Norfolk Town (part 9 of 23)

Mr. Home is a member of the Congregational church at Braintree. He married Miss E. J. Pulsifer, of Sumner, Me., and has one son, named Alton Irving. He is identified by membership with the Knights of Pythias, the F. & A. M., and the I. O. O. F.

"ON. HENRY B. TERRY, a leading lawyer, the Town Clerk and Trial Justice of Hyde Park, was born at Raynham, Mass., April 21, 1845, son of John and Miriam S. (Bradbury) Terry. The first ancestor of the family in this country was Thomas Terry, who, with a company of other settlers, purchased Block Island in 1662. He later removed to Freetown, of which he was Selectman and for many years the Representative to the General Court. He was also Lieutenant of the Freetown Militia Company, and was known as Lieutenant Jerry. Zepheniah, great-grandfather of Judge Terry, was a farmer, and spent most of his life in Freetown, where he was prominent and respected. His son John, who was a ship-master and a farmer, died in Newtown, N.Y. , at the age of fifty-nine years. John married Clarissa Dean, of Raynham, one of the five children of Job Dean, a farmer of that town. She was born in a house now over two hundred years old. Of her eight children, three are living, namely: James, residing in New York; Elizabeth, the widow of Henry Southworth; and John (second), iiving in Hyde Park. Clarissa Terry died at the age of sixty-four. She was a Congregational ist in religious faith, as was her husband.

began life on the home farm, and remained there until nineteen years of age, receiving his education in the public schools. When nineteen he took employment on a coastingvessel. After following the sea for the next four years, he settled down on the shore, and learned the foundry business. He worked ten years as a journeyman, spending the latter half of that period in Raynham. He opened a foundry in Raynham, which he operated for two years. Then he built a foundry in Mansfield, and conducted that for three years, after which he sold it to Gardiner Chilson, and was his superintendent until 1866. In this year he came to Hyde Park, where he has since resided. Here he has been interested in all local affairs, and has taken an active part in the public life of the town. He has been Overseer of the Poor for fifteen years and on the Board of Health for two years. He has also been interested quite largely in real estate investments, building a number of houses, and beginning the village of Sunnyside. His wife, Miriam, to whom he was married on November 5, 1843, was a daughter of Samuel Bradbury, of York, Me. Mr. Bradbury was a carpenter and builder, and was born and spent the greater part of his life in York. Mrs. Miriam S. Terry died March 27, 1890, having had one child, Henry B. Both parents were members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and the father has been a trustee and steward of the society for many years. He is a Republican in politics.

Henry B. Terry spent the early years of his life at home, receiving his elementary instruction in private schools. Among these was the well-known academy at East Greenwich, R.I., a Methodist fitting school, where he was a student in May, 1862, when he enlisted in Company F of the Ninth Rhode Island Regiment as a private. After three months he was discharged; and in the spring of 1863 he returned to East Greenwich, and completed his course. He then entered Wesleyan University at Middletown, Conn. Having graduated in 1867, he then entered upon a course of reading in preparation for the legal profession with Charles W. Turner, Esq., of Boston. In 1 87 1 he was admitted to the bar. Thereupon he settled in Hyde Park, where he has since been in active practice. In 1870 he was first elected Town Clerk, which office he has held since, a period of twenty-six years. In 1871 he was appointed Trial Justice, a capacity in which he has since efficiently served, being now among the oldest trial justices in this county and among the oldest lawyers in the town. In his private practice he makes a specialty of settling estates, and has done a large amount of business in that line. Like his father, he is a loyal Republican, and has always taken an active interest in town affairs.

In 1872 Judge Terry married Abbie A., daughter of Jacob and Abigail (Bird) Wetherell, of Newton. Mr. Wetherell, who was superintendent for nineteen years with the firm of Grover & Baker, manufacturers of sewing machines, and saw the business grow from a factory employing fifty men to one employing five hundred, died in 1874. Mrs. Wetherell was one of a large family. Of her six children, three are living - Mrs. George Pettee, Mrs. Terry, and Frank J. She was connected with the Baptist denomination, and was an active worker in the church. At her death she was seventy-one years old. Judge Terry and his wife have one child, Sarah Miriam. The Judge is a comrade of Timothy Ingraham Post, No. 121, G. A. R., and has membership in several Masonic bodies, including the Norfolk Royal Arch Chapter, Hyde Park Council, and Cyprus Commandery. Lie is a director of the Real Estate and Building Company, the oldest in this section. Both he and Mrs. Terry attend and support the Methodist church, of which he has been a trustee for several years. Mrs. Terry is one of the most active members of the society.

§011 X EVERETT, a lawyer of Canton, Mass., was born in Foxboro, May 16, 1852, and is the son of Colonel John Metcalf Everett and Elizabeth Morse Barrett Everett. His great-grandfather, John Everett (an uncle of Edward Everett, Governor of Massachusetts, and his brother, Alexander H. Everett, lawyer and diplomatist), lived in Stoughton and Dedham previous to the Revolutionary War, in which he served as

Captain, in Dorchester and other places, and in Rhode Island. When Foxboro was set off as a town, he was the first Selectman and Representative to the General Court. He held the place of Representative for many years, and died in Foxboro.

Colonel John M. Everett, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Foxboro in 1803. He carried on the business of straw manufacturer for many years, and on retiring from that enterprise he bought the hotel called the Half-way House, where he resided several years, holding court as a Justice and carrying on a farm. He was also Selectman and Representative. In politics he was a Republican. He had charge of the schools of Foxboro for some years. As civil engineer he made the map of the town. He was a prominent man in military matters, was Colonel of the Second Regiment, Massachusetts Militia, and also served on the General's staff. He married Elizabeth Morse Barrett, a lady of culture and refinement, daughter of Amos Barrett, and they had these children: Metcalf, named after his grandfather, Captain Metcalf Everett; John, the subject of this sketch; and Elizabeth. Metcalf Everett died in New York City, where he was engaged in business. On the death of the Hon. M. Everett, who was a prominent lawyer in Wrentham, Colonel John M. Everett removed to that place; and there he died in April, 1883, at the advanced age of eighty years.

John Everett, the subject of this sketch, received his early education in the Foxboro High School, graduating in 1868, while that school was under the supervision of his father, and in New York. He taught school a few years as principal of large grammar schools. The Everett School, it may be mentioned, where Richard Olney, Attorney-General of the United States during President Cleveland's second administration, once taught, now bears the family name, by vote of the town, in honor of the father and son, both former teachers of this school. In 1876 Mr. Everett commenced the study of law with Ellis Ames, Esq., of Canton, and in 1879 was admitted as an attorney and counsel lor-atlaw to practise in all the courts. He has since been in active practice in Canton, sue- ceeding Mr. Ames, and occupying his noted office. In politics he is a Republican. He has served as Moderator, School Committee, Auditor of Public Accounts, Town Treasurer, chairman of Selectmen, and chairman of the Water Commissioners. For the past five years he has been chairman of the Committee of Fifteen on Recommendations to the Town, and is now honorably retired by rule of the town, fixing this limit. Mr. Everett is a member of the Masonic Lodge, and has been trustee of the Odd Fellows Lodge for several years. He is also president and director of the Co-operative Bank, and takes a deep interest in the peace, industry, prosperity, and happiness of the people. Mr. Everett has never married.

7~"\HARLES ILSLEY PORTER, M.D., I V-' of Canton, Mass., is a native of NorvJs^ folk County. He was born in Weymouth on Xovember 27, 1865, the son of George E. and Amanda (Cushing) Porter. His branch of the family is descended from Richard Porter, who was one of the company of about one hundred persons that came from Weymouth, England, to Massachusetts in 1635, and settled at the place then known as Wessagussett, which name was shortly changed to Weymouth, the territory remaining the same, it is said, to this day. John Porter, son of Richard, married in 1660 a daughter of Nicholas Byram. As we learn from the "Porter Genealogy," by the Hon. Joseph W. Porter, of Burlington, Me., the line continues thus: Samuel,3 Samuel,4 Joseph,5 Lebbeus,6 Whitcomb,7 George E.,s Charles Ilsley.9 Lieutenant Joseph Porter5 married i" '753 Elizabeth Burrill, a "woman of remarkable personal beauty," a school-teacher, daughter of Samuel and Content (Whitcomb) Burrill. Lebbeus Porter,6 born in 1 771, greatgrandfather of the subject of this sketch, spent the greater part of his married life in Wrentham, Mass. His son, Whitcomb Porter, who was a prominent insurance agent of Boston, for many years was engaged in business on State Street, and resided in Ouincy. His wife, who was a daughter of Ebenezer and Betsy (Nash) Hunt, of Weymouth, was a direct descendant of John and Priscilla Alden, of the Plymouth colony.

George E. Porter, son of Whitcomb and Susan (Hunt) Porter, was born in 1828. For thirty years he was a prominent shoe manufacturer in Weymouth, Mass. He married Amanda Cushing, daughter of Simeon Cushing, and had five children, as follows: Edith, Alice, Susan H., Charles Ilsley, and Edgar. Edith Porter is the wife of the Rev. L. S. Crossley, of South Framingham, Mass. Edgar died at the age of forty-one years. Mr. George E. Porter died at his home in Weymouth, at the age of sixty-eight years, November 23, 1896.

