Norwood Town

Statistics

Willard. - Henry F. Woodman, Principal ; Misses Vessie Woodman,* Kate T. Clark,* Mary T. W. Dewing, Mary L. Pierce, Emily A. Bosworth, Emeline A. Newcomb, Nellie Fegan, Mary A. Spear, Katie Desmond, Assistants, 485 "

Stetson School, under charge of Board of Trustees, consisting of Daniel Howard, Charles Howard, Dr. T. T. Cushman, and Seth Turner ; Mr. V. H. Dean, Principal; Miss Minnie Jones, Assistant; 70 scholars.

Engines Axd Officers

STOCGnTOS. RISING STAR. Instituted in 1799. - W.M., Elmer Walker; S.W., D. S. Hall; Treas., George Talbot; Sec, L. A. Thayer; Chap., C. South worth; Marshal, George

Reform Clubs

FOXBOROUGII GOOD SAMARITAN CLUB. Organized by delegation from Stoughton Club, April l'Jth, 1S7G; now has 947 members. Officers elected quarterly. - First Board was as follows: President, J. E. Carpenter; Vice-Presidents, John S. Dill, Charles W. Hodges and Oliver C. Pettee; Secretary, R. Walter S. Blackwell; Assistant Secretary, E. W. Clarke; Treasurer, Ira B. Richmond. Present Board: President, R. W. S. Blackwell; Vice-Presidents, John E. Eonney, John S. Dill, and L. C. Winn; Secretary, 11. W. Carpenter; Assistant Secretary, Fred. E. Butter worth; Treasurer, C. W. Hodges. Since the Club was organized, nearly one thousand dollars have been subscribed and contributed to carry on the work. A now hall, known as "Samaritan Hall," has been fitted up for the Club. In summer, meetings are held in a pavilion seating five hundred parsons. Meetings have been held semi-weekly since the Club was formed. This Club has started clubs in South Walpole, Medfield, Wrentham and East Foxborough. Political and sectarian topics aro excluded from meetings by the constitution. The Ladies' Aid Society, connected with this Club, numbers over fifty members, and has done much good in assisting the poor and furthering the interests of the Club.

Musical Societies

Tho " Stoughton Musical Society," organized in 1780, by singors and players resident in Stoughton, Canton and Sharon, now having a membership of about 500, resident for tho most part in Randolph, Holbrook, Braintree, Brockton, Weymouth, Abington, Easton, and tho above-named original towns, has maintained this long existence without a break in its annual moetings, which have generally fallen on Christmas afternoon and evening, with a hot turkey supper. Of late years this annual meeting, or festival, has been held at Randolph, when not only classical choruses, songs and concerted pieces are sung, but those stirring old tunes of American composition, which our sires sang with such spirit and vigor, arc given with a delight and accuracy second only to the rendering of the fathers.

A cherished object of this society is to keep alive and in esteem the music of the early American composers, unique and weird in its melody, irregular in its harmony, yet having a ring and gush that savor of the eternal songs. RANDOLPH CHORAL SOCIETY. Organized about 1850. - President, Winslow Battles; Vice-President, Dr. C. C. Farnham; Conductor, John Berry Thayer; Secretary and Treasurer, Sauford W. Leach.

Miscellaneous Associations

NORFOLK CONFERENCE OF UNITARIAN AND OTHER CHRISTIAN CHURCHES. - This association which was organized at Dedham, Dec. 5, 18CG, includes churches in Brooklino, Canton, Dedham, Dorchester (1), Dover, Grantville, Ilydo Park, Jamaica Plain, Medfield, Milton, Needham, Quincy, Randolph, Roxbury (2), Sharon, Sherborn, South Natick, Walpole, West Dedham, West Roxbury. President, J. Mason Everett, Canton; Secretary, Rev. Francis C. Williams, Ilydo Park;' Treasurer, Jonathan II. Cobb, Dedham.

Miscellaneous Associations

SAILOR'S SNUG HARBOR, Quincy. For seamen diseased and disabled in the U. S. merchant service. Incorporated May 22, 1852. - President, Thomas Motley; Secretary, J. Francis Tuckerman; Treasurer, William B. Storer; Executive Committee, Thomas Motley, Ebon Bacon, Jos. B. Glover, William B. Storer, Thomas Parsons; Trustees, F. II. Bradleo, J. Q. Adams, W. W. Greenough, Thomas Motley, Thomas Parsons, S. C. Thwiug, Nath'l Emmons, J. Francis Tuckerman, J. B. Kettell, W. B. Storer, David Whiton, W. A. Wellman, L. Saltonstall, J. P. Bayley, J. B. Glover, W. C. Rogers, Ebon Bacon, Geo. B. Upton, George A. Gardner, II. C. Brooks, Wni. E. Perkins, J. G. Whitney, and Collector of the Port of Boston, ex officio.

NATIONAL SAILORS' HOME, Quincy. A homo for sailors, mariners, and others employed in the naval service of the United States, disabled by wounds, sickness, and old age. Incorporated March 14, 1SC5. Homo dedicated Aug. 1, 1SCG. - Trustees, Hon. Alexander II. Rico, President; James L. Little, Treasurer; William Perkins, Samuel C. Cobb, Gen. Charles G. Loring, Peter Butler, Charles J. Morrill, Admiral Charles Steadman, U.S.N., Clerk and Auditor, Joshua Crane; Dr. William L. Faxon, Superintendent and Physician; Mrs. W. L. Faxon, Matron.

DEDHAM UNION. Connected with the First Church, and organized 1873. - President, Winslow Warren; Vice-President, Herbert Maj'nard; Secretary, Miss S. E. Weatherbee, Treasurer, Miss M. L. Talbot; Directors, Miss S. E. Hodges, Eben Hewins, Henry Smith.

Justices Of The Peace

Tho celebration of tho day was under tho direction of a Committee of Arrangements consisting of Francis Tinker, Rev. Georgo Hill, Goo. E. Draper, Francis 0. Winslow and W. E. Locke. A procession was formed at 10 o'clock, which marched to Highland Grove where the exorcises took placo in tho following order: Address of welcome, by Rev. George Hill; Song of welcome, composed by Francis Tinker, and sung by tho Alpine Quartette; Introductory Remarks by W. E. Locke. President of the Day; Prayer, by Rev. J. P. Bixby; Reading of the Declaration of Independence, by Francis 0. Winslow; Music by tho band, and Singing by the quartette, after which Curtis Guild, of Boston, gave a patriotic address suited to tho occasion. Mr. Sanford Mitchell sang the " Sword of Bunker Hill," and the audience joined in singing an original ode, written for the occasion by Rev. Theron Brown, after which addresses were made by Edwin Thompson and others. In tho afternoon a picnic was held in tho grove under tho auspices of the Norwood Reform Club, and in the evening there was au excellent display of fireworks.

At tho annual town meeting, a committee was appointed, consisting of Messrs. Edward Whichcr, Henry F. Barker, and James II. Slacio, to mako tho necessary arrangements for a centennial celebration of tho -ith of July. SCOO was appropriated for tho purpose, and $000 additional was raised by subscription. Tho day was celebrated by exercises in Yale's mammoth tent, erected on land of Mr. James Edwards, on Granite street. A processiou was formed, under tho direction of Edward Whichcr, Chief Marshal, which marched to tho tent, whero James II. Slade presided. Tho exorcises were as follows: Singing, under direction of Mr. John Farley; Reading of the Declaration of Independence, by six young ladies; Opening Address on tho early history of Quincy, by Charles Francis Adams, Jr. ; History of tho First Church, by Edwin W. Marsh; History of Christ Church, by Rev. R. II. Howe; History of tho Universalist Church, by Rev. G. W. Whitney; IIi-t( ry of the Evangelical Church and Society, by Rev. Edward Norton; History of tho Baptist Church, by Rev. C. II. Rowe; Sketches of Quincy, Hancock and Adams, by Professor W. R. Dimmock; of the Public Schools of Quincy, by Col. Parker; and of Quincy during tho late war, by Charles H. Porter. There was also a regatta, entertainments for the children during tho day, and fireworks in tho evening.

Tho town, at its annual meeting, appropriated $300 to defray tho expenso of celebrating tho 4th of July, and choso tho following Committee of Arrangements: J. White Belcher, Jonathan Wales, John F. Kilton, Seth Turner and James A. Tower, with tho Selectmen. Subsequently, the committee organized by the choice of J. Whito Belcher, Chairman, and Jonathan Wales, Secretary. The sum appropriated by the town not being deemed sufficient for the purpose, a Centennial Tea-Party realized a further sum of $300, which was given in aid of the celebration.

On tho 4th of July a procession was formed, under tho direction of Capt. Hiram C. Alden Chief Marshal, which inarched through the principal streets, the houses and public buildings being finely decorated. At two o'clock a meeting of the citizens was held at tho Town Hall, presided over by John T. Flood, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, and an oration was delivered by Rev. John C. Labaree. A display of firoworks in tho ovening closed the celebration.

In tho morning a procession was formed, which marched to High-School Grove, wero tho exercises were as follows : Prayer, by Rev. J. Livsoy ; Music, by a select choir; Reading of the Declaration of Independence, by Francis Capon; Oration, by Halsey J. Boardman, of Boston. At twelve o'clock dinner was served, after which addresses were made by Rev. E. II. Capen, Presidont of Tufts College, and a native of tho town, A. M. Leonard, of Boston, and others. There was a fine display of firoworks in tho evening.

A gathering of citizens was hold at Massapoag-Lako Grove, at which William R. Mann acted as President of tho Day. The Declaration of Independence was read by Rev. A, P. Chute; selections from tho Scriptures were road by Rev. H. C. Weston; and prayer was offered by Rev. Lyman Partridge. George W. Gay gave the history of tho churches, and William I!. Wickes tho early municipal history of the town. Music was furnished by tho Citizens' Brass Band; and vocal music, under tho direction of Sanford Waters Billings, was also given. In tho ovening a bonfire was kindled on Mouse Hill, as in the olden time.

