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Josiah Smith was born in South Hadley, December 6, 1761, married Phebe Nash, in 1790, and reared nine children, viz .: Clarissa, Pamelia, Mary, Har- riet, Harry, Nelson, Lowell, Clarissa, 2d, and Josiah. Mr. Smith died Janu- ary 10, 1846, and his widow died in 1847. Nelson was born in Brookfield, Vt., May 18, 1801, married Rebecca, daughter of Dea. Selah Smith, March 20, 1823, and had born to him five children, as follows : Harriet S., born in 1825, Henry N., born in 1826, William, born in 1830, Clara L., born in 1834, and Jennie, born in 1836. Henry N. married Mary Cook, in 1856, and has had born to him two children, Mary J., born in 1857, and Arthur N., born October 17, 1859. Mary J. married John S. Barslow, in 1883, and has one child, Luther H.
Luther Smith was born in 1759, married Sylvia Judd, in 1792, and his children were as follows : Luther, Philip, Almira. Heman, Asaph and Asaph, 2d. Philip was born in 1797, occupied his father's farm nearly all his life, married Sarah, daughter of Jonathan Smith, of Leverett, Mass., and had born to him three children, namely, Sarah A., Philip H. and Newton. Mr. Smith died in 1867. Philip H., born in 1845, married Fannie, daughter of Charles Butterfield, in 1871, and has had born to him three children, Philip, Robert and Charles, who died in 1884. Mrs. Sarah Smith is now living with her sons Newton and Philip H.
Ephraim Smith, son of John, and a lineal descendant of Joseph Smith, of Hartford, Conn., was born in South Hadley, married Mary, daughter of John Preston, and had born to him seven children, as follows: Ephraim, Eli,
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Darius, Simeon, Luther, Johanna and Lois. Eli married for his first wife, Lois, daughter of Ebenezer Kellogg, who bore him seven children, viz .: Johanna, Justin, 'Jehial, Lois, Sally, Eli and Leonard. He married for his second wife, Thankful Dickinson. Justin was born in South Hadley, mar- ried Rebecca Smith, of Williamstown, where he resided for a time, and had born to him five children, Nelson, of Granby, Giles, Justin, Eli, and Marilla, wife of George Moody. Nelson was born October 31, 1810, married Salena, daughter of Bela Burnett, resides in Granby, and has had born to him eight children, viz. : Mary S., wife of Watson Williams, of South Hadley, Osman, who died at the age of four years, Eliza B., wife of George Harris, Lewis B., of Springfield, Osman, of Springfield, Harvey G., of South Hadley Falls, Willard N. and Edson L., who live in Granby.
Broughton Alvord was born in this town in 1802, lived on the homestead most of his life, where his sister, Mary A., now resides. He died at the age of eighty-four years. He was the oldest of a family of five children, only one of whom, Ruth, married. The latter married Ellis Coney, who died in about four years, leaving one daughter, Harriet S., born October 2, 1827. Mrs. Coney married for her second husband, Estes Cummings; in 1829, and had one child. Mrs. Cummings died November 10, 1836.
Dexter Burnett, son of Arza, was born in this town, April 15, 1819, on the place now owned by Welcome Burnett, is a mason by trade, and married Clara M. Ainsworth, of Belchertown, in 1844. Soon after, he bought the land on road 16, where he now is, and built the house in which he resides at present. He has had born to him four children, namely, Lewis E., who died in 1847; Clara A., born in 1848, married Lucius B. Smith, in 1869, and has one child, Louie E .; Abby L., born in 1851, married Elliot Miller, of Green- field, and has one child, Clara I .; and Louis Dexter, born in 1854, married Hattie Thurber, in 1881, and resides in Springfield. Mr. Burnett served in the late war, in Co. D, 27th Mass. Vols., was in nine engagements, was taken prisoner at Kingston, N. C., March 8, 1865, and was held a prisoner in Libby prison until Lee's surrender in April.
