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(X) George, son of Captain Stephen Higgin- son, was born in Boston, July 19, 1779, and died in March, 1812. He was a well-known philanthropist. Among the young men whom hc helped to educate was John H. Sheppard, A. M., who later became famous. Rev. Dr. J. S. J. Gardner, on March 12, 1812, at Trin- ity church, Boston, preached a sermon on the death of George Higginson, in which his char- acter was ably drawn and his benevolence ex- tolled. He married, in 1800, Martha Babcock, who married (second ) his half-brother, James Perkins Higginson. Children : 1. Martha Babcock, born October 15, 1801, died 1833; married Augustus Aspinwall. 2. Susan Cleve- land, born September 18, 1803, in London,
England. 3. George, born September 18, 1804; mentioned below. 4. James Babcock, died in Boston, May 26, 1855. 5. John, died young, 1822. 6. Sarah Rhea, died young.
(XI) George (2), son of George (I) Higginson, was born in Boston, September 18, 1804, and died there April 27, 1889, aged eighty-four. When a young man he went to New York and engaged in the East India trade, which failed, with Stephen N., his cousin. Returning to Boston he founded the banking house of Lee, Higginson & Company, which has continued to the present time without change of name. His original partner was J. C. Lee, then of Salem, and subsequently Colonel Henry Lee, a cousin of J. C. Lee, be- came a partner. In 1874 Mr. Higginson with- drew from the firm to devote himself to the care of his property and to works of philan- throphy. He was a director of the Calumet & Hecla Mining Company, in which he had a large interest, and in the Provident Institution for Savings. During the civil war he was a strong supporter of the Union, and a large contributor to the sanitary fund. He married, in Boston, October 31, 1832, Mary Cabot Lee, born August 16, 1811, died August 26, 1849, daughter of Henry and Mary (Jackson) Lee. Her father received the electoral votes of South Carolina for vice-president at the second elec- tion of Andrew Jackson. Children, born in New York City: I. George, August 6, 1833; married Elizabeth Barker. 2. Henry Lee, No- vember 18, 1834; mentioned below. 3. James Jackson, June 19, 1836; married Margaret Gracie. 4. Francis Lee, October II, 1841 ; mentioned below. 5. Mary Lee, September 5, 1838 ; marricd Samuel Parkman Blake.
(XII) Major Henry Lee Higginson, son of George (2) Higginson, was born in New York City, November 18, 1834. He received his
early education in Boston. He entered Har- vard College in 1851, but did not complete his course, leaving in 1852 before the end of his freshman year to begin his business career as a clerk in the office of Samuel & Edward Austin, bankers, of Boston. Afterward he went abroad and studied music at Vienna and other European cities, and notwithstanding his activity in business and finance in later years, he has maintained his interest in musical affairs. To his support and initiative Boston owes much. He was the prime mover in estab- lishing and maintaining the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the best in the country. He entered the Union army in the civil war, and at Aldie, Virginia, in June, 1863, was severely wounded.
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He held the rank of major in the First Massa- chusetts Cavalry, and was brevetted lieutenant- colonel. After the war he was admitted to partnership in the banking firm of his father, Lee, Higginson & Company. His enterprise and sagacity helped in large measure to main- tain the leadership of the firm in financial circles. Major Higginson has been one of the largest benefactors of Harvard University, in which he has always shown great interest. He gave to it the Soldiers' Field as a memorial to the Harvard men who fought and died for the Union. This great athletic field, on the bank of Charles river, is one of the best in the world for its purposes. On it the imposing stadium has been built, where the football and baseball games are played. Major Higginson was the prime mover and donor of the Harvard Union, for which a magnificent building was erected near the college yard. He was given the hon- orary degree of A. M. by Harvard in 1882; LL. D. by Yale, in 1901. He is a fellow of Harvard, and a member of the Massachusetts Historical Society. No man enjoys a greater degree of popularity and honor among Har- vard men, undergraduates as well as graduates, than Major Higginson. In politics he is a Republican, of large influence, though he has never consented to accept public office. He is a member of the Metropolitan and Knicker- bocker Clubs of New York, the New England Society of New York City, and is a trustee of the Carnegie Institution.
He married, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, December 5, 1863, Ida Olympe Frederika Agassiz, born at Carlsruhe, Grand Duchy of Baden, August 9, 1837, daughter of Professor Jean Louis Rudolph and Cecile (Braun) Agassiz. Major Higginson resides at 191 Commonwealth avenue, Boston. Children, born in Boston : 1. Cecile Pauline, born Janu- ary 5, 1870; died August 18, 1875. 2. Alex- ander Henry, born April 2, 1876; graduate at Harvard, class of 1898.