Burning- Of Medfield

Tho Bi-Centcnnial Anniversary of tho Burning of tho Town of Medfiold, by the IndianSj in 1076, was celebrated by tho citizens of tho town, February 21st, 18TG, under the direction of a Committeo of Arrangements, consisting of Rev. C. C. Sowall, llov. J. M. II. Eaton, and Messrs. Jacob R. Cushman, Charles Ilainant, and James Hcwins. Bells wero rung and salutes fired at morning, noon and evening. The literary exorcises took place at the Tun Hall, and consisted of an Opening Address by Rev. Charles C. Sewall, President of tho Day; Prayer, by Itev. J. M. R. Eaton; Singing of St. Martin's by tho audience; Historical Address by Robert R. Bishop, Esq., of Newton, a native of .Med field; and an appropriate poem by James Ilowins, Esq. A recoss was then taken for a collation in tho vestry of tho Unitarian Church. At '2, I\ M., tho oxorcises in the Town Hall wore resumed by singing a bymu, written for tho occasion by Rev. J. 11. Allen, of Cainbridgo, followed by addrosscs from the President of tho Day; Hon. J. B. D. Cogswell, of Yarmouth; Rev. Theron Brown, of Norwood; Henry D. Hyde, Esq., of Boston; Rev. Charles Hammond, of Monson; Mr. D. T. V. Iiuntoon, of Canton; Mr. Edward A. II. Allen, of Sherborn ; Rev. S. W. Bush, (f Boston, and others. The exercises closed with prayer by Rev. Mr. Crane. The proceedings of the day, including the admirable address of Mr. Bishop, have been published in an elegant pamphlet.

Wevslow Park, Norwood

Wiuslow Park, a new park laid out on the corner of Walpole and Chapel streets, Norwood, by George Wiuslow, and his sons, was dedicated on Monday, November Cth. Mr. Francis 0. Wiuslow made the opening address, followed by a patriotic address by Rev. J. P. Bixby. Mr. George Winslow, seventy-six years old, run up a beautiful flag from tho elegant staff which adorns tho enclosure, amidst music by the band and tho shouts of the assembled multitude. The houses in tho vicinity were finely illuminated.

Towx Officers, 1776

Annual meeting, March 4, 1776. Moderator, Samuel Niles; Town Clerk and Treasurer, Elisha Niles. Mr. Niles dying in June, at meeting held July o, Ebenezer Thayer was chosen to fill the vacancy. Selectmen, Assessors, and Overseers of Poor, Norton Quiney*, Esq., Capt. Peter B. Adams, Dea. James Pen ni man, Maj. Edmund Soper, Col. Jonathan Bass, Thomas Penuimau, Esq., Samuel Niles, Esq.; Committee of Correspondence, Inspection and Safety, Capt. Ebenezer Billings, Mr. James Clark, Dea. Daniel Arnold, Col. Ebenezer Thayer, Capt. Nathaniel Wales, Elisha Niles, Capt. Eliphalet Saweu, Mr. Nathaniel Belcher, Jr., Dr. Ephraim Wales; Wardens, Joseph Brackett, Elisha Niles, Samuel Jones; Constables, ('apt. I'eter B. Adams, Joshua Hay ward, Hubart Clark; Tythitiymcn, Samuel Hi--. Samuel Arnold*, Capt. Joseph Hay ward; Fire Wardens, Moses Adams, James Thayer, Seth Man, Jr.; Surveyors of Highways, Dea. Ebenezer Adams, James Clark, Capt. Peter B. Adams, Thompson Baxter, Josiah Veasoy, Pearson Hayward, Jona. Thayer, Capt. Moses French, Samuel Holbrook, Thomas II His, Jr., Dea. Peuniman, Jeromiah Thayer, Daniel White, Simeon Thayer, Samuel Belcher, Peter Thayer, Moses Spear, Capt. Eliphalet Sawing; Committee to support petition to moke Braintree the shire town of contemplated new county, Norton Quiney, Elisha (files, Jonathan Bass, Edmund Soper, Thomas Penniman, Capt. I'eter B. Adams, Capt. Edmund Billings, Mr. Samuel Holbrook and Dr. Ephraim Wales.

White, Esq. ; Committee of Correspondence, Inspection and Safety, Lt. John Heath, Lt. Caleb Croft, Capt. Timothy Corey; School Committee, Dr. William Aspinwall; Constable and Colin-tor, Mr. Elnathan Winchester; Wardens, Samuel Croft, Moses White, Jr.; Surveyors of Highways, Mr. Samuel Croft, Mr. Samuel White, Mr. Joshua Woodward, Mr. Joshua Boylston.

Source changes here: from History of Norfolk County, Massachusetts, with Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men, by Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) Ed, published 1884; 13,790 words in this source stream.

Norwood Town

Thomas W. Slack, served in the Union army in the civil war, was first lieutenant in the Thirteenth Massachusetts Battery, Capt. Nims, was at the siege of |

By Francis Tinker

THE town of Norwood was originally the South or Second Precinct of Dedham. The Neponset River forms its eastern boundary, and from its broad meadows the land gently rises towards the west and northwest, forming a warm and sunny slope, which is decorated with tasteful and pleasant homes ; with church spires, and turrets from the more stately mansions, rising above the leafy canopy, presents to the eye of the beholder a panorama of quiet peace and beauty ;

Everett and others, of Stoughton, and Joseph Smith and others, of Dedham, Dec. 23, 1726, and referred to a committee. The same bounds were described in these petitions as were subsequently granted. Orders of notice were served upon the towns mentioned ; but remonstrance was made, and these petitions were dismissed. The next is a petition of Joseph Ellis and others, stating the great difficulties under which they labor in being so far from church, and that they have a distinct precinct, or that the meeting-house be moved nearer to the centre of the town, which they have refused to grant; and praying that a committee might be appointed by the court to consider their circumstances. This petition was referred to the next General Court, and Messrs. Peabody and Brown, with such as the honorable board shall appoint, were constituted a committee at the charge of the petitioners, to repair to the northerly part of the town of Dedham and view the same, and report to this court on Tuesday the fifth day of December next. On this petition, entered July 4, 1727, they report, - first smoothed these pleasant fields, and caused the "' wilderness to blossom as the rose?" and the feeling springs up that the unrecorded history of one's town is like the unmarked graves of parents, evidences both the want of a proper respect and filial gratitude towards those who have gone before, and who may have sowed in tears where we reap in joy; and if I can but succeed in recalling the names of those who acted so well their part, who aided, however humbly, in laying the foundation of our civil and religious institutions, or rescue from oblivion the memory of even one who gave his life for his country, I shall feel amply rewarded. Whose axe first broke the stillness of the forests, or from whose humble cabin the tell; and if I should attempt to enter this field of inquiry, I might trespass upon what perhaps rightfully belongs to another,' and will pass directly to the first attempts made to secure the organization of a precinct, in order to erect a meeting-house for the public worship of God. The first petitions to the

Town, having attended the said service, report as follows: That viewing the situation, and considering the circumstances, are of opinion that it will be inconvenient to grant the prayer of the petition at present; but for as much as it appears to the Committee that the major part of the petitioners labor under great difficulties in the winter season, in attending the Public Worship of God, by reason of their distance from the Meeting- House, the Committee propose that the Public Worship of God be performed by a Minister, to be provided by the petitioners, in some private house, as near the center as may be, for five months in the year, viz., November, December, January, February, and March, and that there be allowed thirty shillings per Sabbath for the said service, the charge to be borne by the whole Town, and to continue until the further order of the Court, all of which is humbly submitted by order of the Committee. In Council accepted, in the House concurred in, and consented to by the Governor."

From the records of the General Court it appears that sundry other petitions were received from John Everett, of Stoughton, Joseph Smith, John Guild, Samuel Everett, Samuel Bullard, James Fales, and Ebenezer Healy, of Dedham, and a committee appointed to report at the next session of the court, on what they think proper for the court to do in this whole affair. Nov. 19, 1729, the committee made whole their opinion as follows, viz.: that all that part of Stoughton lying on ye westward of Neponset River, and to the Northward of Traphole Brook, to Walpole line, be added to, and incorporated into the Town of Dedham, with all ye inhabitants, which with the Southern part of Dedham, we humbly are of opinion, be made into a distinct Township, the boundaries of ye whole to be as follows: beginning at a place called Purgatory, on Neponset River, where it may most conveniently | p _to procure an "orthodox minister to preach the take ye house and home lot of Josiah Fisher, Jr.; from thence to a place called the Cross ways, taking in ye house and home lot of John Hause; from thence so as to take in ye house and and home lot of John Baker; from thence to the line for the Precinct, at Springfield (now Dover), so as to take in the house and home lot of Amos Fisher; thence by ye said line to Bubbling Brook; and from thence to Walpole line; and by ye said

Public Worship of God, it is therefore humbly proposed that the said House may be ordered in such place and time as a Committee of this court shall appoint, so as to accommodate the inhabitants of Dedham, or of all the inhabitants of this proposed Town, and the Committee propose that the Western part of Dedham be set off by that Town for a Precinct, to be confirmed accordingly, and that the inhabitants thereof be allowed to congregate, as now they do, till the further order of this court, Provided, they do their proportion of the charge of supporting a minister where they leave." were raised and appropriated to secure a preacher for six months, - three months to be at the house of John Hllis,' and three months at the house of Nathaniel Guild, if it can be obtained ; if not, the entire time at the house of John Ellis. Joseph Ellis 'and John Dean were chosen a committee, and instructed in length and thirty-six in width, and erected at the centre of the Precinct; and Ebenezer Dean, Joseph Ellis, William Everett, Nathaniel Guild, and Ebenezer Healy were constituted a building committee, and instructed to procure a frame fit to set up, or raise," and one hundred pounds were granted for that purpose.» Jan. 20, 1731, chose Joseph Ellis* and Samuel Bullard a committee to procure a sworn surveyor

Bounds expressed in the Report of a Committee of this Court, in December last, be erected into a township, and that the Pe- Sent down for concurrence.

Town, and inserting Precinct. Sent up for concurrence. "J. Quincy, Speaker. "Tn council, October 8, 1730. "Read and Concurred. "J. WILLARD, Sec. "Oct. 8, 1730, consented to. "J. BELCHER."

