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For many years a Deputy Collector and Inspector of Inter- nal Revenue.
FESTUS C. CURRIER.
Native of Holliston, Mass .; came to Fitchburg in 1868. In insurance business since, with the exception of one term of ser- vice on the State detective force. Three years Alderman and several years treasurer Worcester North Agricultural society. Writer of interesting reminiscences, published 1900.
JAMES HOLGATE.
Born in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, Dec. 12, 1826; came to America in 1848, was in Nashua and Lowell, came to Fitch- burg in 1852. Since then in employ of J. & S. W. Putnam & Co. and Putnam Machine Co.
M. W. CUMMINGS (1834-98).
Native of Sutton, Mass .; came to Fitchburg 1866, For many years in the furniture and undertaking business. Council- man 1879; Alderman 1890, President Y. M. C. A., and deacon in First Baptist church from 1885.
JOSEPH A TUFTS.
Native of Fitchburg. In freight department V. & M. R. R. from 1864 until its lease to the Fitchburg; with the B., C. & F. R. R. until its lease to the Old Colony ; employed by the F. R. R. as ticket agent for twenty years. Representative 1880-81.
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S. W. HUNTLEY.
Native of Marlow, N. H .; fifteen years freight agent and ticket clerk for F. R. R .; treasurer B. C. & F. R. R .; agent O. C. R. R. in Fitchburg. Made four voyages as purser of Boston & Azorian Steamship Co. Several years secretary Worcester North Agricultural society ; Past Commander Jerusalem Commandery.
GEORGE CRUICKSHANKS.
Born at St. Andrews, Scotland, March 7, 1827; arrived at New York Oct. 6, 1842. President Worcester North Agricul- tural society 1889-90; member State Board of Agriculture 1887-98; president Massachusetts Fruit Growers' Association 1897-1900.
EZEKIEL DAVIS (1822-1900).
Native of Fitzwilliam, N. H. For many years engaged in the manufacture of machine knives at West Fitchburg.
JOHN HARDY.
Native of Leeds, England; came to Fitchburg in 1868, and built up his business in scrap iron, metals, etc. Treasurer Union Pork Co, One of the founders of Fitchburg Reform Club in 1876, and since actively engaged in temperance work.
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PERLEY HOLMES.
Native of Bridgton, Mc. Continuously in the grocery busi- ness in Fitchburg since 1863. Twenty-seven years with H. A. Hatch as clerk and partner, afterwards for himself and others. Member I. O. O. F., A. O. U. W., U. O. A. M .; charter mem- ber, Past Chancellor and trustee Alpine Lodge, K. of P., and one of its representatives to Grand Lodge of Massachusetts.
CHARLES T. HARDING (1845-99).
Native of East Medway, Mass .; came to Fitchburg in 1868. In employ of L. J. Brown and Nichols & Frost for twenty-four years; seven years in the grocery business for himself.
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"THE EYRIE," HON. GEORGE W. WEYMOUTHI'S COTTAGE, "PEARL HILL PARK."
McRee, Photo,
HON. GEORGE W. WEYMOUTH.
Manufacturer ; identified with many industries and positions of trust in Fitchburg. Member of City Council 1886; Mass. Legislature 1896; delegate to National Convention 1896; Congressman 1897-1901.
MIT. WACHUSETT FROM SOUTH PIAZZA WEYMOUTH COTTAGE. McRee, Photo.
MT. WATATIC FROM WEST PIAZZA WEYMOUTH COTTAGE. McRee, Photo.
WESTERN ENTRANCE TO "PEARL HILL PARK." McRee, Photo.
EASTERN ENTRANCE TO "PEARL HILL PARK."
McRee, Photo.
"POINT LOOKOUT," "PEARL HILL PARK."
McRee, Photo.
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THE CHOATE BUILDING, ERECTED 1900.
RESIDENCE OF HON. ARTHUR H. LOWE, MAIN STREET. Moulton, Photo.
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HON. ARTHUR H. LOWE.
Treasurer of Parkhill Manufacturing Co. Two years presi- dent of Board of Trade. Alderman in 1888, and mayor in 1893.
