.

who came to this country from London in 1635, and with others founded the town of Rehoboth, was his paternal ancestor; while his mother's family descended from Gregory Stone, who came here from England in 1634. Noah Perrin, his father, one of Boston's wholesale merchants fifty years ago, was a prominent Methodist. His mother, Philenia Winship Stone Perrin, was daughter of Captain P. R. L. Stone, in the line of the early Unitarian settlers of Cambridge, Mount Auburn being formerly called "Stone's Woods."

Marshall Livingston Perrin received his schooling in Grantville, and was one of the original members of the Needham High School, West Division, which was held alternately by years in Maugus and in Waban Halls. He went from there to Harvard College, entering when he was fourteen years of age, and graduating in the class of 1874, before he was nineteen, the youngest in his class. Immediately afterward he was appointed secretary of an expedition of the United States Fish Commission to the Pacific coast, and travelled extensively in the unsettled portions of the West. During this time, while living among the McCloud River Indians near Mount Shasta, he was bitten, presumably by a tarantula, from the effects of which he barely recovered. On returning East, he pursued post-graduate studies in science at Harvard University, receiving the degree of Master of Arts in 1876. For a number of years he was afterward connected with Mr. Stone's private school for boys, now located on Chestnut Street.

In 1 88 1, when Wellesley was incorporated, Mr. Perrin was chosen by the citizens of the new town one of the first broad of School Committee. About this time, after recovering from pneumonia, he made several trips upon the Western Ocean, frequently on sailing-vessels, doing his share of the work, and one summer cruising among the whalers of the North with supplies from Newfoundland.

Leaving home in the autumn of 1S83, Mr. Perrin spent five or six years in travel and study, becoming intimately acquainted with the various phases of life in the countries of modern Europe. During this time he was connected with the German universities in the capacity of student or instructor, being appointed by the Prussian government for three years to the position of Lektor of the English language at the University of Gottingen. At this university he passed his doctor's examination in 1889. He had already been elected to the head of the department of Teutonic languages in Boston University, which position he still holds, having been made full professor in 1892.

Since 1893 Mr. Perrin has also filled the office of Superintendent of Schools in his native town, where the condition and reputation of the schools attest his efficiency.

Mr. Perrin's literary work has been varied, including educational articles, an algebra drill book, the translation of the ponderous volumes of Von Sybel's "Founding of the German Empire," and a commentary in German upon an ancient Middle English Chronicle in manuscript, upon which Mr. Perrin spent a good deal of learned research in the libraries of the Old World. Mr. Perrin has also been active in Masonic circles, and is to-day Master of Meridian Lodge, situated at Natick. Withal, Mr. Perrin is one of the busiest men in town, though he never seems to be in too much of a hurry to stop for a genial chat. From the delicate and weakly child of whicli the old residents tell us, one could scarcely recognize the robust and healthy figure of to-day.

Mr. Perrin married February 23, 1889, Mary Josephine Williams, daughter of George B. Williams, of Maple Grove Farm, Walpole, N.H., a lady of rare accomplishments and refinement. Very soon after the birth of their boy, Harold Livingston, who still survives, la grippe first raged, and numbered the young wife among its victims. Mr. Perrin has not

Seventh Norfolk District, was born in East Stoughton (now Avon), January 30, 1843, son of Ahira and Rachel D. (Swan) Porter. The Porter family is of English origin, and the subject of this sketch is of the fifth generation in this country. His grandfather was Colonel Cyrus Porter, a prominent citizen of Avon. Ahira Porter, the father, was born in this town, and worked in the boot and shoe shops here for a number of years. An accomplished musician, he taught singing-school in East Stoughton and neighboring towns. His death occurred in 1863. His wife, a native of Stoughton, died in 1861. They were the parents of six children - Ahira S., Rachel D., William, Samuel, James, and George W.

George W. Porter acquired his education in the public schools of Avon. When he was about eighteen years of age he went to work in a shoe shop; and for twenty years he was employed in boot and shoe manufactories in this town, most of the time as a cutter. A natural and trained musician, he has been manager and director of the well-known Porter's Orchestra for a quarter of a century. This orchestra was organized by his oldest brother, Ahira S. Porter (now deceased), and is one of the best musical organizations of the kind in this part of the State. For the past ten years Mr. Porter has devoted practically all his time to the interests of the orchestra, which has filled engagements in many different towns throughout Eastern Massachusetts. He is a member of the Stoughton Musical Society.

In 1866 Mr. Porter was married to Ellen E., daughter of William H. Tucker, of Avon. Mr. Porter is a prominent member of the Republican party. During the session of 1 895 - 96 he represented this district in the State legislature; and he has been chairman of the Avon Republican Committee for a number of years, and has served as Selectman for the past three years.

REDERICK E. ROBINSON, a prosperous shoe merchant of Dedham, Mass., was born in this town, December 27, 1854, son of Samuel and Deborah Cutting (Upton) Robinson.

Elijah Robinson, the paternal grandfather of Frederick E., was a son of Jabez Robinson, who was born in England, and came to America about the time of the Revolutionary War. He, Jabez, served as a private in the War of 18 1 2. Elijah Robinson was borrr in Litchfield, Me., which was likewise the birthplace of his son Samuel. The latter, who is now eighty-five years old, followed farming during his active career, and also did contract work, giving employment to a large number of men. His wife, Deborah, was a daughter of James and Deborah (Cutting) Upton. Her maternal grandfather, Earl Cutting, was an American patriot, who fought in the Revolutionary War. Samuel and Deborah Robinson became the parents of six children; namely, Esther and Melissa (who died young), Samuel Francis, Theodore Edgar, Melissa Deborah, and Frederick E.

Frederick E. Robinson spent the early years of his life in Dedham, and acquired his school education in the grammar and high schools. At the age of seventeen he entered the store of Andrew Wiggin as clerk, and here gained his first knowledge of the shoe business. Subsequently he became a salesman for W. H. Pierson on Temple Place, Boston, and still later office clerk in a Lynn establishment. In 1887 he returned to Dedham, and went into the boot and shoe business for himself. He has been very successful, and now enjoys the largest trade in his line in this town. Mr. Robinson is unmarried. In politics he is a Republican. He attends the Congregational church.

WITHIN BROTHERS, comprising John and Thomas Swithin, granite dealers of Ouincy, were born October 2, 1854, sons of Thomas The parents, both of whom were born in Scotland, came to this country in 1852, settling in Ouincy. The father was successfully engaged in the granite business here, which included quarrying, building, paving, and monumental work by contract and otherwise, up to the time of his death. He belonged to Suffolk Lodge, I. O. O. F., of Boston, and to the Scotch Charitable Society.

John and Thomas Swithin were educated in the public schools of Quincy and at Miss *Savi lie's private school. Both served an apprenticeship at the stone-cutter's trade, and subsequently worked at it for wages until 1887. Then they started their present thriving business, under the firm name of Swithin Brothers.

They make a specialty of fine monumental and statuary work. While their business is exclusively of a retail character, it is large; and they keep a number of agents on the road. The brothers are stockholders of the Lyons Granite Company, while John is one of its directors. Both are directors of the Blue Hill Granite Company; and they are stockholders of the Quincy Quarry Company, of which John was a promoter and is now a director. They are also in the real estate business, keeping an office therefor in Durgin & Merrill's Block, and owning property in various parts of the city. John Swithin is a member of the Executive Committee of the Granite Manufacturers' Association of Quincy; the president of the Quincy Shoe Company; and a trustee of the President's Hill, President's Hill Annex, and the Cranch Hill Real Estate Trusts.

Both John and Thomas Swithin are members of Mount Wollaston Lodge, No. 80, I. O. O. F. , and of Manet Encampment. John was elected to the City Council from Ward One in 1S96, and served on the Committee of Streets, Ways, Bridges, and Lights, and on that of Public Buildings and Grounds. Both brothers attend the Episcopal church.

EUTHER O. CROCKER, a prosperous manufacturer of Braintree, was born in Bridgewater, Mass., December, 1857, son of Luther O. and Olive M. Crocker. He is of English descent, and his paternal grandfather was Luther H. Crocker. Luther O. Crocker, the father, was a native of West Dedham, and a machinist and mechanical engineer by trade, which in early life he followed in Louisville, Ky., and Cincinnati, Ohio. Though of limited education, not having enjoyed the opportunities within the reach of the young men of this generation, yet he improved those he had, and became expert in his calling and successful in business. He was the inventor of fancy and complicated dies used in the manufacture of ticket punches, and established the manufactory now carried on in East Braintree by his son. He was a Republican politically, and was interested in all public improvements within the limits of his town and county. He attended the Union Congregational Church of Weymouth and Braintree, and was a member of the Masonic order. He died in April, 1895, leaving two children - Oscar M. and Luther O. His widow survives, and resides with her younger son.

