Plymouth Town (part 41 of 54)

Edwin W. Whiting received a commonschool education in his native town - a limited education, for he was but eleven years old when his father died. As soon as he was able, he went to work at shoemaking, the leading indu.stry of this part of the State, one of his employers being Joseph Studley. He was employed for some time in Mr. Studley' s factory in Hanover, stitching and cutting, and then for four years drove a dry-goods wagon - two years for Nahum Moore and two years for J. A. & C. W. Torrey. In September, 1862, he started in business in a small way with a stock of clothing and gentlemen's furnishing goods. It was the first store of the kind opened here; and the prophets declared that there was not trade enough in the town to support it, and that the venture would of necessity be a disastrous one. After being in business about a year, Mr. Whiting formed a copartnership with Mr. R. T. Eaton, continuing for twenty years. Mr. Eaton then retired, and Mr. Whiting again conducted the business alone. Thus the enterprise lived and thrived; and the store founded by Mr. Whiting is now the largest and best equipped in the town.

On January i, 1897, Mr. Whiting, having accumulated a competence, disposed of his business to Lucius W. Orcutt, of Boston, and retired from active cares. He is a Trustee of the Rockland Savings Bank.

In 1850 he was united in marriage with Jane B. , daughter of Andrew Studley; and three children have blessed their union, two of whom are living: George C, in business in Rockland; and Grace N., wife of E. S. Terrell, of Spencer.

Mr. Whiting is a strong Republican, and is able to give good reasons for his fidelity to his party. He is a chapter Mason, a Knight Templar, a Knight of Pythias, an Odd Fellow, and a Knight of Honor; and he has been a member of the Rockland Commercial Club since its organization, and assisted materially in its good work. A permanent resident of Rockland, he is one of the substantial citizens of the place, widely known and highly respected.

LDEN S. BRADFORD, born August 4, I Si 5, is, on his father's side, the seventh in descent from William Bradford, the second governor of Plymouth Colony, in a branch of the family whose members, from the governor down, have lived continuously in that part of the ancient township of Plymouth now known as Kingston. On his mother's side he is the sixth in descent from John Faunce, who came in the ship "Ann " in 1623, with the latest company of colonists who are now recognized as "the Pilgrims." He is also, of record, a descendant of Elder William Brewster, and of twelve others of the "Mayflower's" company, and of Elder Thomas Cushman, and eleven otliers of the later companies.

He was brought up a farmer, with such educational opportunities as were afforded by the common schools of his period, supplemented, after attaining his majority, by a brief course of instruction at Pierce Academy in Middleboro. For a number of terms he was employed in teaching, and subsequently through active life in surveying, conveyancing, the settlement of estates as executor and administrator, the adjustment of controversies as referee, and in the discharge of other delegated duties, public and private.

He has been largely intrusted with the management of town affairs, having held various town offices for periods aggregating one hundred and twelve official years. He is one of four descendants of Governor Bradford who collectively have held the office of Selectman in Kingston seventy-si.\ years, and one of four descendants of John Faunce who collectively have held the same office eighty-nine years. He has been chosen Moderator of more than fifty town meetings, and has presided, ex officio, as one of the Selectmen, at nearly an equal number of meetings for the election of State, district, and county officers. In the Civil War he was an enrolling officer for the government, and a recruiting officer for his town, which at the close of the contest was credited with thirty-three men in excess of all calls by the President.

health compelled him to decline further service, he was a Trustee of the Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank, a Trustee of the Standish Monument Association, and Vice-President and Supervisor of the Plymouth County Agricultural Society. Many of his reports to that society on agricultural topics have been republished by the Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture. For a number of terms he was Special Commissioner of Plymouth County, and in 1863 he represented the Fifth Plymouth District in the Massachusetts legislature. His commissions as Justice of the Peace have covered a period of more than forty years.

Denominationally, he is a Unitarian; politically, a Republican, having been also an original Free Soiler. In recent years he has withdrawn from any participation in public affairs except through the ballot box. Himself and three sisters, children of Spencer Bradford, have all long since outlived the allotted threescore years and ten. He has never married.

-ft^EV. HENRY EDWARD GODDARD, \:\ A.M., M.D., a New Church clergy- *^ V ^ man of Brockton, who for some time had charge of the New Jerusalem Church, was born May 20, 1852, son of the Rev. Warren and Sarah (Eldridge) Goddard. The Goddard family was established in this country by two brothers. Englishmen, who settled in Brookline, Mass. From one of these brothers the descent is traced through two Johns - the great-grandfather and the grandfather of Henry Edward - to Warren, his father. At the time of his death, William Goddard, a brother of Warren, was the oldest living graduate of Harvard College.

N.H., September 12, 1800. He received his early education in that place and in Phillips (Exeter) Academy, and subsequently graduated from Harvard in 18 18. After leaving Harvard he taught school for a while in Princeton, at Sandwich Academy, and in other places. While so doing he studied law in his leisure time. At a later date, feeling that he was best adapted for the ministry, he studied theology with Thaddeus M. Harris, D.D., of Princeton. While pursuing his studies there he became interested in the New Church doctrines through Samson Reed. In 1839 he was ordained in North Bridgewater, and he preached for some time in Abington, although not regularly installed, and attended the quarterly meeting on the Cape. He resigned his church in 1863. He served for some time on the Brockton School Board, and was much interested in establishing a high school in this city. His death occurred October 29, 1889, aged eighty-nine years. He was twice married. His first marriage was contracted August 6, 1829, with Mary Crowell Tobey, of Sandwich, Mass., who died in June, 1847. Born of this union were six children, of whom three are living - Benjamin, John, and James Frederick. By his second marriage which took place January i, 1849, ^^ '^^^ united to Sarah, daughter of John and Betty Eldridge, of Yarmouthport, Mass. She bore him four children, namely: Warren, now a well-known lawyer of Brockton ; Sarah Eldridge, who resides in the old home; Henry Edward, the subject of this sketch; and Asa E., an assistant teacher in the Waltham (Mass.) High School.

Henry Edward Goddard graduated from the Brockton High School as valedictorian in 1871. Subsequently after attending Cornell University for one year, he entered Brown University, from which he graduated in 1875, taking one of the honorary positions, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He next studied at the New Church Theological School, then at Waltham, Mass., and after graduating was at Cincinnati for one year, assisting his brother, the Rev. John Goddard, who had charge of the New Church in that city. In June, 1876, he was invited to preach at the New Jerusalem Church in Brockton, and on September 24 of that year he was ordained. Regularly installed as pastor of this society, he attended to the spiritual needs of his flock until November, 1895, when he resigned in order to take a course of medical studies at Dartmouth College. Here he received the degree of Doctor of Medicine in November, 1896. It has been said that when a man devotes his life to a profession he gets into a rut which becomes deeper and narrower as he grows older. Mr. Goddard has avoided this, recognizing no limit in the field of mental research. He took up the study of medicine to broaden his mind. In 1893 he travelled through Palestine, Greece, Italy, France, and other countries for study. From early boyhood he has been an enthusiastic student. While fitting himself for the ministry, he took courses of lectures in various lines.

Mr. Goddard was married December 3r, 1877, to Mary E. Outcalt, of Cincinnati. She died June 28, 1887, leaving two children. These are: Samuel W., born February 5, 1 88 1, who entered the Brockton High School in September, 1896; and Ruth, born September 2, 1884. On May 7, 1889, the father contracted a second marriage with Miss Hattie Faxon, of Brockton, a sister of Mrs. Dr. E. A. Chase and Dr. Fred S. Fa.xon, of Brockton. Mr. Goddard has been a member of the Brockton School Committee for three years, and had charge of the high school.

lAPTAIN MARTIN A. HUMPHREY, of Hingham, now living in retirement, was born here on October 16, 1837, son of Martin and Abigail S. (Whittier) Humphrey. His grandfather, Jonathan Humphrey, a native of Cohasset, Mass., was a farmer, and owned four hundred acres of land, comprising cranberry bogs, meadow, woodland, and a cleared farm of good land. He married, and became the father of twelve children.

His youngest son', Martin, who was born in Cohasset, became a sailor, and served in the capacities of mate and captain for many years, during which he made voyages to foreign ports. In politics he was a Republican, and he served on the School Committee for several years. He married Abigail Humphrey; and they had three children, of whom Captain Martin is the only survivor. At the age of forty-five he was lost in Boston Kay during a storm. His wife lived to be threescore years and ten. Both were highly respected members of the Methodist Episcopal church.

Martin A. Humphrey acquired his education in Cohasset, where he removed with his father when he was quite young. After leaving school, he began a seafaring life, making foreign voyages e.xclusively. He has been the commander of full-rigged ships, among which were "Camilla, " "Alaska," "Golden Fleece," "Columbus," and the "Paramita," and has twice circumnavigated the globe. Captain Humphrey's last voyage was made in 1884, from San Francisco to Liverpool, in the ship "Paramita." Since that time he has resided on the old homestead in Hingham. In politics he affiliates with the Republican party, and in religion he is a liberal. On New Year's Day, 1865, he was united in marriage with Mary V. Thomas, daughter of Joseph and Morilla (Bates) Thomas. They have two

XTrED HERBERT PACKARD is a Pl^ well-known citizen of ]5rockton, bookkeeper and salesman for Snell & Atherton, manufacturers of shoe tools, and for many years a member of Martland's l^and. He was born in West Bridgewatcr, P^ebruary 2, 1854, a son of Japhet II and Lucretia P. (Dunbar) Packard. Japhet B. Packard, whose father was Isaac Packard, was born in that part of North Bridgewater now known as Jerusalem, September 7, 1S19. He has lived in West Bridgewater, his present home, for many years, and has worked at shoemaking. He is now seventy-seven years old. His wife is a daughter of Silas Dunbar, of West Bridgewater. They reared a family of four sons and two daughters, of whom one son and one daughter have passed away.

