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became captain, he purchased shares in the vessels which he sailed, and was soon in command of an independent income. In 1S74 he returned to the paternal farm, his birthplace, which has now been his permanent home for twenty-si.x years. He has thirty acres of land, and is very comfortably and pleasantly situated. Captain Burgess won success by his own unaided ability and strength of purpose, sturdily working his way upward, beginning as a penniless ship boy, and gradually attaining his present prosperity.

He was married April 27, 1856, to Miss Margery J. Robinson, of Nova Scotia, who died February 3, 1S77, leaving one child, John S. ; and he subsequently married, March 20, 1878, Miss Helen M. Baker, daughter of Mark Baker, of North Conway, N. H. He has no children by his second union. Captain Burgess votes the Republican ticket, but takes no active part in politics. He is a member of Social Harmony Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Wareham. One of the oldest citizens of the town, he is widely known and highly respected.

FORGE M. BAKER has long been an honored citizen of Marshfield, his native place. He was born February 2, 1820, and is a son of George and Becky (Snell) Baker. His grandfather, Major Elijah Baker, served in the Revolutionary War. His father, George Baker, who was born in Duxbury, Mass., resided for a number of years in Marshfield, following the carjDenter's trade and also acting as auctioneer. He was an officer in the State militia, and was familiarly known as Major George Baker. In politics he was a Whig. He died in 1838. His wife, who was born in Bridgewater, Mass., died in present home. He obtained his elementary education in the public schools of Marshfield, subsequently attending the academy and the ' State Normal School at Bridgevvater. After finishing his studies, he was engaged as a district school teacher in Uuxbury and Marshfield some fourteen winters. In 1855 he engaged in the sale of general merchandise at Marshfield, and managed a prosperous business for fifteen years, retiring then from trade. In his early manhood he became agent for the Ouincy Mutual Fire Insurance Company, and he was subsequently employed as agent for the Hingham Mutual and other fire insurance companies. At present he represents a number of leading insurance associations, including the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, and devotes the greater part of his time to the insurance business.

Mr. Baker was married in October, 1S42, to Sophronia H., daughter of Captain William Weston, formerly a well-known seafaring man of Marshfield. Five children have blessed their union, namely: George; Frank; Mary W. ; Stella B. ; and Martin, who died at the Massachusetts Agricultural College, aged nineteen years. George Baker for several years was one of the Board of Selectmen, was a member of the legislature for the year 1882, and for many years was engaged in mercantile pursuits. Frank Baker graduated in 1872 at the United States Military Academy at West Point, standing number five in a class of fifty-seven members. He served with his regiment (the Thirteenth Infantry) in various parts of the United States, and was transferred in 1879 to the Ordnance Department of the army. He is now a Captain in that branch of the service. Mary and Stella Baker have been teachers in the public schools for many years.

When a young man, Mr. George M. Baker was elected to the School Committee of Marshfield, and served over twenty-five years; and he was also one of the Selectmen for several years, serving at different periods. In 1852 and 1S53 he was in the Massachusetts State legislature, and he was Postmaster from 1858 to 1885. He was one of the founders of the Marshfield Agricultural and Horticultural Society, was elected its first President, and held that office twenty years. For fourteen years he was a member of the Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture.

He has been a lifelong temperance man, and interested in all measures for the suppression of the traffic and use of into.xicating liquors as a beverage. He was early interested in the anti-slavery agitation, and cast his first vote for James G. Binney in 1841. When the Liberty party became merged in the Free Soil party, he was with that party; and he embraced the Republican party at its organization. He has never voted with any other national party. He was one of the movers in the enterprise to shut out the tides from Green Harbor Marsh, whereby some fourteen hundred acres of salt meadow were reclaimed for agricultural purposes by the construction of the Marshfield Dike. The welfare of his native town has always been dear to him, and he ranks as one of her public-spirited citizens.

DWARD Y. PERR¥,-one of the foremost citizens of Hanover, Mass., was born in that part of the town of Pembroke, Plymouth County, now known as Hanson, November 4, 18 12. His parents were Elijah and Chloe (Stetson) Perry. The old homestead has been occupied by his ancestors for several generations.

England. Its representatives have been worthily engaged in various spheres of human activity ; but more especially have they figured among the sturdy and intelligent holders and tillers of the soil, who, independent and patriotic of spirit, were quick to resist oppression in time of danger from foreign foes, and as quick in time of peace to do their part in developing the resources of the country.

Mr. Perry's paternal grandparents, Seth and Hannah Perry, were of this class. The former, a farmer by occupation, gave up the plough for the musket, and fought bravely for American independence in the Revolutionary War. Their son Elijah learned the trade of a moulder, but subsequently devoted most of his time to farming. He shared in a large degree the sturdy patriotism of his father, and performed active military service in the War of 1812. The hardships which he endured at this time were the cause of his death about two years after the close of the war. His wife, Chloe, had died in IJecember, 1812, when their son Edward, the subject of this sketch, was but seven weeks old.

Left an orphan at the age of but two years, little Edward was taken care of by his paternal grandparents, with whom he remained during his minority, engaged in his later youth in tilling the ancestral acres. Seth Perry and his wife both lived to be very old, he dying when about ninety-five years of age, and she surviving to the remarkable age of ninetynine years and nine months. Upon attaining his majority, Edward Y. Perry started in business for himself, his first venture being as a country merchant in Hanson, where he continued for several years, meeting with fair success. Having, however, for the purpose of accommodating others indorsed some paper which subsequently proved worthless, he lost all he had made, and found himself several thousand dollars in debt besides. This debt he paid in time, but it proved for some years a heavy ta.x upon his resources. By no means discouraged by this unfortunate experience, he looked about him for a chance to retrieve his fortunes. With quick intelligence he saw that the future of New England depended largely upon her manufactures, and he resolved to enter the lists in what was comparatively a new industry.

Taking into partnership Mr. Charles Dyer, a gentleman who, like himself, had failed in business and was in debt, the two, without a dollar in the world, engaged in the manufacture of tacks in the town of Hanover, on the site of the present factory of S. C. Waterman & Sons. They began with one or two hundred pounds of iron, which they worked into shape and sold, and with the proceeds purchased a larger supply of raw material. From this modest beginning they gradually built up a business, making a little advancement year by year. But their progress was slow; and, when fifteen years had elapsed without any marked degree of success, they mutually agreed to dissolve partnership. Mr. Perry, however, resolved to continue in the business, and accordingly purchased Mr. Dyer's interest, which he did mostly on credit. He then bought the property of the Hanover Eorge Company at South Hanover, and shortly afterward associated with himself Mr. Ezra Phillips and Martin W. Stetson, under the firm name of E. Y. Perry & Co. Mr. Perry gave his attention to the old factory; while Messrs. Phillips and .Stetson made necessary changes in the newly acquired property to adapt it to the manufacture of tacks instead of anchor forging. The machinery from the old factory was then transferred to the new, and manufacturing conducted in the latter entirely.

Shortly after this Mr. Stetson withdrew, and Messrs. Perry and Phillips carried on the business together. This proved a happy combination, and lasted for a period of thirty years, at the end of which time Mr. Perry withdrew, in order to devote his attention to his outside interests. The business had been most successful, and the firm was known as one of the largest tack manufacturing concerns in the country. Mr. Perry pays a high tribute to the ability and character of his partner with whom he was so long associated, and whose qualities, business and social, were so well adapted to make their connection both pleasurable and profitable. Besides their tack business they had established in 1870 a steam - mill at West Hanover, which was at once a grist and saw mill, and where also they manufactured boxes. -At the same time, in connection with others, they had started a coal and grain business in Rockland and Hanover and a leather and findings store in Boston, under the firm name of Phinney & Phillips. On dissolving partnership, all these outside interests fell into Mr. Perry's hands. The mill at West Hanover is now conducted under the firm name of L. Phillips & Co., Mr. Lot Phillips being a ixutner. The grain business at Rockland is continued under the name of Culver, Phillips & Co. The leather store in Boston, although a successful venture, was discontinued in 1S82.

In 1883 Mr. Perry, in company with William A. Vannah and I{. P. Sweeney, purchased the property known as Winslow's Mills at Waldoboro, Me., and, under the firm name of Vannah, Sweeney & Co., went into business as dealers in lumber, bark, wood, grain, flour, hay, and groceries; and he still remains connected with this firm, which does a flourishing business. He is also engaged, in company with Charles E. Soule, of Pembroke, in buying and selling real estate, lumber, and wood; and they have been very successful.

Prior to 1861 Mr. Perry was one of the leading men in agitating the Cjuestion of building a railroad from North Abington to Hanover. But at that time few could be found willing to invest a dollar ; and the accomplishment of the enterprise would have remained something rather to be wished than hoped for, had it not been for Mr. Perry's persistent and aggressive efforts. An old charter had been granted for the purpose many years previously, but nothing had been done. It was now renewed, and matters were just beginning to assume a practical form when the breaking out of the Civil War stopped operations. After the war Mr. Perry renewed his efforts; and in July, 1868, he had the satisfaction of seeing the road an accomplished fact. Upon its completion there was a debt of si.xty thousand dollars, which has since been reduced to twent}' thousand dollars. Mr. Perry had general supervision of the building of the road, besides the engineering. He was President and active manager of the road from its inception to the time it was sold to the Old Colony Railroad. He exercised a watchful supervision over its business and traffic, and everything relating to its finances passed through his hands.