Until fifteen years of age Luther O. Crocker, the special subject of this sketch, attended school in East Braintree. LIpon finishing his studies, he entered his father's factory to learn the art of manufacturing railroad punches. After his father's death he assumed entire management of the business, and he has since maintained the high reputation of the firm for reliable work. Mr. Crocker married Jennie Pratt, by whom he has three children - Fred M., Edith O., and Olive. Following his father's example, he is a Republican in politics. Fraternally, he belongs to the Knights of Pythias.

HARLES LOUIS BADGER, the senior member of the firm Badger ^ Brothers, granite dealers and machinists at West Quincy, is one of the oldest and best known quarrymen of this vicinity. He was born August 17, 1820, in Bow, N. H., son of Ezra Badger. The grandfather, Jacob Badger, resided in Concord, N.H., his native town, throughout the larger part of his long and busy life of fourscore years. The other part was spent in Old Town, Me., where he was in business. A blacksmith by trade, he was a very skilful and ingenious workman, and sometimes made traps, knives, and other useful articles for the Indians.

Ezra Badger, born June 9, 1798, was reared in Concord, which was also his native town. He learned the trade of a quarryman when young, and started in business on his own account in the neighboring town of Hooksett. Here he quarried about one-half of the granite used in the construction of Ouincy Market in Boston. This brought him into prominence; and a visit from Thomas Hollis, of Milton, Mass., induced him to give up his business in Hooksett, and come to Ouincy as superintendent of his quarries. When the Bunker Hill Monument Association was formed, he was chosen by the committee to superintend the quarrying of the granite to be used in erecting the monument; and with Solomon Willard, its architect, he selected the Quincy quarry from which the first granite used in its construction was taken. Beginning in 1847, ne carried on business in Ouincy until about 1S55, when he sold out, and retired. During the Civil War he enlisted as a wagoner in the Thirty-third Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and died while in the army. In politics he was a Jacksonian Democrat during his younger days. Afterward he became successively a Whig and a Republican. He married Sophia White, a daughter of James White, of Bow, N. H., and by her became the father of eight children, namely: Charles Louis and Maria L. ; Mary A., the wife of Alonzo G. Davis, of this city; Charlotte S. J.; Leon C, deceased, who served in the Rebellion as a private in the Twenty-second Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and was a member of the Masonic fraternity: Frank C, of Kinsley, Kan. : Hannah Porter, who died at the age of seven years; and Clara O., who lived but three years. Both parents attended the Congregational church.

Charles Louis Badger was eight years old when he came with his parents to Ouincy. At the age of sixteen years, when he had acquired the usual common -school education, he became a clerk in the office of Solomon Willard, an architect. During five of the seven years he spent in this employment, he devoted his evenings to study, and gave one winter at the University of Norwich, Vt., perfecting himself in mathematics. After leaving Mr.

Willard, he joined the J. B. Whicher Granite Company. Withdrawing from it in 1847, ne passed the next two years travelling through New England, engaged in railway work. On November 11, 1849, ne sailed for California by Cape Horn, spending six months on the way. On arriving at San Francisco, he went directly to the gold mines on the Tolumne River. Not meeting here with the success that he had anticipated, he returned to Massachusetts in the spring of 1852 by way of the Isthmus. Very soon after, he started in the granite business in company with his father, his brother Leon C, and his brother-in-law, A. G. Davis, under the name of E. Badger & Sons. In a few months the brother Leon and Mr. Davis withdrew from the firm, but the two remaining partners continued in the business until 1855. Mr. Badger and his brother, Leon C. Badger, then established the present firm of the Badger Brothers. They first worked the quarry from which was taken the granite used in building the New York Exchange in 1835. In 1868 they purchased their present quarry, one of the largest in this part of the country, and have since been numbered among the most extensive and prosperous granite dealers. They employ an average of one hundred men, including several skilled machinists for a branch of their business that they have carried on since the firm was incorporated. Leon C. Badger died in or about the year 1888, leaving three children - George L., Frederick L., and Margaret M. In 1863 Mr. Badger admitted to partnership these two nephews and two sons.

On August 10, 1852, Mr. Badger was married to Mary C, daughter of William Loveland, of Norwich, Vt. She bore him four children, namely: William E., now at the head of the firm of Badger Brothers: Clara E. , who died at the age of twenty years; Charles F., who died in March, 1896; and Mary L., also deceased. Mr. Badger's first wife died in April, 1870; and he subsequently married Annie W. French, a daughter of Adam and Sally (Allen) French. The present Mrs. Badger is a direct descendant of John Alden and Priscilla Mullins. Her only child, Henry L., died in infancy. Soon after that event Mr. and Mrs. Badger adopted a little boy, Russell W. Badger, to whom they are giving the same advantages and care as they would to one of their own blood. In politics Mr. Badger is a strong Republican; and he is a member of Rural Lodge, F. & A. M. He is also a member of the Bethany Congregational Church. Mrs. Badger is a Deaconess of the same church and the president of the Bethany Ladies' Circle connected therewith.

WALES BAKER, a member of the Board of Selectmen of Randolph and formerly Postmaster, was born in this town, November 18, 1843, son of Minot and Fanny (White) Baker. His father was a native of New Hampshire; and his mother, who was born in what is now Brookville, Mass., was a descendant of Peregrine White, the first white child born in New England after the landing of the "Mayflower" Pilgrims. Minot Baker followed the shoemaker's trade in Randolph, and was a well-known and respected citizen-. His death occurred in 1862.

The subject of this sketch was educated in the common and high schools of Randolph, and at the age of twenty years began to learn the tinsmith's trade, serving an apprenticeship of four years. After working as a journeyman in Toledo, Ohio, for a year, he returned to Randolph, where he engaged in business for himself, first alone and later becoming associated with G. F. Thayer. The firm of Baker & Thayer continued in business until 1873, when they sold out to Charles A. Wales, Mr. Baker remaining with the new proprietor until 1888. For a short time he was employed at his trade in North Easton, Mass. In June, 1890, he was appointed Postmaster at Randolph by President Harrison, and held office until May 15, 1895, since which time he has carried on the tinware business here.

Mr. Baker married Emma A. Fritts, of Randolph, and has a family of seven children; namely, Alice W., M. Everett, Florence L., Cora A., Arthur C, Norman F., and Ernest R.

He is a Dictator of the Knights of Honor, and permanent secretary of Rising Star Lodge, I. O. O. F. ; chaplain of Pilgrim Lodge, No. 14, New England Order of Protection; a member of Maple Lodge, No. 313, Knights and Ladies of Honor, of Ouincy, Mass. ; and Orator of Randolph Lodge, No. 7, American Benefit Society. He is an earnest advocate of the temperance cause. As an active member of the Congregational church he takes a deep interest in religious work, serving as assessor and collector of the parish, treasurer of the church, and superintendent of the Sabbath-school.

LLIS J. PITCHER, a leading grocer and business man of South Weymouth, ; a native of Belfast, Me., born April 30, 1840, son of Calvin and Joanna (Prescott) Pitcher. The father was a native of Stoddard, N.H., and served as a soldier in the War of 1812. The subject of this sketch was brought up on his father's farm, and attended the district schools during the winters. When eighteen years of age he went to sea, and spent ten years in foreign trade, serving both before the mast and as officer. Soon after the close of the Civil War he returned home ; and after a brief visit to his native place he established himself in the grocery business at West Medford, Mass. After being thus engaged for some time, he made one more sea voyage, on his return taking up his residence in Everett, Mass., where also he engaged in the grocery business. In 1872 he came to South Weymouth, and opened a grocery store, in which he has been very successful. Mr. Pitcher married Mary G. Allen, of Hillsboro, N.H., by whom he has three children - George E., Florence M., and Eloise A. He is a member of Wildey Lodge, I. O. O. F., at South Weymouth, and has been its treasurer since 1885; and is a member of the U. O. G. C, of which society he has been treasurer since its organization in 1880. Heis a trustee of the South Weymouth Savings Bank, a director in the Weymouth Agricultural and Industrial Society, and a director in Odd Fellows Hall Association. He was an incorporator of the Co-operative Bank, and has

RTHUR WHITAKER, an enterprising farmer and milk dealer of Needham, Mass., was born in Southbridge, Mass., in 1859, son of Thomas and Harriet A. (Mason) Whitaker. The lather, Thomas Whitaker, who was born in England, came to this country in 1S38. He went first to Southbridge, but removed to Needham in 1866, where he took an active part in politics, and was also an ardent temperance worker. His death occurred in 1882. He married Harriet A., daughter of Abel Mason, of Southbridge, but formerly of Medfield. Mrs. Thomas Whitaker was a member of the old Massachusetts family of Masons. Her grandfather served with the rank of Captain in the Revolutionary War, and was present at the surrender of Burgoyne.

