Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume I, Part 100

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848-
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 924

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chusetts, March 7. 1879, of cancer, daughter of Elkanah and Isabella ( Battles ) Miller. Elka- nah Miller was a farmer. Children: I. Wal- lace Ruthven, born May 18, 1848; married, March 8, 1873, Elizabeth Jane Walker, of Yar- mouth, Maine ; children: i. Annie Maud, born December 4, 1874, died September 17, 1879; ii. Charles Ruthven, born July 12, 1877, died October 2, 1879; iii. Mildred, born December 27, 1881. 2. Fremont Miller, born October 8, 1849; mentioned below. 3. Stephen Will- iam, born March 16, 1852; married, October 3, 1877, Eldora M. Ricker ; children: i. Clar- ence Stephen, born April 16, 1880, married, February 18, 1903. Ara Kisterson ; ii. Stanley, born July 15, 1883, married, June 6, 1906, Maud McGreno; iii. Edith M., born August 20, 1886, married, February 20, 1907, Charles Zimmerman ; iv. Ralph Miller, born January 29, 1894.

(VIII) Fremont Miller, son of Stephen $ (2) Richardson, was born at Hartland, Maine, October 8, 1849. At the age of six years, after his father went to California, he with his mother and two brothers removed to Franklin, Massachusetts, where the family settled in the south part of the town (South Franklin). Here, with his brothers, he attended the dis- trict school, working out on different farms, and attending school until fourteen years of age. He then entered the employ of Thomas D. Elsbree, who kept the postoffice and general store at Sheldonville, in the west part of Wrentham, where he remained four years. He then came home to Franklin, his mother having previously moved to the center. He took a six months course in Bryant & Strat- ton's Commercial School at Boston, and again entered the employ of Mr. Elsbree who was then a general store keeper at Central Falls, Rhode Island, remaining four years, subse- quently accepting a similar position as clerk in the store of A. & W. Sprague Company, at Central Falls, and after a year transferred to their Providence store, where he remained until the company was out of business. He then re- turned to Franklin, Massachusetts, and entered the employ of James O. Chilson, a leading grocer and provision merchant, where he re- mained until 1893, when Mr. Chilson took him into the business under the firm name of Chil- son & Richardson. After about five years the partners dissolved, Mr. Richardson disposing of his interest to Mr. Chilson, and for a time remained in Mr. Chilson's employ. Later with George E. Emerson he bought out Mr. Chil- son an 1 formed the partnership of Richardson

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& Emerson, which continued five years, when they dissolved, each partner starting in sep- arately. In 1900 Mr. Richardson opened a store in Central Square, his present store, dealer in groceries and provisions, having for his cus- tomers the best trade in Franklin and Wrent- ham. He and his family attend the Congrega- tional (Orthodox) church of Franklin ; he has served on the parish committee. He is a Re- publican in politics ; served his party as dele- gate to congressional conventions; has filled office of overscer of poor. He was made a member of Excelsior Lodge of Free Masons, at Franklin, June 20, 1878; was exalted in Miller Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, at Frank- lin, September 9, 1902 ; member of King David Lodge, No. 71, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, at Franklin ; member of Ancient Order of United Workmen; member of Franklin Business Men's Club. He married, September 20, 1871, Henrietta Heaton, born in Hopkin- ton, January 4. 1850, daughter of William . Albert and Nancy Ann (Hall) Heaton ( see Heaton ). William A. Heaton was a leather worker. Children: 1. William Fremont, born July 4. 1872. He was, for fifteen years, con- nected with the house of Browning. King and Company, of Boston, where he held the posi- tion of window decorator, and filled a number of other positions. He was a young man who made a host of friends, and in fact had no enemies. He was highly respected by all. After a brief illness, he died July 11, 1909, and on the day of his funeral the various members of the firm and heads of the departments attended in a body. 2. Edgar Stanley, born August 1, 1873: married, November 7. 1901, Florence Sumner Whiting. 3. Walter Ernest, born June 12, 1875. 4. Herbert Lester, born June 22, 1870: married, December 18, 1904, Edith Louise Hamilton ; child, Florence Hamil- ton, born March 29, 1909.

