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As the war neared its close, he returned to East Bridgewater, and purchased one of the most beautiful residences in town, a house built by the famous Oliver Ames, of North Easton, for his daughter. Mr. Strong, becoming one of the partners in the Carver Cotton Gin Company, was made its superintendent, and remained in that capacity as long as he lived. Among the most important of his patented inventions were: the iron cylinder for cotton gins; the cotton-gin feeder; a wedge-driving machine; a leather splitting machine; and the Acme Leveller, an indispensable adjunct now to shoe machinery.

Mr. Strong was constant and untiring in his application to business; and when business was cared for, his time was devoted to his home and family with great tenderness and fidelity. After the loss of his beloved son, this man of strength and vigor seemed to be crushed to the earth by his weight of sorrow. Never again had he the same interest in life as before, and in a little over a year death came as a relief to restore him to his son's companionship.

Mr. Strong was one of the incorporators and a Trustee of the East Bridgewater Savings Bank. He was Chairman of the East Bridgewater School Committee for several years, and a member of the Social Club. Prominent in Masonic circles, he was Past Master Bridgewater Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and was really the founder and first Master of Satucket Lodge, A. F. & A M., of East Bridgewater. He was Commander for a number of years of the Old Colony Commandery, Knights Templars, of Abington, and was a member of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts in Boston. He was seventeen years superintendent of the Sunday-school of the Unitarian church, to which he devoted much time and money. He was popular alike with those in his own station in life, and those subject to his orders; and a thrill of consternation went through the community when it was announced that he had been stricken with paralysis in his office at the mills. And when, a few days later, he passed away, the mourning for his loss was general. He died October 22, 1894, and his remains were interred in Mount Auburn, the Knights Templars conducting the obsequies.

Mr. Strong was married l-^ebruary 15, 1853, to Sarah Frances, daughter of Luke and Eliza (Sage) Pratt. She was born May 13, 1832, in Springfield, Mass., where many generations of her family have lived and died, and where the old Pratt homestead is still standing. Mrs. Strong's great-grandfather, Jonathan Phillips, was a Revolutionary soldier, and she belongs to the Daughters of the Revolution. She is an esteemed member of the Unitarian Society at East Bridgewater, and both she and her husband were members of the Universalist church at Springfield, to which, in companionship with him, she devoted much of her time and means. For several years Mrs. Strong was a teacher in the Sunday-school. Siie took part in the literary and social activities of the town, and was a member of the Shakspere Club from the time of its organization, nearly a quarter of a century ago. She has always been interested in those things that pertain to intellectual and moral advancement. The union of P'rederick Simpson Strong and Sarah P'rances Pratt was blessed with one son, Charles Pratt Strong, who died somewhat over a year previous to his father's demise, after a short and brilliant career as a physician and surgeon.

Charles Pratt Strong was born in Springfield, Mass., December 19, 1855. He was a graduate of East Bridgewater High School at thirteen years of age, but remained one year longer to study Greek and Latin, under the instruction of Mr. Faxon. The following year he entered Phillips Exeter Academy at Exeter, N. H., in the Senior class, v^rith more knowledge of Greek and Latin than was required the first year at Harvard College. At fifteen years of age he passed a successful examination for Harvard College, with honors in Greek, Latin, and mathematics.

He was enrolled in the class which was graduated in 1876, and received his degree from the medical department in iSSi. In the first part of his college course his bent seemed toward the natural sciences; but in his second year in the medical school his inborn fitness for the profession he had chosen became evident, and he threw himself heart and soul into acquiring the knowledge needful for his life work. He gained his initial practice as house officer at the Boston Lying-in Hospital, the

Free Hospital for Women, and the Massachusetts General Hospital. Starting as a general practitioner in Boston in 1882, he soon drifted into gynecology as a specialty, and in ten years he rose to the front rank of his profession. Unaided by wealth or influential friends, his love of his profession, his conscientious work, his pure and honorable character, almost womanly in its sweetness, and his manly independence, attached to him all with whom he came in contact ; and the demand for his services yearly increased. He gave his time and energies unsparingly to his patients, private and charitable, and accomplished a great amount of hospital work.

He was a born surgeon. One of his older associates has said, " Dr. Strong knew by intuition what it took others years to learn"; and another, " He had at the early age of thirty-seven reached the zenith of his profession." Dr. Strong had one ambition which he hoped to gratify, and that was to have a private hospital of his own, where he could expand his work, and increase his powers for saving life and preventing suffering. Doubtless the magnificent estate at Elmwood in East Bridgewater, charming and salubrious in its location, beautiful in scenery, the delightful home of his boyhood days, where his beloved mother, now doubly bereft in loss of husband and son, still resides, would have been the chosen spot. But in his devotion to his profession and suffering humanity his life was sacrificed before the cherished plan could be executed. Two of the Doctor's leading characteristics were his love of home and of his profession. His office was in his dwelling, on the water side of Beacon Street, No. 258, only a short distance from the residence of Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes.

were the Free Hospital for Women, in which he was assistant surgeon, and the Massachusetts General Hospital, where he was acting as physician to out-patients. As an expert in abdominal surgery, he was called upon to perform an operation on a friend suffering from an acute attack of appendicitis; and the case was of such virulence that the operation failed to save the patient's life, and led to the death of the physician. In little more than twentyfour hours after he had attended to the case. Dr. Strong became conscious of symptoms of blood-poisoning, and he died within six days,

He was at that time assistant in gynecology in the medical department of Harvard University; a fellow of the Massachusetts Medical Society, of the Boston Society for Medical Improvement, of the Boston Society for Medical Observation, of the Boston Obstetrical Society, and of the American Gynecological Society. He was also an honored member of the noted St. Botolph Club.

Miss Sarah Daggett, of Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, whose life Dr. Strong had saved, conceived the idea of founding a scholarship in Harvard Medical School to perpetuate his memory. She contributed thereto, as did others; and so pleasing was the idea to his parents that they forwarded handsome checks, and the balance is provided for in Mrs. Strong's will. This enables some worthy student, whose means are limited, to obtain an education. In the Art Museum iii Boston, a bronze bas-relief reminds us of the young physician's life. As here represented, the Angel of Death stretches out his hand, and stays the work but partly completed; and, looking with saddened eyes upon this emblem, comes the blessed thought of immortality and reunion.

Baker family were among the English colonists of Massachusetts, coming to this country in 1634, and settling in Lynn. They were farmers, merchants, soldiers, scholars, and took part in the French and Indian wars, the Revolution, and the War of 18 12. One son, Bryant Strong, born January 29, 1889, shares with his mother "the heritage of pride in the husband and father who died at the post of duty."

61 HOMAS J. LeBARON, who resides ^1 on the old homestead in Middleboro, where his life has been spent in the time-honored vocation of a farmer, was born here, April i, 1848, son of Thomas M. and Sarah C. (Morse) LeBaron. His parents had four sons and two daughters. After attending the district school near his home, Thomas J. LeBaron took a supplementary course of study at Jenks's Academy, Middleboro. He continued to live with his parents on the home farm, of which, upon the death of his father, who departed January 3, 1895, aged eightyfour years, he became the owner. The place contains about eighty acres; but in addition to this he owns other land, the aggregate amount being about three hundred acres. He carries on general farming with fairly profitable results, and is also engaged to some extent in lumbering, owning a saw-mill in the town of Rochester. In politics he is a Democrat. On April 8, 1879, Mr. LeBaron was married to Miss Sylvia Morse, by whom he has three children; namely, Ralph J., Roy M., and William H.

(Smith) Peckham. His grandfather, Henry Peckham, Sr. , who was a farmer of Newport, R.I., and served his country in the last war with England, married P'sther Gould, of South Kingston. She was the mother of his thirteen children, but three of whom are now living. Of the latter, one is a resident of Los Angeles, Cal., and the other two are living in P'all River, Mass. The father joined the Baptist church when he was sixty-five years old. He lived to be ninety, while his wife died at the age of eighty years. Henry Peckham, Jr., a native of Newport, R.I., was successively a cabinet-maker and a pattern-maker. He drafted the first locomotive patterns for the car shops of Taunton, Mass. Subsequently he was engaged in the turning business at New Bedford. In religion he was a Baptist, and belonged to the society of the Baptist church in Fall River. He married Lydia P. Smith, who lived in the vicinity of Newport, and by her became the father of sixteen children. She is still living, being in her ninety-first year. The father died at the age of sixty.

Henry C. Peckham lived in Fall River with his parents until he was eight years old. Then he removed with them to South Middleboro, now Lakeville, and there remained five years. In 1848 the family removed to Swansea, Mass., where Henry C. spent his time for some years, working on his father's farm in the summer and attending the common schools in the winter. In the spring of 1852, being then seventeen years old, he went to Fall River to learn the trade of wood-turner of Nelson N. Brightman, and remained with him fourteen months. Subsequently he was in company with his father in Providence, R.I., for a time. In 1854 he returned to Fall River, and found employment at his trade working for A. L. Westgate & Co. In 1858 he removed to West Bridgewatcr, where he learned to make shoes. He afterward worked in the stitch ing-room of Sawyer, Collaman & Co., Canipello. In 1864 he opened a meat market in Somerset, Mass. He was later associated for some three years with his brother in the shoe business at Cochesett, this county, under the style of H. C. & C. T. Peckham. In 1868 he engaged with H. A. Dean & Co., to run his stitching-room. In August, 1869, he came to North Bridgewater, now Brockton, and worked at turning for George M. Copeland. On June 29, 1874, A. C. Thompson purchased the business of Mr. Copeland, and since that time Mr. Peckham has been associated with Mr. Thompson. Altogether he has been in the wood-turning business for about twenty-seven years. He has also been interested to quite an extent in real estate.

On October 15, 1855, Mr. Peckham was united in marriage with Elizabeth B. Bliss, of Rehoboth, Mass. She has had five children, two of whom are now living. These are: Alton E. and Julia W. The latter is now the wife of Mr. Simmons. In politics Mr. Peckham is an Independent. He is a member of Park Revere Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Satucket ; and is in the Royal Arch Chapter, and the Bay State Commandery, Knights Templars.

