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Ward Three. - BcKioninir in the middle of Main Street at West Bridgewater line, thence northerly by the middle of Main Street to Winthrop Street; thence westerly by the middle of Winthrop Street to Pond Street; and thence westerly to a point in the middle of Ash Street forty-two rods southerly from the middle of Belmont Street (measuring by the middle of Ash Street) ; theuee northerly by the middle of Ash Street to Belmont Street ; thence westerly by the middle of Belmont Street to Torrey Street ; and by the middle of Torrey Street to Easton line ; and thence southerly by Easton line and easterly by West Bridgewater line to the point of beginning.

Ward Four. - Beginning in West Bridgewater line, in the middle of Main Street, thence northerly by the middle of Main Street to Lawrence Street; thence easterly by the middle of Lawrence Street to Montcllo Street, and across Moutello Street in the same course to Salisbury River ; thence southerly by the channel of the river to a point due west from the middle of the western terminus of Hammond Street ; thence due east to the middle of the western terminus of Hammond Street ; thence easterly by the middle of Hammond Street to Thatcher Street ; thence southeasterly by the middle of Thatcher Street to East Bridgewater line ; and thence southerly, westerly, northerly, and again westerly, by the town-line to the point of beginning.

Ward Five. - Beginning in the middle of Lawrence Street, in the west line of the Old Colony Railroad, thence by the west line of said railroad northerly to Centre Street ; thence by the middle of Centre Street easterly to the middle of the channel of the river; thence northerly by the middle of the channel of the river or pond to Court Street; thence easterly by the middle of Court Street to Abington line ; thence southerly by the town-line to Thatcher Street; thence northwesterly by the middle of Thatcher Street to Hammond Street ; thence westerly by the middle of Hammond Street to East Street, and thence due west to Salisbury River; thence northerly by the clianuiil of the river to a point iutersecteJ by a lino drawn easterly through Lawrence Street ; iheuce westerly from suiJ point by the line so drawn, and throuiih the middle of Lawrence Street, to the point of beginning.

Ward S(M. - Begiuniut; in the middle of ^Ltin Street in Stoughton line, thence southerly by the middle of Jlain Street to Court Street; thence easterly by the middle of Court Street to the west line of the Old Colony Railroad ; theuce southerly by tlie west tine of said railroad to Centre Street ; theuce easterly by the middle of Centre Street to tlie middle of the channel of the river ; thence northerly by the middle of the channel of the river or pond to Court Street ; thence by the middle of Court Street easterly to Abington line ; and theuce northerly and westerly to the point of beginning.

Ward St-ven. - Beginning in the middle of Main Street, in Stoughtou line, theuce southerly by the middle of Main Street to Pleasant Street; thence westerly by the middle of Pleasant Street to Easton line ; and thence northerly and easterly by the town-line to the point of beginning.

City Government And Officers

Common Council: Ward 1, William H. Savage, William It. Tobey, George M. Copeland ; Ward 2, Sanl'ord Winter, William L. Douglas, Isaiah A. Beala ; Ward J, George L. Kna|ip, Lemuel P. Churchill, lliram A. Monk ; Ward 1, Patrick McCarty, Nathan Keith, John A. Howard; Ward 5, Martin T. Packard, Klbridge G. Hale, Daniel Connolly ; Wurd fi, Charles H. Gary, Henry Southworth, Elbridge L. llrowu ; Ward 7, George A. Packard, Augustus T. Jones, Edward Crocker. President, Augustus T. Jones; Clerk, Elbridge L. Drown. City Treasurer, Henry A. Ford. City Solicitor, Jonathan White, Auditor, Baalis Sant'ord. Collector of Taxes, William Keith. Suiierinteudoot of Streets, Henry B. Packard. Assessors, AVilliam llankin (for throe years), Ira Copeland (for two years), Noah Chesnmn (for one year). Assistant Assessors: Ward 1, Francis II. Gardner; Ward 2, Thaddcua E. Gilford; Ward 3, David llorvey; Ward 4, William A. Thompson; Ward 5, Isaac Kingman; Ward 0, David llurke ; Ward 7, Ellis lirctt. Overseers of the Poor, Francis B. Gardner (for three years), Henry .\. Ford (for two years), Isaac Kingman (tor one year). School Committee (Hon. Ziba C. Keith, chairman i.t njJU-io), Haalis Sanford, Jonathan White, D:ivid L. Cowell (for three years), S. F. Packard, C. F. Copeland, Mrs. Martha

J. Farwell (fur two years), Rev. S. L. Deal, .\rthur E. Keudrick, D. W. C. Packard (for one year). Trustees of the Public Library, Jonathan White, Edward Parker, Jr., D. W. C. Packard (for three years), David L. Cowell, Alfred Laws, Warren T. Copeland (for two J cars), L. W. Puller, Preston B. Keith, William W. Wilkius (for one year). Water Commissioners, Wjilter F. Cleavehuid (for three years). William W.Cross (for two years), John J. ^Vhipplc (lor one year). City Messenger, Richard T. Sollis. City Physician, Dr. E. A. Dakin. Board of Health, Dr. E. A. Dakin, Henry M. Litllellcld (l'..r

Johnson. Inspector of Jlilk, Henry M. Littlclield. Scaler of Weights and Measures, (icor;;c F. Perkins. Surveyors of Lumber, Cephas Soule, Otis Cobb, isam .Mitchell. Measurers of Wood and Bark, Thaddcus E. Gitlbrd, Horace

Finance: The mayor and Aldermen Keith and Kingtuan, the president of the Common Council, Councilmcu Cbuicliill, McCarty, Monk, and Reynolds.

Sitiiidinij Cuuiinittee* of (he Board of Aldermen. Police: the Mayor, .-Vldermen Porter and Emenjon. £lectioD:j and Returns: Aldermen Porter and Deun. Enrolled Ordinances and Resolutions: Aldermen Keith and

Snow. Licenses: Aldermen Kiograan, Porter, and Snow. Health: Aldermen Dean, Keilb, and Packard. State Aid and Soldiers' Relief: Aldermen Emerson, Snow, and

Standimj Comiititteet of the Common Council, Elections and Returns: Councilmen Ouuglus, Tilton, and Wade. Enrulk'd Ordinances and Resolutions: Counoilmen Walker,

Loavitt, and Murphy. City Solicitor, Hoaea Kingman, Esq. City Treasurer. Henry A. Ford. City Auditor, Baalis Sanford. Assessors, Noah Chesman (three years), William Rankin (two

F. Cleaveland (two years), John J. Whipple (one year). Superintendent of Streets, Henry B. Packard. Overseers of the Poor, Isaac Kingman (three years), Francis

B. Gardner (two years), Henry A. Ford (one year) School Committee (Hun. Henry II. Packard, chairman ex ojjieio), William Rankin, William A. Sanford, Arthur E. Keodrick. (for three years); Baulis Sanford, Jonathan White, David L. Cowell (for two years); S. F. Packard,

W Putfer, M. R. Dustin (for three years); Jonathan White, Edward Parker, Jr., D. W. C. Packard (for two years) ; David L. Cowell, Alfred Laws, Warren T. Copeland (for one year).

Engineers of Fire Department, David R. Eldred, chief; Nehomiuh S. Holmes, 1st asst. ; Zenas L. Marston, 2d asst. ; William H. Jacobs, 3d asst. ; Charles Eaton, 4th asst.

Standing Commilleet of the Board of Aldermen. Police: The mayor and Aldermen Kingman and Cary. Elections and Returns : Aldermen Wade and Keith. Enrolled Ordinances : Aldermen Snow and Emerson. Licenses: Aldermen Cary, Keith, and Kingman. Health : Aldermen Whipple, Keith, and Kingmiin. State Aid and Soldiers' Relief: Aldermen Emerson, Whipple, and Wade.

Trustees of the Public Library, David L. Cowell, Alfred Laws, Warren T. Copeland (for three years), William W. Wilkins, Loring W. Puller, M. R. Dustin (for two years), Jonathan White, Edward Parker, Jr., D. W. C. Packard for one year.

Among those who have been instrumental in advancing the city's prosperity and in an ofEciul capacity served its interests, are Franklin Ames, Ziba C. Keith, and W. H. Wales.

No history of Brockton, or sketch of the lives of those men who have contributed to the advancement of the social and material growth of this locality would be complete with the name of the late Hon. Franklin Ames omitted.

He was born in North Bridgewater, now Brockton, Sept. 30, 1806, and with the exception of a brief absence resided in his native town during his entire life.

Mr. Ames was a man of marked promioencc in this town. Possessing a genial and affable disposition, a taste and an ability for the discharge of public duties, a judgment well balanced and almost uniformly correct in its results, and an integrity of character that was never touched by whisper or reflection, it is not strange that he was selected even early in life by his fellow-citizens as one fitted to assume and administer public trusts in a variety of town relations. For nearly twenty years, commencing in 1836, he was practically the postmaster of the town, performing all the duties belonging to that position, though the oflSce itself was held by Edward Southworih, Jr. In 1838 he was chosen town clerk and treasurer, and was reelected almost without opposition to both offices, as also collector of taxes, until 1855, a period of sixteen years ; and nowhere in the public records are evidences of greater care and accuracy than through the volumes where his broad aud beautiful handwriting is found. In 1856 he was called by his fellow-towusmen to a position of still greater responsibility, being elected that year as one of the selectmen, and by vote of his colleagues as chairman of the board. By this action, and in accordance with the usages of the times, almost the entire administration of the public affairs of the town was placed in hia hands, and that he proved equal to the place is shown in the fact that he was annually re-elected till 1864, when he accepted a position offered him through the intervention of Governor Andrew, as paymaster in the United States army with the rank of major.

The happy termination of the war soon after gave to him but a brief period of service, but the promptness aud fidelity with which he discharged his duties in this capacity won for him the special commendations of the officers of the army with whom he was associated.