RICHARDSON Thomas Richardson, im- migrant, wasborn in Eng- land, and liad brothers Samuel and Ezekiel, who also came to New England. He was probably the youngest of the brothers, and probably came over in 1635. He was admitted a freeman at Charlestown, Massachusetts, May 2, 1638 ; was one of seven chosen by the town of Charlestown to com- mence the settlement of Woburn. His wife Mary was admitted to the church at Charles- town, February 21, 1635-6, and that is the earliest record of the family. He had land assigned him at Malden, and died August 28,

1651. He joined the church in February, 1637-8. and held various town offices. He married Mary -- , who married ( second) Michael Bacon, said to have come from Ire- land, and one of the original inhabitants of Woburn in 1641. She died May 19, 1670. Children: 1. Mary, baptized November 17, 1638; married, May 15, 1655, John Baldwin, of Billerica. 2. Sarah, baptized November 22, 1640; married, March 22, 1660, Michael Bacon, Jr. 3. Isaac, born May 14, 1643; married Deborah Fuller. 4. Thomas, born October 4, 1645 : mentioned below. 5. Ruth, born April 14. 1647. 6. Phebe, January 24, 1648-9. 7. Nathaniel, January 2, 1650-I.

(II) Thomas (2), son of Thomas ( I) Rich- ardson, was born in Woburn, October 4, 1645. He settled in Billerica, then called Shawshine, and was accepted as an inhabitant in 1667. He settled in the eastern part of the town, on the ninety-nine acre tract called the Cambridge School farm (Harvard College) west of the Shawshine river, and north of the present Boston road. He sold out in 1690 to Captain Samuel Gallup. He was in the company of Captain Samuel Gallup in the unfortunate Can- ada expedition in 1690. In 1704 he was deputy to the general court. He gave his oldest son Thomas a farm near the Boston road, now Washington street, and October 4, 1705, gave his son Andrew a farm north of Thomas's and later, one to Nathaniel, north of Andrew's. He died at Billerica, February 25, 1720-I. He married ( first) January 5, 1669-70, Mary Stevenson, died June 7. 1690, daughter of Andrew Stevenson; (second) December 29, 1690, Sarah, widow of Hugh Ditson and Thomas Patten. She died November 20, 1734. His will was dated April 10, 1719. and proved March 20. 1720-I. Children: 1. Mary, born and died February 8, 1670-1. 2. Mary, born and died January 31, 1671-2. 3. Mary, born February 17, 1672-3 ; married Edward Farmer. 4. Thomas, born December 3, 1675. 5. Andrew, born June 16, 1678; married Hannah Jefts. 6. Nathaniel, born January 25, 1679-80; men- tioned below. 7. Jonathan, born February 14. 1682-3: married Hannah French. 8. Ruth, born December 4, 1685 : married John French. 0). Elnathan, born and died February 7, 1686-7.

( III) Nathaniel, son of Thomas (2) Rich- ardson, was born in Billerica, January 25. 1679-80, and died intestate, April 4. 1753, aged seventy-three. He had a farm in Billerica from his father, and after his father's death in 1721 received thirty-two acres of upland on Content Plain and eight acres of the Mill

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Swamp at a place called Black Hole. He mar- ried. May 7, 1703, Mary Peacock, died October 18. 1756. Children, born at Billerica : 1. Mary, March 31. 1704; married Jonathan Goss. 2. Nathaniel. January 8, 1706-7. 3. Samuel, De- cember 22, 1708: married Hannah Walker. 4. Sarah, March 8, 1710-1I, died April 18, 1712. 5. William. May 5, 1713: married, December 9. 1742. Mary Hobart. 6. Hezekiah, May 8, 1715 : married Elizabeth Walker. 7. Ebenezer, September 24, 1717, died young. 8. Rebecca, May 17, 1720; married Benjamin Richardson. 9. Joseph, May 20, 1722 ; killed by Indians in ambush at Northfield, June 16. 1747, while he was marching with a squad of soldiers to re- lieve Fort Dummer. 10. Ebenezer, mentioned below.