By an additional act John Everett, "a principal inhabitant," was authorized to call the first "' meeting of ye Precinct," and he served his warrant on each person qualified to vote, requiring them in his Majesty's name, to assemble at the house of John Ellis, Oct. 22 At that selected to hold the box on Sabbath days, so that any one might have a chance to contribute something for the support of the gospel, and if one chose, he could write on a slip of paper the amount he would give, with his name, and pay the same some other time, and have it "allowed on his Precinct rate." The time for holding their annual meeting for the choice of officers was fixed for the secoud Monday in March, and has been continued to the present time. May 31, 1731, " the Precinct being regularly assembled at the house of John Ellis,' John Everett was chosen moderator, and then "it was put to vote to see if it be ye mind of ye Precinct to have a loving and friendly conference together; passed in the affirmative period June ye 7th." It was voted to leave the placing of a meeting-house for this precinct to a committee of the General Court, and instructed William meeting John Kverett was chosen moderator; James | Fales, Jr., clerk; John Everett, James Fales, Jr., Ebenezer Healy, assessors, and instructed to call the |

"The committee that was appointed at this session of the General Court, on the 11th day of this June, to repair to the precinct set off some time the last year from Dedham and Stoughton, to view and consider the situation and circumstances thereof, and report what may be proper to be done, do report as follows, viz.: That we have viewed the precinct, considered the circumstances of the land, and heard the pleas and allegations of the people, and find them very unsatisfied among themselves as to a place for the meeting-house to stand on. Then nominated four places several, or separate each from the other, on which, as to ourselves, we would report on any of them. But to make them unite if possible, desired that they would fix on that particular spot of the four, they liked best, on which they called a Precinct meeting, and on the 21st of this June, 1731, voted that it was the mind of the Precinct to fix the meeting-house on the south end of the common land lying between John Cobb's and Dr. Richards; and we considering the circumstances of the whole, as to highways, Judge the Southermost part of said Common Land, that is, that part of it as may be convenient for the Building and accommodation for the Meeting-House itself, is the best place to set it on; all of which is humbly submitted. "JosepH Wapsworra,! in name of the Committee.

and that the Meeting-House in the New Precinct in Dedham and Stoughton be placed accordingly, and the amount of the Committee's time and expense, amounting to the sum of four pounds four shillings be allowed; and be paid by the said Precinct to the Committee.

From the records of the meeting held June 21st, to which reference is made by the Committee of the General Court, it appears the places they selected were Qnion's Knoll, Onion's Bars,' the rye field so called, and the south end of the common land, near the house of Dr. Richards. This spot they selected as the least objectionable of the four, either of which would take the majority of the inhabitants of the precinct nearly half a mile beyond the unfinished house which was erected at a vote passed at the second meeting of the precint, ordering it to be placed at the centre of the precint, as ascertained by a sworn surveyor, and for which one hundred pounds were sum of money to defray the charge of ye Committee | | to answer the Petitions of the Clapboard-tree People. | swer to the Northerly Petitioners the Court Say That Joseph to grant any money to build a meeting-house on the place ordered by the General Court, and confirmed the same again September 3d. During this year the precinct was convened twelve times, and a house for the public worship of God was the burden of their thoughts. A meeting, March 10, 1732, opened with a proposition 'to support preaching by contribution till the Precinct were better agreed,' which was rejected, and December 5th, one hundred and twenty pounds were granted 'to support preaching six months in a house erected near Joseph Ellis,® and no longer, and then six months at the house near Benjamin Fairbanks. This was called the centre meeting-house, and was erected upon the spot ordered at the second meeting of the precinct, in 1730. Feb. 26, 1733, William Bullard, William Everett, Ebenezer Dean, Ebenezer Healy, and James Fales, Jr., the house of John Cobb, and to establish ye place according to the vote of the precinct, and to order the three hundred pounds already granted, to be laid out on the said centre meeting-house. This called forth the following order from the General Court, on the

"Ordered," on the said Petition, 'That the prayer of the Petition be so far granted, as that the Inhabitants of the Precinct within-mentioned, do within the space of twelve months from the date hereof, erect and finish a Meeting-House at the place stated by a committee of this Court, the 24th day of June, 1731, the Petitioners with their Estates be hereby, and are set off from said Precinct, and again laid to the first Precinct, in the Town of Dedham, whereunto they originally belonged; in the House of Representatives Read: and concurred. Con- J. Belcher, Gov." Three other Petitions were presented to the General Court by Joseph Ellis and his Friends, enumerating their grievances, and the determination of the Inhabitants not to depart from the place first marked out by the surveyor as the Centre of the Precinct; and the controversy was only closed by the Precinct Petitioning the General Court for a '' Committee to come and view the situation, and circumstances of the Precinct, and more especially of the Northerly Petitioners, and to set off to the old Precinct in Dedham, as many of said northerly Petitioners as upon their view they and the Honorable support of ye gospelin them; and to Statea place for a Meeting-House for the remaining Precinct; and Ebenezer Dean, William Everett, William Bullard, and James Fales were appointed a Committee to manage the affairs, and

In antheir Estates, be laid back tothe Old Precinct; the others to remain in the South Precinct." In response to the Committee from the Precinct the Committee from the General Court Report, " Having naturally considered the same, as well as that

== 3 A frame had been erected between the house of Jonathan Onion and Joseph Ellis and covered with boards but never finished till after the division of the precinct.

said Guild's fence, in the quarter of an acre of land given and granted to the Said Precinct, by the said Dean, under his hand and seal acknowledged, as may appear; all of which is submitted by the order of the Committee. SaMuEL THAXTER. "Tn Council read and accepted. "Tn the House of Representatives read and concurred. J. Beicuer, Governor.'

Sept. 12, 1734, the precinct instructed William Bullard and Ebenezer Dean to petition the General Court ' for liberty to rate all the meadows which lie that live in, and may be inhabitants of, Dedham, which report was accepted by the Council and House of Representatives, and approved by the Governor. It is a matter of record that during this long and perplexing controversy, the southerly part of the precinct never for once asked their brethren from the northerly part to even cross the centre of the precinct.

Jan. 4, 1735, the. precinct ' voted to build a meeting-house on the land formerly Ebenezer Dean's, which is the place a committee of the Great and General Court has ordered a meeting-house to be erected" for said precinct ; and John Everett, William Bacon, John Dean, and Daniel Draper were constituted a committee to carry the above vote into effect, and the balance of the one hundred pounds granted Nov. 9, 1730, were appropriated for that purpose. February 6th a further grant of one hundred and fifty pounds was made, and Nathaniel Lewis and John Farrington September 11th, voted "to give a minister a call to settle with them," and granted him as a settlement two hundred pounds, and an annual salary of one hundred and twenty pounds, and sixteen cords of wood, so long as' he should continue with them in the gospel ministry. Draper, Nathaniel Colburn, Richard Ellis, Ebenezer

Kingsbury, Daniel Draper, Jr., Timothy Draper, Hugh Dixon, and William Clark entered their protest '"'because they have a petition in the General Court in hopes to be released from the precinct. On this petition, which was entered Jan. 16, 1735, and on March 26, 1736, the General Court passed the following order:

"That the petitioners with theiv estates, from and after the term of three years from this time, be and hereby are dismissed from the South Precinct and are annexed to their neighbors at the Clapboard-tree, and pay charges there. John Cobb, William Bullard, Nathaniel Lewis, Samuel Farrington, who belong to the South Precinct, are still to be continued to do duty and receive privilege with them as heretofore. The obligation to

April 25th, an affirmative answer was received from Mr. Balch, and June 2d, "agreed to keep a day of fasting and prayer, in order to have an ordination, and granted twenty pounds to meet the expenses of A committee was chosen to procure ministers to carry on the work of the day,'' also a comthe same.

council, and provide entertainment for the same. In compliance with the foregoing vote, June 23d was solemnly observed as a day of fasting and prayer. The Rev. Messrs. Dexter, of Dedham, Cotton, of Providence, Dunbar, of Stoughton, and Payson, of

"Jan. ye 9,1738. By an act of the General Court, Capt. Ezra Morse and his sons, Ezra, Jr. and Joseph, with their estates, were set off from Walpole and annexed to Dedham, and ham, and the Neponset River is made the dividing line between the towns of Dedham and Stoughton. 'The original line being about one mile west of that river; and a few years later a considerable portion of the estate of Nathaniel Summer, Esq., was set off from Sharon and annexed to Dedham to do duty and 1740, at the annual and seventeen in breadth, near the house or frame of James Thorp, on the southwesterly side of the same; and forty pounds were appropriated for that purpose.

'In 1740 the British Government fitted out an expedition against the Spanish West India Islands, and Massachusetts was Samuel Haven, Esq., in the second Centennial address at Dedham, tells us that 'six men from the south parish in Dedham alone, of this town The names of only two have been preserved, Eleazer Farrington and Walter Hixon." between England and France, was proclaimed in Boston. Jan. 26, 1745, the General Court, after debating the subject all day, approved of the expedition against Louisburg, on the island of Cape Breton, as planned by Governor Shirley ; and Col. William Pepperell, of Kittery, Me., then a part of Massachusetts, was appointed to the command. Says the Rev. Thomas Balch, pastor of this church, '"' Having an inclination, and being desired by the Committee of War, to attend the army as one of the chaplains in the expedition against Cape Breton, I accordingly obtained the consent of my people on March 11, 1745, and on the 13th took my leave of my family and people. at Canso, on the 2d day of April, sailed from Canso to Cape Breton, on April 29th, entered into Chapeaurouge Bay the next morning, and soon after went onshore. The siege of Louisburg continued until sion of that strong and important place, upon terms of capitulation. land July 11th. Arrived in safety at Boston on the 27th of said month, 1745, Laus Deo."!

Lieut. Ebenezer Sumner died soon after his return, aged twenty-three years. brother-in-law, and a young man of much promise. John Thorp lived to reach Boston, and died there. Nathaniel Coney, aged forty years, and Samuel Thorp, aged thirty-three years, died at Cape Breton. Hugh Delap, a skillful gunner and engineer, was killed at the siege, by the bursting of a cannon. of this precinct returned, also Samuel and William Wetherbee's names are given by Mrs. Ellis as members of this expedition.

10f Mr. Balch's three sons, two died in the service of their country, - -Thomas (1), aged eighteen years, at Albany, in the first campaign against Crown Point. Thomas (2), n memory of his brother, was taken prisoner while serving on one of our war vessels during the Revolution, carried to Halifax, and died there.

chased at a fearful loss of life ; six worthy citizens from this little community fell victims to the hardships and privations they were forced to endure.

