Plymouth Town (part 52 of 54)

(sJVLBERT L. ALGER, wholesale milk /=-4 dealer, owns a good farm of one hun- ^ ® V..^ dred and fifty acres in West Bridgewater, and his house, which was built in 1806, has sheltered generations of Algers. He was born in this town, March 27, 1839, son of Ward and Elizabeth L. (Howard) Alger, both natives of West Bridgewater. His greatgrandfather, Nathan Alger, was an early settler in the Alger neighborhood; and his grandfather, Willis Alger, was born here. Ward Alger passed his life in his native town, dying in November, 1S92. In politics he was a Republican; in religious belief, a Baptist. His wife died in April, 1894. They were the parents of three children: Mary Elizabeth, the eldest, deceased; Luther W, ; and Albert L., the subject of this sketch.

Albert L. Alger acquired his primary education in the schools of the district. With the intention of qualifying himself as a civil engineer he began a course of study at Middleboro Academy, but, changing his mind, did not complete it. Giving his attention to dairy farming, for which his e.xtensive estate offers admirable facilities, he has developed a thriving business which brings him a generous annual income. In social matters relating to agriculture he has long taken a prominent part, exercising the authority born of experience and knowledge of this sphere of industry. He was for six years a Trustee of the I'lymouth County Agricultural Society; was two years superintendent of the agricultural grounds at Bridgewater; and he is one of the leading members of West Bridgewater Grange, No. 156.

Mr. Alger was married November 21, 1858, to Miss Flora Williams, of Raynham, Mass., daughter of George and Harriet (Bassett) Williams; and three children have blessed their union. The eldest, Hattie F. , a graduate of the State Normal School at Bridgewater, is the wife of Clinton P. Howard; the second child, Lucia, who also is a Normal School graduate, is teaching in Somerville, Mass. ; and the youngest, George, a graduate of the commercial department of Bristol County Academy, who attended the Massachusetts State Agricultural College at Amherst for two years, but was obliged to give up his studies on account of ill-health, is in the retail coal business at Westdale, Mass.

Mr. Albert L. Alger was for three successive years, 1893, 1894, and 1895, a delegate to the Republican State Convention ; and he was for four years Treasurer of the Republican Town Committee. In all local political movements he takes an active part, and his opinion is received with respect. He is well advanced in Masonry, being a member of Paul Revere Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Satucket Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, and Bay State Commandery, Knights Templars, all of Brockton ; also a member of Aleppo Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Boston; and he is affiliated with Howard Lodge, Knights of Pythias, of

West Bridgewater. A member of the Baptist church at West Bridgewater, he has officiated as Deacon for some time, and has served on the Finance Committee of the church. Of a genial and obliging disposition and publicspirited, Mr. Alger is widely and favorably known throughout the county.

SUTHER KEENE is one of the oldest native residents of Hanson, born May ^01^ 23, 1805, son of Ebenezer and Mehitable (Phillips) Keene. The family are of English origin. Martha Keene, a widow, came to America with her five children in 1638, in the ship "Fortune. " She settled in Marshfield ; and from her was descended in direct line Isaiah Keene, the great-grandfather of our subject, who was born in Pembroke, now South Hanson, and took part as a drummer-boy in the battle of Bunker Hill. He was engaged the greater part of his life in farming. His wife, a Miss Bisby before marriage, became the mother of a large family of children. Their son, Isaiah Keene, Jr., was born in Duxbury, and on reaching maturity took up his father's occupation of farming, which he followed with good success. He married Lydia, daughter of James and Lydia Vaughn, of Hanson ; and they had' several children. Fibenezer Keene, the eldest son, and father of Luther, was born in Hanson, February 1 1, 17S2, and was a lifelong resident of this town. He was a successful farmer and a prominent citizen, being called upon at different times to serve in various town offices. He married Mehitable Phillips, daughter of Lock Phillips; and they had ten children.

Luther Keene, direct subject of this sketch, was the eldest child of his parents. He was educated in the public schools, and subsequently engaged in farming with his father.

He also went into the business of manufacturing charcoal, for which he found a ready market in Boston, transporting it to that city with an ox-team twice a week. Mr. Keene has always been prompt to perform his duties as a citizen. He takes an intelligent interest in public affairs, and has held several town offices, having served two years as Overseer of the Poor. He was at one time Cajitain of the Hanson militia, and was very popular in military circles. Mr. Keene married Almira, daughter of Jonathan Reed, of Kast Bridgewater. He and his wife had three children - Leonard, David, and Sophronia. Leonard, the only survivor, is employed in Boston as a machinist, .but resides in North Weymouth.

of Scituate, is an able and wide- \J? ^ awake citizen who has travelled extensively and taken an active part in military, mercantile, and political affairs. He was born in Rockland, Mass., February 23, 1833, son of Josiah and Sophronia (Jenkins) Soule, and is descended from George Soule, one of the "Mayflower" Pilgrims.

Josiah Soule was a native of Duxbury, Mass., and a son of Josiah Soule, Sr. , of that town. He learned the hatter's trade in his youth, and worked at it for a number of years in Scituate; then engaged in shoemaking, eventually establishing a manufacturing business. Until 1856 he was a Jacksonian Democrat. He then joined the new-born Republican party, around whose standards all opposed to slavery were rallying, and was faithful to its principles the rest of his life. Mr. Josiah Soule was a lifelong resident of Plymouth County. He died in Rockland in June, 1886, aged eighty-six years. His wife, Mrs. Sophronia J. Soule, was a native of Scituate-

Charles W. Soule entered the world of trade at the age of fifteen, obtaining a clerkship in a store in Rockland, Mass. He remained in this establishment a number of years, eventually purchasing the business and conducting it successfully for an extended period. In 1858 he went West, and in that then wild country he had many thrilling experiences. He was one of a company who travelled from Leavenworth, Kan., to Denver, Col., with mules and wagons, camping on the plains at night. The journey, which is now made so quickly by rail, consumed twenty-six days, and was attended with many dangers from Indians and wild beasts. Arriving in Denver, which bore little resemblance at that time to the beautiful city of to-day, Mr. Soule engaged in mercantile business. In the latter part of 1861 he returned to Scituate; and on August 24, 1862, he enlisted as a private in the Forty-third Massachusetts Regiment of Volunteer Infantry. On the organization of Company F he was chosen Captain. Mustered in September 12, 1862, his regiment was incorporated with the Eighteenth Army Corps, and was sent to North Carolina to join General Foster's command. Here Captain Soule participated in the battles of Goklsboro, Kingston, and Whitehall, serving eleven months, though he had enlisted but for nine. After receiving his discharge, he returned to Plymouth County. He subsequently went to Tennessee, and opened a store; but the South did not suit him, and he finally returned to the old Ba5' State, and was engaged until 1872 in mercantile business in Rockland. In that year he obtained a position in the paving department of the City Corporation of Boston, which occupied him some two years and a half; and he was afterward engaged in other business in Boston until 1886, the year of his permanent settlement in Scituate.

Independent in politics, reserving the privilege of voting for the best candidate irrespective of party, Captain Soule has long been actively interested in public matters. He served as Selectman of Rockland and as a member of the School Committee, and was elected from that town to the Lower House of the State legislature in 1869. An active Grand Army man, he was Commander of George W. Perry Post, No. 31, of Scituate, for two years, and is still a member of that body.

Captain Soule was married May 29, 1855, to Annie E., daughter of Captain John and Abigail T. (Ford) Manson, all natives of Scituate. Mrs. Soule's grandparents were Captain Nehemiah and Hannah (Lincoln) Manson. Captain Nehemiah Manson, who was a master mariner, served in the Revolutionary War. His wife was a member of the family to which President Lincoln belonged. John Manson, Mrs. Soule's father, followed the sea from early youth. He was a great many years in the employ of William F. Weld & Co., having charge as Captain of different vessels of their line, mainly in the New Orleans and Liverpool trade. This was before the time of transatlantic steamers, and Captain John Man.son transported many emigrants from Liverpool to American ports. He commanded the "Meridian," in her day the largest merchantman afloat ; and the last vessel under his charge was the "Golden Fleece," in which he made three trips from New York and Boston to California, doubling Cape Horn. Two of his sons and a grandson succeeded him in the same occupation. The Captain was at first a Whig and later a Republican, and represented his party in the Massachusetts legislature in 1868. An upright and conscientious man, who always respected his neighbors' rights and privileges, he was held in the highest regard by all who knew him.

He was a constant attendant of the Unitarian church. He died in Scituate, July 14, 1SS9, aged eighty-four. Five of his children are living, namely: Annie E. (Mrs. Soule), Captain John L. Manson, George W. , and Captain Edmund S. Manson, all of Dorchester, Mass. ; and Helen M., wife of Dr. George O. Jenkins, of 510 Broadway, South Boston.

Mrs. Soule was educated in public and private schools in Scituate and at Wheaton Seminary, Norton, Mass. She is prominent and popular in society, and has served efficiently for some length of time as President and Treasurer of the Woman's Relief Corps, attached to George W. Perry Post, No. 31, Grand Army of the Republic. She is also a Daughter of the American Revolution. Three children have blessed the union of Captain and Mrs. Soule: John M., a citizen of East Weymouth, Mass., and Charles S., in Somerville, Mass., both being in business with wholesale houses in Boston; and Captain Arthur L. Soule, a resident of San Francisco, master of the bark "Martha Davis," engaged in the sugar trade between San Francisco and Honolulu.

AMUEL H. HOWARD, a highly respected citizen of West Bridgewater, where he is now living in retirement, is a native of this town. He was born December i, 181 5, a son of Alfred and Hannah (Hartwell) Howard, both of whom were born in West Bridgewater, Mass. Nathan Howard, the father of Alfred, was a lineal descendant of John Howard, the first of the name to settle in Old Bridgewater.