Eleazer Howard was born in Holyoke, September 13, 1810, and when he was two years of age his father, Pember, moved to Belchertown, where the latter died in 1841. At the age of twenty-one years, Eleazer moved to En- field, and engaged with a company in the manufacture of shoe-pegs. He worked there about a year and a half, when he entered the employ of J. N. Hastings & Cutler in the sash, door and blind factory. In 1834 Mr. Hast- ings moved to South Hadley and built the factory now owned by Howard, Gaylord & Co. Mr. Howard married Sarah Smith, and has had born to him one child, Emory E. The latter was born July 9, 1850, and is now a prac- ticing physician in Holyoke. He married twice, first, Clara M. Graham, in 1872, who bore him two children, and died in 1880, and second, Gertie Clifton, of Philadelphia.
William H. Moody, son of William and Emily (Harris) Moody, was born
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May 15, 1844, and married Hattie M. Oppie, June 9, 1865. He served in the late war, in Co. I), 27th Mass. Vols., and served three years. His only brother, Josiah, was born in 1842, and also served in the late war, in Co. F, 44th Mass. Vols., and died at Newberne, N. C .. January 14, 1863. William H. located at Moody's Corners, where he has lived most of the time since. He has had born to him one child, Josiah, born October 30, 1884, and died February 26, 1886. They have an adopted daughter, Mary, born July 4, 1875.
Emerson Bates, son of John, was born in Westhampton, September 4, 1816, married Sarah A., daughter of David Edwards, of Northampton, and immedi- ately moved on to the farm now occupied by him, on road 8. He has had born to him four children, viz. : Henry E., who died while serving in the late war, in 1863; Mary A., born in 1840, married T. C. Cooley, has one child, and lives in Springfield; John E., who married Hattie Wright, and has had born to him five children, namely, Clinton M., Edith W., Sarah E., Hattie I., and Lucy A ; Nathan and Catharine, both of whom live at home. The farm now owned by Mr. Bates, and where he has resided forty-nine years, was the first piece of land for which a deed was given in South Hadley, and the house which was on the farm when he bought it was said to be 125 years old.
Isaac Abbey was an early settler of Enfield. His son Abner bought a farm in Wilbraham, but afterwards moved to Granby, where he died. Abner, Jr., lived in Boston, for a time, and then moved to south Hadley. His son Abner was born in this town, November 5, 1812, married Chloe A. Root, and has had born to him a large family of children, five of whom are living, namely, Emma, Arthur L., Charles C, Silas B. and Sibyl. Mrs. Abby died in February, 1874.
Sylvester Bryant located in this town, near South Hadley Falls, on road 32, in 1861. He engaged in the milk business, establishing a large and profit- able trade. He continued in this business until 1885. He is now engaged in market gardening.
Joel Parsons was born in Easthampton in 1776, and is said to have made the first sleigh driven in the town. He married Rachel James, and thirteen children were born to him. His son Ralph was born January 13, 1805, spent his early days in Easthampton, and married twice, first, Hannah Thorp, who bore him three children, Abel T., who died in infancy, Jane E. and Abel H. He married for his second wife, Ruth, daughter of Perez Barker. The chil- dren of this marriage are, Alva E., Louis R. and George I. Alva E. was born February 13, 1846, and married Rebecca E. Hall. Louis was born in 1851, and married Annetta Scott.
Daniel Brainard came to this country, from England, and settled in Con- necticut in 1662. He married twice, first, Hannah Spencer, and second, Mrs. Hannah Sexton, and died in 1715. Robert Brainard, a lineal decendant of Daniel, came to this town in 1805. He was the first Methodist in town, and settled on the farm now owned by Wells Brainard. He married twice, first, Abigail Spencer, who bore him Eight children, and died in 1815. He
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married for his second wife, Olive, daughter of Dea, Ezra and Jerusha (Smith) Brainard in 1813. Mr. Brainard died in 1831, and his widow died in 1844.