In 1743, from a contribution made by sundry individuals a lot of land was purchased of Mr. David Fales for the use of the precinct. In 1745 voted to take down the hindermost body seats, in order to ac-

November of this year chose Nathaniel Sumner precinct clerk, and assessor in place of Capt. Eleazer Fisher, who died in Boston, on his way home from

Again the sound of war is heard in our little community, the hosts of England and France are contending for the supremacy in North America. Massachusetts, ever faithful to the mother-country, calls her sons to arms, and Capt. Eliphalet Fales with his company treads his way through the wilderness to the shores of Lake George, with First Sergt. Moses Fisher, Corp. Benjamin Holden, William Woodcock, John Hawse, John Scott, Ebenezer Everett, David Fairbanks from the South Precinct ;

| Timothy Ellis, Samuel Richards, and five others Quite a number of Mr. Balch's parishioners (if not a company) must have accompanied him in this ex- | from Dedham; Lieut. Ephraim Wesson and eleven men from Groton; clerk, from Littlen; Samuel Boyden, drummer, and three men from Medfield; three from Walpole ; two of whom were negro servants, and Samuel Pogent, an Indian, from Natick. Capt. Fales' enlistment dates April 5, 1745, and his term of service was thirty-nine weeks and three days. The Massachusetts troops were placed under the command of Gen. William Johnson, of New York, and were engaged in the bloody battles of September 8th, in which the French under Baron Dieskau were defeated, and their commander mortally Of Capt. Fales' company First Sergt. Moses Fisher and John Scott from troops of France and their Indian allies on one side and the men of New England and New York, who had left their har- Four hundred of their number had fallen, but they were victors. Not a British soldier or officer

6 Ror 4 Fire arms Lost in Battle, 2 Lh................008. £8. " Namely, Sargent Moses Fisher, John Scott, Joseph Richardson, Isaac Patch. "The above mentioned lost their blankets. " Also Timothy Callahan, "Timothy Hillis, 6 im all, U2. .......0.coseseecensse 38. 12d " 1 Gun Lost by Nicholas Halsey.........0..s0000 2 "To my Subsistence while making up my Muster Roll, 15 days 1/6...... SCO Sn06d6 cscococeecddouond acuGonKG Me Py 1G) "For 2 Days Travel from Dedham to Boston to make up the Rolls, 48......ccccsesressvescssee seveees *. 8 £15 2 6 '"HLIPHALET FALES.

Capt. Elephalet Fales appearing before me the subscriber and made oath to the truth of the within muster Roll. "Samwven Miuuer, Justice of the Peace." }

From Capt. William Bacon's* muster-roll, made Oct. 11, 1756, by the muster master-general of the provincial army, we copy the following in order that we may see through what fearful trials the blessings we We can trace their toilsome march even now by the trail of the sick and departed ones. At the date of this return two had fallen in battle or been taken prisoners, namely, Joenjoy were secured.

siah Lyon and Kbenezer Pratt ; George Cleveland, William Smith, Benjamin Leidiot, Joseph Ephraim, Hosea Abraham ; and twenty-three were sick, and from these we must add to the fatal roll Thomas Balch, son of the Rev. Thomas Balch, who died at Albany; Solomon Bullard, at Leicester, on his return; Timothy Lewis, at Lake George ; John Woodcock, at Fort Edward; Joseph Lyon, sergeant, at Stillwater; William Lewis and Joseph Whittemore,' at Albany. June 22, 1759, Hleazer

Everett died at- Fort Cumberland; Nov. 20, 1760, Simon Pittee, on his return from Crown Point ; and December 10th, James Weatherbee, soon after his return from Montreal.* Other soldiers were undoubtedly drawn from our precinct, but I have not succeeded in securing their names.

1 This was attached to the muster-roll. 2 Capt. William Bacon was one of the fifteen original members who formed the church in this place, and probably never | fully recovered from the sickness contracted in this campaign. Died May 21, 1761, in the forty-fifth year of his age. Capt. Bacon's company was mostly from the towns of Dedham, Roxbury, and Walpole.

| Psalms, and " voted that all the school money should be laid out in women schooling." 1762, March 4th, "voted to build a new meeting-house, and chose a committee of twelve to select a suitable place, and report at some future meeting." March 14, 1763, in the singing the Psalms on the Lord's day; and in order to prevent discord and secure harmony, nine more by vote were 1763 the bounds between the two parishes were renewed and defined as follows : from thence North one de- The distance between ye meeting Houses is one and a half mile and thirty three rods. "EBENEZER EVERETT, " HLIPHALET FALES, " Committee of the South Precinct. "Tsaac WHITING, "ToHapop Gay, " Committee of the Clapboard-Tree."

"We began at Purgatory Hole, so called; thence run Northwesterly to a White Oak tree with stones around it, in land of Joseph Wight; thence to a heap of Stones at the Northeasterly Corner of Land now belonging to Dea. Wm. Avery; thence more northerly to the eastwardly corner of land now belonging to Capt. Daniel Gay; thence more westerly to the Cross ways near the house of Jeremiah Dean; and are of opinion that said line ought to be the dividing line between said Precincts, and for the future to be esteemed as such, excepting such lands as have since the setting off the South Precinet been by the General Court laid to the First Parish in Dedham, which is humbly submitted.

March, 1762, voted to build a meeting-house, and chose twelve to select and secure a suitable place to erect the same; but objection was made to the several

5 On the division of the parish the committee of the General Court fixed the dividing line midway between the two parishes ; then placed the estate of Benjamin Fairbanks which lay en- tirely south and east of that line to the West Parish, and he was a member of that church; but upon the records connected with "December 18, 1757, died

1768, that a union of sentiment was secured, where we find the following record: "Tt is not only a disgrace to this Parish, but a reproach to amongst us for want of a place to meet in, as the old meetinghouse cannot stand long in its present ruinous condition. We all readily grant that a better meeting-house is wanted, and efforts have been made to come into peaceable methods so as to fering sentiments as to the place on which to build it. However, we would not altogether give over the matter, being persuaded that a little moderation, candor, and condescension would so compromise things as that so good and necessary a work might go on. We, therefore, the subscribers, inhabitants on the northerly side of Neponset River, will, and do, hereby agree that a meeting-house should be erected on the land of the heirs of Benjamin Fuller, deceased, at the head of Penniman's Lane, so called, as near the corner of his orchard as the land will allow, if our brethren and friends on the southerly side of said river will meet us there; and we can go on united in love and peace, and we desire that a meeting may be called to see if such a union may be effected.'' This invitation was signed by thirty members of the parish, and received the following response "We who live on the southerly side of

'Voted to dig a hole 15 inches deep under every Post of the Meeting-House, To which Mr. David Fisher desired that his protest might be entered." Nov. 17, 1768, commenced their preparation to build, and June 26, 1769, was fixed upon for putting up the Each person who desired was permitted to furnish his proframe of the new and second meeting-house.

March 20, 1774, granted the sum of £73 8s. 6d. towards paying the funeral expenses of the Rev. Mr. Balch. On the death of Mr. Balch the precinct chose John Ellis, David Fisher, and Aaron Guild a committee to supply the desk. April 16, 1776, " voted to concur with the church in extending a call to the Two hundred pounds were

Jan. 5, 1770, it was " voted to sell the old meetinghouse at auction, reserving the right to use the same till October 1." March the 12th, in the disposal of the pews of the new church, it was voted, " to set the highest pew at five pounds, lawful money, and then to abate one shilling and four pence on every several choice, falling one shilling and four pence upon every pew till the whole were sold; and that he that was highest on the rate should have his first choice, and that every one should have his choice according to the tax he paid." And thus the fathers in their time

We will now for a moment turn to the opening scenes of the Revolutionary war, to Samuel Adams' '"ever-glorious morning," and repeat the roll-call of our little band who hurried towards the scene of action on the 19th of April, 1775:

"Art. 6. To see if the Precinct will cause the practice of reading the Psalms in the Public Worship by the Deacons to be discontinued, and will vote to provide books for themselves that so that part of Divine service may be performed in a more manly | and rational manner for the future. Dismissed from the warrant by vote.

2 Forty pounds were granted to pay for the expense of the ordination and for the five guns bought for the parish, and ' July 3d was appointed for his ordination.

" William Bullard, within named, appeared personally, made solemn oath that the within pay-roll, by him subscribed, was, according to his best knowledge and judgment, just and true.

"Tn Council, March 27th, 1776, Read and allowed, and | there upon ordered that a warrant be drawn on the Treasurer | for 44 pounds 12 shillings and 8 pence, and three farthings, in | full discharge of the within roll.

There were others from this parish who hurried forward. Mr. Israel Everett, who lived where Mr. Rooney now lives, and in memory of whom Everett Street was named, was wounded, but the names are so similar in the several parishes of the town I shall only give the names of some few, of whose residence - there is no doubt, leaving the remainder for some In Capt. Joseph Guild's company, First Parish, in the Northern campaign of 1775 and 1776, we find three sons of Zebediah Clark (Archelus and - Samuel, who died at or near Ticonderoga), Robert | Little and Benjamin Fisher, Jr. (who died at the | same place), Daniel Clark, Sergt. Eliphalet Thorp, | Edward Bullard, Ebenezer Sumner, John Smith, | Aaron Guild, John Rugles, Abner Pettee, John | Smith. In Capt. John Gay's company, from the | West Parish, occur the names of Sergt. William Everett, Silas Everett, Hezekiah Turner. Of Capt. Aaron Guild's company of three months' men a large number were from this parish. Some persons made several campaigns, and there is | but little doubt that every able-bodied person of | suitable age was called upon to do military duty at In the spring of 1776 two soldiers on the march for | New York died, one at Capt. Ebenezer Everett's | and one at the house of Mr. Benjamin Fisher. No | Peacefully they

It is hardly possible for us at the present day to conceive of the hardships and sufferings the Revolutionary fathers were called to endure. The province tax of the town of Dedham in 1775 was three hundred and seventy pounds, six shillings, nine pence, and one farthing; in 1778, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven pounds, thirteen shillings, and ten pence, and it was required to be collected and paid into the State treasury by the first day of October. In | addition to this increased taxation, frequent requi- | sitions were made for beef, blankets, shirts, shoes, and | stockings, enough at least to supply the town's quota By a vote of the town the quota of men from each precinct was to be in proportion to the taxes paid by each, and the several precincts assumed the business of paying such soldiers