Mr. Perry has performed his share of public service. He has been Justice of the Peace for many years, has besides done much probate business, and in 1867 he was a member of the State legislature. At an early ]ieriod he threw himself into the anti-slavery movement, becoming a member of the American Antislavery Society at its organization by William Lloyd Garrison in 1832, and so remaining until the emancipation of the slaves was an accomplished fact. He has long been an earnest advocate of the temperance cause, on which as on other matters his opinions are pronounced and outspoken. He is so opposed to usury in every form that on July i, 1880, he stopped taking interest on his loans; and he collects no interest upon mortgages now in his hands. He is known throughout Plymouth County as one of the best judges of real estate values. Though wealthy, he is still as full of enterprise as in his younger days. Of dauntless spirit, strong will power, keen intelligence, and unswerving honesty, he is widely recognized as a thoroughly capable man of affairs; and he has done much to improve the town and add to the prosperity of the general community.

On July 8, 1834, Mr. Perry married Miss Mary B. Oldham, daughter of David and Deborah (Barker) Oldham, of Pembroke; and on July 8, 1894, they celebrated together their golden wedding. They had one child, who died in infancy.

|EV. W. C. IIYDEI^, the well-known pastor of the Independent Congregational Church of Rock, Plymouth County, Mass., was born in Leeds, Me., November 30, 1840, son of a Baptist clergyman who was then located in that town.

W. Clarkson Ryder came when he was si.\ months old with his parents to Middleboro, where he grew to manhood. After attending the public schools he took a supplementary course of study at Peirce Academy, from which institution he was subsequently graduated. At the age of twenty-one he began teaching, being in Marion, North Scituate, and Fairhaven, Mass., and Woonsocket, R.I. After following the profession for ten years he was obliged, on account of failing health, to 'resign. He then came to Rock. The following year, 1872, he entered the employ of the

American Tack Company, of I'airhaven, Mass., and has remained in their employ and that of their successors. The Atlas Tack Corporation, as salesman in New England, and manager of their store in Boston, for twentyfive years. Being religiously inclined, he became an evangelist, and, with the co-operation of others, gathered a congregation. In 1886 he was ordained pastor of the Independent Church of Rock, which has grown and prospered under his pastorate. A number of years ago Mr. Ryder began a grove meeting on his land, with five tents. It has become under his management a camp meeting, with six large society tents, a ladies' pavilion, tabernacle, preacher's stand, with seats for about one thousand, large dining-rooms, etc. A company has been formed to continue these meetings, which are held in July of each year, and are for the promotion of Scriptural holiness.

In 1863 Mr. Ryder married Emily V. Holmes, a native of Rock. They have one child, Harland H., who was graduated from Boston University in the class of 1S94. He is now principal of Hopedale High School.

DWIN SAWTELL, an enterprising and successful citizen of Brockton, prominent in business, politics, and social affairs, was born in Rindge, Cheshire County, N.H., August 25, 1838, son of Solomon Nelson and Nancy (Whitney) Sawtell, His grandfather, Jonathan Sawtell, a native of New Hampshire, was for many years engaged in farming in Jeffrey, that State. Jonathan fought in the Revolutionary War, bearing the rank of Lieutenant, and lost a thumb in the battle of Bennington. He died at the age of eighty-nine years. His children numbered four sons and three daughters. Solomon Nelson Sawtell was born April 6, 1786. A farmer like his father, for many years he lived in Rindge or its vicinity. He served in the War of 1812, was a Congregationalist in religion, and died at the age of seventy-seven. He was twice married, and had a family of fifteen children, of whom eleven were borne by Edwin's mother. Five of the boys served in the war of the Rebellion. Tiie youngest was killed during the raid on Washington. Nelson died in a hospital. John L. died in Mansfield, Mass., July 22, 1894. Of the other two who are living, one was wounded at Antietam.

Edwin Sawtell, who was the tenth child borne by his mother, completed his education in the high schools of Rindge and Jaffrey. For a few years after leaving school he was employed as a painter in pail factories, and he was working in Lancaster, Mass., when the war broke out. Enlisting in Company I, I-"ifty-third Massachusetts Regiment, he was sent to Louisiana, where he was detailed as hospital nurse. In this capacity he performed many painful duties. He was one of the attendants sent with the wounded soldiers from Alexandria to Brashear City. There they were disturbed by the Rebels, and were obliged to move on to New Orleans. Mr. Sawtell was ordered to report for duty in the hospital wards, but requested to be allowed to join the regiment, and was sent to Port Hudson. After the expiration of his term of enlistment he came home. In November, 1866, he started a hulled-corn business in Abington. The following April saw him established on Cary Hill in Brockton. His venture in luilled corn, which he carried on in the winter for twenty-four years, was quite successful. In the summer he dealt in ice-cream. He also speculated in real estate. After spending three years on Cary Ilill, he exchanged his place of business for his present stand on

North Main Street. He now owns a large amount of real estate. He has given away several lots for manufacturing purposes, and conceived the idea of building a power house, in order to enhance the value of his other property. In 1891 he bought the business of the New England Ball Castor Company, and, after conducting it under their patent for two years, gave it up. Among the lots given away was one of three hundred feet in length to the Industrial Improvement Corporation, and one to the Stevens Shank Company. He was one of the principal movers toward the locating of the W. L. Douglas Company, and several other shoe companies upon a portion of his land. It is to his enterprise that the upbuilding of that portion of Brockton called Montello is due; for up to the year 18S0 no development of the land in that quarter had taken place. During that year fifty-six houselots west of the railroad were laid out, streets were built, and house building commenced. At the present time nearly all the lots have dwellings of neat design. Beginning in 1880, he was constantly inirchasing land east of the railroad until 1890, when at that time he owned in all two hundred and sixty acres. At the present time, on this property are manufactories of various kinds, and over one hundred homes. At a celebration held when the first factory was completed, he was designated the "father of Montello. " He is now President of the Brockton Power Company, which was organized for the purpose of erecting fac tories in this city.

Mr. .Sawtell was married November 24, 1859, to Anna L. Holbrook, of P'itzwilliam, N.H. She died March 14, 1891, leaving two children, who are both living. On August 14, 1893, he was again married, this time to Miss Lucy A. Doolittle. A lady of remarkable ability, before her marriage she spent several years in the Argentine Republic as principal of a kindergarten school and school for training teachers. She also opened a school for the same purpose in Topeka, Kan., and formed a free kindergarten association in Bangor, Me., and for ten years she was engaged in educational work in Florence, Mass. She died April 8, 1S96, in her fifty-first year. For a number of years Mr. Sawtel! has been affiliated with the Prohibition party. He was one of the original twenty-four in Brockton that voted in accordance with their convictions. He has served on the State and County Committee for many years, and was a delegate to the National Convention at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1892, and to the convention at Pittsburg, Pa., in 1896; and he has been nominated for various official positions. At one time he served on the City Council. Before the war he became a Mason and is now a member of Paul Revere Lodge, A. F. & A. M. ; and for a number of years he has been a member of Fletcher Webster I^ost, No. 13, Grand Army of the Republic. He has been a member of the Methodist church since he was fourteen years of age, and he filled several ofificial positions in the Central Church of this city, his services extending over a period of twenty-five years.

ILLIAM FEARING, 2d, Town k)\l Treasurer of Hingham, I^lymouth County, Mass., was born here on May 13, 1832, son of David and Polly S. (Burr) F"earing. The earliest known progenitor of the family in America, John Fearing (also written Peering and Pterin), came from Cambridge, England, in 1638, settling in Hingham, Mass. Land was granted him in 1635 and 1647; and after his death other lots in the si.x divisions fell to his heirs, being drawn in his name. He was a prominent man in the early local history, holding various positions of trust and responsibility. He was Freeman in 1652, Selectman in 164S, 1661, and 1663, and was a Deacon of the church for many years. He was a farmer, and resided on North Street, nearly opposite the Universalist church. He died May 14, 1665. In his will, dated three days previously, and proved June 12, he names his wife, two sons, and two daughters, and specifies that the eldest son is to have a double portion. His wife, Margaret, survived him, and subsequently married on November 3, 1675, Robert Williams, of Roxbury.

Of John's four children, all of whom were natives of Hingham, Israel, the second-born, was baptized in September, 1644. On July 22, 1673, he was united in marriage to Elizabeth Wilder, daughter of Edward and Elizabeth (Fames) Wilder. Israel Fearing, who was a cooper, died in Dorchester in January, 1693; and his wife died in Hingham, January -?! i/SO- Five children were the result of their union. John, the eldest, born December 29, 1674, was a weaver. He served the town as Constable in 1703, and as Selectman in 1 73 1 and 1732. The maiden name of his wife, to whom he was married May 8, 1708, was Margaret Hawke. Her parents were James and Sarah (Jacob) Hawke. The second John Fearing died November 7, 1752; and his wife passed away on September 28, 1764, being eighty-three years of age. Their home was on Pleasant Street, and they had four children.

Hawkes Fearing, their third child, was born July 13, 1715. He was a farmer. He held the office of Selectman in 1751, 1754, and 1755. On December 3, 1741, he married Margaret Lincoln, daughter of David and Leah (Beal) Lincoln. She was born in

Hingham, April 19, 1722. Mr. and Mrs. Havvkes Fearing resided on Main Street, Hingliam Centre, and liad thirteen children. He died June 16, 1785; and his wife lived until November 12, 18 16. Havvkes, the fifth child, born November 26, 1750, was a farmer and trader. He resided on the homestead, and was a man of prominence, serving as Representative from 1806 to 1811, inclusive. On May 5, 1779, he married Leah Lincoln, daughter of Enoch and Rachel (Fearing) Lincoln. She was born here, December 3, 1758. Eleven children blessed their union. The father passed to the life immortal June 6, 1826, and the mother, January 18, 1S44.