Alfred Howard, who lived in West Bridgewater all his life, died here in May, 1856, in his eighty-second year. He was a Whig in politics, and had a large accjuainfance through- out this locality. Mrs. Howard's father was a Lieutenant in the Revolutionary struggle. She and her husband are survived by three children, namely : Jane, widow of the late Lloyd Howard, of West Bridgewater; Julia, widow of the late Ephraim Howard, of West Bridgewater; and Samuel H.

Samuel H. Howard, the only son, grew to man's estate on the farm where he resides and has been a lifelong farmer. He received in his boyhood a good common-school education. For four years he was superintendent of the town farm in North Bridgewater, now Brockton, and for two years of the town farm of West Bridgewater; but aside from that the rest of his active life he has spent on his farm, where he has been successfully engaged in general husbandry.

On October 15, 1840, Mr. Howard married Miss Lavina Wilbur, daughter of Marshall and Phoebe (Leonard) Wilbur, of Bridgewater, Mass. She was born in Warren, Me., July 18, 1817. Her father, who died in 1835, was a native of Bristol County, Massachusetts, and her mother of Middleboro, Mass. They lived in Maine eleven years, coming from there to Bridgewater. Mr. Marshall Wilbur, who was Captain of a military company while residing in Warren, lost his life by falling from a mill that he was building in Orono, Me. His father was George Wilbur, and the family is one of the oldest in Bridgewater. Of the children born to Mr. and Mrs, Wilbur, four are living, namely: Horatio N. ; Lavina, Mrs. Howard ; George ; and Keziah, the widow of Elam Howard. A son named Marshall died in California, and his brother Edwin died in Bridgewater. Mr. and Mrs. Howard have had four children, of whom three are living: Lucinda K., widow of Frank Cooper; George; and Irvin. For a number of years Mr. Howard has served acceptably as Selectman of West fi^l ENRY CARVER, dealer in coal, flour, grain, and baled hay, with place of business at Marshfield Station, is a representative citizen of Plymouth County, a member of one of the old Puritan families. A native of Marshfield, son of David and Rachel ¥. (Stetson) Carver, he was born February 20, 1848. His lineage includes John Carver, the first governor chosen by the Pilgrims after they landed from the "Mayflower" at Provincetown ; and he has in his home a chair that is said to have come over in the historic ship. His father, David, who was a son of David Carver, was a farmer by occupation, a native and lifelong resident of Marshfield, and in politics a Democrat. He died April 15, 1870. His wife, Rachel, who was a native of Pembroke, Mass., died September 15, 1873. They were the parents of six children ^ - John, William, Henry, and David, all living at present; and two daughters, who have passed away.

Henry Carver was educated in the common schools of Marshfield. He was reared on the home farm in this town, and during early manhood was engaged in agriculture, also trading in cattle. Endowed with much natural business ability, he has been very successful in his ventures, especially the latest one - his establishment in trade. In July, 1895, he purchased the cqalj^ grain, and ha^ business of R. H. Moorehead, who at that time retired from trade after a long term of mercantile life. Mr. Carver has shown himself to be well adapted to the business, and has a large and increasing custom. He has also done quite a probate business in the settlement of estates. Politically, he is a Democrat, with independent proclivities. He

KEANDER WINSLOW, a retired seaman, is now a farmer and merchant ^^ in his native place, Lakeville, Mass., formerly a part of Middleboro. He was born September 26, 1S34, son of Asa Tyler and Ann (Pickens) Winslow. He traces his descent on the paternal side from Kenelm Winslow, a brother of Governor Edward Winslow, and third son of Edward Winslow, of Droitvvich, England. Kenelm joined the Plymouth Colony about nine years after the landing of the "Mayflower" Pilgrims, probably accompanying his brother Josiah. Kenelm Winslow married Eleanor, daughter of John Adams, of Plymouth. From their son Kenelm- the line continues thus, the figures denoting the generation : Josiah^, Josiah*, Ezra-^ Asa'', Asa Tyler', Leander'*.

Asa Tyler Winslow, born in Middleboro (now Lakeville), July 6, 179S, died September 15, 1878. His first wife, Hannah, daughter of William and Mary Canedy, was born February 22, 1798, and died June 28, 1824, leaving an infant, Hannah C. His second wife, Ann Pickens, daughter of Zattu and Rachel (Mead) Pickens, was born June 3, 1800, and died March 17, 1S95. From the last union there were four children : Asa, born November 28, 1832; Leander, born September 26, 1834, as mentioned above; Eliza Ann, February 17, 1837; and Rachel P., October 5, 1842, all now living. Asa T. Winslow, the father, was repeatedly elected to serve the town as Selectman, Assessor, and Overseer of the Poor. He was a Justice of the Peace, and he served as a representative to the General Court. His two wives belonged to old and influential families of this vicinity.

The farm which Mr. Leander Winslow now owns and occupies is the Lakeville homestead, where the greater part of his boyhood was spent, he having been three years of age when his parents removed hither with their family. When he reached his sixteenth year, he left home to try the fortunes of a seafaring life, engaging as one of the ship's crew on board the "Orozimbo, " a whaling vessel. The boy sailor's first cruise lasted for thirty-three months, during which period the whaler ploughed the waters of the Arctic and Pacific Oceans. The homeward voyage was made by the way of Cape Horn, so that within a little short of three years he had indeed travelled far and seen much. On his return home he entered the Myricksville Academy, where he was a student for a period of seven months, this interval lasting between the dates of his first and second voyages. At the expiration of the seven months he again took passage on the whaling vessel, the ship "Hunter," this time as third mate and bound now for a cruise in the Lidian Ocean.

The voyage was a long one; and Leander Winslow did not touch his native shores again until four years, lacking one month, had rolled over his head. At the earnest desire of his parents he then gave up his nautical calling, and for about four years remained tranquilly at home. But this was not to last, for in 1862 he enlisted as a private in Company I, Third Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. A few months later he went to Boston, from which point he was ordered aboard a transporting vessel, bound for New Berne, N.C., where he remained until his discharge from service, June 26, 1863. Returning home, he assumed charge of the farm where he has since lived. He has also been engaged in mercantile business since 1870.

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iS6i, to Isabella V. Canedy, daughter of John W. and Lucy (McCully) Canedy. She was born January 23, 1842, and died May 30, 1865, a devoted wife and mother. She had given birth to two children, namely: a son, Leander H. ; and a daughter, Alice V., who is now a teacher in the State Normal School at Bridgewater. On March 20, 1867, Mr. Winslow was united in marriage with Sally D. Sampson, his second wife, who has proved a true helpmate. She was born March 22, 1835, a daughter of Ebenezer D. and Eliza Cook (Dean) Sampson, of Lakeville. One child was born of this union - a daughter Isabella Frances, now a teacher in the public schools of New Bedford.

Mrs. Winslow, like her husband, comes of an old Plymouth County family. She numbers among her ancestors at least two distinguished "Mayflower" Pilgrims, Miles Standish and John Alden. Her father, Ebenezer D. Sampson, son of Elias, was a grandson of Uriah Sampson, who was born in 171 7 at Plympton, Mass. His father, Isaac Sampson, Jr., was a son of Isaac and grandson of Abraham Sampson, who came to New England in 1629 or 1630, and settled in Du.xbury. He is said to have been a brother of Henry of the "Mayflower" company. Isaac Sampson, Sr. , son of Abraham, married Lydia Standish, daughter of Alexander and Sarah (Alden) Standish, and grand-daughter of Captain Miles Standish and of John and Priscilla Alden.

Mr. Winslow is a Democrat in his political affiliations, and has held the offices of Selectman and Assessor of the town for several years, and has likewise served on the School Committee. His extensive travel has had the effect of enlarging his views of life and making him thereby a citizen of broad aims and liberal thought.

UGENE H. CLAPP, founder of the E. H. Clapp Rubber Works at Hanover, Mass., was one of the representative business men of New England. He was born in South Scituate, now Norwell, Plymouth County, Mass., October 11, 1843, son of Allen and Deborah (Clapp) Clapp, and was the eldest of five children, the others being: Erstine (deceased) ; George A., now president of the E. H. Clapp Rubber Company; Arthur W. , treasurer of the same; and Antoinette, who resides in Boston, Mass. The father was a respectable farmer, and both he and his wife traced their ancestry back to early members of the Plymouth colony.

Eugene H. Clapp was educated in the schools of his native town and at Hanover Academy, being graduated from the latter institution in his sixteenth year. He made a study of civil engineering, but never followed it as a profession. His first money was earned as clerk in the wholesale and retail varnish house of Stimson, Valentine & Co., in Boston. He was subsequently employed for a number of years as book-keeper for Henry Campbell, a dealer in old and new metals, who at his death in May, 1865, was succeeded by A. E. Morey, with whom Mr. Clapp remained two years. On leaving Mr. Morey's employ, Mr. Clapp started in business for himself on Broad Street, Boston, dealing in old and new metals.

Gradually becoming interested in the rubber business, he became identified with the Boston Belting Company and other rubber concerns. In 1 87 1 he invented a method for removing the fibre from old rubber and preparing it so that it could be used again in the manufacture of new goods; and shortly after he started in the manufacture of reclaimed rubber, leasing a building in Roxbury, Mass. From a very small beginning, employing two machines and two men, he evolved the large and prosperous enterprise which bears his name to-day. Two years after he established his plant in Roxbury he moved to Hanover, where there were better facilities for water-power, and bought the right on the Indian Head Stream and the George Curtis Anchor Works. The anchor works buildings he remodelled to suit his purposes, and soon had a modest factory in operation, run by water-power. His partner at this time was his cousin, Frederick W. Clapp.