(I\) Ebenezer, son of Nathaniel Richard- son, was born in Billerica, October 2, 1724, and died in 1808. The inventory of his estate was dated October 4. 1808. He married (first) December 30, 1746, Elizabeth Shed, died May IO, 1763, daughter of Benjamin Shed; (sec- ond) October 4, 1764, Mary, daughter of Simon Crosby; (third) December 6, 1770, Lydia. widow of James Danforth: ( fourth) December 12, 1776, Catherine, died January 19. 1783, widow of Increase Wyman. He married (fifth) May 31, 1783. Elizabeth Bacon, of Bedford, died May 1, 1790 ; (sixth) Novem- ber 23. 1790, Susanna, widow of Daniel Davis, of Bedford ; (seventh ) Keziah. widow of Amos Wyman. as appears from probate records. She died November 13, 1814, aged seventy-five years. Children: I. Elizabeth, born Decem- ber 27. 1747 ; died 'July 23, 1749. 2. Rebecca, born September 29, 1749. 3. Bettie, born Feb- ruary 12, 1750; married William Currier. 4. Ebenezer. born December 20, 1752, died young. 5. Ebenezer, born February 25, 1754. 6. Rhoda, born December 31, 1755; married John Edes. 7. Nathaniel, born May 19, 1757. 8. Lucy, born January 12, 1758, died young. 9. Asa, born February 14. 1760 ; mentioned below. 10. Isaac. born October 30, 1761. 11. John, born March 16, 1763. 12. Lucy, born August 3, 1771, died September 4. 1775. 13. Abigail, born December 8, 1772, died September 13, 1775.

(V) Asa, son of Ebenezer Richardson, was born at Billerica, February 14, 1760. He mar- ried. May 23, 1781, Sarah Tufts, of Medford. She died October 13. 1835. Children: I. Asa, born March 5. 1782; married Elizabeth Bird; died December 1, 1833. 2. Sally, born Decem- ber 22, 1785. 3. Francis (twin), born Decem- ber 6. 1787 : married Martha Richardson. 4 .

Josiah (twin), born December 6, 1787; men- tioned below. 5. William, born February 24, 1790; married, May 14, 1822, Sarah Dan- forth. 6. David, born February 10, 1792 ; mar- ried Eliza Kingsbury ; died September 24, 1847. 7. Joseph, born November 8, 1794; married Lucy Cummings ; died 1874. 8. Peggy Tufts, born June 23, 1795; married Cyrus Farmer. 9. George, born June 18, 1797; married Ase- nath Cummings ; died December 13, 1852. 10. Lucretia, born May 9, 1799; died June 26, 1833. II. Samuel, born December 5, 1802; died September 13, 1810.

(VI) Josiah, son of Asa Richardson, was born December 6, 1787, in Billerica. He lived in Roxbury, and was a prosperous carpenter and builder. He died at Roxbury, aged about seventy years. He married, April 16, 1812, Martha Wentworth, born September II, 1785, daughter of Benjamin and Rachel (Lewis) Wentworth (see Wentworth) ; ( second ) Han- nah M. (Foster ) Wentworth, widow of Amos H. Wentworth, son of Stephen Wentworth. Children of first wife: I. Fannie Lewis, born November 23, 1812; married, November 26, 1828. George Fracker, a school teacher ; both died in Iowa City. 2. Albert Lewis, born Octo- ber 28, 1814, died January 28, 1829. 3. Laura, born November 6, 1816; married Daniel Jack- son, a successful builder and mechanic of Rox- bury. 4. Henry Horace, born April 21, 1819; mentioned below. 5. Isabella, born July 27, 1826; died 1908; married, April 30, 1846, William Gill, of Roxbury, a book binder ; died February 1, 1854. 6. Ellen Maria, born May 27, 1828, died March 5, 1868; married, No- vember 19, 1846, John M. Marston, of Rox- bury, carpenter and builder, for some years partner of his brother-in-law, Henry H. Rich- ardson.

(VII) Henry Horace, son of Josiah Richard- son, was born in Roxbury, April 21. 1819. He was educated in the public schools of his native town, and learned the trade of carpenter of his father, with whom he was associated in business. Afterward he was in partnership with his brother-in-law, John M. Marston, in Roxbury, in the contracting and building busi- ness. He removed to Barre, Massachusetts, where for a number of years he was in busi- ness as a carpenter and builder on his own account. Late in life he suffered a shock, for which he was taken to a hospital in Reading, Massachusetts, for treatment, and died there, November 21, 1898. He was an active Odd Fellow. In his younger days he was a member of the old Roxbury artillery company, a noted

