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RALPH H. SARGENT.
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number of fruit-trees, has been enlarged by Mr. Herrick, who now markets considerable fruit. He has been a member of the Essex County Agricultural Society for many years, and was the first president of the West Peabody Farmers' Club, which was at one time a large and influential organization. He served as Selectman and Assessor for six years while both boards were together, and after they were separated he was Assessor for twelve years. In politics a Republican, he has been delegate to various conventions of the party. For twenty years he has been a Mason of Jordan Lodge at Peabody.
Mr. Herrick contracted the first of his two marriages with Elizabeth Burnham, of Essex. Subsequent to her death, some fifteen years after her marriage, he married his present wife, Harriet, who is a daughter of Moses Derman, of Boxford, by his second wife, whose maiden name was Andrews. Her father's third marriage was made with Mary Foster, an aunt of her husband. Mr. Herrick has three children by his first mar- riage, all residing with him; namely, Sarah Burnham, May Frances, and Willis Everett.
R ALPH H. SARGENT, one of the most active business men of Merri- mac, was born here, December 5, 1848, at a period when the town site formed a part of Amesbury. After receiving his edu- cation in the Merrimac public schools he be- came a practical machinist, and worked at his trade in Manchester, N.H., for six years. At the end of that time he returned to Merrimac, and, settling upon the homestead farm, lived there until 1897. Then business interests in- duced him to sell the farm and remove to the village.
In 1876 Mr. Sargent bought out the ice
business of Simeon Adams. This he has since conducted, giving close application to it and building up a successful and lucrative trade. On February 18, 1878, he married Lizzie Morris, of Philadelphia, Pa. His five children by her are: Irma T., Allen M., Orlando, Ralph H., Jr., and Marion M. Constantly alive to town interests, his influ- ence has long been felt in the public affairs of Merrimac. He was made Street Commis- sioner in 1893, and at the present time he holds office as the chairman of the Board of Selectmen. An esteemed member of the Bethany Lodge, F. & A. M., he has been Master for two years. Mr. Sargent and his family attend and support the Congregational church.
SA G. ANDREWS, ex-Mayor of Gloucester and now a prominent agri- culturist of Essex, was born here, June 24, 1843, son of Asa R. and Mary B. (Clark) Andrews. His grandfather, Moses Andrews, who was a prosperous farmer of Essex, married Sarah Andrews, and has a fam- ily of nine children. Of the latter three are living, namely: Elizabeth, a resident of Gloucester; Clarissa, who lives in Essex; and Asa R. The others were: Stalie, Lucy, Sallie, Oliver, Ruth, and Mary.
Asa R. Andrews, a native of Essex, for many years followed the trade of a ship-car- penter. He plied his calling with industry and prosperity until his retirement, which took place some time ago. He is now living in Essex. His wife, Mary, was a daughter of George and Sally (Day) Clark, of West Gloucester. Her father was engaged in till- ing the soil during the active period of his life. George and Sally Clark were the par- ents of seven children - George, Sally, John, Susan, James, Elizabeth, and Mary B., none
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of whom are living. Mr. and Mrs. Asa R. Andrews had a family of three children, namely: Asa G., the subject of this sketch; Francis F., born in November, 1845; and Adelaide, born November 2, 1864, who died at the age of fourteen years. Francis F. is engaged in agricultural pursuits in Essex. He married Mary Isabelle Burnham, of this town, and has two children: Lawrence E., who married Susie Courier, and is a clerk in Gloucester; and Mary F., who resides at home. Mrs. Asa R. Andrews died in Sep- tember, 1860.
Asa G. Andrews was educated in the com- mon schools. At the age of nineteen he began to serve an apprenticeship at shoemak - ing. When his time had expired, he worked at the trade as a journeyman for about six years, and then was engaged in the grocery business in Concord, N.H., for about five years. At the end of that time he sold out, and during the succeeding year was employed by N. S. Batchelder, a wholesale and retail grocer. Subsequently he returned to Glouces- ter, where he became connected with the fish business carried on by Charles Parkhurst. Six years later he was appointed general man- ager of the Marine Railway, a position which he held for sixteen years. In 1894 he bought the D. L. Haskell farm of one hundred and twenty-five acres in Essex. With the excep- tion of a year spent as clerk for the Higgins & Gifford Boat Manufacturing Company of Gloucester, he has since been engaged in gen- eral farming and dairying. He keeps twelve cows, sells considerable milk, and his farm is regarded as one of the best pieces of agricult- ural property in Essex. He was one of the incorporators and is still a director of the Gloucester Co-operative Bank.