Arthur Whitaker came to Needham with his parents when he was seven years of age, and received his elementary education in the public schools of this town. He was graduated at the Massachusetts Agricultural College at Amherst in 1881, and then, returning to Needham, engaged in his present business. He lias a farm of fifty acres, and keeps forty cows, supplying four hundred families with milk. He also makes a specialty of market gardening, and grows large quantities of sweet corn for the Boston market, being probably the largest raiser of sweet corn in Massachusetts. Mr. Whitaker personally supervises every department of his growing business, which he conducts according to the most scientific methods. The degree of success which he has attained is a strong argument in favor of scientific agriculture. Mr. Whitaker was elected Selectman in 1886, when he was but twenty-seven years of age: and lie served for seven years, during three of which he was chairman of the board. He had previously been elected Assessor. He is now serving as Justice of the Peace. In politics he is a Republican. He is a member of the Norfolk Lodge, F. & A. M. ; of Eliot Lodge, No. 58, I. O. O. F., of which he is a Past Grand; and of the Needham Lodge of A. O. U. W. He also takes a great interest in athletics, and is a member ot the Needham Bicycle Club, and vice-president of the Newton Bicycle Club.

7TAHARLES A. GROSS, a prominent I V' merchant of Cohasset, and a veteran ^U _, of the Civil War, was born in Duxbury, Mass., June 25, 1832, son of Jonathan Y. and Cynthia (Willard) Gross. His parents were natives of Massachusetts, and his father was a carpenter by trade. He acquired his education in the common schools and an academy of his native town, where he resided until he was eighteen years old. He then settled in Cohasset, and was for some time messenger for Beals's Cohasset & Boston Express. Enlisting as a private in Company A, Forty-fifth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers, he served one year in the Rebellion, participating in the battles of Goldsboro, Kingston, and others. After his return home he resumed his former occupation, but subsequently established himself in mercantile business, in which he continued alone for several years. He finally became associated, under the firm name of Gross & Nichols, with Mr. James H. Nichols, his present partner. The firm do a large retail business in general merchandise, and their methods are such as to gain the confidence of their numerous patrons. Mr. Gross is also president of the Cohasset Water Company, and is interested generally in public improvements. He is a Republican politically, and served as Postmaster of Cohasset for eighteen years. He is a Past Master of Konohasset Lodge, F. & A. M., belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and has been Commander of Henry Bryant Post, No. 98, G. A. R., for a number of years.

Mr. Gioss's present wile was before marriage Mary T. L. Lothrop, daughter of John O. A. Lothrop, further reference to whom may be found in the sketch of Caleb Lothrop, which appears on another page of the Review.

Abner B. Packard

ABNER B. PACKARD, icy, a manufacturer of electrostereotype, and linotype metal, a refiner of dross, and a dealer in lead, spelter, antimony, and tin, is a pioneer in his line of industry, and the founder of an extensive and profitable business. He was born in this town, November 21, [821, a son of William and Lucy (Turner) Packard. The father was one of the leading quarrymen of Ouincy. By his wife, who was a native of Ouincy, he became the father of seventeen children, of whom eleven grew to maturity. These were: Lucy Ann, who is the widow of the late Dr. George Newcomb, of this city; Rosamond, deceased; Margaret, now deceased, who married Thomas White, also deceased; Lydia, deceased, who was the wife of the late Francis Saville; William H., of whom there is no special record; Elisha, deceased; Emily, deceased, who was the wife of the late Charles Marsh; Louisa, now Mrs. Stowe; Colonel Abner B., the subject of this sketch; Abigail, the wife of Andrew J. Dunbar; and Sarah, the widow of the late Joseph Franklin Burrell. Both parents were members of the Episcopal church, and the father was a Deacon of the society for many years.

Abner B. Packard, having completed his education in the Ouincy public schools, went to Boston, where he was employed as clerk in a store for two or three years. He was subsequently engaged in mercantile pursuits with his brother for a few years, and then started in his present business, beginning in a small way as a dealer in metals. With a team he first went through the country districts purchasing lead until his money was exhausted. Then, returning with about a thousand pounds of the metal, he unloaded it in a corner, mentally wondering how he was ever to get his money back. One day subsequently, while passing through Washington Street, Boston, he saw something lying in a hallway that looked like lead; and, climbing several flights of narrow stairs, he found himself in the old Dickinson Type

Foundry. Here he inquired if they wanted to buy any lead, and, receiving an affirmative answer, returned to Ouincy, ran the lead hehad on hand in an old pan, and forwarded it to the foundry. This transaction proved so profitable that he continued in the business, and soon had among his regular customers two other type foundries and two lead-pipe factories. Afterward he engaged in the manufacture of type metal, and has since supplied the offices of the New York Woild, Press, and News, and furnishes nearly all the stereotype material for the New England trade, handling over six hundred tons of type metal annually. Colonel Packard is also associated in business with his nephew Elisha and his two sons. This firm, which at first made ink for shoemakers' use, is now engaged in the manufacture of flavoring extracts and patent medicines. In his younger days the Colonel manufactured boots for a few years, employing twenty men in his factory. He is a director of the Mount Wollaston National Bank and of the Ouincy Electric Light and Power Company.

When the military company known as the Ouincy Light Guards was organized, Mr. Packard was made Captain of a company, and in the following year was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. In April, 1861, scarce a month after burying three beautiful little daughters, and leaving his wife, son, and nephew sick in bed, he set out to do his part in suppressing the Rebellion, in command of the Fourth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. He went by steamer directly to Fortress Monroe, thence, four weeks later, to Newport News, and at the end of six weeks to Hampton, where the regiment remained until the expiration of its three months' term of enlistment, when it was mustered out of service, and in 1862 was called out again, and waited in Boston three days, where they were discharged.

Colonel Packard was married in November, 1849, to Elizabeth, daughter of Lewis Newcombe, of Ouincy. They have had six children, of whom Frank C. and Walter M. areliving. Mrs. Packard, who is a great lover of flowers, has made an extensive study of floriculture, and has had erected under her personal supervision three of the finest green- houses in the city, one of which is one hundred feet in length, and has about ten thousand feet of space under glass. She is very successful as a florist, raising many rare and choice plants, but neither advertises nor sells to the trade, simply accommodating the home people.

Lj8 RAN KLIN G. MORSE, superintendent of the Holbrook Water Works, is -*- a native of Hubbardston, Mass., born October 10, 1835, son of Asa and Elizabeth (Golding) Morse. He is a descendant of Abner Morse, an Englishman, who, with a number of others bearing the same surname, came to America several generations ago. Asa Morse, the father, was born in Hubbardston. He lived for a number of years in Petersham, Worcester County, Mass., and was engaged in the latter part of his life in farming. His wife also, the mother of Franklin G., was a native of the old Bay State.

Franklin G. Morse was three years old when his parents moved to Petersham ; and he grew up on the farm there, acquiring his education in the district school. When he attained his majority, he went to work for himself; and for seven years he was engaged in sewing leather in a boot and shoe shop in Athol, Mass., running a machine by footpower. He was then for about three years engaged in the same way in East Randolph (now Holbrook), Mass. Subsequently he was employed for nearly thirty years as stationary engineer for Thomas White & Co., the wellknown shoe manufacturers. In 1894 he was elected superintendent of the Holbrook Water Works, the duties of which responsible position he has since capably performed. He has been a member of the Holbrook Water Commissioners for nine years. itics he is a Republican.

Mr. Morse was married August 16, 1859, to Elvira I. Stockwell, of Athol, Mass. ; and they had one son, Charles, who died at the age of one year and fifteen days. Mr. Morse is a member of Rising Star Lodge, No. 76, I. O. O. F., of Randolph, Mass. He and his wife are members of the Winthrop Congregational Church. A self-made man and mainly

WATSON ARNOLD, a prominent resident of Braintree and a member of the firm Skinner & Arnold, provision dealers of Boston, was born here, March 25, 1837, son of John B. and Nancy B. (Thayer) Arnold. He is descended from the English Arnolds. His father was a wellknown boot and shoe manufacturer of Braintree, and was prominent in local politics.

At the age of fifteen, after receiving a common-school education, Mr. Arnold entered a Boston wooden-ware establishment in the capacity of clerk. Several years afterward spent by him in various lines of business included some time in a pharmacy, four years in the wholesale provision business, and ten years in the general merchandise business in Braintree. He then learned the wholesale grocery business in the establishment of Henry Cal lender & Co., of Boston, with whom he was associated for ten years. In July, 1878, the present firm of Skinner & Arnold came into existence. This firm, which is most prosperous, deals in general provisions and hotel and restaurant supplies.

Mr. Arnold married Miss Maria V. Boardman, of Saugus, Mass., and has four daughters living - Bertha M., Helen L., Julia I., and Jessie R. He is Republican in politics, and he represented Braintree in the House in 1868. He also served for several years as Town Clerk and the Postmaster of Braintree, and he is a trustee of the Thayer Public Library. A supporter of every good cause, he is a liberal contributor to religious denominations. He is a member of the Masonic order, and belongs to the South Shore Commandery at East Weymouth. In 1861 he took his blue lodge degrees.

§ONATHAN COBB, of Dedham, Register of Probate and Insolvency for Norfolk County, was born in this town March 2, 1829, son of Jonathan Holmes and Sophia (Doggett) Cobb. His paternal grandfather, Jonathan Cobb, was a lifelong resident of Sharon, Mass. He was an inn keeper in the days when the only means of travel was by stage, and he also carried on a farm.