Charles Ilsley, now the only surviving son, received his early education in the common schools and the high school of his native town, and was tutored for one year. He entered the Boston University Medical School in 1884, was graduated in 1888, and in the fall of the same year settled as a physician in Canton, Mass., where he has since remained, active in his profession, with an increasing practice. In politics he is a Republican; but he has not held pub! ic office, having declined to serve on the Board of Health, as he believes a physician should give all his time to those who employ his services. On October 6, 1 89 1, he married Margery, daughter of Joseph W. Wattles, one of the prominent manufacturers of the town. Dr. and Mrs. Porter have one child, a daughter named Helen M. The Doctor and his wife are attendants at the Unitarian church.

vil'^ Ouincy, the president of the Mount Wollaston National Bank, and the president and treasurer of the Ouincy Mutual Fire Insurance Company, was born in Worcester, Mass., September 4, 1829. A son of Southworth Allen Howland, he is a direct descendant in the seventh generation of John Howland, whose signature is the thirteenth of the forty-one names appended to the memorable compact made in the cabin of the "Mayflower" in Cape Cod Harbor, November 21, 1620. At that time he was twenty-one years old. From the day of his departure from England he had been a member of the family of John Carver, the first Governor of the Plymouth Colony. He was one of the "principal men " who were sent out in a boat manned by eight sailors to select a place in which the weary band might settle, and who, upon being driven by a storm into Plymouth Harbor, made choice of Plymouth. This John Howland was subsequently a prominent man in the new colony. In 1633, 1634, and 1635 ne was one °f the seven members of the Governor's Council. He was also Assessor in 1633, and in 1636 he served on a jury. In 1643 he was a soldier in the Plymouth Military Company, and in 1666 was Selectman of the town. He was Assessor in 1633 and 1634 and a member of Governor Bradford's Council in 1633-35. He was chosen Deputy in 1 64 1 , 1645 to 1652, 1656, 1658, 1661, 1663, 1666, 1667, and 1670. After the election which was held on June 2, 1670, he refused to become a candidate again. He died February 23, 1673, over eighty years old. He married Elizabeth Tilley, a daughter of John Tilley. She died December 21, 1687, aged fourscore years.

John Howland (second), son of the Pilgrim, born in Plymouth, October 26, 1627, married a daughter of Robert Lee, of Barnstable. He lived for a time in Marshfield, Mass., where he was highly respected as a systematic and energetic business man. The next ancestor was their son, John Howland (third), who was born in Barnstable, December 31, 1664. On June 1, 1719, he married for his second wife, Mary Crocker, who was born June 6, 168 1. Their son Job, who, born in Barnstable, June 18, 1726, died in the same town. May 1, 1794, married December 6, 1753, Hannah Jenkins, a daughter of Benjamin Jenkins, and a grand-daughter of Joseph and Mary (Howland) Jenkins. She was born in 1733, and died September 21, 1781. Their son Southworth, the grandfather of Charles Allen Howland, was born March 29, 1775, in the town of Barnstable, where he spent his early years. Subsequently in Conway, Mass., he learned the trade of a house carpenter from his brother John, and, on coming of age, settled in West Brookfield, Mass.

A very skilful and ingenious workman, he was often called upon to do jobs entirely foreign to his trade. On one occasion he was asked to alter and fit an artificial leg that had been imported from England by one of his neighbors. He, however, found it easier to make a new one, adding such improvements as to give full satisfaction to the wearer. His success became widely known, and in the ensuing forty years he was often called upon to furnish artificial limbs to men and women in various parts of the United States, he being the only manufacturer of them, so far as known, for many years thereafter. He was a man of decided convictions, and was prompt and fearless in expressing and defending them. As early as 1812 both he and his good wife pledged themselves not to touch intoxicating drinks when passed around in company, as was then the universal custom; and a short time afterward they joined, with a few of their neighbors, in forming a society for the promotion of temperance. He likewise had published at his own expense, for free distribution, a tract written on that subject by the noted Dr. Rush. On November 24, 1797, he married Esther Allen, a daughter of Nathan and Persis Allen, of West Brookfield. She was born December 18, 1780, and died October 12, 181 2. On March 13, 18 16, he married fo his second wife Polly Ware, a daughter of Dr. Samuel and Bethia (Avery) Ware, of Conway, Mass. She was born December 5, 1785, and died February 11, 1870. Southworth Allen Howland, born in West Brookfield, Mass., September 11, 1800, died in Worcester, Mass., October 7, 1882. He learned the trade of a bookbinder in Plymouth, Mass., and in 1821 opened a book store and bindery in Worcester, both of which he conducted for more than a quarter of a century. In 1852 he went into the insurance business, and was afterward engaged therein during the rest of his active years. He was also a publisher of some note. Among the books issued by him were: "Historical Collections of Massachusetts," "Historical Collections of New England," and a cook-book, entitled "The Economical Housekeeper," of which nearly two hundred thousand copies were sold. He married Esther Allen, a daughter of Captain William Allen, of Plymouth, and became the father of five children; namely, South worth A., Esther A., Charles A., Edward Payson, and William O. Both he and his wife were members of the Congregational church. A man of sterling worth, he was respected by all who knew him. An obituary referring to him has the following: "He was an active, useful citizen, an energetic worker, charitable and kind to all, a man who loved his home."

Charles Allen Howland attended the common and high schools of Worcester. Afterward he studied with a private tutor, and completed his education at the Leicester Academy. While going to school, he learned the bookbinder's trade with his father. After leaving the academy, he was employed in the Registry of Deeds for two and one-half years. While there he spent most of his leisure time in the office of his father, who had changed his business from that of a bookseller and binder to that of an insurance agent, and was then representing several companies, including the Ouincy Mutual Fire Insurance Company, at that time but four or five years in existence. He helped his father in making out surveys, applications, plans, etc. Some of this work executed by him, when sent to the main office in Ouincy, attracted the attention of the secretary, who wrote to the agent in Worcester, inquiring whom he had for a clerk. On being told that it was his son Charles, the secretary visited Worcester for the purpose of hiring the said son Charles as a clerk in the Ouincy office, offering him as an inducement eleven dollars per week. Mr. Howland accepted the offer, coming at once to Ouincy, where he has since resided. In three months he mastered the details of his work, and during the first year he adjusted a few losses for the company. The work done by him in the second year was so satisfactory that he was appointed adjuster, and in the ensuing year he was made assistant secretary. On December 13, i860, the secretary of the company had a stroke of paralysis; and the charge of the office was intrusted to Mr. Howland. On April 14, 1861, he was regularly elected secretary of the company, a position in which he subsequently served with great ability and fidelity for nearly twenty-four years. In 1884 he was elected president and treasurer of the corporation. He is also interested in other business enterprises. A director of the Mount Wollaston National Bank for the past twenty years, he has been its president since 1893. He is likewise a trustee of the Ouincy Savings Bank; a director of the Hingham Cordage Company; director of the Lawrence Duck Company, manufacturers of cotton duck, of Lawrence, Mass. ; and he is the chairman of the Board of Managers of Adams Academy. He has steadily refused all political office. Outside his business relations he takes much interest in psychology, and is a member of the Psychological Society of Boston.

On January 5, 1871, Mr. Howland married Miss Helen M. Moore, a daughter of the Rev. Josiah Moore, of Duxbury, Mass. They have two children, namely: Mabel, now the wife of Francis H. Lister, who is a chief engineer in the British army; and Charles A. Howland, Jr., a member of the class of 1900 at Harvard College.

well-known and highly esteemed resident of Brookline, living on Davis Avenue, is now United States clerk at the Boston custom-house, with which he has been connected a quarter of a century. He has been employed in various capacities; and his continuous retention in the civil service through the last six Presidential administrations is in itself a speaking evidence of his ability, fidelity, and popularity. He was born May 20, 1838, in Worcester, Mass., a son of Peter and Hitty S. (Prentise) Richardson.

His ancestors were among the early settlers of Princeton, Worcester County; and there his paternal grandparents, Samuel and Lucy (Mirick) Richardson, spent their entire lives, each dying at an advanced age.

Peter Richardson was born in Princeton, and in common with his numerous brothers and sisters was brought up on the home farm. In his younger days he was employed for a time as a clerk in a store in his native town, afterward going into business for himself in Worcester, where he remained some years. In 1848 he opened a large grocery store in Boston, but shortly removed to Brookline, and here spent the last thirty-five years of his life, dying at the age of eighty years. As a man of sterling integrity he was highly respected. He attended and supported the Unitarian church. He married Hitty Spencer Prentise, who was born in Princeton, where her father, Henry Prentise, was engaged as a blacksmith. Her mother, whose maiden name was Abigail Gill, was a niece of Lieutenant Governor Gill, who was Acting Governor 1799 to May, 1800. Her early home was on School Street, Boston, near Tremont Street, occupying the present site of the Parker House.

Peter Richardson and his wife reared ten children, five of whom are now living, as follows: William E. , Thomas E., George P., Spencer W., and Edward Bangs. Five of their sons participated in the late Civil War, all serving as commissioned officers: James, as a Captain in the Twenty-first Massachusetts and later a Lieutenant Colonel of the Third Massachusetts Heavy Artillery; William, as a Quartermaster and a Captain in the Thirty-third Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry; George P., First Lieutenant in the Third Heavy Artillery; Spencer W., a Captain in the Forty-fourth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry; and Edward B., the special subject of this sketch, who was First Lieutenant in the Forty-fifth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and later of the United States Signal Corps. These five brothers are all credited to the quota of the town of Brookline. They served their country with fidelity, and each was discharged with an honorable record. Their mother, who spent her last years at the home of her son, Edward B. , in Brookline, retained her mental faculties and her physical vigor until about a year before her death, which occurred when she was 'ninety years old. The graves of the parents are in the family lot in Walnut Hill Cemetery.

Edward B. Richardson was but one year old when his parents left Worcester. After a brief stay in Boston he came with them to Brookline, then a small village with scarce a thousand inhabitants, now a prosperous town that has increased in population and valuation with phenomenal rapidity. After his graduation at the high school he began work in the office of the Manchester Print Works in Boston; and in 1858 he entered the Bank of Mutual Redemption in that city as receiving teller, remaining there three years. In 1862 he enlisted in Company A, Forty-fifth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, as P'irst Lieutenant of the company. He was later assigned to the United States Signal Corps with the same rank, which was the highest in that branch of the service, and continued there until the close of the war. Soon after his discharge he went to Burlington, la., as private secretary of General William B. Strong, who was general freight agent and superintendent of the Burlington & Missouri Railway Company. Having resigned that position in 1871, in the ensuing year he was appointed Inspector of Customs, and has since held positions in nearly every department in the custom-house. In 1894 he was made storekeeper.