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military organization at that time. He was a member of the Unitarian church. He married (first) in Roxbury, Cecilia Marsh, born in Roxbury, January 21, 1830, died April 18, 1860, daughter of Warren and Hannah ( With- ington ) Marsh, of Hingham, Massachusetts. Her father, a successful mason and contractor, died in 1864, aged eighty-one years; her mother was born in Jamaica Plain, 1785, and died in 1869. Mr. Richardson married (sec- ond ) at Barre, April 14. 1863, Martha Lowe, born April 29, 1842, in Worcester county, died December 30, 1897, daughter of George Lowe, a carpenter and builder. She was a Methodist in religion. Child of first wife: I. Martha, born in Roxbury, May 14, 1846; educated in public schools ; married, March 13, 1867, Cur- tis Clapp, a dealer in small wares, Boston ; they are members of the Theodore Parker Unitar- ian Church, first parish; children: i. Mabel Clapp, born June 17, 1868, died November 7, 1897, aged twenty-nine years, unmarried; ii. Curtis Clapp. Jr., born December 7, 1869 ; asso- ciated in business with his father; iii. Alice Coliday Clapp, born October 15, 1878. married Arthur J. Crockett, a publisher, Boston; iv. Child, died in infancy. Children of second wife : 2. George, died in infancy. 3. Ella M .. born April 28, 1865, died January 10, 1908; married Rockland Walter, of Marlborough, Massachusetts, clerk in a meat and provision store : child, Charlotte Lowe Walter. 4. Susie Lowe, born June 7. 1867 ; married William A. Holen. a traveling salesman; they reside in Dayton, Ohio. 5. Walter Gill. born August 30, 18-0 : mentioned below. 6. Alice M., born March 20, 1874 : educated at Boston University : now teaching in Ben Charter School, Philadelphia. Pennsylvania. 7. William Henry, born Octo- ber 18, 1876: a plumber, residing at Orange. Orange county, California ; married Mabele Pal- mer, of Roslindale : children: i. Ethel, born October 4, 1904: ii. Ralph, January 18, 1907. 8. Joseph Warren, M. D .. born January 3, 1880 : graduate of University of Vermont, Bur- lington, with degree of M. D. ; has since prac- ticed his profession at Seattle, Washington ; married Bertha Isham, of Burlington, Ver- mont, daughter of Senator Isham ; child, Ruth Alice, born December 29, 1906.

(VIII) Walter Gill, son of Henry Horace Richardson, was born at Hardwick, Massachu- setts, August 30, 1870. He was educated in the public schools of Barre, and learned the trade of tinsmith in that town in the shop of William H. White. Afterward he served an apprenticeship at the plumber's trade under

Michael M. Herbert, of Roslindale. After working six years for Mr. Herbert he embark- ed in business as a plumber and tinsmith on his own account, buying the establishment of Ben- jamin F. Cobleigh, at Birch street and Bel- grade avenue. He has developed this busi- ness to large proportions, and it takes rank easily as one of the foremost in its line in the suburban districts of Boston. His store and shops are models of method and neatness. He is a member of Quinobequin Lodge of Odd Fellows, and Prospect Lodge, Free and Accept- ed Masons. He married, at Dedham. October 5. 1894. Carrie H. Weeks, born in Dedham, daughter of Luther Weeks and Martha (Os- good) Weeks, formerly of Dedham. She is a member of the Congregational church, and active in social life. Mr. and Mrs. Richard- son have had four children, all of whom died in infancy.

Martha Wentworth Richardson, wife of Josiah Richardson (VI), is descended from Regi- nald Wentworth ( I), through line traced upon another page of this work, and reaching to John, named below :

(XXII) John Wentworth, son of Elder Will- iam Wentworth, was born about 1650. He was in Dover from 1668-72; took the oath of allegiance June 21, 1669. He was of York, Maine. August 28. 1699. and in 1704 we find him located near Canton, Massachusetts. He married Martha Children : I. John. born 1675: mentioned below. 2. Edward, was in Newbury, 1693. 3. Charles, died at Canton, July 8. 1780, aged ninety-six years. 4. Shubael. died 1759. 5. Elizabeth, married, May 16, 1728, John Kenney. 6. Abigail, married, De- cember 30, 1715, Benjamin Jordan. 7. Mary, married, September 24. 1712, James Wright.