^AMUEL McLAUTHLEN, Jr., a successful carpenter and contractor of Brockton, was born in Kingston, Plymouth County, November 7, 1822, son of Samuel and Hannah (Weston) McLauthlen. Robert, the founder of the family, who came from Scotland in 1695, and settled in Duxbury, married Mary Miller. His son Joseph, a native of Du.xbury and a farmer, married Jane West, and became the father of seven sons and three daughters. Of these Samuel, the father of the subject of this sketch, was the si.xth child. Born in Pembroke, he subsequenty moved to Kingston, where he was engaged in farming throughout the rest of his life. He married Hannah (Baker) Weston, a widow of Marshfield. Her genealogy has been traced back to 1637, when one of her ancestors, Samuel Baker, man led Eleanor Winslow. She had one son, Peter, by her first marriage. There were four children by the second marriage; namely, Hannah Baker, Christiana Holmes, Samuel, and Simeon Weston. Of these Samuel is the only survivor. Both parents are likewise deceased.

After acquiring his education in the public schools of Kingston, Samuel McLauthlen learned the carpenter's trade with Joseph Holmes of that place. For three years he worked in Mr. Holmes's shipyard. Thence he came to North Bridgewater, and had been employed four years by Dunbar & Soule, carpenters and contractors, when they went into the lumber business. He and Cephas Soule then conducted business under the style of Soule & McLauthlen for years. After the partnership was dissolved, Mr. McLauthlen conducted the business alone until 1868, when he began to work in Brockton, where he has since built several engine-houses and private dwellings.

Mr. McLauthlen has been twice married. The first wife, Hannah Beal (Snell) McLauthlen, who was a daughter of Zachariah Snell, of North Bridgewater, bore him four children. These were: Charles Weston, a resident of Boston; George W. , who lives in Stoughton ; Frank A., who, within a year has bought out Mr. Chander's store, and is now running it; and Hattie Emma, now deceased. His present wife was the widow of George H. Gurney. In politics Mr. McLauthlen affiliates with the Republican party. He has served as Engineer of the Fire Department for four years. He is identified with Fraternal Lodge, No. 24, Independent Order of Good Templars. In religion he is orthodo.x, being a member of the First Congregational Church.

E. ASHLEY, a representative farmer of the town of Lakeville, Plymouth County, was born here, July 30, 1835, son of David Ashley. After receiving a district-school education he turned his attention to agriculture, making his home with his parents until his marriage. About the year 1884 he purchased his present farm, which contains ninety-si.x acres; and he is here profitably engaged in carrying on general farming and the raising of small fruits.

HARLE.S VV. SPARRELL, a wellknown resident of Norwell, proprietor of the oldest undertaking establishment in this part of Plymouth County, was born in the village of Norwell, December 30, 1835, a son of James N. Sparrell.

Equipped with a public school education, the subject of this sketch at seventeen years of age began life for himself, taking charge of the business which his father had established in 1840, and which consisted of general undertaking and the manufacture of caskets. In T862 he enlisted in Compati}' I" of the I'ortythird Massachusetts Regiment, and was mustered in at Readville for nine months' service. The first engagement in which he took part was at Young's Cross Roads, and it was followed in his experience by the battles of Goldsborough and Whitehall. For four months Mr. Sparrell was confined in the Foster Hospital at New Berne, N.C., on account of disease resulting from the hardships and privations of army life. He received an honorable discharge eleven months from the time of his enlistment. On May 25, 1859, Mr. Sparrell married Miss Susan liwell, of Marshfield, Mass. They have had six children; namely, Albert, Mary, Walter (deceased), Ernest, Helen (deceased), and John. Mr. Sparrell is a member of Phoenix Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Hanover; also of D. Willard Robinson Post, No. ri2. Grand Army of the Republic, and of Satuit Grange, No. 187, of Norwell.

|IIARLES C. ROGERS, an expert machinist of Brockton, was born in Dexter, Me., November 26, 1864, son of Thomas and Sarah (Carleton) Rogers. His great-grandfather, Thomas, came to this country from England about one hundred and fifty years ago, and settled in Veazie, Me., where the family were prominent for a long time as lumber dealers, controlling the most of the water power and owning a number of mills. Thomas Rogers, seaind, the grandfather, was born in England, and came to this country with his parents, being a child at the time. He owned a saw-mill for a while, and in the latter part of his life worked as a millwright. He was over eighty years of age when he died. Thomas Rogers reared two sons, Thomas (third) and Richard. Richard, who was a '"Forty-niner," died in California. Thomas Rogers, third, the father of Charles C. , was born in Veazie, Me. He learned the millwright's trade, and became an expert machinist, equalled by few in his line of work. Travelling extensively he located saw-mills as far west as Upper Stillwater, Minn., and be- came known through a large section of the country. For a number of years prior to his death he had a foundry and machine shop in Dexter, Me. Mr. Rogers served for some time as Constable and as Deputy Sheriff of De.xter. He was a member of the Universalist church of that town. His wife, who was a daughter of Charles Carleton, of Oldtown, a Revolutionary soldier, had nine children, of whom six are now living.

Charles C. Rogers was the youngest of his parents' children. He received a good education, attending the De.xter High School and the Houlton (Me.) Academy, which was under the supervision of the faculty of Colby University. At the Houlton Academy he spent four years. In 1881 he entered the employ of Goddard, Shaw & Co., of Brockton, with whom he remained until they went out of business. He worked for F. L. Stone from that time until 1S84, when he was appointed Superintendent of the fire alarm and telegraph departments of Hrockton, a position which he held until 1887. In that year he renewed his connection with Mr. Stone for some time, and in 1SS9 he and Mr. Goddard, forming the firm of Goddard & Rogers, purchased Mr. Stone's business. On May i, iSg6, he purchased Mr. Goddard's share, and since that time has conducted the place without an associate. He is an expert and reliable workman, and has admirably fulfilled a number of important contracts.

Mr. Rogers was married in i8gi to the eldest daughter of William H. Wade, the junior member of the Hrockton firm of O. O. Patten & Co., and now has two children. In politics he favors the Democratic side. A resident of Brockton for fifteen years, Mr. Rogers is closely identified with the industrial life of the place, and may be regarded as a representative citizen.

OHN F. SHAW, a highly respected resident of Carver, was born in the town of Middleboro, Plymouth County, May 2, 1830, son of Elkanah and Nancy (Freeman) Shaw. His parents had five children; namely, Nancy, Maria, John F. , E. Howard, and Mary F. During his early life John F. Shaw lived on a farm and for the usual period attended the common school. He came to South Carver when twelve years old. At the age of fourteen he obtained employment in the iron foundry here. A few years later he went to Jersey City, N.J., where he worked at the trade of moulder for about two years. Then he returned to South Carver and went to work in the B. Ellis iron foundry, where he was employed for twenty years. Since that time he has been teaming for the foundry, the teams being his own property. He also engaged in raising cranberries. In 1888 he erected the house in which he resides. Mr. Shaw is a Democrat in politics. He has never sought or held office.

In 1854 Mr. Shaw was married to Miss Drucilla L. Bolles, daughter of Leonard and Eveline Bolles, of Marion, Mass. They had three children, of whom Franklin H. is living. He married Miss Nancy Griffith, and has four children - Bernard E., Gerard F., Gertrude F., and John F.

V,i£_^^ manded a company of Massachusetts Volunteers in the Civil War, is widely known as a worker in the cause of education and in the interests of labor reform. He was born in Duxbury, Mass., May 16, 1819, son of Bartlett and Maria Weston (Chandler) Maglathlin. His great-grandfather, John Maglathlin, son of Robert and Isabella (Samson)

Maglathlin, was born in Scotland in 1695, came to America in 1712, and settled permanently in Duxbury in 1741. John, by descent, was kin to Robert Bruce, who became King Robert I. of Scotland.

While a boy on his father's farm, remote from schools, Henry 15. Maglathlin conceived the idea of acquiring a liberal education. To obtain the means of defraying the e.xpenses of a more advanced course of study than that offered by a country district school, he engaged as operative for a year in the cotton factory, working fourteen hours a day; and at the age of si.xteen he began to earn money by teaching school. By the beginnings thus made, and by dint of perseverance in the face of many obstacles, he was able to meet the expense of preparing for and going through the college course at Harvard University, where he was graduated in 1843. He remained there three years longer, pursuing various studies, and was graduated at the Divinity School in 1846. He subsequently had charge of a classical in.stitute in the State of Maine, which he gave up after three years on account of failing health.

In 1849 a Boston publisher brought out for him an educational work of which twenty-five editions were sold. The same year he accepted from his publisher a business agency, with the view of regaining his health by travelling; and he spent several years in this occupation, visiting different parts of the United States and Canada and forming many acquaintances. From 1856 to 1862 he was occupied largely with editorial labors, associated with Benjamin Greenleaf, the well-known mathematician, in rewriting the National Arithmetic, and in composing the Elementary Algebra, Geometry, and Trigonometry in the Greenleaf series. Eater he edited the New Higher Algebra; and he brought out in 1866, on his own account, the New Elementary Arithmetic and the New Practical Arithmetic, as a part of the Greenleaf series. From 1870 to 1873 he was engaged with the late Professor Daniel B. Hagar, Principal of the Massachusetts State Normal School at Salem, in the preparation of mathematical works, which were published in Philadelphia. In the extension of the Greenleaf series he prepared, on his own account, in 1877, the Manual of Intellectual Arithmetic, and in 1881 the First Lessons in Numbers, Brief Course in Arithmetic, and Complete Arithmetic. His arithmetics in the Greenleaf series have maintained a remarkable popularity, being used extensively in different parts of this country and also in some of the English provinces. The National Arithmetic has been translated into Spanish, and several other books of the series have been republished outside of the United States. In 1896 he issued revised and improved editions of the Brief Course in Arithmetic, and of the Complete Arithmetic. In 1863 he was honored by Tufts College with an appointment to the Mathematical Examination Committee.