David, the si.xth child of Hawkes and Leah Fearing, was born here, August 28, 1789. He was engaged in trade; and he served as Representative to the legislature in 1839 and 1840. On January 31, 1819, he married Polly S. Burr, daughter of Levi and Susanna (Stowers) Burr. They resided on the paternal hnmestead, and had six children. The mother, born in Hingham, November 24, 1794, died September 11, 1859. David, the father, died October i, 1876. Their children were: Mariah ; David; William, who died at the age of three; Mary Hannah Thayer; and William.

William Fearing, 2d, who was reared in this town, had excellent educational advantages, supplementing his common-school instruction by attending Derby Academy, which stood high among the institutions of learning of the day. His commercial career began in his father's grocery store, where he continued until it was burned out. In 1858 he built a store here; and he continued to engage in the sale of goods and in business generally therein until 1892, when he sold out. He now has an office in the second story of the same building.

In politics, since casting his first vote for John C. Fremont, he has affiliated with the Republican party. He has been actively interested in local affairs, serving efficiently as Town Treasurer for thirty-nine consecutive years. He is Vice-President of the Hingham Institution for Savings, Treasurer of the Hingham Public Library, President and Treasurer of the Hingham Mutual Fire Insurance Company, and Treasurer of the Hingham Cordage Company. P^aternally, he is a member of Old Colony Lodge, A. F. & A. M. ; Past Commander of South Shore Commandery, Knights Templars, having passed the thirtysecond degree; and Life Member of Massachusetts Consistory. In New York City, I'ebruary 19, 1863, Mr. Fearing was united in marriage with lunily L. Cushing, of Boston. She died twelve years ago, leaving four children, three of whom are living and at home: William B., born September 25, 1864; Alice L., born August 29, 1866; and Gertrude I., born October i, 1872. In religion Mr. P^earing is a man of liberal ideas, being a Unitarian. Personally, he is a man of social as well as official prominence and power.

OHN B. HOLLIS, a prominent citizen of Duxbury, Mass., and one of the messengers of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, is a native of Weymouth, Norfolk County, this State. He was born January 8, 1833, a son of-Jtihn B. and I^nrily (Harvey) Hollis, the former of whom was born in Weymouth, and the latter in North Yarmouth, Me. Hosea Hollis, father of John B. , Sr. , was also a native of Weymouth, where the founder of the family settled at an early date. He was a soldier in the War of 1812. John B. Hollis, Sr. , was a lifelong resident of Weymouth, and was engaged in shoe manu- facturing. For several years, in the thirties, he served as Town Clerk ; and for many years he was a member of the Massachusetts legislature. In his boyhood he was a companion of Mr. Lovell, of the John P. Lovell Arms Company; and in later life he was for a time commander of an artillery company, and was familiarly known as Captain Hollis. He and his wife, Emily Harvey Hollis, had eleven children, of whom the following are living, namely: David; George; Lydia, the wife of Joseph Smith; Mary, wife of Thomas Smith; Emily, wife of Edwin French; Carrie, wife of Timothy Hersey ; Susie; Georgia; and John B. Captain Hollis was a Jacksonian Democrat. He lived to be over ninety-four years of age, and his mother lacked but a few months of being a centenarian at the time of her death. A few years ago there were residing at Cohasset, Mass., in one house, five generations of the Hollis family.

John B. Hollis, the special subject of this sketch, lived in Weymouth until about sixteen years old, when he went with his parents to Cohasset, Mass., and resided there several years. He received his education in the public schools of Weymouth and Cohasset, after which he learned the shoe business. At the time of the invention of the Blake Sole-sewing Machine by Lyman R. Blake, Mr. Hollis and others became interested in the foreign patents; and he spent about a year in Europe, introducing and exhibiting the workings of the machine, Leeds, England, and Paris, Prance, being among the cities visited. On his return to Massachusetts he took charge of the machines of Emerson & Sons, shoe manufacturers at what is now Wakefield, Mass., remaining with them several years, leaving there to take charge of the sole-sewing machines of the Hayward Rubber Company at Wyoming, Mass., his work being the oversight of the sewing of the rubber soles of rubber shoes made by that firm for the United States Army. He had been with them but a short time when they went out of business. In 1857 he came to Duxbury, and has practically resided here since. For five years he was on the State police force under Major Jones and William H. Clemence, of Lowell, his duties being principally in Plymouth and Suffolk Counties. He next served two years under General Stevenson of the State Department of Inspection of Public Buildings. In 1S81 he was appointed a messenger of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, in which capacity he has now served about fifteen years.

In 1857 Mr. Hollis was joined in marriage with Miss Gertrude W. Prior, daughter and only child of Captain George C. and Caroline Prior, of Duxbury. Sylvanus Prior, the grandfather of Mrs. Hollis, was an early settler of Duxbury, in whicli town her father spent his youth. At fourteen George C. Prior became a sailor, at twenty-one he had risen to be master of a vessel ; and from that time on he was in command of various vessels, engaging principally in the Smyrna trade, but visiting many of the principal ports of the world. In 1849 Captain Prior went to California, where he spent several years. He died in Duxbury in 1892, at about eighty-four years of age. His widow, who is now in her eightysixth year, is living in Boston. In politics he was a Republican. He was a member of the Methodist P^piscopal church, and was identified with the Independent Order of Odd P'ellows. Mr. and Mis. John B. Hollis have two children living, namely: John E., residing in Boston; and Carrie G., at home in Duxbury.

Town ' Committee. He is a member of the Duxbury Yacht Club, also of Corner Stone Lodge, A. F. & A. M., which is one of the oldest Masonic lodges in the State. He belongs to the Standish Monument Association, and is a member of its E.xecutive Committee; also a member of the Norfolk Club at Boston and the Plymouth County Club. Mr. and Mrs. Hollis are very popular in social circles.

(^OHN SHERMAN, one of the stirring and progressive farmers of Plympton, Mass., and an ex-member of the State legislature, was born upon the farm he now owns and occupies, March 15, 1834, son of John and Sally (Ransom) Sherman. Mr. .Sherman is truly a representative of Old Colony stock, as he numbers among his ancestors some of the passengers in the "Mayflower" in 1620, his great-great-great-grandfather, William Sherman, second, having married in 1667 Desire Doty, daughter of the Pilgrim Edward Doty, and their son, William, third, his great-great-grandfather, having married in 1697 Mercy, daughter of Peregrine White. John Sherman, first, father of the subject of this sketch, was a native of Carver, Mass. ; but, when a young man, he settled upon the farm in this town which is now owned by his son, and he was engaged in agricultural pursuits until his death, which took place in 1845. He was an able and industrious farmer and a useful citizen, who displayed a deep interest in all matters affecting the general welfare of the community; and he was highly respected and esteemed by his fellowtownsmen.

John Sherman was reared upon the paternal homestead, and his education was acquired in the district schools. He was but eleven years old when his father died. His youth was passed in assisting in carrying on the farm, which has always been his home; and upon attaining his majority he took entire charge of the property. He owns one hundred acres of well-improved land, which is devoted to general agriculture and the raising of small fruits; and, by industriously apjilying himself to maintaining the fertility of the soil and exterminating weeds, he realizes excellent results for his labor.

On January 9, 1859, Mr. Sherman married Sarah N. Wright, of Plympton. Three children were born of this union, as follows: S. Jennie, who is the wife of John S. Robbins, of Plymouth, and has one daughter, Helen S. ; Georgie Etta, who died at the age of sixteen ; and Nellie F., who lives at home with her father. Mrs. Sherman, the mother, died in December, 1895.

In public affairs Mr. Sherman is very prominent, and has by his long and faithful service proved himself of great value to the town in the transaction of its official business. During a period of eighteen years he at different times served as a member of the Board of Selectmen. He was an Assessor for nineteen years. Overseer of the Poor for nearly that length of time, and in 1892 he was elected by the Republican party, of which he is a leading spirit in this part of the county, to represent the Second Plymouth District in the lesislature.

LMER B. COLE, of the firm of Clark & Cole, box manufacturers of Middleboro, Mass., was born in North Carver, another Plymouth County town, January II, 1858. His parents, Harrison G. and Lucy (Chace) Cole, were also born in Carver. Harrison G. Cole was in business there as a box manufacturer for about forty years, and was looked upon as one of the lead- iiig business men of the place. He died at the age of sixty-nine years and three months. His wife died in Carver in her fifty-fifth year. She was the mother of seven children, three daughters and four sons, four of whom are living besides the special subject of this biography, namely: Theron M., in North Carver; Sarah L. , wife of Gustavus Swift, of Middleboro; Henry H., who is in the clothing business in Plymouth ; Horace C, a tack manufacturer in Kingston.

Elmer B. Cole received a common-school education in his native town. He went to work in his father's bo.\ factory at the age of fourteen ; and it may be said that he grew up in the business, for he learned all the details from the beginning to the final completion of a bo.x. He was subsequently in business with a brother under the firm name of Cole Brothers at North Carver; but, after remaining there about eight years, he moved to Middleboro, leaving the business in Carver under his brother's direction, and in partnership with J. S. Clark established his present enterprise, which has prospered from the beginning. Mr. Cole's natural ability and long experience combined have placed his business on a firm footing.

He was married on December 25, 1883, to Miss Emma M. Anderson, who was born in Palmyra, Mo., and reared in the State of Maine, which became her home when she was two years old. They have had one child. Forest, now deceased. Mr. Cole is a member of the Commercial Club, an organization which has for its object the upbuilding of the business industries of Middleboro.

Politically, Mr. Cole favors the Democratic party. He belongs to three of the leading fraternal organizations of the day - the Masonic order, Knights of Pythias, and the Royal Society of Good Fellows. The teaching of

/^^TkORGE V. CUSHMAN, Commodore VpT of the Duxbury Yacht Club, has served with distinction in the United States Navy, both in time of war and in peace, and is now living in pleasant retirement in his native town, Duxbury. He was born October 14, 1837. His parents, George and Judith (Weston) Cushman, were natives of Duxbury, and members of old Colonial families.

