Historic homes and places and genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Volume IV, Part 1

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 912

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GENERAL SAMUEL C. LAWREN

HISTORIC HOMES and PLACES

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GENEALOGICAL

and PERSONAL MEMOIRS

RELATING TO THE FAMILIES OF MIDDLESEX COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS

PREPARED UNDER THE EDITORIAL SUPERVISION OF

WILLIAM RICHARD CUTTER, A. M.

Historian of the New England Historic Genealogical Society; Libra- rian of Woburn Public Library; Author of "The Cutter Family," "History of Arlington," "Bibliography of Woburn," etc., etc.

VOLUME IV.

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK: LEWIS HISTORICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY 1908

Genealogical and Personal Memoirs.

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(For first generation see Thomas Sawyer 1.)

(II) Caleb Sawyer, son of

SAWYER Thomas Sawyer (I), born at Lancaster, April 20, 1659, died there February 13, 1755. He married, De- cember 28, 1687, Sarah, daughter of Ralph Houghton, died November 15, 1757, in her ninetieth year. He had a grant of thirty acres on the east side of Bare Hill, now Har- vard. He probably built his house soon after the massacre of 1697, and he was in the Bare Hill garrison in 1704. Near his home was the famous "Rendezvous" tree, often men- tioned in old records. Sawyer outlived all other pioneer settlers of Harvard. His old house, now or lately owned by James Ford, is still known as the Washington Warner place. Before his death Caleb divided his farm between his sons Seth and Jonathan. Seth lived in the old house with his father; Jonathan built a new house to the northward. Caleb was selectman in 1737. He married, December 28, 1687, Sarah Houghton, whose brother James went to Harvard to settle with him and is the ancestor of the Houghtons of Harvard. Children: I. Jonathan, mentioned below. 2. John. 3. Hepsibah, baptized at Lancaster, 1708. 4. Abigail, baptized 1708. 5. Seth, born 1705, baptized with Hepsibah and Abigail; died March 29, 1768.

(III) Captain Jonathan, Sawyer, son of Caleb Sawyer (2), born in Lancaster, 1690. He removed with his parents to Harvard when a lad, and lived there all his life; was selectman 1734, on building committee of the church 1732. He was in the Lancaster Troop, and in 1737 succeeded Captain Thomas Carter as captain under Colonel Samuel Willard. He married Elizabeth Wheelock. Children, baptized in First Church of Lancaster : I. Jonathan, born 1716. 2. Elizabeth, 1717. 3. Caleb, 1720; a prominent citizen of Harvard. 4. Lois, 1724. 5. Olive, 1726. 6. Sarah, 1727. 7. Manasseh, men- tioned below. 8. Lois, 1732.

(IV) Manasseh Sawyer, son of Jonathan Sawyer (3), was born in Harvard, 1729, bap- tized in First Church of Lancaster. He had half his father's homestead, upon which he built his house. He bequeathed his home to his son, Luther, who left it to his son Arad,

and all three generations spent their lives on this farm. He had the third seat in the meet- ing house in 1775. He marched to Lexing- ton, April 19, 1775, under Captain Joseph Fairbanks, regiment of Colonel Asa Whit- comb. He was too old to enter the Continen- tal army, but on the Rhode Island alarm, 1777, served again under Captain Hezekiah Whitney, Colonel Josiah Whitney's regiment. He married at Harvard, February 18, 1756, Lydia, born August 16, 1731, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Brown) Fairbanks, de- scendant of Jonathan Fairbanks, of Dedham. Children, born at Harvard : I. Jonathan, March 9, 1758. 2. Jabez, December 24, 1759. 3. Lydia, November 30, 1761. 4. Rhoda, March 30, 1764. 5. Abijah, August 12, 1766. 6. Manasseh, Jr., mentioned below. 7. Jo- seph, April 4, 1771 .. 8. Luther, April 18, I773.