Joseph Emory Dickinson son of Asa, was born October 26, 1823, came to this town when he was twenty-one years of age, and married Mary A., daugh- ter of Nathaniel Goodell in 1851. He had born to him two children, Lillian S., Born in 1854, and Joseph H., born in 1856.
John H. Preston, son of Gad Clark Preston, was born January 1, 1827, and married Sarah J., daughter of Moses Moody, in 1857. He spent three years in California, returning in 1855. He resides at South Hadley Falls.
Thomas T. Shumway, son of Binah and Philenda (Squires) Shumway, was born in Belchertown, December 11, 1822, and came to South Hadley about 1846. He served in the late war, in Co. I, 34th Mass. Vol., and was wound- ed in the right ankle in 1864. He married twice, first, Joanna Bishop, who bore him four children, and second, Jemima Weeks.
Moses Gaylord married Rebecca, daughter of Hiram Smith, and his chil- dren were as follows : James, born in 1844, Henry E., born in 1846, Lewis, born in 1849, Josiah, born in 1852, and died in 1858. and Fred born in 1859. Mr. Gaylord died in 1866, and his widow died in 1883. James mar- ried Mrs. Louisa Rose, January 1, 1885.
Moses Gaylord, of another branch of the family from the above, married Jerusha, daughter of Ephraim Smith, and had born to him seven children, viz: Lorenzo, John, Philotas, Moses, Roxanna, wife of Rockwell Wright, Simeon and William. John married Elizabeth, daughter of Elisha Moody, in 1838, and has one daughter, Elizabeth, living at home.
In 1776 the population of the town was 584. Its population for each de- cade since 1790 is shown by the following figures : 1790, 759; 1800, 801 ; 1810, 902 ; 1820, 1,047; 1830, 1,185; 1840, 1,458; 1850, 2,495; 1860, 2,277 ; 1870, 2,840 ; 1880, 3,538.
Organization .- The first officers chosen were those of the precinct, March 12, 1733, when Ebenezer Moody acted as moderator, and Daniel Nash, 2d, as clerk of the meeting. John Taylor, John Alvord and Samuel Smith were made assessors and committee ; and John Smith, son of Ebenezer, collector. The administration of the affairs of the precinct were confined chiefly to mat- ters of an ecclesiastical nature, the civil connection with Hadley not having been severed.
The first district officers were chosen April 30, 1853, at a meeting warned by Eleazar Porter, Esq., of Hadley, and were as follows : Dea. John Smith, moderator ; Daniel Nash, clerk; Samuel Smith, Thomas Goodman, Dea. John Smith, Dea. John Smith, Jr., Luke Montague, selectmen ; Samuel Smith, Dea. John Smith, Jr., Luke Montague, assessors ; Moses Montague, Asahel Judd, constables ; Dea. John Smith, Sr., treasurer ; Josiah Moody, Experi- ence Smith, Joseph Cook, hog-reeves; Reuben Smith, clerk of the market, sealer, packer, and gauger; Thomas Goodman, Job Alvord, fence-viewers ;
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Stephen Warner, Jr., Josiah White, surveyors of highways. Tithingmen, hay- wards, wardens, and deer-reeves were chosen in later years.
Military .- In the later French and Indian wars the town sent out about seventy-five men, though no troubles ever occurred here. In the Revolution- ary struggle, also, the township was not a whit behind its neighbors in furnish- ing men and means. In the late great war the town furnished 242 men, an excess of twenty-three over all calls, three of whom were commissioned offi- cers. It also furnished $24,668.52 for the cause, exclusive of $10,296.13, which was subsequently repaid by the state.
VILLAGES.
SOUTHI HADLEY is a neat, substantial, quiet post-village, located near the center of the town. It has about 100 dwellings, one church, a high school building and several stores and mills, aside from the commodious buildings and elegant grounds of the famous Mt. Holyoke Seminary.
SOUTH HADLEY FALLS is a large, busy manufacturing village located in the southwestern part of the town, on the opposite side of the river from the City of Holyoke.
The only other thickly settled localities are Pearl City and Moody Corners, small hamlets in the northeastern part of the town.