_as were members of their own body or employed by | them.' their quota of men for the Continental service with- _ out the town's bounty or any part of it, their propor-.

tion of the taxes assessed for paying this bounty is committed to the constable of that precinct to be disposed of as the precinct shallsee fit. Butif the precinct was prompt in filling its quota, they were most negligent in preserving the names of those who took for their country.' On the books of the church we find the names of some few who died in the service ; but if no other record existed except that preserved in the parish, it might truly be said, " the dead live, and the living die." From a report made by a committee constituted in 1787 to examine the accounts of the that the whole amount committed to Kliphalet Fales was nine hundred and thirty-six pounds, twelve shillings, nine pence, and three farthings; that the treasurer had paid out seven hundred and seventy-two pounds, seventeen shillings, eight pence, and three farthings. One hundred and forty-five pounds, four shillings, and seven pence remain in the hands of the treasurer, and one hundred and sixty-three pounds, fifteen shillings, and one penny uncollected, which they value at seventy- Allowing the same depreciation as was made by the committee on what was paid by the treasurer, it would not vary much from twelve hundred dollars in our present currency. When we reflect upon theirscanty means, their small numbers,' and the greatness of that power which they defied, we bow in reverence before their lofty heroism and devotion to those great principles which they held God had established, and which no human

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Boston, or trod the frozen snows of Canada, were too loyal to revolt against the constituted authorities of the State, and promptly responded to the requisition upon' Capt. Gay, for twelve men for thirty days, to march in midwinter to Worcester, to protect the courts and disperse the deluded followers of Capt.

The pews on the lower floor, thirty-three in number, were apprized at one dollar each, and the sixteen on the second floor at seventy-five cents each, amounting to forty-five dollars* Mr. Homer Fales was killed by the falling of some timbers, and Mr. Leonard Fisher was slightly injured, May 14, 1828. Dec. 16, 1829, the Rev. William Cogswell, D.D., was dismissed, to take the general agency of the American Education Society, and the Rev. H. G. Park was ordained the next day, and continued the pastor until Sept. 23, 1835. March 2, 1836, Mr. Calvin Durfee was installed, and tendered his resignation Feb. 23, 1851,

March 12th died the Rev. Jabez Chickering, for thirty-six years the pastor and teacher of this parish. April 26, 1815, Rev. William Cogswell was ordained as his successor. new meeting-house, and chose a committee of fifteen to select a suitable place to locate the same. At a subsequent meeting they reported they could not agree. Seven were then chosen, and their report was Up to this period their expenses had been met by direct taxation upon the polls and estates of the members of the parish. They now vote to secure the same by subscription. March 28, 1828, thirtyfive members close their connection with the first sothe same.

society called Universalist. they renew their vote to build, and again constituted a committee of fifteen, who reported that the place where the house of Mrs. Abigail Everett stands is the most suitable for the said meeting-house, and that the land can be obtained at a reasonable price, and that individuals agree to clear the land of the buildings free of expense to the society,' which report was accepted, and it was voted to build the said house " by a subscription of shares." The land was valued at one hundred and fifty dollars, and the shares, sixty in

Oct. 1, 1866, Rev. Joseph P. Bixby commenced his labors as acting pastor. May, 1878, after twelve years of active and useful labor, tendered his resignation, to take effect in accordance with the terms of the contract.

Rev. Ellis Mendell, the present pastor, was ordained June 4, 1879, and with his society will soon take possession of their new and tasteful edifice, which is erected on the spot marked out by a committee of the 'Great and General Court" in 1734, and where the fathers of the church covenanted to walk together in peace and love. Says Mr. Worthington in his history of Dedham, published in 1827, "No church quarrel or discord has been known to have existed worthy of notice," and the same may be said of it to-day.

The Universalist Society. - The petition for its incorporation bears date Oct. 8, 1827, and was signed by Jeremiah Draper® and thirteen others. On the

3 March 27, 1882, the parish " voted to adopt Chapter 15 of the acts of the year 1882, and the corporation styled the Proprietors of the Congregational Meeting-House in the Second Parish in Dedham, established by Chapter 24 of the acts of the year 1829, is hereby dissolved, and the rights, privileges, and property of the proprietors vested in the First Congregational Parish in Norwood."

5 The council say in " coming to this result, hear with special pleasure the testimony of Mr. Durfee to the punctual and generous manner in which his salary has generally been paid, we wish to commend their fidelity in this respect, and to hold it up as an example to others."

6 Jeremiah Draper was the son of Dr. Philip and Mehetabel Draper, born April 19, 1789; a graduate from Harvard; commissioned a justice of the peace; owned a farm near the Sharon

Dedham is designed to be a temple for the worship of the one living and true God, as the universal Parent of mankind, who will have all men to be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth." June 14, 1830, their meeting-house was dedicated, He was assisted in the services by the Rev. Messrs. Bal- lou, Streeter, and Frieze. June 17th, of this year, Rey. Alfred V. Bassett was ordained as pastor and teacher of the society. He was a young man of fine talents and an able preacher. His pastorate was closed by death Dec. 26, 1831, and clothed his people in the habiliments of mourning. His successor, the Rev. Rufus S. Pope, supplied the desk some three years from September, 1833, and left many

Mrs. Sumner joined, and a few others, till Mr. Sumner finally offered to stop rum-selling forever if any one would buy his stock on hand. Mr. Thompson was a poor man, receiving but three hundred dollars a year, but he bought the liquor, pledging his little

Sumner kept his word, line. Joseph Sumner, son of Nathaniel and grandson of Deacon Nathaniel Sumner, born April 28, 1797; died Sept. 13, 1877. Of Mr. Stone nothing is left on record.

The first sermon was preached | prior to this time in the hall of the hotel by the Rev. | _ greatly increased. The Rev. Messrs. T. B. Thayer, Hosea Ballou, Bal- | four, and Streeter supplied the society occasionally. |

_ came president of the society in this place." When Mr. Thompson closed his labors here he could look back and see that the society had more than doubled its numbers during his ministry and its moral power His faithful and untiring labors in the cause of temperance have made his name an honored one, and enrolled him among the benefactors of mankind.

Rev. Charles H. Webster was settled June 25, 1846, and remained four years. Rev. N. C. Hodgdon, who came in 1850, remained but a short time. |

In June, 1856, the Universalist Church was organized, and J. KE. Hartshorn and Willard Gay, Esq., Mr. Fisher resigned his charge to accept of a professorship in the Canton Theological Seminary, New York. His successor in the ministry, Rey. A. R. Abbott, remained two years. Rev. J. H. Farnsworth occupied the pulpit for a short time, and

In 1865 a meeting of the society was called to take into consideration the subject of enlarging, selling, or building a new meeting-house, and the Hon. Joseph Day, George B. Talbot, and Lyman Smith constituted a committee to take all legal steps necessary to They each subscribed two thousand dollars, and others united time the committee received their instructions, and dedicated to the worship of God. Mr. Leonard resigned on account of ill health. His successor, the Rey. George Hill, was installed February, 1865, and for seventeen years ministered to-this people; resigned his charge July, 1881.

Mr. Hill, at the close of his pastorate, can see his society, which less than fifty years ago was few in numbers and forced its pastor to depart because he | spoke against the greatest moral pestilence that ever rested upon this community, now stands forth strong in numbers, influence, and power in this noble cause.

The Baptist Society. - The first public meeting of the Baptist people was held in Union Hall, Aug. 8, | 1858, - sermon by Rev. Joseph B. Breed, of Woon- socket, R. I. Breed was constituted their pastor according to their established usages. Jan. 2, 1859, the record says, " Brother Messer was to-day baptized; this is probably the first time that the ordinance of baptism by | immersion was ever administered in South Dedham." | | same year.

Rev. J. W. Lothrop, of Medfield; sermon by the | ate, and their church edifice was enlarged and rededi- B. W. Gardner; reading of a hymn by Rev. J. R. |

May 4, 1860, Mr. Breed preached his farewell discourse. the Rev. James J. Tucker, of Worcester, to become their pastor. Sept. 1, 1860, he commenced his labors. His health failing, leave of absence was granted him, but death closed his pastorate Jan. 13, 1864."

last day of September. George G. Fairbanks, of Somerville, occupied the pulpit till March 7, 1869, when he was dismissed to accept a call from the Baptist Church in Middleboro', was accepted, and he continued pastor until April 6, 1876, when he was dismissed. I. H. Gilbert, of Hyde Park, assumed the duties of the pastorate. March 13th, at the annual meeting of the church, it was ' resolved to take all legal steps to renew the existence of the society in connection with the church,' which was consummated April 9, 1877. Oct. 12, 1878, Rev. Mr. Gilbert's resignation was accepted, that he might take the pastorate of the Baptist Church in Medfield. Rev. W. A. Worthington supplied the desk from May 4, 1879, to Sept. 12, 1880, when he tendered his resignation. The present pastor, B. W. Barrows, commenced his labors immediately after Mr. Worthington's departure.

The St. Catherine Church being connected with the St. Mary's Church, Dedham, and forming one pastorate, I can say but little. For the few facts recorded I am indebted to the courtesy of Mr. Edwin Fahy.

Universalist society. After remodeling, it was dedicated with appropriate ceremonies August 3d of the Soon after it was transferred from the pastoral care of the Rev. P. O. Beirne, of Roxbury, to the care of Rev. John B. Brennon, of Dedham. Not far from 1874, Mr. Brennon was placed at Medfield, and Rey. D. J. O. Donovan assumed the pastorcated. On account of failing health, and being unable to perform the duties of so large a pastorate, he closed his labors, and was succeeded by the Rev. R. J. Johnson, the present pastor. In 1854 the coneregation connected with this church numbered about one hundred, at the present time (1854) some eight

First Congregational Church. - June 23, 1736, after a day of fasting and prayer, the following persons entered into the church covenant: Thomas Balch, Samuel Bullard, John Everett, John Dean, James Fales, Jr., Samuel Fuller, William Bacon, Eleazer Fisher, Samuel Holmes, Jeremiah Kingsbury, Ezra Morse, William Everett, Nathaniel Guild, Ebenezer Dean, and Nathaniel Lewis. It would be pleasant to transcribe in full the covenant into which they entered, because it gives so perfect an idea of the character of the men who founded this ancient church, but its length precludes the idea.. It remains a precious memento of their faith and piety. June 30, 1736, Rev. Thomas Balch was ordained over this infant church and precinct as its pastor and teacher. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Walter, of Roxbury, from John xvii. 10, " All mine are thine, glorified in them." singing two stanzas

"Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that 7s mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.