While residing in Gloucester, Mr. Andrews figured prominently in its affairs, displaying
an ability that won the confidence and admira- tion of his business associates. Since attain- ing his majority he has been a zealous Repub- lican, giving active support to the party. He was a member of the City Council for two years, represented his ward in the Board of Aldermen for three years, and was a member of the Republican City Committee for several years. In 1891 he was elected Mayor of Gloucester, and re-elected in 1892 and 1893. During these three years he gave the city a progressive and business-like administration. On December 21, 1864, he was united in mar- riage with Almira C. Haskell. She was born in Epsom, N. H., September 28, 1845, daugh- ter of Moses Critchett and Almira Haskell. Mr. and Mrs. Andrews have two daughters: Mira Adelaide, born May 14, 1870; and Edith G., born August 1, 1880. Mira Ade- laide married Charles H. Coas, who is en- gaged in the fish business at East Gloucester, and has one daughter, Adelaide H. Edith G. is residing at home. Mr. Andrews is con- nected with Ocean Lodge, No. 81; and Cape Ann Encampment, No. 33, I. O. O. F .; and he is a member of the Tribe of Improved Order of Red Men in Gloucester. A popular man, he still retains a wide influence in the political affairs of this part of the county.
ANIEL W. APPLETON, a substan- tial farmer of Ipswich, was born on the farm where he now resides, May 21, 1833, son of Daniel and Mehetabel (Cleaves) Appleton. He comes of one of the oldest families of this section of New Eng- land. His emigrant ancestor received a grant of six hundred acres of land in Ipswich in 1635. Portions of this grant are still owned by members of the family, the original liome- stead being now in the possession of Daniel
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Fuller Appleton, of New York City, who is at the head of the Waltham Watch Company, and has a summer residence in this town. Among the ancestors of Daniel W. were Isaac Appleton and his son, Thomas, who died in September, 1830, at the advanced age of ninety-one years. Thomas's son, Daniel, was the grandfather of Daniel W. Appleton.
Daniel Appleton, Sr., born on the Apple- ton homestead, was reared in Beverly, Mass., having removed there with his parents when about nine years old. He first married Martha, or Patty, Woodbury, who became the mother of Daniel Appleton, Jr., and died at the age of forty years. He subsequently mar- ried Polly Allen, of Manchester, Mass .; and she survived him, dying November 7, 1864, aged eighty-four years. His death occurred May 26, 1863, at the age of eighty-six years. Daniel Appleton, Jr., born in Beverly, Mass., July 4, 1802, died in that town, October 20, 1859. In early manhood he followed the sea for twelve years, and then turned his attention to agricultural pursuits. In 1832 he bought the farm now owned and occupied by his son, Daniel W., and was here engaged in cultivat- ing the soil for several years. Retiring then from manual labor, he returned to Bev- erly, and there spent his declining days in comfort and ease. On April 10, 1832, he married Miss Mehetabel Cleaves, who was born and reared in Wenham, this county. Their children were: Daniel Woodbury, the subject of this sketch; Marietta, born in 1836; and John W. E., born May 22, 1850, who lived but five years. The mother, who lived with her son, Daniel, after the death of her husband, was eighty-three years old when she died on November 22, 1888.
At the age of seventeen Daniel W. Apple- ton became an apprentice at shoemaking, a trade which he afterward followed until re-
called to the home farm when his father was unable to care for the property. On taking charge of the farm his parents removed to Beverly, while his sister, Marietta, remained with him to keep house until his marriage. He owns one hundred acres of finely improved land, which he has successfully devoted to general agriculture, and several tenement houses in Beverly, on Lorett Street, which bring him in a handsome annual rental. On the gable of the house which was built some years ago is the Appleton coat of arms.
On April 28, 1870, Mr. Appleton married Miss Lucy Abbie Lamson, a daughter of Jarvis and Lucy (Whittredge) Lamson, of Hamilton, and a grand-daughter of Jonathan and Sally (Appleton) Lamson, the latter of whom was a sister of Daniel Appleton, Sr. Mrs. Appleton died December 6, 1883, leav- ing three children, namely: Daniel Howard, born November 30, 1874, who lives with his father on the home farm; Marietta Dane, born November 13, 1876, who is the wife of Amos E. L. Scotton, of Brockton, Mass. ; and Elliott Lamson, born April 9, 1881, who graduated from the Salem Commercial College in June, 1898.