JOHN PARKHILL.
President of Parkhill Manufacturing Co. since the establish- ment of this industry in 1880. Mr. Parkhill served as Alder- man in 1886-87.
Fairbanks, Photo.
RESIDENCE OF DAVID M. DILLON, MYRTLE AVENUE.
DAVID M. DILLON.
Boiler Maker for U. S. Government at Port Royal, S. C .; for himself in Worcester four years and in Fitchburg since 1870. Alderman, 1886-87.
WILLIAM EDWARDS (1846-96).
Came to Fitchburg in 1870, carrying on slate roofing busi- ness up to the time of his death. Three years in the Common Council.
MAIN HALL.
RECEPTION ROOM.
FITCHBURG NORMAL SCHOOL.
Fairbanks, Photo.
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Snow & McDermott, Photo.
FACULTY OF THE FITCHBURG NORMAL SCHOOL.
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FIELD WORK. BIRD STUDY AND SKETCHING.
Fairbanks, Photo.
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NORMAL STUDENTS' FIRST TEACHING. CHILDREN FROM THE MODEL SCHOOLS.
NATURE STUDY. NORMAL STUDENTS WITH CHILDREN FROM THE MODEL SCHOOLS.
Fairbanks, Photo.
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OFFICE AND HOME CORNER
RESIDENCE OF DR. D. B. WHITTIER.
Fairbanks, Photo.
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DR. D. B. WHITTIER (1834-95).
An early Homeopath, in Fitchburg from 1861. Earnest
temperance and church worker.
MRS. MARY CHAMBERLAIN WHITTIER. A native of Loudon, N. H. A resident of Fitchburg since 1861.
Residence The late GeorgeF. Fay!
Fairbanks, Photo,
GEORGE F. FAY (1828-95).
Paper Manufacturer. Representative, 1880. Twenty - five vears treasurer of Christ Church and junior warden at time of his death.
SAMUEL EMMONS CROCKER (1834-91).
Paper Manufacturer; president Union Machine Co. Coun- cilman, 1873-74; Representative, 1877. For many years an earnest member of the First Baptist church.
LEWIS HOPPIN BRADFORD (1808-87).
First cashier of Rollstone Bank. Four years secretary of Fitchburg Mutual Fire Insurance Co., and succeeded Nathaniel Wood as president and treasurer in 1873. Was for many years a deacon in the First Baptist church.
EDWARD P. DOWNE (1837-99).
For twenty-four years secretary of Fitchburg Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Nearly fifteen consecutive years a member of the school board. Thirty years clerk of the Calvinistic Congrega- tional parish.
JOHN T, FARWELL (1803-66).
Scythe manufacturer in West Fitchburg. Was a deacon in the C. C. church for thirty-three years, The last eight years of his life he was town clerk,
JOHN ALBRO FARWELL.
Born in Fitchburg in 1833. In Chicago since 1855, City comptroller of Chicago 1876-79. In jewelry firm of J. B. Chambers & Co. 1881 to present time.
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THE OLD TUFTS HOUSE.
For years a landmark where the new High School building now stands. Built by Nathan A. Tufts in 1837.
THE OLD FITCHBURG HOTEL.
The driveway to the hotel stables passed through between the hotel and a printing office, the dance hall of the hotel being over the driveway and connecting the two buildings.
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MRS. JULIA E. HOUSTON WEST.
Soprano singer. Several years in Fitchburg, Worcester and Boston churches. Long record of oratorio and patriotic music in principal citics. Appcared with Parcpa, Formes, Adelaide Phillips, Nilsson, Guerrabella, Rudersdorf and many others. Studied in Europe with Randegger and Madame Dolby. Sang at sccond Peace Jubilee, Boston, and at a reception in Dr. New- man Hall's church, London.
MRS. ELIZA TRASK HILL.
Woman suffragist and journalist. Youngest daughter of Rev. George and Ruth F. Trask. Ten years a teacher. Editor Woman's Voice and Public School Champion. One of the first to join W. C. T. U. Prison and Jail department, working for redemption of women. Identified with societies that care for and help working girls.