Mr. Cushman is a lineal descendant, in the ninth generation, of Robert Cushman, who embarked witli the "Mayflower" IMlgrims in 1620, but, on account of the "Speedwell" proving unseaworthy, went back to London with others of the company. He was a member of the Pilgrims' Church in Leyden, Holland; and for a number of years he served as their business agent in England. He came to Plymouth with his son Thomas in the "Fortune" in November, 162 1, and returned to PLngland in December, leaving Thomas, his only child, in the family of Governor Bradford. Thomas Cushman married Mary Allerton, who came to I^lymouth with her father, Isaac Allerton, in the "Mayflower."

George Cushman, first, father of the second George named above, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He married a Miss Perry, who lived to be ninety-seven years old. Their son, George Cushman, second, father of George P., followed the sea for a number of years, and retired on account of acquired deafness, settling on a farm in Duxbury. He, too, was in the United States military service, participating in the War of 1812. He died in Duxbury in 1874. The Weston family, of which his wife was a member, dates back to the coming of Governor Winthrop to this country in 1628, the first New England Weston having been a member of the Boston colony. The following children were born to George and Judith (Weston) Cushman: Rufus, residing in East Boston, Mass. ; Alden, in Duxbury; Rebecca T., wife of Allen Holmes, of this town; George P., the subject of this sketch; and John, deceased.

George P. Cushman was reared in Du.\bury, attending school until he was fourteen years old. He went to sea before he was fifteen, being engaged the first summer in fishing at the Grand Banks, Newfoundland; and he then shipped as a sailor on merchantmen in the foreign trade. When he was seventeen years old, he was foremast hand, and was promoted to the rank of second officer of an East Indiaman called the "Levanter." While in the merchant service, he visited most of the principal parts of the world. In the fall of 1857, when in his twenty-first year, he was second ofificer of the ship "Banshee," of Baltimore. This vessel, of some seven hundred tons" burden, with a complement of eighteen men and officers, made port at Rio Janeiro, Brazil, for a cargo of coffee. The yellow fever was then raging in that port, and most of the ships in the harbor were infected. The crew of the "Banshee" fell a prey to the scourge; and, when she sailed for Baltimore, her force was reduced to five working hands, under command of Mate Cushman. Though so short-handed, the vessel made the home port in safety after a voyage of thirty-one days; and during thirty days of that period Mr. Cushman was on deck most of the time, night and day.

The achievement was unprecedented in the merchant marine, and made the turning-point of his destiny. Lieutenant James P. Eoster, of the United States Navy, then attached to the recruiting service, hearing of it, was so impressed with the ability of Mr. Cushman that he induced him to join the navy. Mr. Cushman was first assigned to the receiving ship "Alleghany," with which Mr. Eoster was connected. In May, 1858, he went aboard the "Plymouth," sloop-of-war and gunnery practice ship, and remained until she went out of commission in November, 1858. He was subsequently ordered to the receiving ship "Pennsylvania" at Norfolk, Va. : but in May, 1859, Lieutenant Eoster, who had been ordered to the "Constellation," caused Mr. Cushman to be transferred to that vessel. There he remained until October, i860; and in the mean time the "Constellation" captured several slavers in African waters, among them the barque "Cora," with seven lunidred negroes. Mr. Cushman was the first to board the "Cora," and was sent home in the store ship "Relief" to witness against the slaver. In the early part of the Civil War he was ap|)ointed gunner's mate of the "Crusader," and was in active service capturing blockade runners. One of the captives taken at this time was the famous slave yacht "Wanderer," commanded by Captain Latham.

Discharged from the service in October, 1861, Mr. Cushman went to Washington, and passed the examination; and on December 18 of that year he was appointed gunner in the United States Navy, receiving his warrant October 10, 1862. This slip of paper is very precious to him now; for it hears the at't'ograph signature of Abraham Lincoln, besides that of Gideon Welles, then Secretary of the Navy. He saw much active service while the Rebellion was in progress, and at the battle of Hone Hill, Ga. , was wounded in the left leg. After the war he was retained in the navy as gunner for a long period, in the course of which he received other injuries. On account of these he was placed on the retired list of the United States naval service, July 22, 1S91. Since that time he has made his home in Duxbury, still kecpinj^ up his connection to a certain extent with nautical affairs. He is full owner of one schooner, and part owner of another in the mackerel fisheries, the only fishing schooners left of a former numerous fleet from Duxbury; and he is Commodore of the Duxbury Yacht Club.

Mr. Cushman was married January 2, 1862, to Rosa A. Gutteriez, a native of Malaga, Spain, and has one daughter living, Frances J. He has long been a member of the Republican party, and has been honored in various ways by his fellow-partisans, his practical ability, intrepidity, and good judgment being generally recognized. He has served as national delegate from Duxbury. In i8g6 he was a member of the body which in Boston elected delegates for the Republican National Convention at St. Louis; and in the same year he was a delegate from Duxbury to the Brockton convention, which nominated William C. Levering for Congressman from this district, and also nominated the Presidential elector. Mr. Cushman is a Mason, belonging to Corner Stone Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Duxbury.

IIOMAS GAFFIELD, who presented Gafifield Park to the town of Norwell, is well known in Boston as a merchant, a manufacturer, and a public-spirited citizen, actively interested in education and philanthropy. He was born in Boston, January 14, 1825, a son of Thomas and Betsey (Chester) Ciaffield. Some of his ancestral kin bore the name Garfield, another form of spelling, denoting, no doubt, the same original stock. Thomas Gaffield in his boyhood attended the Boston public schools and the Lawrence

Scientific School. In 1840 he was engaged as clerk in the store of Caleb G. Loring Company, of Boston, dealers in hardware and window glass; and in 1847 he became a member of the firm. For twenty-two years, or until 1869, he was in business at 10 Merchants' Row, Boston. In 1863 he began some experiments on the action of sunlight in changing the color of glass. The interesting results which he observed until 1889 have been published in several scientific journals at home and abroad. He became gradually interested in real estate matters, and has now for a number of years been engaged extensively in real estate transactions in Brookline and other suburbs of Boston ; and he has been appointed executor and manager of several large estates, his well-known integrity and conservative management making him a most desirable trustee. Mr. Gaffield's home is in Boston at 54 Allen Street. He is personally interested in the city government and institutions.

Mr. Gaffield is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Society of Art.s, and the Natural History Society. He has been a Director in the Franklin Savings Bank from 1872 to the present time, and is also a Director of the American Unitarian Association. He attended for many years during the ministry of the Rev. Dr. Lowell and the Rev. Dr. Bartol the old West Church, where he was successively pupil, teacher, and acting superintendent of the Sunday-school. From 1852 to 1857 he was successively Director, Vice-President, and President of the Young Men's Christian Lhiion. He has been a visitor since 1846, and is now President, of the Young Men's Benevolent Society. He has been for many years an officer of the Benevolent I'^raternity of Churches for the support of the ministry-at-large in the city of Boston, and of the Children's Mission to the

1 88 1 the Secretary, of the Commercial Club. In 1864 he represented Ward 5 in the Common Council of Boston, and in 1865, 1866, 1867, and 1873 was a member of the Board of Aldermen, lie was on the Primary .School Committee from 1 85 1 to 1855, and on the School Committee under its new organization from

Mr. Gaffield was married September 19, 1848, to Miss Sarah W. Kendall, who died in 1887; and on March 12, 1890, he was united with Maria W. Turner, who was born in the town of South Scituate, now Norwell, in 1837. Her parents, Samuel and Lydia (Simmons) Turner, were old residents here; and the summer residence in Norwell occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Gaffield, into which they moved in 1891, stands on land purchased in 1784 by her ancestor, Israel Turner, a descendant of Humphrey Turner, to whom land was granted in Scituate in 1636. Mrs. Gaffield before her marriage taught school in Boston for a number of years. She and her husband are members of the Church of the Disciples in Boston, which was founded by the Rev. James Freeman Clarke, D. D., and whose present minister is the Rev. Charles G. Ames.

The manner in which Mr. Gaffield has recently disposed of some of his most valuable books and specimens of glass and minerals for the benefit of the public, and especially of art students, may be learned from the following announcements. We quote first from the Report of the Library Committee of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, for 1895: "The most important gift of the year, and the most important ever made to the library, is the collection of books on various branches of art presented by Mr. Thomas Gaffield. This collection comprises one hundred and eightyseven works in two hundred and seventynine volumes, many of them folios and richly illustrated. It contains, among other noteworthy books, Layard's 'Nineveh,' Jones's 'Alhambra, ' Hamilton's 'Greek Vases,' Haufstaengl's 'Dresden Gallery,' Bartsch's 'Peintre-Graveur, ' Lippman's 'Diirer, ' Richter's'Da Vinci,' Ottley's 'Italian Art,' Shaw's works on mediaeval decoration, and a number of volumes illustrative of the arts of glass painting and staining. The collection has been placed in a case provided for the purpose, inscribed with Mr. Gaffield's name and the date of the gift. " The museum also received from Mr. Gaffield some etchings by James Whistler, specimens of Persian, Venetian, English, and Roman glass and crystal ornaments.