Mr. Richardson is a stanch Republican in politics. He is a prominent comrade of C. L. Chandler Post, No. 143, G. A. R., of which he has been Commander; is Master Workman of the A. O. U. W. , and a life member of its Grand Lodge; is also a member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, which is composed of officers of the army and navy who served in the late Rebellion.

On May 10, 1881, Mr. Richardson married Miss Amanda Jellison, a daughter of James Jellison, of Calais, Me. Liberal in religious belief, Mr. and Mrs. Richardson attend the Unitarian church.

born in this town, December 3, 1832, son of Thomas Thacher and Mary (Bradlee) Wadsworth. His father was a native of Milton; and his mother was born in Brookline, Mass. Captain Wadsworth is of the eighth generation in descent from Christopher Wadsworth, who emigrated from Eng- land in 1632, and settled in Duxbury. The lineage is as follows: Christopher,' Captain Samuel,2 Deacon John,3 Deacon Benjamin,4 John,5 Benjamin,'' Thomas Thacher,7 Edwin Dexter. s

The Rev. Benjamin Wadsworth, D.D. , president of Harvard College, 1725-37, was the youngest son of Captain Samuel Wadsworth. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet and scholar, son of Stephen and Zilpha (Wadsworth) Longfellow, was a grandson of General Peleg Wadsworth, who was of the fifth generation in descent from Christopher, of Duxbury, the line descending from his son John.'

Captain Samuel Wadsworth settled in 1656 in what was then a part of Dorchester and is now Milton, where he became proprietor of a large tract of land, including Wadsworth Hill, on which is situated the estate owned and occupied by the subject of this sketch. Captain Wadsworth was killed at Sudbury in April, 1676, while defending that town from an attack by the Indians during King Philip's War. He is said to have been at that time forty-six years of age. The spot where he and other brave officers and soldiers were slain is now marked by a monument at Green Hill, Sudbury, where the bicentennial anniversary of the battle was celebrated in 1 876.

Captain Samuel Wadsworth's descendants have now for more than two and a half centuries been identified with the town of Milton. Representatives of four generations of the family, including Captain Edwin D. Wadsworth's father, have been members of the General Court ; and Thomas T. Wadsworth, was also prominent in the public affairs of Milton, serving as a Selectman and in other town offices. He died in 1883.

Edwin D. Wadsworth was graduated from the Milton Academy ; and in 1849, when in his seventeenth year, he went to California by way of Cape Horn, remaining there about a year and a half. After his return he entered the merchant marine service, in which he rapidly worked his way forward; and as master of vessels engaged in the foreign trade he visited the principal ports of Europe, South America, and the Far East. During the Civil War he commanded a transport steamer conveying soldiers to different points of destination along the Southern coast; and he was later in command of steamships of the Cromwell and Black Star lines, plying between New York and New Orleans. In 18G8 he abandoned the sea, and, settling in Milton, was for a number of years engaged in the coal business.

In politics he is a Republican. He has served as a member of the Board of Selectmen; was a member of the School Board six years, a part of the time acting as its chairman ; is now serving his fourth year as chairman of the Board of Assessors, and was elected a County Commissioner for three years in 1896. He was one of the promoters of the Milton Water Works, is actively interesting himself in securing an improved sewerage system for the town, and as a publicspirited citizen is always ready with his influence to aid in forwarding all measures calculated to be of benefit to the community. He is a charter member and a Past Master of Macedonian Lodge, F. & A. M. , has been treasurer of the Boston Marine Society for the past twelve years, and for five years secretary of the Society of California Pioneers of New England. He is a member of the Society of Colonial Wars, and of the Sons of the American Revolution.

Captain Wadsworth married Ellen M. Emerson, daughter of the late Joshua Emerson, of Milton, and has two children - Dexter E. and Annie M. Wadsworth.

§UDGE LOUIS A. COOK, of Weymouth, Clerk of Courts for Norfolk County, was born in Blackstone, Mass., May 4, 1847. A son of Louis and Orinda Ballou (Cook) Cook, he traces his ancestry to Walter Cook, who settled in Weymouth at some time previous to the year 1643. Afterward, in company with a number of others from Weymouth and Braintree, Walter settled in what is now the town of Mendon, Mass. During King Philip's War he, with the other members of the company, was driven back to Weymouth; but he subsequently returned, and died in Mendon.

Louis A. Cook

ject of this sketch, was a prosperous farmer of Blackstone - which was formerly a part of Mendon - the author of two or three books, and also a Quaker preacher. He served a term in the legislature, and died at the age of seventy. The maiden name of his wife was Louisa Cook. His son Louis, a man of scholarly attainments, taught in the Friends' Boarding-school at Providence, R.I., and was a member of the School Committee in Blackstone. He married Orinda Ballou Cook on October 16, 1S43, and died at the age of thirty-five. The widow survived him until the fifty-sixth year of her age.

Louis A. Cook spent the most of his early life at Candlewood, a farm in Blackstone that derived its name from a neighboring hill where pine knots were obtained for illumination. He was well educated in the public schools of Blackstone and Woonsocket, R.I., and at Phillips Exeter Academy. Several years of his boyhood were spent in semiinvalidism through a severe injury, accidentally received when he was eleven years old, and which threatened to be fatal. Having, however, recovered his normal health and strength, and after spending a short time in business, he engaged in school -teaching at the age of twenty-two, and subsequently taught in Bellingham, Blackstone, Smithfield, and Manville. At the age of twenty-five he was made head master of the Bates Grammar School, located in South Weymouth, where he has since resided.

In November, 1879, he was elected Representative to the State legislature; and in January, 1880, he resigned his position as teacher to take his seat. He afterward pursued the study of law, to which he had previously given some attention, and was admitted to the Plymouth County bar at Plymouth, November 13, 1884. Offices were opened by him at Abington, South Weymouth, and afterward at Boston, with Messrs. William J. Coughlan and Daniel R. Coughlan, under the firm name of Cook & Coughlan. In 1889 and 1890 he was again a member of the State legislature. In the convention of the First District delegates held in 1892 he was for a time the leading candidate for the Senatorial nomination, with more than eighty ballots in his favor, and in three ballots came within one vote of the nomination, which was finally won near midnight by the Hon. John F. Merrill, of Quincy. He has served as a member of the School Committee both in Blackstone and Weymouth, and for a number of years he has been chosen Moderator of the annual town meetings of Weymouth. He is chairman of the Park Commissioners of Weymouth and a trustee of the Tufts (town) Library. On July 30, 1896, he was appointed one of the Special Justices of the District Court of East Norfolk. Referring to that event, the Boston Herald of July 24, 1896, said, "The appointment by Governor Wolcott of Louis A. Cook, of Weymouth, to the position of Special Justice of the District Court at East Norfolk that holds its sessions at Quincy, gives great satisfaction to the appointee's hosts of friends." In November, 1896, after a hot contest in the county convention and at the polls, he was elected Clerk of Courts for Norfolk County by a plurality of more than four thousand votes. During the canvass the leading papers of the county published many complimentary notices of his life and character.

Unlike many men who have been successful in the political field, Judge Cook is a strict temperance man. He is a member of the Independent Order of Good Templars and of the Order of the Golden Cross. During his first year in the legislature he had charge of all the prohibition legislation. It was mainly through his efforts that the celebrated "screen law," compelling saloon proprietors to remove screens from their doors and windows, was passed. Judge Cook also belongs to the Royal Arcanum and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In August, 1893, he was elected to the highest State office in the latter fraternity, and he was Massachusetts representative at Chicago in the demonstration made by the order at the World's Fair in the same year. In 1894 he was one of the representatives to the Sovereign Lodge from Massachusetts at Chattanooga, Term., when the members were quartered and the session was held at Lookout Inn, on the summit of Lookout Mountain; and he served in the same capacity in the session of 1895, held at Atlantic City/ N.J.

On February 22, 1876, Judge Cook married Lucinda A. Clark, who was bom in Smithfield, R.I., daughter of Joseph S. Clark. Mrs. Cook is one of five children. Their children are: Louis A., Jr., now a student at Yale University; Sidney R. ; and Florence M.

MOS H. BRAINARD is prominently associated with the manufacturing interests of Norfolk County, being general manager and treasurer of the Brainard Milling Machine Company, which is located in Hyde Park. He was born in Newburyport, Mass. ; and his father, Joseph Brainard, was a native of the same city, and traditionally the lineal descendant of "one of two brothers who came from England to America in 1640. "

Joseph Brainard was reared in Newburyport, where he learned the cabinet-maker's trade, and was for some time there engaged in business. He subsequently removed to Boston and embarked in business as a stair-builder, following that trade principally until his death at the age of seventy-one years. He married Miss Ednah Haskell, who was born in Deer Isle, Me. This town was also the birthplace of her father, Caleb Haskell, who served in the Revolution, being a participant in several engagements," including the battle of Bunker Hill and Arnold's expedition to Quebec. After the close of the war Mr. Haskell settled in Newburyport, where most of his ten children were reared. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Brainard were five in number, all being boys, and two are still living, namely: Samuel, a resident of Iowa; and Amos H., the subject of this sketch. The parents were both members of the First Congregational Church of Newburyport.