Fred Herbert Packard acquired his education in the public schools of West Bridgewater. At the age of twenty he went to work in a Brockton shoe shop; and on P'ebruary 18, 1880, he entered the employ of Snell & Atherton, for whom he has now been book-keeper and salesman some ten years. While attending to his duties as an employee of this firm, he has conducted a successful real estate business of his own. In i888-8g he opened up two plots of land on Herrod and Martland Avenues, and seventy house lots were disposed of; and he owns plots on Howard and Montello -Streets and valuable tracts in different parts of the city. Mr. Packard played first clarinet with Martland's Band for twelve years, and during four years of that time he was Secretary and Treasurer of the organization.

daughter of Veramis Sncll of the firm of Snell & Atherton, and has one son - Warren Belcher, nine years old. Mr. Packard was elected to the City Council in 1892 on the Republican ticket, and was also elected as Alderman in 1896-97. He is one of the Trustees of the People's Savings Bank. He has taken several degrees in Masonry, belonging to St. George Lodge, A. F. & A. M. ; Satucket Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Bay State Commandery, Knights Templars; and the Mystic Shrine; and he belongs to Massasoit Lodge, No. 69, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and to the Brockton Commercial Club. He attends worship at the Waldo (Congregational) Chapel of Montello.

si SHAW, one of the oldest ens of Carver, Mass., a representative of one of the long-settled families of Plymouth County, dating back almost to the time of the arrival of the Pilgrim Fathers, was born in this town, December 14, 181 3, son of Nathaniel and Lucy (Fuller) Shaw. He is of the fourth generation of his race born in Carver, the first having been represented by his great-grandfather, Nathaniel Shaw.

Mr. Wilson Shaw, who has taken the pains to acquaint himself with the record of the family, thus traces his descent from the immigrant progenitor : Jonathan Shaw came from England, and settled in Plymouth, Mass., where he and his son. Deacon John Shaw, died at about the same time, and their remains were laid to rest in one grave. Jonathan Shaw, son of Deacon Shaw, was born in 1663. His son, Lieutenant Jonathan Shaw, born in 1689, was one of the builders of Pope's Point F"urnace in 1734. He served as an ofificer in the F"rench War; and Captain

Nathaniel Shaw, born in 171 8, son of said Lieutenant, served as an officer in the Revolutionary War, using the sword that had been his father's. Some time afterward Lieutenant Joseph Shaw, son of Captain Nathaniel, carried the same old sword while on duty, and had the misfortune to break it when leaping a fence.

The children of Captain Nathaniel Shaw and his wife Hannah - twelve in number - were: Mary; Elizabeth; Nathaniel, Jr.; Joseph, born in 1749; Hannah; Ruth; Jonathan; Deliverance; James; Zilpha; and two that died in infancy.

Lieutenant Joseph Shaw and his wife Lydia also had twelve children, seven sons and five daughters, namely: Joseph, Jr., Qliver, Isaac, Cephas, and Elkanah, all moulders; Nathaniel and George, foremen; Lydia; Ruth; Waitstill; Betsey; and Hannah.

Nathaniel Shaw, son of Lieutenant Joseph and father of Wilson Shaw, was born on the farm in Carver which was his son's birthplace; and he there devoted much of his life to the pursuit of agriculture. He was killed by the falling of a tree. Seven children were born into his home, namely: Nathaniel; Gilbert; Lydia; George; Wilson, the subject of this sketch ; Joseph ; and Lucy. Three of these are living - Lydia, Wilson, and Joseph.

Wilson Shaw was born and reared on the homestead, and received a good practical education. When nineteen years of age, he went to work at the old Pope's Point Furnace in Carver, where he learned the moulder's trade; and this trade he followed for the greater part of forty years, finding employment in different places. He resided in Norton, Mass., for a few years, and then removed to Woodstock, Vt., where he bought a farm, and lived about fifteen years. At the end of that period, returning to his native town, he here purchased a farm, and engaged in the pursuit of agriculture until 1S83, wlien, being seventy years of age, he sold his farm; and since that time he has enjoyed the leisure befitting his years.

Mr. Shaw married a lady bearing the same surname, Miss Pamelia C. Shaw. He has no children. In political matters he favors the Republican side. Mr. Shaw's long life of eighty-three years has been a useful and honorable one, and he justly enjoys the respect and confidence of all who know him.

^J° ^ tion at Point Allerton, Mass., was born in Hall, Plymouth County, November 22, 1827, son of William and Esther (Dill) James. His father was a native of Holland and a soldier in the army, which he left when a young man to become a sailor. He subsequently came to America, and, settling in Hull, was a sailor and fisherman the rest of his life. His wife, whose maiden name was Esther Dill, belonged to an old family here. Twelve children were born to them, and four sons are now living. In 1837 the mother with others of the family was drowned in Hull Gut, the sloop in which they had embarked having capsized. The father was on the boat, but was unable to save them. He lived to be eightysix years of age.

Joshua James, after acquiring his education in the schools of his native town, engaged in coasting and fishing with his father until he was twenty-five years of age, thereafter continuing the business for himself. He has long been active in the work of the Massachusetts Humane Society, going in their boats since he was fifteen years of age, and has saved scores of lives from the sea. In 1889 he was appointed to his present position of keeper of the Life-saving Station at Point Allerton. He has been honored with various testimonials, including a bronze medal from the Massachusetts Humane Society for rescuing the crew of the French brig "L'Essay" at Nantasket Ikach on April i, 1850; a certificate for rescuing the officers and crew of ship "Delaware" off the Toddy Rocks in Boston Harbor, March 27, 1857; a silver medal in 1S86 from the Massachusetts Humane Society for rescuing the crew of the brig "Anita Owen," ten in number, and for his brave and faithful service of more than forty years in the lifeboats of that society; a gold medal from the same society for his humane exertion in rescuing the lives of twenty-nine persons from five wrecks on November 25 and 26, 1888; also a gold medal from United States Signal Service for bravery at the wreck of the schooner "Gertrude Abbott " lost at that time.

Even now, in his seventieth year, his physical strength, his resolute daring and heroic promptitude in emergency, are not abated. The rescue of the crew of the British schooner "Ulrica" at Nantasket Beach by Captain James and his hardy surfmen during the violent storm of December 16, 1896, was deservedly chronicled in the papers as "an achievement of exceptional skill and bravery." The wreck occurred opposite Kenberma. A special railway train brought the life-savers from the station three miles away. The Humane Society's life-boat was launched; and three unsuccessful attempts were made to reach the broken vessel, hopelessly stranded, buffeted by the raging billows. The third time the boat was tossed like a feather twenty feet into the air, and Captain James was hurled into the roaring, foaming water. Reaching shore again, wet and chilled, but undaunted, he directed the firing of the Hunt gun that had just been brought to the scene of action, and which on the first trial sent the life-line high up in the rigging of the "Ulrica," where it could not be reached by the half-frozen sailors. A second shot was fired, and a third. A hawser was made fast to the vessel : the life-boat by its means was pulled out, and the shipwrecked crew, seven in number, were saved.

Captain James, when thirty-two years of age, was united in marriage with Louise F. Luchie, of Hull. They have had ten children, si.\ f)f whom are now living, namely: Louise Z. , who married Eben T. Pope, of this town, and has two children - Hildegarde U. and Dolly T. ; Osceola F". James, who is captain of the Life-saving Boat of the Humane Society at Nantasket Beach; Edith G., who married Joseph T. Galiano, of Hull, and they have one child, Eva; Bertha C. ; Roselle F. ; and Genevieve E. James. The father of Mrs. James was John Luchie, who came from Austria, and settled in Hull in the early part of 1830. He was a sailor until 1840, when he was employed as agent of the F. Tudor Ice Company in Boston. He was a very successful business man, and was highly esteemed. He died at the age of seventy-five years. His wife, formerly Eliza T. Lovell, now at the age of seventy-eight, resides with her daughter Louise, Mrs. James, in Hull.

IRA ALLEN LEACH, late an able lawyer of Campello, was born in North Bridgewater (now Brockton), June 7, 1850, son of Allen and Huldah G. (Morey) Leach. His paternal grandfather was Oliver Leach; and Peleg and Lucius Leach, shoe manufacturers of Brockton, were his uncles. Allen Leach, his father, was a farmer. He resided in Whitman during the war, and there manufactured shoes.

high school and the Bridgewater State Normal School. Being mentally equipped, he began a commercial career, at first becoming a travelling salesman for his father, selling shoes in the West. For a time after that he engaged in the manufacture of shoes ; but, owing to disastrous losses by the Boston fire, he was obliged to give it up. Nothing daunted by this experience, he then worked in the shop of his uncle Marcus Leach, at the same time reaching out after something higher by reading law at home evenings. He also studied with W. W. & F. M. Wilkins, prominent lawyers of North Bridgewater. He passed a a most meritorious examination for admittance to the bar, and began the practice of law in Campello, where he remained until his death, which occurred on January 10, 1S93.

In politics he was an undeviating Republican, and was actively interested in political measures. Fraternally, he affiliated in membership with St. George's Lodge A. F. & A. M., of Campello, which he served as Auditor; the Massasoit Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Brockton; the Ancient Order of United Workmen; and the United Order of Pilgrim Fathers, in which he had the highest office.

On May 12, 1871, Mr. Leach was united in marriage with Abbie A. Clayton, a daughter of George W. Clayton, of Farmington, Me. Mr. and Mrs. Leach became the parents of several children, namely: Allen, who died at the age of seven; Cora B., who was graduated from the Brockton High School, and is now a stenographer; Ira Allen, who manages the place; Carrie E., Grace M., Helen F., and Oliver - five of whom reside here with their widowed mother. The parents both attended the South Congregational Church, of which Mrs. Leach is a member.

Ira A. Leach

[INGTON I. JAMES, the coiir- 5US superintendent of Melville Gardens at Downer's Landing, Mass., was born in Hull, Plymouth County, on May i, 1851, son of Samuel and Mary P. (Gushing) James, of Duxbury, Mass.

