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(VII) Paschal Abbott, son of Nathan Abbott (6), was born in Andover, Massachu- setts, April 13. 1812. He married Phebe A. Smith, born October 13, ISII, and died June 27. 1866. He was a machinist. Children: I. Mary Elizabeth, married Alonzo Winkley ; see Winkley family. 2. Charles W. 3. Jennette L. 4. Phebe Maria.
WINKLEY The surname Winkley is of ancient English origin, probably a place-name be- fore it was a surname. The spelling is varied in both America and England. The coat-of- arms of the Winkley family of Lancashire, the seat of which is at Brockholes and Collerall Hall, is: Per pale argent and gules an eagle displ. counterchanged. Motto: Spes. Most of the family seems to have originated in Lanca- shire. A branch in Leicestershire and Suffolk county, spelling the name Wincoll, etc., has a different and probably later coat-of-arms: Er- mine a chevron quarterly per chevron or and sable between three crescents gules. Crest : An arm couped at the shoulder embowed and erect from the elbow habited in armour ppr. garnished or. ; in the hand of the first a spear of the second headed argent.
(I) Thomas Winkley ( spelled also Winkle, Wincoll, Wincall, Wincholl, etc.) was born in England about 1587. According to family tradition the first American settler was from Clitheroe, Lancashire, though the accounts in the history of Kittery, Maine, taken from Quint's "Historical Memoranda of Dover, New Hampshire," makes Samuel (3) an im- migrant. But the evidence seems conclusive to the writer that Thomas ( I) and John (2) were in this country before Samuel was born, and are his grandfather and father respective- ly. The first record of Thomas appears in the files of the Massachusetts general court under date of March 4, 1632-33. He was a yeoman and a proprietor of the town of Cambridge. He sold his land in Cambridge before 1638, and removed to Watertown, Massachusetts, where he was a proprietor in 1642. Elizabeth Winkley, aged fifty-two, who came in the ship "Rebecca." sailing from England. April 9, 1635, was his wife or sister, and John who came with her was his son, mentioned below. His second wife Beatrice died June II, 1655, aged about eighty years. He was an inn- keeper in Watertown in 1649. He died June 10, 1657, aged about seventy, and his son John filed the inventory October 6, 1657.
(II) John Winkley, son of Thomas Wink-
ley (1), born in England about 1622, came with his mother or aunt, Elizabeth, from Lon- don in 1635, when his age was given as thir- teen. He was a proprietor of Watertown early, and was admitted a freeman May 6, 1646; was elected highway surveyor 1647. He removed to Kittery, Maine, before 1652, when with many others of that town he submitted to the jurisdiction of Massachusetts. He was a deputy to the general court in Boston in 1653-54-55-58; sergeant of the militia com- pany, lieutenant and captain in succession ; deputy again for Kittery, 1675-77-78, and jus- tice as of Newchawanock from 1676, being succeeded at his death by Hammond, accord- ing to Judge Sewall's diary. He engaged in 1659 to build a saw mill upon the Salmon falls of great Newickawannock river for Walter Price and Richard Cooke. He deposed July 6, 1671, relative to contracts he had made for the sale of lumber; referred to his brother Thomas Broughton. Broughton came from London to Watertown, Massachusetts, was a merchant, owned land at Kittery and else- where. Susanna Dix, widow of Edward Dix, of Watertown, Massachusetts, brought suit for dowry against John Wincoll and John Dix, April 2, 1661. This transaction shows that he was still connected with Watertown interests, and perhaps lived there part of the time. The two brothers, Samuel and Nicho- las, who were settled in Kittery about 1680, were doubtless his sons. Nicholas is said to have died without issue. The records about 1675-80 are almost entirely wanting on account of the Narragansett war.