Mount Holyoke Seminary was founded by Miss Mary Lyon, its first princi- pal, and incorporated February 11, 1836, and the corner-stone of the first building was laid on the 3d of the following October. This building is of brick, four stories and a basement, though greatly enlarged from its original dimensions, and other buildings have been erected, the largest and most ele - gint of the group being Williston hall, the corner-stone of which was laid June 1, 1875. Its cost was over $50,000.00. In the affairs of the seminary no domestics are employed. The members constitute one family, and by a proper division of labor, requiring a service from each of but one hour a day, perform all the needed household duties. While regarded as no part of the instruction proper, this daily service proves salutary as a means of promoting health and stimulating to system, order, and mutual helpfulness. The insti- tution has received considerable aid from private sources, but was never en- (lowed. Rev. William S. Tyler, D. D., of Amherst, is president, and A. Ly- man Williston, of Northampton, treasurer. Miss Elizabeth Blanchard is principal, assisted by a large and competent corps of teachers.
MANUFACTURES.
The Carew Manufacturing Co., engaged in the manufacture of fine writing- paper at South Hadley Falls, was established in 1848. In 1873 their main building was burned, and immediately re-built. The company employs 100 hands and turns out three tons of paper per day. J. H. Southworth is presi- dent, and F. C. Southworth, treasurer.
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The Hampshire Paper Co.'s mills are located at South Hadley Falls, and were built by the Glasgow Co. in 1860. The present company was organ- ized and incorporated May 19, 1866, with a capital of $200.000.00. They employ 130 hands and turn out four tons of fine writing-paper and bristol- board per day. J. H. Southworth is president, and C. H. Southworth, treasurer.
The Glasgow Co.'s mills are located at South Hadley Falls, where they turn out about 70,000 yards of dress goods per week. The company was in- corporated February 16, 1848, with a capital of $300,000.00, which was sub- sequently increased to $350,000.00.
Howard, Gaylord & Burnett's sash, door and blind factory, on road 16, was built by J. N. Hastings, in 1834, and came into the present company's possession in 1858. They employ eight hands and turn out 2,000 pairs of blinds, 2,700 sets of sash and 2,300 doors per annum.
Robert Laing's paper mill, on road 5, was built by Laing, Afflick & Morti- mer, in 1885, and operated by them under the name of the Mt. Holyoke Paper Co., until March 1, 1886, when Mr. Laing became sole owner. He employs eight hands in the manufacture of tissue and manilla paper.
Charles E. Marsh's saw-mill, on road 4, was originally built by Sylvester Moody, at a very early date. It has a circular saw and the capacity for cut- ting 7,000 feet of lumber per day.
Eugene J. O' Neil's tape and finding factory, on road 16, was built in 1885, upon the site of the old woolen.mill burned in 1883, The factory has eight Knowle's looms, finisher, etc., and gives employment to four hands.
F. A. Bogg's cider-mill, on road 17, makes about 1,000 barrels of cider per year, much of which is converted into vinegar.
CHURCHES.
The First Congregational church of South Hadley was formed as the "Second Church of Christ in Hadley." Its territory was known as the " South Precinct in Hadley," which then embraced what is now called South Hadley, and also the present town of Granby. The church was organized a short time previous to March 12, 1733. At that early date a meeting-house was in process of erection, and seems to have been commenced in 1732, though not completed until 1737. That house stood a little north of the present hay-scales, and is now known as the Judd dwelling-house, across the way from the north end of the green. The second house of worship, built in 1763, stood near where the present one does, with its main entrance at the south end, and the steeple at the north end. That was torn down to make a larger one for the accommodation of Mt. Holyoke seminary, in 1844. The cost of the new or third house was $10,000.00. It fronted west, and stood nearer the street than the present house, yet on nearly the same ground. The bell was moved across from the old to the new house, without being
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lowered in the earth. The third house was burned Sunday morning, Jan- uary 17, 1875, and the present, or fourth house, costing about $33,000.00, was dedicated February 23, 1876. The parish was formed in 1825. Pre- vious to that the town served as parish. The pastors of the church and the periods of their service have been as follows: Rev. Grindall Rawson, Octo- ber, 1733-41 ; Rev. John Woodbridge, 1742-83, the time of his death, in the eighty-first year of his age ; Rev. Joel Hayes, 1782-1827, the date of his death, in the seventy-fourth year of his age; Rev. Artemas Boies, 1824-34 ; Rev. Joseph D. Condit, 1835-47, the date of his death ; Rev. Thomas Lau- rie, 1848-51 ; Rev. Eliphalet Y. Swift, 1852-58; Rev. Hiram Mead, 1858- 67 ; Rev. John M. Greene, 1868-70; Rev. J. Henry Bliss, 1871-73 ; Rev. J. R. Herrick, 1874-78 ; Rev. William DeLoss Love, 1879. The present church membership is 336. The Sabbath school membership is about 200. The present estimated value of the parish property, including the parsonage, is $27,000.00.