(XXIII) John, son of John Wentworth, was born in York, Maine, probably in 1675, and died January 6, 1772, aged ninety-five years. He resided near Stoughton, Massachu- setts. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Burley. She died January 14, 1761. Chil- dren: I. Mary, born August 15, 1705; mar- ried, June 22, 1742, Nathaniel Adams ; (sec- ond) Benjamin Smith. 2. John, born Novem- ber 8, 1700. 3. Mercy, born May 8, 1713 ; mar- ried, October 24, 1731, John Clark. 4. Martha, born March 23, 1716; married, January 22, 1746, John Withington, Jr. 5. Moses, born April 4, 1720; mentioned below. 6. Aaron (twin), born April 4, 1720 ; married, Septem- ber 11, 1766, Ruth Blackmer. 7. Ebenezer.

(XXIV) Moses, son of John Wentworth, was born in Stoughton, Massachusetts, April

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4. 1720. He married, November 10, 1757, Susanna Warren. Children: I. Ebenezer. 2. Rebecca, born 1768, died young. 3. Aaron, born 1769, died April 16, 1769. 4. Moses, mar- ried, at Northampton, March 23, 1787, Cath- erine Merrifield ; (second ) Fowler. 5. Benjamin, mentioned below. 6. Rebecca, born June 10, 1770; married Eaton.

(XXV) Benjamin, son of Moses Wentworth, was born about 1760. and married September 9, 1784. Rachel Lewis. Children: I. Martha, born September II, 1785; married, April 16, 1812, Josiah Richardson, of Roxbury (see Richardson ). 2. James, born July 30. 1787; married Hannah Blackman, of Augusta, Maine. 3. Andrew, born December 18, 1789. 4. Lucy, born June 1, 1792, died 1862; married three times ._ 5. Elizabeth, born March 2, 1786, died unmarried, March 29, 1858, at Canton.

LUDINGTON This name is of English origin, derived from a par- ish at one time called Lyd-

ington. in Northamptonshire, as first mentioned in Domesday Book, when it was a part of the bishopric of Lincoln. It has since been set off to the county of Rutland. The chief seat of the family seems to have been in the Eastern Midlands, though families of the same name appear in the counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Leicester, Huntingdon, Northampton, Warwick and Worcester. There is a credible tradition that in the Third Crusade a Ludington was among the followers of Richard Coeur de Lion. and that afterward, when that adventurous monarch was a prisoner in Austria, he sought to visit him in the guise of a palmer, in order to devise with him some plan of escape. Be- cause of such loyal exploits he was invested with a patent of nobility, and with the coat- of-arms of the family: Pale of six argent and azure on a chief gules a lion passant and gardant. Crest : A palmer's staff erect. Motto: Probum non penitet. Robert Ludington, gentleman, was a merchant in the Levantine trade, and also made a pilgrimage to Palestine. He died at Worcester, England, in 1625, aged seventy- six years. The exact degree of relationship between him and the American immigrant is not known, but there is reason to believe that they were of the same family.

(I) William Ludington, immigrant ancestor, born in England, 1608, came to America with his wife. Ellen, whom he married in 1636. He settled in that part of Charlestown, Massachu- setts, which was set off as Malden, and had been there as early as 1640. when his name

appears on the court records. He built his house outside the town limits, for which a heavy penalty was imposed, but was remitted. He remained at Charlestown about twenty years, and was a considerable land owner and an important citizen, November 30, 1651, he is named as one of the creditors of Henry Sandys, of Charlestown, and in 1660 he was a juror of Malden. In 1660 he removed to New Haven, Connecticut, and settled at East Haven, adjoining Branford, on the east side of theQuinnipiac river. Although he had been a weaver, he became interested in the iron works at East Haven. March 27, 1660, he appears as complainant in a slander suit, and died soon after. October 1, 1661, John Waite petitioned for administration of his estate, and the inventory was filed by James Barrat, April I. 1662. His widow married (second) before May 5. 1663. John Rose. Children : 1. Thomas, born 1637 ; settled in Newark, New Jersey. 2. John, born 1640: living at East Haven in 1664, and probably removed to Vermont. 3. Mary, born February 6, 1642-3. 4. Henry, killed in King Philip's war. 5. Hannah. 6. William, mentioned below. 7. Mathew, born December 16. 1657. died January 12, 1657-8.