His grandfather, William James, a native of Holland, was a soldier who left the army to become a sailor. In early manhood he came to America, and, settling in Hull, thereafter followed the occupations of sailor and fisherman. He married Esther Dill, who belonged to one of the old families of this town; and they had twelve children, six of whom - namely, four sons and two daughters - - are still living. Mrs. Esther Dill James met with an untimely end, being drowned with others of her family in 1837 in Hull Gut. The sloop in which they had set sail capsized, and the rocks and eddies made rescue impossible. William James lived to be eighty-six years old.

Samuel James, son of William, was a native of Hull, and has been a mariner on the coast all his life, making his home here. While he was connected with the Massachusetts Humane Society, which was incorporated in 1791, at the risk of his life he rescued from drowning twelve persons, the only survivors of the ship "Maritana, " wrecked near Boston Light, November 3, 1861, on her way from Liverpool, England. He received a certificate from the Humane Society in appreciation of his skill and courage. Other medals and purses that have been offered him his modesty has led him to decline. He now makes a business of keeping pleasure yachts, which he leases to the summer visitors. Though seventy-three years old, he is still hale and hearty. In politics he is a Republican. Mr. Samuel James married Mary P. Gushing; and they became the parents of nine children, eight of whom grew to maturity ; namely.

Washington I., Samuel, Laura R., Fannie E., Lillie R., Abbie A., Charles M., and Esther S. James. Laura R. James married for her second husband Warren Towle, of Bridgeport, Conn. By her former marriage to James W. Pope, of Hull, she had one child, Clarence Pope. Lillie R. is the wife of Clarence E. Leonard, of Wakefield, Mass. She has no children. Abbie A. is the widow of William Cullihan, of Hull, and has one child, a son named Paul. Esther S. James married Joseph Keen, of Middleboro, and died leaving two children - Esther S. and Harry Keon. Mr. Samuel James and his wife are highly respected members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mrs. James has now attained the age of threescore years and ten, and still enjoys good health.

Washington I. James, after acquiring his education in Hull, was engaged in coasting with his father between Maine and New York. In 1870 he settled in Hingham at Downer's Landing, and officiated as assistant superintendent of Melville Gardens until the death of James D. Scudder, when he succeeded to the superintendency. For the past nine years he has served as Constable. In politics he is independent. He also has been instrumental in saving a number of lives. In 1872, when the schooner " Helena" ran ashore on North East Bar, Point Allerton, he assisted in the rescue of five persons, receiving a prize for his bravery. Personally, Mr. James is highly esteemed, having made many new friends since his connection with Melville Gardens.

On November 28, 1878, he was united in marriage with Catherine L. Foley, daughter of Cornelius Foley, of Hingham, Mass. They have three children - May Gertrude, Frances Lilian, and Helen Catherine. The father and mother are both members of the Catholic church in Himrham.

bfREDERICK A. WARD, a general \\ agriculturist and cranberry-grower, was born January 4, 1855, in South Middleboro, this county, son of Austin and Ann Janette (Sherman) Ward. His paternal grandfather was Eliab Ward, a native of Carver, where he was engaged in farming during the greater part of his entire lifetime. Austin Ward had his birth, July 3, 1826, in Carver, where he grew to manhood, and followed the business of butcher. In 1861 he enlisted in Company E of the Eighteenth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers, and served at the front for one year and three months. He was then discharged on account of disability. Some time after he re-enlisted in Company C of the Fifty-eighth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers. After a few months' service he was mustered out, June 8, 1S65. On June 15, 1853, he married Miss Ann Janette Sherman, a daughter of Joseph R. Sherman, of Carver, where she was born September 3, 1833. They had three children, namely: Frederick A., the subject of this .sketch; Emma J., who is now the wife of Samuel J. Sporrow, a carpenter, of Middleboro; and Betsy W., now the wife of Wilston B. Chandler, of Middleboro, who is a conductor on the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad. The father died in 1878, in his fifty-third year. The mother, who survives him, makes her home in Middleboro.

When about a year old, Frederick A. Ward removed with his parents from South Middleboro to North Carver, where he passed the rest of his boyhood, receiving his education in the district schools. He began to earn his living at the age of sixteen. In his twentieth year he went to Plymouth to learn the moulder's trade, and there subsequently followed that calling for five years. He then worked in Providence, R.I., and Wakefield, Mass., for six months each, after which he returned to Carver, and engaged in a general mercantile business. Discontinuing that after two years, he then conducted a stage and express route from Carver to Silver Lake in Plympton, taking the cars thence to Boston, and making the round trip every day for nearly six years. One year later he purchased about forty acres. To this he has since made considerable additions. He carries on general husbandry, and gives special attention to the cultivation of cranberries.

On July 16, 1 88 1, Mr. Ward wedded Miss Clara E. Perkins, who was born March 26, 1857, to Mr. and Mrs. William Perkins, of Plympton. Mr. Ward and his wife have now one child, a son, Jay A., who was born November 28, 1S83. Mr. Ward participates actively in the civic and social affairs of the community. He has served his fellow-townsmen since 1889 as a member of the Board of Selectmen, officiating as the Chairman since the summer of 1892. In politics he acts independently of party, giving his support to whatever candidates and principles he may think the circumstances of the time demand.

P. KEITH, Vice-President of the extensive corporation of the Preston B. Keith Shoe Company, and clerk of the South Congregational Church of Campello, in Brockton township, was born in Campello, March 2, 1S51. His parents were Charles Perkins and Mary (Williams) Keith. His paternal grandfather, Charles Keith, a farmer and shoemaker, was also a prominent Congregational ist, a member of the South Church of Brockton, one of the founders of the Campello church, and a teacher in the Sunday-school. He married Mehitable Perkins, and reared a family of five children.

Charles Perkins Keith was a lifelong resident of Brockton, formerly North Bridgewater, and was engaged in the leading industry of the place - -manufacturing shoes - until 1872. He, too, was connected with the South Congregational Church, and was liberal in its support. He died July 12, 1893, aged seventy-three years. His wife, who was a daughter of Josiah Williams, of West Bridgewater, died in 1884, aged sixty-two years. She left three children, namely: Sarah W., wife of Fred W. Park, of Canipello; Preston B. , shoe manufacturer of Campello; and Rufus P., the special subject of this biographical sketch.

Rufus P. Keith acquired his education in his native town, finishing with a three years" course in the high school. He went to work at the age of eighteen in his father's factory, remaining until 1872, when he assumed charge of his brother's work-rooms. The business conducted by the Keith brothers is a flourishing one, having increased twelvefold since they took charge of it. In the beginning they employed twenty-five or thirty men, and they now have three hundred hands at work.

Mr. Keith was married in October, 1880, to a daughter of Jonathan Keith, a distant relation. She died in 1893, aged thirty-six years, leaving one child, Clara May; and in April, 1S96, Mr. Keith was united with Mrs. Sarah C. Reed Blades, daughter of the Hon. William L. Reed, and widow of the Rev. John T. Blades, a former pastor of the Campello South Congregational Church.

Mr. Keith, who is a Republican, has filled the office of Deputy Warden of Ward 3. He has been Treasurer of St. George Lodge, A. F. & A. M., for a number of years, and was Master some two years; and he belongs to Satucket Royal Arch Chapter. A member of the South Congregational Church since a boy

Idwin Putnam Gleason, M.D.

IDWIN PUTNAM GLEASON, M.D., who has recently settled in Brockton, Mass., is a well-qualified physician and surgeon, a graduate of the Harvard Medical School. He was born in Washington, D.C. , May 3, 1866, and is a son of the Rev. John F. and Olive M. (Jefferds) Gleason. Dr. Gleason, on his father's side, claims descent from General Israel Putnam of Revolutionary fame, and on his mother's side from John Alden, who came to I^lymouth in the "Mayflower," and from Thomas Dudley, one of the early governors of Massachusetts Colony. His father, the Rev. John F. Gleason, was born in Bedford, Mass., and now lives in Amherst. For thirty years a preacher, he believed in battling for the right in deed as well as word ; for during the war he served four years and a half in the Twenty-second Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. His wife is a native of Middleton, Mass.

Edwin Putnam Gleason passed the first six years of his life in the national capital. His parents then removing to Williamsburg, Mass., he attended school there four years; and he subsequently lived for nine or ten years in Norfolk, Conn., attending Norfolk Academy, Williston Seminary, Easthampton, Mass., and Amherst College. At the Harvard Medical School he took the regular course in the class of 1890; and immediately after receiving his degree he opened an office in Cambridge, Mass., where he remained about a year and a half. He was subsequently appointed to the medical staff of the Brooklyn Sanitarium, previous to which he passed the exacting examinations of the New York Uni- versity Regents, this making him a legal practitioner in that State. After a brief practice in Rockland, Mass., he in 1896 located at U06, Main Street, Campello, Brockton, where he now has a general practice, steadily increasing. He is a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society. A Republican since his majority, he has taken an active interest in politics. Dr. Gleason was married in 1895 to Miss Sadie L. Harlow, of Whitman, Mass. He is a Mason, belonging to Charles A. Welch Lodge, of Maynard, Mass. In religious belief he is a Congregationalist, being a member of that church and of the Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor.

REDERICK W. ROBBINS, formerly a well-known merchant of Plymouth and a veteran of the Civil War, died at his home in this town, January 20, 1884. He was born in Plymouth, August 24, 1826, son of Deacon Josiah and Rebecca (Jackson) Robbins, and was a representative of an old Colonial family, whose founder was Nicholas Robbins, of Duxbury, 1638.

As the proprietor of Robbins's Rope Walk, Josiah Robbins was for many years a consi^icuous figure among the business men of Plymouth; and he was one of the most prominent supporters of the Orthodox church, of which he was Deacon for a long period. He was four times married, and he reared six children, five of whom were by his third wife, Rebecca Jackson, who was a native of Plymouth ; and of these Frederick W., the subject of this sketch, was the third-born.