For a number of years the water-power answered all requirements; but, finally, by the addition of one boiler and an engine of seventy-five horse-power, steam was introduced. Business increased so rapidly that it soon became necessary to operate the works day and night. The force of twenty-five men now employed was found inadequate, and Mr. Clapp increased the equipment of the plant to two boilers and a Corliss engine of two hundred and fifty horse-power. As the enterprise prospered, he erected another mill at Pembroke, eighty by forty feet, and two stories in height, with a commodious basement; and this he subsequently enlarged to twice its original size, besides adding a one-story addition, s-ixty by forty feet in dimension. The original Hanover works were one hundred and eight by sixty feet. On September 9, 1881, they were destroyed by fire ; but they were shortly rebuilt on a much larger scale, and equipped with the most improved modern machinery, including a one hundred and seventy -five horse-power Brown engine, four boilers being required to run the Corliss and Brown engines. Two large storehouses have since been added.

Mr. Clapp was a Director of the Mechanics' Bank of Boston ; treasurer, director, and largest stockholder of the Penobscot Chemical Fibre Company at Great Works, Me. ; treasurer and director of the Piscataquis Falls Pulp and Paper Company of Enfield, Me. ; originator, manager, and member of the Board of Directors of the Boston Rubber Mutual I'ire Insurance Company ; a large stockholder and director in the Whittier Machine Company of Boston ; treasurer of the Gaunt Evaporator Company; director of the Boston Suburban Light and Power Company; and president of the Roxbury Central Wharf Company.

Mr. Clapp was twice married. His first wife, whose maiden name was Sarah R. Graves, bore him three children - Eugene H., William (deceased), and Sarah L. His second wife, who was Mary W. Caffrey, of Roxbury, before marriage, was the mother of two children: Mary, who is still living; and Robert, deceased. Mr. Clapp was a member in high standing of various fraternal organizations. He was a thirty-second degree Mason, Treasurer of the Massachusetts Masonic Lodge until his decease; belonged to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows; was Grand Worthy Chief Templar of the Independent Order of Good Templars ; Grand Worthy Patriarch in the Sons of Temperance; and a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston. His home for some time previous to his death, which occurred March 12, 1892, was at Boston Highlands.

After Mr. Clapp's decease a stock company was organized to continue the manufacture of rubber goods at the Hanover and Pembroke plants, under the name of the E. H. Clapp Rubber Company, his brother, George A. Clapp, being chosen treasurer. This gentleman was born in South Scituate, now Norwell, January 11, 1849. He acquired his education in the common schools of Norwell, and at the age of eighteen began to learn in Charlestown, Mass., the machinist's trade, to which he gave three years' apprenticeship. He then went to work with his brother in the metal store in Boston, and was afterward associated with him in the management of the Roxbury and Hanover factories. He was superintendent of the rubber business until the stock company was formed, when he was chosen president. He is an able business man, thoroughly qualified for his responsible position, and possesses a wide mechanical knowledge. In politics he is a Republican. Like his brother, he is a Mason and an Odd Fellow. He was married in 1880 to Miss Abbie A. Stetson, a native of Pembroke, this county, and they have three children - George Allen, John S., and Antoinette W.

KLOYD FRANKLIN HAMMOND, an enterprising young farmer and highly ^^0^ respected citizen of Norvvell, is a native of this town. He was born March i, i860, son of Joseph T. and Ellen C. (Barrell) Hammond. There were ten children in the family, seven sons and three daughters; namely, Lloyd Franklin, Oscar S. , Charles, George, Lottie, Lizzie, Herbert, Benjamin, Nellie, and William.

When twelve years old, L. Franklin Hammond came to live with Sylvanus Clapp, from whom at first he received in return for such work as he was able to perform his board and clothes. The past few years he has had full charge of the farm, which contains about one hundred and fifty acres, and has devoted his attention to general husbandry. Besides this he is engaged in getting out bo.\- boards, and deals to some extent in wood. On November 29, 1882, Mr. Hammond was united in marriage with Miss Lettie W. Sylvester, daughter. of Nathaniel B. and Adeline Sylvester, of South Scituate. Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Hammond; namely, Sylvanus (deceased), Marion T., and Arthur Northway.

Ever since he attained his legal majority Mr. Hammond has taken a very active interest in political affairs, becoming at that time a member of the town Republican Club, with which he is still connected. In 1S95 he was elected to the Lower House of the State leeislature, and has served as Road Commissioner three years. He is an attendant of the Unitarian church, and is a member of North River Lodge, No. 167, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Hanover, in which he is a Past Grand; also the Phoenix Masonic Lodge of Hanover.

was born in Middleboro, Plymouth County, January 29, i86i. He is a son of Isam and Clarinda (Beals) Mitchell; and on the paternal side he is descended from Experience Mitchell, an English separatist, who came over in the "Ann" from Holland in 1623.

The immigrant ancestor had a sister Constant, who married John Fobes, and a brother Thomas, who lived and died in Holland. Jacob Mitchell, son of Experience Mitchell, married in 1666 Susanna Pope, daughter of Thomas Pope, of Plymouth, Mass., and settled in Dartmouth, now Fairhaven. Both were killed by Indians in 1675, at the beginning of King Philip's War. Thomas Mitchell, son of Jacob and Susanna, had ason Seth, born in 1715, who married Ann Latham; and their son Seth, Jr., was the father of Simeon Wood Mitchell, the grandfather of the subject of this sketch. The Mitchell descendants have included many valuable citizens, strong in mind and body, who figured in the early wars of this country and were noted for their longevity. In the old Bridgewater town records

Simeon Wood Mitchell, who was a kinsman of the late Judge Mitchell, of Bridgewater, was born in 1795, and lived to be eighty-four years of age. In his youth he served in the War of 1 812. He was a farmer of Bridgewater, and reputed to be one of the wealthiest men of the town. His wife was formerly a Miss Leonard, of Bridgewater. They were married in 1819; and they reared a family of four daughters and three sons, Isam, the father of Herbert I., being the youngest son.

Isam Mitchell has had a remarkably fortunate business career. He started in life as a journeyman carpenter, and gradually worked into the lumber business, eventually developing an extensive and well-established trade, amounting to a quarter of a million dollars annually. At the large yard of Lsam Mitchell & Co., in Brockton, about a thousand cars of lumber are received in a year; and they keep in their yard and extensive store sheds a million feet. He owns three large orange plantations in California, to which he now devotes his time and attention, making his home in that State and coming East only occasionally. Although his trees are young, he already ships some ten carloads of oranges a year. Mr. Isam Mitchell, now sixty-one years of age, is a very active man. He gives his attention entirely to business, and has refused nomination to public office. His wife is a daughter of Solomon Beals, of Middleboro, and a connection of the noted painter, Cephas Thompson. Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Isam Mitchell, and all of them are living.

Herbert I. Mitchell acquired his primary education in West Bridgewater, his parents removing to that town when he was six months old, and remaining some ten years. He pursued his later studies in North ISridgewatcr (now Brockton), graduating from the high school in 1879, and then went to work for his father as clerk. He was afterward made superintendent of the lumber yard; and he became his father's partner in 1888. Since that time he has had entire charge of the lumber business, which has noticeably prospered under his management. He is also somewhat interested in real estate.

Mr. Mitchell was married in 1890 to a daughter of Charles Churchill, of Brockton, and has three children. In politics he takes no active interest, though he favors the Republican party. He is a prominent member of important social organizations, including Paul Revere Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Brockton, of which he has been Master; Satucket Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, of which he has been High Priest; and Bay State Commandery, Knights Templars. He was two years Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge; and he is likewise a member of Damocles Lodge, No. 16, Knights of Pythias, and of the Brockton Commercial Club.

"ir^AVID CLARK, an enterprising and I J successful farmer and a prominent f^-J^i^ citizen of Plymouth, Mass., was born October 16, 1820, on the farm on which he now resides, his parents being Ezra and Sally (Blackmer) Clark.

Ezra Clark, as we learn from Mr. W. T. Davis's "Ancient Landmarks," was of tiie seventh generation in descent from Thomas Clark, one of the Plymouth forefathers, who came in the "Ann" in 1623. The succeeding generations in this line were represented by James, second, born in 1636; John, third; James, fourth, born in 1696; James, fifth, born 1727, married Hannah Swift; and James, sixth, born in 1762, in Plymouth, where he was engaged in general agricultural pursuits. Ezra, his son, and the father of the subject of this sketch, was born in the same house as the latter; and he also followed the honored calling of husbandry throughout his mature years. He married Miss Sally Blackmer, daughter of Richard and Nancy (Ellis) Blackmer, of Plymouth. They became the parents of four children, namely : David ; Lucy, now deceased; Sarah, who is now the widow of a Mrs. Spencer, and resides in Lynn; and Lewis, who was killed at the battle of Chancellorsville. Mr. Ezra Clark deceased at the age of eighty -two in 1880, his wife having died in 1857, at about fifty -five years of age. Their remains are interred in the cemetery of the Congregational church of Manomet.

David Clark attained to manhood on the old homestead, residing there always with the exception of two years, and receiving his education in the district schools of his native town. He began life for himself when twenty-one years of age, working in partnership with his father. He has continued to conduct general farming on the ancestral estate; and he has made one, and only one, coasting trip. Energetic and progressive, he has made almost all of the improvements on the estate. Mr. Clark has been married four times, and has had three children, as follows: Gideon H., who is now married, and works with his father; Ella S., now Mrs. L. Briggs, of Plymouth; and David Herbert, now deceased.

Mr. Clark has served his fellow-townsmen in several important public capacities. For eighteen years he has been a member of the Board of Selectmen of Plymouth ; for one year he has officiated as Assistant Assessor; and he has for very many years held the office of Road Surveyor. His political opinions bring him into affiliation with the Republican party.

ON. JOHN DAVIS LONG, Secretary of the Navy, under the incoming administration of President McKinley, his appointment having just been confirmed by the Senate on March 5, 1897, has been a resident of Hinghani, Mass., since 1869. Although a native of Maine, born in Buckfield, October 27, 1838, this distinguished citizen of Massachusetts, the widely known, popular, and universally respected ex- Governor, is descended from long lines of Colonial ancestry, and, as we gather from a brief biography in the History of Hingham, numbers among his progenitors not a few who had their homes in Plymouth County.