Amos H. Brainard spent his childhood and youth in his native city, acquiring his education in the public schools. During his early manhood he was engaged in various employments, mostly of a mechanical nature; and he learned the trade of a carriage-maker in Boston. He subsequently established a machine shop in that city, but later, transferring his business to Hyde Park, under the name of the Union Vise Company began the manufacture of vises of his own invention. He employed a force of seventy men in his factory, and during the five years in which he was thus engaged turned out forty thousand vises. He then embarked in the milling machine business, being a pioneer in this industry, in which - he has been eminently successful. The company began on a modest scale, and gradually enlarged their works. Having secured a large number of patents upon the inventions of Mr. Brainard, they are now carrying on the most extensive and lucrative business of any firm similarly engaged in this or any other country. One hundred and fifty men are kept constantly employed, the demand for their manufactures being great throughout all parts of the United States as well as in foreign countries. They have branch houses in all the large European cities, and they ship goods to China and other Asiatic ports. Making a specialty of milling machines and of automatic gear cutting machines, they carry out the American idea of keeping a supply of interchangeable parts of machinery. Mr. Brainard is a very intelligent, energetic and capable man, a typical "Captain of Industry," and his well-written and interesting articles on various topics connected with machinery, which frequently appear in journals devoted to mechanics, are widely read. Since 1858 he has made his home in Hyde Park, where he is one of the most prominent and influential citizens.

Mr. Brainard is the father of eight children, namely: Genevieve; Florence, wife of George D. Thayer, a shoe merchant in Boston, ami mother of three children - Lila, Harry P., and Burgess; and Amos D. , who married Marie Louise Gridley, and is in partnership with his father; Josephine, Edith I., Marian, and Ida A. Josephine is the wife of Randolph P. Moseley, of whom a sketch appears elsewhere in this volume; Edith I. is the wife of John L. Barry, Jr., a resident of Hyde Park, in business in Boston, and has three children - Margaret L., John L., and Edward H. ; Ednah, who married E. McAdam, died at the age of thirty years, leaving two children - Linda B. and Edith G. ; and Ida A., the wife of O. S. Hyde, a wool merchant in Wrentham, has two children - Stillman B. and Amos B.

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cans of this vicinity, and takes an active part in local affairs. He has served as Selectman of Hyde Park nine years, being chairman of the board one year; was also Overseer of the Poor, being chairman of the board one year; and for many years has served as a trustee of the public library, for several years as chairman nt the board. He is a trustee and vicepresident of the savings-bank; is a charter member of the Hyde Park Trust and Safe Deposit Company; and was the first president of the Hyde Park Historical Society. He attends the Episcopal church, of which Mrs. Brainard is a communicant, and takes great interest in that organization, having been its first Senior Warden.

'RANCIS L. BABCOCK, M.D., a highly esteemed citizen of Dedham, where he is successfully engaged in the practice of medicine, also now serving as county physician and as chairman of the Dedham Board of Health, was born June 12, 1849, in the neighboring town of Medfield in the same county. He is a son of the late Benjamin J. Babcock, and is descended from one of the early families of this part of Massachusetts, the emigrant ancestor having come from England at an early period. His paternal grandfather, Lowell Babcock, was born and reared in Norfolk County, and during his active life was engaged as a blacksmith in Sherborn, Middlesex County, where he died at the age of seventy-five years.

Benjamin J. Babcock was born in Sherborn. He learned the trade of a baker in Medfield, where he subsequently followed this occupation, first as a journeyman and later in business for himself, living there until 1876, when he moved to Middleboro, Mas's. Later he settled in Dedham, where he died when but sixty-six years old. His wife, whose maiden name was Milletiah T. Johnson, was born in Medfield, a daughter of Oliver Johnson, for many years a harness-maker in that town. She died at the age of forty years, having borne her husband four sons and one daughter. The four sons grew to maturity, three of them being now living, as follows: Francis L., the subject of this brief sketch;

Albert J. ; and Charles B. Both of the parents were valued members of the Baptist church of Medfield, the father having served many years as a Deacon.

Francis L. Babcock was brought up and educated in Medfield, attending first the district schools and later the high school. He began life for himself as a carriage-maker, being engaged in the business for eleven years. Ever keeping in mind his determination to pursue a professional calling, he continued his studies, and in 1876 entered Boston University Medical School, from which he was graduated in 1879. Dr. Babcock at once began the practice of his profession in Dedham, where by prompt and faithful attention to his duties he has won a large and constantly growing practice. He is identified by membership with the Massachusetts State Homoeopathic Medical Society and the American Medical Institute of Homoeopathy. He is now serving as county physician, is chairman of the Dedham Board of Health, of which he has been a member for eight years, and is also a member of the School Board, with which he has been connected eight years.

Dr. Babcock was married November 27, 1873, to Miss Frances J. Daniels, daughter of Frank P. and Jane F. (Ellis) Daniels, of Medway, where her father was engaged in the manufacture of boots and shoes until his death. The Doctor and Mrs. Babcock have one child, Millie F. Babcock.

Dr. Babcock is a strong Republican in politics, and, in addition to his other town offices, has been a Park Commissioner several years. He is a member of Constellation Lodt;e, F. & A. M.; of Norfolk Chapter; of Hyde Park Council; and of Cypress Commandery, K. T. He is also a member of the A. O. U. W. and a charter member of the Royal Arcanum and the Home Circle, in which be has held many offices. He is the examining surgeon of the Travellers' Commercial Insurance Company, his outside work, with his regular practice, taking up all of his time. The Doctor and Mrs. Babcock are active members of the Baptist church and of the Sunday-school connected with it, in which both take great interest. The Doctor is also chairman of the trustees of the church.

ILLIAM MANN, who was formerly a scythe-maker, and is now residing upon a farm in Franklin, Norfolk County, Mass., was born December 11, 1819, in Chesterfield, N.H., where his parents, Thomas W. and Ruth (Buxton) Mann, natives of Smithfield, R.I., had settled in 1 8 18. His father was for a few years there engaged in the manufacture of scythes. In 1852 the family removed to Franklin, Mass., where the father joined them in 1856; and they resided in this town for the rest of their lives. Thomas W. Mann died in 1864, and his wife died in 1871. They were the parents of five children, of whom the only survivor is William, the subject of this sketch. The others were: Emily; Ruth Elizabeth; Diana; and Susan Caroline, who died at the age of three years.

William Mann acquired a common-school education ; and at the age of seventeen years he went to Smithfield, R.I., where he began work in a scythe manufactory. He served his apprenticeship, and followed the trade as a journeyman for thirty-five years, during which time he worked in Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York, and Montreal, Canada. In 1852 he settled upon the farm in Franklin where he now resides, but continued to work as a scythe-maker for several years. He then relinquished it, and entered the wood and coal trade, in which he was engaged for fifteen years. He now owns thirty acres of fertile land, well adapted to the cultivation of general crops; and he also has a dairy, and raises poultry. For sixteen years he supported the Liberty party (anti-slavery), he was a Republican twenty-seven years, and for the past six years has been a Prohibitionist.

In 1849 Mr. Mann married for his first wife Sarah B. Metcalf, of Winthrop, Me., daughter of Deacon Addison A. and Chloe F. (Adams) Metcalf, neither of whom is now living. Mrs. Metcalf, who reached the advanced age of one hundred years, died in Walpole, Mass., in July, 1897. Mrs. Sarah B. Metcalf Mann died in 1872; and in 1879 Mr. Mann married Mrs. Mary W. Smith, daughter of Michael Bright, of Stoughton, Mass. Mr. Mann's first wife was the mother of five children, namely : Emily; Harriet; William

A., who died at the age of seven years; Alden Taylor; and Mary. Emily is the wife of Willard E. Everett, of Lowell, Mass., advertising agent for Hood's Sarsaparilla ; Harriet married the Rev. N. T. Dyer, a Congregational preacher in Ashburnham, Mass. ; Alden Taylor Mann, who married Elsie Smith, is connected with the Steinhert Company, a pianoforte concern in Lowell; and Mary is the wife of Henry Smith, a life insurance agent of that city.

As an artisan Mr. Mann acquired a wide reputation, his services being in constant demand while he followed his trade. As a farmer he is equally successful; and as a man he is highly esteemed for his many estimable qualities, not the least of them being his generosity and public spirit. He was an early abolitionist, a coworker with Garrison, Pillsbury, and Phillips; and he has always been a firm friend of the temperance cause. A great reader, he is well informed on many questions, and is strong in argument. Possessed of deep religious convictions, he is a ready defender of the Bible and an expounder of its teachings.

RANCIS OLIVER PHILLIPS, the representative of one of the oldest families in M il lis, was born where he now resides, January 8, 1829, son of Oliver and Hannah (Richardson) Phillips. The grandfather, Jedediah Phillips, who was reared and educated in Phillipston, Mass., settled here when a young man, and was actively engaged in agricultural pursuits until his ninety-second year. He was the father of ten children, none of whom are living.

Oliver Phillips, who was born June 10, 1789, on the site of Millis, learned the wheelwright's trade, and followed it for many years in connection with farming. Settling in 1815 upon the farm his son now occupies, he cultivated it successfully during the rest of his active years. His first wife, Hannah, who was born in the same district, died in 1855. He was again married to Mrs. Irene Hawes, a daughter of Simeon Richardson, of this town, and who died in 1875. Oliver Phillips's children, all by his first union, were:

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Amanda, born March 31, 1809; Elisha R. , born April 5, 181 1; Sarah E., born September 17, 181 3; Hannah, born November 23, 1816; and Francis O., the subject of this sketch. Amanda, who married John Barber, died July 18, 1834; Elisha R., now deceased, married Elizabeth Daniels; Sarah E., also deceased, married Ellis Daniels, who died July 3, 1844; and Hannah is the wife of Timothy Bullard, of Millis.

Francis Oliver Phillips attended school in his native town. When a young man he learned the wheelwright's trade; and he subsequently worked in Sherborn, Mass., for a year. With this exception he has always resided at the homestead, and followed his trade in Millis. In 1854 he took charge of the farm, relieving his father of all care during his declining years, and succeeding to the farm after the latter's death. His property consists of the homestead, containing eighteen acres, with other land amounting to fortyfive acres. .The Phillips farm is one of the oldest pieces of agricultural property in Millis. The barn was built in 1740. Besides carriage-making, Mr. Phillips carries on general farming.

