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John Garnet was the founder of this branch of the family in America. His son Francis, who was born in Hingham, March 31, 1653, resided in this town, and was a soldier in Captain Johnson's company at the great Nar- ragansett fight in December, 1675. He mar- ried Joanna, daughter of Samuel May, of Rox- bury, January 5, 1681 ; and, of their two chil- dren, Samuel, first, the next in line, was the eldest. Samuel Garnet was born in Hingham, August 14, 1684. He was married first on February 4, 1713, to Ruth Tower; and second, December 12, 1728, to Ann Clark. Samuel Garnet was the first of seven children. He was born in this town, November 17, 1715 ; and it was during his generation that the fam- ily name was changed to Gardner, which, according to the records, has existed since 1740. In 1738 he married Abigail Simmons, of Scituate; and they had a family of five chil-
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dren, of whom Samuel, third, was the third- born.
Samuel Gardner, third, grandfather of John C., was reared to farm life in Hingham ; and he also learned the cooper's trade, which he followed in connection with tilling the soil. He was the owner of considerable real estate, and was energetic and prosperous. He lived to attain the age of eighty-seven years, and died December 24, 1831. He was a Whig in politics, and served as Constable for many years. He attended the Unitarian church. He was twice married, first to Alathen Oak- man, of Marshfield, January 6, 1774, and sec- ond to Chloe, daughter of Captain Enoch Whiton, of Hingham, August 23, 1789; and of the six children by this marriage Enoch W. was the eldest. Mrs. Samuel Gardner died in 1833, at the age of seventy-five years.
Enoch W. Gardner, John C. Gardner's father, was born in Hingham, May 11, 1790. When a young man, he learned the trade of a mason, which he followed through the active period of his life, his earlier years being spent in Boston. He was an industrious man, and a worthy, upright citizen, who labored dili- gently for the purpose of providing his family with a comfortable home. He died March 31, 1864. He was a Whig in politics, and he attended the Universalist church. His wife, Orra A. Amadon, became the mother of three children, of whom the only survivor is John C., the subject of this sketch. Mrs. Orra A. Gardner died January 7, 1876.
John C. Gardner attended the public schools of Hingham, and after completing his studies he began to learn the mason's trade with his father. He worked as a journeyman for a year, and then went to Boston, where he ac- quired the trade of a paper-hanger. He was employed in Boston for some sixteen years, at the expiration of which time he returned to
his native town, and has since resided at the homestead. He is still actively engaged in the paper-hanging business, and has won a high reputation as a skilful and reliable workman.
On December 21, 1868, Mr. Gardner wedded Mrs. Henrietta G. (Webb) Eldridge, a daughter of Hezekiah T. and Emily (Clark) Webb. Of the two children born to Mrs. Gardner the survivor is Mary G., who was born December 12, 1869, and is the wife of Arthur Curtis, of Norwell, Mass.
In politics Mr. Gardner is a Republican. He has served with ability as a member of the School Committee; was elected a Selectman in 1895, was re-elected in 1896; and has also served as an Assessor and Overseer of the Poor. He is connected with Old Colony Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and with Old Colony Lodge, No. 108, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Hingham.
OT S. LUCAS, a respected resident of Carver, who has been a successful teacher, merchant, and farmer, was born August 29, 1831, on the farm he now. occupies, son of Abijah and Hannah (Shurt- leff) Lucas. Abijah Lucas, like many men of his day in New England, combined the call- ings of shoemaking and farming. He entered upon the farm when a young man, and died there May 2, 1849, aged fifty-nine years. His estimable wife attained the age of eighty-two, dying March 4, 1876. They were the parents of five children, namely: Mary, who died in infancy; Horatio, who has also passed away ; Mary, the second child bearing that name; Abbie, likewise deceased; and Lot S., the subject of this sketch.
Lot S. Lucas was reared on the farm. After receiving his education in the district
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school and at Middleboro Academy, he began to teach, being then sixteen years of age. In this profession he was very successful, re- ducing to discipline even the "big boys" who make life a burden to a weak teacher. Having taught for fifteen years in Plymouth County, he moved in 1857 to New Bedford; and in that city he conducted a wholesale fruit store for ten years, catering to a large trade. He then came to his present home, where he is now engaged in cranberry culture, the great industry of Plymouth County. By sagacious management he generally succeeds in obtain- ing superior crops.