A notable incident occurred during the time he was paymaster, illustrating the confidence reposed in him by the goverijment. He was commissioned to take $4,000,000 from New York and Philadelphia to New Orleans. He accepted the trust, and unaccompanied by an escort, conveyed this large sum of monej' safely to the " Crescent City." He was also United States Assessor and a member of the Governor's Council.

Returning to civil life, he became interested in a slate quarry in Pennsylvania, which promised to be of value, and in 1865 decided to remove thither with his family. The severance of social ties which bound him to his native town cost him many a struggle, and he brought himself to it only by cherishing the hope and expectation that after a temporary absence he and his might return to their old home again.

They returned to their native town in April, 1881, and three months later, August 1st, .Mr. Ames p;isscd away in the seventy-fifth year of his age, leaving a wife and two children.

He married May 20, 18:i2, Martha Kingman, daughter of Capt. Thomas Thompson, and their children were as follows : Thomas Franklin, born July 19, 1835, died March 8, 1854, drowned at sea; Martha Augusta, born May 12, 1844 ; died at the age of sixteen ; Charlotte Thompson, born May 14, 1847, married Joel P. Bradford, of Pairhaven, .Mass. ;

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Fninikliu Ames lefc beliind him a name and record unsullied by any questionable transaction in all his public and official career, while in private life he was u citizen commanding the universal esteem and confidence of his fellow-men and a Christian whose life exemplified the principles of the gospel.

Ziba C. Keith was born in 1842, iu the old home- .stead at thejuuctiun of Main and Plain Streets and the Ea»t Bridgewater road, Campello, under whose roof-tree six generations of tiie family have lived and died. His fatlier was Capt. Ziba Keith, the wellknown commander of a company of militia years ago, in the days of old-fashioued musters. In boyhood Mr. Keith attended the schools in his native town, and afterwards the Pierce Academy at Middleboro'. Entering upon a business life, he was for five years book-keeper and salesman in the office of liis brother, Martiu L. Keith, in Boston. In 1364 he returned to Campello, and in partnership with Embert Howard (now of the firm of Howard & Caldwell) opened a general store for the sale of everything, from groceries to dry goods. The firm was known as Howard & Keith. After a couple of years lie sold out to Jonas Reynolds, buying the business back again at the end of six months. For a year or two H. N. P. Hubbard conducted the dry goods department of the business, then Mr. Keith purchased the entire control, and continued the business until 1882.

In 1875, Mr. Keith was a successful competitor with Hon. Jonathan White for the honor of beins the Republican nominee for representative. The result was quite close, and intense interest shown, some eight hundred ballots being cast. Mr. Keith was elected, served his term, and was re-elected the following year. In 1879 he was elected and served as a member of the board of selectmen.

He was elected the first mayor of the city in 1881. He was renominated and defeated by six vot*s. He again received the nomination in 1883, and was elected by over six hundred lyajority, and is the present mayor.

Mr. Keith has never been a lay figure in the social or business circles of the town. lie is a member of the South Congregational Church, and prominently identified with commandery, chapter, and lodge of the local Masonic fraternity. He was largely instrumental in organizing the Campello Co-operative Bank, which has done so much to build up that part of the town, and foster among workingmen an ambition to own and occupy homes of their own, and is now treasurer of the association. Mr. Keith is also vice- I president of the Brockton Savings- Bank, and a director in the Brockton National Bank ; also treasurer of the street railway company. He has also been largely interested in building movements at the South End.

Ziba C. Keith is as universally liked and esteemed as any man in town. No one could meet him and know him without being impressed with his sterling integrity of character, while admiring his frankness and kindly bearing towards every one, irrespective of station or nationality. Mr. Keith has acknowledged executive ability. While in the Legislature, Mr. Keith always sided with prohibitory measures. As a member of the license board of selectmen of 1879 he was one of the minority, voting against the granting of licenses. While he is in favor of all possible restrictions of the liquor traffic, he still believes that spirituous liquors should be sold at some place or places for medicinal and mechanical purposes. He favored the Gothcnberg plan, during its continuance, as an improvement upon indiscriminate or general licensing. He is a temperance man, but not a radical prohibitionist.

Welcome Howard Wales, son of John and Olive (Howard) Wales, was born in North Bridgewater (now Brockton), Jan. 20, 1821, at the old Wales homestead, which was located on the site now occupied by the residence of R. P. Kingman, Esq., corner of Main and Belmont Streets. During the years which immediately followed his majority, Mr. Wales engaged in machine manufacture, and continued iu this business until the year 1862. At the towu election in March, 1862, he was chosen to the office of town clerk, a position for which he w;is especially adapted. Upon assuming control of the office he determined to discharge its duties with an eye single to the public welfare, and how faithful he was to the trust imposed is evidenced by the fact that he was re-elected annually for a period of sixteen successive years, and oftentimes by a substantially unanimous vote. His sphere of usefulness, however, was not confined to this office alone. In 1864 he was chosen collector of taxes, and held the position until his death, and so well did he discharge the delicate and difficult duties of this office that he was designated as the " model collector." He represented the town iu the Legislature in 18C9 and 1871, and iu 1S73 was chosen a selectman, and re-elected each succeeding year. He was also chairman of the selectmen several years. It was his coustaiit aim to please those with whom he came in contact, aod to perform in a conbcieiitious manner tlie variuus trusts which devolved upon him.

In his death the town lost an experienced and valued servant, and the public one who was ardently interested in all that pertained to the advancement of the various interests of Brockton.

Oct. IG, 1845, Mr. Wales united in marriage with Lois, daughter of John \V. and Almira C. Kin;.^nian, and tlicir family consisted of one child, Abbie Penn, bu.n Aug. 28, 1S4S, and died Feb. 8, ISCG. Mr. Wales died July 2, 1879.

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Thi: business of the town of Brockton had increased to such an extent, and the wants of the people were such, as to induce a few public-spirited individuals to petition the Legislature for a charter to do banking business, which was granted to Messrs. Bela Keith, Benjamin Kingman, and Jesse Perkins, JIarch 28, 1854, with a capital of one hundred thousand dollars, divided into shares of one hundred dollars each. The bank was organized under the name of the North Bridgewater Bank, with the following officers, namely: Martin Wales, of Stoughton, president; Ilufus P. Kingman, cashier; Benjamin Kingman, Frederick Howard, Chandler Sprague, William F. Brett, Ebcnezer Tucker, and Pardon Copeland, directors. In 1857, Mr. Brett resigned his office, and in ISGO, Elijah Howard, of Easton, was elected to fill the vacancy.

The first bills were issued from this institution Sept. 4, 1854. For some years it was in successful operation, and proved a valuable addition to the business facilities of the town, and a mark of the enterprise of her citizens. Previous to the establishment of this bank the business people, wishing banking accommodations, were obliged lo go out of town for the .same.

North Bridgewater Savings-Bank. - The beneficent spirit of the present age is in notiiing more remarkably displayed than in the combined energy with which individuals of the highest rank in society are laboring to promote the welfare of the lower order. The advantages that have arisen, both lo the individual contributors and the public, by those institutions have been great. The first attempt made to give eftect to a plan for enabling the laboring poor to provide support for themselves in sickne.-is, as well as old age, was in 1789. Again, in ISOS, a bill was introduced in the '' House of Commons" for promoting industry among the laboring classes, and for the relief of the poor, which was as follows :

" AVllKREAS, such of tlio laboring poor us ale 'loiroua ut' making out of their earnings some savings, us a future provision for themselves or their families, arc lUscourugcd from sO doing by the difficulty of placing out securely the small sums which they are able to save; and believing it would tend to promote habits of industry and frugality, and encoui-agc tho poor to makea provision for themselves and their families, if an establishment was formed in which they might iuveat their money with security and advantage."

These institutions are in general intended for that class of poor but industrious persons who deserve help by endeavoring to help themselves, the primary object not being for gain, but benevolence, and are for the benefit of the widow, the orphan, and the aged.

Many a penny that is now safely deposited in the vaults of these savings institutions in the country might have gone where the possessor would never have seen them again ; for this reason savings-banks are a great blessing to the communiiy.

In tlie city of Brockton there were individuals that looked to the interests of others as well ;is themselves, and having at the same time an eye to the interests of the community generally, they petitioned fur au act of incorporation as a savings-bank, which was granted to Messrs. Franklin Ames, Edward Southworth, and George B. Dunbar, April 24, 1851, under the name of the North Bridgewater Savings-Bank. The following were the officers of the institution at the time of its organization in 1851, namely: Cul. Edward Southworth, president; Franklin Ames, George B. Dunbar, vice-presidents ; Edward Southworth, Jr., secretary and treasurer ; Edward Southworth, Lorenzo D. Hervey, Henry V. French, Franklin Ames, Algernon S. Sylvester, Oukus S. Soulo, George B. Dunbar, Edward Southworth, Jr., trustees.

By the death of Edward Southworth, Jr., March 3, 1877, Rufus P. Kingman, Esq., was elected treasurer of the above bank, and after a careful examination into the condition of atfairs, it was found necessary to appoint receivers and close up the institution. On the 13th of November of that year, Ilufus P.

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Kiiigniau, Esq., of Brockton, and EUia Ames, Esq., of Canton, were appointed by the Supreme Court to wind up the affairs, which has been done in a liighly creditable manner to the receivers as well as pleasing to the depositors, resulting in a series of dividends amounting to ninety-four and forty-six hundredth.s per cent.