MRS. JANE MACK (1790-1861).
Widow of Thomas Mack. Came to Fitchburg in 1826; became an important agent in the establishment of Methodism in Fitchburg. Trained her four children to lives of usefulness, and is remembered for her many good deeds.
MRS. SARAH ARNOLD TORREY (1805-1900).
Widow of Ebenezer Torrey. Died Jan. 5, 1900, at her resi- dence on Main street, where she had lived since her marriage in 1832. Active in the Unitarian society ; life member of American Unitarian Association; member Soldiers' Aid society during Civil war, and Fitchburg Benevolent Union. Many of her kind acts were known only to herself and the recipient.
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THE CHOIR OF CHRIST CHURCH (EPISCOPAL), 1900. Moulton, Photo.
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STATUE OF JOSEPH HENRY.
In the rotunda of the new Congressional Library, Washing- ton, D. C. Herbert Adams, sculptor.
HERBERT ADAMS.
REV. WILLIAM P. TILDEN (1811-90).
Native of South Scituate, Learned trade of shipbuilder. Ordained a minister in the Unitarian church 1841, and pastor of First Parish church in Fitchburg 1855-62; afterwards had for many years a successful pastorate in Boston.
REV. CHARLES WESLEY EMERSON.
Preacher, author, orator, and founder of Emerson College of Oratory, Boston. Pastor of the Unitarian church in Fitch- burg 1871-75.
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REV. ALFRED EMERSON (1812-96).
Yale '34; Andover Theological Seminary. Tutor at Yale 1837-40; professor Western Reserve College. Pastor of C. C. church in Fitchburg 1858-70.
REV. HENRY L. JONES.
First rector of Christ church (Episcopal), Fitchburg, 1863- 75. The fine stone church edifice in Fitchburg was built during his pastorate. Now rector of the Episcopal church in Wilkes Barre, Pa.
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Dennis Fay. Adaline A. Fay.
George Flagg Fay. Emily Upton Fay.
Alice Upton Fay.
THE FAY MEMORIAL WINDOWS, CHRIST CHURCH (EPISCOPAL), MAY 8, 1896. Fairbanks, Photo.
CHRIST CHURCH (EPISCOPAL). Window to the memory of Charles Henry Boylston Snow and Eliza Serrest Snow.
FIRST METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Window to the memory of Thomas Mack and wife, given by their son, the late Thomas Mack of Boston. Cate, Photo.
Fairbanks, Photo.
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MEMORIAL SUNDAY AT ROLLSTONE CHURCH, 1899.
Moulton, Photo.
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ARTHUR B. HITCHCOCK.
Manager advertising department Ladies' Home Journal. Sang two years in Rollstone choir, Fitchburg: more than twenty years in Boston churches ; member of Apollo club ; more than cleven years with Boston Ideal Opera Co. as its original baritone soloist in "Pinafore," and did much solo work for oratorios, societies and conventions throughout New England.
WARREN S. RUSSELL (1841-84).
Leader Fitchburg Band and Russell Orchestra; with 7th Regt. band; leading soloist in Gen. Q. A. Gillmore's post band, Hilton Head; with bands at Concord, Nashua, Winchendon, Gardner, and sixteen years the popular leader of the Fitchburg band. In 1873 the citizens of Fitehburg presented him with an elegant and costly E flat cornet.
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UNCLE CYRUS THURSTON (1796-1884).
Was remarkably successful teaching singing schools for thirty years, not only in Fitchburg but in twenty-eight towns outside; often leader in old folks' concerts. Selectman, Assessor sixteen years, Overseer of the Poor thirty-four years.
JOHN MINOT TWITCHELL (1824-91).
Was in the employ of the Fitchburg Woolen Mill Co. for forty-six years. Resided on corner of Oliver and Main streets, where Twitchell's Block now stands.
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EZRA B. ROCKWOOD (1817-98).
Came to Fitchburg about 1848. Dealt in millinery and car- ried on a bonnet bleachery for twenty-five years, when he re- tired'from active trade. Alderman 1873-74.