The Report of the Boston Public Library for the same year acknowledges the receipt of thirty-seven volumes from Mr. Gaffield ; and the Report of the President and Trustees of the Institute of Technology contains the following : "Mr. Thomas Gaffield has presented to the Institute his collections relating to the manufacture of glass, a subject on which he has long been known as an authority. His gift comprises a considerable library, as well as large and varied collections, chemical, mineralogical, metallurgical, and mechanical. The library contains two hundred and sixty-one volumes dealing with glass and kindred subjects, si.x volumes on precious stones, and thirty-four referring to tlie^ effects of li^jht upon glass. Perhaps the most interesting and valuable part of the collection is composed of si.xty-three volumes on works of art in glass and porcelain, many of them beautifully illustrated with colored plates. Among these are two large folios, Delange at Borneman, 'Recueil de Faience Italienne de XV., XVI., XVII. Siecles' ; Warrington, 'History of

St:iincd Glass'; Fortiiiim, 'Maiolica in South Kensington'; and Jacqueniart, 'Histoire de la Ceramique,' 1875. On the practical side the collection includes sets of glass-makers' tools, models of furnaces and glass pots, samples of materials used in glass-making, samples of glass-blowers' work, specimens of old cathedral glass; also many which show the results of Mr. Gaffield's study of the varying action of sunlight upon glass, and others showing the action (jf sand blast, of glue, mucilage, and of hydrofluoric acid. "

The park which Mr. Gaffield has presented to the town of Norwell he purchased in 1895, ami it was accepted by the town in 1896. It covers some eight acres of land. The generations to come who will enjoy its natural verdure and the shade of its trees will remember gratefully the man who rescued for them, from the grasping hands of modern progress, a breathing-spot where Nature may minister to the sick and weary, and where childhood and youth may sport in undisturbed innocence and old age dream restfully of the past.

Ji® V ^ this town, November 20, 1826. His parents were Abncr and Mary (I^llis) H. Magoun. The first years of his life were spent in West Hanover. At the age of twelve he began working for his father, who was a shoemaker. I'our years latei- he secured employment as a cutter, and followed that occupation for three years. Then, in 1857, he o]iened a general store at West Hanover, where he carried on a lucrative business until 1880, about twenty-three years, at the end of which he sold to Mr. M. V. Bonney. He has since been engaged in the sale of agricultural implements and in farming, having about one hundred and fifty acres of land. The store now occupied by Packard & Joslin was erected by Mr. Magoun in 1889. Mr. Magoun was appointed Postmaster of West Hanover in 1861, and has since held the office continuously, a period of about thirty-five years. Politically, he is a Republican. He is a member of the North River I.odge of Odd Fellows at Hanover.

On May 12, 1850, Mr. Magoun was united in marriage with Miss Catherine B. Bonney. They have had three children, of whom but one is living. Flora J., who is the wife of William H. White. The deceased are: Frank W. and Austin B. Mr. Magoun is a gentleman of high personal character, and through all his past career has enjoyed in a large measure the respect and esteem of his fellowmen.

LIFT RODGERS is one of the oldest and wealthiest citizens of Marshfield, a self-made man, who has for some time been enjoying the leisure earned by long years of industry. He was born in Marshfield, December 4, 1806, a son of Luther and Nabby (Tilden) Rodgers, both natives of this town. His paternal grandfather also, Simeon Rodgers, was born in Marshfield. Luther Rodgers was born in 1778. He was engaged in farming, and also kept a general store at Marshfield Hills (then called East Marshfield) during his active life. He died March 3, i860, his wife, who also was a member of an old Marshfield family, having jjassed away January 28, 185S. Of their children two are living, namely: Alvin, at Marshfield Hills; and Clift, a brief sketch of whom is given below.

Clift Rodgers

ning and currying in Quincy, Mass., when he was seventeen years old, serving as an apprentice with Francis Williams until he attained his majority. After his apprenticeship was finished, he worked as a journeyman in Mr. Williams's employ some seven years, and then established a shop of his own in Quincy. In the spring of 1852 he went into the leather commission business in Boston, with Francis Williams as partner, under the firm name of Williams & Rodgers; and Mr. Williams's place was subsequently taken by Lysander Richards and John L. Rodgers, the firm name being changed to Rodgers, Richards & Co. This house controlled a large and prosperous leather commission business for a number of years. Mr. Rodgers eventually retired; and in the beautiful village of Marshfield Hills he has grown old without the decrepitude of age, advancing to his ninetieth milestone on life's journey as if it were no more than his sixtieth birthday.

Mr. Rodgers was married December 27, 1835, to Eleanor Ba.xter, daughter of James Ba.xter, of Quincy, Mass. Mrs. Eleanor B. Rodgers died March 13, 1893, aged seventyseven years. Mr. Rodgers has no children living. In politics he belongs to the Republican party. In his native town, where so many of his days have been spent, and where there are so many of his old friends and associates that his life is like an open book, he enjoys the good will and respect of all.

^^ ^ March 18, 1826, and has been in business in this city over fifty years. His parents were Zophar and Berenice (Howard) Field. He is an uncle of Daniel Waldo and Fred F. Field, well-known shoe manufacturers of Brockton, and is a member of an old family, the first representative of which, John Field, settled in Bridgewater in 1665,. before the town was divided. Since that time, over two and a quarter centuries, the Field family has flourished where it was originally planted.

The oldest house now standing in Brockton was erected by Jabez Field, grandson of John Field and great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch, in 1752. Daniel Field, son of Jabez and grandfather of Charles C, kept a general store in what is now Montello for some time, but in the latter part of his life gave his attention solely to the pursuit of agriculture.

Zophar Field was one of the early shoe manufacturers of North Bridgewater, associated with Charles Southworth, under the firm name of Field & Southworth. He eventually retired from the shoe business, and was engaged in slaughtering cattle for the Boston market during the rest of his life, also managing the homestead farm. Mr. Zophar Field attended divine worship at the Universal ist church. He died in 1865, aged seventy -five years. His wife was a daughter of Oliver Howard, of North Bridgewater. She was the mother of four sons and four daughters: Harriet; Daniel, who died in November, 1893, aged seventy-eight years; Louisa, who lived but five years; George, who died in May, 1896, aged seventy-eight; Louisa; Hannah; Charles C. ; and Williani L. The two last named are the only survivors of the family.

Charles C. Field received a common-school education in Montello, going to work at the age of fourteen. At that early age he began to drive a market wagon for himself; and at sixteen he went to Brighton to buy cattle, which he slaughtered. In 1845 he opened a store on the site of the present Enterprise

Building; and, after ten years of prosperous trade at that stand, he purchased a place where the Field Block now is. He was over thirty years in business at that location, and then moved to his present stand, 20 Spring Street. Three years ago he retired from business; but, soon tiring of inactivity, he bought back his old place, and is again happy, welcoming old customers, and making many new acquaintances. He opened the first market in the town, and has had a very successful career in the half-century that he has been in trade. Mr. Field was engaged for a while in market gardening, raising his produce on a piece of land which he afterward sold to the railroad company for a freight yard. This land he purchased of B. E. Jones for five hundred dollars; and in 1S91 the railroad company paid him seventy-five thousand dollars for it, the transaction being the best real estate deal ever effected in Brockton. Mr. Field was married in 1848 to Lucy Cobb Cross, daughter of Nathaniel and Lucy (Cross) Cross, of North Bridgewater. Their silver wedding was celebrated in October, 1873. This union has been blessed by four children. The eldest daughter died, and one daughter is yet at home with her parents. Charles is a graduate of Brown University and the Harvard Medical School, and has practised medicine in East Bridgewater for seventeen years. The other son, George Wilton, is a graduate of Brown University and of Johns Hopkins University at Baltimore, and has also studied in Europe for some time, remaining in Italy si.x months. For the past three years he has filled tlie chair of Professor of Biology at Brown University.

Mr. Field, who is a stanch Republican, cast his first Presidential vote as a Whig for Zachary Taylor in 1848, before the new party was formed. He has been urged to accept different offices in Brockton, but has always firmly refused. He belongs to no secret orders and to no temperance society, though a strong believer in total abstinence, having never drank liquor or smoked or chewed tobacco in his life. The only social organization with which he is affiliated is the Commercial Club, of which he is an honored member.

-AMES HORACE WEST, a well-known bo.\ manufacturer of North Pembroke, Mass., was born January 25, 1829, in North Bridgewater, now Brockton. His parents were James and Hannah (Ballard) West. John West, his grandfather, was the earliest-known ancestor in Plymouth County. Living in this region before the days of railroads, Mr. John West teamed merchandise from Boston to Randolph and surrounding towns. His last years were spent in that part of Randolph now within the limits of the town of Holbrook. He married Relief Kingman, a native of Randolph, whose father was a blacksmith.

Their son James, the father of James Horace West, after acquiring a common-school education, learned the shoemaking trade. He bought a farm in that part of Abington which has been set off to form the town of Whitman, and continued in the successful management thereof during the rest of his life. He married Hannah Ballard, of New Hampshire, by whom he had nine children. He died in 1890, in the eighty-seventh year of his age. His wife died at the age of seventy-nine years.

James 11. West, leaving school at the age of fifteen, went to Pembroke to work on a farm, and during his minority his father received his wages. For a time thereafter he was engaged in teaming; and in 1867, buying the mill in North Pembroke, he began the manufacture of boxes, which still engages his attention. The mill is admirably fitted with all kinds of machinery; and he employs an able corps of workmen, who make a great variety of boxes. At present the products are sold, almost without exception, to the Walter Baker Company. In politics Mr. West has been a Republican since the formation of the party. He served six years on the Board of Selectmen.

The maiden name of his wife, to whom he was married in 1851, was Mary Green Shepherd. Her parents were Calvin and Mary (Byram) Shepherd, of Pembroke, consistent members of the Society of I'riends, their daughter being a birthright member. Mrs. Mary G. S. West died on February 14, 1896, having reared two children - James H., Jr., and Calvin Shepherd. James H. West, Jr., - married Hattie Irving Calkins, and has two children - Gilbert Horace and Ada Irvins. He and his family are members of the grange. Calvin S. West is a member of the Board of Selectmen of Pembroke. He married Sarah L. Calkins; and they have one son, Lester Daniel West.