(V) Manasseh Sawyer, Jr., son of Man- asseh Sawyer (4), was born in Harvard, September 6, 1768. He received a common school education, was naturally studious, given to reading, and took a lively interest in public questions. He was one of the ten who founded the Harvard Social Library, 1808. His farm was on Bare Hill, some fifty acres, and he owned various other lots. He was prosperous, and for his time had a large property. Of large physique, quiet and self- possessed in manner, he commanded the re- spect of all his townsmen. He was a mem- ber of the Harvard church. He died at Har- vard. He married, April 22, 1789, Mercy Mead, born at Harvard, February 15, 1769, daughter of Samuel and Hannah (Willard) Mead. Her father was born June 18, 1732, son of Samuel Mead, who came from Little- ton, Massachusetts, to Harvard. Children, born at Harvard: I. Jonathan, July 26, 1789. 2. Manasseh, July 28, 1791. 3. Rebecca, No- vember 14, 1793; died September 16, 1798. 4. Nathaniel, born December 10, 1795. 5. Mercy, December 26, 1798. 6. Josiah,

(VI) Josiah Sawyer, son of Manasseh Sawyer(5), born in Harvard, December 9, 1802, died March 2, 1884. He attended the district schools, and worked on the farm of his father. . He employed workmen under contract for Silas Baker, a manufacturer of

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boots in Boston. He brought the stock from Boston and returned with the finished boots. He carried on a general store at Harvard under the firm name of Whitcomb & Saw- yer. At the time of the financial crash of 1837 Mr. Baker was one of the multitude ' that failed. Mr. Sawyer closed his store and paid all his debts at Harvard. In 1838 he opened a shoe store in East Cambridge and employed a number of hands manufacturing shoes there also. In 1840 he moved his store to Cambridge. His store there was on what is now called Massachusetts avenue, near the corner of Brookline street. He resided at the corner of Pearl and Franklin streets, Cam- bridge. After a year he engaged in the man- ufacture of ladies' shoes for the custom trade, and for about five years had all of the best trade of the city. Later he engaged in the manufacture of slippers on his own account. He bought the residence on Brookline street where he lived to the time of his death, March 2, 1884.

Mr. Sawyer was an active member of the Unitarian church. He served on the music committee of the Harvard Unitarian church, and for some years played the violincello in the church choir. In politics he was a Whig or- iginally, but having strong anti-slavery senti- ments joined the Free Soil party and, when it was organized, the Republican party. He served on the school committee at Harvard, was town treasurer, was lieutenant of the mili- tary company and was chosen captain, but de- clined the honor. He was active in various temperance movements. He read much and thought seriously on political and social ques- tions. He was distinctly a man of public spirit, doing the utmost for the community in which he lived and for all men to the extent of his means and opportunities. He was universally respected and had many warm friends.

He married, at Sandwich, Massachusetts, 1827, Agatha Gardner, who died the following year. He married second, at Boston, May, 1829, Mary Sanger, born August 16, 1809, at Hopkinton, Massachusetts, daughter of Zede- · kiah and Mary (Dench) Sanger, of Hopkin- ton. Her father was a farmer and music mas- ter. The only child of Josiah and Agatha Sawyer was: I. Gardner, born 1828. Chil- dren of Josiah and Mary Sawyer: 2. Mary Ellen, born April 9, 1834; unmarried. She was a teacher in the public schools of Cam- bridge for over fifty years. 3. Albert Josiah, mentioned below.

(VII) Dr. Albert Josiah Sawyer, son of Josiah Sawyer (6), was born at East Cam-

bridge, Massachusetts, October 4, 1840. He attended the common schools of Cambridge until he was eighteen years old, when he en- tered the employ of William Wallace, whole- sale coal merchant at II Devonshire street, Boston, and was clerk in Mr. Wallace's of- fice five years. He then decided to study the profession of dentistry, and after the custom of that time became an apprentice in the office of Dr. Royal A. Munsell, Boston. After a year he left Dr. Munsell and worked in various dentist's offices for the experience. He was with Dr. Charles Bullock, of Boston, for six months. When the civil war broke out he took a position in Colt's Armory, at Hartford, Con- necticut, and remained there until 1866. Among other work in this shop he made guardplates for guns and sidearms. When he left Hart- ford it was to return to the office of Dr. Bul- lock to complete the apprenticeship which had been interrupted by the war. He remained in the employ of Dr. Bullock as assistant dentist until during the eighties, when he was ad- mitted to partnership under the firm name of Bullock & Sawyer. In 1890 he bought out the interests of his partner, and since then has been alone in business. His son now occupies offices with him, in the Harvard Trust Build- ing, Massachusetts avenue, having moved re- cently from 569 Massachusetts avenue. Dr. . Sawyer is one of the charter members of Emanuel Church ( Baptist) at Cambridge, and is at present a member of the First Baptist Church on Magazine street, Cambridge. He is a Republican in politics. He is a member of Cambridge Lodge of Odd Fellows, and of Amicable Lodge of Free Masons.