( II) William (2), son of William ( I) Lud- ington, was born about 1655, and died Febru- ary. 1737. He was a man of means, intelli- gence and ability, and of important standing in the community. His will was proved Feb- ruary 7, 1736-7. He married ( first) Martha, daughter of John and granddaughter of Robert Rose : ( second) in June, 1690, Mercy White- head, died November 23. 1743, aged seventy- five, daughter of John and Martha ( Bradfield) Whitehead. Children of first wife: 1. Henry, born 1679. died 1727; married Sarah Collins. 2. Eleanor, married Nathaniel Bailey, of Guil- ford. 3. William, born September 25, 1686; married Anna Hodge. Children of second wife: 4. Mercy, born May 31. 1691 ; married Ebenezer Deans, of Norwich. 5. Mary, born May 31. 1691. twin ; married John Dawson. 6. Hannah, born March 13. 1683. died June 4, 1719; married Isaac Penfield. 7. John, born January 31, 1694 ; mentioned below. 8. Elipha- let, born April 28, 1697, died January 26, 1761 ; married Abigail Collins. 9. Elizabeth, born 1699. died July 28. 1707. 10. Dorothy, born July 16. 1702, died September 19, 1742 : mar- ried Benjamin Mallory. 11. Dorcas, born July 16, 1704; married James Way.

(III) John, son of William (2) Ludington, was born January 31, 1694, and died October 30, 1726. Administration was granted on his

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estate January 2, 1726-7. Guardians were appointed for his children : Samuel Potter for John, Thomas Robinson for Elizabeth, Gideon Potter for Jude. He married, before April 10, 1722, Elizabeth Potter, born September 24, 1697, daughter of John and Elizabeth ( Holt) Potter, of East Haven. She married (second) October 2, 1734, Thomas Wheadon, of Bran- ford, and died September 3, 1746. Children : I. Elizabeth, married John Rose. 2. John, born June 26, 1723, died May 30, 1743. 3. Jude, mentioned below.

(IV) Jude, son of John Ludington, was born July 23, 1725, and was living at South- ington, Connecticut, November 12, 1748. In deeds he was called of Branford in 1757 and 1761. He served in the French and Indian war in 1757. He married (first ) Martha Page ; (second) widow Mary ( Wade) Frisbie. Chil- dren of first wife: I. John, mentioned below. 2. Daniel, married Naomi Searl, of Southamp- ton, Massachusetts. 3. Martha, married Noah Stone. Children of second wife: 4. Jude, married Huldah Carrier, of Colchester. 5. Elizabeth, born March, 1763; married Elijah Williams. 6. Asenath, born 1765; married Asa Miller, of West Springfield ; died Novem- ber 6, 1845. 7. Lucinda, born 1770, died De- cember 31, 1840; married Nathan Stevens, of Wilbraham.

(V) John (2), son of Jude Ludington, was born in 1749, and died September 10, 1841. He married ( first) Sarah Palmer ; (second) May 7, 1795, Jane Ely. He lived in Holyoke, Massachusetts, where he was a farmer.

(VI) Isaac, son of John (2) Ludington, was born in Holyoke, and was educated there in the public schools. He removed when a young man to Franklin county, New York, where he engaged in farming. He married Eunice Jones, born in what is now Holyoke. Children: Lydia, married George B. Tread- well ; David Palmer, of whom further.

(VII) David Palmer, only son of Isaac Ludington, was born in Franklin, New York, August 20, 1831, and died in West Springfield, Massachusetts, February 10, 1908. He was reared and educated in his native town. At the age of twenty years he came to Holyoke, Massachusetts, and became clerk in a drug store. After a time, having acquired a prac- tical knowledge of the business, he purchased a drug store in that town. After conducting it successfully for several years he relinquished the business and removed to West Springfield, where he passed the remainder of his life. He was for a number of years a member of the

board of directors of the Mittineague Mills, and was one of the promoters of that industry. He was for many years an active member of Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, and served several years as steward, and later as a trustee. He was a quiet unassuming man, of lovable disposition, and was a liberal contributor to all worthy causes. He married, December 14, 1870, Martha Day Smith, daughter of Charles Horton and Sophia (Day) Smith (see Smith).

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Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume I, Part 100

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848- Publication date: 1910 Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company Number of Pages: 924

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848-
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 924