Plymouth Town (part 49 of 54)

Mr. Richards has been for a number of years Secretary of the Marshfield Republican Committee, of which he is now chairman, and has served as Chairman at conventions, caucuses, and town meetings. At a meeting of the Second Plymouth District Republican Committee, comprising the towns of Duxbury, Pembroke, Norwell, Scituate, and Marshfield, he was elected Chairman for the ensuing year, 1896-97; but he refuses permanent public office, preferring the quiet of his home. He is deeply interested in the progress of the town, and was instrumental in changing the name East Marshfield to Marshfield Hills, which is much more appropriate, and gives an outsider an idea of the distinguishing natural feature of the place. Mr. Richards is the President of the Marshfield Hills Public Library. He was vested with the authority of Justice of the Peace for twenty-one years.

Previous to 1866 he was often called upon to preside at conventions in the large halls of Boston ; and he was the leader of the temperance movement in Ouincy before the advent of Henry H. Faxon. He was President of the Massachusetts Radical Peace Society, and was the first Corresponding Secretary of the Universal Peace Society, with headquarters at Philadelphia. In his early manhood, while living in Ouincy, he was President of the Adams Literary Association, President of the Quincy Charitable Society, and superintendent of the Unitarian Sunday-school at Adams Temple, the famous church of John and John Ouincy Adams. Mr. Richards is now connected with the Unitarian church in Marshfield. He is still an enthusiastic student ; and, being sent in 1891 by the Eastern heirs of a bachelor uncle who had lived in California, to investigate his affairs, he took occasion to visit southern California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas, travelling through the Southern States and studying the natural features of the country.

children have blessed their union : Clift R. (deceased) ; Eleanor R., artist, who has charge of the art department of the Edgeworth School at Baltimore, Md. ; and C. Rodgers, a graduate of Boston University, at present employed in looking up titles in the Indian Biu'eau, under the Department of the Interior, of the United States government.

01 IN FOSTER, a box manufacturer and lumber and real estate dealer residing ill South Hanson, Plymouth County, is a native of Pembroke, Mass., where he was born, March 12, 1842, son of David H. and Deborah (Howland) Foster. On both sides he is descended from early Plymouth colonists, who were passengers in the " Mayflower." David Foster, father of David H., was a patriot soldier in the War of 18 12, and was killed in service, his head being shot off. David H. Foster was born in Scituate, Mass., in 1799. He followed the trade of a ship carpenter. He and his wife, Deborah, who was a daughter of Luther Howland, of Pembroke, had seven sons; namely, Horace J., Jairus H., Jared Perkins, Hiram, Charles (deceased), Otis, and John. David H. Foster died when about eighty-two years old; and his wife died in January, 1896, at the age of ninety-one years, five months. Both parents were members of the Methodist Episcopal church.

John was the youngest born of the family. He acquired his education in the district school, and in his boyhood was also initiated into the work of the home farm, the care of which, owing to his father's being so much occupied with ship carpentry, and his mother being in feeble health, early devolved upon him. When twenty-two years old, he began buying tracts of timbered land, which he cleared, and hired the lumber sawed. As his business increased, he bought a water-power savv-niill in Pembroke in 1874, and shortly after added a grist-mill and box factory to the plant. Five years later he purchased of Barnabas Everson his steam-mill at South Hanson, enlarged it, and built a grist-mill, then transferred his Pembroke grist-mill, excelsior mill, and box factory to South Hanson, still, however, running his saw-mill at Pembroke. A year or two later the entire plant at South Hanson was burned to the ground. Rebuilding on a better plan, he did a thriving business until in December, 1890, the [ilant was again destroyed by fire. He then immediately put up another set of buildings after the same plan on a much larger scale. When he started, he employed but three or four men, but now has about seventy-five on an average. He handles about five million feet of lumber a year, and keeps a full line of building materials, being the principal dealer within a radius of several miles. He also runs a cooperage shop for the manufacture of cranberry barrels, supplying the cranberry-growers in this section of the State.

Mr. Foster is also extensively engaged in the real estate business, being one of the largest real estate owners in this town, also the largest tax-payer, and having much property outside the town. During the past five years he has sold over fifty farms and hundreds of house lots. He is the sole owner of three land companies, besides being the principal owner of several others. In company with Horace B. Maglathlin, under the firm name of the Webster Park Land Company, he is developing a large tract of beach property in Marshfield, building houses and otherwise improving the property. He owns forty acres of cranberry land, and is interested in many other bogs. All his operations have been characterized by great energy and business sagacity, and from a humble beginning he has risen to be one of the leading business men of the county.

On October 6, 1S68, Mr. Foster married Mary F., daughter of Elbridge G. Fuller, of Halifax, Mass. Mrs. Foster is also descended on both sides from some of the original settlers of Plymouth. Two sons were born to them; namely, Edgar M. and Elewyn N. , both now deceased. In 1867 Mr. Foster became a member of Corner Stone Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Duxbury, from which he was demitted to Phcenix Lodge of Hanover. He and his wife attend the Congregational church.

ILLIAM PERKINS is a representative of two of the old families of Plympton. A son of William and Sophia Perkins, he was born February 23, 1824, upon his present farm, which has been held in the Perkins name for nearly two centuries. His father was a son of Zephaniah Perkins, who was a son of Deacon Josiah Perkins, who served as Town Clerk of Plympton forty years. Deacon Josiah Perkins was a son of Luke Perkins, who was born in 1666, moved from Ipswich and settled in Plympton in 1 713, and died in 174S. Luke Perkins was the ancestor of nearly all - if not all - who bear the Perkins name in Plymouth County. He was the first blacksmith to settle in Plympton; and it is worthy of noting that many of his descendants have been iron workers of one kind or another down to the present time. There may be no records to show who the ancestors of Luke Perkins were, but he was probably a son of Abraham Perkins, who lived at Hampton, N.H., and a grandson of John Perkins, who is said to have come over with Roger Williams in 1631, removed with John

Winthrop, Jr., to Ipswich in 1633, represented that town in the General Court in 1636, and died in 1654. On the maternal side Mr. Perkins is a direct descendant of Governor Bradford. His mother, in maidenhood Sophia Bradford, was a daughter of Captain John Bradford, who was a son of Captain John Bradford, who was a son of Lieutenant Samuel Bradford, who moved from Kingston to riympton some time between the years 1709 and 1 7 14. Samuel was a son of Major John Bradford, who was a son of Major William Bradford, Deputy Governor of Plymouth Colony, who was a son of Governor William Bradford, who came over in the "Mayflower."

Mr. Perkins has served in the Massachusetts legislature, and has had much experience in the settlement of estates and in town office. In addition to conducting his farm, he and his two sons are engaged in the manufacture of lumber, and of wooden and paper boxes. In 1 8 50 Mr. Perkins married Ann Jeanette Churchill, daughter of Simeon Churchill, of Plympton. They have had seven children; namely, Laura W., William, Jr., Clara E., Josiah, Helen E., Nettie E. , and Charles B. Laura W. successively married William L. Bonney and Joshua F. Knowles, and has one child, Esther W. Bonney; William Perkins, Jr., married Ada K. Churchill, and has one child, Gladys Perkins; Clara E. married Fred A. Ward, and has one child, Jay A. Ward ; Josiah Perkins died young; Helen E. married Gilbert W. Shaw, and has one child, Florence J. Shaw; Nettie E. married Prince E. Bradford, and has one daughter, Bertha W. Bradford; Charles B. Perkins, the youngest, is still unmarried.

attendant at the meetings of the Anti-slavery Society, and a frequent contributor to its funds. William Loyd Garrison, Wendell Phillips, Abby Kelly Foster, Parker Pillsbury, Lucy Stone, and other of the antislavery leaders of those early days found shelter and entertainment at his house. He was a member of the Liberty party, the first political party especially organized to oppose the slave power. Later he belonged to the Free Soil party, and from the advent of the Republican party he has been one of its active adherents.

Alter Horatio Sturgis

ALTER HORATIO STURGIS, M.D., a successful medical practitioner of Hull, Plymouth County, Mass., was born in Fairfield, Vt., February 10, 1873, son of Smith F. and Clara B. (Wakeman) Sturgis. He is of English ancestry, and traces his lineage back to the time of William, the Conqueror.

Turgesius, who was king of Ireland about A.D 800, was undoubtedly a still earlier ancestor. The Sturgis coat-of-arms represents two hounds couchant with a barred shield between, and underneath the motto, " Prudencia et Constancia. " The first appearance of the Sturgis family in America, it has been said, was "in the latter part of the seventeenth century, when two brothers settled, the one in Ccnnecticut, the other in Massachusetts." It should be noted, however, that "Edward Sturgis, Sr., the progenitor of the family on Cape Cod," was in Charlestown, Mass., in 1634, and settled in Yarmouth, Barnstable County, in 1639. (See Freeman's History of Cape Cod.) From Mrs. Schenck's History of Fairfield, Conn., we learn that John Sturges settled in that town in 1660, in the thirty-seventh year of his age.

of Dr. Sturgis, was born in Old Fairfield, Conn., and settled in Fairfield, Vt., where he was prominently identified with the church, officiating as Deacon for many years. His wife, whose maiden name was Lydia Gilbert, was of a highly respected family. Their son, Seth Sturgis, the Doctor's grandfather, who was a native of Fairfield, Vt., was a farmer, also a carpenter and builder, and was highly esteemed in the community. He and his wife, Eliza Bearse, of Fairfield, were communicants of the Episcopal church in that town. Both lived to be quite advanced in years, dying at the ages of eighty-two and eightyfour, respectively.