Frederick W. Robbins completed his educational course at a Marlboro boarding-school, and for a short time afterward was employed in a retail grocery store in Boston. Returning to Plymouth, he entered the general store carried on by his father in connection with the Rope Walk, and which, after coming into his possession, was managed by himself and a brother for some time. He later engaged in the wholesale grocery business, which he conducted for about one year, or until the breaking out of the Civil War; and in August, 1 861, he enlisted in the company commanded by Captain Callingwood, which formed a part of the Llighteenth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers. Being near-sighted, he was prevented from entering the ranks as a regular soldier, but was eligible to the post of Commissary of his company, in which capacity he served with ability for three years, accompanying the regiment through its various campaigns and battles. He thus contracted fever and ague, from which he never fully recovered.

After his discharge from the army in 1864 he returned home, and was obliged to pass a year in convalescing. He then went to New Berne, N. C, where in company with his brother he engaged in the grocery business, later becoming interested in a cotton plantation and the operating of cotton gins. P'rom North Carolina he went to Texas, where his stay was of short duration; and, returning to Plymouth, he passed his last days among his kindred and friends, dying at the age of fiftyseven years. He was an exceedingly upright, conscientious business man, whose many sterling qualities endeared him to all with whom he came in contact. He possessed a natural desire for progress and the development of business enterprises. P'or a number of years he was an active member of the Grand Army of the Republic, being a comrade of the post in New Berne, N. C.

On August 21, 1850, Mr. Robbins was united in marriage with Mary Wade, who survives him. .She was born in I^oston, daughter of John and Mary (Dolbear) Wade, the former of whom was a native of Weymouth, and a boat-builder by trade, who was connected with the United States Navy Yard at Charlestown, Mass., for eighteen years. He married for his first wife Mary Francis, and for his second Mary Dolbear, of J^oston ; and liis family consisted of eight children, seven sons and one daughter, Mrs. Robbins being the third of four children born of his second union. The Wade family were Unitarians, and attended the church in Charlestown which was formerly presided over by the Rev. Dr. Walker, and later by the Rev. George E. l-lllis.

Mrs. Robbins in her girlhood attended the public schools of Charlestcnvn, Mass., later entering a private school ; and her studies were completed at the Charlestown Female Seminar). Her married life was exceedingly happy, her love and devotion to her husband having been returned with the deepest and most sincere affection. They became the parents of seven children, five of whom died young. The survivors are : Abbie J., wife of George M. Gifford, a tailor of Plymouth ; and George J., a carpenter of Whitman.

Mrs. Robbins is prominently identified with the Ladies' Relief Corps connected with Calling wood Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of Plymouth, having been a member of several visiting committees, and being much interested in the corps and its work.

(s^ARVIS BURRELL, the present Town Treasurer of East Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Mass., and a prominent business man, is a native of West Bridgewater.

He was born June 15, 1828, his parents being Jarvis D. and Nancy H. (Howard) Burrell. His maternal great-grandfather, Leavitt Thayer, was a Revolutionary soldier and pensioner. (.See muster roll, Captain Abner Crane's Company, 1779, State Archives.)

Jarvis D. Burrell, whose birth occurred in 1798, was for many years a merchant in Randolph, Mass. He was also prominently identified with the militia, of which he became a major, and was familiarly known as Major Burrell. In politics he was a Free Soiler. He lived to be eighty-eight years old. Five of his children survived him, namely: Jarvis; Sarah T. , the widow of the late Josiah Bacon, of Boston, Mass. ; Nancy J., who died September 17, 1894; Emily L., now living in West Bridgewater; and David T. , of Brockton, Mass.

After acquiring a practical common-school education, Jarvis l^urrell, in his eighteenth year, began learning the blacksmith's trade in West Bridgewater; and he followed that occupation for over three years. Subsequently, in 1850, he came to East Bridgewater, and entered the employ of E. Carver & Co., cotton gin manufacturers, whose business is now carried on under the name of the Carver Cotton Gin Company. He worked as a machinist up to 1856, when he began travelling through the South as salesman and agent, following this until 1861, when the breaking out of the war put an end to the business for a time. He afterward entered their shop as a draughtsman and exijerimenter, and several years later, being made foreuian of their iron department, held that position some time. So that altogether he was in the employ of the Carver Cotton Gin Company over forty-five years.

Mr. Burrell made valuable improvements on the machine for cutting moulding for 'marble slabs for shelves and marble tops on furniture. It was placed on exhibition at the Mechanics' Fair in Boston, and proved a great success, the marble manufacturers testifying that it did the work of from twelve to fifteen men without an increase in the cost of the tools. The Labor Committee waited on Mr. Burrell, informing him that he had better take his machines away, as they were robbing men of work. He replied that he should still continue the machines; and with characteristic pluck he adhered to this resolution, and finally succeeded in convincing the committee that the men had no less work than before, though much more was accomplished in the same time. Mr. Burrell also made improvements on steam gauges, taking out a patent which was sold to the steam gauge manufacturers. For several years now he has carried on a printing business, getting out cards of all kinds, circulars, pamphlets, and catalogues. His inventive ability has shown itself in this department of business also; and Curtis & Mitchell, of Boston, deceased, when living, had control of his improvements in this line, and sold thousands of the presses that embody his improvements.

Mr. ]3urrell married Sarah A. Snell, of West Bridgewater, and by her has had four children, namely: Ina L. (deceased), wife of Fred C. Nutter, who left one child, Maude C, who was nineteen years of age June 27, 1896; Alice M., wife of F. O. Keith; Lura J., wife of A. G. Waterman; and George A., who married Louise M. Keith.

Mr. Burrell is a Republican in politics. Under a former school law he was Secretary and Treasurer of the School Board. In 1S93 he was elected Town Treasurer, and he has been re-elected annually up to the present time. He is a member of the East Bridgewater Improvement and Social Club. Fraternally, he is a charter member of Satucket Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of East Bridgewater, having originally been a member of Fellowship Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Bridgewater, from which he withdrew to join the former. He is also a charter member and Treasurer of Harmony Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, at Bridgewater, and is a member of the Old Colony Commandery, Knights Templars, at Abington. Few enjoy in a higher degree the respect and confidence of the community than does Mr. Burrell.

OHN C. GARDNER, a well-known native resident of Hingham, is a descendant of one of the town's early settlers. He was born on September 13, 1839, son of Enoch W. and Orra A. (Amadon) Gardner. He is a representative of a family said to be of Scotch origin, which has resided in Hingham for seven generations; and his lineage can be traced through Enoch W. , Samuel, third, Samuel, second, Samuel, first, and Francis, to John Garnet, that being an early form of the family name.

John Garnet was the founder of this branch of the family in America. His son Francis, who was born in Hingham, March 31, 1653, resided in this town, and was a soldier in Captain Johnson's company at the great Narragansett fight in December, 1675. He married Joanna, daughter of Samuel May, of Roxbury, January 5, 1681 ; and, of their two children, Samuel, first, the next in line, was the eldest. Samuel Garnet was born in Hingham, August 14, 1684. He was married first on February 4, 171 3, to Ruth Tower; and second, December 12, 1728, to Ann Clark. Samuel Garnet was the first of seven children. He was born in this town, November 17, 1715; and it was during his generation that the family name was changed to Gardner, which, according to the records, has existed since 1740. In 1738 he married Abigail Simmons, of Scituate; and they had a family of five chil-

Samuel Gardner, third, grandfather of John C, was reared to farm life in Hingham; and he also learned the cooper's trade, which he followed in connection with tilling the soil. He was the owner of considerable real estate, and was energetic and prosperous. He lived to attain the age of eighty-seven years, and died December 24, 1831. He was a Whig in politics, and served as Constable for many years. He attended the Unitarian church. He was twice married, first to Alathen Oakman, of Marshfield, January 6, 1774, and second to Chloe, daughter of Captain Enoch Whiton, of Hingham, August 23, 17S9; and of the si.\ children by this marriage Enoch W. was the eldest. Mrs. Samuel Gardner died in 1833, at the age of seventy-five years.

Enoch W. Gardner, John C. Gardner's father, was born in Hingham, May 11, 1790. When a young man, he learned the trade of a mason, which he followed through the active period of his life, his earlier years being spent in Boston. He was an industrious man, and a worthy, upright citizen, who labored diligently for the purpose of providing his family with a comfortable home. He died March 31, 1864. He was a Whig in politics, and he attended the Universalist church. His wife, Orra A. Amadon, became the mother of three children, of whom the only survivor is John C, the subject of this sketch. Mrs. Orra A. Gardner died January 7, 1876.

John C. Gardner attended the public schools of Hingham, and after completing his studies he began to learn the mason's trade with his father. He worked as a journeyman for a year, and then went to Boston, where he acquired the trade of a paper-hanger. He was employed in Boston for some sixteen years, at the expiration of which time he returned to his native town, and has since resided at the homestead. He is still actively engaged in the paper-hanging business, and has won a high reputation as a skilful and reliable workman.

On December 21, 1868, Mr. Gardner wedded Mrs. Henrietta G. (Webb) Eldridge, a daughter of Hezekiah T. and Emily (Clark) Webb. Of the two children born to Mrs. Gardner the survivor is Mary G., who was born December 12, 1869, and is the wife of Arthur Curtis, of Norwell, Mass.

In politics Mr. Gardner is a Republican. He has served with ability as a member of the School Committee; was elected a Selectman in 1895, was re-elected in 1896; and has also served as an Assessor and Overseer of the Poor. He is connected with Old Colony Lodge, A. E. & A. M., and with Old Colony Lodge, No. 108, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Hingham.