(III) Samuel Winkley, said by some to be the immigrant ancestor, but evidently born in Kittery or vicinity about 1660, was also an inn-keeper, succeeding his father. He lived for a time on the Crooked Lane estate which was voted by the town to Francis Trickey, his father-in-law, for gallant conduct in 1656. He married, 1684, Sarah, daughter of Francis and Sarah Trickey. Winkley was adminis- trator of the estate of his wife's mother, Sarah, April 15, 1703. He opened a store in Portsmouth about 1680; was of Newcastle in 1694, when he paid impost on powder. He was given a hundred acres of land at South Berwick by vote of the town of Kittery for leading a company of soldiers from Kittery to "Winnepisioge" and rescuing some white prisoners from the Indians. He died at Ports- mouth, May 6, 1736, at an advanced age, prob- ably much older than seventy, the age esti- mated by Quint. His will, dated November
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13, 1726, proved May 6, 1736, bequeathed to son Francis property already given him; to son Nicholas land in the town of Barrington, New Hampshire ; to son Thomas his house and land at Crooked Lane, Kittery, formerly the Trickey place; to William the Berwick estate; to daughter Elizabeth; to Samuel, a minor, his house and land at Portsmouth ; also kinsman Elizabeth Hunking. Sarah Langdon, and his old servant Mary Grant. He be- queathed much valuable silverware, indicating that he was a man of much wealth for his day. He married second, at Boston, Decem- ber 12, 1705, Hannah Adams; third, at Ports- mouth, about 1710, Elizabeth Fernald. One of his sons married Sarah Wade, daughter of Rev. John and Elizabeth (Gerrish) Wade, as shown by a deed at Alfred, Maine. Chil- dren: 1. Samuel, born October 28, 1687; died at sea, about 1707. 2. Michael, born May 13, 1699; died May 18, 1699. 3. Wil- liam, born February 5, 1700; married Susanna (Cutts) Penhallow, died when a young man. 4. Francis, mentioned below. 5. Nicholas, died when a young man. 6. Sarah, married. February 12, 1713-14, Tobias Langdon. 7. Elizabeth. married Samuel Weeks, of Boston. 8. Samuel, died after 1726, unmarried.
(IV) Francis Winkley, son of Samuel Winkley (3), was born in Kittery, in 1689. He inherited the Crooked Lane estate, in his native town, and was a boat-builder by trade. He was in the old French war, and aide-de- camp to General William Pepperell at the taking of Louisburg, June 17, 1745. He mar- ried, November 12, 1724, Mary Emerson, born at Ipswich, daughter of Rev. Joseph Em- erson (3), born at Ipswich, May 14. 1670, died June 2, 1732, married Mary Batten, daughter of Edmund. Mr. Emerson gradu- ated at Harvard College, 1689; was admitted freeman at Gloucester, February 6, 1690-91 ; ordained May 14, 1703, the first minister of Newcastle, New Hampshire, and was minis- ter there until 1712 : he made a voyage to Eng- land and was received by Queen Anne. After leaving Newcastle he was installed as minister of the Second Church at Portsmouth, con- tinting there until his death. John Emerson, father of Rev. Joseph, born in England, 1625, died in Gloucester, December 2, 1700; mar- ried Ruth, daughter of Hon. Samuel and Martha (Reade) Symonds. His wife died at Gloucester, February 23, 1702. John Emerson resided in Gloucester ; was admitted freeman December 19, 1648; graduated at Harvard College in 1656, having a commencement part,
and was ordained October 6, 1663, the first minister of Gloucester, Massachusetts. His will was dated February 3, 1697-98. He left real estate in Ipswich, three farms, and land elsewhere. Thomas Emerson, father of Rev. John (2), was the immigrant ancestor. ( See Emerson family. Children of Francis and Mary Winkley: 1. John, born February 9. 1725- 26; married Deborah Keen. 2. Elizabeth, born November 7. 1729: died November 23, 1806, unmarried. 3. Samuel, born March 9, 1730-31, mentioned below. 4. Francis, born October 25, 1733: died October 9, 1818. 5. Mary, born June 21, 1737: died December I. 1776, unmarried. 6. Emerson, born June 4. 1740: died September 17, 1810, at Barring- ton. 7. Sarah, born 1741 ; died February 6. 1803. unmarried.