He married, March 2, 1862, Emma Betsey Carrier, born at Hartford, Connecticut, Feb- ruary 8, 1845, daughter of Salmon and Betsey (Bullock) Carrier, of Hartford, Connecticut. Her father was in the freight department of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Rail- road Company. Children of Dr. Albert Josiah and Emma B. Sawyer: I. Frederick Albert, born January 14, 1869; mentioned below. 2. Edith Lillian, born February 22, 1875 ; mar- ried June 15, 1899; Harrison Gardner Bourne, of Dorchester, Massachusetts; child: Har- rison Gardner Bourne Jr., born March 6, 1907. 3. Arthur Harold, born April 26, 1879 ; gradu- ate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology ; now a mining expert in Michigan.

(VIII) Dr. Frederick Albert Sawyer, son of Dr. Albert Josiah Sawyer (7), was born at Cambridge, January 14, 1869. He attended the public schools of his native city, and the high school for two years, leaving to take a

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position in the office of Rogers, Wood & Lor- ing, bankers, in Boston. He was there two years and then for one year clerk in the store of Fenno Brothers & Childs, dealers in wool. In the fall of 1887 he entered the Boston Den- tal College, graduating in 1890 with the de- gree of D. D. S. He immediately began to practice his profession in the office of his father, as assistant dentist, and has been as- sociated with his father ever since. At present they have offices at 689 Massachusetts avenue, in the Harvard Trust Building, each having a separate business, however. He resides at Arlington. In politics he is a Republican. He is a member of Amicable Lodge of Free Masons of Cambridge; of the Economy Club of Cambridge ; of the Citizens' Trade Associa- tion, and of the Young Men's Christian Asso- ciation. He is a member of the Alumni Asso- ciations of Boston Dental College of Tufts Dental School; of the Massachusetts Dental Society. He served as a private in Company B, First Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, in 1886, 1887, 1888 and 1889.

He married, June 1, 1898, Grace Edna Dean, born November 7, 1875, at Boston, daughter of Frederick Brainard and Anna Brookings (Loud) Dean. Her father is a leather mer- chant of Boston. They have no children.

DAVIS James Davis, immigrant ances- tor, born in England, in 1583-84, was among the early settlers of

Newbury, Massachusetts, whence about 1640 he removed to Haverhill, and was one of the first selectmen, 1646. He was probably brother of Thomas Davis, sawyer, born about 1602, who came from Marlborough, Eng- land, in the ship "James," April 5, 1635, and settled at Newbury also; was admitted free- man June 2, 1641; removed also to Haver- hill, where he was a proprietor and town offi- cer; wife Christina died April 7, 1668; he died July 27, 1683; so far as known he had no male descendants. James Davis was excused from training by Hampton Court on account of his age, in 1650. His sons James Jr., and John were also proprietors of Haverhill. His wife Cicily died there May 28, 1673; he died, aged about ninety-six years, January 29, 1678. His will dated March 17, 1675, with codicil July 22, 1678, proved 1680, named children given below and various grandchildren. Children : I. James, Jr., mentioned below. 2. John, born about 1623, married, December, 1646, Jane Peaslee. 3. Judith, married, September I, 1647, Samuel Gile. 4. Ephraim, died Sep-

tember 28, 1679; married, December 31, 1659, Mary Johnson, who married (second), No- vember 1, 1682, Edward Clarke. 5. Samuel, married, December, 1663, Deborah Barnes. 6. Sarah, married, June 18, 1683, John Page.

(II) James Davis, son of James Davis (I), was born about 1620. He was admitted a freeman in 1666, took the oath of allegiance and fidelity 1677. He married (first) Eliza- beth Eaton, daughter of John Eaton (I), De- cember I, 1648. He married (second) Mary , who is mentioned in his will, proved August 2, 1694, dated the day of his death July 18, 1694. Children, born at Haverhill: I. Hannah, born June 19, 1650, died July 8, 1650. 2. Esther, born October 8, 1651. 3. Elizabeth, born March II, 1653-54; married, October 31, 1676, Robert Hastings. 4. Ann, born February 13, 1655; married James Pecker, Jr. 5. Sarah, born August 5, 1658; married, May 2, 1693, Thomas Litchfield. 6. James, born October 3, 1660. 7. John, born June 30, 1664, soldier slain in Phipps expedi- tion to Canada, October, 1690. 8. Daniel, born September 19, 1666, died at Pemaquid, April, 1689. 9. Elisha, mentioned below.