^ORRILL A. PHILLIPS, of the firm of E. Phillips & Sons, tack manufacturers, was born in the town of Hanson, Plymouth County, Mass., February 27, 1844, son of Ezra and Catherine (Tilden) Phillips. He came with his parents to Hanover in 1852, and was educated in the public schools and at Hanover Academy. At the age of nineteen he entered E. Y. Perry & Co. 's store in South Hanover, remaining two years, and he was afterward employed by the same firm in Boston. In 1874 he became associated with his father and brothers, who purchased Mr. Perry's interest in the tack business at South Hanover, the firm being thereafter known under the style of E. Phillips & .Sons. They manufacture nails, roll sheet, zinc, and lead, and when running under full capacity turn out five tons of nails daily, giving employment to sixty-five persons. In 1886 Mr. Edward M. Sweeney entered the firm as partner. In i)olitics Mr. Phillips affiliates with the Republican party.

R. STEPHEN HENRY has been engaged in the practice of dentistry in Marshfield since 1861, and enjoys the confidence and esteem of the public, at least three generations having tested and proved his ability in his profession. He was born in Stoughton, Norfolk County, Mass., December 4, 1829, a son of William and Lucy C. (Tilson) Henry. On the paternal side his first ancestor to locate in .Stoughton settled there as early as 1740; and many members of the family, including our subject's father, were born in that town. William Henry was a millwright by trade. His wife, Lucy C. (Tilson) Henry, who was of Pilgrim stock, was born in the town of Wareham, Mass.

Stephen Henry was reared in Stoughton, and educated in the public schools. He learned the millwright's trade with his father, and followed it until about thirty years old, then taking up the study and practice of dentistry. In i860 he started an independent practice, and in 1861 he opened an office in Marshfiejd. Added to his natural ability, his long experience has perfected his skill ; and he keeps well up with the progress of the times, noting and profiting by every new discovery in his profession.

town, but now deceased. They have one child - Helen M., a young lady of rare ability, who has taken the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery at the Boston Dental College, and is now practising dentistry in Kingston, Mass. Dr. Stephen Henry votes with the Republican party. He is well known in Plymouth County, and has many friends.

/^TeORGE a. woodward, superin- \ i) I tendent of the manufacturing plant of the widely-known Hub Gore Company at Rockland, Mass., was born in Derbyshire, England, February 27, 1861, a son of Albert Charles and Esther (Tetley) Woodward. Albert Woodward, who was a native of Derby, England, died in Paterson, N.J., at the age of forty-five. Mrs. Woodward was born in Derby, England. She is the mother of nine children, si.x of whom are living, George A. being next to the youngest.

George A. Woodward was eleven years old when he came to this country, and it was here that he acquired his education. He worked as cash boy in a store in Boston until si.xteen years of age, in the mean time attending an evening school. Naturally bright, he almost unconsciously trained himself for a business career through his associations and by observing the ways and methods of successful men. After leaving the Boston store he entered a weaving factory in Chelsea, Mass., and there he remained until he was twenty-three, learning the business practically and thoroughly. He was subsequently employed by weaving firms in Boston and in Wallingford, Conn., and in 1890 he removed to Rockland, going to work in the factory of the Hub Gore Company. Here his ability and trustworthiness were soon recognized, and two years ago he was made superintendent of the factory on

Park Street, Rockland. The Hub Gore is widely known through advertising, and the congress shoes fitted with this gore are undoubtedly the best in the market. The company's principal office is at gi Bedford Street, Boston. They have a large and flourishing plant, and Mr. Woodward's position is one of great responsibility.

Mr. Woodward was married in 1883 to Florence Whitmore, of Chelsea, Mass., and he has a family of four bright and promising children - Chester Arthur, Ernest Carlton, Florence Ethel, and Marion Louise. In politics he favors the Republican side. Though in Rockland but a comparatively short time, he stands well in the community, and may be regarded as a representative citizen. He is a member of Standish Lodge, 177, Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

/^TeORGE GUSTAVUS dyer, late \^:5T President of the Old Colony National Bank, who died at his home in Plymouth in January, 1891, was during his active life one of the most prominent men in the financial and religious circles of the town. He was born in South Abington, now Whitman, Mass., August 20, 1825. He was a son of Christopher, third, and Betsey (Porter) Dyer, and grandson of Christopher, second, and Deborah (Reed) Dyer. The grandfather of Christopher Dyer, second, was William Dyer, of Weymouth, Mass. On the paternal side Mr. George G. Dyer claimed descent from Peregrine White, who was born on the "Mayflower" in Cape Cod Harbor.

The Dyer family dates back to the reign of Alfred the Great in the English genealogical records, and some of its members are now holding titles in the English peerage. Among the first of the name who came to

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America were William and Mary Dyer (or Dyre) ; and the fate of the latter was a tragedy and a blot upon the pages of Boston's Colonial history, for there on the Common Mary Dyer was hanged as a Quaker in 1660. She left a son William, a son Samuel, a Charles, and other children. One Thomas Dyer and his wife Agnes arrived in Boston in 1632, and settled in Weymouth. He had five sons and three daughters. The family motto of the Dyers is: "To affright I would not, to fear I know not," and many of the name have lived up to the standard of the couplet.

George G. Dyer was educated at Andover Academy, and began his business career as a book-keeper in the wholesale boot and shoe store of Samuel Blake in Boston. From 1852 to the time of his death he was connected with the Old Colony National Bank, holding the offices of Cashier, Director, and President successively. He was its cashier at the time of his marriage in 1852 to Miss Mary A. Bartlett Sampson, daughter of Schuyler Sampson and Mary Ann (Bartlett) Samjison. Mrs. Dyer's father, Schuyler Sampson, was a lineal descendant of Abraham Sampson, who came to New England about 1629, and whose brother Henry came in the "Mayflower" in 1620, but was too young to have his name appear on the famous compact signed by the Pilgrims on the 27th of November. Abraham Sampson was a surveyor of highways in 1648, and a Constable of Du.xbury in 1653. His son George was the father of George (second) and grandfather of Zabdiel, whose son George (third) was the father of Schuyler Sampson. As the second George Sampson married Hannah Soule, a great-granddaughter of Captain Miles Standish and of John Alden, Mrs. George G. Dyer counts among her ancestors the famous military commander of the Plymouth Colony and John and Priscilla Alden.

The family history abounds in interesting details, of which a few may here be noted. Deborah Sampson, a great-granddaughter of Isaac Sampson, son of Abraham, is renowned for having served three years in the ranks of the Revolutionary army under the name of Robert Shurtleff. Another treasured story of heroism is told of Mrs. Dyer's great-grandfather, Zabdiel Sampson, who, during the French and Indian War of 1756, was taken prisoner by the Indians and was tied to a tree as a target for tomahawks, which were thrown at him, but strange to say did not inflict fatal wounds. His life was preserved through that danger; and he fell as a brave soldier in the Revolutionary War, some years after, at the battle of Harlem.

Schuyler Sampson was born in Plympton, Mass., January 16, 1797. He was educated in the common schools of that town, and started out in life as a merchant in Western Virginia, where he was engaged in business some years. Later on he was for a while the store-keeper of the Plymouth Cordage Company, becoming afterward Collector of Customs of the Port of Plymouth. The latter office he held for twelve years; and he was also Superintendent of Plymouth l^each for three years, or from 1852 to the date of his death, March 31, 1855. He was connected with the Old Colony Bank from the time of its organization, in 1832, till the end of his life, being chosen one of the first directors, then cashier, and finariy_ President. Mj. Sampson filled many municipal offices. He was a Selectman of Plymouth ; a charter member of Plymouth Lodge, A. F. & A. M., which was organized in 1825; and a Trustee of the Pilgrim Society. He was a member of the Pilgrimage Church, in which he was actively interested, serving as its Sunday-school Superintendent for a number of years.

He was married August 13, 1823, to Miss Mary Ann Hartlett, a daughter of Captain Amasa Hartlett, of I'lymnuth, wheie she was born September g, 1798. Mrs. Mary A. Bartlett Sampson passed from earth on the 3d of September, 1825, in the twenty-seventh year of her age, leaving her infant daughter, Mary Ann, a babe of five months. Schuyler Sampson married September 30, 1827, his first wife's sister, Sarah T. (Bartlett) Bishop, widow of William Bishop, of Plymouth. She died August 23, 1848. The three children born of this second marriage were: Sarah T. B. ; George S. , who died at the age of about one year; and Hannah B. Miss Mary A. B. Sampson was educated at Bradford Academy and in the private schools of her native town, Plymouth. .She was twenty-seven years of age when she became the wife of Mr. George G. Dyer. The three children born of their union were: George S., who is at present Town Treasurer of Plymouth ; Horace White, who died at about two years of age; and Mary Schuyler. George S. Dyer married Ada B. .Smith, daughter of IDryden .Smith, M. D. , of Biddeford, Me. They have two children : George Webster, born May 21, 1888; and Loring, born September 4, iSgo. Mary Schuyler Dyer was married June 11, i8gi, to James W. Cooper, a druggist. Mr. and Mrs. Coo]ier have one child - Willard Ashley, now three years of age.

George G. Dyer was one of the Trustees of the Pilgrim Society and was an active worker ill the Church of the Pilgrimage, with which he was connected by membership for a quarter of a century. This church is of orthodo.x doctrine and creed, and Mr. Dyer was a teacher in its Sunday-school for twenty years, and a Deacon for twenty-five years. In the various relations of life George G. Dyer was faithful and diligent; and his death, at the age of sixty-five years and eight months, caused universal and sincere sorrow among the citizens of Plymouth, for he was popular, admired, and respected. His widow is still a resident of the old town in which for so many generations her own as well as her husband's family has held such a prominent place.