In April, 1854, Mr. Phillips was united in marriage with Mercy P. Adams, who was born in this town, August 26, 1S34. She is a daughter of Edward and Keziah L. (Clark) Adams, of whom an account will be found in the biography of Moses S. Adams. Mrs. Phillips has been the mother of two children. They were: Edward Adams, born in January, 1856, who resides with his parents; and Mary Frances, born in i860, who married Stuart McLee, of East Walpole, Mass., and died at the age of twenty-one years. Mr. Phillips is independent in politics. He is a member of Medway Lodge, No. 163, I. O. O. F. Both he and Mrs. Phillips attend the Congregational church.

ENJAMIN F. SHUMWAY, the second Selectman of Medfield, and a prosperous farmer, was born in Dover, this county, March 23, 1823. He is a son of John and Abigail (Wight) Shumway, and a grandson of Jeremiah Shumway and Amos Wight. The father was a native of Pomfret, Conn., whence he came to Norfolk County about the year 1803, and worked for several years as hostler in a hotel in Medfield. Alter his marriage he settled in Dover, and took up farming, which he followed until his death in 1844. His wife, Abigail, was born in Medfield. She survived him thirty years, dying in 1874. John and Abigail Shumway were the parents of ten children, namely: Abigail, who died in the same year as her father; Elizabeth, deceased; Amos W., who died in 1892; John, who died in 1891 ; Benjamin F., the subject of this sketch; George, who successively married Mary Bickford, of Sherborn, Mass., and Ida May Rogers, and now resides in Medfield village; Elbridge, a resident of Norwood, Mass.; William and Louisa, deceased; and Sarah E., the wife of Benjamin N. Sawin, of Dover.

Benjamin F. Shumway received a commonschool education. He lived at home until 1839, when at the age of sixteen he started for himself on the farm which he now occupies. The estate contains one hundred and fifty acres of excellent farm land. He keeps a dairy of twenty cows, from which he sells the milk for Boston consumers. . On November 26, 1846, he married Miss Lucy A. Cutler, of Medfield. She was born February iS, 1827, daughter of Oliver and Lucy (Fairbanks) Cutler, and grand-daughter of Oliver and Nancy (Harding) Cutler. Her grandparents were lifelong residents of Medfield. Oliver Cutler, Jr., was born here, February 22, 1797. Both he and his father were engaged in farming on the same place. He died in September, 1864, aged sixty-seven years, survived by Lucy, his wife, whose death occurred February 7, 1 88 1, in her ninetieth year. She was born in Needham, Mass. They had six children - Charles C, Mary B., Alfred and Albert (twins), Lucy A., and Caroline A. Charles C, now deceased, born September 14. 1820, married Cynthia Randall, and had one child, Cynthia C, who is now the widow of William B. Marchant, and lives in Brooklyn, N.Y. Mary B., born April 3, 1822, married George Dunham, and died April 13, 1853, leaving one child, George O. , who is now in

Michigan. Alfred and Albert were born June 13, 1824. Albert died March 21, 1845. Alfred, now living in Medfield, married Adeline Spencer, who has since died. Their son, Lewis A., married Miss Thursa Fleming? and has one child, Archie E. Caroline A., born January 13, 1830, died February 21, 1878. She was the wife of John Baldwin, who is in the white lead business in Chicago, 111.

Mr. and Mrs. Shumway have had three children: Nathan Wight, born January 3, 1848, who is employed in a net and twine factory in Cambridge, Mass.; Benjamin F., Jr., born February 10, 1850, who died March 15, 1850; and Albert Cutler, born October 17, 185 1, now a pattern-maker in Pawtucket, R.I., who married March 30, 1876, Miss Kate E. Wetherell, of Providence, R.I., where they lived for twenty years.

In politics Mr. Shumway is a Democrat. He has been a member of the Board of Selectmen for twenty-four years, a part of the time serving as chairman, an Assessor for about twelve years, Overseer of the Poor for ten years, and a member of the School Committee for one year.

AVID CARPENTER, a lifelong and esteemed resident of Foxboro, was born here, January 6, 1830. A son of Ezra Carpenter, Jr., he is a lineal descendant of William Carpenter, a native of England, who came to America in early Colonial times, and died at Weymouth, Mass., in 1659. (Further information concerning Mr. Carpenter's early ancestors will be found in the biography of Robert W. Carpenter.) Nehemiah Carpenter, the greatgrandfather of David, who was born October 20, 1 73 1, moved to Foxboro in 1749, afterward living here until his death on May 14, 1799.

Ezra Carpenter, son of Nehemiah and the grandfather of David, born in Foxboro in 1752, died in this town, July 1, 1840. He was a farmer by occupation. Soon after reaching man's estate, he bought land situated about one mile south of the parental homestead, and there improved one of the most valuable farms in the locality, lie was a Lieutenant of a company in the Revolutionary War. Lieutenant Carpenter first married Margaret Daniels, who died a few years later, leaving three children. He subsequently married Mary Daniels, who bore him five children, all of whom lived to a good old age. They were: Francis, who attained the age of eighty-eight years; Polly, who was ninety-two years; Daniels, who was eighty-five; Ezra, Jr., who was seventy; and Achsa, who was eighty-four years. Ezra Carpenter, Jr., born in this town, November 7, 1S01, died on the parental homestead, December 25, 1871. He assisted his father in the pioneer labor of clearing the land, cared for his parents in their old age, and at their death succeeded to the home farm. Possessing good judgment and much force of character, he was looked up to for leadership by the community. He served as Selectman for several years, was also a member of the State legislature, and his name appeared oftener than that of any other person as an administrator of estates. He married Eliza Belcher, a daughter of Samuel Belcher; and they reared three children - Susan, Eliza, and David. Susan is the wife of James A. Comey, of this town. Eliza first married Henry Belcher, who died in 1862. Afterward she became the wife of Cyrus L. Cook.

David Carpenter obtained his early education in the district school, where he was an apt pupil. Subsequently he worked as a moulder in an iron foundry for a time: but, not liking the trade, he abandoned it, and entered the employment of the Union Straw Works. In this factory he spent thirty years, serving in different positions of responsibility. For the past twenty-four years Mr. Carpenter has had charge of Rock Hill Cemetery. The handsome mortuary chapel connected therewith was erected under his supervision. When a young man he built a house for himself and family, not far from the home of his youth, but subsequently removed to the dwelling he now occupies. He is a great lover of nature in all its forms, and takes great delight in the cultivation of flowers. He is also fond of reading, and has collected a valuable library of choice literature, with which he regales his leisure hours.

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On May 27, 1849, Mr. Carpenter married Miss Mary Davis, of Pittston, Me. They have two children - Sanford Irving and Mary E. Mr. Carpenter has persistently advocated the principles of the Republican party since its formation. In 1852 he cast his first Presidential vote for Franklin Pierce. He is interested in all things pertaining to the educational and literary advancement of the town, and for a quarter of a century has been a trustee of the public library. He belongs to the Knights of Honor, and is a consistent member of the Universalist church.

§'EREMIAH B. HALE, a well-known fire insurance agent, who was at one time the Postmaster of Medfield, Mass., was born in Smithfield, R.I., February 22, 1830, son of Gardner and Ann Susan (Ballon) Hale. The grandfather, Levi Hale, who resided in Swansea, Mass., was a cooper by trade. His children, all now deceased, were: Elizabeth, Anthony, Levi, Hannah, Pklward, Elmira, Gardner, William, Cordelia, and Betsey.

Gardner Hale, who was born in Swansea, at an early age left home to start in life for himself. He worked ,in cotton factories of various towns in Rhode Island and Massachusetts, and became an expert in the cotton industry. In 1849 he went as superintendent of a factory to Prattville, Ala., where he resided during the ensuing ten years. He built two mills in Alabama, where the rest of his life was spent, having his residence in the vicinity of Birmingham. He died in September, 1886. His wife, Ann Susan, who was a native of Cumberland, R.I., became the mother of eleven children. These were: Jeremiah B., the subject of this sketch; Hannah, who is the widow of Thomas Williams, and resides in Alabama; Susan, who is the widow of Professor J. F. Tarrant, and is now a school teacher in Montgomery, Ala. ; George, who died in 1887; Emily and Emeline, twins, who are also deceased; Henry A., who was an editor, and died in Birmingham, Ala. ; Charles, who died young; Anna, who is the widow of Foster Terrill, and resides in Birmingham; Daniel, also a resident of that city; and Eliza, who married William Morgan, and resides in Dadeville, Ala. Mrs. Gardner Hale was a lady of superior intelligence, and occupied a prominent social position. She died very suddenly of cholera in 1870.

Jeremiah B. Hale was educated in the common schools of Massachusetts, and resided at home until he was nineteen years old. He became an operative in a cotton-mill, and later accompanied his father to Alabama, where he was an overseer in a factory of Prattville for three and one-half years. Then he returned North, and worked in a straw factory of Foxboro, Mass., for five years. During the succeeding four years he carried on the straw business for Alden, King & Co. , in Middleboro, Mass., after which he returned to his previous position in Foxboro, where he continued to reside for three years. After this he came to Medfield, and engaged in the straw and palm leaf business in company with Warren Chenery. A year later he purchased the machinery from Mr. Chenery, and three years from then his interest in the business. The sole proprietor thereafter, he had carried on a flourishing enterprise for several years, when, in 1876, the factory was destroyed by fire. Appointed the Postmaster of Medfield in 1880, he filled that office until 1889, when he became the superintendent and general manager of the straw factory of Searle, Dai ley & Co. This position he held until 1896, when he retired. He has been engaged in the fire insurance business since 1873, and for some years has been the local agent for the Home, the Westchester, Hartford, the Citizens', Middlesex, Merchants' and Farmers', the Norfolk, the Dedham, and the Abington Fire Insurance Companies.