In 1 86 1 Mr. Maglathlin was elected Representative from the towns of Duxbury and Kingston to the Massachusetts legislature; and after the adjournment in 1862, at a town meeting in Duxbury, he headed the enlistment under a call for volunteers to serve in the War of the Rebellion. A company having been raised, mostly by his efforts, he, although without military experience, was chosen its commander. The company became a part of the Fourth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and was in the Twenty-fifth Army Corps, Department of the Gulf. At the surrender of Port Hudson, which, in the language of President Lincoln, allowed the Mississippi to "run unvexed to the sea," Captain

Mr. Maglathlin early became interested in educational methods and work. He was elected a member of the School Committee of Waterville, Me., in 1847; of the School Committee of Duxbury for three years in 1857; of the School Committee of Kingston for three years in i8go, and again in 1893. On his retirement from the Board at the close of his last term, the average attendance in the Kingston schools ranked first in the county of Plymouth. When in the Massachusetts legislature he served on the Joint Committee on Education. The town of Kingston in 1S96 chose Captain Maglathlin a member of the committee for carrying out the will of Frederick C. Adams for the establishment of a public library.

He was first publicly identified with labor matters in 1S70, when, being urgently solicited, he consented to lead a forlorn hope as a Labor Reform candidate for Councillor for the First District of Massachusetts. He was handsomely supported by members of different parties, receiving about four thousand five hundred votes. The next year he was the nominee of the same jiarty for Secretary of State. He has been a member of the Sovereigns of Industry, Knights of Labor, and other like associations for the improvement of the condition of the industrial classes. He has been for years an earnest advocate of co-operation, distributive and productive. For several years Captain Maglathlin served as President of a co-operative foundry company; and the Co-operative Store at Silver Lake, Kingston, founded June 14, 1875, iiiider his management for more than twenty-five years notably prospered, it being the longest American trial of the Rochdale plan. On founding, in 1895,

He was married in 1854 to Elizabeth, daughter of Dura and Abigail (Cushman) Wadsworth, of Duxbury, and has three children : Abby, who married George F. Lane, of Kingston; Arthur, who is a resident of Whitman; and Alice, who married lulmund Bradford, of Kingston. Captain Maglathlin's home until 1886, excepting the years he was in Maine, was on the ancestral place in Duxbury, which had belonged successively to his great-grandather, his grandfather, and his father. For the past ten years he has resided at Silver Lake, a hamlet in Kingston.

"]CjLIAB LATHAM, one of the oldest and JP| most prominent residents of East Bridgewater, was born here September 26, 1 818, son of Galen and Susan (Keith) Latham, both of whom were also natives of this town. Woodward Latham, the father of Galen, was a son of Charles. The first of the Latham family in America was William, an English emigrant, who settled in Plymouth, Mass., some time in the seventeenth century. Galen Latham spent his life on the farm now owned by Eliab. While giving due attention to his farm, he also discharged the duties of Lieutenant in a company of State militia. His death occurred in 1844. He had four sons and two daughters, of whom Eliab, the youngest, is the only survivor. The education of Eliab was obtained in the public schools and at Bridgewater Academy. The active years of his life have been spent in farming at the homestead, which contains about one hundred and seventeen acres of good land. In his younger days he carried on a wood and lumber business. He is also interested in the East Bridgewater Savings Bank, of which he was an incorporator, and is now a Trustee. On September 8, 1846, Mr. Latham married Susan A. Hobart, who was born in East Bridgewater, a daughter of the late Judge Aaron Hobart. They had four sons, of whom two are living. These are: James W., who resides with his parents; and Aaron H., an attorney-at-law doing business at 5 Tremont Street, Boston. The deceased were George H. and Eliab A. Mrs. Latham passed away in March, 1893. She was a member of the Unitarian church, and was very active in social circles.

Up to 1852 Mr. Latham was a Whig. Since that time he has been an independent politician, casting his vote without regard to party lines. Possessed of a laudable amount of public spirit, he has always taken pride in the advancement of the community. The town has had the benefit of his services as Selectman for nearly a score of years.

iHARLES T. FIELD, an esteemed citizen of Brockton engaged in the real , estate business, having an ofifice in Boston on Washington Street, opposite the Globe Building, was born in North Bridgewater, Mass., now Brockton, October I, 1836, a son of John and Olive (Thompson) Field."

The date of the arrival in this country of John Field, the first American ancestor of the family, is not recorded ; but in 1677 he came from Providence, R. I., and took up his abode in West Bridgewater, Mass., where he resided about twenty years, his estate being settled in the interest of his heirs in 1698. He was the father of three sons and four daughters, born as follows: John, in 1671; Elizabeth, in 1673; Richard, in 1677; Lydia, in 1679; Daniel, in 16S1 ; Ruth, in 1683; and Hannah.

Richard, the second son, was the ne.xt lineal representative of this branch. He married, on January 17, 1704, Susanna Waldo, and died September 14, 1725. A brief record of their eleven children is as follows: Zobiah, born March 28, 1705, died April 3, 1708; Zebu- Ion, born August 23, 1707, married Anna Williams, of Taunton, in 1749; Mary, born October 5, 1709, was married in 1748 to Samuel Noyes; Richard was born October 21, [711 ; Jabez, born September 29, 171 3; Ruth; born August 6, 1715, married Israel Packard, Jr., in 1737; Zachariah was born September 13, 1717; Zobiah, born March 4, 1719, died November 26, 1722; Susanna was born August 6, 1721; Mercy, born April 17, 1723, married Archibald Robinson in 1747; Susanna, born May 18, 1725, married Nathan Hartwell in 1746.

Jabez F"ield, who died in 1804, aged ninetytwo years, married in 1746 Mary, daughter of Ephraim Fobes. They were the parents of nine children, as follows: Jabez, born March 25, 1747, who died unmarried; Susanna, born November 9, 1748, who married on April 13, 1773, Moses Gary; Richard, born July 22, 1 75 1, who married Rebecca Harris in 1778; William, who was born July 28, 1753, and married Jemima Keith in 1797; Ephraim, born October 19, 1755, who married Ruby Brett, December 14, 1786; Daniel, born September 20, 1758; Barzilla, born December 6, 1760; Bethuel, born August 28, 1763, who died unmarried ; and Waldo, who removed to the West.

Daniel Field, the great-uncle of Gharles T. Field of this sketch, married on July 13, 1786, Hannah .Sncll, the daughter of Gaptain Zebedee Snell, and by this union had three children: Martha, born November 19, 1786; Zophar, born January 14, 1789; and Waldo, born March 8, 1791. Zophar P'ield married

Bernice Howard, February 6, 181 1, and they had eight children, namely: Harriet, born in 1812; Daniel, born in 1S14; Louisa, born in 1816; George, born in 181S; Louisa, born in 1820; Hannah, born May 4, 1823, who married Cyrus Howard, Jr. ; Charles Copeland, born March 18, 1826, who married Lucy Cobb Cross; William Lawrence, who was born October 20, 1828, and married Mary Dennison Holmes, of Middleboro. The children of the last-named couple were : William Fobes, born July 21, 1854; Daniel Waldo, born F"ebruary 18, 1856; Marcia Alice, born November 28, 1857; and Frederick Forrest, born May 11, 1861. Zophar Field died September 6, 1863, and his wife January 28, 1833.

Barzilla Field, the grandfather of Charles T. , was a Revolutionary patriot. He died in 1839, aged seventy-eight. He was married December 25, 1794, to Patty, daughter of David Packard. Their children were: John, horn December 15, 1796; Chloe, born November 14, 1799; Mary, born April 24, 1802, who married Zibeon Cole in 1819; Clarissa, born August 20, 1806; and Lucius, born June 11, iSii.

John Field, son of Barzilla, was a native of North Bridgewater. He was a stone-cutter by trade, furnishing fine stone for finishing, but his later years were spent in farming. In politics a Democrat, he was nominated as a Representative to the State legislature, but did not receive the election. He, however, served acceptably as Selectman. He was a member of the Swedenborgian church. At the time of his death in 1866 he was seventy years old. Although but sixteen years old at the time of the War of 18 12, he was in active service. Olive Thompson, to whom he was married in October, 181 7, was a daughter of James Thompson, of Campello. They were the parents of ten children, six boys and four girls, all of whom lived to maturity. Olive, the eldest, born June 16, 1820, married November 10, 1839, J-Ilisha B. Bumpus; Franklin, born April 7, 1822, married October 24, 1850, Alice P. Simmons; Eustace, born May 17, 1824, married November 25, 1847, Maria Snow; Owen, born July 24, 1826, married Hannah P. Tobey ; Elizabeth, born April 11, 1829, married March 2, 1856, Francis Brett; Clarissa, born January 5, 1832, married William W. Allen, of Mansfield; John, born March 19, 1S34, married Carrie Rosa Woodbury, of Rochester, Minn. ; Charles Thompson is the special subject of this sketch; Caroline was born August 27, 1839; and Barzilla was born February 17, 1832. Olive, Franklin, Eustace, Owen, and Charles Thompson are now living.

Charles Thompson F"ield was the eighth child in order of birth. He received a common-school education, and made his home on the farm with his parents until their death.

He afterward went into the business of enlarging pictures, and followed it successfully for a number of years. When he was about nineteen years of age, however, and before his parental home was broken up, he shipped on board a coasting vessel; and he was later on a fishing vessel that went to the Grand Banks. Since he became older he has visited many countries, among them England, Scotland, and France, in travel for his health. For the past seven years he has engaged in the real estate business, and, as already noted at the begin-' ning of this sketch, now has an office in Boston, besides being interested in real estate here in Brockton. Naturally of a retiring and home-loving disposition, he has taken but little interest in ordinary politics or political affairs in a party sense. He is a member of the New Jerusalem, or Swedenborgian, church.

Mr. Field married first Laura Waslibiirne, of Raynham, and by this union he had five children, three boys and two girls; namely, Charles W. , Albert D., Kustace, Laura J., and Helen M. Mrs. Laura W. Field died in 1887. For a second wife Mr. Field married Martha A. Robbins, of Abington, by whom he has one daughter, Mary Robbins.