The Congregational Church of South Hadley Falls was organized in 1824, with nineteen members, and Rev. John F. Griswold was their first pastor. Their first church building was erected in 1835. The present structure was built in 1864, at a cost of $20,000.00. It is a wooden structure, capable of seating 475 persons, and is now valued, including grounds, etc., at $25,000.00. The society now has 300 members, with Rev. W. S. Hawkes, pastor.
The South Hadley Falls Methodist Episcopal church was organized in 1829, with seventy-five members, and Rev. Hiram White was their first pastor. Their church building was built in 1832. It is a wooden structure, capable of seating 500 persons, and valued, including grounds, etc., at $10,000.00. The society now has 100 members, with Rev. E. S. Best, pastor.
St. Patrick's Roman Catholic church, located at South Hadley Falls, was organized by its first pastor, Rev. P. J. Harkins, with about Soo communi- cants, in 1868. The church building, erected that year at a cost of $15,- 000.00, is a wooden structure capable of accommodating 500 persons. The society now has about 1,200 communicants, with Rev. Eugene Toher, pastor.
W ARE lies in the southeastern corner of the county, and is bounded north by Enfield, Greenwich and a part of the county line, east and south by the county line, and west by Belchertown, having an area of about 18,000 acres.
The surface of the town is rough and broken, as three ranges of hills tra- verse it from north to south. These are rough and rocky, but between them are productive valleys. The highest elevation is Coy's hill, in the eastern part of the town, having an altitude of about 500 feet. Ware river, the prin- cipal stream, enters the town at the northeast corner, and leaves it at the
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southwestern, keeping mostly along the eastern and southern boundaries. This stream furnishes a fine water-power, which has led to the town's being noted for its extensive manufacturing interests. Swift river forms the western boundary of the township. The other streams are Muddy, Flat and Beaver brooks, flowing through the valleys we have mentioned, into Ware river. Ex- cept on some of the sloping hillsides and the intervals of the valley, the soil of the township is not good, while all is difficult of cultivation.
Grant and Settlement .- A large portion of the present township of Ware, or about 10,000 acres, was a part of the "Equivalent Lands" grant, as described in the history of Belchertown. This covered nearly the whole of the western portion of the town. It took the name of "Read Manor," from John Read, Esq., of Boston, its purchaser. The southern part of the town, east of Read Manor, made up a part of the " Elbows " grant, so called. Five hundred acres in the southeastern part of the town, where the village now is, was granted to Richard Hollingsworth, of Salem, in 1673. The northeastern part of the town was granted to settlers in 1733, among whom were the Marsh and Clements families. These several grants, then, make up the town's pres- ent territory, and they were located as follows : The Read Manor, in 1713 ; the Hallingsworth grant, in 1715; the Elbows tract, in 1732 ; and the Marsh and Clements tract, in 1733.
The first settlement was made upon the Hollingsworth grant, at what is now the very center of the village. Capt. Jabez Olmstead, who came on that year and built mills at the falls, was the first settler. He was a man of means, had two sons and a daughter, but took little active part in public affairs. His house, known as the "great house," was standing till 1821.