ALTON HALL, a resident of Marshfield, was born in this town, March 3, 1856, son of Tilden and Hetty (Jones) Hall. His father, Tilden Hall, who was a native of Marshfield, in early manhood followed the occupation of a ship carpenter, but during his last years was engaged in shoemaking. He was for some time Postmaster at Marshfield Hills. He died in Marshfield in 1888. His wife, who was born in Barnstable, Mass., died in iSSg.

Walton Hall was educated in his native town, attending school until fifteen years of age. He then entered the employ of Whiton Brothers, cordage manufacturers, of Boston, for whom he worked nine years, at the end of that time becoming a member of the firm. Since i8g5 the house has been known as P" earing. Hall & Whiton. They act mainly as agents for mills. Mr. Hall has been President of the Marshfield Agricultural and Horticultural Society for two years. In 1885 Mr. Hall purchased the old Daniel Webster estate, and while carefully preserving all its historic features, he has made many improvements in the property, materially increasing its value. The original house in which Webster spent so many pleasant hours was burned in 1880. The present house stands far back from the road, and the grounds in front are shaded by magnificent trees, standing just as they did in the great stateman's day. The estate contains about eight hundred acres, and to the fruit- trees planted in Webster's time Mr. Hall has added many others, so that he is now owner of one of the finest orchards in Plymouth County, and that yields in a fruit year two thousand barrels. He has in his possession many articles that once belonged to Webster.

EACON NATHANIEL ELLIS is a well-known citizen of Plymouth, Plymouth County, Mass., and by occupation a farmer. He was born in Ellisville, in the town of Plymouth, November i, 1818, a son of Nathaniel and Remember (Swift) Ellis. He is a representati\'e of an old and respected family of Plymouth County.

From the Ellis records given in Mr. William T. Davis's "Ancient Landmarks," we gather that the elder Nathaniel, who was married in 1 810, was the seventh child of Thomas and Jerusha (Clark) I{!llis, who were married in 1767. Thomas, born in 1764, is said to have been a son of William Ellis, Jr., and grandson of William, Sr. , who was "'perhaps son of Matthias " Ellis.

The first Nathaniel Ellis had his birth in this famous town, and, like his father, followed here during all of his mature years the honored calling of a farmer. He married Miss Remember Swift, also a native of Plymouth, and of their union were born five children, namely: William, who is now deceased ; Curtis, also deceased; Nathaniel; Betsy; and Lucy. Mr. Nathaniel Ellis, Sr. , departed this life on November 26, 1S58, in his sixtyseventh year, and his wife on May 14, 1877, at the venerable age of eighty-one years.

Their son, Nathaniel Ellis, now Deacon Ellis, attained to man's estate on the ancestral farm in Plymouth, enjoying but limited educational privileges in his youth. On reaching his majority he began life for himself, shipping on a coasting-vessel. After remaining on board that craft about a year he sailed for half a dozen years on a steamboat, and at the termination of that period he came back to Plymouth, where he has made his home from that day to this. He owns and carries on about sixty acres of land, tilling the soil and feeding stock; and he likewise devotes considerable attention to teaming. On November 26, 1845, he married Miss Nancy Swift, a native of Plymouth, and a daughter of William Swift. One child was born to them, a son, Wallace H. by name, who passed away in his seventeenth year- Deacon Ellis has ever taken an active interest in the civic and social affairs of his community, and he has served his fellowtownsmen for four years in the capacity of Road Surveyor. In national political views he is identified with the Republican party. Religiously, he is intimately associated with the Congregational church of Plymouth, which he serves in the important and responsible position indicated by his title, participating freely and earnestly in its Christian work.

son of Captain David and Edith (Chandler) Chandler. He is a descendant of one of the early settlers of Plymouth County. His grandfather, Asa Chandler, - was a resident ©f Duxbury.

Captain David Chandler, father of Algernon S., was born in Duxbury, and acquired a common-school education. In his earlier years he followed the sea, and as master of vessels visited many parts of the world. He served in the War of 1812; and, after his retirement from the sea, he settled in his native town, where he presided for many years. He took an active and leading part in local affairs, being especially interested in educational matters; and, as he was well versed in common law, he rendered much service to his neighbors as a legal adviser, and in the settlement of estates. Toward the latter part of his life he moved to a farm in Kingston, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits. He also operated a mill for the manufacturing of bo.x boards and shingles, and achieved marked success as a business man. In politics he was originally a Whig, but later joined the Republican party. In his religious views he was a Unitarian. He died in Kingston in his eighty-third year. His wife, Edith Chandler, who was a native of Kingston, was a daughter of Nathan Chandler, who was a soldier in the War of 1812. Of her children there are three survivors: Rebecca, widow of Francis Sears, a late resident of Duxbury; Algernon S., the subject of this sketch; and Edith, who is the wife of Walter Baker, of Kingston.

Algernon S. Chandler was educated in the common schools of his native town, and at the age of sixteen he accompanied his parents to Kingston. He assisted upon the farm and in the mill until his father's retirement, when he took charge of the business, and carried it on successfully for several years. Some time since he retired from active business pursuits, and, moving to the village, is now occupying a pleasantly located residence on Main Street, Mr. Chandler wedded Sophia Wright Maglathlin, daughter of Elisha Maglathlin, late of Kingston, and has one daughter, Edith W., who is the wife of Preston E. Foss, of South Braintree, Mass. Politically, Mr. Chandler favors the Democratic party, but votes independently. He has served with ability as Road Surveyor, and is numbered among the prominent well-to-do residents of Kingston.

ILLIS H. CORNISH, M.D., a physician of Carver, Plymouth County, Mass., where he has been engaged in the practice of his profession for nearly thirty years, was born in Halifax, this county, August 24, 1S40, being a son of Ellis Cornish, a citizen of that place.

He was reared on a farm, and educated in the common and high schools of his native town. After finishing his general studies he taught school for four years, during the winter terms, in the mean time studying medicine. He was for some time under the tuition of Dr. Robert Proran, of South Boston, Mass., and took the regular course at the Harvard Medical School, receiving his degree in March, 1867. After practising in Boston a few months he located in Carver, where he has since conducted a successful practice. Dr. Cornish worked hard to qualify himself for his profession, and he has worked harder still during the years of his professional life in Carver. He is well known throughout the locality, and is highly esteemed, not only by the patients who owe to him their release from bodily ills, but also by those whose relations with him are merely social.

January i, 1868, Dr. Cornish was united in marriage with Miss Nancy L. Pratt, of Bridgewater. He has had thirteen children; namely, Ellis C, Virgina H., Berenice E., Anson F. , William E. , Gertrude V., Nancy A., Solon W., Paul D., Blanche E., Izette A. and Irene A. (twins), and Beulah (deceased). In politics Dr. Cornish favors the Republican side, but has not sought office, his professional work demanding all his time and attention. He is a member of the Baptist church, and, though a scientific man by the nature of his profession, he sees no conflict between science and Christianity, when both are rightly understood.

. WILLIAM LINCOLN REED, retired shoe manufacturer of Brockton, Mass., is well known in Plymouth County, and is universally loved and respected. He was born in Abington, this county, October 5, 1825, a son of Isaac and Nancy (Lincoln) Reed. The common ancestor of the Reed family was Brianus, a noted man of Lincolnshire, England, who in 1 1 39 was registered as Brianus de Rede. He had three sons: Robert of Rede; William, Bishop of Chichester; and Thomas, of Redyale. Passing over many noted names, representatives of different generations of the family in England, we come to William Reade, "supposed to be the son of William Reade and Lucy Henage," born in 1605, who sailed from Gravesend, England, in 1635. He settled in W'eymouth, Mass., and was made freeman September 2, 1635. (See "History of the Reed Family," by Jacob W. Reed. Published in 1861.)

From William Reed, of Weymouth, the line is thus traced: William, Thomas, Thomas, Daniel, Thomas, and Isaac, to William Lincoln Reed, of Brockton, who is of the seventh generation from his Colonial ancestor. His grandfather, Thomas Reed, who was the possessor of extensive landed estates, was a man of unusual strength of character. He had a large frame, standing over si.\ feet in height, and was endowed with great powers of endurance. Isaac Reed, son of Thomas, was a well-to-do farmer, a worthy and highly respected citizen. He died in 1847. His wife, Nancy, who was a daughter of Caleb Lincoln, of Taunton, Mass., whose ancestors were among the early and prominent settlers of Taunton and Hingham, died in 1874.

on his father's farm ; but agricultural labor was not to his taste, and he learned the shoemaker's trade, which he followed for a number of years. In 1853 he started in business as a shoe manufacturer, in a shop connected with his house, cutting his stock, and sending it out to be made up. Two years later his increasing business demanded more commodious quarters, and he moved into rooms over the store of Randall Cook, where he remained five years. In i860 he built what was then considered a large factory, near the railroad station at South Abington (now Whitman) ; and in 1866 he formed a copartnership with Joseph Burrage, of Boston, under the firm name of Burrage & Reed. This partnership lasted si.K years, Mr. Burrage dying in 1862; and Mr. Reed's next associate was David B. Closson, of Boston. Soon after changing the firm name to Reed & Closson, he enlarged his factory, and in 1879, a further addition being required, the factory was lengthened by eighty-two feet. It was then two hundred and thirty-two feet long, thirty-five feet wide, and four stories high. About three hundred hands were employed, and the business amounted annually to over four hundred and fifty thousand dollars. In 1883 the factory, with all its costly machinery and a large amount of raw material, was destroyed by fire; and Mr. Reed did not take the trouble to rebuild. Since that time he has not been in active business. He was engaged in manufacturing for thirty-five yearsj. and in the latt£r part of that period he had a business of over half a million dollars a year; and he takes pride in the fact that he has always paid dollar for dollar.