(V) Samuel Winkley, son of Francis Winkley (4), was born in Kittery, March 9. 1730-31 ; married Mary Brewster, grand- daughter of the heroine of Portsmouth, great- granddaughter of Elder William Brewster, of Plymouth. All of the descendants of Samuel and Mary ( Brewster ) Winkley are of "May- flower" stock, having several ancestors that came in the "Mayflower" besides Elder Brew- ster himself. Mary Brewster was born April 13. 1734, and died November 3, 1816. Sam- uel learned the trade of carpenter and joiner of Mark Langdon, of Portsmouth. Mary ( Brewster ) Winkley's mother was daughter of Richard Waterhouse. granddaughter of Richard Waterhouse, who owned and occu- pied Pierce Island at Portsmouth in 1688. Samuel Winkley settled at Barrington, and was a farmer as well as a carpenter. Chil- dren, born at Barrington: 1. Samuel, born December 24. 1756, mentioned below. 2. Francis, the Shaker Elder, born March 28. 1759: died June 20, 1847. 3. Mehitable, born May 10, 1761 ; died September 24, 1824. 4. William, born, August 31, 1763: died July 29, 1845. 5. Deacon John, born November 17, 1766: died January 8, 1843. 6. Elizabeth, born March 9, 1769: died July 29. 1850. 7. Benjamin, born January 3. 1772 ; died Septem- ber 20, 1851. 8. Colonel David, born July 4, 1775: died December 18, 1852. 9. Mary, born August 3. 1677.
(VI) Samuel Winkley, son of Samuel Winkley (5), born in Barrington, New Hamp- shire. December 24, 1756, died May 18, 1812. He was a soldier in the revolution, in Captain McDuffie's company, Colonel Stephen Evans's regiment, at Saratoga, 1777. He married Olive Kingman, of Barrington, and settled
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in that town. She died October 17, 1822, aged seventy-one. Children, born at Barrington : I. Elizabeth, resided in Barrington; married Jonathan Drew, of Durham. 2. Mary, mar- ried Richard Furber, of Farmington. 3. Me- hitable, married Pierce P. Furber. 4. Olive, died unmarried. 5. Samuel, mentioned be- low. 6. Abiah, married Augustus Rollins, of Rollinsford. Other children.
(VII) Samuel Winkley, son of Samuel Winkley (6), born in Barnstead, New Hamp- shire, November 25, 1797, died there October 23, 1872. He was educated in the public schools, and became a man of prominence. The historian of Barnstead gives him credit for collecting the facts printed about the revo- lutionary soldiers of that town (note, p. 120). In 1832 he removed to Laconia, New Hamp- shire. He married Mary Martin, born at Amesbury, Massachusetts, October 14, 1800, died May 3, 1884. Children, born at Barn- stead: 1. Jefferson, born August 7, 1828, died June 3, 1902. 2. Alonzo, mentioned below.
(VIII) Alonzo Winkley, son of Samuel Winkley (7), was born in Barnstead, New Hampshire, November 8, 1832. He was edu- cated in the public schools of Laconia, New Hampshire, whither his parents removed when he was about three months old. He came to Lawrence in 1852 to learn his trade, and spent the remainder of his life in that city. He served his apprenticeship under Hezekiah Plummer, carpenter and builder, and afterward was employed as a carpenter in the Boston & Maine railroad shops at South Lawrence, Massachusetts. He engaged in bus- iness later in partnership with Lyman San- born, under the firm name of Sanborn & Winkley, carpenters and builders. This firm of contractors was very successful, and for a few years later was among the most prom- inent of the city. Upon the death of his part- ner a few years later, Mr. Winkley continued the business alone until within a few months of his own death. He built many of the resi- dences and large buildings of Lawrence erect- ed during the past half-century. Among the buildings constructed by Mr. Winkley were: The old St. John's Church, on Bradford street ; a mill for Armington & Simms, on Island street ; Stedman Fuller house, on Hav- erhill street, now occupied by the Young Women's Christian Association. At the time this Fuller house was built it was the largest and finest in the city. At times he employed forty men or more regularly.
Mr. Winkley was for many years a member
of the old Tiger Three Company, and became captain of that famous company of fire-fight- ers. He was with his company at the fire following the fall of the Pemberton Mill. He resigned the position of captain to accept an appointment as engineer of the fire department of Lawrence, a position he held two years. In 1868 he was elected to the common council of the city, and in 1870 to the board of alder- men. He was an active and earnest Demo- crat of the old school, but in municipal affairs he had the fullest respect and confidence of both Republicans and Democrats, and was accounted a faithful and efficient public offi- cer. He was a member of Samoset Colony, United Order of Pilgrim Fathers; of Grecian Lodge of Free Masons; of Mount Sinai Chap- ter, Royal Arch Masons; of Lawrence Coun- cil, Royal and Select Masons; of Bethany Commandery, Knights Templar, and of the Order of the Mystic Shrine.