His father, Zadoc Long, born in Middleboro in 1800, was a son of Thomas and Bathsheba (Churchill) Long and grandson of Miles Long, who came to Plymouth from North Carolina, and in 1770 married Thankful Clark. She was a descendant of Thomas Clark, who was one of the passengers in the "Ann," the third Pilgrim ship, in 1623. Another of her ancestors was the Rev. John Lothrop, the first minister of Barnstable. Zadoc Long married Julia Temple Davis, daughter of Simeon Davis, a lineal descendant of Dolor Davis, who came to Boston in 1634. The maiden name of Mrs. Long's mother was Persis Temple.

Well born of honest, intelligent New England parents, well bred in a comfortable New England home, active-brained, aspiring, and resolute, John D. Long fitted for college^at Hebron Academy, pursued his college course at Harvard, where he was graduated in 1857, second in his class, and author of the class ode. After serving two years as principal of Westford Academy, he went into the office of Sidney Bartlett, Esq., in Boston, where he studied law for a time, and in the autumn of i860 entered the Harvard Law School. Ad- mitted to the bar, he began practice in his native town in the spring of 1862; and a few months later, his energies and ability being equal to a wider field of effort, he removed to Boston. In this city, in 1863, he became the law partner of S. B. Allen, Esq., the firm being Allen & Long.

A stanch Republican from the first, occasionally at an early period in his career taking part in political campaigns as a stump speaker, in 1874, five years after his removal to Hingham, he was elected Representative to the State legislature; and, being subsequently three times re-elected, he served as a member of the Lower House from 1875 to 1878 inclusive, and during the last three sessions as speaker. He was Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts in 1879, Governor in 1880, 1881, and 1882, and in the six years following, as Representative from the Second Massachusetts Congressional District, was a member of the Forty-eighth, the Forty-ninth, and the Fiftieth Congress.

In 18S9 Mr. Long resumed his law practice in Boston, to which he has since devoted his ripened energies with his old-time persistence and success. Office-seeking as a pastime or pursuit he has never indulged in. Official honors if they come to him, come unsought. As a private citizen, he has not, however, been one absorbed in his own affairs and unmindful of his civic and social obligations. Since taking up his residence in Hingham, he has served on the local School Board, as one of the Trustees of Derby Academy, and of the Hingham Public Library, of Westford Academy, as President of the American Unitarian Association, also of the Massachusetts Total Abstinence Society, not to mention numerous other organizations with which he has been and is connected. He has a happy gift as a presiding officer, and as a speaker on public occasions. A translation of the "/Eneid "' in blank verse, which he published in 1879, is an evidence of his scholarly tastes and literary abilities. In 18S9, as President of the Pilgrim Society, he presided with grace and spirit at the dedication of the national monument to the Pilgrim Fathers in Plymouth. In 1880 he received from Harvard the degree of Doctor of Laws.

He was first married in 1870 to Mary Woodward Glover, daughter of George S. and Helen M. (Paul) Glover, of Roxbury. She died on February 16, 1882, leaving two children - Margaret and Helen. Mr. Long was married, second. May 22, 1886, to Agnes Pierce, daughter of the late Rev. Joseph D. and Martha S. (Price) Pierce, of North Attleboro, Mass., and by this union has one son, Pierce, born December 29^ 1887. Ancestors of Mrs. Long also, according to the genealogists and historians, were early settlers of the Plymouth Colony, among them being John Adams, who came in the "Fortune" in 1621, and Captain Michael Pierce (whose son Benjamin married John Adams's grand-daughter Martha), who settled in Scituate in 1647, rendered great service to the colonists as a military leader in King Philip's War, and was killed by the Indians in March, 1676. He is said to have been a brother of Captain William Pierce, who commanded the "Ann" in 1623, and later the "Lion" and other vessels that came over, and was the author of Pierce's "Almanac," 1639, the first book printed in the colony. The Rev. Joseph D. Pierce, Mrs. Long's father, who was born in North Scituate in 181 5, and died November 16, 1880 - a minister of the gospel, truly consecrated to his work, for more than twenty-five years the faithful and beloved pastor of the Universal ist Church at North Attlebord - was a son of

John Pierce, and was of the sixth generation in descent from Captain Michael Pierce, being of the line of his son Benjamin aforesaid. (See "Pierce Genealogy," by F. C. Pierce.)

How well the public utterances of Mr. Long bear the test of print is evidenced by the volume of "After-dinner and Other Speeches," published by Houghton, Mifflin & Co. in 1895, modestly held by the author as possibly of some value as a "partial reflection of the public sentiment, and of the topics and occasions, of a generation in Massachusetts which is now more past than present," and to which he inscribes them. The titles are various: "Forefathers' Day at Plymouth," "Webster Centennial at Marshfield," "Governor Andrew," "Unitarian Missionary Work." These are a sample. We quote a few sentences taken almost at random, the first paragraph from the "Fourth of July Oration," the second from the "Address on Libraries": -

"Faith in the common people is not a fine phrase or a dream. It is the teaching of experience and test. . . . The people may be trusted with their own interests. If it shall appear that any one form of government or society fails, there will always be intelligence and wit enough to fashion a better ... As the dead past buries its dead, so the unborn future will solve its own needs. Ours is to do the duty of the present hour."

"In the engrossments of every-day life, few of us apprehend what a universal blessing a library is. I have been surprised and delighted, in my observation of our towns, to find how generally people of all conditions of life and degrees of means depend upon the public library, of how many a sick room it is the light, of how many a poor man's home it is the cheer, of how much leisure and ennui it is the relief, and how thoroughly well-informed and well-read the community is made by its resources. Little does he know of our New England culture who thinks it confined to the select, or who, from a thorough acquaintance with New England homes, has not almost invariably found in them a wealth and variety of book study, an acquaintance with the field of authors and their works, a literary gleaning and harvest, which a characteristic reticence often hides, but which are as surely there as the waters, whose flow is in winter time unheard, are under their mantle of ice and snow. " Valuable suggestions and cautions follow in regard to stocking libraries, furnishing the best mental food and stimulus to young and growing minds. But we forbear to quote further. The book, with its ever timely words of wit and wisdom, its tributes to homely and to lofty virtues, its incitements to noble patriotism, deserves a wide reading. It is such a book as the guardians of libraries, who have not already placed a copy of it on their shelves, delight to put on their purchasing lists, marked "specially approved," to be as soon as practicable obtained.

ANIEL E. BROWN, M.D., is one of the bright-minded and progressive physicians of Brockton, Mass. A graduate of Hahnemann College, and an experienced physician and surgeon, he is still studying, intending to qualify himself thoroughly in special branches of his profession. He was born in Jillsworth, Hancock County, Me., February 8, 1S65, son of Ivory L. and Emma (Eppes) Brown. On the paternal side he is descended in the seventh generation from Peter Brown, one of the "Mayflower" passengers in 1620, and is connected with the family of the famous John Brown, of Ossawatomie, who was of the fifth generation in descent from the immigrant.

Peter Brown died in Plymouth in 1633. Some of his descendants settled on Cape Cod. The line of descent connecting him with Dr. Brown includes William; David, who settled in Truro, Mass.; Cyrenius; and F'phraim, the Doctor's grandfather. Ephraim Brown removed to the State of Maine, and kept a tavern in the vicinity of Ellsworth for a number of years. In his day he was the only Universalist in that locality. He died at the age of seventy-eight. He married a Miss Lord, who was related to Chief Justice John A. Peters. They had but one child. Ivory L., Dr. Brown's father.

Ivory L. Brown was a man of some standing in Ellsworth. He was honest and outspoken, and while serving on the city Committee of Finance was nicknamed "the watchdog of the treasury." He died about three years ago, and was buried with Masonic honors. Judge John Redman delivering the funeral oration. His wife, who was formerly Miss Emma Eppes, of Ellsworth, was a descendant of Colonel David Green, who is thought to have been a relation of General Nathaniel Greene. There is a family tradition that an ancestor travelled, disguised as a woman, through the woods from Boston to Providence, to join Roger Williams, after that bold preacher had been banished from Salem. Mrs. Emma E. Brown died in 1888, aged fifty-four years. She had reared two chiklren - Daniel E. and George L.

Daniel E. Brown acquired the rudiments of his education in Plllsworth, entering the grammar school at the early age of eight years, the youngest pupil in that grade. He took the four years' course preparatory for college in the Ellsworth High School, under Principal Dr. D. O. S. Lowell, and then took up the study of medicine with Dr. Walter M. Haine.s, of Ellsworth. He studied with Dr.

Haines one summer, leaving him in September, 1883, to enter Hahnemann College in Philadelphia, where he took the three years' course, graduating in the class of 1886. Dr. Brown was the first P211sworth Falls boy to enter a profession, and the receiving of his degree was the consummation of hopes cherished from youth.

Thirty days after his graduation from Hahnemann he opened an office in Brockton, where he has now been established some ten years. He is a member of the Medical Board and staff of the Brockton Hospital, with which he has been actively connected since its inception. When the question of a hospital in this city was mooted, he was elected to the Board of Trustees and the Building Committee; and he subsequently gave much time and attention to the completion of the institution. He is now on the Board of Trustees and the E^xecutive Committee, besides being one of the consulting physicians, and takes a personal pride in the hospital. The institution was dedicated March 14, 1896, six years to a day after the project was first broached. The development of the scheme was largely assisted by the press, that potent agent in human affairs, and the institution is now wholly out of debt. Dr. Brown has taken instruction at the post-graduate school in New York, and otherwise fitting for the specialty of surgery and diseases of women. He has devoted much time to study of these branches, but is not yet satisfied with his attainments. He is not an aspirant for political office, his chief ambition being in the lines of his profession.