Mr. Reed has been twice married. His first wife, to whom he was united June 6, 1847, was Deborah W'., daughter of Ziba Chessman, of Weymouth, Mass. She died in

Whitman in 1884, leaving three children: Walter Lincoln Reed, who lives on the Reed homestead in Whitman; Anna Gertrude, the wife of George E. Keith, of Campello; and Sarah Chessman, who married the Rev. John T. Blades, a former pastor of the South Congregational Church of Campello, and after his death became the wife of Rufus B. Keith, of Campello, a sketch of whom may be found on another page. Two other children, an infant daughter, and a boy of six years, named William Bradford, died before the mother passed away. On June 15, 1887, Mr. Reed was again married, to Mrs. Georgietta A. Richardson Clark, of Brockton, formerly of Medford, Mass. ; and one of his wedding presents was a handsome gold watch, presented by his townsmen in Whitman.

Mr. Reed is a Republican, and has been elected to several important positions of public trust. He was in the State legislature in 1858 and 1859, representing Abington, and in the latter year served on the Joint Committee on Towns. In 1865 he was elected to the State Senate from the Second Plymouth District, and served on the Standing Committee on Leave of Absence, the Joint Committee on Prisons, and the Joint Special Committee on Annexation of Roxbury to Boston. He was returned to the Senate in 1866, and served as Chairman of the Joint Committee on Prisons and the Joint Special Committee on Cost of State Aid; and, re-elected in 1867, he presided as Chairman of the same committees, and was a member of the Committee on the Hoosac Tunnel and the Troy & Greenfield Railroad. He was a member of Governor Claflin's Council, from the Second Councillor District, for i87oand 1871, was a member of Governor Washburn's Council in 1S72, serving on the Committees on Hoosac Tunnel, Troy & Greenfield Railroad, Military

He is prominent in the Masonic brotherhood, having first joined in 1861 the John Cutter Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Abington, from which he withdrew to join the Puritan Lodge at South Abington (Whitman), of which he is a charter member. He belongs to Pilgrim Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; is a charter member of the Old Colony Commandery of Knights Templars; and has held the chairs of Select Master, Royal Master, and Super-excellent Master in the Boston Council of Royal and Select Masters. He withdrew from the Boston Council to become a member of the Abington Council. Mr. Reed belongs to the Commercial Club of Brockton, an association of prominent business men. He attends public worship at the New Jerusalem church (Swedenborgian) ; and, though not a professing Christian, in his life he has always exemplified the essential rules of Christian conduct, and he has been a liberal contributor to religious projects.

Endowed with a keen sense of honor and actuated by sound ethical principles, he has acquired popularity even among his political opponents; and his genial and attractive manners and active interest in all local improvements have won the regard of his townsmen. As an evidence of the esteem in which he is held, it may be stated that after the burning of his factory a citizens' meeting was called at South Abington to express sympathy for his loss. On this occasion ex-Congressman Benjamin W. Harris spoke in part, as follows: " I came over from my home to express my deep sympathy for my friend, the Hon. William L. Reed. I have known Mr. Reed for more than thirty years. He began life as a mechanic at the bottom of the ladder, and by untiring industry, strict economy, and unvary- iny; integrity has won his way up to his high position as a successful business man in the community. He is entitled to active and helpful sympathy. My acquaintance with him has been largely in the social and public relation. In public trust, as well as in business relations, he has made an honorable and enduring record. During his long public service I have yet to hear of his lacking anything of strict integrity and honorable purpose. In his business life he has attained an equally enviable reputation." Mr. Reed has many friends in Wliitman, where he resided for si.xty years, where his first wife died, and where his son is now living.

UGUSTUS COLE, formerly of the enterprising firm of Cole & Jenkins, grain dealers at Scituate Harbor, is now engaged in farming in Scituate. A son of Captain Augustus and Sallie J. (Turner) Cole, both natives of this town, he was born January I, 1828, on the farm on which he now resides. He is of old New England stock, representing the sixth generation in this country of his father's family, and the seventh of his mother's.

The first of his paternal ancestors in Plymouth County was James Cole, a native of Kent, England, who settled in Scituate on land now owned by E. Parker Welch. Captain Augustus Cole was born in the part of Scituate which now constitutes the town of Norwell, and was a lifelong resident of Scituate. His title was conferred upon him as Commander of a company of militia. He was well known and popular, and took an active part in the councils of the local Democrats. His wife was a daughter of Nathaniel Turner, a descendant of Humphrey Turner, one of the pioneer settlers in Scituate. Of their children two are living: Augustus, whose name appears at the head of this article; and Esther, wife of H. G. H. Reed.

Augustus Cole, as he grew to manhood, acquired a good education in public and private schools of Scituate. After finishing his studies he was engaged for a number of years in general farming on the home estate; and then, purchasing a grist-mill at Scituate Harbor, he developed a large and prosperous trade in grinding and selling grain of different kinds, and trading in merchandise between Scituate and New York. Mr. David S. Jenkins was associated with him, the firm name being Cole & Jenkins. For a number of years they conducted a successful business; then the partnership was dissolved, and Mr. Cole was employed for some time as purchasing agent on the Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western Railroad. In 1883 he retired from business, and settled on his farm in Scituate.

In November, 1849, he was united in marriage with Paulina Brown, daughter of the late William Brown, of Scituate. Six children have blessed their union, four of whom are living; namely, Charles A., Frank H., Edward A., and Henry T. Mr. Cole votes the Democratic ticket. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, belonging to Satuit Lodge of Scituate.

TIS WHITE, a well-to-do farmer of Duxbury, was born in the house he now occupies, ^OTember 12, i§30, son of Briggs and Judith (Ransom) White. Mr. White's great-grandfather, Carpus White, is believed to have been killed in one of the early wars, and his grandfather, Joseph White, was a resident of Duxbury.

some time he followed the trade of a tanner; but his principal occupation was general farming, and he tilled the soil with prosperity until his death, which took place in 1847. In politics he supported the Whig party, and he attended the Unitarian church. His wife, Judith, survived him for many years, dying in the fall of 1 88 1. Of her children there are three survivors, namely: Otis, the subject of this sketch: Mary, wife of William T.Willcott, of Duxbury; and Emma, who resides in this town.

Otis White was educated in the common schools of Duxbury, and at an early age engaged in agricultural pursuits at the homestead. He succeeded to the ownership of the property, which consists of two hundred acres of fertile land, and he devotes his attention to general farming. Capable and industrious, he has attained a high degree of prosperity, and is considered by his fellow-townsmen as one of the most wealthy farmers in Duxbury. Mr. White is unmarried. In politics he acts with the Republican party. He has witnessed with satisfaction the advance and improvement of this historic town, and he possesses in high measure the esteem and good will of his fellow-citizens.

vELEG T. BROOKS, agent for the New York & Boston Despatch Company in Kingston, was born in Duxbury, Mass., in May, 1830, son of Nathan and Caroline (Tupper) Brooks. Mr. Brooks's father was a native of Scituate, Mass., and a descendant of an early settler of that town. He was a hatter by trade, and in young manhood settled in iJuxbury, but some time later moved to Kingston, where he resided for over fifty years. He served for twenty -eight consecutive years as Town Clerk, Treasurer, and

Collector, and was a Representative to the legislature for one term. He was a self-made man, who was obliged to make his own way in life from early boyhood, and by his death, which took place in 1882, Kingston lost one of its most able and useful citizens. He was for many years identified with the Unitarian church, and at times officiated as a Deacon. His wife, Caroline Tupper Brooks, was a native of Kingston. She died in 1877.

Peleg T. Brooks accompanied his parents to Kingston when he was three years old, and his education was acquired in the common schools of this town. In early manhood he learned the shoemaker's trade, which he followed for a number of years. Subsequently relinquishing that calling, he was for a time employed in a livery stable here. He was later engaged in driving a stage coach from Du.xbury to Kingston, which he continued to do for twenty years; anil during this time he established what was known as Brooks Express, for the purpose of transporting merchandise between Duxbury and Boston, by the way of Kingston. When the South Shore Railroad was extended through Duxbury, he was forced to abandon the stage business, and also the express business, as far as that town was concerned, but continued to attend to the Kingston branch of his line until he consolidated with the New York & Boston Despatch Company, a few years ago. Besides being the agent of this company in Kingston, he has a financial interest in the enterprise.

Mr. Brooks is a Democrat politically, and has long been identified with public affairs in Kingston. For a number of years he served as Registrar of Voters; and he represented the Second Plymouth District in the legislature for the years 1886 and 1887, during which time he was a member of the Committee on Roads and Bridges. He is a member of

Corner Stone Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Duxbury; is a charter member of Adams Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Kingston ; and is widely and favorably known as an upright, intelligent, and useful citizen.

R. GEORGE L. NICWCOMB is an old and reliable physician of North Scituate, having been in active practice here for over thirty years. Dr. Newcomb obtained his initial practice in surgery in military hospitals at the time of the war, and has the skill and insight peculiar to army surgeons. He was born in Scituate, March 19, 1832, a son of Captain Levi and Joan (Studley) Newcomb. Levi Newcomb was born in Provincetown, and, like most of the boys of the old Cape town, went to sea when quite young. He sailed as captain for a number of years, and then, retiring, settled in Scituate. In politics he was a Republican. Me died in 1879, aged ninety-one. Mrs. Newcomb, who was born in Scituate, was a daughter of Lewis and Lucy (Dunbar) Studley. Lewis Studley was a house carpenter, a. well-known citizen of Scituate. His wife was a daughter of Squire Jesse Dunbar, a leading man of Scituate Harbor. Mrs. Newcomb lived to be even older than her husband, attaining the great age of ninety-three. She passed away November 13, 1895.