He married, June 17, 1857, Mary Elizabeth Abbott, daughter of Paschal and Phebe (Smith) Abbott. Her father was born April, 1807, and died June 12, 1871. Her mother, Phebe (Smith) Abbott, was born October, 18II, and died June 27, 1866, a native of Andover, Massachusetts. Had Mr. Winkley lived two months more he would have ob- served his golden wedding. Children of Alonzo and Mary E. Winkley: I. Charles Alonzo, born April 26, 1863. died August 20, 1885, by drowning. 2. Arthur Abbott, born January II, 1866; died August 20, 1885, by drowning at the same time as his brother. 3. Fred Louis, born November 1, 1873; educated in the public schools and Boston Art School; is now engaged by the Dillon Machine Com- pany, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, as draughtsman.
Mr. Winkley died April 24, 1907, at his home, 127 South Broadway, Lawrence. At the time of his death a Lawrence newspaper said of him: "Deceased was one of the most prominent men in the city at one time and had engaged in active business up to last fall, at which time his health began to fail and he was forced to retire. Despite his suffering he bore up with rare fortitude and complaints were very seldom heard from his lips. In his death Lawrence loses one of her best cit- izens and the Democratic party loses a true friend. Mr. Winkley was the soul of honor and integrity, and a man respected by the en- tire city. He was connected with many organ- izations, but did not let them interfere with his home, to which he devoted much time."
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ELLIS John Ellis, immigrant ancestor,
was born in England. His sur- name is spelled in the early rec- ords in a variety of ways, such as Elis, Elce, Else, Alice. It has been in use as a surname from the earliest times. The word means step-son, though in some cases the surname may have been derived from the baptismal name Elias, which was in common use very early in Normandy before the Conquest. John Ellis settled in Dedham, Massachusetts, where Lieutenant Thomas and Richard Ellis, his brothers, and Ann Ellis, his sister, also immi- grants, settled. He was the thirtieth signer of the famous Dedham covenant. There is 110 evidence that he was related to John Ellis, the immigrant at Sandwich, Massachusetts.
(I) John Ellis, of Dedham, was admitted a freeman June 2, 1641, about five years after signing the covenant. He had been admitted to the church July 17, 1640, a prerequisite to freemanship. He and Thomas were among the original thirteen grantees and founders of the town of Medfield, Massachusetts, adjoining Dedham, and his homestead there was on Main street, lately owned by Thomas Upham. He was a prominent man, selectman many years. Ile married, first, November 10, 1641, at Dedham, Susannah Lumber (Lombard), who died April 5, 1653. He married, second, at Dorchester, June 16, 1655. Joan Clapp, widow of John Clapp. She was dismissed from the Dorchester church to Medfield. She died at Medfield, March 2, 1703-04: he died there April 2, 1697, leaving a will dated Sep- tember 24, 1690, proved June 24, 1697. He bequeathed to his son John land on the west side of the Charles river, and made his son Eleazer residuary legatee ; mentioning grand- children and others. Children of the first wife: I. John, born at Dedham, April 26, 1646. 2. Susanna, married Matthias Evans. 3. Hannah, first white child born in Med- field, as stated on her gravestone, a fragment of which is preserved ; married Samuel Rock- wood. Children of second wife: 4. Sam- uel, born May 24, 1660, died March 24, 1684, unmarried. 5. Joseph, born October 24, 1662, mentioned below. 6. Eleazer, born April 24, 1664.
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(II) Joseph Ellis, son of John Ellis (I), born in Medfield, Massachusetts, October 24, 1662, died there August 31, 1726. He was a weaver by trade as well as a farmer. He was active in town affairs and selectman for seven years. He married, first, at Medfield, No- vember 23, 1688, Lydia Lovell, born June 15,
1665, at Medfield, died there June 11, 1694, daughter of Alexander (born 1619, died 1709) and Lydia (Leland) Lovell. Lydia ( Leland ) Lovell died at Medfield in 1700, daughter of Hopestill Leland. He married, second, Elizabeth Metcalf, died November 27, 1735, daughter of John and Mary (Chicker- ing ) Metcalf. Administration was granted on the estate of Joseph Ellis, of Medfield, De- cember 22, 1726. Inventory five hundred and fifty-eight pounds, seventeen shillings. The estate was divided November 13, 1728. Chil- dren, born in Medfield: 1. Lydia, born Octo- ber 4, 1689, died 1726; married, January 8, 1712-13, Elisha Bullen. 2. Joseph, born No- vember 23, 1691, mentioned below. 3. John, born May 13, 1694. Children of second wife: 4. James, born May 3, 1697. 5. Hannah, born April 24, 1699, married Nathaniel Fisher.