ILO H. GOULD, a prosperous farmer and an esteemed resident of Andover, was born in his pres-
ent residence, February 22, 1858, son of Henry Augustus and Sally (Batchelor) Gould. The Gould family has been in America since 1638, when it began with Richard Gould, who came from England. Cornelius Gould, father of Henry Augustus, born in 1767, followed farming throughout his life. This house is one hundred years old, having been built in 1797. Henry Augustus, who was born in Bradford, Mass., in 1816, passed the greater
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part of his life in Andover, engaged in agri- cultural pursuits. His wife, Sally, was a daughter of David Batchelor, of North Read- ing, Mass. Henry A. and Sally Gould were the parents of ten children. Of these, seven are living; namely, Henry Elias, Sarah Ann, Theodore F., Mark F., Ida R., Milo H., and Asa T. Sarah Ann successively married Ansel Eaton and Gcorge F. Mason. Ida R. is the wife of Henry A. Russell, of Andover.
Having acquired his education in the An- dover public schools, Milo H. Gould worked with his father on the farm for some years. In 1892 he was appointed superintendent of the Poor Farm. Since the death of his father he has had charge of the homestead, and con- ducted it very successfully. He also manages the Sunnydale Milk Farm.
Mr. Gould was first married in 1879 to Miss Clara Estella Batchelor, daughter of George Batchelor, and became the father of one child, Florence W. A second marriage, contracted in 1889, united him to Carrie, daughter of Walter B. Allen. She has no children. In politics Mr. Gould is a Repub- lican. Both he and his wife are members of the Congregational church. Fraternally, he is a member of the Andover Lodge, Indepen- dent Order of Odd Fellows; and of Andover Grange, No. 183, of which he was Master for two years.
OUIS F. BARTON, of Newburyport, a prominent shoe manufacturer and dealer, was born in Pittsfield, N. H., January 16, 1852. Hc comes of an old and long-lived family of Massachusetts. At the family reunion held in 1885 it was as- certained that, out of one hundred persons comprising five generations of Bartons, only four were dead. Ebenezer, the first ancestor,
who came from England, settled in Pittsfield upon an estate that is still in the possession of the family.
David Barton, grandfather of Louis F., was a farmer. Although he lived to be eighty- seven years of age, he never rode on steam cars during his life, having been unable to overcome his fear of them. He married Mary Miller, of Brentwood, and became by her the father of ten children. Louis G. Barton, son of David and father of Louis F., a shoemaker by trade, was also the first station agent at Seabrook. He was accidentally drowned on Hampton Bar when he was forty-two years old. His wife, in maidenhood Eliza Ed- munds, of Chichester, N.H., and a daughter of Gardner and Matilda Edmunds, is still liv- ing with her son, Louis F. Barton, being now seventy-nine years old. She is the mother of six children, all of whom are living.
Louis F. Barton was the fourth of his par- ents' children. His father's death when Louis was fourteen years old obliged him to leave school then and begin work. Having learned the trade at which his father had worked, he aided his mother in bringing up the family and in paying off the mortgage on the homc. When he was twenty-one years of age he came to Newburyport, and worked for the E. P. Dodge Manufacturing Company, where he remained for several years. The company finally offered him the post of super- intendent, but he declined it. In 1879 he and Mr. Pike opened a retail shoe store in Amesbury, the firm being known as Pike & Barton. Here he remained for six months, and then bought the stand where he is now carrying on business, starting in with only one clerk. Mr. Barton also started and built up the business of W. W. Coffin, being a silent partner. In 1891, with two others, he opened up Summit Place, and made by that
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enterprise some thousands of dollars. Since then he has been interested in a number of real estate investments, including the opening of Arlington Street and the erection of a num- ber of houses, in consequence of which he was known as "The Land King" in 1894. By one of his more recent investments Mr. Bar- ton cleared three thousand dollars in ten days. Barton Street, where he now owns some five or six houses, was also opened by him. In 1893 he built a fine residence for himself on High Street, which has plate-glass windows and other features in keeping therewith. The proprietor of the Advent Church for the past nine years, he has recently renovated its basement. On January 8, 1896, in partner- ship with Mr. Thurlow, he began the manu- facture of shoes. Mr. Thurlow retired from the firm at the end of three months, since which Mr. Barton has continued the business alone. He makes infants' shoes chiefly, em- ploying about seventy-five hands.