Y^OT S. LUCAS, a respected resident of IJT Carver, who has been a successful "^^ -^ teacher, merchant, and farmer, was born August 29, 1831, on the farm he now occupies, son of Abijah and Hannah (Shurtleff) Lucas. Abijah Lucas, like many men of his day in New England, combined the callings of shoemaking and farming. He entered upon the farm when a young man, and died there May 2, 1849, aged fifty-nine years. His estimable wife attained the age of eighty-two, dying March 4, 1876. They were the parents of five children, namely: Mary, who died in infancy; Horatio, who has also passed away; Mary, the second child bearing that name; Abbie, likewise deceased; and Lot S. , the subject of this sketch.

school and at Middleboro Academy, he began to teach, being then sixteen years of age. In this profession he was very successful, reducing to discipline even the "big boys" who make life a burden to a weak teacher. Having taught for fifteen years in Plymouth County, he moved in 1857 to New Bedford; and in that city he conducted a wholesale fruit store for ten years, catering to a large trade. He then came to his present home, where he is now engaged in cranberry culture, the great industry of Plymouth County. By sagacious management he generally succeeds in obtaining superior crops.

Mr. Lucas has been twice married. His first marriage was contracted with Laura E. Atwood, daughter of Levi Atwood, of Middleboro. On the second occasion he married Maria L. Cornell, daughter of Abishia and Susan C. Harding, of Middleboro. She died January 14, 1892, aged forty-six years, leaving one daughter - Alice B. Cornell, born May 3, 1874, at Dartmouth, Mass., and is living with her father. Believing in the elevating power of religion, he has long been a member of the Baptist church ; and he is widely known and esteemed.

(JOSEPH FRAME, M.D., of Rockland, is of Scotch parentage, the son of Alexander and Susanna (Annand) Frame, and was born at Shubenacadie, N.S. , October 23, 1866.

He received his early education in the public schools and Provincial Normal School. Having decided to study medicine, he came to Massachusetts in 1888, and spent the two succeeding years at the McLean Flospital in Somerville. He entered the Harvard Medical School, and, after taking the prescribed course, was graduated in 1894. Succeeding in a competitive examination, he was appointed First

Surgical House Officer at the Boston City Hospital for a period of eighteen months. Soon after the completion of his term in the hospital he became associated in practice with Dr. C. S. Millet in Rockland.

Dr. Frame is a member of the Boston City Hospital Medical Society and the Mas.sachusetts Medical Society. He belongs to the order of Knights of Pythias and the United Order of the Golden Cross.

HARLES EDWARD WEST, a wellknown merchant of Hingham, was born in Wakefield, N. H., January 27, 1853, son of Edward and Sophronia (Farnham) West. His father, who was a native of Bridgeport, Conn., and followed farming in his early life, removed in 1S47, when a young man, to Wakefield, N.H. In politics Edward West was a Republican. He married Sophronia, a daughter of Paul Farnham, of that town; and they had two children - Lizzie J. and Charles PLdward. Lizzie J. married Frank M. Thompson, of PZffingham, N.H. At the beginning of the Civil War the father enlisted in Company A, P'ortieth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, as private. He went to the front from Lawrence, Mass., afterward winning promotion to the rank of Sergeant. Having been wounded in the skirmish at Drury's Bluff, Va., he died subsequently in Castle Thunder Prison at Richmond. His wife's death occurred in 1880.

After acquiring his education in the schools of his native town, Charles Edward West remained at home until he was eighteen years of age. He then went to Boston, and learned the trade of carpenter, which enterprise he followed for four years. In 1874 he established at West's Corner in Hingham a general merchandise store, which he has since conducted alone, except for one year, during which he had a partner. The business has been very successful. Two years ago he started a branch store at Point Allerton, Mass., which has likewise been a financial success. In politics Mr. West affiliates with the Republican party. He has membership in Old Colony Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Hingham; in Old Colony Lodge, No. io8, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Hingham, and Trimount Encampment, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Boston ; in the Royal Arcanum, Warren Council, No. 103, of Boston; in Loyal Additional Benefit, No. 81, of Boston Council; in the Sons of Veterans, Charles S. Mead Camp, No. 72 ; and in Nantaskct Lodge of Good Templars.

On November 25, 1875, Mr. West and Hattie L. Beal joined hands and hearts at the marriage altar. She was a daughter of Zaccheus L. Beal, a native of Cohasset, Mass. By this union there are two boys: Harold R., born August, 1876; and Alfred F., born in July, 1881. Mr. West is liberal in his religious belief. Mrs. West is a member of the Congregational church.

I^AMUEL KEITH, the President of the East Bridgewater Savings Bank, is a member of an old and prominent family of Plymouth County. Descended from the Rev. James Keith, one of the first ministers of Eastern Massachusetts, he was born May 12, 1830, in East Bridgewater, son of Zebina and Rebecca (Witherill) Keith. Zebina, a son of Calvin Keith, was also born in East Bridgewater. He was for a number of years engaged in the manufacture of tacks in this town, took much interest in local politics, voting with the Democrats, and died July 3, 1880. His wife, who was a native of

Pembroke, Mass., passed away in 1842. Of their family three sons are living - Zebina, Samuel, and Henry - all residents of East Bridgewater.

Samuel Keith was educated in his native town, attending public and private schools. He went to work at the age of eighteen in his father's tack factory, of which he became the superintendent after learning the business. In 1855, on the retirement of his father, he and his brother Zebina took charge of the place, and conducted it under the firm name of Z. Keith, Jr., & Co. In 1873, when the factory was destroyed by fire, he retired from the firm. He has been connected with the East Bridgewater Savings Bank since its establishment; and, before entering on his present relations with it, he served it successively as a member of the Investment Committee, and for a number of years as Vice-President. He has been the President since 1889. The bank is an old and reliable one, and Mr. Keith has the esteem and confidence of the community.

In November, 1857, Mr. Keith was united in marriage with Miss Augusta Swallow, daughter of Harrison Swallow, of Buckfield, Me. She died March 15, 1880, leaving three children. These are: Samuel A., who is a clerk in the Carver Cotton Gin Works at East Bridgewater; Fred, who also resides here; and Amy, the widow of Fred G. Bonney, late of East Bridgewater. Mr. Keith, like his father, is a firm supporter of Democratic principles, while he is respected by the members of both the political parties in his native town. He has served for eighteen years as Superintendent of Highways of East Bridgewater. None of the business men whose fathers and grandfathers have helped to build up East Bridgewater is held in more general esteem.

GRACE B. MAGLATHLIN, a prominent manufacturer at Silver Lake, in the town of Kingston, Mass., was born August 15, 1852, son of Peter W. and Marcia (Bradford) Maglathlin. This well-known Plymouth County family was founded by John Maglathlin, a Scotchman, who settled in Kingston in the eighteenth century. He died in this town in 1772, and his mortal remains were buried in the old cemetery. From him the descent continues in a direct line through Joseph and his son, Peter W., first, to Peter W.', second, Mr. H. B. Maglathlin's father. The grandfather was a mariner, and died at sea.

Peter VV. Maglathlin, second, who was a lifelong resident of Kingston, worked at the trade of a ship calker in connection with farming. He followed the majority of the Whig element into the Republican party at its formation. An intelligent and highly respected citizen, he served for some time on the School Committee. He died in the seventies. He was twice married. Of his children the survivors are: Harvey W., Philemon W. , Onslow W., Edwin L., and Horace B. , the subject of this sketch - all of whom reside in Kingston; Angle, wife of Elliott Blanchard, of Turner, Me.; and Helen A., wife of Barker Baker, of North Hanson, Mass. Mrs. Marcia Bradford Maglathlin was a native of Maine.

Horace B. Maglathlin was educated in the public schools of Kingston, and at the age of eighteen he began to serve an apprenticeship with P. C. Reed, a tack manufacturer at Silver Lake. After serving three years, he worked for a time as a journeyman, and in 1878 engaged in business on his own account in Bridgewater. A year later his factory was accidentally destroyed by fire, caused by another occupant of the building; and in 1879 he erected his present plant at Silver Lake, and resumed business. His factory is fully equipped with improved machinery for producing all kinds of tacks and nails, and when running on full time employs eighteen hands.

In 1S74 Mr. Maglathlin was united in marriage with Eleanor T. Ford, daughter of Levi Ford, of Kingston, who was formerly a resident of Du.xbury. Mr. and Mrs. Maglathlin have two children; namely, Fred B. and Lucy D.

As an able and foresighted business man, Mr. Maglathlin has been very successful financially and his investments have proved exceedingly profitable. He owns seventy-five acres of valuable land in Kingston, one hundred and sixty-one acres in the town of Halifax, and in company with John Foster, of South Hanson, owns a large tract of land located on Marshfield Beach. This property is known as Webster Park, and fifteen summer cottages have been erected there. He is also the owner of a productive cranberry bog of six acres at Silver Lake.

In politics Mr. Maglathlin is a Republican, and for three years was a member of the School Board of Kingston. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, which he serves in an official capacity, and as a publicspirited citizen he is a liberal contributor to the church and other deserving objects.

/^TeORGE LOVELL RICHARDSON, V pT Chairman of the Board of Selectmen of Abington, Mass., has achieved success as an educator and as a man of business. He was born in East Medway (now Millis), Mass., March 9, 1838, a son of Joseph L. and Sylvia Pond (Partridge) Richardson.

Horace B. Maglathlin

was a farmer. He died February 13, 1885. His wife, Sylvia, was born in Franklin, December 22, 1S16, and is now living in Milton, Mass. They had three children - George L., Joseph H., and Ellen Maria. The latter died about seventeen years ago. Joseph H. Richardson is with S. S. Pierce & Co., Boston, and is living with his wife in the same city.

George Lovcll Richardson grew to maturity on his father's farm. He received a liberal education, attending the Medway High School and Monson Academy, taking one year's course of study at Amherst College and three years at Dartmouth College, where he was graduated in 1862. He taught some twentyfive years, from 1863 to 1888, in the high school at Sherborn and the Centre High School at Abington, and then engaged in the wood business, which has occupied his attention since 1888. He is a man of good judgment in financial matters, and has been for some time a Trustee and a member of the Board of Investment of the Abington Savings Bank. In the quarter of a century devoted to educational work Mr. Richardson, continually widening his circle of acquaintance as new classes came under his direction, drew to himself many friends, and won the confidence and respect of all with whom he had dealings; and his career as a business man has in no wise lessened the favorable impression of his character and abilities made at that time.