Jonathan Holmes Cobb, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Sharon, July g, 1799. He prepared for his collegiate course at the Milton Academy, and was graduated at Harvard in 1817. Entering the law office of William Dunbar, Esq., of Canton, he there engaged in the study of law until October 9, 1 8 18, when he sailed for Charleston, S.C., and resumed his studies in the office of Benjamin F. Dunkin, then a prominent lawyer in that city. While in Charleston he opened a classical and English school; but upon the appearance of yellow fever in 1819 he returned to Massachusetts, and went into the law office of Jabez Chickering, Esq., in Dedham. He was admitted to the Norfolk County bar in September, 1820, and opened an office in this town. Later he also had a law office in Boston, and for a year or two he was editor of the Village Register. About the year 1831 he engaged in the manufacture of silk, and published a work upon the subject. In February, 1831, the legislature having authorized the publication of a manual upon the mulberry-tree and the manufacture of silk, Jonathan H. Cobb was commissioned by Governor Lincoln to prepare such a work. Several editions of the manual were printed; and afterward, by special act of Congress, it was issued by the national government, and distributed throughout the country. In 1837 Mr. Cobb, its author, established a sewingsilk manufactory, of which he was the principal owner and superintendent. He conducted this enterprise until 1845, when the plant was destroyed by fire.

Upon the retirement of Judge Haven in 1833, Jonathan H. Cobb was appointed Register of Probate for Norfolk County, a position which he held until 1879, when he was succeeded by his son. For thirty consecutive years he served as Town Clerk of Dedham, declining a re-election in 1875, and for forty years he was an active magistrate in this county. For many years he was an important factor in financial circles, and in 1831 was instrumental in founding the Dedham Institution for Savings. He was a Deacon of the First Church for more than forty years. Jonathan Holmes Cobb died March 12, 1882. His wife, Sophia, was a daughter of John Doggett, a Boston merchant who resided in Dedham. She became the mother of eight children, of whom the following survive: Sophia J. French; Jonathan, the subject of this sketch; Samuel D. ; Isabella F. French; Abbie Guild ; and John D., a graduate of Harvard and Assistant Register of Probate. Mrs. Sophia D. Cobb lived to be seventy-two years old.

Jonathan Cobb received his education in the public and private schools, and had several teachers of languages, and at the age of fifteen went into a wholesale importing house in Buston. In January, 1849, he departed for California by way of Mexico, and upon his arrival there worked in the mines two seasons and on a cattle ranch for a year. In November, 1851, he returned to Dedham. He was employed in the probate office for -about a year, at the end of which time he returned to mercantile pursuits as a salesman in a wholesale store in Boston. From 1855 to 1859 he was in business in Nashville, Tenn. Returning home in that year, he resumed work in the Registry of Probate as clerk; and in January, 1862, he was appointed Assistant Register. In 1879 he succeeded his father as Register, and has since occupied that position. His ability has been fully demonstrated by the efficient manner in which the large amount of probate and insolvency cases are handled, and he also transacts considerable private business.

On July 29, 1857, Mr. Cobb was united in marriage with Martha S. Wales, who was born in Boston, March 24, 1832, daughter of Samuel Wales, a merchant of that city. Mrs. Cobb died June 29, 1877. She was the mother of five children, and is survived by four, namely: Edward S., a mechanical engineer in San Francisco; Benjamin W., a book-keeper; Charles A., a travelling salesman in the wholesale paper trade; and Frederick Copeland, a book-keeper in Dedham.

LfRANCIS METCALF, a retired manu- Pl ' facturer, residing in Bellingham, -"- Mass., and a son of Hollis and Abigail (Allen) Metcalf, was born here, January 28, [823. One of his early ancestors, who was bom in Dedham in 1704, in 1735 took up a farm of five hundred acres in North Belli ng ham, which he afterward cleared and largely brought under cultivation. He spent the rest of his life there. His son Stephen, who inherited the property, built the house which is still standing. Stephen was the first judge to hold court in the Norfolk County court-house. He died in Bellingham; and his son Stephen, the grandfather of Francis, took charge of the farm. Grandfather Metcalf, who was both a lawyer and farmer, died in the old home. Hollis Metcalf, son of the last Stephen, engaged in farming on the old homestead. He built the house now occupied by Francis Metcalf, and lived there until his death, which occurred October 1, 1876. The first of his two marriages was contracted with Abigail Allen, who died in i860. She had two children: Francis, the subject of this sketch; and Olive, who died in 1 84 1. The second marriage united him with Louise Allen, (it Holliston, Mass., who died in November, 1896.

Francis Metcalf was educated in the public schools of Bellingham. Then he went for one year to the institute in Worcester, Mass. After leaving college, he worked on the farm with his father until 185 1, when he started in the manufacture of packing cases, in which he employed four or five men, and which was his business until his retirement from active life. Although successful in this line of business, he has always devoted some time to farming; and he still owns about one hundred and twenty-five acres of the old Metcalf homestead. He also owns land in other parts of the town, and he has built several houses. The packing case factory is now conducted by his son.

Whig. In later years he has voted the Democratic ticket, although he is very independent, preferring to support the better man regardless of party. A member of the I. O. O. F., he belongs to Rising Sun. Lodge, No. 99, of West Medway. He has been married three times. The first occasion was in 1845, when he was united to Almira Adams, of Medway. Her father was Captain Christopher Adams, a cabinet-maker of Medway. She had two children: Frank H., who died when a baby; and Olive, now living in Providence, R.I. The mother died April 11, 1849. The second marriage was contracted on May 7, 185 1, with Maria, daughter of Caleb Adams, a farmer of Bellingham. Her children were: Hiram Frank, born June 22, 1852, who married Katie E. Hazelton, of West Medway, and is now living in Providence, R.I., where he has charge of a large paper box shop; Alice Maria, born October 17, 1853, who died in Minnesota, December 29, 1877; Lydia A., born November 13, 1855, who married Addison E. Bullard, the superintendent of a factory in Caryville, Mass.; Edward B., born in 1857, who died in babyhood; Sarah A., who died July 10, 1859; and Edward E. , born July 1, 1861, who lives in Caryville, and is working in his father's shop. Mr. Metcalf's second wife died January 21, 1870, at the age of forty-two years. On November 27, 1 87 1, the third marriage was made with Mary, daughter of Alexander T. and Maria (Sayles) Wilkinson, of Mendon, Mass. Her father, who was a merchant, is now living in Milford, Mass. The present Mrs. Metcalf has had one child, Jesse W. , born July 27, 1873, who died February 23, 1875. Mrs. Metcalf is a member of the Episcopal Church of Woonsocket, R.I.

HARLES H. SPEAR, of Quincy, was born here, April 12, 1844, son of Charles Adams Spear. The emigrant ancestor of the Spear family was John Spear, whose son Samuel married Elizabeth Daniels. The next in line of descent was their son, John Spear, who married Mary Arnold. Their son, Seth Spear, who was born January 19, 1 741 , and who died Au- gust 26, 18 iS, was the great-grandfather of Charles H. The line was continued through Alpheus Spear, a son of Seth by his second wife, Abigail Marsh Spear. Alpheus was a lifelong resident of Quincy, where he carried on a thriving business as a farmer and trader. He was one of the founders of the Universalist church of Quincy and very active in the work of that denomination. He married Ann Adams, a woman of superior intellect, who ably assisted him in his domestic, social, and religious relations.

Charles Adams Spear was born in this town, January 10, 1820, and was here bred and educated. On attaining his majority, he hired the did Adams farm, and there for many years of his married life resided in the house in which John Adams, the second President of the United States, was born in 1735. He carried on general farming quite extensively, making a specialty ot raining hay and producing milk. He kept on an average about sixty cows, and as early as 1834 he began carryingmilk into Boston. In the summer of 1848 he introduced the use of a two-wheeled cart as a conveyance. He had a large and lucrative milk route, and continued in the business until his death, which occurred May 8, 1868. He married Caroline Adams, a daughter of Ebenezer Green, of Quincy. Their children were: Charles H., the subject of this sketch; Carrie Adams, who died at the age of fifteen years; and Alice Dean, the wife of John \V. Sanborn, of this town. His religious creed was broad and liberal; and he was a generous contributor toward the support of the Universalist church, of which he was a valued member.

Charles H. Spear received his education in the Quincy public schools. As soon as he was old enough, he began assisting his father in the dairy and farm work. When twentytwo years of age he succeeded his father in the milk business, which he carried on successfully until April 4, 1876. As boy and man he drove the milk wagon for twenty years, during which period he never lost a day. He did not again engage in any permanent business until 1882, when he embarked in the ice trade, beginning in a modest way, with but two wagons, disposing of only several hundred tons a year. He soon established an extensive business, each year puttin- on additional wagons and men, being thus engaged until the 1st of January, 1895, when he sold his route, which then demanded five thousand tons yearly, to Frank S. Patch. Since that time Mr. Spear has not been actively engaged in any business. lie ha-, been a director of the Blue Hill Granite Company since its organization and the treasurer of President's Hill Real Estate Trusts.