Mr. Barton is a devoted member of the Ad- vent Church Society and one of its most liberal supporters. In politics he is a Re- publican, although his family were all Demo- crats. He was urged to run for office, and was selected as the strongest man in his ward. A stanch temperance man, he instituted the Houston Liquor Cure, which was successfully applied by him in one hundred cases of in- ebriety. Fraternally, Mr. Barton is a mem- ber of St. John's Lodge, F. & A. M .; of King Cyrus Chapter, R. A. M .; of Newbury- port Commandery, K. T .; of Amesbury Con- sistory; of Quasquanim Lodge and Merrimac Encampment, I. O. O. F. ; and an honorary member of Canton A. O. U. W. and of the Yacht Club R. A. At one time he was a member of seventeen lodges. On November 24, 1874, he married Lizzie W., daughter of Moses and Mary E. (Sawyer) Pike. Eight
children have been born of the marriage, namely: Leonard, who is a book-keeper for his father; Lizzie, who died at the age of fourteen ; Edith, who attends the Newburyport High School; Ralph, who died when three years old; and Beatrice, Clifford, Carrie, and Louis. Mr. Barton's career as a business man furnishes a good illustration of what may be accomplished by perseverance and close application. When, in company with Mr. Pike, he opened the store in Amesbury, he had but two hundred and seventy-five dollars of his own, and needed two hundred and twenty-five dollars more in order to pay for his share of the stock. He tried everywhere among his friends, but found no one able or willing to lend him the needed amount. At last he went to Elder Pearson, who, though a stranger, furnished him the money on an un- indorsed note.
OHN DALY, a prosperous meat dealer and grocer of South Lawrence, doing business at 87 and 91 South Broadway, was born in Ireland, July 18, 1840, son of John and Ellen (O'Neil) Daly. The paternal grandfather, Timothy Daly, was a farmer in County Cork, Ireland. Seven children were born to him and Kate Donovan Daly; namely, James, William, Timothy, Charles, John, Kate, and Patrick. Of these, James, Charles, Kate, and John came to America. Charles, who came first, died in New Orleans; Kate came next, John in 1847, and James about 1852.
John Daly, Sr., born in 1797, was a laborer in humble circumstances. His marriage with Ellen O'Neil took place about the year 1819. She is a daughter of Daniel and Mary (Ryan) O'Neil and a grand-daughter of John Ryan, who studied for the priesthood. Her father,
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who was in the British navy for thirty years, and participated in the battle of Bunker Hill, lived to the great age of one hundred and twelve or thirteen years, being well preserved to the last. He was retired on a good pen- sion, and owned a large estate and a farm that was left by his wife's father. Ellen O'Neil, born November 1, 1797, in Castle Townsend, County Cork, Ireland, recently celebrated her centenarian birthday. Although for many years her life was one of toil and struggle, she has been remarkably blessed with health and energy. In her later years she has been ten- derly cared for by her son and his family. While her sight is nearly gone, and she is slight and feeble, she still enjoys life. She came to America with her husband in 1847 in a sailing-vessel, which was six weeks on the voyage from Queenstown to Boston. John and Ellen Daly were the parents of eight chil- dren, three sons and five daughters, all born in the old country. He died in 1875, sur- vived by his widow and six children, Johanna and Margaret having died in early childhood. Catherine, who became the wife of Joseph White, died about the year 1877, leaving one daughter. Timothy, who went to Fairport, Fremont County, Ia., and owned a large farm and stock, died about 1880, over forty years of age, leaving five sons and three daughters, and was buried at Nebraska City. The survivors are: Mary, who is the widow of Patrick Cahill, late of Lawrence; William, unmarried, who is the engineer of a steam- boat in Seattle, Wash., whither he went in 1854; and Ellen, who is the wife of Daniel O'Brien, and resides in California.
John Daly, the subject of this sketch, at- tended the Lawrence city schools, where he gave special attention to the study of book- keeping. Beginning in 1858, he worked as a tanner and currier in Woburn, Mass., until
the fall of 1860. Then he went to New Or- leans in the cotton press business, at which he was engaged until March 4, 1861. After that, going up the Mississippi River to St. Louis and thence to Chicago, he worked in the latter city a short time at the currier's trade, and finally returned to Lawrence. He subsequently followed his trade for several years in Boston, on Cape Cod, and in New York. In 1868 he purchased a lot in this city, built a store on it, and there set up in the grocery business, taking up his residence in a tenement over his store. He built his present block with an L in 1890. It is of brick, four stories in height, forty-nine and one-half feet front and forty feet deep. His enterprise and close attention to business have been rewarded by an excellent trade both in meats and groceries. Within a stone's throw of his store is the site of his father's shanty, when South Lawrence was made up of about one hundred and fifty of such, occupied by the sturdy sons of Ireland who had settled here, and to whose thrift and energy may be traced much of the present prosperity of the place.