Brockton Savings-Bank. - On the third day of March, 1881, the Legislature of Massachusetts incorporated the following persons into a savings-bank, viz. : J. J. Whipple, W. \V. Cross, Davis S. Packard, L. F. Severance, E. H. Joslyn, D. S. Volman, Henry A. Ford, Henry E. Lincoln, George E. Freeman, Ziba C. Keith, George E. Keith, Loring W. Puffer, B. 0. Caldwell, Sanford Winter, H. H. Packard, their associates and successors, were made a corporation by the name of the Brockton Savings-Bank, located in the city of Brockton. They commenced business May 1, 1881, with the following oflBcers : President, Sanford Winter; Vice-Presidents, John J. Whipple, Ziba C. Keith ; Treasurer, Clarence R. Fillebrowu ; Trustees, Sanford Winter, John J. Whipple, Ziba C. Keith, William W. Cross, Henry A. Ford, George E. Keith, George E. Freeman, Lorenzo F. Severance, Patrick Gilniore, Rev. Thomas B. McNulty, David S. Packard, Sumner A. Hayward, Gardner J. Kingman, Bradford E. Jones, Charles W. Sumner, Eliaha H. Joblyn, Henry H. Packard ; Board of Investment, Davis S. Packard, Sumner A. Hayward, Bradford E. Jones, Gardner J. Kingman, John J. Whipple.

The officers for 1884 are John J. Whipple, president; Ziba C. Keith and Bradford E. Jones, vicepresidents ; Enos H. Reynolds, in place of Sumner A. Hayward, deceased, - otherwise the same as at the commencement.

Security Co-operative Bank. - This organization was chartered as the " Security Savings Fund and Loan Association of Brockton." The title was changed by law in 1883. The original officers were as follows : Baalis Sanford, Jr., president ; Henry H. Packard, Francis B. Washburn, and Otia F. Curtis, vice-presidents; Daniel S. Howard, Lorenzo F. Severance, Bradford E. Jones, William H. Tobey, H. Herbert Howard, Embert Howard, William H. Savage, Leonard C. Stetson, Sanford Winter, Emerson Goldthwait, John 0. Emerson, John J. Whipple, Benjamin 0. Caldwell, James H. Cooper, Augustu.s B. Loring, Harry O. Thomas, directors. William W. Cross, secretary; Charles D. Fullerton, treasurer ; Gorham B. Howard, George H. Fullerton, Albert H. Fuller, auditors; Hamilton L. Gibbs, attorney.

The president of this association from its organization to 1883, Albert Keith, one of the leading and honored citizens of Campello, was born in that village Dec. 31, 1823. He is the son of Arza and Marcia (Kingman) Keith. His mother was the daughter of Abel Kingman, Esq., who was commissioned justice of the peace Feb. 22, 1811. The subject of this sketch is descended from Rev. James Keith, the first ordained minister of Bridgewater, the line of descent being as follows : Timothy", Timothy-', Levi^, Benj.', Arza', Albert'.

Arza Keith was one of the first shoe manufacturers in this town, and with him young Albert worked until about seventeen years of age, when he went to Foxboro', and entered the store of Otis Cary as clerk, where he remained five years. He then went into the mercantile business on hia own account at Attleboro', which he conducted until 1851, when he sold out, and, returning to his native town, formed a copartnership with bis brother, Arza B., in the shoe manufacture, and in the following year their factory was erected. Mr. Keith continued in this branch of business until 1871, when he disposed of his interest to his brother, and from that time until 1882 was engaged in the coal and grain trade. Mr. Keith's success has been largely due to his energy, industry, and determination, coupled with good judgment and clear business foresight. He has been especially active in adviincin<; the interests of Campello, and has labored industriously to that end. He was appointed postmaster at Campello in 1873, and has held the office to tiie present time. He was selectman one year, member of the school board seven years, assessor two years, and was commissioned justice of the peace in 187-1, a position he still holds. He also represented the town in the General Court in 1880 and 1881. Upon the or;;anizatioii of the Co-operative Bank at Campello, in 1877, Mr. Keith was chosen its president, and continued in that capacity until 1883. He is Republican in politics.

In 1842 he became a member of the South Congregational Church, and lias been prominently identified with it since, aervin-^ on the committee twelve years, and for ten years officiated as superintendent of the Sunday-school.

April 1, 1847, Mr. Keith united in marriage with Charlotte Pearce, of Atlleboro', and their family consisted of five children, - Marcia Adelaide (deceased), Alice Maria, Herbert (deceased), Charlotte R., and Lillian M. Mrs. Keith died May 29, 1874 ; and July 14, 1875, be married Cynthia Bonney, of Hudley, Mass., who died Feb. 12, 1876. March 13, 1878, Mr. Keitli united in marriage with his present wife, Mrs. Susan J. Allen, of Springville, N. Y.

Home Ifational Bank. - Prior to 1874 there had been no National Bank in the city. Feeling the necessity of increased facilities for banking accommodations, the Home National Bank was chartered, and its existence authorized on June 8th of that year. Its first officers were Rufus P. Kingman, president, C. D. Fullerton, cashier. Its authorized capital was placed at 8200,000. There have been but few changes in its officers, Mr. Kingman retaining the presidency to the present time (1884). Fred B. Howard is its cashier. Its location is corner Main and Church Streets.

Probably no living resident has been more active in contributing to the advancement of the interests of Brockton, or more closely connected with its success, than Rufus P. Kingman, Esq., the president of the Home National Bank.

Rufus Packard Kingman is the son of Benjamin and Rebecca (Packard) Kingman, born in North Bridgewater (now Brockton), Mass., Nov. 4, 1821, and is in the seventh generation in a direct line from Henry and Joanna Kingman, who came from Weymouth, England, in 1635, and settled in Weymouth, Ma:^s. His education was in the schools of his native town, and under the private instruction of Mrs. Nathan Jones, Miss Julia Perry, Deacon Heman

Packard, and Jonathan Coe. At the age of twelve years he entered upon the duties incident to life in a hotel, his father then being the only hotel-keeper in the town, which was from 1833 to 1837. Soon after this time, upon the retirement of his father from the hotel, he assisted in conducting his father's farm till he arrived at the age of eighteen. lu 1840 he entered the dry-goods and variety store of William F. Brett, then the leading store in the town, which was in the hotel building, where " Washburn's block" now stands. Here he reniained till l84tj, when he became a partner in the business, under the firm-name of Brett & Kingman, giving his entire time and energy to the business till 1854, at which time he retired on account of feeble health.

It was while engaged in the above business, in 1850, that Mr. Kingman erected the first brick block in the city, on the lot adjoining the hole! on Main Street, known as " Kingman's block."

During the year 1854, shortly after his retirement from the store, the first bank in the town was organized, and Mr. Kingman was called to the position of cashier. In this he remained till the new banking law of the United States came into operation, which required a two-thirds vote of the stockholders to change it into a national bank. Failing to obtain the required vote, the bank closed its doors in 1866.

While acting as cashier, the town showed their confidence in Mr. Kingman by electing him to the office of treasurer in 1856, and their confidence in him was renewed for nine successive years, when he retired. In 1872 he was elected assessor of town taxes, and reelected in 1873 - 74. In 1874 the business of the town had become so extensive that the wants of her many merchants and manufacturers were such that they felt a pressing need of banking facilities, and a new bank was chartered under the national banking law by the name of the Home National Bank, and Mr. Kingman was elected its first president, which position he now fills with honor to himself and for the interest of the stockholders.

Upon the death of Hon. Edward Southworth, in 1876, Mr Kingman was appointed treasurer of the North Bridgewater Savings-Bank, and after a careful examination into the condition of the atfairs of the bank, it was thought best to wind up its business. Accordingly Mr. Kingman and Ellis Ames, Es(|., of Canton, were appointed by the Supreme Court of Mas.sachu8etts as receivers to close the same, which, under their judicious management, has been able to pay the depositors 94iVj per cent.

town, and was prominent in arranjjing the affairs for the incoming of the new city ijoverniuent. During the year ISSl, when the town of Brockton took on the robes of a city, Mr. Kingman was elected alderman of Ward Two, and upon the organization of that board he was made president of the same, which position he now holds, very much to his credit ; and his liaviiig been elected from the first to the same position, without opposition, speaks for itself Upon the death of his father, April 13, 1870, Mr. Kingman was immediately appointed to succeed him as the agent of the Hiugham Mutual Fire Insurance Company, and afterwards, in 1871, was elected a director of the same.

Upon the establishment of the North Bridgewater Board of Trade, Mr. Kingman was elected director, and in 187-1 he was one of the corporate members of Brockton Agricultural Society, and was chosen one of the first directors, and for two years treasurer of the society, and is now vice-president of the same.

As a man, Mr. Kingman is plain, honest, straightforward, firm, and decided when decision is needed; a pei-son of excellent judgment in all matters of business, and his large experience in financial affairs in which he has been so successful for himself has shown him to be the right kind of a man to be in the councils of the city government. He has no ambition for public honor nor notoriety, and never active in the strifes of political life, although he is ever ready by his vote to promote the public good. In politics he has been a firm Whig as well as Republican, and belongs to a family well known for their being prominent in all affairs of a local nature. Mr. Kingman has often been intrusted with matters of great importance, where honesty and integrity is needed, and has never been found wanting.

In his private life he is most genial and interesting, fond of company, possessing no small share of wit, always cheerful and buoyant, and is quick at repartee; naturally fond of home, he is the life of the social circle, tender and affectionate.

Brockton National Bank. - The Brockton National Bank was organized in 1881, and was incorporated witli a capital of one hundred thousand dollars. Davis S. Packard was its first president, and C. R. Fillebrown its first cashier. They are the present incumbents of their respective ofiices. The first board of directors were Davis S. Packard, president ;

William W. Cross, vice-president ; Henry E. Lincoln, John J. Whipple, Sumner A. Hayward, George E. Keith, Ziba C. Keith, Charles W. Sumner, James C. Leach, I. N. Nutter, Gardner J. Kingman. Its location is in the City Block on Main Street.