Smith F. Sturgis, their youngest son, was born in Fairfield, Vt., where he lived on the old homestead. After acquiring his education, he learned the trade of carpenter and builder, which he followed there for many years. In 1892 he came-to Hull, and he here continues the same enterprise. In politics he is a Republican. Fraternally, he affiliates with I. B. Richardson Post, No. 92, Grand Army of the Republic, of Fairfax, Vt.; and he also belongs to Fairfax Lodge, No. 6, A. F. & A. M., of Fairfax, Vt. In i86r he enlisted in Company H, Third Vermont Volunteer Infantry, as a private, and served three years, being wounded at Cold Harbor. He married Clara B. Wakeman; and they had two children - May R. and Walter Horatio. May R. married Alvin J. Perham, of Fairfax, Vt. ; and they now reside in Hull, Mass. They have five children, all of whom are now living - Genevieve, Helen, Alvin, Clara, and Walt era.

The maternal great-great-grandfather was Nathan Lobdell, a native of Greenfield, Conn. He engaged extensively in farming. He was prominently identified with the Episcopal church in Vermont for many years, Trinity

Church, Fairfield, having been organized after his settlement in that town, and owing much to his faithful labors. Many times during the early years of the present century he took long and arduous journeys on horseback, sometimes of more than a hundred miles, part of the way being by marked trees, to attend the conventions of the diocese to which he was a delegate. He counted nothing too hard by which he could serve God or his fellow-men.

The maiden name of his wife was Abigail Hoyt. She belonged to a noted Connecticut family. Isaac Wakeman, the paternal greatgrandfather, was born in Connecticut, and married Sarah, daughter of Ezekiel Bradley, of Old Fairfield, Conn. The grandfather, Horatio Powell Wakeman, who was born in Fairfield, Vt., received a liberal education, and for many years was a most successful and beloved teacher. He inherited a large patrimonial estate, to which he added from time to time, becoming one of the largest landowners in the vicinity. He ultimately built a town residence, to which he retired from active business, and spent his later years in the quiet enjoyment of the fruits of his early labors.

Walter Horatio Sturgis acquired his early education at the New Hampton Institute, Fairfax, Vt., and also attended the St. Albans High School, subsequently entering the Medical Department of the University of Vermont. In 189s he was graduated at Baltimore Medical College; and in the spring of that year he located in Hull, where he commenced work, and has gained popularity and a large practice, being highly esteemed, both professionally and personally. Fraternally, he is identified with Commercial Lodge, Knights of Pythias, of Boston, and is also a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society.

of Scituate, was born here, July i, 1827, son of Elijah and Lucy (Nash) Peirce, both also natives of the town. He is of the seventh generation descended from Michael Peirce, who was killed in a war with the Indians in Rhode Island. Hayward Peirce, commonly called Squire Peirce, the grandfather of E. Foster Peirce, was prominent in the community, and served as a Justice of the Peace. Elijah Peirce was a lifelong resident of this town. A successful merchant and farmer, he was no less prominent than his father. He was the principal auctioneer of the locality. His integrity and good judgment were generally recognized, and he was intrusted with the administration of several estates. In politics he was a Whig. He served for some time on the School Committee of Scituate, and was always actively interested in educational affairs. A member of the Unitarian society, he was one of the committee selected in 1840 to superintend the remodelling of the old church, which was afterward destroyed by fire. He died in 1848, at the age of fifty-eight. Two of his children are living - Silas and E. Foster. Silas Peirce is a successful business man of Boston, and resides in that city seven months of the year, spending the rest of the time in his summer home at Scitutite. He has been the President of the Boston National Bank; is now the President of the North American Insurance Company, which has an office in Boston ; and he is a Director of the Northern Railroad, the Nantasket Steamship Company, and the Cohasset Electric Light Company. It was he who donated to this town the handsome and well-equipped Peirce Memorial Library at North Scituate. His summer home is a handsome residence, with spacious and beautiful grounds. He married Miss Myra

E. Foster Peirce was reared in Scituate, receiving his education at public and private schools. He has spent most of his life in this town, chiefly occupied in agriculture. His home also is one of the residences of which Scituate is justly proud, its general appearance denoting not only wealth, but good taste and careful ownership. He votes with the Republican party, takes an active interest in town matters, and has filled acceptably a number of public offices. Mr. Foster was married January 12, 1S59, to Sarah A. Perry, a native of Scituate, and a daughter of Calvin and Mercy (Litchfield) Perry. Her grandfather, Adam Perry, was a resident of Hanover, Mass. ; and in that town her father, Calvin Perry, was born. Calvin Perry served in the War of 1812. His wife was a native of Scituate, where he came to reside after his marriage, and died in 1855. Three other children are also living, namely: Leonard L. , residing in Scituate; Elvira, residing in Scituate Centre, the widow of Marcena Webb; and Mary F., a retired school-teacher, also residing in this town. Mr. and Mrs. Peirce have one child, Annie F. Mrs. Peirce is a member of the Orthodo.x Congregational church.

Klavel Shurtleff Thomas

KLAVEL SHURTLEFF THOMAS, M.D. , LL.D., was born at Hanson, Mass., September 7, 1852, son of Isaac and Abby (Shurtleff) Thomas. By both parents he comes of old and distinguished ancestry. This brancli of the Thomas family in America originated with William Thomas, born in 1573, who came here from England in 1637. He was one of the merchant adventurers who aided in founding the New Plymouth Colony; and he owned a grant of land, comprising fifteen thousand acres, which included the Daniel Webster farm at Marshfield. A gravestone marks his last resting-place in the old Marshfield burial-ground.

His son Nathaniel came with him to America. He had a son known as Colonel Nathaniel, who, acting for himself and others in 1662, bought from the Indians a large tract of land, thereafter called the "Major's Purchase," and received a goodly slice of it in compensation for his services. Portions of that property are still in the possession of the family, Wampatuck farm - formerly a part of the Isaac Thomas farm - ^ being owned by Dr. Thomas. The fourth generation was represented by Lieutenant Isaac Thomas, born in 1682, who lived near Gordan Rest, Hanson; and the fifth, by Captain Edward Thomas, born in 1713, who resided on the Isaac Thomas farm. After these came Isaac, the great-grandfather of Dr. Thomas; Josiah, the grandfather; and Isaac, the father.

William Shurtleff, a native of England, was the founder of the Shurtleff family in America. His son Abiel had a son Benjamin, whose son Benjamin, second, was the father of Lot, Benjamin, Charles, Barzallia, Milton, Nathaniel, Samuel, Flavel, Abigail, Ruth, and Hannah. Of these Samuel was a physician. Benjamin, the third of the name, also a physician, endowed Shurtleff College at Upper Alton, 111. Dr. Benjamin's son, Dr. Nathaniel Bradstreet Shurtleff, was Mayor of Boston, and a celebrated author and antiquary. Flavel Shurtleff, the father of Dr. Thomas's mother, was a graduate of Brown University, studied theology in Philadelphia, and preached in Hanson and several other places.

Flavel Shurtleff Thomas, having received his early education in the town schools of Hanson, subsequently studied at Hanover Academy, Phillips Andover Academy, Harvard

University, Cornell University, Shurtleff College, Boston University, Boston Museum of Natural History, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Montreal Veterinary College, Illinois Wesleyan University, Syracuse University, Correspondence University, McGill University, and the National University. He began the study of medicine in 1871 with Woodbridge R. Howes, M.D., of Hanover, Mass., and subsequently attended three courses of lectures at Harvard University Medical School, and at McGill University, Faculty of Medicine. Having received his diploma from Harvard in 1874, he entered upon the practice of his profession at Ithaca, N. Y., in the same year. After spending a few months in that town, he removed to Hanson, which has been his place of residence since. He has been town physician since 1879; was lecturer on comparative anatomy for the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Boston, in 1883; has been physician to Gordan Rest Sanitarium, Hanson, since 1891 ; and physician to Maquan Sanitarium at Hanson since it was opened by him in 1894 for the treatment of chronic diseases, especially those of women. He is also e.xaminer for the New York Mutual and the Manhattan Life Insurance Companies.

Harvard, as before mentioned, conferred on him his medical degree; Shurtleff College conferred the degrees of Master of Arts and Doctor of Laws; the Montreal College, that of Veterinary Surgeon ; Syracuse University, those of Bachelor of Science^ and Master of Science; McGill University, Doctor of Veterinary Science; and the National University, Doctor of Philosophy and Doctor of Zoology. The last-named degree. Doctor of Zoology, was introduced from Europe into the United States by Dr. Thomas, who was also the first person to receive it from an American college. He entered the National University as a post-graduate student and a candidate for this degree, and completed the necessary course of two years under the direction of Professor A. Birge, Ph.D. Previous to this zoology had been a favorite study with him; and he had performed the usual college work in the science and that in professional zoology required at the McGill and Harvard Medical Schools, and had also been a special and postgraduate student in zoology in Cornell, under Professors Law, Gage, and Wilder, in Syracuse, with Professor Underwood, and at Boston Museum of Natural History, with Professors Van Vleck and Hyatt. His degree of Doctor of Laws was received in 1892. On learning of the event, the principal of Phillips Andover Academy, under date of February 1 7, 1893, wrote him as follows: -

My dear Dr. Thomas, - I am delighted to see your honors crowned with the larger wreath. Your academic recognition is very nearly complete, is it not ? The Rev. W. C. Winslow - the Egyptologist - is a D.D., Ph.D., D.Sc, LL.U., D.C.L., and L.H.D., I think; but you are ahead. You must feel that the satisfaction is in having earned them by your painstaking fidelity and public spirit.