Mr. Hale, who has been three times married, was first wedded in 1S49 t0 Eliza A. Grover. A native of Mansfield, Mass., she was a daughter of William and Betsey Grover, prosperous farming people of that town, both of whom are now deceased. Mrs. Eliza Hale died in Alabama in 1851; and in June, 1852, Mr. Hale contracted his second marriage with Mary J. Plimpton, a daughter of George and Mary (Tolman) Plimpton, who were lifelong residents of Sharon, Mass. His second wife having died in 1887, he married her sister,

Josephine E. Plimpton, in August, 1889. Born of his first union were two children - William and Eliza - both of whom died young. His second wife was the mother of four children, namely: Merton, who did not live to grow up; Clarence, who died at the age of two years; Lillian, who married Dr. C. E. Bigelow, of Leominster, Mass., and has had two children, one of whom is living; and Charles, who was accidentally drowned at the age of twenty years. Mr. Hale has been Selectman, Assessor, Town Clerk, and Overseer of the Poor, and was a member of the School Board for nine years. He is still acting as a Justice of the Peace, and is a member of the Cemetery Committee. In politics he supports the Republican party, and he has been a delegate to several State conventions. He is one of the best informed men upon current topics in Medfield, and is held in high esteem by all who know him. Both he and Mrs. Hale are members of the Baptist church.

ARREN H. BRIGHT, a wellknown farmer and lumber dealer of Franklin, was born in Canton, this county, August 4, 1X42, son of Michael and PTvira (Richards) Bright. Michael Bright, who was born in Natick, Mass., was engaged in farming in Canton for some time, and then removed to Sharon. In 1871 he came to Franklin, where he made his home with his son Warren, until his death in April, 1879. The mother died in Sharon in 1862. Her other children were: Samuel, the first-born, now in California; Mary, who is the wife of William Mann, and lives in Franklin; Elizabeth, who is the widow of John Metcalf, and lives in Franklin; Thomas, who died in 1895; Daniel, who died during the war at New Orleans; Edwin, who lives in Attleboro, Mass., engaged in the jewelry business; Frederick, who is a farmer, and resides at Franklin village; Willard, who is living near Warren H. Bright; Charles, who resides in Franklin, and is employed in the straw shop; and Sarah, Elizabeth, and Abbie, deceased.

Knife Shop in Sharon, Mass., and worked there for about a year. At the end of that time he enlisted for service in the Civil War in the Eleventh Massachusetts Battery. He was subsequently in the battle of the Wilderness at Spottsylvania, North Anna, Cold Harbor, and at the siege of Petersburg, without receiving an injury in any way. After he was discharged at Readville, Mass., he re-- turned to Sharon. Subsequently he went to Avon, where he engaged in farming near a sister living there. At the end of five years he came to Franklin, settling near the village, and there, besides farming, engaged in the lumber business, buying wood lots, and cutting wood and lumber. He owns, in addition to the home farm containing fifty-five acres, two others of sixty-five and forty acres respectively, and about eighty-five acres of sprofit land. He has much improved the land since it came into his possession.

In 1866 Mr. Bright was married to Mary Peary, of Avon, a daughter of Stephen and Susan (Rowe) Peary. Mr. Peary is a wellknown farmer and lumberman of Avon, and resides there at the present time with his wife. Mrs. Bright died in December, 18S6. Her children were: Edna, now teaching in the seminary at Montpelier, Vt. ; Susan, the wife of Roy Conant Southworth, living at Ware, Mass. ; Annie Belle, a teacher in the public schools, residing at home; Elvira, now Mrs. Frank Ribero, of Chelsea, Mass. ; Henry James and Harry, both living at home; and Ina and Mabel, both of whom died young. Mr. Bright married for his second wife Agnes M. Trask, a native of Yarmouth, N.S. She was born February 10, 1864, daughter of Henry G. and Rebecca (Crosby) Trask, both natives of Yarmouth. The father, who was a farmer, is now deceased; and the mother lives in Milford with her children. By Mr. Bright's second marriage there is one child, Carl Aubrey, born December 12, 1892. Mr. Bright's older children attended the high school and the academy. In politics he is a Republican. He was Overseer of the Poor in Franklin for nine years, and was Assessor of the town in 1895. He belongs to the I. O. O. F. of Franklin and to Post 60, G. A. R. While he is a member of the Bap- tist denomination, he and his family attend the Methodist Episcopal church in Franklin. His success in the world is chiefly due to his tireless industry.

'REEMAN A. PARMENTER, a member of the Board of Assessors of Dover, was born in Bolton, Mass., August 31, 1849, son of Curtis and Mary (Dwinells) Parmenter. The father, who was a native of Framingham, Mass., followed the shoemaker's trade. He possessed considerable musical ability, and, after settling in Bolton after his marriage, he taught music there for some time. Later in Sudbury, Mass., he continued to give music lessons, and worked at his trade for some three years. Then returning to Framingham, he was there engaged in teaming and the work of a stone-mason until his death, which occurred July 3, 1884. His wife, Mary, who is a native of Massachusetts, became the mother of seven children, as follows: Freeman A., the subject of this sketch; George, who married Delia Dickey, and is a confectionery dealer in South Framingham; Mary, who resides in Worcester, Mass. ; Charles, who married Jennie Robinson, and lives in South Framingham, Mass.; Estella V., the wife of Elijah Goulding, of Wellesley, Mass. , Ellsworth L., a travelling salesman, who married Alice Burbidge, and resides in South Framingham; and Sarah R., who is the widow of Joseph Smith, and lives in Wellesley. Mrs. Mary Parmenter is still living, and resides with her children.

Freeman A. Parmenter was reared in Framingham, receiving his education in the common schools. Beginning at the age of nineteen, he worked as a stone-mason for a few years. In 1873 he went to Sudbury, where he had charge of the famous Wayside Inn for a year. He then settled upon the old Goulding farm in Dover, where he has since resided. He owns eighty acres of fertile land, which he devotes to general farming and pasturage. He keeps an average of twenty-eight cows, and supplies a large number of regular customers in Wellesley with milk.

She was born in Dover, November 11, 1852, daughter of Henry and H. Emeline (Edwards) Goulding. Henry Goulding, who was a native of Sherborn, Mass., settled upon the farm in Dover after his marriage, and was there engaged in agriculture until his death, which was caused by an accident on July 16, 1884. His wife, who was born in Lincoln, Mass., died January 14, 1883. Mr. Parmenter's first wife died November 1, 1886. On October 10, 1888, he wedded her sister, Matilda Goulding, who was born March 15, 1847. The children of the first marriage were: George F., born March 26, 1877, who is now a student at Amherst College; Elmer Henry, born November 27, 1881; and Lucy M., born March 22, 1886, who died May 30, 1893. The present Mrs. Parmenter has one son, Ernest B., born March 15, 1892. In politics Mr. Parmenter acts with the Republican party, and has served as an Assessor for the past four years. His long-continued industry has been attended with good results financially, and as an able and progressive farmer he ranks among the leading agriculturists of this town. Both he and Mrs. Parmenter are attendants and members of the Baptist church in Medfield.

§OHNr T. MELLUS, the proprietor of the Wellesley Steam Laundry, was born in Smith Braintree in 1855. His father, Joseph Melius, who was born May 30, 1809, after spending a number of years in the express business at South Braintree, became a newsdealer in the Old Colony depot. On November 26, 1S31, Joseph married Adeline M., daughter of Edward M. Vinton. Mrs. Melius belongs to the seventh generation of Vintons in this country. Her first ancestor concerning whom anything is known was born in Europe, probably in France, in 1620. In 1648, when his first child was born, he was living in Lynn, Mass. Joseph Melius was the father of eight children, four of whom are now living. These are: Adeline Elizabeth, who married Thomas Fallon, and resides in Roxbury, Mass. ; Lucy Preston, who married Edward Hunt, and resides in Rockland, Mass.; Eliza Ann, who

John T. Melius was educated in the graded schools and high school of South Braintree. After leaving school he worked in a shoe shop in South Braintree. In 1883 he came to Wellesley, and worked at the same business for two years. Then he went to work in a laundry for Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Morse, and was soon made foreman, a position that he held four years. Upon the death of Mr. Morse in 1S90, he bought a share in the business, and ran it for a year and a half in partnership with Leonard T. Morse. At the end of that time he bought out the business, and has since conducted it alone. Mr. Melius has made many improvements in his laundry, and the work is now done with the best of modern appliances. He runs two wagons, and has patrons in Wellesley, Newton, Auburndale, and Newtonville. Mr. Melius is a member of Sincerity Lodge, No. 173, I. O. O. F., at Wellesley, having transferred his membership in 1896 from Puritan Lodge, No. 179, South Braintree. He is also a member of the Nahanton Tribe of Red Men, No. 81, at South Braintree.

§OHN BULLARD, of Millis, a thriving fanner and the representative of an old family in this section, was born here, December 7, 1823, son of John and Chloe (Partridge) Bullard. His great-grandfather, Timothy Bullard, settled in the northern part of the town, upon land which he converted into a good farm, and which has been in the family's possession for three generations. The grandfather, Ralph Bullard, resided at the homestead. The father, who succeeded to the home farm, thereafter occupied it until his death, which occurred September 27, 1875. His wife, Chloe, who was a native of Medway, died April 13, 1861. By him she was the mother of three children, namely: Timothy, born November 20, 1S16, who married Hannah Phillips, and resides in Millis; Rhoda, born in February, 18 19, who died October 1, 1S20; and John, the subject of this sketch.

John Bullard acquired a common-school education. From an early age he assisted in carrying on the farm, remaining on it until he was fifty years old. He then bought the old Daniels farm, formerly the property of his wife's father, and now owns seventy-five acres of well-improved land, which he devotes to general farming. By the exercise of good judgment and a practical knowledge of agriculture he has reached a position of comfortable prosperity, and is regarded as one of the prominent and successful farmers of thus locality.