He has been twice married. In 1864, in Medway, he was united with Amelia B. Boyd, who died July 19, 1S79, leaving two children: Joseph L. , now a resident of Needham, Mass. ; and Fred B., in Brookline. In December, 1880, Mr. Richardson married Alice A. Giles, daughter of Jesse H. Giles, of Abington. He has no children by the second union.

seven years. He is a member of John Cutler Lodge, A. F. & A. M.; Pilgrim Royal Arch Chapter; Abington Council; and Old Colony Commandery, Knights Templars, and formerly took an active part in the chapter.

REN THOMAS WHITING, a farmer and shoemaker of Hanover, and one of those who fought for the Union in the Civil War, was born August 28, 1834, in the house where he now lives, son of Oren and Mary (Jones) Whiting. He began working at the shoemaker's bench when a child of six years, and thereafter followed that occupation steadily until the commencement of the Civil War. In response to one of the early calls for men, he enlisted for nine months in Company A of the Third Massachusetts Infantry, and was mustered into service at Lakeville as a private. He participated in the battles of Kingston, Whitehall, and Goldsboro. At the end of his first term of enlistment he was honorably discharged, and returned home. In 1864 he enlisted again, this time in Company E, First Battalion of Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, with which he did guard duty over rebel prisoners at P'ort Warren until 1865. He was then discharged with the rank of Corporal, to which he had been promoted. After his return home he resumed his trade, and thereafter followed it until 1888. Mr. Whiting has resided on his present homestead since 1865. The property contains about seventyfive acres. Here he is engaged in general farming and dairying, and also sells wood by retail. He is an adherent of the Republican party, and a member of Post No. 83, Grand Army of the Republic of Hanover. In 1851 Mr. Whiting was joined in marriage with Miss Lucy J. Hatch, who has borne him si.\ children, of whom three sons are living; namely, Elvvin T., Arthur L., and Erwin E. Two sons and their only daughter have passed away. These were Albert, Wilder, and Minnie J. Whiting.

ILLIAM R. GROCE, the efficient superintendent of the Rockland Water Works, was born June 24, 1843, in the town of Abington, now Rockland, the second son and the fourth child of Nathaniel S. and Lucy Ann (Ripley) Groce. Nathaniel S. Groce, who was a native of Hanover, passed the first years of his life there, and then moved to Rockland. A worthy citizen, by trade a shoemaker, he toiled industriously to the close of his life, and died at the age of sixty-one years. He married Lucy Ann Ripley, and by her became the father of eight children, seven of whom are now living. Four of these reside in Rockland, one is in Washington, D.C., and another is a teacher in the city of Boston. His wife died in 1894, at the age of eighty years.

William R. Groce was brought up in his native town, receiving but a moderate education because of his father's limited means. Since then he has added largely to his stock of knowledge by reading, and by making the most of his powers of observation and practical contact with the world at large. At the age of ten he began to earn his own living, and by his thirteenth year he had ceased to attend school. Until September, 1862, he worked for the most part on the home farm or at shoemaking. Desiring then to serve in the Civil War, he enlisted in the Forty-third Massachusetts Infantry, Company G, for nine months, and went to the front. Later he re-enlisted in the Sixtieth Regiment, Company A, Massachusetts Infantry. He saw much hard fighting, suffered a good deal from the fatigues and privations of camp life, returned home in a poor physical condition, and resumed his old trade of shoemaking. In April, 1887, he became the superintendent of the Rockland Water Works, which supplies water to the towns of Rockland and Abington. The water was first turned on in January, 1887, when the builders had charge, Mr. Groce being the first superintendent. He has since retained his position, and proved himself thoroughly com]ietent, giving general satisfaction to the public. Mr. Groce married Miss Nannie E. Wadsworth, a daughter of Louis S. and Nancy B. Wadsworth, of Plymouth. By her he became the father of three children - Gertrude W., Clara Ripley, and Nathaniel S. The latter was so named after his grandfather. In politics Mr. Groce is known as one of the "wheel horses" in the Republican party in this town. He has been on the Republican Committee of the town of Rockland since its organization, and has served as its Chairman for the past four years. His judgment is much relied upon, and his advice is much sought, both on general as well as political questions. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, to Hartsuff Fo.st, No. 74, of Rockland. He is also a member of the Royal Arcanum and of the Rockland Commercial Club, which has done so much of late years for the business interests of the town.

EV. NEHEMIAH LINCOLN, pastor )f the Congregational church of North Carver, was born in North l^ridgewater, July 21, 1824. His father. Captain Nehemiah Lincoln, who was a native of the same town, and served in the War of 1812, was married twice. His first wife, in maidenhood Martha Packard, bore him no children. Left by her death a childless widower, he formed a second marriage with Miss Mehitable Edson, by whom he became the father of four children. These were : Nehemiah, Daniel, David, and Amelia. The latter is a teacher in one of the New Bedford schools.

Nehemiah Lincoln, who was reared on his father's farm, at the age of fourteen began to learn the shoemaker's trade, and afterward followed it for about ten years. Now deciding to educate himself for the gospel ministry, feeling drawn thereto by an inspiration he dared not resist, he abandoned his trade, and entered Andover Academy. Shortly after his ej'es began to fail him, and he found it necessary to discontinue his studies. Taking his affliction patiently, he engaged in teaching, which he followed for two or three years in Raynham, Abington, East Bridgewater, and North Bridgewater, and afterward in New ]3edford for twenty years. At the end of that time the desire of his youth, which he had all along cherished, was accomplished. He was admitted to the ministry of the Congregational church. Soon after his installation he went to North Bridgeton, where he had charge of two churches for over sixteen years. In December of 1887 he came to North Carver, of whose society he has since been the pastor.

In 1847 the Rev. N. Lincoln was married to Miss Cornelia Hay ward. The union was blessed by five children - Ella, Lucia, Clara, Hattie, and Edward. Hattie is no longer living. Edward, who is a dentist, practises his profession in Fitchburg, Mass. Entering the ministry late in life, Mr. Lincoln has given to it all the best energies of his maturer judgment and e.xperience. In the quarter of a century that has since elapsed he has been employed in well-directed and fruitful efforts to make those among whom his lot has been cast lead wiser, better, and happier lives.

of its greatest need, was born here, April 18, 1837, son of Job and Mary (Jackson) Bartlett. David Bartlett, the grandfather of Horace, was a son of Samuel, the founder of the Bartlett family in Bridgewater. Samuel's father was Wright Bartlett, who probably lived in the earlier part of the last century.

The grandfather, David Bartlett, who was born in 1778, served in the War of 1812, during which he was stationed for a time at Plymouth, Mass., and was afterward granted a pension by the government. He died in his ninetieth year. Job Bartlett was a native and a lifelong resident of West Bridgewater. He served as Selectman for a number of years, and died in 1867. His wife, Mary, who was born on territory now within the limits of Brockton, bore him four children, three of whom are living, namely: Mary, the widow of Lewis Lincoln, of Norton, Mass. ; Samuel ; and Horace. Henry died in August, 18(14. Formerly a Whig, in later years Job Bartlett supported the Republican party.

The youth of Horace Bartlett was spent on the farm which is now his home. He attended the common school for a time, but his education has been chiefly acquired in the school of practical experience. When eighteen years old, he began learning the trade of an iron moulder, which he afterward followed in Bridgewater and West Bridgewater for a dozen years altogether. After the death of his father he returned to the homestead farm, and has since been engaged in agricultural pursuits. He has about fifty-five acres of land, where the principal product is milk, which he sells at wholesale. In January, 1S64, Mr. Bartlett enlisted in Company D, Fifty-eighth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, with which he served in the army of the Potomac, taking part in the battle of the Wilderness and other important engagements, including the terrible struggle around Petersburg, where he was under fire most of the time. He was honorably discharged in July, 1865, since which he has been engaged as described above.

On January 27, 1S69, Mr. Bartlett married Abigail Howard, a daughter of Charles Howard, of West Bridgewater, Mass. Three of their four children are living; namely, Henry, Helen, and Jane. Annie died February 6, 1 87 1, age eight months and twenty-seven days. Mr. Bartlett is identified with the Masonic order, being a member of Fellowship Lodge, Bridgewater; Satucket Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, Brockton ; and Bay State Commandery, Knights Templars, of Brockton. He is also a member of the Knights of Pythias of West Bridgewater, of the Knights of Honor of Bridgewater, and of the West Bridgewater Grange. He served his town as Highway Surveyor for a number of years, and he has always taken pride in furthering its welfare. He and his family are highly esteemed in social circles.

"ENRY ALLEN BRETT, a salesman of the clothing firm of Howard & Caldwell, of ]3rockton, is one of the most popular men in the city. He was born in North Bridgewater, April 4, 1830, son of Zenas and Sybil (French) Brett. The Brett family has been long established in this county. Henry Allen's great-grandfather, Samuel Brett, a native of North Bridgewater, was there engaged for a number of years in agriculture. William Brett, the grandfather, who was also born in North Bridgewater, spent his active life in farming, and owned a very large farm. A member of the First Congregational Church, he was a religious man, lived up to the teachings of his church, and died at the age of eighty-two. He was twice married. His first wife - Mara Allen, of East Bridgewater, before marriage - bore him four sons and three daughters. His second wife, whose maiden name was Betsey Phillips, gave birth to four children.

Zenas Brett, who was the first-born of his parents' children, received a common-school education. On attaining man's estate he engaged in farming and also in trade, keeping a general store for a number of years in the part of Brockton now known as Montello. Although much engrossed by his own affairs, his patriotism caused him to serve in the War of 1812. He was a prominent member of the First Congregational Church, and in his youth was accustomed to read the service at the meetings. His death occurred in his eighty-fourth year. He, too, was twice married. His first wife, Sybil (French) Brett, who was a daughter of William French, of Stoughton, died in 1834, aged forty-eight years. William French was a prominent merchant from the age of seventeen. She bore him three girls and three boys; namely, Sarah, William French, Mary Allen, Zenas Franklin, Sybil Alma, and Henry Allen. His second wife, Elmira, a daughter of John Packard, of North Bridgewater, is now in her ninety-first year. She became the mother of five children - Mary Ellen, Charles Edward, Cordelia Elmira, Sarah Adelaide, and George Elmer. Of the eleven children four are living - Sybil, Henry A., Mary E., and Sarah A.