Dr. Thomas is largely devoted to literary work, which in his later years has been characterized by profound scholarship. Among his writings may be mentioned his graduating thesis on "Opium"; his "Lectures on Comparative Anatomy," delivered at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Boston ; his Doctor of Philosophy thesis, "Birds of Hanson"; a paper on "Insects Injurious to Vegetation in Hanson," read before the Farmers' Institute of Plymouth County Agricultural Society; three papers read before the Massachusetts Medical Society, respectively named

"The Value of a Knowledge of Comparative Pathology to the Doctor of Medicine," "The Value of a Knowleilge of Comparative Anatomy to the Doctor of Medicine," and "Doctor of Medicine, What it is and What it .should be"; a prize essay, "Liquid Manures," written for the Plymouth County Agricultm-al Society; contributions to the Ne%v Eiighmd Medical Montlily, entitled "The Ideal Medical School," "Medical Education," "The Best Preliminary Education for the Study of Medicine," and "A Few Words to Medical Schools"; "The Lecture System," an article published in the Boston IMcdical and Surgical Journal ; "University Degrees," in \}m School Bulletin of Syracuse, N.Y. ; "The Physician" and "Medicines," in the Boston Journal of Health; "Veterinary Degrees," in the Journal of Comparative Medicine and Surgery; "Life in a Puddle" and "Microscopic Pond Life," in Youth's Companion ; "Montreal Letters" and "Syracuse Letter," in Old Colony Memorial; "Non-resident Degrees" and "The Current Value of University Degrees" in the National Magazine; "The Medical Missionary," contributed to the Healthy Home; "Doctor of Laws, Origin, History, Past and Present Use," and "Latin or English Order in University Degrees," in the University Magazine of New York; "A Study of the Present System of University Degrees, with Generalizations and Suggestions," and "Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science," in Education of Boston; and "The Best Course of Study Preparatory to the Study of Medicine," in American Journal of Education of St. Louis. He is also the author of these pamphlets: "Lectures on the Science of Agriculture," "A Perfect University," and "University Degrees: What they mean. What they indicate, and How to use them." The department of University Degrees and

Education in the "Standard Dictionary of the English Language," published by Funk & Wagnalls Company, New York, was edited. by Dr. Thomas. The publisher also submitted proofs of the entire work to his inspection before sending it to press. The question regarding a rule to be followed in printing the academic degrees of the two hundred and forty-seven editors of the dictionary, and other degrees therein, was left to his decision, which was that old titles, which centuries of use had crystallized in the Latin form, as Ph.D. and M.D., should retain that form, and that all modern degrees, such as B.S. and M.S., together with all others that have been written both ways, such as B.A. and M.A. , take the English form. William T. Harris, LI^. D., the United States Commissioner of Education, who is editing the "International Education Series," has recently invited Dr. Thomas to prepare a dictionary of university degrees for that work.

In 1879, July 9, Dr. Thomas was married to Miss Caroline M. Smith, daughter of Captain Joseph Smith, C.E., of Titusville, Pa. Their two children are: Percival Shurtleff, born October 7, 1884; and Saba Drew, born February 27, 1893. At present the Doctor is serving the town of Hanson as a member of its School Committee, and is a Trustee of Plymouth County Agricultural Society. He joined the Massachusetts Medical Society in 1875 and the Harvard Medical School Alumni Association in 1 891. A Mason of long standing in Puritan Lodge of Whitman, Mass., he was exalted to the Royal Arch degree in Pilgrim Chapter of Abington, Mass., on February 15, 1895; and he was created Knight Templar in Old Colony Commandery of Abington on P'ebruary 3, 1896. He is also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in North River Lodge of Hanover, Mass. It is not necessary to say that Dr. Thomas is highly esteemed by Hanson people, who feel a warrantable pride in having among them a man of his distinction.

Biographical sketches of Favel S. Thomas may be found in "Syracuse University Alumni Record," "Physicians and Surgeons of America" (with portrait), and in History of Plymouth County."

OHN S. BROOKS, of Hanover, who has been successfully engaged in business here for upward of half a century, was born in North Hanover, Plymouth County, October 27, 1824, son of John and Amy (Mann) Brooks. His parents had ten children, of whom two died in infancy. The rest, who all attained maturity, were: John S., Levi, Warren, Thomas D., Emma, Sarah, Mary, and Hannah. Levi lost his life during the Civil War, in the Red River Expedition. John S. Brooks was the eldest. He obtained his education in the common schools and at a private school kept by Judge Harris, now of Brockton. Unable to attend school beyond his twelfth year, excepting during the winter, he began work at the shoemaker's trade, which he followed continuously for fifteen years. He then purchased the store which he has since prosperously conducted, a period of forty-four years. He has a well-selected stock of general dry goods, groceries, etc. The place__w3s a union store for some years.

Mr. Brooks has been twice married. His first union was contracted June 23, 1850, with Miss Nancy Binney, who died childless. On October 19, 1869, Miss liliza F. Shurtleff be came his wife. Born of this marriage are two children - John F. and Marion S. Since 1 888 Mr. Brooks has had charge of the North

Hanover post-office. He was elected in 1861 to the office of Selectman, and has served in that capacity altogether about five years. He has also been an Overseer of the Poor and Assessor.

-rj^ATHANIEL HENRY CROSS, for- I =:/ merly a well-known business man of Jl^ \^ North Bridgewater, Mass., where more than fifty years ago he was engaged in carriage manufacturing, was born in East Bridgewater, October 11, 1803. He was a son of Captain Nathaniel Cross, who had removed thither a short time previously from Exeter, N.H. In 1824, when twenty-one years of age, having acquired his education in South Bridgewater, and also mastered the wheelwright's trade, Nathaniel H. settled in North Bridgewater, now Brockton. An intelligent, well-informed man, energetic, and enterprising, he not only successfully carried on his business of wagon and carriage making, but dealt considerably in real estate in the vicinity, and was also somewhat interested in Western lands. He was a Democrat in politics, and President Jackson appointed him Postmaster at North Bridgewater, which office he filled acceptably for a number of years. In religion he was liberal and progressive, regarding belief as an "act of the intellect as well as the heart"; and he attended the Unitarian church, of whose pastor, the Rev. M. Goldsboro, he was an intimate friend. Strictly temperate from principle, he was an active worker in temperance societies. As was the custom in those days, he took part in the annual drill of the local militia, of which for some years he was an enrolled member. He departed this life on March 25, 1843, ''i fhe fortieth year of his age.

She was born in Boston, April 9, 1807. At the age of twelve, being then an orphan, she went to Bridgewater to live, and there attended a private boarding-school. By her marriage she became the mother of six children, namely: Nathaniel and Henry, both now deceased; William W. Cross, a prominent manufacturer of Brockton ; and Lucy, who married Charles C. F"ield, also a prominent business man of Brockton; Mrs. M. B. Burland, the wife of Dr. Burland, a wellknown physician of Philadelphia; and Mrs. Susan Holbrook, of Brockton. The old family homestead in North Bridgewater, purchased by Mr. Cross in 1831, after his demise was occupied by Mrs. Cross until her death, on May 4, 1896, at the advanced age of eighty-nine years. Until within two years of her death she had charge of the estate left by her husband, and managed it very successfully; and, excepting the last year of her life, she was mentally active, able to attend to business and to read the newspapers. She was much interested in charities and reforms. In her younger days she belonged to various temperance societies, and at one time was president of a benevolent association. Later in life she bestowed several sums on various public institutions. She was a lady of quiet, gentle, and refined tastes and manners, and was much esteemed.

OHN JOSEPH SHAW, M.D., a wellknown physician of Plymouth County, who settled in the town of Plymouth, was born August ir, 1842, in East Bridgewater, Mass., where his ancestors had resided for about two hundred years. Joseph Shaw, son of John and grandson of Abraham, of Dedham, was the first of the name in this country, having removed from Weymouth and bought a large tract of land in East Bridgewater (then Bridgewater), about the year i69<S. The first Joseph Shaw had a son, the Rev. John Shaw, who was born in East Bridgewater in the year 1708, and was the grandfather of Chief Justice Lemuel Shaw, of Boston, and his cousin, the Hon. John A. Shaw, of Bridgewater. Joseph, first, also had a son born in 171 1, Deacon Zechariah, who had a son Zechariah, born in 1751. He had Joseph in 1779, antl in 1785 Alvan, who was a volunteer in the War of 18 12.

The second Joseph, who was the grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was a man of energetic character, a competent farmer, and owner of a grist-mill. He was prominent in religious matters, and was a pillar of the old orthodox church. In the latter part of his life he retired from active work, and he died in East Bridgewater in his eighty-si.xth year. He was twice married. His first wife was Olive, daughter of Samuel Dike, whose father, .Samuel, was born in Scotland in 1782. Their only child was Samuel Dike Shaw, the father of the subject of this sketch.

Owing to precarious health, it was not deemed advisable that Samuel D. Shaw should go to college, as had been intended by his parents. His father gave him a grist-mill, and thus started him in the grain business, which, under his skilful management, in a few years grew into a large wholesale and retail trade in grain and flour, and all the requirements of a country supply store.

Mr. Samuel D. Shaw also controlled a mill for the manufacture of building lumber, and was at one time interested in tack manufacturing. He has been a great sufferer from fire, having had no less than six separate experiences of this kind, each time with heavy loss. In spite of his close business application he has been a lifelong student, being especially interested in the natural sciences, in which line he has acquired a high degree of proficiency. He was always a Whig in politics until the formation of the Republican party, since which event he has acted with that organization; and at the time of the abolition movement he was actively interested in the suppression of slavery. He retired from business some years since, and now resides with his son. He was born on the old Bridgewater place on November 25, 1S13, and married in 1839 Wealthy Stickney Estes, daughter of James Estes, of ]?runswick. Me., and a descendant of Sir William Thompson, knight and baron of the city of London. They had two sons - Henry W. and John Joseph. Henry W., the elder son, died at the age of twenty-six.

John Joseph Shaw commenced his school life at the academy of William Allen in East Bridgewater, and afterward attended the common schools of the town, and later the Bridgewater Normal School, where he was graduated in 1863. He began the study of medicine in 1864, graduating from the Hygeo-Therapeutic College in New York City in 1867. Continuing his studies, in 1872 he took a post-graduate medical course at Harvard, after finishing which he practised for two years in East Bridgewater. In October, 1S74, Dr. Shaw located himself in Plymouth, where he has since been engaged in a constantly increasing practice. He is a member of the Massachusetts State Medical Societyluid of the American Institute of Homceopathy. Dr. Shaw is an original thinker and a clear and facile writer. He has written considerably for the lay and medical press and medical societies, and is the author of two monographs, entitled Scientific Basis of Homceopathy" and I am a Homceopath."