On New Year's Day, 1867, Mr. Daly mar- ried Margaret Barry, of Calais, Me., a daugh- ter of Andrew and Mary (Hoffson) Barry. Nine of their twelve children are living. Their son James died when a year old, and William at the age of three and one-half. Mary, who lives at home, is cashier and book- keeper in the store. Timothy Joseph Daly, a graduate of Harvard, class of 1897, is house surgeon in St. John's Hospital, Lowell. John Daly, Jr., is with his father. Eliza- beth, a graduate of the Lawrence High School, class of 1897, is at home. Katherine is a member of the class of 1898 in the same school. Helen died at the age of four years. Margaret is in school; also Thomas, Anna, and Josephine, who is eight years old.
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Though nominally a Democrat, Mr. Daly is an independent voter. He served in the Common Council for one year. He is a stockholder of the shoe factory and of the Lowell brewery. Both he and his family are members of the Catholic church. They reside at 350 South Broadway, Phillips Hill, in a substantial, fifteen-room house, that he built eleven years ago.
ARDNER APPLETON BROWN, a practical and prosperous agricultur- ist of Ipswich, was born May 3, 1823, on the farm he now owns and occupies, son of Joseph Brown, Jr. The Brown family originated in England, whence at an early day three brothers, John, James, and Will- iam, emigrated to America. One of these brothers settled on the farm now occupied by Manasseh Brown, Jr., and the other two in this vicinity. William probably was the an- cestor from whom this branch of the family has descended. The line was continued by William's son, Elisha,3 Elisha, 4 Joseph, 5 and Joseph,6 each of whom lived and died within the limits of Ipswich.
Joseph Brown, Sr., who was a farmer and carpenter, had a natural aptitude for mechani- cal pursuits. Besides erecting all the build- ings around his place, he made the various implements he used in farming. His home- stead, now occupied by Joseph Marshall, adjoins the Perkins estate, which belonged to his father-in-law. By his marriage with Eliz- abeth Perkins he came into possession of a portion of the Perkins farm. He also re- tained some twenty-two acres of the original Brown farm, which has always been kept in the family, and now belongs to his grandson, Gardner A. Brown. His first wife died when young. He had passed the age of sixty when
a second marriage united him with his sister- in-law, Martha Perkins, who survived him thirty-seven years, living in Ipswich. His first wife bore him five children - Joseph, James, Eunice, Isaac, and Elizabeth. James reared a family of thirteen children, of whom but one is living; Eunice became the wife of Manasseh Brown; Isaac removed to New Hampshire; and Elizabeth, who was the wife of John Patch, died in early life, leaving one child. The children of the second union were: Elizabeth, now the widow of Thomas Brown, and living on the Beach Road; and Mary, who married William Foster Wade, of Ipswich village. The father attaincd the ven- erable age of ninety-one years.
Joseph Brown, Jr., was brought up to farm- ing. Eventually he became the owner of his father's homestead property, comprising por- tions of the Brown and Perkins estates. This he has since considerably enlarged by the pur- chase of other land. At the age of twenty- four he married Rebecca Appleton, a daughter of Samuel Appleton and a sister of General James Appleton. He died about fifty ycars after, being then about seventy years old. His wife survived him, attaining the age of eighty- three years. Both were active workers in the Old South Church, though. the Appletons were all Baptists, and she retained her mem- bership in the Baptist church. Their chil- dren were as follows: Lucy, who died in childhood; Samuel, a self-educated man, who after acquiring the goldsmith's trade studied law in Alfred, Me., in the office of an uncle, was for many years an attorney in Lowell, Mass., associated with Judge J. G. Abbott in the firm of Abbott & Brown, and died in Lowell at the age of fifty-six years; Joseph, who was a farmer on the old homestead, died at the age of forty-three years, leaving a fam- ily whose members reside in Cambridge and
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Boston; Winthrop, who died in the West Indies when a young man; Mary Elizabeth, who was the wife of Joseph Kinsman, and died at the age of forty-eight years, leaving two sons- J. Farley Kinsman and Gusta- vus; Rebecca Appleton, who died at the age of forty years, and was the wife of Francis Dodge, of Danvers, Mass., the former owner of the asylum farm, which he sold to the State died at the age of forty; and Gardner Appleton, the subject of this sketch.
Gardner Appleton Brown has resided all his lifetime on the home farm. On the death of his brother he became its sole owner. The estate contains one hundred acres of land, which he devotes to mixed farming, hay being his principal crop. He has made substantial improvements, increasing the value of his property in a material manner, and is recog- nized throughout the community as a thor- ough-going and able farmer. In politics he is a steadfast Republican, supporting the prin- ciples of his party by voice and vote. He is a regular attendant of the Old South Church. On October 28, 1849, he married Miss Judith Ann Perley, of Winthrop, Me. She died in the following year, leaving one son, Charles Gardner. The latter, now living on a neigh- boring farm, married Mary Petfield, and has two children - Marion Gardner and Jesse Appleton.
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