JOSIAH SPAULDING (1822-92).
Came to Fitchburg 1844. Worked for Walter Heywood and Alonzo Davis in chair business. In grocery business for many years. Served in Co. A, 53d Regt., during Civil war.
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DEA. TIMOTHY FITCH DOWNE (1776-1860).
One of the first deacons in the Trinitarian church. Identi- fied with the anti-slavery movement.
MRS. ELIZA DOWNE TUFTS (1801-88).
Lifelong resident of Fitchburg. Many years a very efficient teacher in the public schools.
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ASA THURSTON.
LUCY (GOODALE) THURSTON.
Asa Thurston was one of the pioneer missionaries to the Sandwich Islands, residing for forty years at the royal capital; the instructor of kings, translator of the Bible, and probably the most remarkable man Fitchburg ever produced. He died at Honolulu, March 11, 1868, over eighty years of age. His wife, Lucy (Goodale) Thurston, died Oct. 13, 1876, lacking only sixteen days of being eighty-one years old.
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JOHN LOWE AND FAMILY.
Moulton, Photo, 1892.
CHAPTER V.
REMINISCENCES OF EARLY SETTLERS.
O better introduction to the representative men of Fitch- burg of a century ago can be offered than that of Mr. Eben Bailey in his History of Fitchburg : "There was no 'milk and water' about our early ancestors. They came here to struggle with the forces of nature when to do so was almost a struggle for life. Their natures, like their muscles, were toughened, and yet they were kindly, genial men, who could be touched by a joy or sorrow as truly and as sensibly as we." As has been stated the first settler was David Page. His father, Samuel Page, was one of the first settlers of Lunenburg, and was universally distinguished by the honorable title of "Old Governor Page," and his faithful subjects comprised his wife, Martha,
LEONARD DOWNE. Uncle to E. P. Downe and Joseph A. Tufts. Born Jan, 8, 1800; Died Nov. 30, 1824.
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and six promising children. We conclude his residence was near the cente; of the town; for the land on which the first pound was built, and for a "passage to and from the same," was purchased of him and the Governor himself was elevated to the office of pound-keeper.
Of the very early settlers very little has been preserved. Reference has already been made to several who occupied garrisons or fortified houses at an early date. Amos Kimball and his cousin Ephraim came to Fitchburg from Bradford, and built a grist mill on the Nashua where the Joseph Cushing mill now stands. The dam was a log about forty feet long, having spileing CUSHING & CO. FLOUR & GRAIN. driven above, confining the water to a JC RA narrow channel at this point. They employed one Hodgkins to tend the mi !! he building a little hut or stall near by. This habitation of Hodgkins was the first dwelling erected in what is now the "old city" and the village up town was then a dense forest, not a single house had been built. None of the descendants of Amos Kimball remain in town, but the descendants of Ephraim Kimball in Fitchburg are numerous.
Mrs. Harriet Kimball, widow of Alpheus Kimball, and mother of A. P., William, and Gen. J. W. Kimball, and Mrs. Richard H. Torrey, was at the time of her death 97 years of age and the oldest person in Fitchburg. Her memory and mental fac- ulties were remarkably well preserved and having resided here for ninety years she remembered clearly events at the beginning of the present century.
Stephen Shep- ley, in a carefully written paper on the Indian raid in 1748, says: "On the southeast- crly slope of Pearl Hill the Gibsons lived ; there were several brothers, all good fighting men, fa- TOWEL mous for great strength and courage. The house of Isaac Gibson was fortified and called Fort Gibson, and could afford protection to all the Gibsons in case of danger. On the brow of Pearl Hill the Indians anxiously looked down upon the Gibsons and longed to lay hands on them, but these giants, whose size and strength would have done honor to the days of chivalry, were hardy looking men," and to use the words of one of their de- scendants, "The Indians didn't dare tackle them."
In a kind of cave on the hill were afterwards found a gun barrel and axe, and several imple- ments of Indian manufacture,-supposed to have been left there on that occasion.