Mr. Lucas has been twice married. His first marriage was contracted with Laura E. Atwood, daughter of Levi Atwood, of Middle- boro. On the second occasion he married Maria L. Cornell, daughter of Abishia and Susan C. Harding, of Middleboro. She died January 14, 1892, aged forty-six years, leaving one daughter - Alice B. Cornell, born May 3, 1874, at Dartmouth, Mass., and is living with her father. Believing in the elevating power of religion, he has long been a member of the Baptist church ; and he is widely known and esteemed.
OSEPH FRAME, M.D., of Rockland, is of Scotch parentage, the son of Alexander and Susanna (Annand) Frame, and was born at Shubenacadie, N. S., October 23, 1866.
He received his early education in the pub- lic schools and Provincial Normal School. Having decided to study medicine, he came to Massachusetts in 1888, and spent the two succeeding years at the McLean Hospital in Somerville. He entered the Harvard Medical School, and, after taking the prescribed course, was graduated in 1894. Succeeding in a com- petitive examination, he was appointed First
Surgical House Officer at the Boston City Hospital for a period of eighteen months. Soon after the completion of his term in the hospital he became associated in practice with Dr. C. S. Millet in Rockland.
Dr. Frame is a member of the Boston City Hospital Medical Society and the Massachu- setts Medical Society. He belongs to the order of Knights of Pythias and the United Order of the Golden Cross.
HARLES EDWARD WEST, a well- known merchant of Hingham, was born in Wakefield, N. H., January 27, 1853, son of Edward and Sophronia (Farn- ham) West. His father, who was a native of Bridgeport, Conn., and followed farming in his early life, removed in 1847, when a young man, to Wakefield, N.H. In politics Edward
West was a Republican. He married So- phronia, a daughter of Paul Farnham, of that town; and they had two children - Lizzie J. and Charles Edward. Lizzie J. married Frank M. Thompson, of Effingham, N. H. At the beginning of the Civil War the father enlisted in Company A, Fortieth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, as private. He went to the front from Lawrence, Mass., afterward winning promotion to the rank of Sergeant. Having been wounded in the skir- mish at Drury's Bluff, Va., he died subse- quently in Castle Thunder Prison at Rich- mond. His wife's death occurred in 1880.
After acquiring his education in the schools of his native town, Charles Edward West re- mained at home until he was eighteen years of age. He then went to Boston, and learned the trade of carpenter, which enterprise he fol- lowed for four years. In 1874 he established at West's Corner in Hingham a general mer- chandise store, which he has since conducted
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alone, except for one year, during which he had a partner. The business has been very successful. Two years ago he started a branch store at Point Allerton, Mass., which has likewise been a financial success. In pol- itics Mr. West affiliates with the Republican party. He has membership in Old Colony Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Hingham ; in Old Colony Lodge, No. 108, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Hingham, and Trimount En- campment, Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows. of Boston; in the Royal Arcanum, Warren Council, No. 103, of Boston; in Loyal Additional Benefit, No. 81, of Boston Coun- cil; in the Sons of Veterans, Charles S. Mead Camp, No. 72; and in Nantasket Lodge of Good Templars.
On November 25, 1875, Mr. West and Hat- tie L. Beal joined hands and hearts at the mar- riage altar. She was a daughter of Zaccheus L. Beal, a native of Cohasset, Mass. By this union there are two boys: Harold R., born August, 1876; and Alfred F., born in July, 1881. Mr. West is liberal in his religious belief. Mrs. West is a member of the Con- gregational church.
AMUEL KEITH, the President of the East Bridgewater Savings Bank, is a member of an old and promi- nent family of Plymouth County. Descended from the Rev. James Keith, one of the first ministers of Eastern Massachusetts, he was born May 12, 1830, in East Bridgewater, son of Zebina and Rebecca (Witherill) Keith. Zebina, a son of Calvin Keith, was also born in East Bridgewater. He was for a number of years engaged in the manufacture of tacks in this town, took much interest in local pol- itics, voting with the Democrats, and died July 3, 1880. His wife, who was a native of
Pembroke, Mass., passed away in 1842. Of their family three sons are living - Zebina, Samuel, and Henry - all residents of East Bridgewater.