<)n November 14, 1S66, Mr. Spear married Mary F. , daughter of Samuel Mitchell. Mr. Mitchell, who was born February 11, 1S13, in Otisfield, Me., died in Quincy, at the home of Mr. Spear, on June 16, [889. lie learned the trade of a carpenter in his youthful days, and at the age of twenty years removed to Boston, where he continued at his chosen occupation until the death of his wife. Thereafter he resided with his daughter in Quincy. His wife, Charlotte Bray, a daughter of Joshua and Thankful (Bray) Plumer, had three children, of whom Mary F. and Charlotte A. attained maturity. Charlotte is the wife of Frank A. Bates, of Braintree. Mrs. Spear's grandmother, Thankful Bray Plumer, who, born May 29, 1776, in Gloucester, Mass., died August 3, 1865, was married to Joshua Plumer on October 9, 1S03. Her father, Samuel Bray, Jr., was married May 23, 1 77 1 , to Molly Herrick. His father, Samuel Bray, Sr., who was baptized October 30, 1720, and died February ig, 1803, was married to Abigail Glover, June 13, 1743. Moses Bray, the father of the last-named Samuel, was a son of Thomas Bray, Jr., whose father, Thomas Bray, Sr., a ship-builder by trade, in 1642 came from England to America, landing in Gloucester, where the Bray family have since held an honored position. Mr. Spear and his wife have two children - Horace Fmery and Lottie Bray. Both parents attend the Unitarian church.

RANKLIN D. THAYER, a wellknown resident of Braintree. was born in the adjoining town of Weymouth, September 27, 1838, son of David and (Loud) Thayer. His maternal grandfather,

Benjamin Loud, who was a carpenter and an early settler of Weymouth, lived to be more than ninety years old. The father, a native of Braintree, resided in Weymouth after his marriage, and died when Franklin D. was but a child. The other surviving children of David Thayer are: Augusta, now Mrs. Walker, of Weymouth; and Susan T., the wife of Herbert A. Vinton, also of Weymouth.

Franklin D. Thayer was brought up in the family of a relative, Thomas Humphrey, of Weymouth, a tanner and currier by trade. He attended the public schools until old enough td go into business. Then he became a manufacturer of leather, and afterward carried on that industry in Weymouth for eighteen years, employing about forty men in his plant. He married Sarah J. Brooks, who bore him one daughter, Jennie F. Thayer. For fourteen years he was identified with the fire department of the town, and for a number of years he was chief engineer of the department. He has also served two terms on the Board of Assessors in Weymouth. Mr. Thayer is a member of the Crescent Lodge, I. O. O. F., of East Weymouth ; of Pentelpha Chapter of Royal Arch Masons: and the Scribe of Orphans' Hope Lodge, F. & A. M. He is also connected with the South Shore Commander)', and is a thirty-second degree Mason. Mr. Thayer is prominent in business circles in Weymouth, is a director of the Union National Bank there, and also a director of the South Weymouth Co-operative Bank. In 1894 he retired from business.

SAMUEL A. TUTTLE, the well-known veterinary surgeon of Hyde Park, and the proprietor of "Tuttle's Elixir," having an office Beverly Street, Boston, was born in Effingham, N.H., September u, 1837, son of Samuel and Nancy (Drake) Tuttle. His great-grandfather, George Tuttle, who came from England and settled in Lee on a farm, at a later date removed to Effingham, where he afterward resided on another farm, and worked at his trade of wheelwright. George was employed in various mills in that section, built a number of water-wheels, was a very wellknown and influential man, and died at the age of eighty-four. His son George, the grandfather of Dr. Tuttle, was a farmer, and spent the greater part of his life on the farm, to which his parents moved when he was a boy. Grandfather Tuttle, who was one of a family of fourteen children, had fourteen children of his own, and died at the age of fortysix. His wife, Sarah G. Tuttle, was born in that vicinity, and lived to be eighty-four years old.

Samuel Tuttle, the second of the fourteen children of his parents, was brought up a farmer, and afterward devoted his attention to agricultural pursuits. He lived on the old homestead, and after the death of his father assisted in the support of the family, and later moved to East Andover, where he spent the last years of his life, dying at the age of seventy-eight years. His wife, Nancy, was a daughter of Deacon John Drake, and was born in Effingham. She had a family of fourteen children, of whom ten grew to maturity, and four are still living. The latter are: Abraham D., Charles F., Samuel A., and W. D. Tuttle. The mother died at the age of seventy-two years. She was married when only sixteen years old, and had spent fifty-six years of wedded life. The celebration of her golden wedding was a pleasant occasion to all who were present. Both parents were members of the Free Will Baptist church.

Samuel A. Tuttle spent the early years of his life on his father's farm, and was educated in the common schools of his native town and in the academies at Wolfboro and Andover. In 1859 he went to Illinois, where he had a farm and ran a ranch, shipping cattle and hogs to Chicago. At the end of ten years he sold out, and went to the State of Mississippi, where he managed a large cotton plantation for a year. Then, coming North, he stopped in Boston, where he opened a sale and livery stable on a large scale. A year later he bought out the large Everett Stables in Hyde Park, containing fifty horses, and carried on a large business here for two years. Returning to Boston then, and purchasing a livery and sale stable, he carried it on until 1884, when he entered upon his present profession. In the same year he began to manufacture "Tuttle's Elixir," which has since been introduced into every State in the Union, and has given such remarkable satisfaction. He has now a high reputation for skilful and successful treatment, and is called to go to all parts of New England to attend the most difficult cases of disease in high-bred and valuable animals.

Dr. Tuttle is a Democrat in politics, as have been several generations of his family; but, though well suited for public life, he has steadily refused to be a candidate for office. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. A Mason of high standing, he belongs to Norfolk Royal Arch Chapter, Hyde Park Council, and Cyprus Commandery. In the Hyde Park Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he is a member, the Doctor has served on the Official Board for many years, and has been a teacher of the Sunday-school. At a recent meeting of the Co-operative Bank League he was placed on the Executive Committee for three years. He has been a resident of Hyde Park since 1872.

LONZO F. BENNETT, a retired manufacturer of jewelry, residing in VVrentham, was born February 13, 1 841 , in this town, which was the birthplace of his father, Isaac F. Bennett. He is descended from a pioneer family of New Hampshire, the State in which his grandfather, Isaac Bennett, was born and bred. While living among the granite hills, he learned the cabinet-maker's trade, after which he removed to this county, settling in Wrentham, where he died full of years. To him and his wife, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Randall, thirteen children were born.

Isaac F. Bennett, one of the younger children of Isaac Bennett, was born September 11, 1810. In common with the companions of his youth he obtained his education in the schools of his district. Subsequently, after working at the blacksmith's trade for several years, he became a tool-maker in the jewelry business, being employed in that capacity in North Attleboro, Mass. Sixteen years ago he retired from active pursuits; and he has since resided at the beautiful home of his son, Alonzo F., on the South Road. His wife, Lydia, was born in Rhode Island, daughter of Daniel and Lydia (Haskell) Hayden. They have six children - Ellen F., Bradford A., Alonzo F., Charles H., Daniel, and Alice. Bradford, who is unmarried, lives on the old homestead. Charles H. is a prominent merchant of Springfield, Mass., and has three times represented that city in the General Court. Daniel, who married Anna O. Whiting, died in 1882, leaving three children - Alice B., Marion N., and Arthur H. Alice, the youngest child of Isaac F. Bennett, and who graduated from the Woman's College of Philadelphia and from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania, was the first woman to receive the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in this country. She is a member of both the Legal Medico Society of Pennsylvania and the Legal Medical Society of New York. For sixteen years she was superintendent of the State Asylum for the Insane at Norristown, Pa. This responsible position she recently resigned to take charge of an invalid daughter of one of Chicago's millionaires, with whom she has travelled extensively through the country.

Alonzo F. Bennett was educated in the public schools of Wrentham. While yet a lad he became familiar with agricultural labor, and also learned the jewelry trade, at which he worked until the late Civil War was in full progress. In 1862, inspired by purely patriotic motives, he enlisted in the Forty-fifth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, as Sergeant of a company. Afterward, with his comrades, he was in several important engagements, including the battles of Kingston and Goldsboro in North Carolina. At the close of the Rebellion he resumed his trade, locating in North Attleboro, where he continued in the manufacture of jewelry for seventeen years. He then disposed of his interest in that, and has since resided on his farm in Wrentham, free from the restraints of business.

On October 10, 1888. Mr. Bennett was married to Miss Mary Allstnn Morse, a daughter of William Morse. They have two children - Helen F. and Alice A. With the excep- tion of the year 1864, when he cast his first Presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln, Mr. Bennett has been an earnest supporter of the Democratic party.