Reuben Gibson, who lived on Pearl Hill, went to his home and said to his wife, "The Indians are about, I must go with you to a place of safety." He took his horse from the barn, put on saddle and pillion, both mounted and were off at once. As soon as he had seen his wife safe with her friends he returned and found everything unmolested ; even the bread his good wife had placed in the oven that morning was
baked and ready for use. The personal prowess of these brothers was proverbial. Rufus Torrey relates that. on one occasion, Isaac Gibson in his rambles on Pearl Hill found a bear's cub, which he immediately seized and was about to carry away when the mother of the cub came to the rescue of her offspring. Gibson retreated and and the bear attacked him in the rear, to the manifest detriment of his pantaloons : this finally compelled him to face his unwelcome antagonist and they closed in a more than fraternal embrace. Gibson, being the most skilful wrestler of the two, "threw" bruin and they came to the ground together. Without relinquishing their hug both man and beast now rolled over each other to a considerable distance down the hill, receiving sundry bruises by the way. When they reached the bottom both were willing to relinquish the conquest ; it was a drawn game-the bear losing her cub and Gibson his pantaloons.
John Gibson, son of Isaac, was one of the number who enlisted in the Continental Army from this town, and was one of the ten or twelve of that number who were engaged in the battle of Bunker Hill. It is supposed that he was killed there for he has never been seen or heard of since that day. He was last seen on the entrenchment, in the hottest of the fight, bravely opposing the enemy with the breech of his gun. It is probable that he was overpowered and killed. though his body was not recognized among the slain.
Sarah, daughter of John Gibson, married the Rev. Francis Gardner, for nearly fifty-two years pastor of the first church in Leominster. Nancy, the
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ALONZO DAVIS CHAIR SHOP, CIRCLE STREET.
Mr. Davis discontinued the business in 1877, disposing of the factory to the Parkhill Manufacturing Co.
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youngest daughter of Rev. Francis Gardner, married Samuel Salisbury, an old time Boston merchant, and two of their children, Daniel Waldo and Rebecca Salisbury, reside in Leominster on the site of the old parsonage, which, together with the farm which belonged to it, came into the possession of the Salisbury family.
Ex-Mayor H. F. Rockwell is a lineal descendant of Reuben Gibson and was born in the Spofford garrison house, which was destroyed by fire in 1875.
David Gibson, another son of Isaac Gibson, learned the baker's trade, and according to Torrey's history "turned his eyes westward of the old city and in a daring moment, reckless of a rough soil and its rougher produc- tions, such as pine stubs, hardhack, grape vines, etc., etc., built a bakery on the spot now occupied by the dwelling house of the late Ebenezer Torrey, Esq., and built his dwelling directly op- posite, just above the City Hall.
About the time of the Shav rebellion the Gibsons were threatened with a noctur- nal visit from the military. They, "Reuben and Jake," (as I have been told) stationed themselves on the common and dared the soldiers to lay hands on them, this the latter declined to do and a lively scene was avoided.
Capt. Thomas Cowdin, for many years the popular landlord of Cowdin's Tavern and "autocrat of Fitchburg," was born in Stow in 1720. It is not known what induced him to make Fitchburg his permanent home, but in 1764 he moved into town and became proprietor of Hunt's Tavern, where S. S. Holton now lives. As might be expected from one of such a
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HON. HENRY F. ROCKWELL.
Druggist; served as President of Common Council, Alder- man, Representative, and three years as Mayor.
HON. SAMUEL L. GRAVES.
Lawyer; served eight years as member of School Committee and two years as Mayor.
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positive character his views were most de- cided and were forcibly avowed. These characteristics in the person of a daring, fearless soldier, who could tell his guests long and interesting stories of his advent- ures in the army, made him at once a man of prominence and a most popular host. For ten years he kept a public house at the Hunt tavern stand, then built a new house where the American House now stands, continuing there while he lived, and after his death his wife succeeding him in the business.