(III) Elisha Davis, son of James Davis (2), born August 30, 1670; married, June 14, 1694, Grace Shaw. He died January 18, 1738-39, at Haverhill. His will was dated January 15, 1738-39, and proved February IO following. His widow's will was dated August 18, and proved September 21 1741. Many of this family resided at Haverhill and Oyster River (Dover) Maine. Children, seven of whom were born at Haverhill: I. James, born June 24, 1695; married, March 29, 1716, Sarah Bagley. 2. Daniel, born De- cember 2, 1697; married Esther Barney, April 22, 1729; five children born in Haver- hill. 3. Elizabeth, born February 29, 1699- 1700; married Caleb Dalton. 4. Abigail, born March II, 1702-03; married, December 27, 1722, Richard Hubbard, of Kingston, New Hampshire. 5. Esther, born October 31, 1706, married Ford. 6. John, born March 13, 1708-09, mentioned below. 7. Su- sanna, married Black. 8. Moses, mar- ried Hepzibah Richardson. 9. Daughter, married Wilson.

(IV) John Davis, son of Elisha Davis (3) was born March 13, 1708-09, at Haverhill, and was of that place when he married, June 30, 1732, Sarah Barney, of Rehoboth. He was called "Jr.," 1730-40; died July 14, 1781, at Haverhill. He was living in Rehoboth in 1750, when his son Joseph was born there, and his brother Daniel was also in Rehoboth

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for a time. Children, all recorded at Haver- hill, where all but the youngest was born: I. Barney, born August 18, 1733; married Ann Bullock; settled in Rehoboth. 2. John, born January 4, 1734-35; married, at Rehoboth, September 4, 1760, Joanna Hix. 3. Anne, born August 31, 1738. 4. Mary, born April 3, 1742. 5. Sarah, born August 28, 1744; married, January 10, 1765, Nathan Pearce. 6. James, born February 9, 1746-47; married Nanne Haskins; son Daniel born there No- vember 8, 1781, and other children in Reho- both. 7. Joseph, mentioned below.

(V.) Joseph Davis, son of John Davis (4), born at Rehoboth, May 24, 1750, was reared at Haverhill, and settled later with most of the family at Rehoboth. He married, April 12, 1772, Sarah Baker. Children, all record- ed at Rehoboth except Daniel: I. Joseph, born August 24, 1772, died November 27, 1775. 2. Betty, born November 5, 1774. 3. Daniel, born about 1776, mentioned below. 4. Joseph, born June 20, 1780, married Campbell. 5. Nathaniel Baker, born February 9, 1783. 6. Barney, born January 9, 1787. 7. Rufus, born May 12, 1790. 8. John, born September 30, 1793.

(VI) Daniel Davis, son of Joseph Davis (5), was born in Rehoboth about 1776. Set- tled in Ashby, Massachusetts, from whence he removed to Washington, Maine. He mar- ried Olive, daughter of Josiah Winslow, granddaughter of Edward Winslow, and great-granddaughter of Kenelm Winslow. (See Winslow family). They were the par- ents of fourteen children.

(VII) Hannah Davis, daughter of Daniel Davis (6), was born at Washington, Maine, 1827. Married, in Warwick, Massachusetts, Richard Weeks (see Weeks family).

WEEKS Richard Weeks, immigrant an- cestor, born in England about 1670, came to America in 1690. He settled in the town of Attleborough, Mas- sachusetts. He may have been a soldier in the expedition of 1690, as the town of War- wick, where his descendants lived, was granted to the heirs of soldiers, and known as Roxbury, Canada, but his record does not appear. He married second, at Attleborough, August 10, 1724, Mary Leonard, widow, who died March 9, 1728-9. Children: I. John, mentioned below. 2. Mehitable, married July 3, 1724, Moses Rowley. 3. Joseph (?), of whom nothing is known except that soon

after the settlement of Warwick he owned the lot originally drawn by Shubael Seaver.