On May 21, 1845, Mr. Bullard married Pearllee Daniels, who was born in this town, July 29, 1823. She is a daughter of Paul and Fliza (Breck) Daniels, who were natives respectively of Millis and Sherborn, Mass. Her father, one of the stirring farmers of his day, died here, February 15, 1876; and her mother died June 16, 1885. Mr. ami Mrs. Bullard have had four children, namely: Harriet P., born October 20, 1846; Lewella, born November 4, 1849; Sewell, born March 21, 1 8 5 1 : and Joseph D., born September 16, 1855. Harriet P. is the second wife of Lewis La Croix, a Selectman and the Town Clerk of Millis. They reside with her father, and have two children - Lewis B. and Chester. Lewella, who died March 13, 1SS0, was the first wife of Lewis La Croix. Sewell H., who is a fruit-grower in Waldo, Fla., wedded Marion J. Daniels. Joseph D. wedded Mary Emma Follansbee, and is an employee of the Old Colony Railroad Company in Framingham, Mass. In politics Mr. Bullard, Sr., supports the Republican party. Mrs. Bullard is a member of the Congregational church.

ILLIAM H. WADE, a retired jeweller of Wrentham, Mass., was born in this town, Norfolk County, February 21, 1840. His parents were Marshall S. and Elizabeth (Hunt) Wade. His paternal grandfather, Lewis Wade, was born in Rehoboth, Mass., in 1766, and was a blacksmith by trade. He married Rebecca Peck, who was born August 19, 1765.

William H. Wade

was a reed-maker by trade, but he also learned the business of cabinet-making, to which he gave some attention, and besides that he did house painting to some extent. He came to Wrentham when eighteen years of age, and settled at the place where he lived for the remainder of his life. For his first wife he married Miranda Cobb. The fruit of this union was one son, Marshall S., Jr., who served in the Thirty-fifth Massachusetts Regiment during the late war, where he received three wounds, and never fully recovered from them; and a daughter, Miranda M., who married L. D. Newell, of Providence, R.I., and has one son, Frank W. For his second wife Mr. Marshall S. Wade married Flizabeth Hunt, by whom he had five children, as follows: Caroline E. ; Lydia I'".; Mary R., who died young; William H., the subject of this sketch; and Frank, who died in infancy. Mr. Wade married for his third wife Azubah Parmenter Russell, but had no children by that marriage. He died September 26, [881 .

William H. Wade, the subject of this sketch, was educated in the district schools of the town and at Day's Academy. At the age of fifteen years he left home, and started for himself in Boston, working in the office of the Traveller, one of the prominent daily papers of that city. He afterward went to North Attleboro, Mass., where he was employed in the store of W. D. Cotton & Co. ; and, remaining with that firm until its dissolution, he continued with its successors, R. Knapp & Holmes, for three years. He afterward became book-keeper for Freeman Brothers & Co., of Attleboro, and remained with them until the war broke out. He enlisted in Company I, Seventh Massachusetts Regiment, was soon appointed Sergeant, and afterward at the battle of Fair Oaks was made First Sergeant. Later he was made Second Lieutenant of Company D, and commanded that company at Fredericksburg. Promoted to be First Lieutenant, May 14, 1863, he was in active service in all of the battles up to Gettysburg; and soon after this he was put on detached service at Long Island, Boston Harbor, where he remained until February, 1864. He subsequently returned to active service in the field, and was with his regiment in 1864 during Grant's campaign. In June, 1864, his term expired; but he returned to the army in the commissary's department in the Twentyfifth Corps, when it went to Texas from Virginia in 1865, and was on duty there until May, 1868. He then purchased a farm in Eyota, Minn., and cleared the land, building a small house, where he and his sister lived until November, 1870, when he sold it, and came East. He went to Attleboro, Mass., and engaged in book-keeping for a period of six years. In 1876 he started in the jewelry business at Plainville, where he continued until 1890, when the firm changed, he remaining with the new firm until 1896, and then retiring from active mercantile life. He has since purchased a farm of twenty-five acres in Wrentham, on which he now lives.

Mr. Wade married Elizabeth N. Sherman, daughter of George B. Sherman, of Wrentham, Mass. They have no children. Mr. Wade is one of the most prominent and influential citizens of the town. He has served as Representative to the legislature, Selectman, Highway Surveyor, Assessor, and Auditor. He is a charter member of the local G. A. R. Post, and also of Post No. 145, of Attleboro, and was one of the organizers of Post No. 133 of Plainville, of which he was first Commander. This position he has held with slight intermissions for the larger part of the time up to the present. He was also Commander of the Attleboro Post. He has been a St. Albans Mason since 1863. In 1886 he became a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, No. 57, of Wrentham. He is also connected with the American Benefit Society, of which he is at present State president, being a charter member. In his political views Mr. Wade is a Republican, and cast his first Presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln in 1864.

RANCIS A. BRAGG, M.D., a skilful physician of Foxboro, Mass., where he has been located since 1895, was born January 2, 1865, in Shutesbury, Franklin County. A son of Henry O. Bragg, he comes of excellent New England ancestry.

Mass., where he was brought up to agricultural pursuits. He subsequently carried on farming for a time successively in Shutesbury and Amherst. In 1895 he removed to this town, and has since lived retired from active business cares. He married Miss Jemima Shores, a direct descendant of Peregrine White, who, born to William and Susanna White in Provincetown Harbor soon after the arrival of the Pilgrims in America, is said to have been the first white child to receive birth in the New World. Of Henry O. Bragg's children - three boys and two girls - the daughters are both dead. The sons are: Everett B., a manufacturing chemist in Cleveland, Ohio; William T., of Springfield, Mass. ; and Francis A., the subject of this sketch.

After graduating from Amherst High School, Francis A. Bragg attended the Harvard Medical School, from which he received his degree with the class of 1894. He began the practice of medicine in Boston, Mass., remaining there for a time. In 1S95 he came to Foxboro, where he has since followed his profession. He has won a fair share of practice in this and surrounding towns, and he is rapidly gaining the confidence of the community. The Doctor is a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society, of the Boston Medical Association, and of the American Medical Association. He is also an Odd Fellow, belonging to Excelsior Lodge, No. 87, of Foxboro. In politics he is a steadfast Republican. He is a regular attendant of the Congregational church of Foxboro, with which he joined by letter. With his natural ability, scholarly attainments, and professional skill, it is easy to predict a successful future for him.

vj**^ veteran, was born August 27, 1844, in Bristol, Addison County, Vt., son of Squire and Rhoda (Rathburn) Greene. The father, a native of Weare, N. H., when twelve years old accompanied his parents to Bristol. When a young man, Squire Greene engaged in farming and teaming. After residing in Bristol until 1863, he moved to a farm in Marquette, Wis., where he died in 1865. His wife, Rhoda, who was a native of Bristol, became the mother of six children, as follows: George N. and Asa R., both of whom are retired farmers in West Concord, Minn. ; Charles O., the subject of this sketch; Alfarette, the wife of John Steen, a merchant and stock-raiser in Waltham, Minn. ; David S., a prosperous farmer in Palmer, S. Dak. ; and Liena, the wife of George Ralph, a tobacco and cigar dealer in West Superior, Wis. The mother died in Bristol in 1854.

After attending the common schools of his native town for a brief period, Charles O. Greene at the age of ten years began to work for the neighboring farmers. He left Vermont in March, 1861, and on September 27, 1862, he enlisted in the First Rhode Island Cavalry, under Colonel Dupee and Captain Willis Capron. In the following October the regiment was sent to Montville, Va. At Kelley's Ford on March 17, 1863, it lost forty men. On the same occasion Mr. Greene was taken prisoner, but succeeded in making his escape the same night. At the battle of Middleboro, June 17, 1863, his regiment lost over three hundred men, leaving but fifty-two of its original quota. His next engagement was at Boonsboro, Md., after which the regiment took an active part in all the engagements from that of Gettysburg to that of the Rapidan River. On January 1, 1864, he was transferred to the First New Hampshire Regiment, in which later he re-enlisted, and served under General Grant at Cold Harbor, Spottsylvania, and Petersburg. At one time his regiment was kept marching for forty days and nights, with but few intervals for sleep. It lost heavily in Wilson's Raid; and, after being somewhat recruited, it was ordered to the Shenandoah Valley under General Sheridan. At Fisher's Hill, September 9, 1864, Mr. Greene received a gunshot wound in the right shoulder that put an end to his active service. After being confined by it in several hospitals, he was discharged at Chestnut Hill, near Philadelphia, in May, 1865. During the year following the close of the war he resided in Providence, R.I.; and the succeeding two years were spent in farming in Smith- field, R.I. In 1868 he went to San Mateo, Cal., and was there employed upon a large stock ranch for six years, after which he was engaged in keeping a summer resort at Seigler's Springs until October, 1876. Then he returned East, and resided for a year in Woonsocket, R.I. For some time he was engaged in farming and staging in Gloucester, R.I., resided in Greenville for one year, and in 1884 settled upon his present farm in Norfolk. He owns about one hundred and thirty acres of excellent land, well adapted to general farming and dairying, on which he has made various improvements. The industrious habits acquired by bim in his early boyhood have never been allowed to deteriorate, and since the war have kept him constantly busy. In politics he is a Republican. He has served as Road Commissioner six years, and he was upon the School Board four years.

On March 25, 1866, Mr. Greene was united in marriage with Emily Harris, born in Smithfield, R.I., September 6, 1845. She is a daughter of Hezekiah S. and Susan M. (Sawyer) Harris, the former of whom was a native of Lyndon, Vt, and the latter of Providence. Mr. Harris was for many years engaged in the cigar manufacturing business and in general mercantile pursuits, and was also a well-known horseman and farmer. Now seventy-seven years old, he resides upon his farm in Smithfield. His wife died November 12, 1879. ^lr- a,lL' Mrs- Greene have had three children, namely: Charles E. and Austin E., twins, who were born in San Mateo, Cal., April 20, 1872; and Frank H., born December 31, 1876, who died September 9, 1893. Charles E. resides in Providence, R.I. Austin E., who lives with his parents, married Rose F. Whiting, of Norfolk, and has two children - Everett W. and Malcolm H. Mr. Greene is a comrade of Franklin Post, No. 60, G. A. R. Both he and Mrs. Greene attend the Universalist church.