Cowdin Tavern not only served the purpose of an inn, furnishing re- freshment to man and beast, but was at times a court of justice, for here Thomas Cowdin, Esquire, (he having procured a "commission in the peace") administered justice in alopathic doses. It is related in Torrey's History that a Mr. Abel Baldwin, who lived on the Gov. Hale farm, was summoned before Thomas Cowdin, Esquire, to answer to the charge of not "duly and constantly attending meeting on the Sabbath." He was accord- ingly fined. He paid his fine with evident reluctance and proceeded to
curse the place, (the old city) calling it Sodom, and, as Mr. Torrey says in 1835, " It is called Sodom unto this day."
Numerous incidents in the earlier life of Captain Cowdin, illustrative of his prominent traits, have been preserved, but only a few can be given.
While stationed at Charles-
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CAPT. THOMAS COWDIN (1720-92).
MRS. HANNAH COWDIN (1740-1822).
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town, N. H., he was selected to convey despatches to Fort Dummer. He buckled them in his knapsack and accompanied by two other soldiers commenced his perilous journey. Arriving at the brow of an abrupt precipice, they looked down upon a group of Indians who sounded the war-whoop in pursuit. The three wisely fled in different directions, one making a bee-line for camp. The second, finding he could not escape by running, crawled into some tall grass and was passed by unnoticed. Cowdin took his course for Ashuelot, now Keene, where he arrived safely, and under an escort of soldiers delivered his despatches.
Cowdin, in the capacity of sergeant, was at the siege of Louisburg in 1745. He enlisted as ensign and served seven years, during the war between England and France rising to the office of captain. A portion of this time he was employed in returning convalescent soldiers to the army and in arresting deserters. At one time he followed a deserter into the state of New York and at length found him, one Sabbath morning, attending divine service in a Dutch meeting-house. Without hesitating he entered, seized the criminal, and after a desperate struggle overpowered and secured his prisoner. He took him to Boston and from thence to Crown Point. Day after day, through the lonely forest, he journeyed with his prisoner, lying down each night by the side of the doomed man. At Crown Point the prisoner was recognized as a man who had enlisted and deserted thirteen times ; he was taken to Montreal and shot.
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WALTER HEYWOOD CHAIR MANUFACTORY, RIVER STREET, 1875. Showing Kimball Street, Cleghorn District and the Nashua River before the mills were erected. Moulton, Photo.
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Joseph Fox, Esquire, came to Fitchburg from Littleton about the year 1772, and commenced making shoes in the old city. He soon began mak - ing trips to Boston on horseback, bringing home with him goods of various kinds and retailing them from his shoemaker's bench. He afterwards opened a store on land now occupied by the Dickinson block, corner of Main and Laurel streets. This was known as the "red store." He acquired a large property and was a man of great influence in town.
Capt. Oliver Fox, second son of Joseph, inherited his father's restless, enterprising spirit. He was a thorough Yankee, never missing an opportunity for making money. He lived on what is now the corner of Main and Prichard streets, (the latter street was not then laid out). The large tract of land to the north and west constituted his farm, the flat portion between Main and Prichard streets being his mowing. In 1826 Capt. Fox built the stone mill now owned by Joseph Cushing. No derrick was used in the work but oxen were driven with their loads of blocks of stone up an inclined 13 plane of timbers extending from the ad- jacent side-hill and raised to a level with the top masonry as the work progressed. An old resident informs us that it was a novel sight when the upper story had been reached to see the oxen looking over the battlements. This was quite an enterprise for those times. Capt. Fox being in failing health went to Louisiana and died at Alexandria in that state of consumption in 1832.
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JOSEPH FOX, ESQ. (1745-1823).
Joseph Fox, Esq., served on the committee appointed for public safety prior to the Revolution, and was first lieutenant in Capt. Ebenezer Bridge's company of minute men which responded to the Lexington alarm. He was justice, town clerk, town treasurer, member of the school committee and many other important com- mittees, representative to General Court, etc.
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THOMAS COWDIN UPTON.
Son of Jacob Upton, grandson of Thomas Cowdin; born in Fitchburg July 30, 1819. Went to California in 1849; Couneil- man 1873-74, started first evening school, Nov., 1863, in a hall over T. C. Caldwell's store; also actively interested in starting Fitchburg and Fidelity cooperative banks, working without pay.
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