(II) John Weeks, son of Richard Weeks (I), was born about 1695, in Attleborough. He administered his father's estate, and lived at Attleborough. He married Mary Rowley; second, Silence Converse. He and his wife were living as late as 1753; date of their deaths unknown. Children, born in Attle- borough: I. Mary, born March 21, 1720; died before 1732. 2. Richard, born December 26, 1721. 3. Nathan, born August 26, 1725. 4. John, born March 15, 1726-7; was a soldier in 1745 in the French war, and took part in the attack on Louisburg; married October 15, 1757, Hannah Day. 5. Samuel, born April 6, 1730. 6. Mary, born December 25, 1732; died July 19, 1740. 7. Sarah, born July II, 1735; married (published August 1, 1755) John Clark. 8. William, born August 14, 1737; see forward. Child of second wife: 9. David, born March 26, 1744.

(III) William Weeks, son of John Weeks (2), was born in Attleborough, Massachu- setts, August 14, 1737. He and his brother Samuel settled in Warwick, Massachusetts, during the Revolution. Samuel removed to Warwick in 1778, and to Amherst, Massachu- setts, in 1785. Children: I. Joseph, born 1773; father of L. F. Weeks, late of Keene, New Hampshire. 2. Richard, married Jud- ith : children: i. Joseph, settled at Richmond, New Hampshire; ii. Caleb; iii. Samuel; iv. Susannah; v. Betsey. 3. Will- iam. 4. Caleb, mentioned below.

(IV) Caleb Weeks, son of William Weeks (3), was born in Hinsdale or Warwick, in 1776, and died in Warwick, February 1, 1854, aged seventy-eight. He married Sarah Taft, a native of New Hampshire, and she lived to be over seventy-five years old. He was a hatter by trade, residing in Warwick. Chil- dren, born in Warwick: I. Amariah. 2. Caleb, Jr., lived in New York, and had sev- eral children. 3. William, married Julia Cor- nell, of Worcester, Massachusetts; one daughter and three sons. 4. Richard, men- tioned below. 5. Amzi, unmarried; was liv- ing at Saratoga, New York, in 1855. 6. Sarah, married first, Othniel Day; three chil- dren, one of whom, Caleb Day, resides at present at South Royalston, Massachusetts; married second, Lewis Fisher. 7. Amanda. 8. Angeline; married first, George Orcutt, of Vermont; second, James Bishop, of New Jer- sey; one daughter by first marriage. 9. Han- nah; married Fisher; one son; married

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second, Xenophon Streeter. 10. Laura, mar- ried Caleb Mitchell, of New York; second, Frank Damon, of New York.

(V) Richard Weeks, son of Caleb Weeks (4), was born in Warwick, Massachusetts, about 1820, and died in 1868. He was edu- cated in the public schools of Warwick, and inheriting his father's farm settled in his native town, and later was a bookkeeper for various New York concerns. He married Hannah Davis, who was born in Rockland, Maine, and who died in 1870. He died in 1869. Children: I. Lizzie D., born 1852; now living in Springfield, Massachusetts. 2. Win- field. 3. Lottie. 4. Etta. 5. Frederick Dan- iel, mentioned below.

(VI) Frederick Daniel Weeks, son of Richard Weeks (5), was born at Warwick, Massachusetts, July 15, 1865. He was edu- cated in the public schools and at Cushing Academy, Ashburnham, Massachusetts. Then he started to learn the business of wool manu- manufacturing, and rose to the position of superintendent of a woolen mill at Royalston in 1888, for the George Whiting Woolen Company. In 1892 this mill was destroyed by fire, and the owners chose a new location in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Mr. Weeks re- tained his position in the new mill for a year and a half, when he was transferred to mills owned by the same company at Enfield, New Hampshire, where he remained during the four years ensuing. He resigned to engage in business on his own account under the firm name of F. D. Weeks Extracting Com- pany, carbonizing woolen rags, and he has been very successful in this industry. His mill is located at Shirley, Massachusetts, and he has made his home there also.

In politics Mr. Weeks is a Republican, and he has been active and influential in party councils, being a delegate to various nomin- ating conventions, serving the town as over- seer of the poor, selectman, and of other of- fices of trust and responsibility. He is a mem- ber of Fredonia Lodge of Odd Fellows. He is one of the leading business men and public- spirited citizens of Shirley; of strong char- acter and integrity. His first marriage was in 1889, to Mary Swinney. He married second, June 3, 1904, Emma W. French, born at Leominster, Massachusetts, daughter of James Lewis and Nellie Perry. Children by first wife: I. Richard Frederick, born June 29, 1890. 2. Bertha Linnie, born March 12, 1892. 3. Winfred, born April 14, 1894.