LIJAH ADAMS MORSE, of Canton, I-8! manufacturer, member of Congress for "^" " the Twelfth Massachusetts District, is a native of Indiana, born in South Bend, but of an early New England family. His father, the Rev. Abner Morse, A.M., was a native of Medway, Mass., descending from Samuel Morse, who settled in Dedham in 1635; and his mother, Hannah Peck Morse, was born in New York State. His middle name, Adams, is a family name, coming from the marriage of an ancestor of Joseph Morse, of Sherborn, with Prudence Adams, of Braintree (now Quincy), a relative of the Presidents, John Adams and John Quincy Adams. Eleven years after his birth the family returned to Massachusetts; and his early education was acquired here, in the public schools of Sherborn and Holliston, and at the wellknown old Boylston School in Boston, and finished at the Onondaga Academy in New York State. In his nineteenth year he enlisted in the Civil War in Company A, Fourth Massachusetts Infantry, as a private, and was with General Butler in Virginia three months and with General Banks for nine months in Louisiana. The foundation of his fortune was laid when he was yet a boy, alone in a little shop in Sharon, during his school vacations, in the preparation of the stove polish which afterward became so widely known under the name of the "Rising Sun." Upon his return from the army he joined his brother in the establishment in Canton of the works for the manufacture of his stove polish; and this was rapidly developed into an important industry. The factory now covers four acres of land, and has a capacity of ten tons a day. Since September 1, 1888, Mr. Morse has been the sole proprietor of the business.

Mr. Morse's public career began in the seventies, when he was elected a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives for 1876, in which body he at once became prominent. In 1886 and 1887 he was a member of the State Senate, in 1888 a member of the Executive Council, and in the latter year, while holding the position of Councillor, was nominated and elected to Congress as the successor of the Hon. John D. Long, by a majority of three thousand, six hundred and eighty votes. He has since served in the Fifty-first, Fifty-second, Fifty -third, and Fifty-fourth Congresses, and declined a certain nomination and re-election to the Fiftyfifth Congress. As a State Senator he was influential in advancing various reform measures, and, with other legislation, secured radical amendments to the laws for the protection of children and for punishment of crimes against chastity. In Congress he has been identified with all the great measures advocated by the Republican party, and has made speeches on the floor of the House in favor of protection to American manufactures and American labor, in favor of sound finances, in favor of restricted immigration, against sectarian appropriations of public money, in favor of more stringent naturalization laws, in favor of the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands, in favor of memorializing the Russian government in behalf of the persecuted Jews, in favor of a non-partisan commission to investigate the alcoholic liquor traffic and its relation to pauperism, crime, insanity, and taxation, and on many other important subjects. His politics have always been Republican. He has also been a lifelong supporter of temperance measures, for many years a recognized leader in the temperance cause. He is interested in all matters pertaining to the public schools, and is a warm supporter of every effort for social reform which he regards as genuine. He is a practical philanthropist, and has given generously to various charities. The ground for the Canton Memorial Hall, the memorial tablets on the hall, and the bronze soldier on the green, in memory of those who fell in the Civil War, were his gifts to the town of Canton. He has frequently been heard on the public platform in addresses on political, educational, temperance, Grand Army, and religious topics, of which he has delivered more than two thousand in New England and other States. Mr. Morse is a member of the New England Historic-Genea- logical Society, of the Congregational Club, of the Norfolk Club, of Post, No. 94, G. A. R., and of the Sons of the American Revolution, and has for many years been a Deacon of the Congregational church in Canton.

He was married January 1, 1868, to Miss Felicia Vining, daughter of Samuel A. Vining, of Holbrook. They have three living children: Abner, born in 1 870; Samuel, in 1876; and Benjamin, in 187S. (Copied from "Men of Progress.")

|ISS JULIA A. EASTMAN, of Wellesley, a well-known writer and one of the founders of the Dana Hall School, was born in Fulton, N.Y., in 1837. A daughter of the Rev. John Eastman and his wife, Prudence, she is a descendant of Roger Eastman, who settled in Salisbury in 1638. Born in England in 1 6 [ 1 , he came to the country from London in the ship "Confidence," John Tobson, master. Joseph, one of the ten children of Roger, born in 1651, went from Salisbury to Hadley, and died there in April, 1691. He married Mary, daughter of the Hon. Peter Tilson, of Hadley, and had a family of three children. Joseph (second), son of Joseph (first), was born in 1683. He was taken captive by the French and Indians at the time when the raid upon Deerfield was made. After his release he settled in Hadley on the place of his grandfather. In 171 1 he married Mary Smith. Joseph (third), a native of Amherst, born in 171 5, died in 1790. On May 17, 1746, he married Sarah Ingraham ; and ten children were born to them. John, son of Joseph (third), was born at Amherst in 175 1. He married Hepzibah, daughter of John Keyes, and became the father of fifteen children.

The Rev. John Eastman, born in Amherst in 1803, was educated at Williams College and in the Theological Seminary at Auburn, N.Y. In 1830 he was ordained to the ministry, and commenced his pastoral duties in the Congregational church at Fulton, N.Y. For eleven years he was pastor of the Congregational church in Danville, Vt. For seventeen years he labored at Hawley, Mass., in the East and West Parishes, and he was in Indiana for two years. He continued in active work until he was seventy-five years old, when he retired: and in 18S0 he died at Wellesley. Mrs. Prudence Eastman, a daughter of Barnet Dole, of Charlemont, Mass., was born in 18 12, and died in 1844. Her mother before marriage was Prudence Wilder, of Shelburne, Mass.

Miss Eastman came to Hawley in 1843, and was sent to the public schools of that town. She was subsecpiently a pupil of Amherst Academy, of Monson Academy, and of Ipswich Female Seminary at Ipswich, Mass. She commenced teaching in Owego, N.Y., and was engaged in the academy there in 1859 and i860. Later she taught in Monson Academy and in a private school of Westfield, Mass., for five years. She then devoted her time for six or eight years to literary work, writing books for boys and girls, and winning therein' many prizes. One of her stories was "Striking for the Right," which won a prize of one thousand dollars, offered by the publishers, D. Lothrop & Co. This and other writings of Miss Eastman published by the Lothrops have been translated into several foreign languages. She has also written more or less for the Youth's Companion. In 188 1 she and her sister Sarah opened the Dana Hall School at Wellesley, a preparatory school for young ladies, fitting especially for Wellesley College, and entering its pupils at the college upon the certificate of its principals. The Misses Eastman are sole proprietors of the school, which now has about one hundred pupils.

Miss Sarah F^astman, the younger of the two ladies, was born in Mexico, N.Y., in 1839, and was graduated from Mount Holyoke College in the class of 1861. Of this college she is at present one of the trustees. She taught for several years in Ohio, also in Wellesley College, which she left to take charge of the preparatory school with her sister.

Reeland David Leslie, M.D.

REELAND DAVID LESLIE, M.D., a leading physician of Milton, was born June 29, 1858, in Patten, Me., son of Sylvester Z. and Isabel L. (Huston) Leslie, both natives of Maine. The Leslies are an old Scottish family; anil this branch in Amer- ica is traced back to the Rev. James Leslie, who came to New England with his wife, Margaret Sherar, about the year 1728, and settled at Topsfield, Essex County, Mass.

From James Leslie, through his son George, his grandson William, and William's son, Samuel Chase Leslie, the line descends to Sylvester Zina, father of Dr. Leslie.

The Rev. George Leslie, born November 25, 1727, was graduated at Harvard College in 1748, ordained to the ministry at Linebrook in Ipswich, Mass., November 15, 1749, had charge of the church there thirty years, was then dismissed at his own request, and was installed July 12, 1780, as minister at Washington, N.H., where "he discharged his duties with faithfulness and great acceptance until his death, which occurred September 11, 1800." The headstone which marks his grave, placed there by vote of the town, contains this epitaph, showing the estimation in which he was held by the friends who knew him best: "He was a man of brilliant genius and great learning and eminent in piety and morality." Further interesting particulars concerning him may be found in Felt's History of Ipswich, Mass., and the History of Washington, N. H.

He married Hepzibah Burpee, daughter of Deacon Jonathan Burpee, and had eight children - George, Jr., David, James, Jonathan, William, Hepzibah, Joseph, and Mehitable. David Leslie, the second son, was the father of the Rev. David Leslie, born in 1797, who in 1837 was sent as a Methodist missionary to Oregon, where he assisted in forming one of the first Protestant churches on the Pacific coast, and aided in founding Willamette University.

William, fifth son of the Rev. George Leslie, born in Ipswich, Mass., resided for some years in Cornish, N.H., the home of his wife, Mary Chase, who died at the early age of twenty-three years. Their children were: Betsy, Mary, and Samuel Chase, who is the fourth in the line now being considered.