Dr. Brown was married in 1883 to a daughter of A. F. Burnham, Esq., a well-known lawyer of Ellsworth, Me. The Doctor is a member of the Massachusetts Homteopathic Society, of the Knights of Pythias, the Odd Fellows, Masons, and the Brockton Commer-

T^HARLES JONES SMITH, an es- I Vp teemed citizen of Pembroke, has now Vsi^ ^ almost completed his seventy-first year, and yet is as hale and active as a much younger man. He was born in Bowdoinham, Me., April 7, 1826, a son of Allen and Deborah (Jones) Smith.

His father, Allen Smith, was born and educated in the town of Westminster, Mass. As a means of earning his livelihood he engaged in the pursuit of agriculture. During the War of 1812 he was connected with the military forces, but was in no action against the enemy, being kept busy drilling soldiers. Not very long after his term of service was ended he returned to Bowdoinham, where he remained a short time, and then went to Wilton, Me. A number of years later he removed from Wilton, Me., to South Newmarket, N.H., and there he passed the rest of his earthly life, which ended in his ninetieth year. His wife, a daughter of Charles Jones, of Pembroke, Mass., died in her ninetieth year. Their children were: Judith, Rachel H., Charles J., Eliza M., Jonathan B., Martha A., Harvey A., Joel, Caroline, Deborah J., Mehitabel.

Charles Jones Smith was educated in the public schools of Wilton. When quite young he began to learn the nail -maker's trade in East Taunton, Mass. ; and the trade once acquired, he followed it for twenty years, working in Taunton and Bridgewater. His physical vigor failing from continuous indoor labor, he purchased the farm in Pembroke, on which he now makes his home, and here he has found health, recreation, and profit. Breathing the sweet air of the open fields, and exercising every muscle in the varied round of his farm duties, he has renewed his youth and strength, and carries lightly his seventy years. Last season he cut fifteen tons of hay, and put it in the barn with the help of one man only, whom he hired for six days.

Mr. Smith was united in marriage in 1852 with Sarah V. Hicks, of Raynham, Mass., and by this union had the following children: Sarah M., Charles \l., Sumner A., Lillian E. , and Mary L. Mrs. Sarah V. H. Smith died in 1865.

lOSES B. COLMAN, a retired -esident of Scituate, Plymouth County, Mass., was born in this town, January 31, 1839, son of Captain Moses R. and Polly (Cole) Colman. His parents also were natives of Scituate, where the Colman family has long been established.

The first of the name to settle here was the great-great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch, Joseph Colman, who was in Scituate as early as 1638, and lived with his family on the west side of Colman's Hills, but removed, it is said, to Rhode Island about 1690, some of his daughters settling in Newport. His son Joseph, the next in this line, was the father of Joseph, third, known as Captain Joseph Colman, a master mariner, who made his home near Colman's Hills. He died about fifty years ago aged eighty-four.

Moses R. Colman, son of Captain Josejjh, was born in Scituate, Mass., December 22, 1807. He was practically reared on shipboard, as he began going to sea with his father at the age of ten years. Becoming a ship-master, he followed the sea for fifty-five years, and was in his sixty-sixtli year at the time of his death, which took place in Scituate on March 5, 1872. He was the first Representative to the Massachusetts legislature from Scituate elected by the Republican party, and died during his term of service. He was a highly respected citizen, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. His wife, Polly Cole, was the mother of several children, of whom the survivors are: Moses B. , the subject of this sketch; Mary M., wife of Edwin Bowditch, of Scituate; and Frank N., who resides in this town.

Moses B. Colman was educated in the public and private schools of his native town, and when he had completed his course of study he went to sea with his father. He did not take kindly to sea life, however, and at the age of seventeen he began to learn the carpenter's trade. After serving as an apprentice three years in Scituate and one year in Boston, he was employed as a journeyman in the lastnamed city until 1866. He then returned to Scituate, and, forming a copartnership with Thomas O. Cole, under the firm name of Cole & Colman, was engaged as a contractor and builder for eleven years. Withdrawing from that firm, he was for some time employed at his trade, and later entered into partnership with J. E. O. Prouty, under the firm name of Colman & Prouty, and was engaged in the grain business for four years, or until his retirement from active business pursuits.

On April 5, 1866, Mr. Colman was united in marriage with Lucy Vinal. She is a daughter of Captain Henry F. Vinal, a native of Scituate, and a well-known mariner of his day. The Vinal family, which is of English descent, was first represented in Scituate by Mrs. Anna Vinal, a widow, and her three children - Martha, Stephen, and John - who came here in 1636. Captain William Vinal, the grandfather of Mrs. Colman, died in New Orleans while his ship was in that port. Mrs. Colman has one surviving sister, Sarah E., whose husband, Benjamin T. Turner, of this town, is a descendant of Humphrey Turner, an early settler of Scituate, who came to Massachusetts in 1628 from the County of Kent, England. Of three children born to Mr. and Mrs. Colman, the only one living is William T. , a resident of Maiden, Mass.

In politics Mr. Colman is a stanch Republican, and for sixteen years he was Fire Warden of Scituate. For several years he has acted as local agent for the Quincy Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Quincy and the Dorchester Mutual Insurance Company of Dorchester. He is connected with the Masonic fraternity, and he and Mrs. Colman take an active interest in social matters in the town.

TORREY, Deputy Sheriff h County through the length and breadth of which his ofificial duties have caused him to be well known, resides on River Street, Norvvell. He was born in South Scituate, now Norwcll, Mass., September 25, 1833, a son of David and Vesta (Howard) Torrey. The immigrant progenitor of the family was Lieutenant James Torrey, who is said to have been in Scituate before 1640.

George Torrey, father of David, was born on the old Torrey farm in Norwcll, then South Scituate. It was he who erected the house that is still standing and in good repair, building it from material that was brought from Providence, R.I., on wagons drawn by oxen. He was a ship-builder by trade. David, born in 1786, died in 1877, at over ninety years of age. He carried on the ship-building busi- ness for forty years in his yards at Tilden's Landing, liight children, six sons and two daughters, were the fruit of his union with Vesta Howard.

When seventeen years of age Willard Torrey began to work at the ship-joiner's trade here in Norwell, following it for about five years, and next went into a trunk-wood factory, where he was engaged for several years. He was appointed a Deputy Sheriff in 1861, under James Bates, and still holds the position, having performed his duties in a way that has elicited the praise, not only of the different sheriffs under whom he has served, but also of those having business with the courts. After the passage of the law regarding special sheriffs in 1880, Sheriff Harmon appointed Mr. Torrey to the office, which is next to that of High Sheriff, and, in the event of the latter's death or inability to serve, his duties would devolve upon Mr. Torrey until a new High Sheriff should be appointed. Mr. Torrey owns a good-sized farm in Norwell. Mr. Torrey's standing in the community is perhaps best shown in a portion of the following quotation from an article that appeared in the Brockton Daily Enterprise : -

"Mr. Torrey's official position has been so prominent that he has been frequently called upon to handle many large estates, and he is now caring for some large property interests all over the county. While he has never passed an examination for admittance to the bar, his advice is frequently sought by the residents in this vicinity, who have come to regard his business sagacity as unquestioned; and his personal popularity is due in a measure to the courteous manner in which he gives advice. No poor person can pay him a copper for his services. Mr. Torrey's work in court brings him in contact with all classes of the community, and no one can claim that they have ever failed to receive courteous treatment at his hands; and many have been the favors which he has extended, where others would turn a deaf ear to the appeals of the unfortunates who are frequently called before the bar of justice. Deputy Sheriff Torrey has seen judges come and go. There is now no judge living who occupied the judicial bench at the time of his appointment. He has also seen the passing of some of the bright members of the Plymouth bar. There are now living but four members of the Plymouth bar who were practising when he was first appointed to office."

In 1855 Mr. Torrey married Martha R. Merritt, of South Scituate, a daughter of the late Francis and Clarissa Merritt, and has three children : Frank H., living in Melrose, Mass. ; Walter R., who studied law with Hosea Kingman, of Bridgewater, and is now a student at the law school of Boston University; and Miss Mattie W. Torrey, residing at home, who is quite an elocutionist. There are two grandchildren: Miss Marion, daughter of Frank H. Torrey; and Master Wendell Torrey, son of Walter R. Mr. and Mrs. Torrey have resided at their present home since i860. On the fortieth anniversary of their wedding, December 23, 1895, they received numerous handsome gifts from near and from far, and the heartfelt congratulations of many assembled friends, including numbers from the neighboring towns.

In politics Mr". Torrey jias always been ^a Republican. For six years Vice-president of the South Scituate Savings Bank, he has been a member of its Board of Trustees since its incorporation, and of its Board of Investment since 1877. As receiver for the Scituate Savings Bank, he performed his duties in a very commendable manner. Mr. Torrey is a member of the Cohasset Masonic Lodge. He

YPT^UFUS T. ESTES, in former years a I S^ well-known merchant in Plymouth Jl^ V^^ County, since 1S89 living in retirement in the town of Hanover, was born in West Hanover, Mass., April 20, 1826, son of Robert and E.xperience (Stud ley) Estes. Robert Estes was a blacksmith by trade, and his life was spent for the most part in Hanover, where he died in the eightieth year of his age, his wife living to be about seventyeight. They were the parents of eight children, namely: Ellizabeth, Robert, and Clarissa, all deceased; Nancy; Beulah, deceased; Rufus T. ; Warren; and George, deceased.

Rufus T. , the second son, was educated in the Hanover public schools and at the academy at Sandwich, Mass. At the age of twelve he began working at the shoemaker's trade, which he followed for a year. He was next employed in the store of Z. F. Brett, of Duxbury, after which he went to East Abington to work for his brother Robert, and drove a pedler's cart through the country for about two years, and then entered his brother's drygoods store as a clerk. Although but seventeen years old at the time of his brother's death, he took full charge of the business for six months, at the end of which the store was sold to Samuel ¥A\is, with whom he continued as a clerk for four years, being then received into partnership. A year later Mr. Estes purchased the entire store, and took a partner, to whom, at the end of another year, he sold the business, which consisted of dry goods and furniture. The following year he did a thriving business at merchant tailoring, but sold out, and went to Jacksonville, Fla., where he held the position of clerk in the dry-goods store of his former employer and partner, Samuel Ellis. Returning to Massachusetts at the end of a year, he was employed as a drygoods clerk for a like period in the town of Rockland, after which he embarked in that line of business on his own account, having as a partner E. W. Whiting, with whom, under the style of Estes & Whiting, he conducted a successful business for a quarter century, or up to 1887. When Mr. Estes finally retired he had been engaged in the drygoods business for forty-five years, and during all that time had met with no reverses of any consequence.