Samuel Keith was educated in his native town, attending public and private schools. He went to work at the age of eighteen in his father's tack factory, of which he became the superintendent after learning the business. In 1855, on the retirement of his father, he and his brother Zebina took charge of the place, and conducted it under the firm name of Z. Keith, Jr., & Co. In 1873, when the fac- tory was destroyed by fire, he retired from the firm. He has been connected with the East Bridgewater Savings Bank since its establish- ment ; and, before entering on his present re- lations with it, he served it successively as a member of the Investment Committee, and for a number of years as Vice-President. He has been the President since 1889. The bank is an old and reliable one, and Mr. Keith has the esteem and confidence of the com- munity.
In November, 1857, Mr. Keith was united in marriage with Miss Augusta Swallow, daughter of Harrison Swallow, of Buckfield, Me. She died March 15, 1880, leaving three children. These are: Samuel A., who is a clerk in the Carver Cotton Gin Works at East Bridgewater; Fred, who also resides here; and Amy, the widow of Fred G. Bonney, late of East Bridgewater. Mr. Keith, like his father, is a firm supporter of Democratic prin- ciples, while he is respected by the members of both the political parties in his native town. He has served for eighteen years as Superintendent of Highways of East Bridge- water. None of the business men whose fathers and grandfathers have helped to build up East Bridgewater is held in more general esteem.
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"ORACE B. MAGLATHLIN, a prom- inent manufacturer at Silver Lake, in the town of Kingston, Mass., was born August 15, 1852, son of Peter W. and Marcia (Bradford) Maglathlin. This well-known Plymouth County family was founded by John Maglathlin, a Scotchman, who settled in Kingston in the eighteenth century. He died in this town in 1772, and his mortal remains were buried in the old cemetery. From him the descent continues in a direct line through Joseph and his son, Peter W., first, to Peter W., second, Mr. H. B. Maglath- lin's father. The grandfather was a mariner, and died at sea.
Peter W. Maglathlin, second, who was a lifelong resident of Kingston, worked at the trade of a ship calker in connection with farm- ing. He followed the majority of the Whig element into the Republican party at its for- mation. An intelligent and highly respected citizen, he served for some time on the School Committee. He died in the seventies. H was twice married. Of his children the sur- vivors are: Harvey W., Philemon W., Onslow W., Edwin L., and Horace B., the subject of this sketch - all of whom reside in Kings- ton; Angie, wife of Elliott Blanchard, of Turner, Me .; and Helen A., wife of Barker Baker, of North Hanson, Mass. Mrs. Marcia Bradford Maglathlin was a native of Maine.
Horace B. Maglathlin was educated in the public schools of Kingston, and at the age of eighteen he began to serve an apprenticeship with P. C. Reed, a tack manufacturer at Silver Lake. After serving three years, he worked for a time as a journeyman, and in 1878 engaged in business on his own account in Bridgewater. A year later his factory was accidentally destroyed by fire, caused by another occupant of the building; and in 1879 he erected his present plant at Silver Lake,
and resumed business. His factory is fully equipped with improved machinery for pro- ducing all kinds of tacks and nails, and when running on full time employs eighteen hands.
In 1874 Mr. Maglathlin was united in mar- riage with Eleanor T. Ford, daughter of Levi Ford, of Kingston, who was formerly a resi- dent of Duxbury. Mr. and Mrs. Maglathlin have two children ; namely, Fred B. and Lucy D.
As an able and foresighted business man, Mr. Maglathlin has been very successful financially and his investments have proved exceedingly profitable. He owns seventy-five acres of valuable land in Kingston, one hun- dred and sixty-one acres in the town of Hali- fax, and in company with John Foster, of South Hanson, owns a large tract of land located on Marshfield Beach. This property is known as Webster Park, and fifteen summer cottages have been erected there. He is also the owner of a productive cranberry bog of six acres at Silver Lake.
In politics Mr. Maglathlin is a Republican, and for three years was a member of the School Board of Kingston. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, which he serves in an official capacity, and as a public- spirited citizen he is a liberal contributor to the church and other deserving objects.
EORGE LOVELL RICHARDSON, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen of Abington, Mass., has achieved success as an educator and as a man of busi- ness. He was born in East Medway (now Millis), Mass., March 9, 1838, a son of Joseph L. and Sylvia Pond (Partridge) Rich- ardson.
His father, Joseph L. Richardson, who was born in East Medway, Mass., July 11, 1815,
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was a farmer. He died February 13, 1885. His wife, Sylvia, was born in Franklin, De- cember 22, 1816, and is now living in Milton, Mass. They had three children - George L., Joseph H., and Ellen Maria. The latter died about seventeen years ago. Joseph H. Rich- ardson is with S. S. Pierce & Co., Boston, and is living with his wife in the same city.