Samuel Chase Leslie, born September 17, 1791, married Mary Eliza Thomas, of Claremont, N.H., and lived successively in Salem and Haverhill, Mass., in Lincoln and in Patten, Me., where he died, April 20, 1845. His wife, born November 26, 1792, died December 29, 1847. Their children were: William, born January 29, 18 18; David T., born July 19, 1 8 19, who was educated at West Point, served in the Mexican War, and was killed at Matamoras, January 20, 1847; Esther Ives; James B. ; Samuel C. 5 John P.; Sylvester Zina, born July 12, 1831; and Mary E., born in 1835, died April 29, 1857. Sylvester Zina Leslie married October 7, 1855, Isabel Leighton Huston, born January 21, 1835. They had two children, namely: Freeland David, the special subject of this biographical sketch; and his sister, Ida May, born in Patten, Me., February 5, i860

When in his eleventh year Freeland D. Leslie removed with his parents to Boston, Mass. He attended the public schools in that city, including the English High School, and subsequently pursued a course in medicine in the Boston University School of Medicine, where he was graduated in 1879. Beginning the practice of his profession in Canton, Mass., in June, 1880, he remained there for five years; and at the end of this time he went abroad, and took special lecture courses in the hospitals at Vienna and Berlin, spending two years in Europe. In 1888 Dr. Leslie came to Milton, where he has since been assiduously engaged in the practice of medicine, becoming so well and favorably known in this region that comment upon his skill seems needless. Having found time to be interested in many things not directly within the pale of his professional duties, he is now on his second term as a member of the School Committee, and he has also served on the local Board of Health. He is a member of the Massachusetts Homoeopathic Medical Society; of Macedonian Lodge, F. & A. M., of Milton, of which he was first Master; and of Dorchester Lodge, I. O. O. F.

Dr. Leslie married Georgiana Shepard, daughter of James S. Shepard, of Canton, Mass. They have three children: Bernard Shepard Leslie, born in London, England, December 2, 1882; Howard Clifford Leslie, born in Milton, Mass., Sunday, November 4, 1888; and Freeland Huston Leslie, born in Milton, November 7, 1890. The Doctor and his family reside on Brook Road.

Alfred G. Metcalf

^""^ born in this town, May 23, 1825, son of William and Sallie (Gaskell) Metcalf. William H. Metcalf, the grandfather, was born December 23, 1754. He was a farmer and a soldier of the Revolution, and was a lifelong resident of Franklin, dying here in 1842. His wife, Patty Richardson, to whom he was married in 1776, died in 1823. Their children were: Willard, born in 1777, who died in 1839; Polly, born in 1778, who died in 1 795; Marcus, born in 1780, who died in 1803; Patty, born in 1783; Ebenezer, born in 1788, who died in 1796; William, born March 8, 1790, who died June 23, 1872; Abigail, born in 1795, who died in 1870; Mary, born in 1797; and Elizabeth, born in 1801.

William Metcalf was a farmer, a lumberman, and a dealer in wood and charcoal. He served his native town as Selectman, Assessor, Collector of Taxes, and in 1851 represented it in the State legislature. He was a member of the First Congregational Parish. His wife, Sallie, who was born at Mendon, Mass., April 2, 1797, died on February 25, 1885. Their children were: William Warren and Alfred G. William Warren, born in 1 8 19, was educated at Franklin Academy in Franklin, and studied dentistry with Dr. Mayo, of Boston. He subsequently practised in that city for fifteen years, and died in 1S70.

Alfred G. Metcalf was educated in the common schools of Franklin and at Holliston Academy. He has always lived at home, spending his active period in agriculture. He has also done considerable lumbering and dealt in wood. He has been a Democrat in politics, and has taken a strong interest in town affairs. In 1875 he was Selectman. He has also been Road Commissioner, and was Assessor for two years. A Mason of Excelsior Lodge of Franklin, he is a member of the Royal Arch Chapter. He attends the Baptist church.

On December 28, 1845, Mr. Metcalf was united in marriage with Charlotte A. Gilmore, of Franklin, Mass. She was born February 5, 1824, daughter of Joseph and Maria (Dilber) Gilmore. The father was a farmer and a native of Franklin; and the mother was a native of Providence, R.I. Mr. and Mrs. Metcalf have been the parents of three children: Evelyn E., born September 16, 1846, who died in 1865; William S., born May 14, 1853; and Louisa A., born January 30, 1861. William, who is a member and the treasurer of the Plainville Stock Company, manufacturing jewellers, married Ida E. Heaton, of this town, and has two children, namely: Bertha L. , born May 9, 1879; and Leroy A., born September 25, 1886. Louisa A., who resides with her parents, has been a teacher in Franklin village for fourteen years.

ief of Police the most was born .rthfield, Vt., son of Walter Bowman, who was born in Springfield, N.H. His grandfather, Deputy Bowman, who was born in New Hampshire, there spent the greater part of his life engaged as a tiller of the soil, and was a soldier in the War of 1 8 12. Deputy married Margaret Mc- Clure, who was born in Southern New Hampshire of Irish parentage. They reared a family of fourteen children. Both were attendants of the Baptist church. They both died at the age of ninety years.

After following the tanner's trade in his native State for a number of years, Walter Bowman turned his attention to farming. He removed to Vermont, where he passed his remaining days, and died at the age of fourscore and eight years. In politics he was a Jacksonian Democrat. His wife, whose maiden name was Abigail Calef, was born in Grantham, N. H., being one of the ten children of Nathaniel Calef, a well-to-do farmer of that place. Of Walter's six children, Sarah P., Abbie M., Sylvester, and Alonzo are living. Both parents were members of the Baptist church.

Alonzo Bowman received his education in the district schools. When about seventeen years old he came to Massachusetts, secured a situation as clerk in a grocery store in Boston, and was employed in that capacity for several years. Subsequently he was engaged in the express business in Brookline until the breaking out of the Civil War. Enlisting then in Company F, Twenty-sixth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, he went South with the Nineteenth Army Corps, and was detailed to duty in the office of the Provost Marshal at Louisiana, being stationed at New Orleans for some time. He afterward went with his regiment to Virginia, and, joining Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley, was an active participant in some of the most hotly contested battles of the entire war, and had several narrow escapes from death. In 1864, his term of enlistment having expired, he was discharged as a private, and returned to Brookline. From 1865 till 1871 he was employed in the weighing department of the Boston custom-house. In the latter year he was appointed a patrolman on the Brookline police force. Five years later, in 1876, he was made Chief of Police, an office which he has since filled with commendable ability. When he assumed his present position, the police force numbered but seven men. There are now thirty-nine men and five horses. An ambulance and a patrol wagon are used.

Mr. Bowman is a steadfast Republican in his political affiliations. In the Masonic fraternity he has been Marshal for ten years, and belongs to Beth-Horon Lodge of Brookline; to St. John Royal Arch Chapter; to De Molay Commandery of Boston ; and to Roxbury Council, in which he has taken the thirty-second degree. He is likewise a member of the Brookline Lodge of Odd Fellows and of the Knights of Honor; is president of the Chiefs of Police Association of Brookline, and also of the Chiefs of Police Union of Massachusetts. Mr. Bowman was married in 1858 to Miss Ann E. Russell, and has one child, Walter H.

|RS. NANCY D. GILLETT, an esteemed resident of Walnut Hill, was born in Maxfield, Me., August 17, 1S33, daughter of Samuel and Sarah H. (Davis) Mcintosh. On the paternal side she is of Scotch descent. Her grandfather, Jeremiah Mcintosh, was born April 13, 1751, in what is now Hyde Park,

Mass. He fought for American independence in the Revolutionary War, taking part in the battle of Lexington, April 19, 1775, as a member of Captain Samuel Heath's company. In May of the same year he volunteered to serve under Captain George Goold, in Colonel Sargent's regiment, and was appointed Orderly Sergeant. From October, 1775, to February, 1776, he was on furlough in Dorchester, being sick with fever and general prostration. He resumed active service in September, 1776, under Captain Ebenezer Gore, in the regiment commanded by Colonel W. M. Mcintosh, which marched to Sawpits, N.Y., where and at New Castle, N.Y., near White Plains, he performed guard and patrol duty. One of Mrs. Gillett's great-grandfathers on the maternal side was Benjamin Swett, a sea captain of Orrington, Me. Her grandfather, Isaac- Davis, was a Methodist minister. Samuel Mcintosh, her father, was a native of Hyde Park, Mass. He and his wife had a family of seven children; namely, Elizabeth, Isaac D., Lydia K., Elisha, Nancy D., Benjamin S., and Eliza Ann.

Nancy D. Mcintosh attended the district school, remaining with her parents until twenty-three years of age. In 1856 she obtained work in East Dedham at Taft's Cotton Mills Thence she moved to Waltham, and engaged in dressmaking. There she met Benjamin F. Gillett, a widower, to whom she was married in that town on November 15, 1858. After her marriage she went with her husband to Rochester, Vt., where he bought a farm, which he conducted for some time. In 1874 Mr. Gillett purchased a lot in Dedham, which he cultivated up to the time of his death. Though he could not be prevailed upon to accept public office, lie took a lively interest in town and county affairs; and he was an active worker for the welfare of the Methodist church, acting as class leader for a number of years. An exemplary citizen, he was held in high esteem by all who knew him. His death occurred December 18, 1893. By his first wife he had two children: Austin F., now a farmer in Bethel, Vt. ; and Ellen M., now the widow of C. O. Wiley, a farmer and a resident of Rochester, Vt. Mrs. Gillett has resided in this vicinity for twenty-three years, has been an active and valuable church member, and is widely known and respected. She has one child, Henry W., born in Troy, N.H., June 16, 1861, who is now a dentist, practising in Newport, R.I. He was married June 14, 1893, to Miss Elizabeth Pay, of England.