(JOSEPH W. BRIGGS is a substantial representative of the practical and progressive agriculturists of Plymouth County, owning and managing a well-appointed farm of one hundred and twenty-five acres in the town of Marion, his native place. He was born on February 14, St. Valentine's Day, 1837, and has now nearly reached his sixtieth birthday.

His father, Captain Elnathan Briggs, followed the sea for more than twoscore years, being master of a vessel the last fifteen years of the time. In 1862 he retired from active pursuits spending his last days with his son Joseph, at whose home he died in March last, 1896, aged eighty-seven years. His wife, whose maiden name was Rhoda U. Allen, is still living with her son Nathan, being a bright and active woman of eighty-five years. Mrs. Briggs and her husband reared five children, namely: Nathan; Justus; Isaac; Betsey; and Joseph W. , the direct subject of this biographical sketch.

Joseph W. Briggs began life on his own account when a lad of fourteen years, going then to North Bridgewater, now Brockton, where he was employed for some time in shoemaking. He subsequently sailed on a merchant vessel, first as a common seaman, afterward for some years as mate. In 1861 he started for California, going via Cape Horn, and serving as mate on the bark which carried him across the waters. After engaging for a short time in mining, he lived in San Francisco until 1869, when he returned to his early home and settled on his present farm. Mr. Briggs has since given his attention to general farming and teaming, carrying on a successful business in both branches of industry. Politically, he is a sound Republican, and, though not an aspirant for official honors, has served as Road Commissioner. P"raternally, he is a member of the Masonic order, belonging to Pythagorean Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Marion.

Mr. Briggs was married November 14, 1865, to Miss Cynthia Delano, a native of Marion, Mass., a daughter of Benjamin and Thankful Delano. Mr. and Mrs. Briggs have two children - P"rank W. and Mabel C.

ff^Y^SON K. VINCENT, of Brockton, a shoe manufacturer of long experience, who is now foreman of the stitching department of D. W. Field's factory, was born here July 4, 1848, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Jenkins) Vincent. His greatgrandfather, Joseph, who fought in the Revolutionary War under Washington, was one of those who suffered the privations of Valley Forge. Samuel Vincent, Mr. Vincent's grandfather, a native of Salem, Mass., who was a rope-maker and followed that trade for some years in Boston, died in 1826, aged thirty-eight years. He wedded Mercy Willis, a native of Edgartown, Mass., and reared five children; namely, Joseph, Sarah, Anna, Samuel, and Daniel. Of these the only survivor is Sarah, who married, and is now residing in Wright's, a town of Southern California, named in honor of her husband. The mother, who attained the age of eighty-two years, died in 1871.

Joseph Vincent was born in Boston, February 12, 1817. While still young he came to Brockton, where he attended the common schools. After leaving school he learned shoemaking. Subsequently he was emijloyed as a cutter of sole leather in Emerson's and Henry Howard's shoe factories, and was for many years identified with the shoe industry of this city. He died March 25, 1894, aged seventy-eight years. In politics he was a Republican. He belonged to Massasoit Lodge, No. 6g, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Brockton. For more than thirty years he was a member of the South Congregational Church. His wife, Elizabeth, was a daughter of David and Annie (Edwards) Jenkins, of Eastport, Me., who reared seven other children - Ann, Martha, Mary, John, David, Stanford, and Henry, all now deceased. Mrs. Joseph Vincent had five children, namely: Joseph Jenkins, who was born December 17, 1839; Elizabeth A., who was born January 4, 1843; Stanford W. , who was born September 8, 1846; Jason K., the subject of this sketch; and Daniel H., who was born May 14, 1S52. She died May i, 1S87, aged seventy-si.\ years.

Jason K. Vincent acquired his education in the public schools of Brockton. When his studies were completed he began work in the shoe factory of A. and A. B. Keith, where he remained three years. He then went to the factory of J. O. Emerson, where he had charge of the stitching room for seven years. He ne.xt engaged in business upon his own account, establishing a factory on Market Street, where he manufactured shnes for six years with good success. His plant was destroyed by fire April 9, 1879, and since then he has occupied his present responsible position of foreman of the stitching department at D. W. Field's factory.

On November 13, 1877, Mr. Vincent was united in marriage to Harriet O. , daughter of Caleb and Julia Nickerson, of Chatham, Mass. Two children are the fruit of this union, namely: Edith Louise, who was born October 29, 1881; and Forest Nickerson, who was born June 9, 1887. In politics Mr. Vincent supports the Republican [jarty. He is a member of Paul Revere Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Brockton. The friends made by him in his business and social relations are legion.

REEMAN HOWARD HOLMES, a dealer in real estate, and a representative citizen of Plymouth, had his birth June 7, 1850, at Manomet Point, this county, son of Cromwell W. and Mary R. (Cornish) Holmes. His father, who was born in Plymouth, there followed the occupation of farmer. He married Mary R. Cornish, a native of Plymouth, and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. (Freeman) Cornish, the former of whom was a farmer. By her he became the father of four children - Sarah E., Cromwell F.,John B., and Freeman Howard. Sarah, who died in 1894, became the wife of James H. Crosby, a contractor and builder of Barnstable, Mass., who died in 1892. Cromwell, who was a member of the New England Volunteer Lifesaving Crew stationed at Manomet, was drowned in 1867, in attempting to rescue the crew of a wrecked schooner.

The father departed this life in 1885, at the ' age of seventy-nine years. His wife, now in her eightieth year, lives with her son, the subject of this sketch.

Freeman Howard Holmes grew to manhood on the home farm, receiving his education in the schools of his native town. P"rom 1870 to 1880 he conducted at Boston a wholesale business in books and stationery. For the past few years he has been engaged in the poultry business at Plymouth, and also carries on an extensive trade in real estate. In addition to this, for the past twenty years he has kept summer boarders, running at present three houses at Plymouth for their accommodation. He is also the agent of his district for the Walter A. Wood Machine Company of Hoosick Falls; and is likewise agent for the United States, Halliday, and Gem Wind-mills of Batavia, 111.

On November 26, 1873, Mr. Holmes wedded Miss Emma Holmes, who was born at Plymouth, September 9, 1851. They have three children, namely: Lizzie M., who at present resides at home, and is pursuing a normal college course; Angle C. ; and John H. C. Mr. Holmes has served for several years on the Board of Selectmen, and for fourteen years he has officiated as a Justice of the Peace. Mr. Holmes is also county correspondent for the United States Department of Agriculture. He is affiliated with the Independent Order of United American Mechanics, being a member of Alexander M. Harrison Council, No. 16, Plymouth; and he is also a member of the Old Colony Club. In politics he is identified with the Republican party. He is a member of the Second Congregational Church of Plymouth, where he has been Superintendent of the Sabbath school for twenty years.

iOLONEL HAWKES FEARING, Librarian of the Hingham Public Library, is a native of the town. He was born May 20, 1826, son of Hawkes and Matilda (Wilder) Fearing, and is the descendant of an early settler, his family being of English extraction.

in Hingham in 1638. In 1652 he was made freeman, and in 1648, 1661, and 1663, he officiated as Selectman, serving also as Deacon of the church for many years. He and his wife, Margaret, had four children. His death occurred on May 14, 1665; and his wife, surviving him, married again.

Israel Fearing, second son of John, was baptized in Hingham in 1644. He was a cooper by trade. He married Elizabeth Wilder, daughter of Edward and Elizabeth (Ames) Wilder, and they had five children. He died in Dorchester, Mass., in 1693, at the age of forty-eight years, while his wife lived in Hingham until January 27, 1730, attaining the age of seventy-eight. Their eldest son, John Fearing, born in Hingham, December 29, 1674, was a farmer and weaver. He also was officially prominent, serving as Constable and Selectman for many years. He married Margaret Hawke, daughter of James and Sarah (Jacob) Hawke, on May 8, 1708, and by this union had four children. The father died November 7, 1752, at the age of seventy-eight; and the mother, on September 28, 1764, aged eighty-three.

Hawkes Fearing, their third child and the great-grandfather of the subject of this biography, was born in liingham, July 13, 1715. He was a farmer and extensive land-owner of Hingham, and served as Selectman for three years. He married Margrett Lincoln, daughter of David and Leah (Beal) Lincoln; and they were the parents of thirteen children, of whom Hawkes, second, was their only son and fifth child. He was a merchant in Hingham; and in 1794 he established the rope-walk, which he continued to manage until his death. It is still in operation, the business having grown to large dimensions. Although his opportunities were limited, Hawkes P'earing, second, who was the first to add an j' to the name "Hawke, " was very successful in accumulating property. He served as Representative to the legislature from 1806 to 1811 inclusive. The maiden whom he led to the marriage altar was Leah Lincoln, daughter of Enoch and Rachel (Fearing) Lincoln. By this alliance there were eleven children. Grandfather Fearing lived to be seventy-six years old, and his wife attained the advanced age of eighty- five.

Their second son, Hawkes Fearing, the father of the subject of this sketch, was born on December 10, 1781. Following in the well-defined footsteps of his worthy father, he was a rope manufacturer; and, being very industrious and thrifty, he left a good property at his death. In politics he affiliated with the Whigs, and in his religious belief he was a Unitarian. He died at the age of eighty-two years; and his wife, Matilda, who was a daughter of Edward and Mary (Hersey) Wilder, died at eighty-six, having been the mother of five children, three sons and two daughters. Hawkes Fearing, the eldest son, and the third of his name, after acquiring his education in the schools of his native town, worked in the rope-walk for several years. He then went to Boston, where he was employed a few years in a bank. Later he engaged in the general merchandise business, in which he continued until the breaking out of the Civil War. He was at that time Lieutenant-Colonel of the Fourth Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, and went with the regiment to Fortress Monroe, arriving there on April 20, 1 86 1. He was subsequently Colonel of the Eighth New Hampshire Volunteers, and served in the Gulf Department until the close of the war. For a time thereafter he was in Virginia. On his return to Hingham he was appointed Librarian, and in that capacity he

In politics a Republican, he has ofificiated on the School Committee, as Town Clerk, and Road Commissioner; and he was a Representative to the General Court in 1871 and 1872. Fraternally, he is a member of Old Colony Lodge, A. F. & A. M. ; and the Edwin Humphrey Post, No. 104, Grand Army of the Republic, of Hingham. A man of strict integrity, courteous and obliging, discharging the duties of his position with military precision and promptitude, Colonel Fearing is a highly esteemed citizen.