The president of the Brockton National Bank is Davis S. Packard, one of the leading manufacturers j and business men of Brockton, and was born here 1 June 24, 182G. He attended the common schools of i his native town, and at an early age commeuced the I business of a boot-maker, which honorable vocation he followed with close application until 1S58, when in company with Aberdeen Keith, he commenced the manufacture of boot- and shoe-counters under the firm-name of Keith & Packard. This copartnership continued until 187G, when Mr. Packard purchased the interest of Mr. Keith, and conducted the business as sole proprietor until 1879, when he associated with him Veramus Filoon and Abbott W. Packard, under the firm-name of D. S. Packard & Co. The growth of tliis manufacture, of which Mr. Packard has ever been the moving spirit, has been almost phenomenal. From a product the first year amounting to about ten thousand dollars, the business has increased until at the present time the annual product amounts to two hundred and fifty thousand dollars ; and where only about five persons were employed in the beginning, the pay-roll now shows twenty-five. This is one of the representative institutions of Brockton, and its success is largely due to the clear business foresight and executive ability of Davis S. Packard. Other interests also have received Mr. Packard's attention, and profited by his excellent judgment. Upon the organization of the Brockton National Bank, in February, 1881, he was made its president, and has remained in that capacity to the present time. He is also a trustee in the Brockton Savings- Bank, and president of the Board of Investment.

While Mr. Packard has been actively engaged in the management of large business interests, he has never shrank from the duties of citizenship, and has served his town and city faithfully and well, and discharged the duties of the various positions to which he has been called to the entire satisfaction of his fellow-citizens. He was selectman in 1875, 1870, 1878, and represented the city in the State Legislature in 1881 and 1882; and on April 8, 1884, was elected a commissioner of the sinking fund.

In 1S70, Mr. Packard married Emma S. Gurney, a native of Arlington, Mass., and their chilJren are as follows: Sumner T., born July 4, 1874; Rulli B., born March 9, 1876; and P^uuia S., burn May 16, 1880. Mrs. Packard died June 4, 1880.

The Packard family is one of the most ancient and liouorabie in the comniunweallh. Davis S. Packard traces his ancestry to Samuel Packard, who came from Windham near Iliugham, England, in the ship " Diligence." He first settled in Hingham, Mass., in 1G3S, and from thence removed to West Bridgowater. All of this name who have gone from the Bridgewaters were doubtless descendants of liis, and nearly all of the name in this country can be traced to that place. The line of descent from Samuel is as follows : Zaccheus, Capt. Abiel, Thomas, Capt. Parmenas, Appollos, and Davis S.

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Rev. James Tho.mpson was the son of Archibald Thompson, who came from Ireland to America in 1724 ; graduated at the New Jersey College, Princeton, N. J., in 1761 ; became a clergyman; preached only a short time ; was a preceptor of an academy at Charleston, S. C.

Rev. John Porter, Jr., was the sou of Rev. John and Mary (Huutiugton) Porter; was born in North Bridgewater (now Brockton), Feb. 27, 1752 ; graduated at Y.ale College, New Haven, Conn., in 1770 ; studied divinity, and became a minister. Soon after the war broke out between England and America, in 1775, he received a captain's commission and went into the army, where he is said to have been a superior otEeer. From captain he was promoted to major; left the army but a short time before peace was declared. He afterward went to the AVest Indies, and there died.

Jolin and Mary (Huntington) Porter; was born in North Bridgewater (now Brotktonj, March 27, 1755; graduated at Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass., in 1777 ; married Susannah Sargent, of Haverhill, Mass. ; commenced preaching at Rye, N. II., in Augu.st, 1784, supplying the pulpit till Dec. 29, 1784 ; he was ordained a colleague pastor with Rev. Samuel Parsons. He continued to preach in that place for upwards of fifty years. The people of this society were for a long series of yeai> remarkable for their unanimity in their religious as well as civil concerns, and for more than thirty years there was no division. All attended his church ; union and peace was the prevailing sentiment among the people. After that time other denominations sprang up ; still he continued to labor until 182S, when the civil contract between him and his society was dissolved. He continued to preach occasionally for several j'ears after that time, till near the close of his life.

Rev. Eliphalet Porter, D.D., was boru in North Bridgewater (now Brockton), June 11, 1758; was son of Rev. John and Mary (Huntington) Porter ; graduated at Harvard College, 1777; was settled as pastor of the " First Church" in Roxbury, Mass., Oct. 2, 1782. He was called to supply a vacancy caused by the death of Rev. Amos Adams, who died in 1775. Of his pastoral labors, we may say they were well suited to the times in which he lived. Freciuent visits for social intercourse were not expected, and for these he had neither taste nor fitness ; his manners were grave and did not encourage familiarity, nur had he that easy flow of language so essential to sustain a conversation on the familiar topics of the day. But in the chamber of the sick, or wherever there was affliction which the sympathies of a pa.^tor could alleviate, he was a constant and welcome visitor. Says one who knew him well, " Few men ever spoke with more meaning or to so good a purpose. He did not dazzle, but he enlightened ; and the weight of his influence and character, and the remarkable purity and uprightness of his life, gave an influence and interest to whatever he said, and impressed his sententious remarks deeply on the mind." As a citizen, his influence was widely and beneficially felt ; he had frequent calls for a.-isistance and counsel in the secular aflairs of the town. In the various oUices of trust to which he was often called, whether for objects of charity or for the promotion of education or religion, they were fulfilled with a characteristic caution, prudence, and fidelity, which obtained and justified unlimited confidence. In 1818 he was elected Fellow of Harvard College. The period of his connection with this institution was one of great difliculty, yet he took his full share of tiie labors and respousibilitiea iDcIdcnt to his official position. He was a wariu, constant friend of the college, and the notices of his death on the records of the corporation manifest the strong sense of " the great loss our literary and religious coniinunity have sustained by the death of this learned divine and exemplary Christian, whose intelligence, fidelity, and zeal in support of the interests of literature, and especially of those connected with the prosperity of Harvard University, they have had uniform occasion to witness during the many years he has been one of tlie members of this board."' As a preacher. Dr. Porter exhibited few, if any, of the characteristics of a po]iular preacher of the present day, although few modern preachers of to-day are listened to more attentively or regarded with more reverence than he was. He was not excitable ; therefore he was not likely to produce excitement in others. There was a calmness and solemnity in his manner which gave to his discourses a peculiar impressiveness. He never was dogmatical or bigoted ; he had clear and settled opinions on the controverted points of theology, and was always ready to sustain them ; but he liad no taste for controversy, and therefore rarely preached on subjects which occasioned it. He regarded the religious opinions of others without prejudice, and never allowed a difference of opinion to interrupt Christian fellowship. Dr. Porter died at Roxbury, Dec. 7, 1833, aged seventy-six years. The funeral was hold in his church Dec. 11, 1833, Rev. Dr. Lowell offering the funeral prayer. Rev. George Putnam, D.D., preached the funeral sermon from Genesis xxv. 8 : " He died in a good old age, au old man, and full of years ; and was gathered to his people." llev. John Pierce, D.D., of Brookline, made the concluding prayer.

Rev. TnoMAS Crafts was the son of Dr. John Staples Crafts (from Newton) ; was born in North Bridgewater (now Brockton) ; graduated at Harvard College, 1783 ; married Polly, daughter of Rev. John Porter, Dec. 28, 1786 ; settled at Princeton, Mass., 1786, and dismissed in 1791, and settled at Middleboro'. After remaining at Princeton several years, his physicians decided that his life depended on his leaving the ministry and engaging in more active or some out-of door pursuit. He consequently removed to Weymouth, Mass., where he entered into commercial business, and was quite successful. After his health had become somewhat improved he received a call to preach from the Middleboro' and Taunton Precinct, and was installed in 1802, where he enjoyed a happy ministry for many years, and there died, Feb. 27, 1819, aged sixty years. His family then removed to North Bridgewater.

Rev. Asa Packahd was the sou of Jacob and Dorothy (Perkins) Packard ; was born in North Bridgewater (now Brockton), Jlay 3, 1758. His life was a very eventful one. At the age of sixteen he entered the Revolutionary service as a fifer. In an engagement near Harlem Heights, in 1776, a companion who had made great boasts of his bravery seized Mr. Packard's tife, and, handing him his mu.sket in return, fled to a place of safety, preferring, it would seem, the music he could make with a stolen fife to that made by the balls of the enemy. Mr. Packard, thus armed, engaged in the conflict, but soon received a wound which nearly proved fatal. The ball entered his back just above the hip, and though an attempt was made to extract it, yet so severe was the operation that the surgeon feared he would die in his hands, and so was induced to desist. A severe illness followed in consequence, and when sufficiently recovered he left the army and returned home, and commenced a course of studies preparatory to entering college. The ball he received was never extracted, but reiuained in his back during his life. Mr. Packard was a man of great facetiousness, and often alluded in pleasantry to the circumstance of his having fought and bled for his country. Once in a merry circle he said, " I bear about in my body a weighty testimonial of my bravery." To which a jovial companion replied, " I think from the position of the wound our hero must have been playing a retreat."

" I think," rejoined the other, " our friend must have been skilled in the motion ' to the right about face !' and must have performed it well when he received his wound."