George Lovell Richardson grew to maturity on his father's farm. He received a liberal education, attending the Medway High School and Monson Academy, taking one year's course of study at Amherst College and three years at Dartmouth College, where he was graduated in 1862. He taught some twenty- five years, from 1863 to 1888, in the high school at Sherborn and the Centre High School at Abington, and then engaged in the wood business, which has occupied his attention since 1888. He is a man of good judgment in financial matters, and has been for some time a Trustee and a member of the Board of In- vestment of the Abington Savings Bank. In the quarter of a century devoted to educational work Mr. Richardson, continually widening his circle of acquaintance as new classes came under his direction, drew to himself many friends, and won the confidence and respect of all with whom he had dealings; and his career as a business man has in no wise lessened the favorable impression of his character and abil- ities made at that time.
He has been twice married. In 1864, in Medway, he was united with Amelia B. Boyd, who died July 19, 1879, leaving two children : Joseph L., now a resident of Needham, Mass. ; and Fred B., in Brookline. . In December, 1880, Mr. Richardson married Alice A. Giles, daughter of Jesse H. Giles, of Abington. He has no children by the second union.
Mr. Richardson has been Chairman of the Abington Board of Selectmen for the past
seven years. He is a member of John Cutler Lodge, A. F. & A. M .; Pilgrim Royal Arch Chapter; Abington Council; and Old Colony Commandery, Knights Templars, and formerly took an active part in the chapter.
REN THOMAS WHITING, a farmer and shoemaker of Hanover, and one of those who fought for the Union in the Civil War, was born August 28, 1834, in the house where he now lives, son of Oren and Mary (Jones) Whiting. He began working at the shoemaker's bench when a child of six years, and thereafter followed that occupation steadily until the commencement of the Civil War. In response to one of the early calls for men, he enlisted for nine months in Com- pany A of the Third Massachusetts Infantry, and was mustered into service at Lakeville as a private. He participated in the battles of Kingston, Whitehall, and Goldsboro. At the end of his first term of enlistment he was hon- orably discharged, and returned home. In 1864 he enlisted again, this time in Company E, First Battalion of Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, with which he did guard duty over rebel prisoners at Fort Warren until 1865. He was then discharged with the rank of Cor- poral, to which he had been promoted. After his return home he resumed his trade, and thereafter followed it until 1888. Mr. Whit- ing has resided on his present homestead since 1865. The property contains about seventy- five acres. Here he is engaged in general farming and dairying, and also sells wood by retail. He is an adherent of the Republican party, and a member of Post No. 83, Grand Army of the Republic of Hanover. In 1851 Mr. Whiting was joined in marriage with Miss Lucy J. Hatch, who has borne him six children, of whom three sons are living ;
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namely, Elwin T., Arthur L., and Erwin E. Two sons and their only daughter have passed away. These were Albert, Wilder, and Minnie J. Whiting.
ILLIAM R. GROCE, the efficient superintendent of the Rockland Water Works, was born June 24, 1843, in the town of Abington, now Rockland, the second son and the fourth child of Nathan- iel S. and Lucy Ann (Riplcy) Groce. Nathaniel S. Groce, who was a native of Han- over, passed the first years of his life there, and then moved to Rockland. A worthy citi- zen, by trade a shoemaker, he toiled industri- ously to the close of his life, and died at the age of sixty-one years. He married Lucy Ann Ripley, and by her became the father of eight children, seven of whom are now living. Four of these reside in Rockland, one is in Washington, D.C., and another is a teacher in the city of Boston. His wife died in 1894, at the age of eighty years.
William R. Groce was brought up in his native town, receiving but a moderate educa- tion because of his father's limited means. Since then he has added largely to his stock of knowledge by reading, and by making the most of his powers of observation and practical contact with the world at large. At the age of ten he began to earn his own living, and by his thirteenth year he had ceased to attend school. Until September, 1862, he worked for the most part on the home farm or at shoe- making. Desiring then to serve in the Civil War, he enlisted in the Forty-third Massachu- setts Infantry, Company G, for nine months, and went to the front. Later he re-enlisted in the Sixtieth Regiment, Company A, Massa- chusetts Infantry. He saw much hard fight- ing, suffered a good deal from the fatigues and
privations of camp life, returned home in a poor physical condition, and resumed his old trade of shoemaking. In April, 1887, he be- came the superintendent of the Rockland Water Works, which supplies water to the towns of Rockland and Abington. The water was first turned on in January, 1887, when the builders had charge, Mr. Groce being the first superintendent. He has since retained his position, and proved himself thoroughly compe- tent, giving general satisfaction to the public.