Henry Allen Brett studied in the schools of North Bridgewater, in I^oomis Academy, the Adelphian Academy, and the Blanchard Academy of Pembroke, N.IL, from which he graduated. He entered the world of trade at the age of fourteen, obtaining employment with Brett & Kingman, of which firm his brother was the senior partner. Here he remained until he was twenty years old, when he went to Lewiston, Me., and opened a general store. This he managed for two years; and then for the succeeding eight years he conducted a store in Wareham, Mass., carrying a full line of general merchandise. On February 14, i860, the occasion of his leaving Wareham, a most unique souvenir was tendered him by his friends. It was a hammered silver pitcher made of five and ten cent pieces, melted and cast, the coins being contributed by his many acquaintances. February 15, i860, he opened a store in Brockton, with general merchandise, dry goods, millinery, and hardware, having a tailoring and dressmaking establishment attached. This he managed until he closed up his business in 1880. He was then in the em.ploy of the Witherbee-Hill Clothing Company on Clark Street, Chicago, one year, and with Sidney Packard's Clothing House of Springfield one year. Returning to his home, he spent a short while in Middleboro and Sandwich. On April 20, 18S4, he entered the clothing house of Howard & Caldwell, of Brockton, his present employers. Here he is a general favorite. On the fiftieth anniversary of his entrance into business his fellow clerks tendered him a banquet, and presented hiin with a handsome easy-chair.

Mr. Brett was married in 1851 to Hannah Foster Gibbs, of Bridgewater, who died July 9, 1889, aged fifty-five years. She was the mother of five children, namely: William Frank, a business man, formerly of Danbury, Conn., now of Boston; Isabel Alma, the wife of S. F. Tolman, a well-known printer of Brockton; Harry Meade, who lived but two years; Edith, who lived but one year; and Allen Foster, travelling salesman for Packard & Field, shoe manufacturers of Brockton. Mr. Brett contracted a second marriage January 7,

1892, with Miss Irene Bradford, daughter of Simeon and Irene (Pratt) Bradford, of Middleboro. He has long been identified with the Republican party. He is well advanced in Masonry, belonging to Social Harmony Lodge of Wareham ; Satucket Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Bay State Commandery, Knights Templars, of Brockton ; a charter member of the Brockton Council of Royal and Select Masters; and a member of the Boston Council.

/^STuSTAVUS ATWOOD, a well-known V P I and popular resident of Carver, was born upon his present farm in this town, November 18, 1843, son of Sumner and Clio (Humphrey) Atwood. Mr. Atwood's parents were natives of Carver, his father having been engaged in farming here for many years. They reared a family of seven children, as follows: Harriett, Charles S., Gustavus, Susan M., Frederick S. , Emma J., and Mary H. The father died October i, 1890, aged eighty-four years, two months, and twenty-eight days. The mother died January 18, 1892, at the age of seventy-five years, two months, and twenty-five days.

Gustavus Atwood received a common-school education. He was brought up to farm life, and at an early age displayed habits of industry and frugality. He resided with and cared for his parents until their decease ; and some time after his marriage, wiien about thirtyyears old, he received from them a deed of one-half of the estate, after their death coming into possession of the other half. He now owns about ninety acres of good land, fifty of which are included in the homestead, the balance outlying. He carries on general farming, chiefly with a view to home consumption, and also operates a saw and grist mill, which give employment to several men.

The saw-mill he operates chiefly in the winter; and a large portion of his time during that season of the year, since coming of age, has been employed in cutting and sawing long lumber and shingles. In summer he works at general jobbing - painting, papering, carpentering, and mason work; and he has a wide reputation both for skill as a handicraftsman and for personal integrity. He has served as administrator in settling several estates, and also as e.xecutor and guardian. He is Trustee of the E. T. Pratt I'und, amounting to three thousand dollars, held for the public schools of Carver. He also writes conveyances, and is a Justice of the Peace, having been first appointed to this office in 1883 by l^enjamin F. Butler, and reappointed in 1890 by J. Q. A. Brackett. In 1878 he served by appointment as a member of the School Committee of Carver for several months to fill a vacancy caused by the death of a member. In 1879 '""^ ^^'is elected to the ofifice of Selectman, Assessor, and Overseer of the Poor, and was re-elected twice, serving the town three years in succession. In the spring of 1884 he was chosen as a member of the School Committee, and has served every year since, being reelected in the spring of 1896 for a term of three years, which, when completed, will make a total of fifteen years' service on the School Board. In 1896 Mr. Atvvood was elected to the General Court of Massachusetts from the Si.xth Plymouth District on the Republican ticket, and without opposition, the latter circumstance indicating the confidence placed in his ability and integrity by his fellow-citizens, regardless of party.

On February 20, 1870, Mr. Atvvood married Mercy J. McFarlin, a daughter of John and Rebecca (Hlackman) McFarlin. He has had four children, as follows: Gustavus Gilbert, Charles Herbert, Albert Sumner, and

Nathaniel Francis. Gustavus G., who was born March li, 1871, received a good education, being graduated from Maine State College. He chose civil engineering as his profession, and now holds a good position with Mr. Holbrook, a contractor of Newton, Mass. Jidy 3, 1896, he married Mary Lavinia Osborne, daughter of Joseph C. and Eliza Jane (Witherel) Osborne. Charles H., born February 24, 1873, resides at home, and has general charge of affairs during his father's absence. Albert S. , born .September 30, 1875, died September 16, 1876. Nathaniel F., born June 26, 1878, is at present a student.

Mr. Atwood is a man who has wisely improved his opportunities. His business affairs are in a flourishing condition, and he is respected both for his public service and as being an important factor in the general business interests of the town. He has long taken an active part in temperance work, and is connected by membership with VVinthrop Lodge, No. 247, Independent Order of Good Templars. He and his family stand high socially and have many friends. A portrait of Mr. Atwood accompanies this sketch.

KEMUEL M. KEITH, the Postmaster at Bridgewater for the past ten years, ^^^ is a native and one of the bestknown residents of this place. He was born December 12, 1S45, son of Elbridge and Caroline (Keith) Keith. The Keith family, which is of Scotch origin, has given many generations to New England, some of its representatives being among the early Colonists. Caleb Keith, the grandfather of Lemuel M., served as a soldier in the War of 181 2, and was stationed at Plymouth, Mass. Elbridge Keith was born in Bridgewater, Mass. A well-educated man, he taught school for a num- bcr of years. Afterward he was engaged in business in Bridgewater. He was prominent in the town, served as Selectman for thirteen years, and was three years in the Massachusetts State legislature. He died in 1865. His wife, who was a native of Hasten, Mass., at this writing still survives him. Of their children, Hasadiah H., Lemuel M., Samuel S., Rhoda F. , and Mary J. are living. Mary J. is the wife of Adney P. Alden, of Norwood, Mass.

Lemuel M. Keith is a graduate of Bridgewater Academy. After his father's death he managed the business left by the deceased for ten years. Retiring then, he was out of business for some time, when in April, 1886, he received his appointment as Postmaster under President Cleveland. In this capacity he has performed his duties in such a satisfactory manner that he has been retained through all the changes of administration since. Mr. Keith is a Democrat with independent proclivities. He was married in 1S71 to Miss Esther M. Keith. A public-spirited citizen, he is always ready to aid projects for the betterment of the town and the good of society in general.

-OHN M. WHITING, a well-known contracting mason of East I^ridgewater, was born in this town, October 27, 1842. He is a son of John A. and Celesta (Howard) Whiting, the former of whom was a native of East Bridgewater, and the latter of West Bridgewater. Marlborough Whiting, the father of John A., was a Revolutionary soldier. James Whiting, the founder of the family, came from England in the year 1644, and settled in Hingham, this county. Martin Whiting, a brother of John A., held the office of Selectman in East Bridgewater for some thirty years, and was at one time the Ta.x Collector for the town. John A. Whiting, who was born in East Bridgewater in the first year of the present century, and was a lifelong resident of the town, followed the trade of mason for over sixty years. He died in 18SS, in his eighty-eighth year. Three of the children born to him and his wife. Celesta, grew to maturity; namely, Sidney, Abbie, and John M.

John M. Whiting, the youngest of his parents' children, was educated in the common schools and at Allen's Academy. At the age of seventeen years he began learning the mason's trade with S. L. Washburn, of Brockton, by whom he was afterward employed for about four years. Since then he has carried on a contracting business on his own account. E.xcepting two years spent in Pittsfield, Mass., he has continuously resided in liast Bridgewater and vicinity, where he has won the respect and friendship of the business community. On December 22, 1869, Mr. Whiting married Helen Munyon, of Northampton, Mass., who was a member of the Episcopal church, and died March 11, 1894. He is identified with the Universalist church at Abington; and he has membership in Satucket Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of East l^ridgewater, and Harmony Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, of Bridgewater. In politics he is a Republican.

ALBERT TILLSON, a retired foundry man of Carver, was born at the Tillson homestead in South Carver July 3, 1846, son of Zenas and Louise (King) Tillson. Mr. Tillson's great-grandfather, Ichabod Tillson, was the first ancestor of the family to locate in Carver. John Tillson, son of Ichabod, was a native and lifelong resident of this town, and followed agricultural pur- suits here during the active period of his life. His son, Zenas, Mr. Z. A. Tilison's father, resided in South Carver during his entire life, and was a foundry man by occupation.