The joke was appreciated by Mr. Packard and the rest of the company. Mr. Packard graduated at Harvard University in 1783; received a call, and settled in Marlboro', March 23, 1785, - a day long to be remembered, from the fact that the snow was so deep as to cover the tops of the fences, notwithstanding there had been a thaw which settled the snow, so that, in freezing, it became sufficiently solid to bear up a team. The people went to the ordination in their sleighs upon the crust across lots, over the tops of fences and walls without difticulty. The depth of snow was so remarkable that it became and continued for a long time a standard of comparison. He was settled on a salary of one hundred pounds "and twenty cords of good marketable oak wood, cut and brought to the door annually, so long as he re- mains our minister." They also voted liim a settlement of three hundred pounds, - one half to be paid in one year, the other half in two years from his ordination. Mr. Packard was a man of sprightly talent, and was noted for his readiness rather than fur his profundity. He had great conversational powers, and was remarkable for his eccentricity. His sermons were practical rather than doctrinal, and more distin;;uished for happy descriptions of life and manners than for connected views of gospel truths. He Was liberal in his theolo;.;ical opinions, belonging to what is denominated the Arniinian school. As Unitariauism developed itself in Massachusetts, he was cunsidcred as coinciding with that class of his brethren, though later in life his sentiments are supposed to have undergone some change. " Perhaps it will be more conect to say that he never formed for himself any definite system of doctrinal belief; his mind was more distinguished for its readiness than for its method, and seemed to have held opinions in regard to ditl'eretit doctrines which were not consistent with each other, and which could not have been blended into a logical system. Dift'creut persons who knew him well have, for this reason, claimed him with different denominations, since on some points his views seemed to coincide with Unitarians, and ou others with the Orthodox standard of doctrine." These are the views entertained by one of the most distinguished preachers of New England on his theological opinions. Sir. Packard remained pastor of the first and the only parish in Marlboro' for about twenty years, and the people were happy under his ministry. In the year 1805 an unpleasant controversy arose in regard to the subject of locating a meeting-house, which ended in the erection of two houses, and ultimately in two parishes. During this controversy he remained neutral, both parties anxious to retain him ; but he continued to remain in the old church, and being unwilling to take part in the dedication of the new house, and realizing that a majority had a right to commaud his Services while he remained their pastor, he wisely ankcd a dismission from the church and society as the best way of avoiding a public approval of the removal of the mceting-houso, which was the sole cause of the unhappy feeling. On March U, ISOU, the matter was brought before the Marlboro' Association, and alter due consideration it was decided by them that the town had a claim to Mr. Packard in the new house. " The association, while they lament the occasion for it, both ou their own and the people's account, cannot but aci(uiesce in his determination to be dismissed." After much opposition, the West Parish in Marlboro' received an act of incorporation, Feb.

23, 1808, by the name of the Second Parish in Marlboro' ; on the 23d of March, the same year, Pvev. Asa Packard, who had labored with the society since his dismission from the town, was installed over the West Parish, and retained his pastoral relation until May 12, 1319, when he took a dismission and removed to Lancaster, where he resided till his death, which took place March 20, 1843, in the eighty-lil'th year of his ase. He was in his usual health in the niornins, and on coming into the house, he s:it down to listen to a letter from a distant brother; while it was being read he sunk back, and immediately expired.

Rev. Hezekiah P.\ckard, D.D., was bum in North Bridgewator ( iiow Brockton), Ma.ss., Dee. tl, 1761, son of Jacob and Dorothy (Perkinsj Packard, and was the youngest of ten children ; and of his parents and their influence he used to speak with pleasure, affection, and respect. Being the youngest of the family, he, no doubt, experienced the indulgence common to the youngest of a largo family. The humble circumstances of his father's ianiily accustomed him to habits of active industry, rigid economy, and self-reliance. Their narrow means, tuuLther with their discretion, restrained him from asaociating with other lads. One amusement his parents indulged him in had au influence they little thought of He says, " At what precise period I procured a fife I do not distinctly remember ; but the acqui.sition was to me very gratifying and delightful. Martial music was very animating to me, and I soon learned several martial aiis. The tunes sung and played during the incipient state of the Revolution had a wonderful influence. The exciting remarks made in favor of the Revolution had a thrilling effect upon my mind. I became anxious to attend musters and meetings for enlisting soldiers. The battle of Bunker Hill had an exciting influence. It seemed to electrify the whole community. On that memorable day I was in a ueighbor'.s field, hoeing corn, and heard the roaring of the cannon. I was then in my fourteenth year. The captain of the militia lived near my father's, and as he knew the family were high A\'higs, ami that I had some skill with the fife, he ap|)uinted me a tJfer in the company under his command. Soon al'ior this he was drafted for five months, and solicited me to go with him as fifer, promising to use mo as a son, which promise he always kept. Although young and fund of home, I never had any scruples or hesitation about enlisting, nor do I recollect that my parents opened their lips in the way of discouragement.

" Distinctly do I remember when my mother took my hand, and said, ' Hezekiah, remember, praying will make thee leave sinning, and sinning will make thee leave praying.' Tlicse words were to me full of meaning and of practical truth. Indeed, the devout desires and earnest prayers of ray affectionate and pious parents were, as it appeared to me, preserved as memorials before God on my behalf ; for, though I neglected prayer wheu a soldier, my moral habits were in other respects correct. I was averse to vices in the army to which youth are exposed ; no profane word escaped uiy lips from the time I left my father's house till I returned to it again. I was more and more disgusted at the profaneness common anions the soldiers, and even the officere, of the Revolution. My brother (the late llev. Asa Packard, of Marlboro', Mass.) had already become a soldier in the eight months' service, and was stationed at Roxbury. The regiment to which I belonged was ordered to Cambridge, and we dwelt iu tents near Cambridgeport. Soon after we pitched our tents and drew our provisions from College Hall, where beef, pork, etc., wore kept for our army, and other arrangements were made for a campaign, and I felt myself a soldier in camp, I had a furlough for a day or two to visit my brother at Roxbury. From the time we marched into Boston, late in autumn, until the following June, Col. Sargent's regiment, in which luy name was enrolled, was destined to occupy several stations. After being in Boston a few weeks we were ordered to Bunker Hill. In the spring of 1776 we were stationed at Castle William (now Fort Independence). Here we remained till June, when orders were given for us to march to New York. We went to New London by land, and from thence by water to New York. The regiment was stationed near Hurlgate.

" Six miles below the city, upon the banks of East River, opposite to our fort, on the other side of the river, the enemy built a fort to annoy ils, the distance between the two forts being a little over a mile. A soldier, soon after the balls and bombs began to fly into our camp, walking proudly upon the parapet, boastfully exclaimed that the ball had not been made that was to kill him. Not many minutes after a ball caoie and almost cut him asunder, thus warning others not to expose themselves needlessly. This cannonading and bombarding continued for several weeks, killing some and wounding some. I remember an old man belonging to our camp who, seeing a bomb fall and bury itself in the ground a few rods from him. started hastily toward the spot hoping to save the powder, for which he would get a dollar ; but just before he reached the place there was a tremendous explosion, and he was covered with dirt and nearly suffocated. He received, however, no serious injury, and was for a time the subject of facetious remark.

About the same time two young men belonging to the same mess found a bomb, the fuse of which hud been somehow extinguished, and thoughtlessly attempted to open the vent with a pickaxe. This rash and inconsiderate attempt was fatal to both. A spark from the axe reached the powder, and these young men were awfully mangled by the explosion. One expired immediately, the other survived a few days. Soon after this there was a general excitement. Intelligence reached us that troops were leaving Long Island, and that the British were pressing upon them, orders being given for retreat, and New York was evacuated. It was the Sabbath, in the last of August or the first of September. The heat was extreme, the roads were crowded with troops, with men, women, and children, together with cattle, goods, and chattels, overspread with thick clouds of dust. The night following was dark and rainy. I slept under a blanket with my captain, who had always treated me like a son, according to the promise he made when I enlisted.

" The next morning, while the cooks were preparing breakfast and the soldiers were adjusting their packs and cleaning their guns, etc., after the rain, alarmguns were heard ; our army was aroused ; the enemy were at hand. A detachment of one hundred and thirty-six in number, among them my brother, was sent out to check the enemy, and in a few hours he was on his way to the hospital at West Chester. On the same day was the battle of Harlaem Heights. Our regiment was near the centre of the line, extending from Hudson to East River. The line of battle was not far from King's bridge. The number of killed and wounded I do not remember. The sick and wounded were taken to the hospital. I visited my brother several times. His wound became alarming, and his surgeons gave no encouragement. We both nearly despaired of his restoration. At the second or third visit I took charge of a letter to our parents, in which he took leave of them and of the family, and we took leave of each other. I afterward went to the hospital, not knowing whetiier he was among the living, and found him somewhat relieved. His body was less swollen; his hopes of recovery revived. After this, as far as my memory serves, we did not see each other till we met at home in our father's house. In the autumn of that year I was sick, aud destined to breathe the polluting, infectious air of the hospital, and suffered much for want of things comfortable. Having the itch shockingly. without the means of getting rid of that loathsome disease, and being reduced by other complaints with out the medical aid I required, I thought much of home and a mother's cares ; but I was a stranger in a strange land. The hospital was extremely filthy, its atmosphere pestilential. My case was so much neglected and my whole frame so diseased and shattered that I had serious apprehensions I should not long survive. My term of service expired at the end of the year; I was no longer a soldier.