(III) Joseph Ellis, son of Joseph Ellis (2), born at Medfield, November 23, 1691, died at Medway, March 13, 1757. He married, first, at Boston, December 12, 1716, Elizabeth Partridge, born at Medfield, August, 1696, died at Medway, January 14, 1717-18, daugh- ter of Eleazer and Elizabeth (Smith) Part- ridge. He married, second, at Medway, June 16. 1719, Thamezin (same as Tamsin and Thomasin, etc.) Adams, born at Medway, August 21, 1699, daughter of Jonathan and Thamezin ( Sheffield ) Adams. She married, second, at Medway, February 7, 1760, Samuel Darling, of Bellingham. Mr. Ellis's estate was administered by widow and step-son Joseph. The estate included much land at Medway and vicinity. Child of first wife: I. Joseph, born January 5, 1717-18, mentioned below. Children of second wife: 2. Benoni, born at Medway, July 29, 1720. 3. William, born and died June 14, 1722. 4. Thamezin, born April 18, 1725. 5. Elisha, born April 27, 1729, married Dinal , resided in Ashford, Connecticut. 6. Jonathan, born February 27, 1730-31, resided at Thompson, Connecticut. 7. Elizabeth, born December 1, 1732, married, in Wrentham, October 10, 1751, Ebenezer Lawrence. 8. Lydia, born February 19, 1734. 9. Henry, born Novem- ber 10, 1737, died young. 10. Hannah, born June 13, 1741, married Lieutenant Thayer. Elias
(IV) Joseph Ellis, son of Joseph Ellis (3), born in Medway, January 5, 1717-18, died in Wrentham about 1808. Married Melatiah Metcalf, daughter of Michael and Abiel Met- calf. Children: 1. Timothy, married, at Med- way, April 12, 1772, Sarah Richardson, daugh-
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ter of William and Hannah (Adams Ellis) Richardson. 2. Amos, born March 13, 1744. 3. Henry, removed to Keene, New Hamp- shire. 4. Millie (Melatiah), married Lieu- tenant Amos Partridge; died at Westford, Vermont, March 19, 1823, aged seventy-eight. 5. Esther, married, first, Joel Hills, of Graf- ton ; second, Forbush. 6. Lois, mar- ried, at Franklin, December 16, 1773, James Woodward, of Franklin. 7. Lucretia, mar- ried Nathaniel Doak, of Boston.
(V) Amos Ellis, son of Joseph Ellis (4). was born at Wrentham, Massachusetts, March 13, 1744. He was a soldier in the revolution from Bellingham, an ensign in Captain Sam- tel Cobb's company, Colonel Joseph Read's regiment at Roxbury in the summer of 1775 : second lieutenant of the same company in August of that year; captain of the fourth Bellingham company, Colonel Benjamin Hawes's regiment (Fourth Suffolk) Massa- chusetts Militia, chosen September 26, 1777; in the service as captain of his company in the Rhode Island campaign in the fall of 1777 and again in 1778; captain in Major Seth Bul- lard's regiment in 1780 in the Rhode Island campaign ; detached by order of His Excel- lency Governor Hancock to march to Tiver- ton, Rhode Island ; also captain in Colonel Dean's regiment in Rhode Island in 1781. His was a long and faithful service in the army. He lived with his father on the farm in Franklin until he was about twenty years old, then for a time worked in Boston. He re- turned to Franklin and worked there and in Medway until 1772 when he settled in Belling- ham. He was a farmer in that town for about thirty-five years. He then removed to Graf- ton, Worcester county, Massachusetts, where he died May 30, 1817. He was buried in Bellingham near his former residence.