On November 20, i860, he was united in marriage with Eliza B. Gushing, daughter of Brackley and Eliza (Bartlett) Gushing, of Abington, Mass. They _have one child, a daughter, Anna M., born in Manchester, N.H., on February 16, 1865. She married William R. Burr, of Hingham. In their religious faith and affiliation Colonel and Mrs. Fearing are Unitarians.

EORGE F. WING, who has served on Vp I the Wareham Board of Selectmen for nearly twenty years, is a California "forty-niner," and has had a busy and eventful life. He was born in Wareham, Mass., October II, 1827, a son of Benjamin and Delia (Clifton) Wing. His parents had five children, of whom two are now living: the subject of this sketch; and Delia A., who married William H. Fearing, and resides in Wareham. Mr. Wing's early education, which was limited, was acquired in the public schools of his native town. When he was fifteen years of age he shipped on a coasting-vessel, and for two years was engaged as a seaman. He then learned the carpenter's trade at Fairhaven, Mass., where he worked about four years, and later he was employed as a carpenter in Ware- ham. In 1S49 he was one of a company of sixty-six who purchased and provisioned a vessel called the "Mount Vernon, "and started for the gold fields of California, sailing from Mattapoiset around Cape Horn. They were five months and a half on the voyage, their suspense being sweetened by visions of the fortunes awaiting them in the Golden State.

Arriving in San Francisco, Mr. Wing sold his interest in the vessel, and began prospecting and mining, being one of the five to dig the first gold on the famous Horseshoe Bend on Merced River. He experienced all the stern realities of life in a community that was practically lawless, and discovered that mining was not the easiest way of making a fortune. He remained in California until the spring of 1855, «i P'lrt of the time working at his trade, and for a year driving a pack train. On his return to Wareham, he went to work for the Parker Mills Company as a millwright. After following that trade for fourteen years, he started in business as a contractor and builder, and he is now known as one of the most prominent and reliable builders in the locality.

He was married November 28, 1855, to Fidelia Johnson, daughter of Samuel and Sarah Johnson, of Dartmouth, Mass. Five children were born to them, as follows: Dora M. ; Frank C, now deceased; Mary G. ; Oscar B. ; and George F., Jr.

Mr. Wing is active among the Democrats of the town, and has been elected to a number of offices of trust. He has served continuously on the Board of Selectmen since the spring of 1878, and has also eflficiently filled the offices of Assessor and Overseer of the Poor for the same time. He has been a Mason for many years, being active in the fraternity, occupying various chairs, for three years serving as Master, and during the past six years filling the office of Treasurer.

ALEB T. ROBBINS, a veteran of the Civil War, who keeps a variety .store in Plymouth, and is also engaged in farming, was born in Sandwich, Mass., July 16, 1 84 1, son of Thomas and Jane K. (Nye) Robbins. Thomas Robbins, who was a native of Harwich, Barnstable County, settled in Sandwich, was a sailor for the greater part of Ills life, and died at sea. He married Jane K. Nye, a native of Troy, N.Y., and reared a family of four children, of whom Caleb T., the subject of this sketch, was the first born.

Caleb T. Robbins attended the common schools of Sandwich. Beginning at the age of twelve, he worked on a farm until he was sixteen years old. He was afterward employed for two years by the Sandwich Tack Company. After, a season spent in the United States Coast Survey service, he enlisted as a private in Company D, Third Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers, April 9, 1S61, being among the first to respond to President Lincoln's urgent call for seventy-five thousand recruits. The regiment was attached to the Irish Brigade, which was assigned to duty in Richardson's Division of the Second Army Corps, and stationed first at Fortress Monroe and Newport News, being later ordered to Norfolk and Suffolk, Va. From Suffolk his regiment was ordered into active service, and took part in the battles of Fair Oaks, the sieges of Knoxville and Vicksburg, the memorable struggle of the Wilderness, and the engagement at Spottsylvania Court-house. He was discharged September 14, 1864, in poor health, incapacitated for laborious employment. At intervals, after the close of the war, he was engaged for some time in the United States Coast Survey service. Subsequently, under his physician's advice to seek some steady out-of-door employment, he peddled with a team for about nine years. He then opened a small store in Plymouth. Two or three years later he disposed of his peddling business, which he had managed to continue up to then, and he has since given his attention exclusively to his store. He carries a large miscellaneous stock of goods, such as is usually found in a general variety store, making a specialty of china and glass ware, and he has a very profitable business. For the past eight or nine years he has also been engaged in general farming. At the present time he owns about forty acres of valuable land, which amply repay their care and cultivation.

In 1870 Mr. Robbins wedded Anna M. Baker, daughter of Thomas Raker, of Sandwich, and he and Mrs. Robbins have two daughters. He is a comrade of Post ^6, Grand Army of the Republic, and a member of the Twenty-ninth Regiment, Minute Men of Massachusetts. In politics he is a Democrat. Both he and Mrs. Robbins attend the Orthodo.x church. Despite. the feeble state of his health, he has shown remarkable energy and perseverance. He is much respected by his fellow-townsmen, who appreciate his worth as a citizen, as well as his honorable record as a soldier; and he is very popular among the veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic.

-AMES H. GRIFFITH, a well-known carpenter and builder of Hull, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, was born in Boston on August 6, 1854. He passed his early years in attending the public schools of that city. On April 15, 1865, he came to Hull, and remained here four years, returning at the end of that time to Boston to learn the trade of carpenter and builder. From 1872 to 1889 he was located in Quincy, Mass., and during that time took a course in architecture, being graduated in 1885 with honors. He then returned to Hull, and has since resided here, engaged in the pursuit of his calling. Among the many fine residences erected by him are the East End Hotel and the Vining Villa, besides three houses for himself. He also owns real estate in Quincy, Mass. Mr. Griffith makes his home in the Vining family, having been brought up from infancy in the home of the late Alexander Vining. In politics he affiliates with the Democrat party, and takes an intelligent interest in town affairs. He is industrious and progressive, and is highly esteemed personally by the community. The degree of success he has attained is wholly attributable to his own efforts.

Vfci£__^ County, with an extensive and increasing practice in the town of Wareham, was born January i, 1867, in the village of which he is now an honored resident. The Doctor is the only son of a family of five children born to Seth C. and Mary (Swift) Morse, both of whom were natives of Wareham.

Charles E. Morse was reared on the parental farm, and in the district schools acquired the rudiments of his excellent education. At the age of fifteen years he went to Quincy, Mass., as a pupil at Adams Academy, from which he received his diploma three years later. He subsequently took a full-course of study -at the Harvard Medical School, where he was graduated in 1889, with a good record for scholarship. The succeeding three years Dr. Morse was assistant superintendent of the Adams Nervine Asylum, a noted curative institution, beautifully located in the Jamaica Plain district of Boston. He next engaged in the practice of medicine in Boston a year and a half, and then he returned to Wareham to take up the practice of the late Dr. Sawyer, who died in 1893. Here Dr. Morse has met with signal success in his professional career, exhibiting great knowledge and skill in the treatment of his many patients, winning the confidence and good will of all with whom he is brought in contact.

Dr. Morse was married January 26, 1895, to Miss Abbie F. Marshall, a native of Lowell, Mass., a daughter of Isaac F. and Eliza J. (Le Favour) Marshall, of South Framingham. Politically, the Doctor is identified with the Republican party, and is a member of the Wareham Board of Health. Fraternally, he is a Mason and an Odd Fellow, belonging to Eliot Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Boston; and to Quinobequin Lodge, No. 70, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Boston. He is likewise a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society and of the Boston Library Association. He was appointed August 18, 1896, by then Acting Governor Roger Wolcott, Medical Examiner for Plymouth County.

f^ENNIE C. LEONARD, a bicycle manufacturer of Brockton, and the originator of the Brockton Bicycle, also known as the Meteor, was born in liaston, Mass., January 16, 1861, his parents being Otis and Mary Ann (Bryant) Leonard, now of Brockton. Some of his ancestors served in the Revolutionary War. His grandfather, Hathaway Leonard, was a farmer, and owned a number of different farms. He also did a wheelwright business for a time, having natural mechanical ability. Although a man of large influence, on account of being deaf he would accept no public office. Mrs. Otis Leonard was before marriage a Miss Bryant, of North Raynham, Mass. She and her husband are the parents of several children; namely, Peleg, Angle, Russell, William, Bennie, Nellie Emery, Maria, and Charles.

Bennie C. Leonard was the fifth child. After leaving school, he served a three years' apprenticeship with T. H. & J. O. Dean, of Easton, at the machinist's trade, and two years with Sweetser & Merritt. He then secured a position in the employ of the Tuck Manufacturing Company as tool-maker, and was with them for three years, leaving then to take charge of a line of work for Kimball Brothers. Several years later, in 1888, Mr. Leonard started in business for himself, beginning in a work-room in the basement of his house - in the machine repairing business, which gradually resolved itself into the bicycle business. He was soon obliged to seek larger accommodations, and removed to a room on Centre Street, and finally, about 1890, came to his present quarters at 34 Franklin Street. Up to 1892 he did only repairing, but his work in this line suggested many changes in construction; and the result was the introduction, in 1892, of the fine wheel known as the Brockton, or Meteor, which has appeared each succeeding year with added improvements. Mr. Leonard has also placed on the market a bicycle handle bar, which was patented by him June 2, 1896, and the Brockton cycle stand, an arrangement for holding bicycles, intended for use by wholesale and retail dealers, of which he has sold hundreds during the past year. Nine men are employed in his factory.