Mr. Balch was a native of Charleston, born Oct. 17, 1711, graduated at Harvard, 1733, married to Miss Mary Sumner, of Roxbury, Oct. 11, 1737; died Jan. 8, 1774, aged sixty-two years, two months, and eleven days, making his ministry thirty-seven From all the affections, and labored assiduously for their temporal and spiritual welfare. From the records of the church during his ministry one hundred and _ seventy-one persons were received "into full communion," ninetythree recognized or owned the covenant, nine adults and six hundred and twenty-eight children were baptized. One hundred and forty-eight couples were and forty-five funerals, some of which were out of the limits of the precinct. A large number of collections to continue unto this day, and as all things are preserved by Him, so he rules and governs them according to his will. This doctrine of universal dominion and providence of God is here laid down. He doeth according to his will in the army of Heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth. A subject well worthy of our contemplation, and not inappropriate at this time." * God exercises his absolute dominion meeting-house on Tower Hill, in South Kingston ; another, of considerable an amount, for the poor Acadians when forced from their homes by the royal affairs of the world in general are ordered and determined by Him. His is the kingdom, and He is the Governor among the nations, and his mandate reaches the utmost bounds of creation. " What an exalted idea does this aive us of the divine majesty, and how glorious and adorable must that God be." '"War must be managed with a view to peace. Soa time of peace must be improved to prepare for war." ''Have we not seen the importance of well-disci- ''Well-accomplished and skillful soldiers will be more than ever necessary for us in the future." 'The time may come even his brethren in the gospel ministry in general." He took a deep interest in the young people of his charge, and delivered a series of lectures for their improvement, which were repeated by request in Rox- | the earth." After referring to the occasion which called forth these words from the once proud, but now humbled king of Babylon, he continues, " He form deep plots against us, and endeavor to put them in execution by the point of the sword." * Then, "Is it not wisdom to cherish a martial spirit, and in time 'Let us look to Him in whom it pleased the Father that all fullness should dwell, for grace and strength to enable us to prosecute our Christian warfare, till death shall discharge us from the fatigues and turmoils of this transitory life, and we put on the garlands of immortality to reign with our victorious Redeemer in the realms of a glorious and undisturbed peace, through the endless ages of eternity."

After the death of Mr. Balch it was about two years and a half before the settlement of the Rev. on July 3, 1776, the day before Mr. Chickering was a native of Dover, and was born Nov. 4, 1753; graduated from Harvard University in 1774; studied theology with the Rev. Benjamin Caryl; married Miss Hannah Balch, April 22, 1777, a daughter of his Seventy-eight were added to the church, predecessor. two hundred and three couples were joined in marriage, and two hundred and eighty-two were borne to It is told by aged people who remember him, that he was were equally attached to him. It is asserted, in the discourse delivered at his funeral, that for some of the last years of his life he expended the whole of | his salary in relieving objects of distress in his vicinity, and in subscribing money for religious and literary purposes. The youth of to-day should hold him in kind remembrance, for he really laid the foundation of our public library. and the income from his |

It is said that Mr. Chickering left no printed discourses except a charge given at the ordination of the Rev. Mr. Richey, of Canton, and the right hand of fellowship at the ordination of the Rev. Joshua Bates, of the First Church, Dedham, whieh for beauty of | sentiment and expression is seldom equaled, and | '' Before the morning stars sang together, or all the sons of God shouted for joy, God was happy in the perfection of | his own nature.

But in his manifestation to man he has revealed himself, communicating happiness to his creatures, through the medium of love; for God is love, and the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ ex- | hibits the divine benevolence, causing mercy and | truth to meet together, and righteousness and peace | us to each other. good-will to man, was the song of the multitude of the heavenly hosts at the birth of the Saviour, whose life was one great example of benevolence and love. | At death, what had he to bequeath? Peace I leave | with you, my peace I give unto you." .. . " Love to | God and man, was by the Saviour made the criterion of our relation to Him, and interest in the blessings of | even Christ, and all we are brethren. + aBreth-)) ren of this church of Christ, we, the elders and mes- | sengers of the churches salute you, and with you rejoice that the eminent abilities and usefulness of your senior pastor have been so long continued. Need we exhort you to remember and honor the aged priest so long as he liveth; we also rejoice that the pastor now inducted to office was so highly esteemed for his work's sake, as to be the man of your unanimous > choice. May your mutual affections be as the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the | mountains of Zion, for there the Lord commanded | the blessing, even life for ever more." Mr. Chickering died March 12, 1812, in the fifty-eighth year of his age, and the thirty-fifth year of his pastorate ; and his remains lie entombed near his people, and the children he loved so well. His successor, the Rev. William Cogswell, was born at Atkinson, N. H., June 5, 1787; graduated at Dartmouth College in 1811, and was principally guided in his theological studies by the Rev. Dr. Worcester, of Salem. During church, sixty-eight were united in marriage, and for one hundred and sixteen he performed the last sad rite. Dr. Cogswell was a ready writer, and one of the ablest divines in the State. Many of his published sermons and addresses can be found in the parish, and so will make no quotations.

His " Assistant to Family Religion,' a duodecimo volume of four hundred and four pages, in a few years passed three editions, and his '' Theological Class Book," published and stereotyped in 1833, was republished in England. " A Catechism on the Doctrines and Duties of Religion," in two parts, passed through several He was dismissed that he might take the general agency of the American Education Society.'

His successor in the ministry, Rev. Harrison G. Park, was ordained by the same council which dismissed Dr. Cogswell. Mr. Park was born at Providence, R. L., July 26, 1806; was graduated at Brown University in 1824. After leaving college he studied law two years with the Hon. Mr. Fisk, of Wrentham, and Bradford Sumner, Esq., of Boston. He studied theology with Dr. Wisner, of Bostor, and at the Theological Seminary, Princeton, N. J. His pastor- Mr. Park was a good sermonizer and After from this place he was settled over the Second Society in Danvers,' and subsequently at Burlington, and at

January 12th of this year, he had been elected a professor in He very soon established '' The Northern Academy of Arts and Sciences,' and in the course of three years he collected twelve hundred bound volumes and five thousand pamphlets, and secured some twenty-two thousand dollars to the funds of the college. Nov. 1843, he was elected president of the Gilmanton Theological Seminary, His last work was to

2 While at Danvers he was called to deliver a funeral discourse in memory of the Rey. Mr. and Mrs. Cowles, pastor of the First Church, who, with his wife, was lost at sea by the

His successor, the Rev. Calvin Durfee, was born in Pittsfield, Mass., Oct. 6, 1797; graduated from Wil- | liams College; studied theology with the Rev. Dr. | Woodbridge, of Hadley; ordained at Hunter, New | York; resigned in 1835; installed March 6, 1836, over the Second Parish in Dedham ; resigned in 1857 ; agent of Williams College. Some of his sermons are preserved in the parish or pastors' library. Dr. Durfee's principal work is the " Annals of Williams,"

Dr. Irenzeus Prime, in his introduction, speaks of it as one of the most extraordinary literary compilations of the present day. He died in 1879, aged eighty-two

Rey. Moses M. Colburn, sixth pastor of the First Church, was born at Fair Haven, Vt., Sept. 17, 1819; graduated from the University of Vermont; | studied theology at the Andover Seminary ; spent fourteen years of pastoral life in South Dedham ; re- | moved to Waukegan, IIl., where he labored four | years. In 1870 we find him at St. Joseph, Mich., where death closed his pastorate in 1876, in the fifty- | seventh year of his age.

Mr. Colburn is spoken of as a faithful pastor and a | good man, as one deeply interested in the youth of | the town and parish, and admirably adapted to guide them in the way to honor and respectability. One _ printed discourse, the '' Cowfortless Christian," re-_ _ mains iu the society.

Rey. Ebenezer Fisher was born in Charlotte, Me. | (then a part of Massachusetts), Feb. 15, 1815. Itis | said he was a lineal descendant of David Fisher, who was here as early as 1730, and died in 1791, aged seventy-four years. Mr. Fisher licensed to | preach in 1840 ; in 1841 was settled at Addison Point, | Me.; May 18, 1747, was installed over the Universalist Church in Salem.

This pastorate continued Oct. 7, 1853, resigned his charge on account of ill health; November, 1853, was installed in due form over the Universalist Society in South Dedham. As a temperance man he pushed forward the good work Mr. Thompson had begun, and exerted a

Canton, N. Y. During his connection of twentyone years with that institution he had seen more than one hundred students, whose minds he had in a great measure moulded and fashioned, settled in He died suddenly Feb. 21, 1879, on his way to his recitationrooms in the seminary.

Deacon John Everett, son of Capt. John Everett, and grandson of Richard Everett, one of the original founders of Dedham, settled in that part of Stoughton which was annexed to Dedham. He married Mercy Brown, Jan. 3, 1700. In the act of incorporation of the precinct, he is named as a " principal inhabitant." On the organization of the church, in 1736, he was elected the first deacon. From the records of the church and parish, he appears to have been an active,

Deacon Ebenezer Everett, son of Deacon John, was born Aug. 5, 1707; married Joanna Stevens ; was chosen deacon Noy. 30,1760; died June 19, 1778. He was the father of the Rev. Moses Everett, ninth minister of Dorchester, and the Rev. Oliver Everett, fourth pastor of the New South Church, Boston, and grandfather of the Hon. Alexander H., and the illustrious orator and statesman, Governor

Capt. and Deacon Ebenezer Everett was born Oct. 7, 1734; Dec. 16,1756, married Abigail Bacon. He was a veteran of the French war; enlisted May 7, 1755 ; marched with Capt. Fales through the wilderness to Albany, from thence to Lake George, and was undoubtedly in the battle of September 8th, as his company was engaged and lost heavily. He was chosen deacon July 30, 1778; died Oct. 1, 1808.