" Finding myself somewhat better, although still feeble, I set my face and directed my tottering steps towards home. The first day I traveled about three or four miles towards the object of uiy aflfection. About the third day on my homeward marcii I reached the great ruad from White Plains to my native home, and was providentially overtaken by my captain's elder brother and his waiter. He had purchased a cheap liorse before he left camp, and was homeward bound ; but finding me feeble, unprotected, and solitary, he readily dismounted, and allowed me the privilege of riding. I rode nearly the whole distance of two hundred miles. I have no remembrance of my friend's riding five miles till we reached Easton, Mass., his native town, and where my oldest brother then lived. We often received many a good bit on our way, in consequence of the piteous and oft-repeated story my friend told of the poor, destitute, and suflfering fifer upon the horse, so that people were kind to us, cheered, and comforted us on our way homeward. My parents had not beard a word from me after the battle at Harlaem Heights, except that I was there, but in doubt what to expect. My brother's letter not reaching home, the same doubt existed in regard to him. After my return from the army I was so reduced in strength, my whole frame so diseased and wrecked, that for a long time I was unfit for business. I was long exposed to suffering, and unable to labor. I was, however, afterwards induced to enlist for sis months. That I should have again entered the army was a mystery. I was stationed at Providence, and afterwards at Newport. Gen. Sullivan, who had command, intended to gain possession of Newport, then in the hands of the British. After quitting the service I made up my mind to live at home and become a farmer. But changes and events occurred in our domestic circle which greatly atfecled my condition and (My father died Feb. 2, 17T7, aped fifty-six.) My bruther, as before mentioned, being wounded, was probably led by that circumstance to change his purpose of life. He accordingly fitted lor college, and entered Harvard in the summer of 1779. In the course of the revival of 1780 did I first receive my religious impressions. At a meeting called by my brother my mind was deeply and solemnly impresaed. I did feel I had some encouraging evidence that God in Christ did appeal for me in mercy. The burden of sin which had borne with oppressive weight upon my soul was removed, and I think I found peace in believing. Calmness, peace, and serenity prevailed in my own mind. Availing myself as I had opportunity of the advice and experience of neighbors, I had the reputation of taking good care of the farm and rendering it productive. I labored to the extent of my strength, and made some improvements by subduing rough parts of the land and building walls. Meeting the approbation of my neighbors and family, and seeing the good effect of my labors, I acquired a fondnu.ss for husbandry, and readily devoted myself to it.

"I was well satisfied with my condition and sphere of life, and had no idea of relinqui.shing the pursuits of agriculture until tlie spring of 17S2. At that time I was afflicted and discouraged by an injury dune my arm in making wall. Being young and ambitious, I strained my arm at the elbow. The injury was such that it disqualified me from pursuing my favorite occupation. I showed my arm to several physicians, but received no encouragement. I then made arrangements for acquiring an education, and soon left home and placed myself under the instruction of Kuv. Dr. John Reed, minister of the West Parish. I pur.iued my studies with great diligence, deducting the time I was obliged to suspend my studies on accuunt of weak eyes. I was not more than a year fitting for college. When fitting I often visited the home of my childhood and early youth, and reluctantly denied myself its endearments. The distance nut being more than five or six miles, I could easily walk homo Saturday night and return on Monday niuniirig. In July, 1783, that being Cambridge commencement, I entered college with rather gloomy prospects, - my small patrimony, in consci|uencc of bad debts and fraudulent men, was reduced from five or six hundred dollars to a mere trifle; I had no patron to whom I could go for advice, encouragement, and help ; I had no place I could properly call home ; I had nu place to call my home through my college studies ; I had to make my way through many difficulties. I sj>enc most of my vacatiuns at college, where I had good opportunity for study, and I defrayed the expenses of board by keeping a morning school fur misses, by the care of college buildings, etc. I kept school nine or ten weeks winters. I wailed in Common Hull more than three years during college life. In justice (o myself, and for the benefit of uthers, I can state with all the confidence of truth that I [las.sed through cullege without fine or censure, and with a respectable literary character. The first year after leaving college I kept a grammar school in Cambiidge. The year passed pleasnnilj-, and I found myself in llie way t of iniprovcnieut. The next year I took charge of the [ library as assistant; was one of the three who in the course of the year prepared the first printed catalogue ' of the college librarj'. The other two were Rev. I Isaac Smith, the librarian, and Professor Sewall. At ; the commencement of 1789 I entered the tutorship in the Mathematical Department as successor of Mr. (afterwards Professor and subsequently President) Webber. I continued as tutor four years, enjoying enlightened society in college and in the town and vicinity of Cambridge."

In October, 1793, Mr. Packard was ordained over the cliurch in Chelmsford, with the prospect of a comfortable and useful ministry, where he labored with conscientious diligence in the work of the ministry eight years, when, receiving an invitation to settle at Wiscasset, Me., be asked his dismission, and it was granted by a mutual council called July 29, 1802. He was installed at Wiscasset, Mc, Sept. 8, 1802, Professor Toppan, of Cambridge College, preaching the sermon. He entered upon his new field of labor with a fair prospect of comfort and usefulness. When he had been in Wiscasset three or four years he was invited to take charge of a private school. The school was full, and succeeded so well that in the course of the year a plan for an academy was in train. A brick building was erected, costing four thousand dollars. He kept this academy several years, and his labors in it, and his pastoral and ministerial duties, were too much for his constitution, and brought on infirmities which have been at times troublesome companions. His labors at this place were terminated by a mutual council in the spring of 1830. Again Providence opened for him a smaller field of labor and usefulness at Middlesex village, a remote part of his former parish in Chelmsford, where were living many of those who, as parents or children, had been under his preaching thirty years before. It was while residing at this place his son, William, then a student of Bowdoin College, died, January, 1834. He exercised his ministry at Middlesex six years, and in the fall of 1830 dissolved his connection with that church. He moved to Saco, Me., Nov. 11, 1836. During the remaining years of Mr. Packard's life he resided at Saco, Me., Salem, Mass., and Brunswick, Me., making occasional visits to each and all of his children. He took a lively interest in passing events and social life, and to the last had a cheerful temperament and strong social affections. He never secluded himself, nor seemed to feel too old to meet and fulfill the claims of society upon him. In his eighty-fifth year he took the principal charge of a garden, and in winter he used the axe and saw. He participated in all schemes for good, mourned with those that mourned, rojiiiccd with those that rejoiced. The passer-by ever met him with a kind word or bow. He possessed great dignity of bearing and character, combined with case and elegance of manners which adorn the most cultivated society, and an ever-playful, genial humor. For nearly fitly years he was connected with various literary institutions, much of the time being engaged in training the youth. For .seventeen years he was a trustee of Bowdoin College, and ten years vice-president of the same, and from the day of his admission to the university he was a college man to the close of his days, always glowing in college scenes, reminiscences, and attachments. He was the originator of the Bible Society in Lincoln County, Me. He died April 25, 1849. Agreeable to his own request, his remains were conveyed to Wiscasset for interment, the place where he had labored twenty years before. The funeral took the place of the afternoon service, Rev. Dr. Adams, of Brunswick, preaching the sermon.

" The lust long journey of his life now o'er; His gentle voice and cheerful uruile uo more Shall tell the tule of life's uncurtain drcaut ; For he is now in heaven, - a higher theme."

Rev. Josuda Cushman was bom 1758 or 1759, and resided in North Bridgewater (now Brockton), Mass. ; graduated at Harvard College in 1787. In the early part of the Revolutionary war, at the age of seventeen or eighteen, he entered the military service of the United States. A paper found among his papers and books contains the following account of his services in that war in his own handwriting:

"I enlisted on the 1st day of April, 1777, under Caleb King, then in Bridgewater, Mass., and served in the Ninth Regiment of the Massachusetts line. The field-oflBcers were Col. Wesson, Lieut,- Col. Mellon, and Maj. Badlam. I was in Capt. Bartlett's company. My first rendezvous was at Cambridge, near Boston ; then proceeded to Albany ; thence up the Mohawk to the German Flats ; joined Arnold's attachment from Gates's army for the relief of Fort Stanvix. After the dispersion of the enemy we joined the Northern army, near Stillwater, on the Hudson ; thence took ground and encamped on Bemia Heights ; was in the decisive battle which led to the capture of the British forces in that quarter. After the surrender of Burgoyne we moved down the Hudson to Albany, and thence across the country to White Marsh, in Pennsylvania. After facing the enemy for a day or two, we went into winter quarters at Valley Forge. After the enemy evacuated Philadelphia we moved with the main army under Gates, first to Daubury, then to Hartford, Conn., thenuo to Fiblikill. Tliere, and in the viciuitj' of ^Vest Point, N. Y., I was stationed with tlie regiment daring the rest of my term of service. I was discharged the hitter part of Jlarch, 1780, having completed the term of my engagement laelcing a few days, an indulgence obtained througli the courtesy of the colonel." After leaving the military service, he fitted for college, graduated in the same class with Hon. John Quiiicy Adams, studied theology with llev. Eplnaim Briggs, and was ordained as paator of the Congiegiitioual Church in Winslow, Me., on June 10, 1705, at the age of thirty-six, where he remained nearly twenty years. At a little later period after his settlement, he adopted the views of that branch of Congregational ists called Unitarians. His ordination sermon was preached by Rev. Mr. Whitman, of Pembroke, and the other services of the occasion were performed by Rev. Jlr. Porter, of Roxbury, Rev. Mr. Porter, of Rye, N. H., Rev. Mr. Winthrop, of Woolwich, Me., Rev. Mr. Ellis, of Topsliam, Me., and Rev. Mr. Calef, of Canaan, Me. The cliurch where his ordination tool; place not being large enough to contain the audience, a bower was made, covered with green boughs and supported by twenty pillars, interwoven at the sides, and, when filled with people, presented quite a unique and picturesque appearance. After his dismissal from tlie ministry, which was not from any disagreement between him and the pariah, but from inability to support a minister, he continued to preach in that vicinity for a while, but never was installed over any society. He soon became an eminent political man, commencing by representing the county of Kennebec in the Senate of Massachusetts (of which Maine was then a part) in the political year 1810; represented the town of Winslow in the House of Representatives in 1811 and 1812 ; was elected on the Executive Council of Massachusetts, but declined the office; in ISl'J was elected as representative to Congress from the Kennebec District, and after Maine was separated from Massachusetts, in 18-0, he continued in Congress for six cousecutive years. In 1828 he was again elected from his district to the Senate, and in 1834 again represented his adopted town of Winslow in the House, and this was the last of his public services. " His course was run, bis days were numbered." Beiug the senior member at the opening of the Legislature in January, 1834, it became his duty to call the House to order at its organization ; but his health being feeble, he never took his scat again in that body. He died at his boarding-house Monday morning, Jan. 27, 1834, aged seventy-five years. Immediately upon the opening of the two branches of the Legislature, the House voted to adjourn, and the members to wear black crape during the remainder of the session as a mark of respect to the memory of Hon. Joshua Cushniau. And the Senate also adjourned from a regard to his services and worth. His funeral was attended by the members of both branches of the Legislature ; and, although the snow was extremely deep at the time, there was a large gathering, and the duty of following his remains was consequently fatiguing. He was interred at Augusta, Me., and a plain marble slab erected to his memory, bearing this simple in.scription : " Our fathers, where are they ?'' The Legislature of Maine afterwards, however, removed his remain.s to the tomb erected for the burial of those who died in the service of the government, and his name was engraved on the top of the tomb among those who iiad gone before him. He was a good scholar, was imbued with Christian and statesmanlike principles, and was a respectable speaker. Progress and reform were among the leading traits of his mind. The tot of time and the judgment of men which truly tries the character and acts of all has pronounced its verdict, - " A good and faithful servant."