In 1882 Mr. Leonard married Miss Lucy F. Manley, daughter of Nathaniel Manley, of Brockton, and a direct descendant of Governor William Bradford of the Plymouth Colony. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard have four children; namely, Merle C, Vera M., Elva A., and Vernie L.

In political affiliation Mr. Leonard is a stanch Republican. He is a member of Electric Lodge, No. 204, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; the Knights of the Essenic Order, Lodge No. 125; and the Uniform Rank, Brockton Division, No. 11, Knights of Pythias; Shoe City Wheelmen; and the League of American Workmen. He and Mrs. Leonard are communicants of the Porter Congregational Church.

'rp)TENRY T. HAMMOND, who is enr^l gaged in general farming and cran- -i^ V^ ^ berry culture in Carver, was born in this town, January 25, 1834, son of Benjamin and Mary (Sherman) Hammond, and a grandson of Benjamin Hammond, Sr. His father was born in Carver, and sj^ent his whole life here, being engaged during the active years of his life in farming. Benjamin Hammond, Jr., lived to be eighty-four years of age. His wife is still living, at the age of eighty-si.\. He was a communicant of the Second Advent church. They had eight children, named respectively as follows: Mary A. ; Henry T. ; Susan A. ; Maria T. ; Lucy; Sarah A. ; Julia A. ; and Cordelia, who died when si.x years old. Henry T. Hammond spent his boyhood in this town. He lived with his parents until he was twenty-one years old, when he engaged in the fishing business, which he followed for seventeen summers, making trips principally to the Grand Banks ; and the last two seasons he was master of the vessel with which he sailed. Subsequently retiring from the sea, he spent fourteen years in the saw-mill business. Since that time he has given especial attention to the raising of cranberries, also engaging in general farming. He owns in all about one hundred and fifty acres of land, and has two acres set with cranberries. On

March 31, 1858, Mr. Hammond was united in marriage with Miss Betsey S. Shaw, a native of this town. They have had four children: Walter I-'"., residing in Lakeville; Mary S. and Arthur L., both deceased; and Arnold L., who resides in North Carver. From i8go to 1894 Mr. Hammond served as Road Commissioner, and he had previously been Road Surveyor for one year. He has also served as Fire Warden eight years. In politics he is a Republican, and religiously he is a member of the Second Advent church.

^ERNARD C. BEAL, a well-known ^^ and highly respected resident of Hanson, was born in this town on May 6, 1833. He was educated in the common schools, and at the age of fifteen began to earn his own livelihood. He first learned the shoemaker's trade, to which he applied himself diligently for over twelve years. He subsequently learned the trade of carpenter and builder, which he followed for a quarter of a century. In September, 1862, under a patriotic impulse, he enlisted for nine months in Company A, Third Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry; and during his term of service he performed his duty as a soldier. In politics Mr. Beal is a consistent member of the Republican party. He has held the offices of Selectman, Assessor, Overseer of the Poor, and Constable for a number of years, and was Collector of Taxes one year. He served as Moderator at thirty-three town meetings, and was Chairman at thirteen State elections. From 18S0 to 1891 he was Selectman, receiving in 1887 seventy-two out of seventy-four votes. In 1894 and 1895 he was re-elected to the same office. Fraternally, Mr. Beal is a member of the Grand Army Post, T. L. Bonney, No. 127, in which organization he has iM'TAIN JAM]<:S H. DAWES, of Kingston, Mass., has seen much of the world, having circumnavigated the globe several times, and having lived the adventurous life of a California miner in 1849. He was born in Duxbury, Mass., July 20, 1826, a son of Abraham and Deborah (Darling) Dawes.

Members of the Dawes family were early settlers in the Mas.sachusetts Ray Colony, though not, so far as known, among the first comers. A William Dawes, a bricklayer by trade, was living in Boston in 1646. He had three sons - Ambrose, William, and Robert. It was a William Dawes of a later generation who joined Paul Revere at Lexington during his memorable ride to arouse the minute-men, and, when Revere was taken by the British and carried back to Boston, proceeded with Samuel Prescott to Concord, arousing the patriots on the way.

Captain James H. Dawes's great-grandfather, Ambrose, of Duxbury, and his grandfather, Ebenezer Dawes, were well-known citizens of this part of the State. His father, Abraham Dawes, who was born in Kingston, Mass., was a seafaring man, engaged in the coasting trade a great many years. He died April 12, 1868. His wife was born in the old town of Duxbury. She died November 4, 1859. Of their children the two now living are: Captain Josephus Dawes, in Duxbury, Mass. ; and James H., in Kingston. The others, who have passed away, were: Captain Allen A. Dawes and a sister Harriet.

through the different degrees of rank to the responsible position of captain. At the age of twenty he commanded the brig "Balize, " owned by Joseph Holmes, of Kingston, Mass., for whom he subsequently commanded a number of vessels in the coasting and foreign trade. He was in Mr. Holmes's employ for a number of years, his term of service being interrupted by a season in California. In 1849, his ship being in port in Boston, he decided to join a party bound for the gold fields, and went by sailing vessel to the Isthmus of Panama, which he crossed on foot, taking a steamer on the other side for San Francisco. Pour years of roughing it among the mining camps were sufificient for Captain Dawes; and in 1853 he returned to his native State, taking the route by which he had set out. Again assuming charge of a vessel, he was in the foreign trade for some time; and he was afterward engaged in superintending the building of ships at East Boston for himself and others. Not content to leave the sea altogether, however, he subsequently sailed to foreign ports as commander of different vessels, his own and those of other ship-owners, until 1881, when he retired to his home in Kingston. Captain Dawes might write a very interesting book on the countries he has visited and the sights he has seen. He has sailed in nearly every oceanic body of water on the globe, and several times has doubled the southern extremities of the continents, the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Horn ; and he has an inexhaustible store of anecdote. The captain is a Trustee of the Boston Marine Association, office in the Chamber of Commerce, Boston.

He has been twice married. His first wife, who was Abbie D. Chandler, of 'Vermont, left two children - John C. and Flora L. The latter is the wife of George D. Bartlett, of

James H. Dawes

Plymouth, Mass. His second wife, to whom he was united on June 25, 1857, was Mrs. Lydia J. (Sampson) Bradford, daughter of Rufus and Sally (Gibbs) Sampson, of Duxbury, Mass., and widow of Samuel Bradford, of that town. By her first marriage she had three children, of whom she has been bereft; and she bore Captain Dawes one daughter, Laura M. On many of Captain Dawes's voyages his wife accompanied him. The captain votes the Republican ticket. He is a charter member of Corner Stone Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Duxbury, and is very popular in the community in which he lives, he and his family taking an active part in all social events of importance. The captain and his wife are attendants at the Unitarian church.

R. GEORGE V. MORSE, a popular and successful physician of Carver, was born May i, 1840, at Middleboro, this county, son of Ira and Betsy (Redding) Morse. He represents one of the oldest families in the country, being a descendant of William Morse, who was a passenger on the "Mayflower." Those of the Morse family directly descended from William Morse have resided in this general section of the States. The great-grandfather of Dr. Morse, also named William Morse, was a farmer of Middleboro; and his paternal grandfather, Jonathan, followed the same occupation in Carver. Ira, a son of Jonathan, and a native of Carver, was engaged in general farming at Middleboro. His wife, Betsy, was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Zaccheus Redding, esteemed farming people of Taunton, Mass. Of Ira's seven children, two still survive. He passed away March 30, 1S56, in his fiftieth year, and his wife on October 17, 1863.

the common schools. In Carver, at the age of sixteen, he began working at the shoemaker's trade, and thereafter followed it until his twenty-sixth year. Having prosecuted a course of reading in medicine in the mean while, he then devoted himself exclusively to the study in the office of Dr. George F. Wood, of Plymouth. Here he spent three years, during which he often came into contact with homcEopathic physicians. At the termination of that period he established himself in his profession at Carver, where he has practised very successfully for eighteen years, giving his entire time and attention to his chosen calling. The last winter was the busiest season that he has experienced in his entire career.

On March 15, 1870, Dr. Morse married Mrs. Lucinda Maxim, a daughter of James and Ruth Dunham, to whom she was born at Carver, January 31, 1S39. Dr. Morse takes an earnest interest in the town, and is an active promoter of its social and civic welfare. In his political views he is identified with the Republican party.

/3)eORGE B. SANFORD, of Lakeville, \j^ I a veteran of the Civil War, was born May 23, 1827, in Haverhill, Essex County, son of Fitz William and Lucy Sanford. He received his early education in Haverhill, where he lived until twelve years of age. Then, after spending a year in New Salem, N. H., he went to Groveland, Mass., and there learned the trade of tanning and currying. After working as a tanner some three years, he learned boot-making, which he followed at intervals in different places for thirteen years. He made shoes in Atkinson, N.H., for two years; and for a number of years following he was engaged in the same line in Stoneham, Mass. His next place of residence was Auburn, N.H., where he was engaged in farming until President Lincoln's call for volunteers induced him to join the army.

Enlisting August 8, 1862, in Company A, Tenth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers, Mr. Sanford was mustered in as a private at Manchester, N. H. He was first under the rebel fire at Fredericksburg, out of which he came without a wound. Subsequently he passed safely through the siege of Suffolk, which lasted twenty-three days. Assigned then to the engineer corps, he went to Portsmouth, Va., where he was engaged for a year in work on the fortifications. After this he rejoined his regiment at Yorktown, and participated in the engagements of Drury's Bluff and Cold Harbor, the siege of Petersburg, and the action at Chapin's farm. In the latter he was wounded in the right wrist by a piece of a shell, and was subsequently under the care of doctors and nurses for si.x or seven months. In this period he was in the field hospital, in the City Point Hospital at City Point, Va., the hospital at Hampton, and the Webster Hospital at Manchester, N.H. By a telegram received May 18, 1865, he was discharged from military service; and for two years thereafter he was able to perform little work of any kind, as he was obliged to carry his right arm in a sling. He lived in Auburn, N.H., until 1869, when he moved to Manchester, and engaged in farming for a while. At a later date he received an appointment as night watchman, and subsequently followed that calling in Manchester for eight years. In 1880 he moved to Lakeville, where he has since been engaged in farming and poultry raising. Mr. Sanford votes the Republican ticket. He keeps up his connection with his comrades of the war as a

^njoWARD I. BROWN, of Rockland, JQI Mass., manufacturer of Goodyear welts, is a self-made man who has climbed from the bottom to a high round of the ladder of success. A son of George V. and Sarah M. (Nerburt) Brown, of Nantucket, he was born on that island, January 17, i860.