He married Hannah Hill, born in Holliston, Massachusetts, October 17, 1748, died in Bel- lingham, July 3, 1829, aged, according to the town record, eighty years. Children : I. Vespasian, born at Franklin or Wrentham, August 26, 1767, died of yellow fever near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, (buried in land of William Daniel Esq.) September 3 or 4. 1798. 2. Amos, born at Medway, May 4, 1769, died at Grafton, March 2, 1839. 3. Sabra, born at Medway, December 19, 1770, died in Worces- ter, 1838. 4. Joseph, born July 31, 1772, mar- ried, 1795, Mrs. Abigail Pratt; resided in St. Louis. 5. Jonathan, born at Bellingham, June 28, 1774, died December 28, 1806; re-
sided at Blue Hill, Maine. 6. Nathan, born at Bellingham, March 7. 1777, mentioned be- low. 7. Hannah, born December 8, 1778, died young. 8. Polly, born September 22, 1780, died January, 1830 ; married - Burr. 9. Rosanna, born at Bellingham, June 21, 1782, married William Thurston. 10. Betsey, born at Bellingham, March 1, 1784, married Lovell. II. Hannah, born January 17, 1786, married Robinson, and resided at West Winchester, New Hampshire.
Of this family Nathan Ellis, one of the sons, mentioned below, wrote: "Amos Ellis's wife, my mother, was Hannah Hill. She was born in Holliston near the corners of Medway, Franklin and Bellingham. Her father, Joseph Hill, had one son and three daughters. The son Joseph Hill went into the country and was poor. The oldest daughter married Nathan Bullard, of Holliston. My mother's twin sis- ter, Huldah, married Eli Pond, of Franklin, the father of the late Sabin Pond. These twin sisters had eleven children each. * * *
Mrs. Pond's children : i. Huldah, married Ab- ner White, of Milford; ii. Hannah, married Samuel Rockwood : iii. Louisa, married
Rockwood, in the country; iv. Eli, lived in Franklin; v. Edna, married Mr. .Blake, Walpole: vi. Sabin, died in Bangor ; buried in Ellsworth; vii. Eliab, died when a young man ; viii. Joseph, now in Ellsworth; ix. Miranda, died young, say eight or ten years of age; x. Asa Aldis, now at Ellsworth. The most perfect harmony and good feeling existed between these twin sisters (Mrs. Pond and Mrs. Ellis) and their children. The old- est daughter Bathsheba or Mrs. Bullard, of Holliston, had two sons and three daughters. The sons are both dead, the daughters I have heard nothing of them for many long years. They are probably dead. Nathan Ellis.")
(VI) Nathan Ellis, son of Captain Amos Ellis (5), was born at Bellingham, March 7, 1777. He removed to Blue Hill, Maine. He had a common school education, and followed farming for his livelihood. He married, first, (intention dated April 26, 1801, at Belling- ham), Polly Bass, who died April 10, 1804. He married, second, Sally Osgood, who died December 7, 1814. He married, third, Dolly Newell. He owned a general store and was a prosperous country merchant. Child of first wife: I. Vespasian, born January II, 1802. Children of second wife: 2. Mary Bass, born March 2, 1811. 3. Nathan, born November 12, 1812, mentioned below. 4
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Lemuel, born November 29, 1814. Children of third wife, Dolly: 5. Reuben Newell, born August 25, 1819. 6. Jonathan, born Novem- ber 15, 1820. 7. Edward, born March I, 1822, died November 5, 1828. 8. Sarah Bat- tell, born August 2, 1823. 9. Elizabeth Smith, born April 7, 1826. 10. Edward Henry, born May 1, 1830.
(VII) Nathan Ellis, son of Nathan Ellis, (6), born in Blue Hill, Maine, November 12, 1812, died at Andover, Massachusetts, De- cember 17, 1898. He was educated in the pub- lic schools and Blue Hill Academy in his na- tive town. He worked in his father's general store at Blue Hill during his youth, and was associated in business with his father until he was about thirty years old. He removed to Andover and for a number of years followed the trade and business of house painting. He was also in the shoe manufacturing business in Haverhill for a time. He was a man of retiring disposition, and devoted himself al- most exclusively to home and business. He was a Republican in politics, and a Congrega- tionalist in religion.
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