In 1847 Mr. Estes was united in marriage with Sarah J. Tribou, by whom he had a son, Alonzo C, but both the child and his mother are now deceased. For his second wife Mr. Estes married Margaret R. Binney, who bore him two children - one that died in infancy, and Emma J. His present wife was before marriage Laurencia C. Dwelley. Mr. Estes is a member of the John Cutter Masonic Lodge of Abington, also of the Baptist church of Rockland, which he served as Deacon and Treasurer many years.

i)TENRY LYMAN BRYANT, a trusted ^1 and highly successful real estate V _ dealer of Brockton, Mass., was born here in 1836, a son of George VV. and Lucy (Washburn) Bryant, and on his father's side is a connection of the late William Cullen Bryant.

Stephen l^rj'ant, an English immigrant who was in Plymouth, Mass., it is said, as early as 1632, was the ancestor of the Bryants in Bridgewater. His wife, Abigail Shaw, daughter of John Shaw, who came from England, bore him six children. Stephen, Jr., their second son, was also the father of six children, the fifth of whom, named Ichabod, born July 5, 1699, in Middleboro, Mass., removed to North Bridgewater, then the North Parish of Bridgewater. He married Ruth Staples, and had ten children. He died November 22, 1759, and his widow died on March 27, 1777. Philip Bryant, their eldestborn, was the ancestor of the distinguished poet. Job, their fourth child, married Mary Turner, May 3, 1764, and had ten children, Oliver being the sixth. He was married on May 6, 1804, to Nabby, daughter of Timothy Ames, and their union was blessed by the birth of nine chiUlren. George Washington, the father of Henry L. , was the fourth child. He was born August 4, 18 10, and became one of the founders of the town of Brockton, where he engaged in the marble business. He was a trial justice of the police court and Plymouth County. His wife, Lucy, is a daughter of Bildad Washburn, of Kingston, Mass. She is the mother of two sons and a daughter, namely: George Edward; Henry Lyman; and Abby Lane, who married Frederick Hanson, March i, 1857, and is now deceased. Mrs. Bryant is now living at the advanced age of ninety-one years.

Henry Lyman, the second son, received a common-school education. He began his business career at eighteen years of age, in company with his brother, George Edward, under the style of G. E. & H. L. Bryant, and started the first clothing house in the town, conducting it for sixteen years. Since then Henry L. Bryant has engaged in the real estate and mortgage business. He is the correspondent of sixty-one banks, and his business transactions for the year 1895 amounted to one million, two hundred thousand dollars. Mr. Bryant erected the second brick block in Brockton, and has built five business blocks. He owns twenty stores, and is the second largest tax-payer in Brockton, having risen to this position by his own unaided efforts. Sagacious and prudent, he has handled millions of other people's money, and has always been successful in his- transactions. Mr. Bryant was for a time a member of the Commercial Club. He is an attendant of the Unity (Unitarian) Church.

fff^YOHN B. DAMON, a successful farmer and owner of the Centennial Hotel at North Scituate Beach, was born in Scituate, July 11, 1835, son of John and Almira (White) Damon. His education, which was begun in the common schools of his native town, was completed in Brockton, Mass. In his youth he was occupied in farming, but at the age of twenty he engaged in lobster fishing, which he continued successfully for seven years, when he again turned his attention to agricultural pursuits. For a number of years he was engaged exclusively in tilling the soil of a good farm in this town, during which time he demonstrated his practical knowledge of agriculture, and he derived good financial returns for his labor. Early in the seventies he erected the Centennial Hotel at North Scituate Beach, and for fifteen years he gave his personal attention to its management. He is still the owner of the property, which he has improved, and he has done much to increase the attractiveness of the locality. On May 5, 1867, Mr. Dajiimi was united in marriage to Ella A. Grover, a native of South Hingham, Mass., and a daughter of A. H. and Eunice K. (Stoddard) Grover. Her father was a native of Maine, and her mother of South Hingham, Mass. Of the children born to Mrs. Damon's parents, six are living, namely: Eunice A., now Mrs. Charles H. Poole, of Rockland, Mass. ; George A.

Grover, of Somerville, Mass. ; Ella A., who is now Mrs. Damon; Edward E., a resident of Holbrook, Mass.; Mary, who lives in Rockland; and Arthur R. Grover, of Somerville. Mr. and Mrs. Damon have two children, namely: Almira W., wife of George S. Bailey, of North Scituate, Mass. ; and John, who resides at Scituate Beach.

In politics Mr. Damon votes independently, supporting those candidates whom he considers the best qualified to hold office, and he supports all practical measures calculated to benefit the community. He is widely known in this locality as a prosperous farmer, a successful hotel proprietor, and a sterling citizen. He is connected by membership with Satuit Lodge, A. F. & A. M.

JDWARD HOGAN, while at no time a resident of Plymouth County, may be considered as entitled, through his children, to representation in this work. He was born in Fishmoyne County, Tipperary, Ireland, in 1792. Despite almost insurmountable difficulties, he obtained a good education, and was conversant with the Greek and Latin languages. He owned a good farm, which he took pleasure in cultivating. In the politics of his day he was an ardent supporter of Daniel O'Connell. Of a religious disposition he took pleasure in teaching Sundayschool. He married Bridget, daughter of Lawrence O'Brien, of Borisvleigh, Tipperary County. By this marriage there were ten children, eight of whom grew to maturity. These were: Sarah, Lawrence, Edward, Thomas, Mrs. Burke, Mrs. Littleton, Mrs. Condon, and Mrs. Leyden.

Sarah Hogan, the sixth child, who was born in Tipperary, came with her widowed mother to this country in 1852. While the substantial part of her education was acquired in her native country, she had the further advantage of pursuing a course of study with Squire Bird in Foxboro, Mass., and in 1859 she was united in marriage with James Hayes. Her brother Lawrence, when but seventeen years old, enlisted in the Fourth Massachusetts Cavalry, and served in the Civil War. On one occasion, while carrying a dispatch to General Butler on the battlefield, he received a wound that was the probable cause of his death in 1 88 1. He was an Alderman of Elmira, N. Y., where he resided in the latter part of his life. Edward Hogan, who served three years under General Burnside, died in 1892. Thomas, who has occupied several positions of trust in New York State, is now living in Brockton. The four sisters of Mrs. Hayes are also living. The father died in 1849, ^^ ^'^^ ^g^ of fifty-seven. The mother passed away in March, 1891, nearly one hundred years old. Her father and mother lived to the ages of ninety-nine and one hundred and three years respectively. Three of her cousins on the maternal side, two lawyers and a teacher, fought under Napoleon.

RCHIBALD DAKIN, druggi.st of Brockton, is a worthy representative of two old and respected families, the Dakyns and Warwicks. He was born in Digby, Nova Scotia, in 1861, and is a son of Edward Dakin. He traces his lineage on the paternal side to the days of Queen Elizabeth, when the name was spelled Dakyns.

The family coat-of-arms perpetuates the exploit of a Dakyn, governor of a castle in Cheshire, who, while at sea, was attacked by pirates, and cut the grappling ropes with an axe. This valorous gentleman had a family of nine children. Daniel Dakin, grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was probably a native of Nova Scotia; and he was engaged in farming there during his mature manhood. He married a daughter of Mr. Warwiclc, a gentleman of character and ability, who was for some time in business in New York City, and was later a Judge in Digby. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Dakin had a family of eight boys and two girls.

Their son Edward was for some time engaged in ship-building with his brothers at Digby. He followed the sea also, and was master of a vessel. He married a daughter of Dr. W. L. Bent, of Digby. Four children were born to this couple, three of whom are living, Archibald being the youngest. While in Venezuela Edward Dakin was attacked by yellow fever, and died at the age of forty-four.

Archibald Dakin, having acquired his education in the common schools and the academy of Digby, was employed as clerk in A. J. McCallum's drug store in his native town for a year; was ne.xt with his brother, a druggist, in Wareham ; and was then in East Boston in the same business for a while. In 1879 he formed a partnership with Dr. Robinson, under the firm name of A. Dakin & Co., and opened a drug store in Wareham. Dr. Robinson retired at the end of a year, and Mr. Dakin managed a successful business alone for seven or eight years, selling his establishment at the end of that time on account of ill health. In the mean time, in 1882, he started a branch store at Onset; and the next year he began to publish TIic Seaside Ripple, a semimonthly paper, the circulation of which rapidly increased, until it amounted to twelve hundred. At the end of a year he sold this paper to H. H. Sylvester, who is now on the editorial staff of the New York World. After disposing of his Wareham business, Mr. Dakin spent two years in recuperating, his chief trouble being low nervous tone; and in September, 1891, he opened his present establishment in Brockton. He has a neat and completely furnished store, and a good line of trade.

Mr. Dakin takes an active interest in the politics of the day as a member of the People's party. In 1895 he was the Populist candidate for Representative to the State legislature, and made a gain of thirty-three votes. He is a vestryman of St. Paul's Episcopal Church of Brockton.

fHOMAS BARSTOW.'a prominent contractor and builder of Norwcll, is a native of this town, born April 26, 1850, son of Thomas Barstow and Amelia B. (Hathaway) Greene. He was named Thomas Barstow after his father; and in 1857, at the request of his grandmother, his surname Greene was dropped, and his name legally changed to Thomas Barstow. His parents had two other children: Albert S. Greene, who is now employed in the Charlestown Navy Yard, and resides in Somerville, Mass. ; and Lydia B. , who resides with her brother on the old homestead.