1894 from Boston University, and is now in successful practice in Plymouth. Dr. Shaw's second wife is Edith Luella Aldrich, daughter of the Rev. Jeremiah Knight Aldrich, of Warwick, R.I. Mr. Aldrich is a second cousin of ex-Governor Henry Howard, and ex- Lieutenant Governor Albert C. Howard, of Rhode Island. He is also a second cousin and intimate friend of James Burrell Angell, former minister to China, and now president of Michigan University. His ancestors were for many years the controllers of Rhode Island politics. The Rev. J. K. Aldrich has held pastorates in East Bridgewater, Groton, Rye, Nashua, and other places. He has now retired from active work, and resides on one of his estates in Hyannis. He has written extensively, and is author of a work of deep research and profound logic, entitled "The Day of our Saviour's Crucifixion." Dr. Shaw and his present wife have had two children, namely: Lillian Estes, born October 13, 1 881; and Joseph Henry, October 9, 1886. The death of their daughter Lillian, which occurred May 16, 1895, was a terrible blow, from which they will never recover.

Dr. Shaw is a member of Mayflower Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; and also of Patuxet Colony, Pilgrim Fathers, and Plymouth Rock Lodge, of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, and is medical examiner of the two latter. He was town physician for two years. In the summer and fall of 1896 he visited Europe, going to London as a delegate of the International Homceopathic Medical Congress, and afterward visiting Scotland, Belgium, Germany, the Rhine, Switzerland, and Paris. After his return Dr. Shaw remained for a time in New York City, where

ESSE M. CUSHMAN, a successful merchant of Rochester, was born here, November 27, 1826, son of Gilson and Susan H. (Purington) Cushman. Having acquired his education in the district school, he shipped as cabin boy at Mattapoisett for his first voyage, on board a whaling vessel, being then fourteen years old. The vessel was wrecked, and the crew cast away in the Arctic Ocean, near the northern edge of the Gulf Stream; but, fortunately, all were rescued. Undeterred by this experience, the lad, after reaching home, shipped on the brig "America" from Wareham, Mass. This vessel sprung a leak when a few days out, and was obliged to return to port. He then engaged as cabin boy on the ship " Lagoda " of New Bedford, which was out twenty months, cruising in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. By the time this vessel returned to port he was an experienced sailor, and next went as able seaman on the ship "Liverpool," which was out three years, whaling in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. On his fourth voyage he was the second mate of a merchant vessel sailing from Boston to the West Indies. With this vessel he was connected about three years.

Returning to Massachusetts in 1849, ^''t'- Cushman caught the gold fever then raging, and went to California. He was in California from 1849 t^o the spring of 1852, prospecting and mining with moderate success. He then came back to Rochester, and purchased the store which he has since successfully conducted. Here he dealt in grain for twenty years. He now keeps a good stock of general merchandise. Having occupied his present stand for forty-four years, he is one of the oldest and best-known business men in this section of the county. He was married August 2, 1853, to Miss Dorcas P. Swift. They had one child, who died in infancy. Mr. Cushman votes the Republican ticket. He was town liquor agent for one year. He is quite popular with his townsmen, and has many old friends among the seafaring men of the locality.

""CiDWARD M. SWEENY, a well-known Jpl member of the firm E. Phillips & Sons, of South tlanover, was born September II, 1834, in Plattsburg, Clinton County, N.Y., son of Felix and Margaret (Dunn) Sweeny. When he was four years old, he moved with his father and mother to Clintonville, N.Y., where he had the benefit of public-school instruction until he was twelve. Then he began to work for his living in the nail factory and rolling-mill of that place, and remained there four years. From Clintonville he went to Fairhaven, Vt. , to learn the trade of nail-making of Messrs. Dewey & Cushman. Three years later, feeling the need of more education, he attended a private school for one winter. Subsequently, after a brief stay in Providence, R. I., he served a short period in the Parker mills at Wareham, Mass. Mr. Sweeny then worked at his trade for three years in Bridgewater. In 1858 he came to South Hanover to be employed by E. Y. Perry & C, now known under the style of E. Phillips & Sons. His efforts for them were so well appreciated that after a few years he was appointed foreman, and later superintendent. In 1886 he was received into the firm as a partner. Messrs. E. Phillips & Sons manufacture forty-nine different kinds of nails and tacks, besides sheet lead, zinc battery plates, glaziers' tools or points, and poultry staples.

On May 30, 1857, Mr. Sweeny was married to Lucy M. Thaxter, who has since borne him five children. These are: Henry L. , Edward P., Ernest Franklin, Florence, and Rodolph W. Henry L. is a medical practitioner in Kingston, N. H. ; Edward P. is a book-keeper in New York City; Ernest Franklin is connected with the Strong Manufacturing Company in Winsted, Conn. ; Florence is at home; and Rodolph W. is attending school. In politics the father is a Republican. He is a Mason of Phceni.x Blue Lodge, Royal Arch Chapter, and Old Colony Commandery; and he has also membership in the Knights of Honor.

NDREW DENHAM is one of the old and respected residents of Mattapoisett. He was born here, January 28, 1829, son of Andrew Denham, a mechanic, and Artemesia (Basse) Denham. He was reared on his father's farm, acquiring his early education in the district school. The wider knowledge of which he is now the master was gained by personal observation and experience. Like most of the boys in his native town, he took to the water when quite young. At the age of seventeen he shipped as seaman on a whaling vessel, which was away cruising in the Atlantic and Pacific for three years, during which the lad saw a great deal of the world. One of the places visited was San Francisco, then a small town of irregular plan and architecture.

At the end of the cruise he decided that there was "no place like home," and settled on the farm where he had passed his boyhood. The estate, which has been owned by the family for a great many years, contains two hundred acres. Here for nearly half a century he has been successfully engaged in general farming and dairying. He is now regarded as one of the leading agriculturists of this section. Mr. Denham was married in 1850 to Miss Diana Barstow, and has three children - Henry L. , Nathan B. , and Sarah M. He is interested in politics so far as they subserve the general good, but is not a party man.

lUWARD W. WINSOR, of the firm VVinsor & Peterson, Du.xbury, dealers in fine groceries, was born in this town, May 19, 1839, son of Captain Benjamin and Hannah B. (Freeman) VVinsor, and grandson of John Winsor. Samuel, the father of John, was the founder of the Massachusetts branch of the family, which is supposed to be of Scottish origin. Captain Benjamin Winsor was a well-known and popular sea captain, who made voyages principally to ports in the Mediterranean Sea. In the efforts to make his orders heard by his men aloft, during a severe storm off the coast of Gibraltar, he injured his lungs, so that consumption found him an easy prey; and he died after a short illness, only reaching the age of forty-four years. Keen of intellect, he had a good, practical education and a thorough knowledge of navigation. He never lost a vessel. In politics he was an earnest Jacksonian Democrat. His strong sympathy with that party prompted him to name a sloop that he owned the "Andrew Jackson." His wife, who survived him, lived to be seventy-four years old. Of their four children, two are living, namely: Eudora, the widow of Columbus Whitten, residing at Melrose Highlands, Mass. ; and Edward W., the subject of this sketch. The others were: Claudius B. and Benjamin.

The home life of Edward W. Winsor has been spent in Duxbury, where he was reared and educated. For a number of years he was in the employ of Cyrus Wakefield, of Wakefield, Mass., making rattan chairs. In 18S0 he was engaged by W. S. Freeman as manager of the store in which he now owns an interest, and acted in that capacity for four years. He then bought out Mr. Freeman, and carried on the business for one year in his own name, being the sole proprietor. In the following year he took in as a partner W. O. Peterson, with whom he has prosperously conducted the place since, under the firm name of Winsor & Peterson. They give their attention chiefly to handling standard groceries. In politics Mr. Winsor is a stanch Republican. He is a member of Mattakesett Lodge, No. iio, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and has been Chaplain of the lodge. His religious belief is that of the Methodist Episcopal church.

ON. BENJAMIN GAMMONS has been long identified with the industrial interests of Rochester, and at one time represented it in the State legislature. Fie was born here, February 12, 1832, son of Noble and Roxanna (Swift) Gammons. Noble Gammons, who was born in Middleboro, Mass., settled in Rochester when a young man. He died on the farm now occupied by his son, at the age of eighty-one. His wife, a native of Wareham, Mass., died at the age of sixty-eight. Their six children were: John F., Abigail, Ann, Benjamin, Roxanna, and Albert.

Benjamin Gammons received a good practical education in his native town. He went to work at the age of sixteen, obtaining employment first in a carriage factory in Fall River, Mass., where he remained a year. After spending a few months at the same kind of work in Wareham, Mass., he learned the shoemaker's trade, and thereafter followed it in Middleboro for about four years. When the old Bay State was called upon to furnish her quota of men for the Civil War, Mr. Gammons was one of the first to respond from the shoe shops. He enlisted on April 15, 1 861, as a private in Company D, Eighteenth Regiment of Massachusetts Infantry, and was mustered in at Readville. The first serious engagement in which he took part was at Old Church, Va. During a great part of his term of service his regiment was attached to the Army of the Potomac, in P"itz-John Porter's division. Having gone through his full share of the hardships and trials of a soldier's life, he was honorably discharged on September 2, 1864. From 1865 to 1867 he worked at his trade in New Castle, Pa. He then returned to his native town, and was engaged in the manufacture of shoes until 1894, when he retired. He has a valuable farm, on which he has lived since 1867, and where he carried on his business of shoe manufacturing.

Mr. Gammons was married in 1866 to Miss Mary J. Dieringer. He has no children. He is a member of the Republican party. He has served with credit on the School Committee, and represented the town in the State legislature of 189 1. A Mason in good standing, he belongs to Pythagorean Lodge of Marion, Mass. Mr. Gammons is well known and highly esteemed in Rochester and vicinity.

"ENRY MERRITT, a reliable and successful contractor and builder of 1*^ I Scituate Centre, was born in Scituate, September 5, 1825, son of Asa and Betsey (Cudworth) Merritt. The Merritt family, which is scattered over the States, is descended from Henry Merritt, who was a member of the colony from Kent, England, that settled in Scituate in 1628, and whose memory is perpetuated by a monument erected in the old cemetery at Scituate Harbor. The greatgrandfather of Henry Merritt was James Merritt, and the grandfather was Asa Merritt. Both were lifelong residents of Scituate.