Z. Albert Tillson was reared and educated in Carver. At the age of fourteen years he began life for himself as an apprentice at Ellis's foundry in this town. He followed foundry work for thirty years, twenty-seven of which were passed in the employ of the abovenamed concern. In 1890 he relinquished the pursuit of his trade to engage in farming. He now owns a good fertile farm; and since 18S7 he has given considerable attention to the raising of small fruits, including cranberries, having a tract of twelve acres devoted to the product named. His substantial buildings were erected in 1875. He displays both thrift and energy in the management of his property, and is one of the prosperous citizens of the town.

On January 9, 1865, Mr. Tillson wedded Ellen A. Hathaway, and by her has had six children, of whom two died in infancy. The survivors are: Wilfred A., who resides in Carver, and has been a member of the Board of Selectmen for three years; Mabel P.; Alice C. ; and Blanche K. Mr. Tillson is connected with the Independent Order of Good Templars. His political opinions bring him into sympathy with the Populist party.

IDGAR CROSSMAN RAYMOND, a well-known undertaker of Plymouth, was born in this town, July 20, 1825, son of George and Priscilla (Shaw) Raymond. Mr. Raymond's father, a native of Boston and a baker by trade, was employed in furnishing bread to the soldiers during the War of 1S12. Later he settled in Plymouth, and here conducted a baking business for many years. The site of his bakery is now occupied by Holmes & Hall. He died in this town in 1871, aged eighty-si.x years, leaving the reputation of a reliable, energetic business man and a worthy citizen. His wife, who was a native of Middleboro, Mass., became the mother of eleven children, all of whom except one reached maturity. Of these Edgar C, the subject of this sketch, who was the youngest, is the only survivor.

Edgar Grossman Raymond acquired his education in the common schools. At the age of ten years he began work in Robbins's Rope Walk, where he remained until he was fifteen. He then went to Greenbush, N. Y., and there worked with his brother, Harvey S. , at shoemaking for three or four years. He then returned home, and was employed for a time as clerk of a hotel in this town. In 1876 he spent a season in cod-fishing on the Grand Banks. After returning from this trip, he applied himself to learn the cabinet-maker's trade with his brother Charles and John Wilson, who gave him his first instructions in the manufacture of caskets. He remained with his brother until the latter's death, in 1880. In the following year he formed a partnership with his nephew, and with him, under the firm name of Edgar C. Raymond & Co., was engaged in the undertaking business for four years. Joseph A. Smith then bought the junior partner's interest in the concern, which was continued under the same name until June, 1895. Mr. Smith then sold his interest to W. W. Beaman, when the firm name was altered to Raymond & Beaman. Mr. Raymond was for several years the superintendent of Vine Hill Cemetery, holding that position until obliged to give his whole attention to his undertaking business. He has acquired a wide reputation in this locality for caskets of the finest workmanship. In addition to the local trade he receives from the adjacent towns many orders, which his ample facilities enable him to meet with promptness and satisfaction.

In 1854 Mr. Raymond wedded Mary Grace Hughes, a native of North Wales, who has borne him two children, a son and a daughter. The daughter is now the wife of Edwin Louis Edes, a son of Oliver Edes, the rivet manufacturer of Plymouth, and the inventor of the first rivet machine used in this country. Mr. Raymond's son, who was formerly in the shoe manufacturing business in Whitman, Mass., is now organizing lodges of a fraternal and beneficial order. He married Adeline Prudence Fluken, a daughter of F. F. Fluken, of Whitman. Mr. Raymond is connected with Mayflfjwer Lodge, Independent Order of Odd P'ellows, of Plymouth. Both he and Mrs. Raymond enjoy cordial social relations here.

LBERT F. SMALL, an enterprising real estate dealer of Brockton, was born in Brewster, Barnstable County, November 30, 1845. His parents were Cornelius and Mercy Small, the mother's maiden name being unchanged by marriage. Nathan Small, his paternal grandfather, was one of a company who, armed but with pitchforks, went to oppose a party of British who had landed on the shores of Cape Cod. He married, and became the father of seven children, three girls and four boys. Cornelius, the eldest child, was a native of the same town, where he was a well-known farmer and builder. He erected the Brewster town hall. His wife, who was a daughter of Zebedee Small, also of Brewster, had ten children; namely, Cornelius, Joshua, Frederick, James, Isaac, F"rancis, Albert ¥., Edgar, Mercy Emma, and Adelaide Peirce. Of these

Frederick, Edgar, and Albert are the only survivors. Frederick is with Sampson, Murdock & Co., of Boston; and Edgar carries on a marble business in Brockton. The father died in September, 1894, at the age of eightyfive years. The mother was seventy-six years at her death. They were highly respected members of the Qniversalist church, in which he ofificiated as se.xton.

Albert F. Small was educated in the public and private schools of his native town. At the age of eighteen he learned the trade of carpenter and builder from his father, with whom he remained during his minority. He then came to Brockton to work for N. S. Holmes. Thereafter he went into the same business for himself, and conducted it until 1890. He now deals exclusively in real estate in this city. Mr. Small was one of the promoters and organizers of the Brockton East Side Electric Railroad, which was the first in the New England States. This road, which he planned in 1887, was in operation by November of the following year. For the first two years he officiated as President and Manager, and he was Director for three years. Mr. Small owns several shoe factories, which he leases. At one time he also kept a store where Clapp Brothers now conduct a grocery. The estate at that corner is still his property. P"or two years he has been one of the Directors of the Glover Sanitary Sewerage Company, whose office is at 40 Ames Building, Boston.

On January 30, 1875, he entered matrimony with Mary T., daughter of David V. Straffin, of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Small have three interesting children - Mabel F. , Etta E., and Albert F. Mabel attends the Brockton High School. Albert F., Jr., is now eight years old. In politics Mr. Small has been a loyal Republican since he cast his first vote, which was given in favor of that party's, candidates. He .is a member of ILxcelsior Council, Legion of Honor, No. i6; and of Brockton Lodge, No. Ii8, Knights of Honor. Both he and Mrs. Small are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. For three years Mr. Small has officiated as Trustee of the church.

HARLES R. PACKARD, the efficient Postmaster and Town Clerk of West Bridgewater, was born in Ro.xbury, Mass., May 8, 1843, ^ ^o" of Charles and Nancy T. (Page) Packard, the former of whom was a native of Easton, Mass., and the latter of Woodstock, Conn. Samuel Packard, the immigrant ancestor of this old Plymouth County family, came to America from Windham, England. He settled in Hingham, Mass., in 1638, and later removed to West Bridgewater. Captain Nathan Packard, one of his descendants, great-grandfather of Charles R. Packard, was an officer in the Revolutionary War.

Charles Packard was a machinist by trade, and for many years held the position of manager in the Bay State Iron Works at South Boston. Late in life he retired to West Bridgewater, dying here December 26, 1875. His wife was a daughter of James B. Page, a soldier of the War of 1812. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.

Charles R. Packard is now the only survivor of the eight children born to his parents. His early years were spent fur the most part in South Boston, where he attended the public schools; and later he was a pupil in the English High School in Boston. For many years he was employed as clerk and book-keeper with various firms in different lines of business. On August 8, 1862, he enlisted in Company B, Thirteenth Massachusetts Volunteer

Infantry, with which he joined the army of the Potomac, and took part in the following engagements: second battle of Bull Run, Chantilly, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg. At Gettysburg he was captured by the rebels, and for about si.x weeks was held a prisoner. He was then paroled, and remained in the parole camp at Annapolis, Md., until the following autumn, when he was duly e.xchanged, and rejoined his old regiment, with which he participated in the Mine Run campaign. In the following spring, shortly after the expiration of his first term, he re-enlisted in Company K of the Sixth Regiment, United States Veteran Volunteers, being in the First Corps under General Hancock. From that time until his discharge, April 8, 1866, he was on detail duty at General Hancock's headquarters in Washington and Baltimore. Returning to Boston, he worked as clerk and book-keeper the next six years, and in 1872 came to West Bridgewater, where he has made his home ever since.

In March, 1884, Mr. Packard was appointed Postmaster of West Bridgewater; and he continues to hold the office. He was elected Town Clerk in 1889, and since that time has been re-elected annually. For eleven years he has been a Trustee of Howard Seminary, and for many years a Trustee of the Public Library of West Bridgewater. He is prominently identified with the Masonic order, being a member of St. George Lodge, A. F. & A. M., at Campello; Satucket Royal Arch Chapter at Brockton ; the Bay State Commandery, Knights Templars, at Brockton; and Aleppo Temple of the Mystic Shrine of Boston. He is a charter member and was the first Commander of John C. Fremont Post, No. 202, Grand Army of the Republic, at West Bridgewater; a membei' of Howard Lodge, No.

Charles R. Packard

/WID COBli, one of the oldest residents of Hinghani, who is now engaged in business, was born here, August 13, 1817, son of Elisha Bicl<ford and Michal (Hyde) Cobb. He is a descendant of Henry and Sarah (Hinckley) Cobb, who were at Plymouth in 1632, and, removing from thence to Scituate in 1633, finally settled in Barnstable in 1639.

Thomas and Richard Cobb came from lingland to Boston in 1685, subsequently settling in Hingham in 1692. Tracing the line down, we come to Elisha Bickford, the father of the subject of this sketch. He was a son of David and Lucy (Bickford) Cobb, born at Barnstable, Mass., February 14, 1776. He was a master mariner, and lived to be seventynine years old, dying on November 16, 1855. He was twice married, the first time, November 13, 1799, to Lydia Loring, daughter of Elijah and Lydia (Low) Loring. She died December 13, 1802, at the age of twenty-four. On December 2, 1804, he married his second wife, Michal, daughter of Noah and Rachel Hyde. She was born in Newton, Mass., on May 2, 1778, and died in Hingham, September 8, 1866, having attained the advanced age of eighty-eight years. They were the parents of several children : Elisha, deceased; Joseph, deceased; Naaman, now eighty -four years old, a resident of Weymouth; Michal, deceased; Mary, who also has passed away ; and David, of whom more is now to be said.