Thomas Barstow, the direct subject of this sketch, grew to manhood on the farm that was settled by his great-grandfather, who also bore the Christian name of Thomas, and who was prominently connected with the ship-building industry on North River during the time of its greatest prosperity. After attending the district school, he took a supplementary course of study at Hanover Academy. When nineteen years old, he began to learn the carpenter's trade with James Ford, of Pembroke, with whom he remained three years. Since then he has been in business for himself as a contractor and builder, and has been very successful. He owns about forty acres of the homestead farm, which he carries on.

In 1892 Mr. Barstow was elected on the Republican ticket to the State legislature. He has served the town as Selectman since 1889, having been Chairman of the Board during the past seven years. He has also held the offices of Assessor and Overseer of the Poor, each for several years. He is a member of North River Lodge, No. 167, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Hanover, in which he is a Past Grand; and of Phttnix Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Hanover, in which he is a Past Master. He is also a member of Pilgrim Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; and of Old Colony Commandery, Knights Templars, of Abington, Mass.

IDVVIN L. MAGLATHLIN, of Kingston, who owns and operates a tack manufactory at Indian Pond, was born in Kingston, March 28, 1849, son of Peter W. and Marcia (Bradford) Maglathlin. His father was a native of Kingston, and his mother of Maine. The family, which is of Scotch origin descends in a direct line from its founder in America, John Maglathlin, and a more extended account of its ancestry may be found in the sketch of Philemon W. Maglathlin, which appears elsewhere in this work.

Edwin L. Maglathlin was reared and educated in Kingston, and resided upon his father's farm until he was sixteen years old. He then went to sea as a fisherman, making one or more voyages to the Grand Banks. At the age of twenty he gave up the sea, and became a locomotive fireman on the Old Colony Railway. After serving in that capacity for some years, he was appointed an engineer, and continued in the company's employ for twelve years, during which time he was in charge of locomotives upon all branches of the road. In 1885 he resigned his position, and entered into partnership with his brother, Horace B. , the tack manufacturer of Silver Lake. The firm of Maglathlin Brothers continued in business for nine years, when it was dissolved, and our subject was for a time engaged in agricultural pursuits. Re-embarking in business, he was engaged in manufacturing tacks in Kingston village, where he continued for a few months, or until May i, 1894, when he purchased his present plant at Indian Pond. He has water power sufficient to run his factory at all seasons of the year, and, having a first-class equipment, he produces a large output annually, including shoe tacks of every variety. Mr. Maglathlin wedded Palmira Simmons, daughter of Nahum Simmons,, late of Kingston. He is a self-made man, as he was forced to make his way in life solely by his own exertions; and his present business standing is a sufficient guarantee of his future prosperity. Politically, he supports the Republican party.

Candia, N.H., April 6, 1856, son of French and Laura A. (Ouimby) Smith. His father, who was born in Canada, was engaged during a great part of his life in farming in New Hampshire. His mother died at the age of fifty. She gave birth to five children - Augustus F., Henry T., Nettie, Clara A., and Alice I.

Henry T. Smith is a high-school graduate. He remained in his native State until twenty years old, spending a part of the time in farm work, which developed his muscles and strengthened his body generally. Then, feeling no inclination to continue a farmer's life, he went to work in a shoe shop in Belfast, Me.

He was employed in Belfast for about five years, and then came to Rockland, Mass., where he made shoes for a period of fifteen years. He has been engaged in the baking business under the firm name of H. T. Smith & Co. since 1896. During his residence in Rockland he has established a reputation for honesty and integrity, and won the sincere respect of his townsmen.

On August 10, 1878, Mr. Smith was united in marriage with Miss Emma Howard, of Belfast. Two children have blessed the union - Orminda and Bertha. In politics Mr. Smith favors the Democratic side, but believes that it is best sometimes to disregard party lines. Me has served the town in the capacity of Overseer of the Poor, Assessor, and Selectman, and he is a member of Standish Lodge, No. 177, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and of the New England Order of Protection. He is also a member of the Rockland Fire

/^TeORGE HERBERT THOMAS, of \ p I Brant Rock, who is successfully engaged in the varied occupations of a farmer, general teamster, and dealer in ice, wood, milk, hay, and grain, is a worthy representative of one of the oldest families of Marshfield, Mass., his native town. He was born March 10, 1852, son of Luther and Abigail (Sampson) Thomas.

There were three early settlers in Marshfield bearing the surname Thomas. The first of these was John, an orphan lad, who came in the "Hopewell" in 1635. He was under the care of Governor Edward Winslow for a time, and eventually became his steward at Careswell. The others were William and his son Nathaniel, who came with the son's wife and child in 1637. John Thomas married in 1648, Sarah Pitney; and both he and Nathaniel Thomas have been succeeded by a numerous posterity, including many useful and esteemed citizens, not a few of whom, attaining distinction in various fields of effort, have filled positions of influence and honor.

Samuel Thomas, son of John and Sarah, born in 1655, married Mercy Ford, and was the father of John, second, born in 1684, Nathan, and others. Nathan Thomas married successively Alice Baker, Abiah Snow, and Sarah Bartlett. These and other early descendants of John Thomas, first, are mentioned in Mr. William T. Davis's "Ancient Landmarks of Plymouth," a book of reference invaluable to the student of Pilgrim family history.

Nathan Thomas was a tanner, and lived in Marshfield. His son William, who succeeded to the ownership of his homestead, was probably the William Thomas prominent in Marshfield in pre-Revolutionary times, holding a Captain's commission from Governor Hutchinson. Captain William Thomas was the great-grandfather of George H., the subject of this sketch. His children were: Luther, Sr. , Jesse, Mary, and Sarah. Luther Thomas, Sr., who was born January 25, 1757, and died October 24, 1831, was twice married. By his first wife, Rebecca Dingley, he had three children, namely: Marcia Abiah, author of "Memorials of Marshfield," who was born July 30, 1800, and died September 14, 1879; William Foster, born January 25, 1802, died July 26, 1883; Sarah, born February 20, 1807, died October 14, 1896. By-his second wife, Abigail Hewitt, he had one son, Luther, who was born November 30, 181 1.

The younger Luther Thomas married Abigail, daughter of Andrew and Lydia (Soule) Sampson. Her father was of the fifth generation in direct line from Henry Sampson, one of the "Mayflower" Pilgrims. Mr. and Mrs.

Luther Thomas had six children: Anne, who was born June ig, 1837, and died February 23, 1883; Henry, born February 7, 1839, now living in California; Alice Jane, born December 25, 1844, who died in October, 1889; Abbie F"rances, born May 25, 1848, who died October 27, 1896; George Herbert, whose birth -date is mentioned above; Emily Augusta, who was born January i, 1857, and died March 5, i860. Luther Thomas during his active life was engaged in farming in Marshlield. He died October 19, 1896, aged nearly eighty-five years. His wife, Mrs. Abigail Sampson Thomas, died June 21, 1885, at the age of seventy-three.

Miss Marcia A. Thomas, half-sister of Mr. Luther Thomas, will long be held in honored, grateful remembrance as the local antiquary and writer, and a public benefactor. It would be utterly impossible now to copy from some of the oldest stones in the ancient burial-ground the inscriptions reverently and happily preserved in her little volume of "Memorials,"' published in 1854, which she modestly declined to dignify with the title of history. The proceeds of the book, with two or three individual subscriptions, were placed at interest till a sufficient fund had accumulated to erect in that quiet resting-place a monument to the memory of the early settlers of Green Harbor.

George H., the younger of the two sons of Luther Thomas, was an attendant of the common schools until he was about sixteen years old. He remained with his parents six years after he became of age, then started out for himself, settling at Brant Rock, where he began in a small way, but now has a thriving business as a result of sagacious and persevering energy. He is well known in the village of Brant Rock and vicinity as a man of sterling integrity. In politics he is a Republican.

On March 27, 1879, ^I''- Thomas married Ellen M. Peterson, a native of Duxbury, Mass., and daughter of the late Jabez Peterson, of that place. Her mother's maiden name was Phcebe Shurtleff. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas have two daughters - lulith F. and May.

OSHUA DEAN, dealer in lumber, grain, and coal, and proprietor of the Dean Foundry at East Bridgewater, ranks among the foremost business men of this locality, as well as the oldest, having been in business since 1868. He was born in Easton, Mass., March 25, 1830, a son of William and Keziah (Britton) Dean. The Deans, who are of English origin, settled first in Raynham, Bristol County, Mass. William Dean, a native of the old Bay State and a successful farmer, died in 1844. His wife, also a native of Massachusetts, survived him nearly forty years, passing away in 1883.

Joshua Dean, direct subject of this sketch, was reared and educated in Easton, Mass. His father dying when he was fourteen years old, he was early thrown upon his own resources, and received but a limited education. At the age of seventeen he began to learn the moulder's trade at North Chelmsford, Mass., and worked there ten years in the employ of two firms. He was subsequently for six years foreman for William E. Bird, proprietor of a foundry in West Bridgewater; and in 1868, forming a partnership with Cephas Perry, he purchased a foundry at East Bridgewater. This was successfully managed for several years by the firm of Dean & Perry, and was finally destroyed by fire. Some time after that Mr. Dean became sole proprietor, and under his supervision new shops were built, to which he subsequently made important additions. His business prospered and increased from year to year, and in 1895 he purchased what is now known as the Brockton Brass and Iron Foundry, of which he is sole proprietor. His success in business has been achieved by his own unaided efforts.

Mr. Dean married Evaline Cragin, a native of Peterboro, N.H., and of the children born to them two are living: Jennie, wife of Thomas H. Perkins; and Carrie E., wife of E. Samuel Ryder.