Asa Merritt, the father, was a native of this town; and for some years he followed the trade of a carpenter. During his long useful life he held various town offices, including that of Selectman; and he served as a soldier in the War of 181 2. When he died in 1866, he left the reputation of a worthy citizen. His wife, Betsey Cudworth, also a native of this town, came of an old Scituate family of English origin, sprung from General Cudworth, who served in the colonies under the British crown. Of the children born to Asa and Betsey Merritt, Henry and Asa J. are the only survivors.

Henry Merritt obtained his education in the public schools of his native town and at a private school. At the age of seventeen he commenced to learn the carpenter's trade, serving his apprenticeship with his father. Subsequently, after working as a journeyman for a time, he established himself in the business of contractor and builder, which he has since prosperously followed. For many years past he has also been engaged in agricultural pursuits. On December 25, 1849, he was united in marriage with Lydia B. Merritt. She is a daughter of James L. and Emily (Litchfield) Merritt, both of whom were natives of Scituate. James Merritt served in the War of 1812, and died in this town in 1859. His other surviving children are: Emily C, Harvey, and Amos W. Henry Merritt is a member of the Unitarian church. In politics he is a Republican. Frequent invitations to accept office have been invariably declined by him, he preferring to devote what leisure time he can spare from his business to the enjoyment of the home circle. Yet he takes a lively interest in public affairs, and is ever ready to promote the good of the general community. He occupies the residence which was built b\' his father in 1S17, and which by the aid of a few necessary repairs still wears a wellpreserved appearance. Highly esteemed, and one of the representative men of Scituate, he is a worthy representative of his historic family.

ATTAIN JOHN C. DAWES, a successful coal dealer, and the agent of the Standard Oil Company in Kingston, was born in Duxbury, this county, June 20, 1850, son of Captain James H. and Abbie (Chandler) Dawes. The father is a native of Du.\bury, and the mother of Vermont. An account of the family ancestry will be found in the sketch of Captain James H. Dawes.

After residing in Duxbury until he was twelve years old, John C. Dawes moved with his parents to Kingston, continuing, however, to attend school in his native town. He graduated from the Partridge Academy when he was fifteen years old, and then took a course at French's Commercial College in Boston. At the age of sixteen he began to follow the sea. His first voyages were made with Captain Justus Bailey, who was engaged in the foreign trade. Beginning a year later, he made several voyages with his father. He next served with Captain Walter L. Joslyn, of Duxbury, and then became master of the "Matchless," a twelve-hundred ton ship owned in Boston. He had been engaged in the foreign trade as commander of the "Matchless" for eight years, when early in the eighties he retired from the sea. In the course of his seafaring life he doubled Cape Horn fourteen times and thrice circumnavigated the globe. Subsequently he resided for a time in Mexico, as purchasing agent for the Plymouth Cordage Company. Returning to Kingston, he became a dealer in groceries, grain, hay, and coal. In 1894 he soltl the grocery department to

E. S. Wright, and became the local agent of the Standard Oil Company. He continued in the coal business, which he has since conducted with success.

F. In politics he is a Republican, and the present Secretary of the Republican Town Committee. At one time he served the community as Town Auditor. He is a Director of the Kingston Cemetery Association, and a life member and a steward of the Boston Marine Association. He is a member of Corner Stone Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of^ Duxbury; and of Adams Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Kingston. Taking much interest in yachting, he conceived and organized the Kingston Yacht Club, which was duly chartered May i, 1895, and of which he is the Commodore. He has every reason to feel proud of this club, which is the largest in the State, having two hundred and eighty members; while the club has every reason to be proud of its Commodore.

ILLIAM H. LITCHFIELD, a representative man of Scituate, was born here, September 15, 1825, son of Hubbard and Eliza (Litchfield) Litchfield. He belongs to the seventh generation of Litchfields in this town, descended from Lawrence Litchfield, who settled here in 1636. From Lawrence the line was continued by Josiah, Josiah (second), Nicholas, Isaac, and Abner H., to the father of William H.

Charles Williamson

dren borne by his mother August ii, 1796, the others having been a brother and sister. When of a suitable age, he began to learn the ship carpenter's trade, at which he afterward worked until about twenty-eight years old. He then settled on the estate now occupied by William H. Litchfield, whose dwelling, however, is some distance from that of his father, devoted the rest of his life to agriculture, and died in his eightieth year. He was a member of the Republican party. His wife, also a native of Scituate, bore him several children, of whom the only other survivor is Thomas P., of Abington, Mass.

William H. Litchfield grew to manhood on his father's estate, which has been in the possession of the family for o\'er one hundred and fifty years. He was educated in the Scituate public schools, attending chiefly during the three winter months, and leaving school at the age of sixteen. In his early manhood he worked for a while at blacksmithing. He subsequently engaged in general farming and the business of live stock dealer. During two years of the war period he was in the provision business in Boston with John H. Litchfield (now deceased), under the firm name of John H. Litchfield & Co. Beginning several years ago, he is now engaged in probate business and conveyancing, in connection with the office of Justice of the Peace. He is a Director of the South Scituate Savings Bank, serving also as a member of the Investment Committee. A prudent and careful business man, Mr. Litchfield has been successful in his lifework. His judgment in real estate and other matters has been sought by friend and neighbor. Practically speaking, he is a self-made man.

The Vinals, too, are one of the old families of this town. Mrs Litchfield is descended from Widow Annie Vinal, one of the original Connihasset proprietors who settled here in the seventeenth century. Thomas Vinal, who followed the business of auctioneer, was a prominent man of Scituate, a Mason in good standing. Selectman, Town Clerk, and a Representative in the State legislature. His wife's father, Gideon Jenkins, was a Revolutionary soldier. Mr. and Mrs. Vinal reared a large family, four members of which, besides Mrs. Litchfield, are living. These are: Hannah C, the wife of Robert T. Delano, of San Francisco, Cal. ; Henry G., residing in Plymouth, Mass. ; Cordelia T., the wife of David B. Litchfield, of Scituate; and Annie E. , residing in Scituate. A member of the Republican party, Mr. Litchfield was first elected Selectman in 1867, and served eighteen years in succession, being annually re-elected. During eight years of this time he was Chairman of the Board. While Selectman he was also Town Assessor and Overseer of the Poor. He has been a Justice of the Peace for a prolonged period. Mrs. Litchfield is a member of the Unitarian church.

HARLES WILLIAMSON, who died in December, 1890, at his home in Marshfield, near Humarock, was a well-known, useful, and highly respected citizen, ranking in his day, and- for the greater part of half a century, as one of the most successful farmers of Plymouth County. Mr. Williamson was born in the neighboring town of Duxbury in November, 1825, and was a son of Samuel and Ann (Gulliver) Williamson.

Mr. Charles Williamson's grandfather, Samuel Williamson, was a resident of Marshfield; and in this town his son Samuel, Jr., was born. Samuel Williamson, Jr., resided in Duxbury for a number of years, but spent the latter part of his life on his farm in Marshfield. He was one of the leading men of this town, active in public affairs, and served as Overseer of the Poor. An industrious and thrifty husbandman and a sagacious financier, he accumulated considerable property.

Charles Williamson acquired the most of his education in the common schools of Marshfield, being twelve years of age when his parents removed to this town. He grew to manhood on the homestead near Humarock, and he here followed farming from boyhood to old age, in the winter seasons, for quite a period in his early active life, working diligently at shoemaking - a common practice with New England farmers forty years ago and more. Like his father before him, Mr. Williamson e.xerted his energies to good purpose, and secured the fruits of his toil by making wise investments. In politics he was a strong Democrat. He was frequently urged by his townsmen to accept public ofificc; but, though he served for some time as Road Surveyor of his district, he would not consent to assume other responsibilities, modestly preferring the privacy of his home life. Mr. Williamson was identified for a number of years with the Methodist Episcopal church. He died a little more than six years ago, mourned as an exemplary citizen and a kind and obliging neighbor.

Mr. Williamson married Sarah A. Richards, of Weymouth, Mass. ; and she bore him three children, namely: Emma R., now wife of Abbott F. Lapham, of Marshfield Hills; Charles Henry; and Lizzie C, wife of John H. Flavell, of Marshfield.

Charles Henry Williamson, the only son, was born in Marshfield, March 31, 1855. Reared on his father's farm, he adopted agriculture as a life pursuit, and is recognized as one of the most capable and progressive farmers in this locality. His estate, the ancestral homestead of one hundred and twenty acres, well located, is known as Walnut Grove Farm. It is furnished with comely and convenient builtlings, the residence commanding a broad sea view, and bears everywhere the marks of good care and cultivation. Mr. Williamson farms intelligently, and raises excellent crops. He gives considerable attention to horticulture, growing strawberries and raspberries, as well as apples, cherries, and other orchard fruits. He has recently set out a large number of apple, peach, walnut, and other fruit and shade trees, beautifying his place, and adding to its value.

He was married May 12, 1888, to Alice M. Edwards, daughter of James H. Edwards, of Charlestown, Mass. Four children have blessed their union, but of two of them - Willie and Blanche - they have been bereft. The living are: Paul R. and Olive F. Mr. Charles H. Williamson is independent in politics. He is a worthy representative of an old Marshfield family, and has the confidence and esteem of the community.