Mr. Groce married Miss Nannie E. Wads- worth, a daughter of Louis S. and Nancy B. Wadsworth, of Plymouth. By her he became the father of three children - Gertrude W., Clara Ripley, and Nathaniel S. The latter was so named after his grandfather. In poli- tics Mr. Groce is known as one of the "wheel horses " in the Republican party in this town. He has been on the Republican Committee of the town of Rockland since its organization, and has served as its Chairman for the past four years. His judgment is much relied upon, and his advice is much sought, both on general as well as political questions. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, belonging to Hartsuff Post, No. 74, of Rock- land. He is also a member of the Royal Arcanum and of the Rockland Commercial Club, which has done so much of late years for the business interests of the town.
EV. NEHEMIAH LINCOLN, pastor of the Congregational church of North Carver, was born in North Bridge- water, July 21, 1824. His father, Captain Nehemiah Lincoln, who was a native of the same town, and served in the War of 1812, was married twice. His first wife, in maidenhood Martha Packard, bore him no children. Left by her death a childless
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widower, he formed a second marriage with Miss Mehitable Edson, by whom he became the father of four children. These were : Ne- hemiah, Daniel, David, and Amelia. The latter is a teacher in one of the New Bedford schools.
Nehemiah Lincoln, who was reared on his father's farm, at the age of fourteen began to learn the shoemaker's trade, and afterward followed it for about ten years. Now deciding to educate himself for the gospel ministry, feeling drawn thereto by an inspiration he dared not resist, he abandoned his trade, and entered Andover Academy. Shortly after his eyes began to fail him, and he found it neces- sary to discontinue his studies. Taking his affliction patiently, he engaged in teaching, which he followed for two or three years in Raynham, Abington, East Bridgewater, and North Bridgewater, and afterward in New Bed- ford for twenty years. At the end of that time the desire of his youth, which he had all along cherished, was accomplished. He was admitted to the ministry of the Congregational church. Soon after his installation he went to North Bridgeton, where he had charge of two churches for over sixteen years. In De- cember of 1887 he came to North Carver, of whose society he has since been the pastor.
In 1847 the Rev. N. Lincoln was married to Miss Cornelia Hayward. The union was blessed by five children - Ella, Lucia, Clara, Hattie, and Edward. Hattie is no longer liv- ing. Edward, who is a dentist, practises his profession in Fitchburg, Mass. Entering the ministry late in life, Mr. Lincoln has given to it all the best energies of his maturer judg- ment and experience. In the quarter of a cen- tury that has since elapsed he has been em- ployed in well-directed and fruitful efforts to make those among whom his lot has been cast lead wiser, better, and happier lives.
ORACE BARTLETT, a resident of West Bridgewater, and one of the defenders of the Union in the time of its greatest need, was born here, April 18, 1837, son of Job and Mary (Jackson) Bartlett. David Bartlett, the grandfather of Horace, was a son of Samuel, the founder of the Bartlett family in Bridgewater. Samuel's father was Wright Bartlett, who probably lived in the earlier part of the last century.
The grandfather, David Bartlett, who was born in 1778, served in the War of 1812, dur- ing which he was stationed for a time at Plym- outh, Mass., and was afterward granted a pension by the government. He died in his ninetieth year. Job Bartlett was a native and a lifelong resident of West Bridgewater. He served as Selectman for a number of years, and died in 1867. His wife, Mary, who was born on territory now within the limits of Brockton, bore him four children, three of whom are living, namely : Mary, the widow of Lewis Lincoln, of Norton, Mass. ; Samuel ; and Horace. Henry died in August, 1864. Formerly a Whig, in later years Job Bartlett supported the Republican party.
The youth of Horace Bartlett was spent on the farm which is now his home. He at- tended the common school for a time, but his education has been chiefly acquired in the school of practical experience. When eigh- teen years old, he began learning the trade of an iron moulder, which he afterward followed in Bridgewater and West Bridgewater for a dozen years altogether. After the death of his father he returned to the homestead farm, and has since been engaged in agricultural pur- suits. He has about fifty-five acres of land, where the principal product is milk, which he sells at wholesale. In January, 1864, Mr. Bartlett enlisted in Company D, Fifty-eighth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, with which
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