Willard Everett (2) was chosen deacon Oct. 28, 1852; died Nov. 27, 1857, aged thirty-five years. In the midst of an active and highly useful life he passes from us ; " but the righteous shall be in everjasting remembrance.'

When Ezra Morse was driven from his mill-seat, on Mother Brook, the town ''gave him a grant of forty acres of land near the Neponset River, or at the old saw-mill,' or at Everett plain, where he might find He also had leave to erect a saw-mill on Hawes Brook on the way leading to the south meadow. His son Ezra was born Jan. 28,1671. On the formation of the church, 1736, he was chosen deacon, and subsequently gave to the church the meadow-land they now hold, and died Oct. 17, 1760, aged ninety years, honored and respected. Mr. Jonathan Dean, chosen deacon July 18, 1736, continued to fill that office till March 28, 1870, at which time he passed away in the fullness of a ripe

Deacon Nathaniel Sumner, son of Edward Sumner, of Roxbury, born April 10, 1720, was a graduate of Harvard, class of 1739. Studied theology, but never took upon himself the ministerial office ; Oct. 18, 1752, was chosen deacon ; 1768, was sent as a delegate to the convention held in Faneuil Hall. Representative to the General Court for the sessions of 1756-57, 1762, 1769, and -1770, of the Board of the Selectmen for Died Dec. 23, 1802, aged eighty-two years.

Willard Gay, Esq., was born Jan. 3, 1818, appointed justice of the peace in 1858, postmaster in 1861. These offices he continued to hold to the close of life. Assistant assessor United States from 1861 till the district was abolished ; collector till a further alteration was made, and the number of officials reduced. A member of the Board of Selectmen of Dedham for several years, and also of Norwood during the first three years of its existence. On the organization of the Universalist Church, in 1856, he was chosen deacon and treasurer, which offices he continued to hold while his valuable life | was spared.

His education was such as the common dis- | At the age of | sixteen years he left home to learn the currier's trade. | When twenty, he came to South Dedham and en- | gaged as a journeyman in that same business for the | late John Smith. He was absent some four years, eugaged in the same business, and then returned to South Dedham, and joined Isaac Ellis in erecting a paper-mill for the manufacturing of wrapping-paper, - on the spot where Isaac Ellis' mill now stands. In _ two years he returned to his old business of tanning, and opened a shop, where he continued ten or eleven years. In 1844 or 1845 he established, in connection with Mr. A. L. White, the house in Boston now | known as Day, Wilcox & Co. In about eight years Mr. White withdrew from the firm, and Mr. Day received as partners D. W. Wilcox, Lyman Rhoads, and | his son Lewis. In 1864 he withdrew from the firm. He served some years as one of the assessors of Dedham, a director in the Dedham National Bank, a ' representative to the General Court in 1843-44, a senator from Norfolk County in 1856-57 (serving as amember of the Committee on Prisons and Reformatory Institutions).

towards the erection of the Baptist meeting-house, but as his left hand knew not what his right hand did, it is impossible to make any estimate of his benefactions. On the organization of the church, in 1858, he was chosen deacon, and continued in office till his death. He left by will two thousand dollars to the church, the income to be used for the support of the gospel.

Joel M. Baker, born Sept. 9, 1808, was connected with the Baptist Society, and was largely instrumental in building up the same. His gifts, when their meeting-house was in process of construction, amounted to two thousand eight hundred and ninety-five dollars,

1878) he must, at least, have contributed, besides the above gifts, twenty-five hundred dollars more, for his hands were always open and ready to balance the accounts of the society at the end of the year.

Willard 8. Rhoads (son of Deacon Lewis S. Rhoads), enl. in Co. B, 1st Mich. Cav.; pro. com.-sergt. 2d Cav. Brigade ; killed near Centreville, Va., by guerrillas, Nov. 3, 1863.

The town of Norwood contains some six thousand two hundred and thirty acres of land fit for cultivation, with a population of about twenty-five hundred; distant from Boston fourteen and a quarter miles, with easy communication by the New York and New England Railroad. It has four churches already defined, one hotel, three dry-goods stores, six grocery stores, apothecary-shop, three markets, a bakery, and | everything to make it a desirable place for residence.

The first meeting of the citizens of the South Parish, in Dedham, interested in the formation of a town was held in Village Hall, Dec. 22,1871, at. which measures were adopted to secure that end ; and a committee was chosen to appear before the Legislative Committee on Towns, and support the petition of George B. Talbot, and two hundred and fifty-one other legal voters within the limits of the old parish lines, which were adopted with but little variation, for the boundaries of the new town of Norwood, except the reception of a small territory, and a few persons from Walpole, whose business and family interests connect them with us. Feb. 23, 1872, the act | was approved, and March 6th, the citizens celebrated the birth of their town. His Excellency, Governor Washburn, the occasion, and remarked | that he thought it unnecessary to call upon any one outside of their number to give them advice. On looking around the room he saw among the mot- | toes, "' Economy, Responsibility," and he thought by the report of the Committee that that motto was very appropriate. He said '"' each one partook of therepu- |

| tation of his town, and the character of a town partook of the character of its individuals. It becomes of the greatest importance that whatever we possess, whether of wealth or education, should all be consecrated to work for the community's good."' Senator Thomas L. Wakefield, of Dedham, " spoke of the rela-

The Board of Selectmen of Dedham were represented by A. B. Endicott and Benjamin Weatherbee, Esqs. The warrant for the first meeting of the town was drawn by Willard Gay, Esq., and made returnable March 11th. Mr. Gay presided till the clerk was chosen and qualified. Deacon George Lovis was chosen moderator, and the following board of town officers were elected: Samuel E. Pond, J. Edward Everett, Willard Gay, Esq., selectmen ; Tyler Thayer, Caleb Ellis, George H. Morse, assessors ; had served them faithfully (Hon. John C. Park, J. Warren Talbot, and Caleb Ellis), was the following : " Resolved, That the citizens of Norwood, in town- the readiness and courtesy with which the citizens of Dedham and Walpole have assisted us in the inauguration of our new Town; and that the clerk be instructed to present a copy of this resolution to the selectmen of Dedham and Walpole." In 1769 the town of Dedham appropriated to the South Parish, as their proportion of the school money for that year, the sum of eighteen pounds and ten shillings (or fifty-five dollars and sixty-seven cents), which was divided by the parish assessors between the five schools, according to the number of scholars in each. The first appropriation of money made by the town of Norwood was six thousand dollars for the support of her schools; and, during the twelve years of her existence as a town, she has taxed herself for the thousand volumes, swells the sum to one hundred thousand dollars. Her poor have been weli cared for, and comfortable tenements provided, and so clothed that none would suppose they were the wards of the town. Thirty-two thousand two hundred dollars have handsomely smoothed her streets, and added to the value of her estate. Six hundred and twelve have joined her population by birth, two hundred couples united in marriage, while the icy hand of death has robbed us of some four hundred, many of whom welcomed with us the birth of our town, and with whom we took sweet counsel in all the way of life, and whose names will be long cherished and remembered.

Agricultural Products. - 1200 tons of hay, 7074 bushels of potatoes, 5997 bushels Indian corn, 127,- 905 gallons of milk, 300 pounds of butter, 32,514 dozen eggs valued at some over $60,000, besides garden vegetables, berries, and fruits, of which considerable quantities are sold.

Industries. - I'he New York and New England Machine- and Car-Shops, five in number, built in the most substantial manner, give employment to about three hundred men, and send forth some very fine and comfortable cars. The land - some seventeen acres - upon which they are built, was presented to the company by the citizens of the town.

making lampblack. When he removed to South Dedham his two sons (George H. and Samuel 8.) became partners. About 1869 solved, and the business continued under the name of George H. Morrill & Co.

and is supplemented by a one hundred and twentyand fifty men, with a monthly pay-roll of from five pumps, which throw either water or oil, a rotary five horse-power Harris-Corliss steam-engine, steampump, capable of throwing sixteen hundred gallons per hour, fourteen large Bogardus eccentric- and stantly employed from the beginning to the end of the week, four iron mixers, capable of mixing fifteen hundred pounds each, numerous reservoirs and tanks, the largest of which is made of heavy boiler-iron and is twenty-five by thirty feet, and has a capacity of fifty thousand gallons, or fifteen hundred barrels, and one other of nearly the same size. At 220 Commercial Street, San Francisco, Cal., may be found a branch house, which supplies seven-eighths of all the ink used on the Pacific slope and in Mexico. They also export largely to South America, India, China, and Japan. Office, 34 Hawley Street, Boston. By the census of 1880, the value of the ink manufactured by this house was stated at eighty thousand dollars, but since that time it has been largely increased. The manufacturing of raw hides into leather was one of the early industries of South Dedham, and was commenced as early as 1776 by a Mr, Guild, and the business was continued by his family for more than halfa century. In 1791, Mr. John Smith, a poor boy of seven years of age, was hired out to Mr. Guild, and, by indomitable will and perseverance under great disadvantages, became successful in business and prominent in town affairs. Mr. George Winslow was born in Brewster in 1800, and at eighteen learned the tanner's and currier's trade with Samuel Guild, of Roxbury. He came to South Dedham in 1826, married the only daughter of John Smith, and founded the business which has been continued with increasing capacity ever since. In 1831 Lyman Smith, son of John, was admitted to the firm, and continued with George Winslow up to 1853, when they dissolved. George Winslow and sons (Elisha and George) at the old place, and Lyman Smith & Sons (John E. and Charles L.) removed to the present location of that firm, and builded anew. In 1860, George Winslow retired, and the firm-name became Winslow Brothers, who still manage the ex- Tanning law-book leather, roller skins, linings for the boot and shoe trade, and a variety of sheep-leather of different finish and colors adapted to an almost endless diversity of uses. There has been a steady growth of the business, new buildings have been added, steampower substituted for water-power, and labor-saving machinery invented and introduced, until a capacity of tanning more than a million skins annually has been attained, giving employment to about one hundred

Lyman Smith & Sons, manufacturers of all kinds of sheep and lamb leather. This firm is the outgrowth of a partnership formed over fifty years ago between George Winslow and Lyman Smith; the | firm then doing business at the present location of | Winslow Brothers. Dissolved in 1853. Mr. Smith | and his sons (John K. and Charles L.) occupied their | present location and commenced business under the | firm-name of Lyman Smith & Sons. In 1856, Mr. Smith, Sr., retired from the firm, and his sons con- | tinued the business under the same firm-name. In | 1853 there was but one building erected, and the skins | simply tanned and sold in the rough ; and the capacity | of the establishment was but thirty thousand skins | per year, and only four men employed. Their buildings at the present time cover more than one acre of | land, and range from one story to five, and give em- | ployment to one hundred and forty-three men, with a capacity to finish some twenty thousand skins per | week, or one million forty thousand per year.