R. HOWES, M.D., whose active life has been devoted to the practice of medicine, was born August 12, 1817, in Mattapoisett, Plymouth County. His parents, Abel and Deborah (Ruggles) Howes, natives respectively of Fairhaven and Rochester, Mass.

school. At a later date he went to Peirce Academy in Middleboro, Mass., and subsequently to Fairhaven Academy, distinguishing himself in both institutions by rapid advancement in his studies. At the age of sixteen he began teaching district schools, which occupation he followed for ten years. About the year 1852 he began the study of medicine. After further prosecuting the study for two years in the ofifice of Dr. Sparrow, of Mattapoisett he entered the Berkshire Medical School. Later he became a student in the Harvard Medical School, from which he was duly graduated. He first located in Westerly, R.L He had been there but a short time when the Civil War broke out, and he, in 1 86 1, enlisted in Company D of the Eighteenth Massachusetts Infantry. He was mustered in at Readville, receiving a Lieutenant's commission before starting for the field of action. His regiment was sent to the Potomac, where the men were engaged in building fortifications. In April, 1862, Dr. Howes was taken sick. Later on, being discharged on account of his illness, he returned home. In October, 1863, having regained his health, he re-enlisted as assistant surgeon of the Fourth Massachusetts Infantry, with which he served nine months. He then accepted a position in a counting-room in Mattapoisett for a few years. After this he came to Hanover, resumed his profession, and acquired a large and lucrative practice. In 1884 he turned over his business to his son, and retired from active labor.

In 1848 Dr. Howes was married to Miss Mary W. White. By her he became the father of two children, namely: Clarence L., an able physician, and his father's successor; and Mary W., the wife of Orrin Beals, an architect. He is a comrade of the Joseph E. Wilder Post, No. 83, Grand Army of the Republic, of Hanover, which he has served as Commander and in other offices; and a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

r)RGE W. HUMPHREY, a prominent and highly esteemed resident of Rochester, was born in Jericho, Vt., October 12, 1826, son of Eddy and Phebe (Lee) Humphrey. The father, who was a farmer in Jericho, died aged about seventy years, and the mother at the age of eightythree. They had four children - James L., Edwin, Albert O., and the subject of this sketch. All are living except Edwin, who was killed by lightning when about thirty-five years old. George W. Humphrey received a good education at Jericho Academy. Beginning at the age of twenty-one, he taught school for three years near his home. Then, moving to New Bedford, he taught for about eight months at Fairhaven, Mass. For seven years thereafter he was employed as clerk in the grain store of P. G. Macomber in New Bedford, and for the six years following he was in the clothing business with his brother James L., as partner. In 1862 he moved to the farm in Rochester, which has since been his home. Here he has followed general farming and dairying, and now takes rank among the successful farmers of the locality. He has a valuable estate of two hundred and ten acres, and keeps a number of fine milch cows. Mr. Humphrey is not so active as hewas before he was hurt in a railroad collision at Wareham, Mass., in 1881, while discharging his duties as agent for the Hingham P'ire Insurance Company.

In 1854 he was united in marriage with Miss Mary A. Macomber, of New Bedford. Four children have blessed their union - Carrie F., George E., Chester W. , and Bessie

A. George E. is now deceased. The father is a member of the Congregational church in New Bedford. In politics Mr. Humphrey favors the Republican side. He was in the State legislature in 1872, and he was a Selectman of Rochester for four years. He has also been Assessor, Overseer of the Poor, and School Committee man some time.

T^HARLES H. PAINE, of Halifax, I Vp now living in retirement, will be V»!f__^ readily remembered as Commissioner of the county, which office lie held for thirty consecutive years. His birth took place in the town of Middleboro, Plymouth County, January 5, 1S20, and he is a son of Emerson and Lydia R. (Pendelton) Paine. The father, a minister of religion, was born at Foxboro, Mass., and the mother was a native of Dighton, Mass.

When but three years old, Charles H. Paine removed with his parents to Little Compton, R.I., where the next twelve years of his life were spent, and his education was acquired chiefly in the schools of that place. He is, however, for the most part a self-educated man, having received but little schooling after that time. From Little Compton he returned to Middleboro, and a year later went to Boston, where he was successively Employed in a wholesale drug store and clothing store for a year each. At the age of eighteen he shipped before the mast on the whaling vessel "Roman," for a two years' cruise in the Indian Ocean and the Southern Pacific. After this he went on a six months' trip aboard a merchant vessel, sailing from New York to Rio Janeiro. He then came to Halifax, and learned shoemaking, after which he undertook the manufacture of shoes, and was successfully engaged in that business for twenty years. In i860 he was chosen County Commissioner, and held the office until 1890. While serving in this capacity he took up surveying and civil engineering, at which, in time, he acquired a large business. In i8go, when he reached the age of threescoie and ten, he retired from active occupation.

On Christmas Day, 1845, Mr. Paine and Miss Cordelia Bryant, of Halifax, were united in marriage. They have had six children, as follows: Lydia R., now deceased ; Charles I., foreman of the Herod shoe shop in Brockton; Annie, the wife of Samuel Alden; Frank, an electrician, residing in Plymouth; Emerson, who died in 1886; and Lena, the wife of P'rank Woodward, of Bridgewater, who is engaged in the manufacture of boxes at Brockton. Since the organization of the Republican party, Mr. Paine has been one of its stanch supporters. He served as Town Treasurer and Selectman in the fifties, and he has been a Justice of the Peace for about forty years, having received the commission originally under Governor Banks.

EWIS N. CURTIS was a well-known and much esteemed resident of Itgypt. He was born in Scituate, March 3, 1812, son of Charles and Abigail (Litchfield) Curtis. Both parents were natives of Scituate. The family is one of the oldest anil most [M'ominent in this town.

Having attended the common schools for the usual period, Lewis N. Curtis learned the shoemaker's trade, and afterward followed it for many years. The latter part of his life was spent exclusively in cultivating a good farm located in Egypt. He labored industriously for the affluence that rewarded him. By those manly traits of character which unconsciously assert their presence in those who possess them he gained the sincere good will of his neighbors and fellow-townsmen. He took a deep interest in all matters of public importance, and in politics he acted with the Republican party. His death occurred at his home in the village on July 9, 1894, at the age of eighty-two years, since which his family mourn him as a kind, affectionate, and indulgent husband and father.

On November 28, 1843, Mr. Curtis was united in marriage with Harriet T. Litchfield, who survives him. She was born in Scituate, September 30, 1822, daughter of Paul and Harriet (V^inal) Litchfield. The great-grandfather of Mrs. Curtis was Thomas, and her grandfather was Roland Litchfield. Her ancestry is traced tiirough several generations to the original founder of the family in America, who settled in Scituate during the early Colonial period. Paul Litchfield, who passed his entire life in Plymouth County, and died in Scituate, October i, 1S76, was the father of several children. Of these, Harriet T., now Mrs. Curtis, is the only one living. Mrs. Curtis has one daughter, Harriet M. The homestead, which she still occupies, was formerly her father's property. She and her daughter full)- merit the sincere estimation in which they are held by their numerous friends and acquaintances. Both ladies are prominent members of the Congregational church.

Aitain Ichabod F. Atwood

a prominent town officer of Middle- ^^^_,^ boro, was born in Fall Brook in this town, March 13, 1820. His parents were Nathaniel and Zilpha (Shurtleff) Atwood, and he is the only survivor of their five children - Flora, Gardener, Reuel, Polly, and Ichabod. He attended district schools and Peirce Academy in his native town in his early years, making such good progress in his studies that, at the age of fifteen, he began teaching. For more than thirty years he was engaged in this profession, and, with the exception of a single year, confined his efforts to Plymouth County. For several years he was connected with the mills at Fall Brook and Rock, where he has resided since 1866.

In politics Captain Atwood is a Republican, and he has been very influential in town affairs, serving in many important local offices, namely: as Justice of the Peace over forty-five years; Surveyor, forty years; Selectman and Overseer of the Poor, three years; School Committee several years; and also as Auditor and Assessor. Having an excellent knowledge of law, he was often called upon during his official term as Selectman to settle estates. He is a member of the Methodist church at Middleboro.

In 1 84 1 Captain Atwood married Miss Abigail Thomas, of Middleboro. Four children were born of this union, and all of them are now living; namely, Emery ¥., Charles N., Harvey N., and Hannah Z.

LDEN ROUNESVILLE, a prosperous umber manufacturer of Rochester, Mass., was born April 10, 1827, in F"reetown, Bristol County, son of Alden and Cornelia (Ashley) Rounesville. When he was thirteen years old he went to Rochester to live, and there acquired his education in' the district school and at Rochester Academy. At the age of si.xteen he shipped before the mast on a whaling vessel bound for the Indian Ocean, and was out twenty-seven months. Although life on a whaler is a hard one, the travel and adventure, the excitement of the pursuit and capture of the ocean leviathan, pleased the lad, and he shipped for another voyage. This time he sailed over both the Atlantic and the Indian Oceans, being gone twenty-five months and five days. On his return to New Bedford in 1849, he was interested by the stories of fortunes to be had for the taking in the gold fields of California, and at the first opportunity shipped on a sailing-vessel bound for the new El Dorado by the Cape route. Mr. Rounesville engaged in prospecting and mining with varying results, and remained until February, 1853, when he returned by way of the Isthmus. After staying a short time in Rochester he shipped once more on a whaling vessel. During this voyage he was third mate, and was out one year. He next joined a vessel at Honolulu as first mate, prolonging his absence from home, and was on the sea some two and a half years more. On the next voyage, which was his last, he sailed as first mate. He was gone eighteen months whaling in both the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans. Having visited almost every known quarter of the globe, and met all sorts and conditions of men, he settled down in his present home in Rochester, among the friends and associations of his childhood. At first he engaged in the manufacture of lumber and grist-milling. His grist-mill was destroyed by fire in 1881, since which time he has devoted himself mainly to the lumber industry. His chief products are box boards and shingles. He also carries on general farming, owning eleven hundred acres in the town of Rochester, and four hundred acres in other places.

In 1854 Mr. Rounesville was married to Miss Rosie Gammons, who has borne him five children - Frances, Arthur, Ella, Horace, and Albert. Ella is now deceased. Mr. Rounesville, who is a Republican in politics, and has served as Selectman of Rochester for twelve years, is widely known and respected.

ARREN B. STETSON, shoe manufacturer, of Middleboro, Mass., is one of the prominent and influential citizens of this place, active in all movements of public importance. A son of David B. and Abigail (Spear) Stetson, he was born in Quincy, Mass., September 26, 1842.