DVVARD MOFFETTE, the manager of the Dedham Lumber Company at Dedham, Mass., is carrying on an extensive lumber and coal business in partnership with his brother, Robert J. Moffette. He was born August 8, 1849, in Boston, Mass., a son of George A. Moffette. He is of English ancestry, his great-grandfather, Edward Moffette, having been born and reared in England. This ancestor spent some years of his life in Quebec, Canada, as a government official, although he returned to his native land, and died there.

George Moffette, the grandfather, was born in Quebec, where he spent his brief life. He was accidentally killed by being thrown from a horse when but little more than twenty-four years old. At his death he left his young wife with four small children. George A. Moffette, who was born in Quebec, spent a large part of his seventy-one years of life in Boston, where his death occurred in 1893. From 1848 until his death he was employed in the pianoforte factory of Chickering & Sons, for some years in the capacity of superintendent of the factory. He married Miss Jane Turner, who was born in Gibraltar, Spain, being the daughter of Edward Turner, an English officer, and one of a family of six children. She became the mother of five children, of whom George, Robert J., Edward, and Clarissa are living. Clarissa is the wife of Franklin P. Bingham. Both parents were members of the Episcopal church. The mother died in 1891, at the age of sixty-eight years.

Edward Moffette obtained his education in the Boston public schools, being graduated from the English High School. He afterward spent some years in his native city, being employed as a clerk in various stores. He was then appointed to the State Weather Bureau at Washington, D.C., where he remained until 1889. In that year, in partnership with his brother Robert, he established his present coal and lumber yard on Mount Vernon Street, Dedham, where he has a large stock of all kinds of lumber and coal, and has since carried on a very remunerative business. Enterprising and industrious, he has met with success in his undertakings.

Mr. Moffette was married October 8, 1890, to Miss Mary A. Howard, who was born in Cumberland, Md., where her father, the late Henry Howard, was largely interested in coal mines. Mr. Howard was born in Salem,

Mass., where he resided throughout the most of his lifetime, although his business took him frequently to Cumberland. He died at the age of forty-five years. His wife, whose maiden name was Mary Winchester, and who was born in Gloucester, Mass., is the mother of six children, Mrs. Moffette being the youngest. She is a member of the Episcopal church, to which Mr. Howard also belonged. Mr. and Mrs. Moffette have four children; namely, Thelma, George E., Henry E., and Phyllis. Mr. Moffette belongs to Longfellow Lodge, Roslindale, I. O. O. F., the Royal Arcanum, and the Odd Fellows Encampment. He is a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church of Dedham.

RLANDO B. CRANE, a prominent merchant of Avon, was born here when the place was called East Stoughton, January 20, 1835. He is a son of Ebenezer and Angeline A. (Briggs) Crane. The Crane family is one of the old families of Avon. Ebenezer Crane, who was a boot cutter, died in 1852. The mother's death occurred in 1897.

Orlando B. Crane attended the schools near his home when he had an opportunity, obtaining a fair education. When about fifteen years of age, he went to work in a boot factory of East Stoughton. Here he learned the trade, and was afterward engaged in boot-making for a number of years. When he was about twenty years of age, he engaged in the express business, running from East Stoughton to Boston. After spending five years at that, he manufactured boots for a year and a half. In the fall of 1866 he opened a grocery store in East Stoughton, which, after conducting it for about eight years, he sold in 1874. He was subsequently in business in Brockton and Canton, Mass. About the year 1882 he started in the provision business in East Stoughton, subsequently adding groceries, hay, and grain to his stock in trade. He is now in control of a large and successful business, and his methods are such that he has the confidence of all with whom he deals. Successful by his own efforts alone, he is a selfmade man.

Mr. Crane was married to Miss Annie S. Kimball, of Bethel, Me. They have five children - A. Evaline, Everett C, Harry L., Orlando B., and Lester K. Mr. Crane has taken a prominent part in local politics, and he represented this district in the State legislature in 1867.

^"' May 29, 1829, son of Chickery and Relief (Gilmore) Shepard. His paternal grandfather and great-grandfather were both named John. The father, born in Foxboro, was a blacksmith, and worked at his trade in Foxboro, Wrentham, and in Walpole. He afterward moved to Franklin, and settled on the farm where his son Addison now lives, dying here in June, 1855. His wife, who was a native of Raynham, died in 1868. Their other children were: John C, who died at the age of twenty-one; Laura E., the wife of Philip S. Sparrow, who is now living in retirement at West Medway; Louis B. , who married Mary Tibbetts, and resides in Foxboro village; Elmira, who is the widow of the late Abner D. Sparrow, and lives in Calais, Vt. ; Daniel G., a veteran of the G. A. R., living in Boston, who married Mary Pond, now deceased; and Eliza A., who is the widow of George H. Robinson, and resides near her brother Addison.

Addison S. Shepard received his education at Day's Academy and in the public schools of Wrentham. After the death of his father he took charge of the farm, and has lived here since, engaged in general farming and dairying, and in the raising of poultry and fruit. He owns fifty acres of well-improved land. In politics he is a Republican. Although he may be found at the polls on voting day, he has never cared to put himself forward as a candidate for office. A member of the Orthodox Church of Franklin, he is devoted to the interests of the society. For twenty-seven years he worked in the straw shop. His industry and thrift have made him a successful man.

Addison S. Shepard

united in marriage with Mrs. Harriet M. Pond Wilson, of Franklin, daughter of Hiram and Joanna (Fales) Pond. The father was a farmer of this place. Mrs. Shepard died January 19, 1889, having been the mother of three children. These were: Martha A., who died at the age of nine years; and Addie May and Louis A., both of whom died in childhood.

2EONARD DRAPER, who is now living in retirement in Dover, repre- ^ sents an old and highly reputable Norfolk County family. He was born in Dover, January 6, 1823, son of Moses and Maria (Wilbur) Draper. His greatgrandfather, John Draper, moved his family to Dover, and settled in the western part of the town. Josiah Draper, grandfather of Leonard, cleared and improved a farm.

Moses Draper, after succeeding to the farm, cultivated it during the active period of his life, and died in 1885. His wife, Maria, who was a native of Westmoreland, Mass., became the mother of six children - Elizabeth, Leonard, Alfreda, Ann Maria, Ann Maria (second), and Adeline. Elizabeth is now the widow of Albert Mann, and resides in Milford, Mass. Both Alfreda and Ann Maria (first) died young.- Ann Maria (second) married Everett Mann, and she and her husband are no longer living. They were the parents of four children - Herbert, Bertha, Lester, and another child who did not reach maturity. Adeline first married Simon Mc- Donald, who died leaving three children; namely, Arthur, Flora, and George. She is now the wife of William Schofield, and resides in Nova Scotia. Mrs. Moses Draper died in 1871.

Leonard Draper attended the common schools. When seventeen years old he went to Providence for the purpose of learning the baker's trade. Soon becoming homesick, he returned to Dover, and assisted upon the farm for some time. He later learned the shoemaker's trade, which he afterward followed in connection with farming until he was fifty years old; and he succeeded to the ownership of the property after his father's death. He remained at the homestead until 1890, when he sold the farm. Then, retiring from active labor, he has since occupied his present residence in the village.

On October 13, 1846, Mr. Draper was united in marriage with Caroline F. Chickering. She was born in Dover, February 22, 1826, daughter of Daniel and Orpha (Burbank) Chickering. Her father, who was a native of Dover, and resided in this town and in Medfield, was twice married. By his first union, which was with Caroline Lovell, there was one son, Cyrus, who is now deceased. His second wife, in maidenhood Orpha Burbank, had three children: James, who is deceased; Caroline F., who is now Mrs. Draper; and Almira, who died at the age of nineteen. In politics Mr. Draper acts with the Republican party, but could never be induced to accept a nomination to any public office. Mrs. Draper is a member of the Congregational church.

PHLANDER BATES, a well-known boot and shoe merchant of Cohasset, Norfolk County, secretary of the Cohasset Mutual Fire Insurance Company and an ex-member of the Massachusetts legislature, wa# born in South Weymouth, September 16, 1836. His parents were Warren and Harriet N. (Vining) Bates, natives of South Weymouth, who moved to Cohasset about the year 1840.

Philander Bates was reared and educated in Cohasset; and at the age of nineteen he began work in a shoe factory in his native town, where he remained some years. In 1861 he returned to Cohasset, and opening a retail boot and shoe store has carried on the business up to the present time.

In politics he is a Republican, and in 1874 he was chosen Selectman, Assessor, and Overseer of the Poor. He has held the first two offices continuously since that time, having been chairman of the Board of Selectmen for several years; and with the exception of two years he has served as Overseer of the Poor. In 1880 he represented Cohasset, Scituate, and Norwell in the legislature. In January, 1895, he was appointed secretary of the Cohas- set Mutual Fire Insurance Company. He is a Deacon of the Second Congregational Church, and for a number of years has been superintendent of the Sunday-school.

(UCIUS W. DANIELS, a leading farmer of the town of Franklin, son of Fisher and Ann (Fames) Daniels, was born April 5, 1839, on the farm where he now resides. The homestead was first occupied by his great-grandfather, David Daniels, who came to this town from East Medway; and it has now been in the family one hundred and forty years. David's son Joseph, who was born on the place, carried on the farm and also conducted a country store. His wife was Susan Fisher, a native of Franklin. Their thirteen children were named as follows: Seth, Fisher, Albert E., Hiram, Darwin, George, Charles, Julia, Myra, Susan, Martha, Harriet, and Caroline. The only survivor is Harriet, who is the widow of Mortimer Blake, and is living at Hyde Park, Norfolk County, with her son.