George F. Brown, the father, sailed from Nantucket on a whaling vessel in 1849 fo*" California, doubling Cape Horn, and making a long tedious journey. His brother, who accompanied him, died in 1895, leaving a fortune of a million and a half; but he himself was not so favored. He served in the Union army throughout the Civil War, receiving a serious wound, and, after peace was declared, returned to California, where he died at the age of forty-one. His death seemed the more untimely from the fact that the Browns are a long-lived family, many nearly attaining the century mark. Mrs. Sarah Nerburt Brown is now living in Nantucket. She has reared three children - Mary M., Elliott M., and Edward I.

Edward I. Brown was given scant educational opportunities, being obliged to go to work at the early age of nine years. He was first employed on a farm at Newton Upper Falls, and subsequently in a cotton-mill in Rhode Island two years, later in Vineyard Haven, where he served a three years' apprenticeship to the harness-making trade, in Marlboro, Mass., one year, and in Boston one year. On his removal to Rockland he worked at harness-making, and afterward for si,\- months engaged in stitching and sewing on welts in a shoe shop in Rockland. Being naturally something of an inventive genius, he patented a thread for shoe sewing-machines, which has been of great value to the trade. After spending some time as a travelling salesman for J. R. Leeson & Co., of Boston, he returned to the shop; and some time later he started his present business, in which he has been very successful. Mr. Brown manages the welt factory, and at the same time he sells his own goods on the road. Some idea of his business ability may be gained from the fact that his sales last year amounted to over one hundred and fifty-three thousand dollars. He has never felt the lack of educational training; for he has the natural gift of adapting himself to circumstances, and by observation and experience he has qualified himself as a business man, learning by practice alone without studying theory. Having travelled extensively, he has a broad knowledge of men and affairs. He is well informed on all matters of current interest, and is a self-made man in more than a business sense.

Mr. Brown was married November 23, 1S81, to Alice G. Baker, of Rockland, and has been blessed with four children : Carroll Winslow, aged fourteen; Esther Lyle (deceased); and Chester Nerburt and Bessie Linwood, aged respectively ten and seven years. He has a pleasant home at 26 Vernon Street. In politics he is a Republican. He belongs to three social organizations - the Sons of Veterans, the Narragansett Boot and Shoe Club, and the Norfolk Club of Boston.

)UCIUS H. DOTEN, until recently the foreman of the granite yards of Roxbury. Conn., was born in Plymouth, this county, May 10, 1832, son of Joseph and Jerusha (Bartlett) Doten. The family descends from colonists who came in the "Mayflower." Joseph Doten, who was born near the birthplace of his son, the subject of this article, made his home in Plymouth County until 185 1, when he migrated to California by the isthmus route. He died in California a few months after his arrival. His wife, Jerusha, who was a native of Manomet, and a daughter of George and Sylvina Bartlett, bore him six children, namely: Joseph M., who now resides on Water Street; Frances B., who died in 1S94 in California, whither she went in 1850; William W., who passed away in 1856; Lucius H., the subject of this article; Abbie M., who died in 1855; and Andrew J., whose death happened in California in 1854. The mother died in 1840.

Lucius H. Doten passed his boyhood on the paternal farm. At the age of eight years he was left motherless. In his seventeenth year he started out for himself by engaging in fishing, which calling he followed during the seven successive summers. He then served an apprenticeship of one year in Ouincy, Mass., at granite-cutting, and afterward followed that trade in different cities throughout the Eastern States. In 1884 he received the appointment as foreman of the granite yards at Roxbury, Conn., in which capacity he served efficiently until February, 1896. He is now engaged in trout raising at Plymouth.

On November 12, 1862, Mr. Doten married Miss Mary A. Holmes, who was born in Plymouth, daughter of Galen R. and Juline E. (Valler) Holmes. Mr. Doten and his wife became the parents of four children, namely: Frank W., born October 20, 1864, who died on November 21, 1864; Lucia N., born March 6, 1868; Abbie A., born July 18, 1870; and Charles R., born August 15, 1873. Lucia became the wife of Nathaniel F. Hoxie, a native of Plymouth, to whom she bore three children, namely: Fanny A., born January

1 8, 1 888; Mary F. , born P^ebruary 2, 1892; and Lucius H., now deceased. Abbie became Mrs. George J. Sampson, and has a son, William S., who was born November i, 1893. Mrs. Doten passed away April 12, 1890. Mr. Doten is a Mason of Plymouth Lodge. In ]:)olitics he supports the Republican party. His religious principles arc those of a free thinker. He has always made historic Plymouth his home, and he has resided on his present estate for thirty-four years.

LONZO GUSHING, a well-known business man of Hingham, and a Director of the Savings Bank, is a native of the town. He was born on December 15, 1827, son of David and Mary S. (Lapham) Gushing, and is a representative of the eighth generation in descent from Matthew Gushing, a native of Old England, who settled in Hingham, Mass., in 1638. He mingled prominently in town affairs, and also officiated as Deacon of the church. His wife, whose maiden name was Nazareth Pitcher, was a daughter of Henry Pitcher. They were married in 161 3, and had five children, of whom Daniel was the eldest child. He was born in Hingham, England, in 161 9, and was twice married, his first wife being Lydia Gilman, a native of England, by whom he had six children. By his second marriage with Elizabeth (Jacob) Tha.xter, of England, there were no children.

Theophilus, the fifth child of David and Lydia (Gilman) Gushing, was born in 1657. He married Mary Tha.xter, of Hingham; and eleven children were the fruit of their union. Abel, the fifth child, was born in Hingham in 1696. He was a farmer and miller, and served as Selectman for many years. He married Mary Jacob, of Hingham, and was the father of ten children, the third a son, David. He was born here in 1727, was twice married, and by his first wife, Ruth Lincoln, had five children. By his second marriage with Mabel Gardner there were twelve children, Gharles W. Gushing being the third child, and the grandfather of the subject of this biography.

He was born in Hingham in 1766, became a sailor, and eventually a sea captain, but subsequently settled on a farm in South Hingham. He married Deborah R. Jacob, of South Scituate, Mass. ; and they had eleven children. David, their fourth child, was born in Hingham on October 2, 1801, and carried on farming all his life. He married Mary S. Lapham ; and they had eleven children, eight of whom are now living - David, Alonzo, Michael L., Otis, .Sidney, George, Ferdinand, and Isabella.

David Gushing, the eldest son, married Mary J. Sherman, and by this union had five children, one of whom is now living, Marshall Henry. Michael L. married Josephine Kimball, of South Scituate; and they had nine children, seven of whom are now living - Herbert K., Minnie J., Susie J., Charles E., Jessie L. , Bertram, and Nellie F. Otis married Garoline F. Hersey, of Hingham, and became the father of five children, four of whom are now living - Flora G., Anna F. , Abbie R., and Lewis H. Sidney married Sarah E. Gorbett, of this town ; and they were the parents of two children - Albert L. and Waldo. George married Deborah E. Gushing, daughter of John Gushing (a descendant of Matthew by a different line) ; and they had two children - Wallace G. and Ralph E. David Gushing, the father, was a Democrat in politics and a Universalist in his religious belief. He died at the age ofeighty-six, and his wife passed away at the age of eighty years.

after completing his education in the schools of his native town, went to Boston to learn the carpenter's trade, and remained there five years. Returning to Hingham, he continued to follow his trade until i860, when he opened a general merchandise store, utilizing his carpenter shop for that purpose for twenty-nine years thereafter. Many fine residences here bear witness to his ability as a builder. Later Mr. Gushing became identified with the Hingham Insurance Company, which he has served as Director for twenty years, during the last five of which he has also officiated as adjuster. He has also been a Director of the Hingham Savings l^ank since 1891. In politics he affiliates with the Republican party. Fraternally, he belongs to Old Colony Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Hingham.

On January 15, 1852, he was united in marriage with Martha A. Gushing, daughter of Loring and Martha (Hersey) Gushing, of Hingham. By this union there are two children : Alonzo F., born November 29, 1857; and Lizzie H., who was born on July 1 1, i860. Mr. Gushing is a man of estimable qualities and a prominent citizen. He built his present residence in 185 1. In their religious belief Mr. and Mrs. Gushing are Unitarians.

LTOREST WILLIAM SWIFT, a memrij ber of the well-known firm Edgar & Co., of Brockton, was born in Wareham, Mass., in 1865, son of James R. and Lydia C. (Burgess) Swift. James R. Swift, who was mate of a ship, for the last three years of his life kept a grocery store in Wareham, Mass. In 1852 he was united in marriage with Lydia C., daughter of Govil and Lorena Burgess, of Sandwich, Mass. They had two sons: Edgar Francis, who is employed in a shoe shop; and Forest William

After acquiring his education in the common and high schools of Stoughton, F'orest William Swift attended the Bryant & Stratton Commercial College in Boston. In 18S1 he entered the employ of FIdgar & Co. as clerk. Subsequently he was put in charge of their hosiery and underwear department, which position he filled for ten years. On February I, 1895, he was admitted to the firm as partner. In politics Mr. Swift is a Republican. He belongs to Paul Revere Lodge, A. F. & A. M. ; Satucket Royal Arch Chapter; Bay State Gommandery, Knights Templars; and Aleppo Shrine of Boston. He is also a member of Harmony Lodge, Knights of Pythias, and of Massasoit Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In 1886 he was married to Nellie, daughter of George and Sarah F'aulkner, of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Swift have two children; William Arnold, aged five; and Miriam Burgess, who is seven.