David B. Stetson was born in Weymouth, Mass. He was in trade in Quincy for fiftyfour years, and no other merchant in the place had so long a record. He died in Middleboro in 1895, at the age of seventy-eight. His wife, Mrs. Abigail S. Stetson, died in 1864, aged forty-eight years. Five children completed the household circle of Mr. and Mrs. David B. Stetson: Warren B. ; Abbie E., wife of H. O. Studley, of Quincy; Arthur Lorin, who died when about four and a half years old, a remarkable child, who could solve on a slate the most intricate mathematical problems; Ella Lorin, who is now managing the store in Quincy, the business being still conducted, by his request, in her father's name; and Arthur Woodward, also living in Quincy.

Warren B. Stetson, the subject of this sketch, attended school in Quincy, taking a high rank in scholarship, and graduated at the high school at the age of sixteen as salutatorian. The storm of secession was brewing during his last years of study, and the firing on Fort Sumter aroused many of the Quincy school boys to take up arms for the Union. Young Stetson was one of these. On May 16, 1 861, he enlisted in Company B, Thirteenth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, the Fourth Battalion of Rifles being the nucleus from which the regiment was formed. His term of enlistment was three years, but was cut short on account of illness. After the second battle of Bull Run he was in Fairfax Seminary Hospital, and when able to go about he was employed as steward, nurse, surgeon's assistant, and clerk in the dispensary; but his health was very poor, and on December 31, 1862, he was discharged on account of disability.

After a season of recuperation at home he offered himself again, but was rejected, being physically too weak for military service. He was then employed as travelling salesman for a large shoe firm in Boston, and subsequently acted in the same capacity for another house, giving some three years and a half to this line of effort. At the end of that time he started in business for himself, opening a retail shoe store in Stamford, Conn., which he successfully managed for thirteen years and a half. He then removed to North Middleboro, and later to Middleboro, buying in 1S79 the business of E. E. Perkins & Son. In 1882 he established his factory at its present location. Mr. Stetson thoroughly understands the quality and make-up of shoes of all grades, and has been very successful in business.

He married Miss Margaret H. Hoyt, of Concord, N.H., and has five children - William W., Maybelle Howe, Ella H., Arthur O., and Edward L. He has been a Republican since qualified to exercise the right of suffrage, and he cast his first Presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln. In local politics he takes an active interest; and for the past twelve years he has been in office, serving alternately as Chairman and as Secretary of the Republican Town Committee. He is now serving a second term as member of the Board of Registration. As a Mason he has taken ten degrees, and is a member of Union Lodge, No. 5, of Stamford, Conn.; Rittenhouse Chapter, No. 1 1 ; and of Washington Council, No. 6, of the same place. He belongs to the Improved Order of Red Men; and as a Grand Army man he has long been active and prominent. He is historian of E. W. Pierce Post, No. 8, and was Commander of the post during the erection of the beautiful Soldiers' Monument in Middleboro, which cost about four thousand, two hundred dollars. Mr. Stetson was the originator and one of the agents in the movement to erect it, collecting funds, and working enthusiastically and successfully for its completion. He is a zealous member of the Central Baptist Church, and a teacher in the Sunday-school.

ON. GEORGE W. EMERY, now resident of Marshfield, Mass., was the Governor of Utah, who so ably piloted the Territory through the most trying period of its history. He was born August I3> 1833, in Corinth, near Bangor, Me., son of Oliver Hubbard and Hannah Osgood (Porter) Emery. When he was six years of age his parents removed to Berwick, Me., his father's native town, and not very long afterward they removed from -Berwick to Medford, Mass., where the family lived for nearly fifty years, and where his father and mother died and are buried.

Mr. Emery comes of Puritan stock by both parents. On the father's side he belongs to the eighth generation descended from Anthony Emery, who came to Boston in the ship "James," June, 1635; while on his mother's side he is of the eighth generation descended _ from John Porter, who also left England in 1635, and settled in Hingham, Mass. Mr. Emery's mother was a daughter of Nathaniel Porter, a native of Ipswich, Mass., who was a Revolutionary soldier; and she was a kinswoman of the Johnsons, the Osgoods, the Putnams, the Endicotts, the Woodburys, and the Dodges and Ingallses, of Essex County. The blood relations on his father's side were the

Lords, the Hoopers, the Hubbards, the Godwins, the Chadbournes, and the Stacys of York County, Maine. Two of Mr. Emery's great-uncles served under the famous naval hero, Paul Jones, one being his sailingmaster.

George W. Emery's preparatory course for college was begun at the Literary Institute in New Hampton, N.H., and continued at Colby Academy, New London, N.H. Here he was graduated in June, 1854, being the only pupil who had that honor. In the same year he entered Dartmouth College, where, after completing a four years' course, he was graduated in the class of 1858. Without loss of time he then pursued a full course at the Law School at Albany, N.Y. ; was graduated with the degree of LL.B. ; -was admitted to the bar in that State; and immediately entered the law office of the late General Benjamin F. Butler in Boston.

In 1865, after the close of the Civil War, abandoning the legal profession, Mr. Emery went to Nashville, Tenn., and engaged in planting and milling. The bitter feeling with which all Northern men were then, and for many years afterward, regarded in the South, was manifested in his case by the burning of his mill in 1868. In 1869 he was appointed Supervisor of Internal Revenue. The district at first placed under his charge was gradually extended until it included the States of Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Te.xas. He had under him more than twenty-five hundred men, whose appointment came from Washington, D.C. , and he had the care of si.x hundred and twenty-five registered grain distilleries in Kentucky alone, besides a large number of fruit distilleries. He had also a standing order from the Secretary of War, directed to the commanders of all the military posts in his district, instructing them to render all the assistance he might deem necessary to enforce the law; and this required at times from five to ten squads of cavalry.

This enlargement of his authority was eloquent testimony to his fitness for the office, whose duties no ordinary man could then discharge. It was in the "reconstruction times," when the civil agents of the Federal government were frequently resisted with outrage and murder, and the Kuklux Klan was pursuing its career of crime. Combining the executive ability desirable in a military leader with the tact and resource that should characterize a diplomat, while now and again compelled to call the troops to his aid. Supervisor Emery amply justified the confidence of the national government. During his residence in Tennessee he was for several years Chairman of the Republican Executive Committee of the State. While in the South he became personally acquainted with many of the leaders of the late Confederacy, among them its President, Jefferson Davis, with whom he often conversed.

President Grant was so well pleased with Mr. Emery's services as Supervisor of Internal Revenue in the Southern States mentioned, that, of his own volition, without a word of suggestion from Mr. Emery, he, in the spring of 1875, appointed him Governor of Utah.

At the time Governor Emery went to Utah all the elective offices in that Territory were filled by the Mormons, they being largely in the majority over the Gentiles, as they called all who were not of their faith. Three biennial legislatures held their sessions during his term of office. Every member of these legislatures was a Mormon, and all but three were living in polgyamy. The Governor had the absolute veto power, Utah being the only State or Territory where that power existed.

It was a current saying among members of the legislature that, " it was the Governor against the Mormons"; and it was only through him that the Gentiles could expect any legislation favorable to themselves. From the time of Brigham Young, who was the first governor, there had been a constant conflict between the Executive and members of the legislature, the result being that but little legislation had been enacted that was beneficial. The laws previously enacted had not been compiled. The session laws were published in pamphlet form, and tied together with red tape, this bundle of pamphlets containing all the laws that had been enacted, modified, or repealed up to this date. The consequence was that neither judges nor lawyers knew what the law was on any subject, especially that portion of the statutes relating to the criminal law, and as a further consequence there were then only three convicts in the ]ienitentiary. Another untoward circumstance lay in the fact that the Territory was badly in debt. Territorial scrip had really no value except for payment of taxes at thirty-five cents on the dollar.

Governor Emery, however, did not disappoint the hopes placed in him. His successful administration is now a matter of history. Its earlier part was a stormy period in Salt Lake City. Exercising his absolute veto power, he rendered nugatory more than half the legislation passed at the first session of the legislature under his governorship. The effect of this stern resistance was seen in the diminished aggressiveness of subsequent sessions, but the struggle continued for some time after. When Governor Emery left Utah, territoral scrip was as good as greenbacks; and instead of three convicts in the penitentiary there were eighty-seven. Several executions took place during his administration, among them that of John D. Lee, who was connected

The latter part of the Governor's administration, which lasted five years, was comparatively quiet and pleasant for him. Among his visitors in Salt Lake City were President Grant and family ; a number of Senators and members of Congress; Dom Pedro, the Emperor of Brazil; Lord and Lady Dufferin ; Sir George Bowen, Governor-general of Australia; distinguished military men, among them Generals Sherman and Sheridan; various lords and their ladies from abroad ; and men eminent in science and literature. All these were guests of the Governor. L^pon his departure from the Territory, he received from the representative people a souvenir of his stay in the form of a valuable watch, bearing the inscription, "Presented to Governor Emery by his friends in Utah, regardless of party"; and some time after, the legislature testified its respect for him by giving his name to a new county.

On April 11, 1866, Mr. Emery was united in marriage with Miss Marcia Ives Hall, daughter of Samuel and Huldah Barstow (Sherman) Hall, of Boston. He has one child, a son, Frank Hall Emery, who was born in Boston, May 6, 1867. Mrs. Emery's parents are now deceased. Her father was a distinguished ship-builder, and President of the Maverick Bank of Boston until his death. Both Mr. and Mrs. Emery affiliate with the Congregational church. -

After leaving Salt Lake City for the East, Governor Emery settled in that part of Marshfield called Sea View, where he has a beautiful country seat. The commodious dwelling, built by himself in 1885-86, is picturesquely situated on a sightly elevation near the shore, surrounded by extensive grounds, embracing several hundred acres diversified with trees

The Hon. George W. Emery is held in the highest esteem by his neighbors in Marshfield. In politics he has supported the Republican party ever since he attained his majority. He takes a practical interest in farming, and was for several years President of the Marshfield Agricultural Society. He is a Trustee of the New England Agricultural Society, and a member of the Marshall P. Wilder Club, the oldest dining-club in Massachusetts. He was made a Mason in Massachusetts Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Boston. He is also a member of the Sons of the American Revolution.