ILLARD P. CLARK, the chairman of the Board of Selectmen of i 1 1 is, was born in his present residence, December 24, 1830, son of James P. and Maria F. (Frost) Clark. The farm now cultivated by Mr. Clark and his brother was cleared from the wilderness by their grandfather, John Clark, who erected the dwelling, and resided there until his death.

James P. Clark, who inherited the homestead, conducted it energetically during his active years. He was a prominent man in his day, holding various town offices, and acting as Justice of the Peace, and was highly esteemed for his many commendable qualities. He died September 6, 1865. His wife, Maria, who was a native of Billerica, Mass., became the mother of three children; namely, Willard P., John M., and James W. John M. successively married Martha D. Pierce and Mary Clark, and died in August, 1866. His widow died in Hyde Park, Mass., November 2, 1897. James W., who resides at the homestead, married Amelia Wallace. Mrs. Maria Clark died in 1883.

Willard P. Clark acquired a common-school education, which included a course in the high school. He has always lived at the homestead, and he assisted in its cultivation from an early day. Since 1865 he and his brother have managed it jointly. Besides the homestead proper of one hundred and fourteen acres, they own seventy acres of outlying land. Willard P. Clark is also engaged in the insurance business as agent for the Norfolk, Dedham, Quincy, Fitchburg, and the Traders' and Mechanics' Insurance Companies. In politics he is a Democrat, and he has been the chairman of the Board of Selectmen for the past thirteen years. He is also a Justice of the Peace, and has settled several estates.

Mr. Clark has been twice married. The first occasion was on November 9, 1854, when he was united to Susan Billings, of Walpole, Mass., daughter of Hewins Billings, a farmer and stone-cutter of that town. She died in April, i860, leaving no children. The second marriage was contracted on November 21, 1861, with Abbie R. Lovell, of Millis, daughter of Asahel P. and Eliza (Stedman) Lovell. She died May 17, 1893, leaving two children - Jennie M. and John F. - both of whom are residing at home. Mr. Clark occupies a prominent position both as a business man and farmer, and his able public services have earned for him the sincere esteem of his fellow-townsmen. He is a member of the Patrons of Husbandry of Millis.

EV. DANIEL J. KELEHER, Ph.D., the pastor of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Medway, was born in North Andover, Mass., March 6, 1859, son of James and Mary (Lane) Keleher. His parents emigrated from Ireland in 1849, first settling in Lawrence, Mass. After graduating from the Lawrence High School in 1876, he became a student at Villanova College in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. His theological course was pursued at St. Mary's University, Baltimore, from which he was graduated in 1883.

Having been ordained to the priesthood by Cardinal Gibbons, Father Keleher was assigned as assistant pastor to the Church of St. Francis de Sales in Roxbury, Mass. In September, 1888, he became a member of the faculty at St. John's Seminary in Brighton, Mass.; and in November, 1896, he came to Medway to undertake the pastorate of St. Joseph's Church. This parish was formerly in charge of priests from neighboring towns, including Father Cuddihy, of Milford, and Father Ouinlan, of Holliston. Its first regular pastor was Father Boylan, now of Charlestown, Mass. His successor was Father Thomas B. Lownay, who remained nine years, and is now stationed in Marlboro. St. Joseph's church edifice, which was commenced by Father Ouinlan, was completed by Father Boylan. Under the pastoral care of Father

Keleher, the entire parish, which includes St. Brendan's Church and congregation at North Bellingham, is in a flourishing condition. Since coming to Medvvay, Father Keleher has gained many warm friends. His untiring labors in behalf of the church and the general morality of the community are highly appreciated by his fellow-townsmen.

[OSES C. ADAMS, a Selectman of Mi His and an ex-member of the Massachusetts legislature, was born where he now resides, November 17, 1843, son of Edward and Keziah L. (Clark) Adams. Henry Adams, the first of his ancestors to settle in this section of the county, located upon land in the vicinity of the present homestead. Micah Adams, his grandfather, who was a lifelong resident of the locality now called Millis, spent his active years in farming.

Edward Adams, who was also a farmer, built the house in which his son now resides. He died September 23, 1870. His wife, who was a native of Milford, Mass., became the mother of five children, as follows: Charles, born November 16, 1831, who died September 24, 1837; Mercy P., born August 26, 1834, who married Francis O. Phillips, of this town; Mary R., born October 24, 1838, who is the wife of George Wight, of Medfield, Mass.; Edward M., born November 17, 1840, who died October 12, 1849; and Moses C. , the subject of this sketch. Mrs. Keziah Adams died January 15, 1891.

After acquiring a common-school education, Moses C. Adams began to assist upon the farm where he has always resided. He now owns the property, which contains one hundred acres of fine tillage land. A successful agriculturist, his crops are large and of superior quality; and he raises some excellent stock. In politics he is a Republican. He has been a member of the Board of Selectmen since the incorporation of the town, has served as Inspector of Cattle for the last five years, is at the present time Street Commissioner, was chairman of the Board of Assessors for five years, and he ably represented Millis in the legislature of 1890.

On June 17, 1880, Mr. Adams was united in marriage with Abbie H. Ellis, who was born in Milford, March 9, 1850. Her parents, both now deceased, were Warren and Louisa (Cutter) Ellis, of that town, the former of whom was a shoemaker by trade. Mr. and Mrs. Adams have three children, namely: Edward Ellis, born July 27, 1881 ; Bessie K., born September 13, 1883; and Lotta M., born June 24, 1889. Mr. Adams is connected with Medfield Lodge, I. O. O. F., and with the Royal Arcanum; and he has been a member of the Home Circle since its organization in Millis.

ANIEL BROWN, a prosperous business man of Wrentham, engaged in the manufacture of manila hats, split braids, etc., was born in Ireland, December 26, 1842. His father, Alexander Brown, in 1843 emigrated from Ireland to the United States, locating in Wrentham. Alexander followed cabinet-making here for some years, and was also engaged in tilling the soil, being the owner of a well-improved farm, which is still in the possession of the family. He died on his homestead in 1889, aged seventy-eight years. His wife, whose maiden name was Margaret Lawson, bore him four children; namely, Ellen, Daniel, John, and Alexander. Ellen married Charles S. Goddard, of Worcester, Mass., and has three children - George, Frank, and Fred. Alexander is now deceased.

Daniel Brown was bred and educated in Wrentham, having been but an infant when he was brought to the country. After leaving the district schools, he learned the cabinetmaker's trade, which he worked at for five years, being an ingenious and skilful artisan. He then turned his attention to pattern-making, and was employed for twenty years in the straw shop of William E. George. When his employer failed, Mr. Brown purchased the business, and has since carried it on with signal success. He enlarged the plant by additions to the buildings as the work increased, and now gives steady employment to about one hundred and eighty people. He has purchased a new residence, in which he and his

On July 22, 1868, Mr. Brown married Miss Esther A. Getchell, who was born in Topsfield, Me., daughter of Isaac Getchell. They have two children - Charles Edwin and Grace G. The son married Grace Armsbey, of Winchester, Mass., and has one child, Anna. Mr. Brown cast his first Presidential vote in 1864 for Abraham Lincoln, and has since been an active worker in the Republican ranks. In 1896 he was a member of the State legislature. He is a member of Wampum Lodge, No. 195, I. O. O. F., of Wrentham. Both he and his wife attend the Congregational Church of Wrentham.

§AMES D. McAVOY, one of the leading citizens of Hyde Park, has been identi fied with the interests of this town fo nearly thee decades, in that time con tributing his full share toward promoting its prosperity. He was born September 24 1824, in Londonderry, on the north coast of Ireland, coming from thrifty Scotch-Irish ancestry. His father, John McAvoy, was a shipper of grain and cattle in Londonderry for a number of years, and was very successful in business. He subsequently removed to Stratton, County Tyrone, Ireland, where he died at the age of seventy-five. He married Miss Ellen Sheran ; and they became the parents of nine children, of whom James D. is the only survivor. Both were Catholics, and their children have never departed from the religious faith in which they were reared.

When a boy of thirteen years, James D. McAvoy left his native land, and, crossing the Atlantic in a sailing-vessel, after a tedious passage of two months landed at St. John, N.B., where he lived two years. Coming then to Boston, he secured work in the gashouse at the North End, and proved himself so efficient that he was later made foreman of a gang of men appointed to lay gas-pipes in trenches, remaining in this capacity until 1 841. Going in that year to North Easton, Bristol County, a town reached then only by stage-coach, he began work in the cutlery factory of John Ames, great-grandfather of ex-