Rev. NaPHTALI Shaw was the son uf William and Hannah (West) Shaw, born in North Bridgewater (now Brockton), June 20, 17(34. His ancestors, as far back as he had any knowledge of them, were pious people. When a lad he had but little time for reading, excepting on the Sabbath, then he read the Bible and religious books. He was religiously educated, and from such works as he had he early received religious impressions which proved of the greatest value to him. Of the divine authority of the Scriptures he uever had a doubt, and at an early period of his life he had determined to make them the rule of his faith and practice. At ilie age of fifteen he enlisted in the service as a soldier uf the Revolutionary war, for a special service at Rhode Island, and again the next year, with his two older brothers, marched to the call of his country to aid in suppressing Shay's rebellion and a threatened assault ou one of our maritime places. In all this he did nut have to engage in battle. He was, however, always through life patriotic. When he came back from military service the last time, being then seventeen years of age, he prevailed upon others in his native town to unite with him in purchasing a social library, and the first book he selected was " Mason on Self-

KnowleJije," which lie always thought was of great value to him, and one that uo person could study without profit. After preparatioo for college, under the eare of Dr. Crane, a physician of Titieut Parish, and Rev, Dr. John Reed, of West Bridgewater, in 178G, at the as^e of twenty-two, he entered Dartmouth College, Hanover, N. H., where, after applying hiiuself closely to his studies, and after a hard struggle with difficulties arising from limited means and a new state of things iu the vicinity of the college, he graduated with honor in 1790, receiving the bachelor's degree. After tliis he taught school in Easton, Mass., and Boston, as an as.sistaut of Mr. C.ileb Brigham, an iii.structor of great celebrity. After studying theology seven months, he was approbated (as it wa.s then called) by the Plymouth A.ssociation of Ministers Aug. 1, 1792. He pui-sued the study of theology under the care of Rev. Zedekiah Sanger, D.D., of Bridgewater, wlio w;is in the habit of instructing young men for the ministry. Immediately after he was licensed to preach, he received a call to preach at Kensington, N. H., where they had already heard more than twenty candidates. He was ordained at that place Jan. l-iO, 1793, as pastor of the Congregational Clmrch, then at the age of twenty-nine years. He remained in that place till Jan. 13, 1813, when, his health failing him, he had to ask his resignation. His ministry wa.s pacific and useful, peace and harmony were restored, and the caitse of education, morals, and religion was promoted. Upon his resigning his pastoral labors, his health continued such that he devoted him- .self to agricultural pursuits. He purchased a farm in Bradford, Vt., where he continued during the remaining forty years of his life, giving up preaching entirely. In due time he united with the Congregational Church in Bradford, Vt., and to the day of his death continued a most worthy and exemplary member, highly respected by all who knew him. Although an educated man, he was far from being dictatorial or overbearing or fault-finding, but habitually exhibited that meek, humble, and quiet spirit that manifested itself in all his actions, and which, in the sight of God, is of great price.

Rev. Theophilus Packard, D.D., was the son of Abel and Esther (Porter) Packard, and was born in North Bridgewater (now Brockton), Mass., March 4, 1769. When he was five years old he removed with his father's family to Cummington, Miiss., the western part of the State, where he lived until he entered Dartmouth College. His early years were spent iu working upon his fixther's farm. At the age of twenty-one he began to fit up a farm for himself; but, by overtasking his bodily powers, he disabled him.self in a great degree for that kind of labor. Shortly after this his mind became deeply exercised on the subject of religion ; and at length so fir settled that he became a member of the church. He be'.ian now to meditate the purpose of devoting himself to tlie Christian ministry; and, with a view to this, commenced his preparation for college under the instruction of his pastor, the Rev. James Briggs. He entered college in 1792, and graduated in 179(i. Immediately after his graduation he commenced tlie study of theology under the Rev. Dr. liurton, of Thetford, Vt., and at the end of six months was licensed to preach by the Orange Association, to which his theological teacher belonged. His first labors as a minister were among the churches in the region in which he was licensed. He went to Slielburne, Mass., to preach as a candidate, early in the autumn of 1798. He waa ordained on the 20th of February, 1799, the sermon being preached by the Rev. John Emerson, of Conway, Mass. The honorary degree of doctor of divinity was conferred upon him by Dartmouth College in 182-4. Dr. Packard continued in sole charge of the church at Shelburne until March 12, 1828, when his son Theophilus was ordained as his colleague. The charge was given to the young pastor by the Rev. Jonathan Grout, of Hawley, who had performed the same service iu connection with his father's ordination twenty-nine years before. From this time the father and son continued to supply the pulpit alternately till Feb. 20, 1842, when Dr. Packard gave notice to his people that he should relinquish all pastoral service, and from that time he never received from them any compensation. He Wiis, however, not dismissed, but retained tlio pastoral relation till his death. During the fourteen years in which the two were associated in supplying the Shelburne pulpit, they both labored extensively in destitute parishes in the neighborhood, and were instrumental, in several instances, in preparing the way for a stated ministry. Dr. Packard, having reached the age of seventy-three, and finding the infirmities of age were rapidly increasing upon him, went, in the spring of 184G, to live with a widowed daughter in South Deerfield. Here he remained four years, but returned to Shelburne in the summer of 185-1. His last .sermon was preached in Deerfield in November, 1847. He suffered severe injury from a fall upon the ice in the early part of January, 1855, and from that time was confined to his house, and mostly to hia bed. He was afflicted by a complication of maladies, from which, during the last few weeks of his life particularly, he experienced intense sutfering. He died on the 17th of September, 1855. The

Fiariklin County Cliurch Conference and Benevolent Anniveisaries having been appointed to be held on the ISth and 19th, his fuQeral took the place of the conference exercises on the aftern<jon of the 19th, a very large number of uiiui-.ters being in attendance. His funeral sermon was preached by tlie Rev. Dr. Hitchcock, late president of Amherst College. He was married to Mary, daughter of Isaac Tirrill, of Abington, Mass., Feb. 9, 1800. He had eight children, one of whom, Theophilua, w.is graduated at Amherst College in lS2o, and, as has been already noticed, was associated with his father in the ministry. MiA. Packard was living in 1S5C. Dr. Packard, in the course of his ministry, instructed tliirty-one students in theology, all of whom became preachers of the gospel.

Rbv. Jon.\s Perkins was the oldest son of Josiah and Anna (Reynolds) Pertins; was born in the North Parish of Brid'.iewater (now Brockton) Oct. 15, 1790. At the age of seventeen he commenced fitting for college at Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., having from the time of his conversion, at the age of ten, a strong desire to devote himself to the ministry of the gospel. He enjoyed the instruction of Rev. Mark Newman and John Adams at the academy, and when esamined for admission to Brown University, offered himself as a candidate for advanced standing, and was received as a member of the Sophomore class. He graduated at this institution with distinguished honor in 1813. He immediately commenced a course of theolegical studies under the instruction of Rev. Otis Thompson, of Rehoboth, Ma.ss., Was licensed by the Mendon Association Oct. 11, 1814, and was invited to preach as a candidate for the Uuioa Society of Weymouth and Braintree, at the age of twenty-four. After preaching a short time, he received a unanimous call to become their pxstor, which call he accepted, and was ordained June 14, 1815. With this society he has labored for forty-six years, prosperou.s, united, and happy, and the church under his care has been constantly increasing in numbers. At the annual meeting of the society, in 1801, he gave them notice that he should resign his p;istoral charge at his seventieth birthday, the 15th of the following October. Accorningly, iio preached his farewell sermon on the Sabbath following that day, and by the mutual consent of pastor and people and approved of a council, his ofiBcial conaeclion with them Wiis dissolved. At a meeting of the church and parish which was held soon after, the following resolutions were passed, showing the estimation in which his labors were held by them :

" lUtoUed^ That we recognize with devout jjraticuile the Sooilne33 of God to thid society in preserving the life and continuing the labora of our pastor, Rev. Jonas I'eikias, so many yeari.

" Jieaolccd, That the union anil prosperity of this ctiurcU anj people during liis pastorate testify to his fnU-lity and saccess as a minister of Jesus Christ. j *' /Uitnlved, That we tender our heartfelt thank- to liiin as I the shepherd of this doelc, for his constancy and his un^vearied j ellorts to promote our spiritual and temporal good. j Ri^HiUacd, That while the dissolution of this relation awakens many tender ami painful emotions, we are eoniforttil and cheered by the thought that ho and his beloved companion are to spend the evening of their life with us, an.l that we .-hall still enjoy their counsels, the light of their ev.uuplo, :iud their prayers,

** Uetn/vfl, That we assure hiiu and liis firuily of our continued respect and love, and that we fully reciprocate the wish ctpresseJ in his farewell tUscourse. for a mutual and truly Christian remembrance until death."