Ex-Governor Emery is a good illustration of the sagacious remark that the country will never lack for Presidential timber so long as we have our State and Territorial governments on which to raise it.

ARD LITCHFIELD, a representative of one of the oldest families of Scituatc, who died at his home in Egypt, Plymouth County, Mass., January 24, 1892, was born in Scituate, September 11, 18 19, son of Thomas and Mabel (Vinal) Litchfield. His parents were natives of Scituate, and his grandfather, Deacon Ward Litchfield, was in his day one of the bestknown residents of this town.

Ward Litchfield was educated in the public schools of his native town. When fourteen years old he went to Quincy, Mass., where he served an apprenticeship of five years at the painter's trade, which he followed subsequently as a journeyman in Boston. He was later engaged as a contracting painter in Quincy for a number of years, and in 1853 he established himself in the same business in Scituate. For many years he conducted a successful business, doing a large amount of contract work; and he also owned and cultivated a farm of forty acres. In politics he acted with the Republican party, but his modest and retiring disposition prevented him from taking any active part in public affairs. His upright character and strict adherence to principle won the sincere respect and admiration of his acquaintances, and his death, which took place upon the date above mentioned, at the age of nearly seventy-three years, was the cause of general regret. On January i, 1845, Mr. Litchfield was united in marriage with Miss Angeline Woods, who was born in Mount Vernon, Kennebec County, Me., a daughter of Henry and Hannah (Cram) Woods. Her parents were natives of Maine. Mrs. Litchfield still occupies the homestead, and is highly respected in this town. She has an adopted daughter, Ella F. She attends the Congregational church.

Jhlemon W. Maglathlin

JHLEMON W. MAGLATHLIN, one of the representative business men of Plymouth County, and a member of the firm of F. W. Maglathlin & Co., tack manufacturers of Kingston, was born in this town, July 12, 1844, son of Peter W. and Marcia G. (Bradford) Maglathlin. The family was founded in America by John Maglathlin, a Scotchman, who settled in Kingston during the Colonial period. He died here in 1772, and his mortal remains were buried in the old Kingston Cemetery. His son Joseph, who was born in Kingston, was Philemon W. Maglathlin's great-grandfather; and his son, Peter W., first, was Mr. Maglathlin's grandfather. He was a native of Kingston, and was a seafaring man.

sketch, was born in Kingston; and his wife, Marcia G. Bradford, was a native of Maine. He learned the trade of a ship caiker, and followed this occupation in connection with farming, making his home in Kingston until his death, which took place in the seventies. He was a man of considerable prominence in local public affairs, and served as a member of the School Committee. In politics he was originally a Whig, and later a Republican. He was twice married, and of his children the following survive: Harvey W. ; Philemon W., the subject of this sketch; Onslow VV. ; Edwin W. ; and Horace B. - all of Kingston; Angle, wife of Elliott Blanchard, of Turner, Me. ; and Helen A., wife of Barker Baker, of North Hanson, Mass.

Philemon VV., the second son, as above named, acquired a good practical education in the public schools of Kingston, and grew to manhood in this town. At the age of twentytwo he went to Worcester, Mass., where he began to learn the mason's trade. After serving an apprenticeship of over three years, he worked at the trade in Worcester for five years. He then became master mason for the Old Colony Railroad Company, and for twentythree years had full charge of the work in his line completed by that company. In 1894 he erected and equipped a building in Kingston for the manufacture of tacks, putting in improved machinery, and organizing the firm of F. W. Maglathlin & Co., consisting of P. W. Maglathlin and his son, F. W. Maglathlin, has since carried on a large and successful business.

On April 26, 1863, Mr. Maglathlin married Mahala E. Bonney, of Kingston. She is a daughter of John and Mary (Maglathlin) Bonney, the former of whom was born in Hanson, Mass., and the latter in Pembroke. Mrs. Maglathlin's father is still residing in Kingston, and her mother is no longer living. She has one brother, Charles F. A. Bonney, who is a resident of this town. Mr. and Mrs. Maglathlin have three children - Frank W., Elizabeth F. , and Grace W.

In politics Mr. Maglathlin is a Republican, and has served with ability as a member of the School Committee. He takes an active interest in the general improvement of the town, and has an extended acquaintance throughout the county. He is a self-made man who owes his success in life to his own personal efforts, and he has every reason to be proud of the result. He occupies one of the finest residences in Kingston, situated on Summer Street, in the outskirts of the village, and the family enjoy cordial social relations. Mr. Maglathlin is a member of Adams Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

§OSHUA WESTON, formerly in business as a ship-calkcr in Boston, now a retired resident of Du,\bury, Mass., was born in this town, October 20, 1818, son of Asa and Eunice (Bradford) Weston. The family, which is of English origin, descends from an early settler in Duxbury; and Joshua Weston's grandfather, Asa Weston, first, is said to have served in the war for independence.

Asa Weston, second, Mr. Joshua Weston's father, was a native and lifelong resident of Duxbury. In his younger Tiays he followed" the sea, and for a number of years he was master of a vessel engaged in making fishing voyages to the Grand Banks of New Foundland. His wife, who was before marriage Eunice Bradford, and was a native of Duxbury, became the mother of several children, of whom five are living, namely: Bradford; Joshua, the subject of this sketch; George;

Joshua resided with his parents until he was eleven years old, and then went to live with his uncle, George Bradford, in Vermont, where he remained for over three years. He acquired a common-school education, and after his return to his native town he was for some three years engaged in the fishing industry. He then learned the ship-calker's trade in Kingston, and later established himself in that business in Boston, having for a partner Daniel T. Samson. The firm of Samson & Weston, whose office was located at 317 Commercial Street, carried on a large and profitable business, as shipwrights and calkers for several years. They finally admitted Sylvester Goodwin as a partner, and some time later Mr. Weston withdrew from the firm, and conducted business upon his own account until 1886, when he retired. He had always made Duxbury his summer home, and since his retirement he has resided here permanently.

Mr. Weston has been twice married. His first wife was Olive A. Jones, a native of Monmouth, Me. ; and his present wife, whom he wedded in 1855, was before marriage Cordelia W. Bailey. Her father was a native of Nantes, France, and served as a soldier under Bonaparte. By this union there are two children, namely: Annie W. ; and Joshua B., who is now a merchant at 29 Arch Street, Boston.

During his business career Mr. Weston resided in East Boston, and for four years he was a member of the Common Council of Boston from Ward i. In politics he supports the Democratic party. He has advanced in Masonry to the Royal Arch degree, and is a member of St. John's Chapter of East Boston. Like the majority of prosperous business men, he has made his own way in life, and as the result of his industry is able to pass his declining years in rest and recreation in his native town, where he is respected and esteemed by the entire community.

/^Teorge H. WEATHERBEE, of \Wj^ Marshfield Hills, Clerk and Treasurer of the town of Marshfield, was born in Boston, Mass., November 29, 183 1, son of George H. and Sarah B. (Clapp) Weatherbee. The Weatherbees are of Scotch extraction. John Weatherbee resided in Billerica, Mass., and in that town his son, George H. Weatherbee, Sr. , was born.

This gentleman settled in East Marshfield now Marshfield Hills, about 1832, and was engaged in mercantile business here for a number of years, at the same time extensively manufacturing ready-made clothing for Andrew Carney, of Boston, Mass. He was a very successful business man. About 1857 he removed to Scituate, where he died in 1877. While residing in Marshfield he was Overseer of the Poor for a number of years. His wife was born in Scituate. Of their children, the following are living: George H., the father's namesake; Sarah B., widow of Elisha W. yall, late a prominent citizen of Marshfield Hills; Georgiana, wife of Daniel Howard, of South Natick, Mass. ; Amanda, wife of S. N. Bissel, of Providence, R.I. ; and John, in Scituate, Mass.

George H., the elder son and the special subject of this sketch, was one year old when his parents came to East Marshfield, and in this town he acquired his education, attending public and private schools. When he was sixteen years old he entered the employ of Haughton, Sawyer & Co., a dry-goods firm of Boston, Mass., and was with them five years.

Returning then to East Marshfield, he was in trade for a number of years as partner with Elisha W. Hall, under the firm name of Hall & Weatherbee. He subsequently started an independent mercantile business in East Marshfield, which was very successful. Mr. Weatherbee is practically a self-made man, and has carved his fortune with his own hands. He is Treasurer of the Railroad Sinking Fund of Marshfield.

On January 13, 1859, he was united in marriage with Martha W. Bartlett, of Plymouth, Mass., a descendant of John Alden, whose quaint romance has been made famous by the poet Longfellow. Six children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Weatherbee, namely: Martha B. (deceased); Mabel R., wife of W. C. Boyden, sub-master of the Girls' Norma] School at Boston, son of Professor A. G. Boyden, principal of the State Normal School, Bridgewater; Blanche, assistant teacher in the West Roxbury High School at Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass. ; Alice, wife of S. C. Morehouse, of Fairfield, Conn. ; Charles G., a grammar school principal in Newton Upper Falls, Mass. ; and George, a civil engineer employed in Brockton, Mass.

Mr. Weatherbee, who is a Republican, has been in office as Town Clerk and Treasurer since 1894, and is also clerk of the Registry of Voters and a Justice of the Peace. He has been a member of the School Committee for six years. As a Mason he belongs to Corner Stone Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Duxbury. He is a member of the Unitarian Society, and for some fifteen years was Sunday-school superintendent. In every position which he has occupied he has performed his duties faithfully and efficiently, and no citizen of Marshfield stands higher than he in the esteem of his fellow -men. .

Ttaaptain Zenas H. Crocker

TTAAPTAIN ZENAS H. CROCKER, I Sr proprietor and manager of a lumber V»i£_^^ and coal yard at Marion, Plymouth County, was born August 25, 1845, in the village of Wareham, a son of Walton N. and Elizabeth (Swift) Crocker.