The Norwood Iron Foundry was established in 1854 | by Spencer Fuller and Isaac Colburn, under the firmname of Fuller & Colburn. Mr. Colburn withdrew | from the firm in 1858. On the death of Mr. Fuller the estate passed into the hands of EH. D. Draper & Sons. They give employment to some thirty-five | hands, and furnish some seven hundred and forty-two | thousand three hundred and seventy-nine pounds of | fine iron castings.

F. A. Fales, proprietor of the steam-mill for grinding grains, disposes of 18,000 bushels of corn and as | many bushels of oats, 130 tons of bran, 200 tons of | ground feed, 150 tons of corn-meal, besides finer grains and flour.

The carpet works, for printing floor and carriage oil-cloths, was established about thirty years ago by | K. Fisher Talbot. On the death of Mr. Talbot, in | 1882, these works passed into the hands of HE. EH. Pratt & Son. They employ twenty men, and produce one hundred and eighty thousand yards of carpeting | annually ; their pay-roll averaging eight hundred dollars per month.

The manufacture of wrapping paper was commenced in 1832 by Isaac Ellis and Joseph Day, under the | firm-name of Ellis, Day & Co. In about two years | Mr. Day withdrew from the firm, and in a few years the establishment passed into the hands of Paul Ellis, who continued the manufacture of paper and trunk boards some fifteen years, when his sons became part- | ners. In 1864 the mill was burned and Mr. Ellis, Sr., retired from the business. The mill was rebuilt by Charles, John, and Isaac Ellis, and the business continued under the firm-name of Ellis Brothers until | 1876, when the firm was dissolved, and Isaac continued the business. In 1878 it was again burned ; the premises were now purchased by Isaac Ellis, and | rebuilt in the most substantial manner, and now gives employment to some fifteen persons, and sends to market one hundred and eighty tons of paper annually.

Tyler Thayer, builder, has been engaged in business thirty-five years, and has erected two of the four churches, and more than one-half of all the dwellinghouses in the town, besides many in the adjoining towns, all of which his own hands have marked out and prepared for his workmen to frame. The past year he has used 555,500 feet of long lumber, 530,000 shingles, 230,000 laths, at a cost of some $14,600, giving constant employment to eighteen men with a pay-roll of some $8000, and this amount falls below the yearly average.

Milton H. Howard, builder, has been engaged in Owns the steamplaning- and saw-mill, uses some three hundred thousand or more feet of long lumber, and a like proportion of laths and shingles, gives employment to eighteen or twenty hands, and has put up some of the finest dwellings in the town.

Biographical Sketches Lyman Smith

Lyman Smith was born Oct. 22, 1808, in that part of Dedham now Norwood. He was the son of John Smith and Anna Rhoades, and grandson of John Smith and Abigail Morse. On the maternal side his grandparents were Eliphlet Rhoades and Mercy Holland.

John Smith, father of Lyman, established himself in a small way as a tanner in his native town, first, in connection with, and afterwards succeeding, Abner Guild. The shops were located where the larger establishment of the Winslows now stands. Lyman Smith, like most boys of his day and circumstances, was early taught to labor. His parents were unable to give him other educational advantages than those afforded by the schools of the village. He was possessed of a bright, active mind, however, and a'retentive memory, with a decided talent for mathematics, and by attention to his studies during the early years of his boyhood, which constituted his only school-

At the age of fifteen he entered his father's tannery, to learn the business, and that year in particular it is said that he used to cart, with ox-teams, himself earnestly to his work, and thoroughly familiarized himself with all the minutiz of the business, so that a few years later, when he succeeded to the business, he had that thorough knowledge of practical detail which, together with the acumen and business ability necessary, enabled him to make more than an ordinary success. self, in 1831, he formed a copartnership with his partnership continued until 1853, when his sons becoming of age, and the tanning business largely increasing, Mr. Smith disposed of his interest to Mr. Winslow and erected the large establishment in the village near the railroad station now occupied by his sons. Having seen his sons successfully started in a business career, Mr. Smith, after about three years, withdrew from active partnership in the firm, retaining only a silent interest in the business, which was conducted under the firm-name of Lyman Smith & Sons. Although he was thus freed from the cares of active business, yet he still retained to the close of his life an unabated interest in all that pertained to his old work, and it was his custom to daily visit the tanneries, inspect the processes, and converse with the workmen, among whom he was universally respected. Mr. Smith was a man of strong individuality. The sterling integrity and high moral standard of his character is acknowledged by all who knew him. In manner he was genial, courteous, and kind ; possessed of a happy, hopeful turn of mind, he carried a cheerful face, and was ever ready with a pleasant word. cessful himself in the business affairs of life, he was never unmindful of the fact that many who were deserving were not equally successful, and his benevolence, while unostentatious, was constantly exercised. He was a man of warm heart, calm judgment, strong in his convictions of right and wrong, and in his likes and dislikes. dom, justice, and truth, and the bitter, uncompromising foe of whatever tended to debase or degrade mankind. after he retired from the duties of business, in all youth of the town. Norfolk Mutual Fire Insurance Company in and a director of Dedham National Bank in He gave his counsel and pecuniary assistance Universalist Society in the building of a new church edifice, and assisted in laying out the streets and extending the limits of the growing village.

He died May 23, 1883, in his seventy-fifth year. On the day of his funeral, which was very largely attended, all places of business in his native town were closed out of respect to his memory.

George Everett

George Everett, son of Deacon Willard and Lucy (Dean) Everett, and grandson of Ebenezer and Sarah Everett, was born in that part of Dedham since set apart as Norwood, Feb. 5, 1826. He is descended through eight generations from Richard Kverett, who was one of the original founders of Dedham in 1636. There were two generations of Johns, and three of Ebenezers, Deacon Willard being the son of the last Ebenezer. Willard learned his trade as a cabinet-maker, of the late Jabes Boyden, and succeeded him in that business about the year 1820. He began in a small way, but by dint of earnest application, coupled with a good business talent, he succeeded in building up a large manufactory, and accumulated In 1850 his two eldest sons - Willard and George - were admitted to partnership with him, under the firm-name of Willard Everett & Co. Nov. 27,1851, Deacon Willard died. The business was conducted then by his sons, and the original style of firm-name was retained until the dissolution of the firm, in 1868, at which time it consisted of George, J. Edward, and Francis EH. Everett. The firm was an enterprising one, and did a large and profitable business. he first extension tables that came into general use were manufactured and placed on the market by this house. Deacon Willard, Jr., another son, was a member of the firm to the time of his death, Nov. 27, 1857. They had a large, well-appointed factory, located near Norwood Central Depot, and large warerooms in Boston. They made a specialty of tables of all kinds, hat-racks, ete. They made only good goods, and commanded the best prices. Upon the dissolution of the firm (1868), George retired from active business pursuits, but such was the native energy of his nature that he continued to be an active man, both mentally and physically, to heart-disease, in Boston, Jan. 6, 1881, in his fiftyfifth year. He married, July 27, 1847, Julia D., daughter of Jesse and Julia (Dean) Ellis. Their children were Alice J., born Aug. 6, 1848, died in infancy ; Laura C., born Nov. 10, 1850, died in infancy; Willard E., born June 13, 1853; George F., born Aug. 7, 1855, died Aug. 23, 1863; Herbert, born July 23, 1859; Richard B., born Jan. 6, 1864. Of these, Willard E. married Ida E. Woodbury, of Ashburnham, Mass., Oct. 2, 1878. They have one child, - Bernice J. They reside in Turner's Falls, Mass., where he is a paper manufacturer. Herbert is a mineralogist, and located in Denver, Col. Richard is with his elder brother, at Turner's Falls, learning paper making.

George Everett was benevolent and public-spirited, liberal in all his ideas, and kindly disposed. He always manifested much interest in the welfare of those employed by him, or with whom he was brought in contact by business relations. He was a moral man, and was interested in all reform movements ; he was a liberal supporter of the church, though not a member. While he was always ready with material aid to help further any enterprise tending to the building up or improvement of his town, yet he would never accept any office, preferring to leave the honors and cares of official life to those whose fancy or tastes led them in that direction, while he faithfully discharged the duties devolving upon him as a private citizen.

He was a man of large physique and commanding personal appearance. grievous surprise to the community in which he lived, all of whom he could claim as his friends. He came | of an honorable and worthy ancestry, and was a fair type of New England's sturdy manhood, which fal- | tering at no obstacles, daunted at no discouragement, but earnest, active, and intelligent, marks out a course and object in life, and follows that course until the object be attained.

Francis Tinker

If the reader has ever been at Plymonth and visited Pilgrim Hall, he may have noticed, on the paling which incloses a fragment of the rock on which the Pilgrim Fathers landed, the names of those who came passengers in the " Mayflower,' and among those

Tinker brought with him a wife and two children,'' and that he died a short time after his arrival. From this humble and short-lived pilgrim our family claim to be descended. The writer of the sketch of the town of Norwood was born Jan. 3, 1816, at Worthington, Hampshire Co., Mass., of pious parents, and it will suffice for him to say that in every place in which he has been ealled to reside, he has received every favor from his fellow-citizens to which he was entitled.

David Sylvester Fogg, M.D.

David Sylvester Fogg is descended from two of the pioneer families of New England. He was born in Meredith, N. H., March 30, 1821, and was the fourth son of Joseph and Judeth (Gilman) Fogg. in this country are descended from a younger son of a family of that name still existing in the south of England. The family estates in England are entailed, and are now held - or were lately - by Sir Charles Fogg. The name of Gilman is found in the early chronicles of Wales. came to Americ