Mr. Dean is a Republican politically. He represented the district in the State legislature in 1880, and served for a number of terms as Selectman of East Bridgewater. He is prominent in Masonry, being a charter member of Satucket Lodge, A. F. & A. M., at East Bridgewater, and is identified with the lodge of Knights Templars at Abington. His home is one of the most beautiful in this section of the county. Mr. Dean, though not a church member, is generous in his support of religious enterprises. He and his wife take part in all the prominent social events of the vicinity.

town of Bridgewater, January 18, 1832, a son of Cephas and Mercy (Paris) Washburn. His father, Cephas Washburn, Sr., was twice married. By his first wife, formerly a Miss Paris, he had three children: Martin L. , living in Bridgewater; Albion K , an inventor, residing in Bridgewater; and Cephas. His second marriage was with Sallie Paris, and a son and daughter were born of this union, namely: Frank, who died in i860; and Harriet M., the wife of Simeon F. Jordan, of Bridgewater.

he went on a fishing expedition one season. Following that he was engaged in shoemaking until 1861, when he enlisted at the first call for troops from President Lincoln. After three months' service he returned home, and was chosen Captain in the militia. He then joined Company A, of the Third Massachusetts Infantry, as First Lieutenant, this being one of the oldest military organizations in the United States, and was mustered into service at Fortress Monroe, Va. He was stationed for some time at Fortress Monroe and at Hampton, and is credited with bringing in the first "contraband of war," as slaves captured by the Union forces were then termed. On March 4, 1863, Mr. Washburn was discharged at Carrollton, La., on account of disability. Returning to Massachusetts, he took up his residence in Plympton, where he remained six years, holding the position of station agent and postmaster. He then went to Kingston, and a year later to Stoughton, where he was station agent. From Stoughton he came to Halifax, and settled on the old homestead, where he has since resided. He owns about two hundred and twenty-five acres of land, and is profitably engaged in general farming and lumbering, also in the cultivation of cranberries.

In 1856 Mr. Washburn married Miss Amanda McLaughlin, who died leaving him with one daughter, Abbie W., who lived to be twenty-two years of age. He married for his second wife, Mrs. Olive French, the widow of Timothy French, and a sLster^of his first wife. The only child by this union died in infancy; and Mrs. Washburn has also passed away. In 1865 Mr. Washburn, who has always been a stanch Republican, was elected to the State legislature. He is a member of the Masonic order; also of Justin Dimmick Post, No. 124, Grand Army of the Republic, of East Bridgewater.

§OHN H. EAMES, of Marshfield, is a veteran of the late war, one of the few Union men alive to-day who have suffered in Rebel prisons. He was born in Medford, Mass., December i6, 1834, a son of John and Louisa (Norwood) Eames.

The Eames family is of English origin. Among the early settlers of this name mentioned by genealogists are: Robert, of Charlestown, 1651, who removed to Woburn ; Thomas, of Dedham, who had a son John, born in 1642; Anthony, of Hingham, in 1636, who removed to Marshfield, and served as a Deputy to the General Court in 1654, and later for a number of years; Mark, thought to have been his son, Deputy in 1662 and later, and Selectman 1667-73. A Jonathan Eames, of Marshfield, is spoken of as probably son of Mark and grandson of Anthony Eames. John Eames, said to have been one of the descendants of Jonathan, settled in Medford, Mass., and in that town a later John Eames, grandfather of the subject of this sketch, and John Eames, Jr., his father, were born. The John last named, who was a contractor and builder, was a lifelong resident of Medford. He died in 1849. His wife, a native of Lynnficld, Mass., died in 1875. They were the parents of eight children, John H. being the oldest.

John H. Eames acquired his education in Medford, finishing his studies in the high school. He was nearly fifteen years of age when his father died, "and was obliged at that time to leave school and go to work. Obtaining employment in a ship yard in Medford, he worked there some three years, and then began to learn the carpenter's trade, serving as an apprentice until he was twenty-one. He subsequently worked as a journeyman, making a specialty of stair-building, one of the best paying branches of the trade, and was employed by some of the leading contractors of Boston.

At the time of President Lincoln's first call for seventy-five thousand three months' men, Mr. Eames responded, enlisting in April, 1 86 1, in Company E, Fifth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. He was in the disastrous battle of the first Bull Run, and after that was on duty in Washington until his term expired. He re-enlisted August 14, 1862, and was mustered as a Sergeant into Company C, Thirty-ninth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, which later became a part of the Fifth Corps, Army of the Potomac, General G. K. Warren commanding. During his second term of service Mr. Eames took part in many engagements, in which the Union soldiers demonstrated their ability to fight, including the battle of the Wilderness, and for forty-two days thereafter was more or less under fire. At the battle of the Weldon Railroad, August 19, 1864, he was captured with his entire company by the Confederates; and he was incarcerated successively in Libby Prison, Belle Isle, and Salisbury Prison, North Carolina, spending seven months in all in durance. The horrors of these charnel houses have been painted so often that it is superfluous to speak of them. Suffice it to say that, while he was in Salisbury, over twelve thousand Union prisoners died. He was finally exchanged, and was honorably discharged as a First Lieutenant in June, 1865.

Returning to Medford broken in mind and body, he was a confirmed invalid for four years. In 1869 he was engaged as clerk in the navy yard at Charlestown, and in 1870 he was appointed, under President Grant, Postmaster of Medford. He filled the office fifteen consecutive years, resigning on account of failing health in 1885. In 18S6 he moved to the pretty village of Marshfield Hills, where he has since resided, and he is now one of the well-known and popular citizens of this place. Mr. Eames was married in 1866 to S. Augusta George, a native of Marshfield, who died in 1890. She bore him four children, two of whom are living - Harry C. and John. In politics Mr. Eames is a Republican. He was one year Commander of S. C. Lawrence Post, No. 66, Grand Army of the Republic, of Medford, and six years, from January, 1887, until January, 1893, Commander of David Church Post, No. 189, of Marshfield. He is a member of Mount Hermon Lodge of Masons, of Mystic Royal Arch Chapter; also of the Knights of Honor, the Legion of Honor, and other organizations in Medford. Mr. Eames has never aspired to public office.

iHARLES THOMAS LEAVITT, an ice dealer and successful farmer of Hingham, Mass., was born in this town, July 21, 1857, his parents being Thomas J. and Mary V. (Stoddard) Leavitt.

The progenitor of this branch of the Leavitt family in America was John, who settled in Hingham about the year 1634, and who is supposed to have been a Scotchman and runaway apprentice. His son Israel was the father of John, second, and grandfather of John, third, whose son Jacob was the great-great-grandfather of Charles Thomas, the special subject of this sketch. Jacob Leavitt was born in Hingham, and became an energetic and prosperous farmer. After he was eighty years old he shingled his house, doing all the work himself. John Leavitt, son of Jacob, born in Hingham, was a pump and block maker by trade. He built what is known as the Leavitt shingle-mill, which was originally designed as a grist-mill, but proved a failure for this purpose, the water power being insufficient.

John, the eldest, mentioned above as the thirti John Leavitt, whose birth occurred in Hingham on July 3, 1799, was a man of more than ordinary natural ability. After receiving his mental training in the public schools, he learned the trade of a pump and block maker, and soon after started in business for himself in the mill which his father had built for a grist-mill. After a time he added the manufacture of box lumber and bucket heading, continuing in the business until his death in August, 1877. He was for many years an Overseer of the Poor, but, though urged to accept the nomination for other town offices, always refused to be a candidate. In politics he was a Whig. He married Miss Evalina, daughter of Benjamin Jones, of Hingham. They had si.x children, namely: Thomas J.; Sarah, deceased; Benjamin, who died when two years old; Evalina; Mary; and John, deceased. John and Evalina (Jones) Leavitt were attendants of the old Unitarian church.

Thomas J. Leavitt was born in Hingham on May 25, 1829. After acquiring a commonschool education, he started to learn the trade of a harness-maker, but gave up that occupation at the end of two years, and went to work in his father's shingle-mill, of which he became the owner at his father's death. He also manufactured ship chandlery ware, such as pumps and log reels. Up to 1892, when he retired from active pursaitSj^ he conducted^a successful business. His marriage with Miss Mary V. Stoddard, daughter of Captain Charles Stoddard, of Hingham, was solemnized March 21, 1852. A son, and a daughter, Lilla M., were the fruit of their union: but only the son, Charles Thomas, now survives.

ployment was with his father in the mill, where he worked three years, and after that he worked about three years in the rope walk. In the summer of 1883 he embarked in the ice business, beginning with one horse and a single wagon, doing all the work himself. He now runs three double teams and one single team, employs from three to four men, and cuts about three thousand tons of ice yearly. He owns a farm which yields about twenty tons of hay annually, grass being the principal crop. He is a member of the Democratic Town Committee, and has been on the Board of Engineers of the fire department since May i, 1896.

On February 12, 18S0, Mr. Leavitt was united in marriage with Miss Julia L., daughter of Edward S. Gushing, of Hingham. They have two children - Lilla C. and Ethel May. Mr. and Mrs. Leavitt are attendants of the Unitarian church.

Tt^OBERT SYLVESTER, one I ^~V^ over's most aged and esteemed citizens, was born on October 19, 1805, in the house which is still his home. His parents, Robert and Lucy (Bailey) Sylvester, had si.\ children - Lucy, Rebecca, Michael (deceased), Robert (who died in infancy), Robert, and Sarah. The father was a farmer throughout his active life, and died when but thirty-seven years old.

Robert Sylvester, the youngest son, the special subject of this brief biography, received a district and private school education. Up to seventeen years of age he lived with his parents on the homestead farm, then went to Boston, and served a four years' apprenticeship at carpentry, which he subsequently followed in that city for about three years, going from there to Plymouth, where he spent another year engaged at his trade. He then returned to his parental home, and for many years was employed in both farming and carpentering. He owns about two hundred acres here, a portion of which is comprised in the old homestead farm, where his great-grandfather, Michael Sylvester, first located.