Rev. Eliphalet P. Crafts is the son of Rev. Thomas and Polly (Porter) Crafts ; was born in North Bridgewater (now Brockton) Nov. 23, ISUO. At an early age he, with the rest of the family, removed to Middleboro', where he received his early education ; fitted for college with his father ; graduated at Brown University, Providence, R. I., in 182 1 ; studied theology at the theological school of Cambridge, where he graduated for the ministry. He was first settled at East Bridgewater in 1828, where he enjoj'cd a happy ministry for seven years, and was dismissed at his own request. After regaining his heilth, he was installed over the First Congregational Church and Society at Sandwich, Ma.ss., in 1839, ministering to a harmonious and affectionate people for about fifteen years. Receiving a dismission, at liis reijuest, he removed to Lexington, Mass., where he has been engaged in educating young Spanish gentlemen, also supplying vacant pulpits in Lexington and vicinity.

Rev. Levi PaCICAUU was the son of Levi and llutli (Snow) Packard, born in North Bridgewater ( now Brockton), Mass., Feb. 4, 1703. His early days were spent under the parental roof in the discharge of filial and fraternal duty. At the age of fourteen he became the hopeful subject of renewing grace, and was received into the cotumuuion of the church in his native town. Here ho gave himself up to God, it is believed, with a " purpose of heart to cleave unto him," which was never relin([uishcd. His thoughts were early turned towards the Christian uiinistry, and ho longed to devote himself to the work of preaching that gospel which he had found so precious ; but his circumstances were unfavorable, and for several years he endured a painful mental conflict on the subject. Still he urged the anxious inquiry, -' Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?" cherishing the hope from year to year that the Saviour whom he loved woulJ yet permit him, as an under shepherd, to feed his lambs. Having at length attained liis majority, lie felt at liberty to devote the avails of his personal labor to tiie object which lay nearest his heart, and which years of doubt and difficulty had but rendered Wore and more dear to him. His preparation for college was retarded by the expedients which he was constrained to adopt for defraying its expenses ; but at length, at the ago of twenty-eight, his etforta and saciifices were rewarded, and he graduated with the highest honors at Brown University. He then continued his theological studies under private instructors, and alter having preached temporarily in several places, he was ordained at Spencer, Mass., the 14th day of June, 1826. A ministry of twenty-seven yeai-s in that place leaves but little need of any testimony to his personal or official character. He had learned the truths of the gospel experimentally, and he preached them in a corresponding manner. He preached plainly, directly, affectionately, unreservedly, practically. Though he sought not literary distinction, or the gratification of intellectual pride, he was not wanting in originality of thought; he was not a retailer of other men's ideas ; his sermons were his own, - the fruits of his own inquiry, solemn meditation, and earnest prayer. He shunned no subject on account of its difficulty or its unpopularity, but aimed to declare the whole counsel of God. The cross was ever prominent in the religious instruction which he gave ; yet, while determined not to know anything among his people save Jesus Christ and him crucified, he ever remembered that the object of the Lord's coining was to destroy the works of the devil, and that the gospel develops and enforces principles and rules of action applicable to all the relations, obligations, and interests of social life. While desirous that every sermon should have a Saviour io it, he endeavored to give each doctrine and precept of revealed religion its place and proportion in the Christian system.

Not constitutionally inclined to controversy, he opposed error, not so much by direct attack as by giving his hearers an opportunity to detect it for themselves iu the light of the truth which shone upon it. Against every violation of divine law, whether in the private walks of lil'e or in the high places of public authority, by individuals or communities, lie bore his honest and fearless testimony, esteeming it comparatively a light thing to be judged of man's judgment, and mainly anxious to be free from " the blood of all men," even should his faithfulness as a reprover provoke the displeasure of those who=e friendship he most highly valued, and whom

I he was most reluctant to offend. At length he - I having received the impression that he could no I longer be useful as a pastor - resolved that for their I good he would seek employment in .some other vineyard. His pastoral attachment, however, still survived, making a request " that his last sermon to them should be from his silent lips, and that his dust might lie among those with whom he had taken sweet counsel, and with whom he hoped to meet in the sanctuary above." Mr. Packard was not long allowed to remain idle. He was dismissed from his people in Spencer iu September, 1853, and was settled over the Congregational Church in Woonsocket, E.. I., in December of the same year. Here he labored about one year. From that time he gradually failed, through the withering power of pulmonary disease, until his death, which took place at Staftbrd Springs, Conn., Jan. 11, 1857. The most remarkable characteristic of Mr. Packard may be designated as honesty. In whatever he said or did he was sincere, frank, and guileless. No one could hear him preach without coming to the conclusion that he felt what he said. There was no room for suspicion, and for simplicity of character he may be considered as a model ; and during all his last long sickness, says one who was seldom absent from his bed of languishing, " he has given us a bright pattern of patience and quiet submission to his heavenly Father's will."'

Rev. Austin Gary was the son of James and Hannah (Wales) Gary ; born in North Bridgcwater (now Brockton), Oct. 1, 1S09. His early life was marked with amiableness and morality, and as is usual with children of pious parents, he was from his early years the subject of serious impressions. The first he distinctly remembered was when he was about seven years old ; but, as he advanced in youth, he left the Sabbath-school, as is the dangerous custom of many lads when they begin to approach manhood. From that time, though extremely fond of reading, he neglected the Bible and lost all relish for it. He also, for the pleasure of showing what he could say, and of provoking discussion, allowed himself to advance objections against its divine origin. As the result, he became skeptical, and ultimately an atheist, entirely callous to religious impressions. His recovery from this state was peculiar and striking. Returning home late at night, he had fallen asleep in the wagon, as he was wont to do when thus kept abroad by business. His thoughts had not been turned to the subject of

God's existence, or any kindred subject, eitlier then or for some time before. Tlie niglit was cloudy. As he awoke and looked on the dim objects about liiiii, a strong and instantaneous impression was on his mind, - "There is a God. He keeps myself and everything in being ; he is here, he is everywhere." This sudden and abiding conviction he ascribed to the Spirit of God. From that time he became the subject of fre- Huent religious impressions. He re-entered the Sabbathschool now as a teacher; but the employment only made him wretched by conscious unfitness. These occasional impressions and periods even of wretchedness he concealed. In this state he continued about two years; at the end of this time, and near the close of a protracted meeting, he finally and forever gave his heart to Christ, and openly avowed himself his disciple. Soon after this, in the spring of 1832 and in the twenty-third year of his age, he began fitting for college with the hope of entering the ministry. In 1833 he entered Waterville College, Me., from which, in the Sophomore year, he removed to Amherst, where he graduated with honor in 1837. The same year he entered the Theological Seminary at E;ist Windsor, Conn., where he completed his theological course in 1840. He soon after received calls from three churches. He accepted that from Sunderland, where he was ordained Nov. 11, 1840. Here he labored with great fidelity and success. He enjoyed two special revivals in 1843 and 1849, and one hundred and thirty-six were added to the church during his ministry.

In the autumn of 1849 it pleased God to send distressing sickness on all the members of liis family, which interrupted his public labors. The last time he preached, he went from the bedside of his wife, then scarcely expected to recover, and preached extemporaneously from tliese words : " We all do fade as a leaf." His last public act was on a Sabbath subsequent to his last sermon, when he left his sick family long enough to baptize six children. As his family became slightly better, worn out himself with fatigue and anxiety, he was attacked by hemorrhage from the lungs, followed by three similar attacks. He became, however, more comfortable, and his physician entertained the hope that, after a few months, he might be restored to a measure of comfortable health ; but a typhoid fever set iu, and he died soon after, on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 1849, at ten o'clock P..M., aged forty years, after a ministry of nine years. He Was remarkably winning in his manners, speedil}' securing the interest of a stranger, which was usually increased and consolidated into friendship by further acquaintance. He was always modest and unassum-

I ing ; he was ardent in his feelings, firm and trustworthy in his friendships ; he was social, frank, and generous above all shadow of meanness ; he was cmij nently manly, and remarkably unselfisb. Before experiencing religion, he was becoming more and more

! ab.^orbed in the love of money ; he was bent upon being rich, but grace had effected a complete triumjih over this; his heart was not set on property ; money flowed from him freely for every good ubject. He was firm in his decisions, and in the least as well as the greatest matter, where principle was at stake, absolutely inflexible, and yet he maintained his ciinvietions and carried through his purpo.-es with suuh suavity that they who yielded to his decision seeniiMl almost to suppose that he had yieldtJ to them. Mo possessed sound judgment and strong common ^en^^e. With all his warmth of feeling, he had great selfcontrol ; and few, if any, have seen him thrown otf his guard by even a momentary passion. He had immense energy, and what he undertook he would at all hazards accomjilish, and this, wiih his scrupulous fidelity, caused any matters pertaining to the interests of the church which were intrusted to him to be done seasonably and thoroughly, and in whatever he undertook he was almost recklessly unsparing of himself. His own convenience, interests, time, and health seemed literally the last thing he ever thoui;ht of. Hence he was led unquestionably to an unjustifiable excess of labor, which the remonstrances of friends were inadequate to restrain, and which brought him to an untimely end. As a preacher and writer he had ability, as his prize tract on dancing, and his report on the desecration of the Sabbath show. His peculiar characteristic was unction ; he was a son of consolation rather than a Boanergi.'s ; a John rather than a Peter. He spoke to the heart, and the [loculiar warmth of his soul glowed in his sermons and melted the hearts of his hearers. As a Christian, he was unusually spiritual. He spoke of " tiee and loiifiding intimacy with God in Christ, and comparing the Christian to a little child flinging his anus arouml his parent's ucck, and afl'ectionately whispering liis wants in his ear."

As a pastor, he felt an absorbing interest in his people. In his last hours any reference to the interests of the church seemed to arouse him when nothing else would. lie was one of the must active in forming and executing plans to promote the general interests of the churches in the county ; and few men of nine years' standing in the ministry had been called on so many councils, or had so great an influence in them. The following epitaph is on his "fravestone :