Charles Mingo, the pioneer an- MINGO cestor of the branch of the fam- ily of which Philip Vincent Mingo is a representative, was born in 1799, in Switzerland, a member of an ancient and dis- tinguished family. He served in the English army, and when peace was declared the Eng- lish government sent him to Nova Scotia, from whence he came to Boston, Massachu- setts, and later to Tatamagowch, Nova Scotia. He was one of three brothers, one of whom, George, settled on George Island, Halifax, Nova Scotia, which is known by his name to the present time, and the other brother settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Charles Mingo removed to River John, Nova Scotia, where he had a farm of three hundred acres, on which he resided until his death, leaving it to his three sons: George, John and David.

George Mingo, son of Charles Mingo, re- sided on the farm at River John until the family had attained adult age, when they leased the property, after which he removed to Denmark, Nova Scotia, where he pur- chased some land, which he afterward dis- posed of and removed to Calais, Maine. He was the father of several children, among whom were Charles and David.

Charles Mingo, son of George Mingo, was born in River John, Nova Scotia, 1805, and died at the advanced age of eighty-seven years. He was a farmer by occupation. He married Jane Wilson, who died February 4, 1856, aged about forty-five years. They were the parents of seven children: John Wilson, Mary, William, George, Thomas, deceased; Jane Verity and Eliza McDonald.

John Wilson Mingo, son of Charles Mingo, was born March, 1829, at River John, Nova Scotia. He was a farmer, a man of strong character, and of great prominence in the community. He married Catherine Warke, born February, 1827, in Kemptown, Nova Scotia, daughter of William and Mary (Mc- Canlas) Warke. Children: I. Sarah, born 1852, died 1893; she was the wife of James

Heverstock. 2. Mary, born 1854; married Robert Boutlier, of Halifax, Nova Scotia. 3. Thomas, born 1856, died at the age of twenty- five years. 4. John, born 1858, now living at Cos Cob, Connecticut; married Mary Patrequin. 5. Philip Vincent, born January 21, 1860, see forward. 6. Isabelle, born 1862; wife of Walter Aldrich. of Fishkill-on-the- Hudson. 7. James, born 1864; residing in Malden, Massachusetts: married Ida Sher-

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man. 8. William, residing in Charlestown, Massachusetts; married Rebecca Spencer. 9. Charles, residing in Kemptown, Nova Scotia; married Etta Langiell. 10. George, residing in Lynn, Massachusetts.

Philip Vincent Mingo, son of John Wilson Mingo, was born in Kemptown, Colchester county, Nova Scotia, January 21, 1860. He was educated in his native town. At the age of twenty he came to Malden, Massachusetts, and for about two months worked in Saugus, Massachusetts. He then entered the employ of C. E. Fuller, who was engaged in the milk business, and finally entered into partnership with his former employer. They conducted a successful business for a number of years, when Mr. Mingo retired from the firm to de- vote his entire attention to the real estate business. He is interested in the Maplewood section of Malden, in which he is a large in- vestor, and he has neglected no opportunity for the improvement of the city, especially in the section in which he resides. He is ac- counted a good judge of the value of real estate. He is a Republican in politics; has served his party in various conventions, and is treasurer of the ward committee, but has always declined public office. He takes an active interest in automobiling, and is a mem- ber of the Malden Automobile Club, Massa- chusetts Automobile Club and the Bay State Automobile Club. He is a director of the high school athletic field; and a director of the Odd Fellows' Building now being erected. He is a commissary general of the Second Massachusetts Regiment, P. M., with the title of major. He is a prominent member of Middlesex Lodge, No. 17, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Middlesex Encamp- ment, No. 9, and Malden Canton, No. 55, of the same order; Webconnett Tribe, No. 160, Impoved Order of Red Men; Malden Lodge, No. 965, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; Syrakus Sanctorum, No. 79, O. O. H. and P.

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Historic homes and places and genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Volume IV, Part 1

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed Publication date: 1908 Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company Number of Pages: 912

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 912