(sfXSAHEL SOUTHWORTH, a former resident and manufacturer of Stoughton, Mass., was born there in 181 3, son of Consider, also a native of that town, and a manufacturer of spool cotton and cotton yarn. He, who was familiarly known as "Colonel Southworth," resided in Stoughton all his life. Besides Asahel he had four other children - Lyman, Jedediah, Amasa, and Almira. Asahel, the eldest child, attended the common schools of Stoughton, and then sewed cotton in his father's mill. Subsequently he became a manufacturer of woollen yarn in West Stoughton, where he carried on the industry for several years. In politics he was a Republican. Fie was affiliated with the

Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In his religious opinions he was a liberal, and he attended the Universalist church. Mr. Southworth was twice married, the first time to Louisa Kinsley, who had four children. These were: Consider (deceased), Consider (second), Mary Anna, and Mattie. His second marriage was contracted in 1871 with Lydia C. (Burgess) Swift, as already stated. Mr. Southworth died in 1S79. By the second marriage there was one child - Elmer Kinsley, who resides in Lynn, Mass.

|D\VARD G. KNIGHT, a well-known carpenter and builder, the only contractor in Hull, Plymouth County, Mass., was born in Troy, N.H., November 7, 1840, son of Martin and Hitha B. (Gould) Knight. His paternal grandfather, Elbridge Knight, was a farmer and miller who lived to a good old age. He and his wife, Betsy Knight, had fourteen children.

Martin was the third son of his parents. He was born in Sudbury, Mass. ; and, after acquiring his education, he became a teacher in Troy, N. H. He subsequently removed to Hull, where he was engaged in teaching for a year, and where he bought a farm and established his home. He officiated as a member of the School Committee for several years. On April 16, 1837, he was married to Bitha B. Gould, daughter of John and Bitha (Binney) Gould, of Hingham, Mass. By this alliance there were five children: Albert L., born December i, 1838; Edward G. ; Eliza J., born January 29, 1843; Charles H., born February 19, 1845; and Winthrop, who was born June 29, 1851. The father and mother were both highly respected members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Martin Knight died on January 8, 1894.

Edward G. Knight at the early age of two years removed with his parents to Hull, and there acquired his education. Having a natural aptitude for mechanics, he learned the carpenter's trade without serving an apprenticeship, and at the age of twenty-two bought a chest of tools and started in business. His first contract was for a four-hundred-dollar house, which is still standing. For fifteen years he was the only carpenter in town, and he is now the only contractor. He has continued building with gratifying success for thirty-four years, and among the many fine residences erected here by him is the one that was owned by the late John Boyle O'Reilly. Mr. Knight has also built many sail-boats, and now has many contracts to build houses. In 1872 he established Knight's Express between Hull and Boston, which he continued until the spring of 1895, when he sold out.

In politics Mr. Knight is a Prohibitionist. In the year 1892 he cast the only vote in the town on that ticket, but in 1895 there were twenty-three Prohibition votes in Hull. Officially, Mr. Knight has been prominent, having been Town Treasurer for twenty-four consecutive years, Overseer of the Poor and Selectman for nineteen years, Assessor and Constable for several years, also Highway Surveyor, and from 1 86 1 to 1887, with the exception of three years. Collector of Taxes. In 1894 he was nominated on the Prohibition ticket as Representative, and had a j)lurality in his own town, which speaks well for his popularity here. He was, however, defeated at that time. Fraternally, he is identified with Old Colony Lodge, No. 108, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Hingham, and the Rising Star Division, Sons of Temperance.

Edward C. Knight

a native of Koyalton, Vt. They have two children - Grace W. and Albert E. Grace W. Knight married Francis Haseltine, Principal of the Whiting School, Lynn, Mass., and they have one child, Ruth Haseltine. Albert E. Knight married Lizzie Follansbee, of Providence, R. L ; and they have one son, Harold. In religious belief Mr. Knight is a Methodist, having been converted to that faith in January, 1887. P'or two years he officiated as Superintendent of the Sunday-school, and he is now a devoted Christian and church member.

^-^YLVANUS BOURNE, a highly esteemed citizen of Halifa.x', was born in this town, April 4, 1839. His parents were Abram and Mary A. (Harlow) Hourne, both natives of Halifa.x. They had eight children - William, Sylvanus, Daniel W., Mary W. , Francis, Eliza, Eunice, and Hittie. Sylvanus, who was their second son, was educated in the common schools. On reaching the age of nineteen years, he went to California; but, finding no better chance to make money there than at home, he returned the same year. Choosing the occupation of a farmer, he began actively to till the soil, and also engaged quite largely in charcoal burning. With the e.xceptidu of si.x years spent in Bridgew^ater and the short period in California, he has resided since birth in Halifa.x, where he owns and conducts a farm of about seventy acres. At the breaking out of the Civil War he responded to the first call for militia, and served three months, during which he was at Fortress Monroe and Hampton, and took part in the expedition to Norfolk, Va. Mr. Bourne has served si.x years as Selectman of the town. He belongs to Post 124, Grand Army of the Republic, of East Bridgewater, and also to the Association of

Minute-men of Massachusetts. In i860 Mr. Bourne married Miss Emily P. Wade, by whom he has two children - Abram and Austin F., both of whom reside in Bridgewater, Mass.

ILAS P. ASHLEY, a respected citizen and farmer of Lakeville, Plymouth County, Mass., was born in this town, April 4, 181 3, son of Noah and Ruth (Pickens) Ashley. His paternal grandfather also bore the name of Noah. Noah Ashley (second), and his wife, Ruth, became the parents of a large family of children; namely, Jephthah, Silas P., Noah, Abiel W., Susan P., Elizabeth M., Earl S., Sarah, Josephus P., Levi L., and Abbie, all of whom are still living, with the exception of Abiel.

Silas P. Ashley, who was the second-born child of his parents, was educated in the district schools. He remained beneath the parental roof until his twenty-fifth year, when he began life for himself, turning his attention to agriculture as his main occupation. His present farm, which consists of about sixty acres, has been his home since 1844, ami is endeared to him by many associations of his younger days. In addition to farming he has also dealt to some extent in wood and lumber. In 1835 Mr. Ashley wedded Miss Phrebe E. Davis, of Tiverton, R.I. Seven children were born to them, and were named respectively Phcebe J., Mary B., Clementina L., Noah, Isaiah, Silas Edmund, and Abiel Davis, of whom Noah and Isaiah have passed away. His first wife dying, Mr. Ashley contracted a second marriage in 1857, Miss Almira F. Dean, a native of Taunton, becoming his wife. Mr. Ashley is a Republican in politics, having been a Whig in the days of that earlier party. He has lived to see many political and other changes during his four- kAHUM A. BATTLES, a well-to-do farmer of Brockton, Mass., was born L^ X^ ^ on September i6, 1835, in what was then North Bridgewater, his parents being Nahum and Mary (Brett) Battles. He is a descendant of one of the founders of the town, as shown by the following taken from Mitchell's History of Bridgewater.

John Battles (from Plymouth) settled in Stoughton Corner, within the North Parish, of Bridgewater, and married Hannah, daughter of Edward Curtis, and had John, Jonathan, Samuel, Asa, Uriah, Edward, Curtis, Hannah, Rebecca, and Susanna. Hannah married a Jordan, Rebecca married a Billings, Susanna married a Lord. Jonathan married Hannah, daughter of Joseph Porter, and settled in Stoughton. Edward and Curtis went to Vermont. Susanna Battles married l^enjamin Washburn in 1742.

Samuel Battles, the third son of John, settled in North Bridgewater, and married Dorothy, daughter of Christopher Dyer, in 1786, and had: Sybil, born 1786; Lucinda, born 1788; Daniel Dyer, born 1790; David H., born 1792; Dorothy, born 1796; Samuel, born 1798; Jason Dyer, born 1800; Nahum, born 1802; Mary Dyer, born 1806; Anson, born 1810; Mary Dyer, second, born 18 14. Sybil married Ruel Fobes in 1S06, Lucinda married Captain Luke Packard in 1806, David married Jerusha Adams in 1816, Dorothy married Ansel Perkins in 1819, Jason D. removed to Boston.

nine children. Samuel Battles, grandfather of Nahum A., the special subject of this sketch, was appointed First Lieutenant of militia by Samuel Adams^ then Governor of Massachusetts, August 14, 1794.

Nahum Battles, the father of Nahum A., was born on what is now Battles Street, Brockton, which derived its name from the family. He was a mason by trade, and resided here all his life. Both he and his wife, whose maiden name was Mary Brett, to whom he was married on March 30, 1826, are now deceased.

They had four children, three sons and one daughter. Hiram, who was a mason by trade, is deceased ; Joseph is a night watchman for the Herbert & Rapp Hub Goring Company; and Mary died July 3, 1867. Born on the old homestead where he now resides, Nahum A. Battles, the youngest-born of the three sons, received his education in the common schools of North Bridgewater. During his father's lifetime he assisted in the work of the farm, of which he afterward became the owner; and he is still actively engaged in its management.

For several years he was a regular attendant of the Methodist Episco]3al church. Mr. Battles is a cheery, benevolent gentleman, and highly respected by a large circle of friends and acquaintances.

lAPTAIN S. NELSON HOWARD, of West Bridgewater, belongs to the sixth generation of the Howards who have resided on the farm which is now his home. He was born here, March 14, 1813, son of Lloyd and Abigail (Snell) Howard, both of whom were also natives of this place. Jesse Howard, the father of Lloyd, was a son of Seth. A more complete account of the family ancestry appears in the sketch of Francis E. Howard. Lloyd Howard, who was a farmer by occupation, died in 1838. He was a cousin of the father of General Oliver Otis Howard, the hero of Cemetery Ridge at the battle of Gettysburg. General Howard's grandfather was born on the old homestead.

S. Nelson Howard grew to manhood on the ancestral farm, receiving a common-school education, and for a brief time attending the Bridgewater Academy. Shortly after reaching his majority, he went to Randolph, Mass., and for several years was profitably engaged in keeping a public house. He was Postmaster of Randolph for six years of the ten spent there. He then returned to the old homestead, which has been his home ever since. The farm contains about one hundred acres of well-improved land.