Isaac Magoon was the first settler in the southeastern corner of the town. He came from Ireland with the colony that settled in Palmer in 1727. He and his son, Isaac, Jr., owned a tract of about seven hundred acres. The lat- ter subsequently bought of Capt. Olmstead's heirs the mills and the land at the village. Jacob Cummings, from Killingly, Conn., came on soon after and became one of the most prominent men in the new settlement. Among others of the early settlers were the following: John Davis, William Braken- ridge, Judah, Thomas, Ephraim, Samuel and Joseph Marsh, Samuel Sher- man, Thomas Jenkins, Maverick Smith, Joseph Foster, Samuel Dunsmore, James Lemmon, John Downing, Daniel, David and Ebenezer Gould, Will- iam Paige, Phille Morse, William Coney, Oliver Coney, John Tisdale, Jere- miah Anderson, Thomas Andrews, James Lamberton, Dr. Edward Demond, Dr. Elias Bolton, Dr. Rufus King, William Bowdoin and others.
William Coney was born in Sharon, Mass., February 13, 1765, and came to Ware with his parents when about ten years of age. He married Hannah Marsh and reared nine children. His wife died April 10, 1829, and his death occurred May 24, 1848. His son, John, was born in Ware May 29, 1809, married Sophronia Allen October 5, 1842, and his children were as follows : Hubert M., born March 18, 1844, married Ellen Brainard, and has one
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child, Edwin B .; George H., born October 23, 1847, married Alice Hine- line, and is engaged in contracting and building ; and Charles E., born in 1852, tlied November 5, 1875. In 1870, Mr. Coney built the place where his widow now resides, an l died March 29, 1884.
Ambrose Blair was born in Warren, December 18, 1852, and came to Ware in 1824. when twenty-two years of age. He married Sarah Dunbar in 1835, who bore him two children, Francis and Almira. She died in 1874. Mr. Blair says there is not a man now living in the town who was here when he came.
In 1742 there were thirty-three families in the town. In 1776 the popu- lation numbered 773, and the census returns for 1790 give the same figures. Since then the population has increased as follows : 1850, 997 ; 1810, 996 ; 1820, 1, 154; 1830, 2,045; 1840, 1,890; 1850, 3,785; 1855, 3,493; 1860, 3,597 ; 1865 ; 3,374 ; 1870, 4,259 ; 1875, 4, 142 ; 1880, 4,817.
Organizatian .- The territory was erected into a precinct December 7, 1742, and incorporated as a township November 25, 1761. The first town- meeting was held March 9, 1762, when William Brakenridge was chosen clerk ; Samuel Sherman, William Brakenridge, John Davis, Jacob Cum- mings and Judah Marsh, selectmen and assessors ; and Jacob Cummings, treasurer.
The name Ware is derived from the " weirs" or " weares " formerly con- structed in Ware river to aid in catching salmon.
Military .- In the war of the Revolution the town early took an active in- terest and sustained well her part throughout the great struggle. In the second war with the mother country the town was not in sympathy, though several of the citizens were drafted and marched to Boston. In the late great war the town furnished 351 men, a total of twenty in excess of all demands, nine of whom were commissioned officers. The town also raised $36,029.00 aside from $18,917.38 which was subsequently refunded by the state.
VILLAGES.
WARE VILLAGE has grown up about the magnificent water-power at the site of the first settlement made in the town. It is a large, bright, busy, flourishing manufacturing village, containing more than three-fourths of the town's entire population. Formerly the town business was transacted at the center of the town, and was transferred to the village in 1847. There is now a large, elegant town hall here, recently erected. The village is also lighted with gas, has a fine water supply, and all modern improvements.
WARE CENTER is now only a hamlet containing a few houses. It was for- merly the village of the township.
MANUFACTURES.
The fine water power at the village, where the river makes a sudden descent of seventy feet, was, as we have stated, early utilized by Jabez Olmstead,
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