(XII) Francis Lee Higginson, son of George (2) Higginson, was born in Boston, October II, 1841. He married (first) February 16, 1876, Julia Borland, daughter of Dr. John Nelson and Madeline (Gibson) Borland, descendant of John Borland, born about 1660, from Scot- land. He married (second) April, 1898, Corinna Shattuck. Children, born in Boston : I. Francis Lee, born November 29, 1877; graduate of Harvard, 1900. 2. Mary Cabot, born December 3, 1878. 3. Juliet Borland, born March 6, 1881. 4. Barbara, born March 28, 1884. Children of second wife: 5. Corinna,
born September 19, 1899. 2. Eleanor, Novem- ber 22, 1900. 3. George, December 21, 1904.
(X) James Perkins Higginson, son of Cap- tain Stephen (2) Higginson, was born in Bos- ton, July, 1792. He was educated in the public schools and engaged in business. He died at Boston, January 10, 1878. He married, in 1813, Mrs. Martha (Babcock) Higginson, daughter of Adam and Martha Babcock, of Boston. She was the widow of his brother, George Higginson, mentioned above. Chil- dren, born in Boston: 1. Frances Saltonstall, born May 28, 1814; married Charles Dudley Head; died December 16, 1901. 2. Louisa Gore, born November 5, 1815, died in Boston, December 16, 1876. 3. Mary Hubbard, born and died in 1817. 4. Sarah Rhea, born De- cember 22, 1819; married William Ingersoll Bowditch. 5. Charles James, born December 7, 1821 ; married, January 27, 1887, Mrs. Susan Wilcox. 6. John Augustus, born June 21, 1824, died February 14, 1908. 7. Henry Fred- erick, mentioned below.
(XI) Henry Frederick Higginson, son of James Perkins Higginson, was born in Bos- ton, September 5, 1825, and died there March 31, 1891. He was educated at Mr. Thayer's school, Boston. He was in business in early life in the Calcutta trade, later in the Sand- wich Glass Company. During the last twenty years of his life he was retired from active business. In politics he was independent, and in religion a Unitarian. He married, April 15, 1857, Mary Jarves, born in 1832, died in Brookline, May 10, 1863, daughter of Dem- ing Jarves and Ann Stetson. Their only child was Frederick.
(XII) Frederick Higginson, son of Henry Frederick Higginson, was born in Boston, Jan- uary 25, 1860. He was educated at the Eng- lish high school, Boston. He is a merchandise broker, with offices at 70 Kilby street. He resides in Brookline. In politics is an inde- pendent, and in religion a Unitarian, a mem- ber of Dr. Lyons' church, at Brookline. He married, June 12, 1883, in Boston, Mary Brazer Ellis, born in Dorchester, June 10, 1862, daughter of Henry Payson and Anne Warren ( Brazer) Ellis. Children, born in Brookline: Katharine, June 9, 1887; Fred- erick Jr., October 17, 1889 ; John Brazer, Octo- ber 4, 1893; Charles, March 30, 1895.
Edmund Hobart, immigrant HOBART ancestor of this family, came from Hingham, England, and settled in Hingham, Massachusetts, in 1633.
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With him came his wife, son Joshua, daughters Rebecca and Sarah, and servant Henry Gibbs. They lived for a short time at Charlestown, where he and his wife were admitted to the church August 19, 1633. He was a constable there in 1634 and admitted a freeman, March 4, 1633-34. His sons Edmund, Thomas and Rev. Peter, soon followed him to this country, and they all settled in Hingham, whither he removed with them. He served as deputy to the general court. He married (first) in Eng- land, Margaret Dewey ; (second) October 10, 1634, Sarah Lyford, widow of John Lyford. She died June 23, 1649. He died March 8, 1646. He wrote his name Hubbard and Hub- beard ; but his son, Rev. Peter, wrote it Hobart. Both spellings are in common use. Children : I. Edmund, born about 1604, died February, 1686, aged eighty-two; married Elizabeth ; weaver; settled in Hingham. 2. Rev. Peter, born about 1604, died 1679; grad- uated at Magdalen College, Cambridge, 1625; minister at Hingham forty-one years ; married Rebecca 3. Thomas, born 1606, men- tioned below. 4. Nazareth, married John Beal. 5. Rebecca. 6. Sarah. 7. Captain Joshua, born 1614, died in 1682 ; married, 1638, Ellen Ibrook.
(II) Thomas, son of Edmund Hobart, was born in England in 1606, died August 18, 1689. He came to New England from Windham, a town near old Hingham in England, in 1633, and settled first in Charlestown. He was admitted a freeman May 14, 1634, and removed to Hingham in 1635. He received a grant of land there in 1636, and a ten acre lot in 1637. He and his brothers Edmund and Joseph were members of the train band. He married, in England, June 2, 1629, Anne Ptomer, and the present vicar of Wymondham, Norfolk, Eng- land, Rev. Robert Eden, has certified to the record. His estate was settled by his son Caleb in 1690. Children : I. Caleb, born 1632, mentioned below. 2. Joshua, 1639, married Mary Rainsford, widow ; died 1713, s. p. 3. Thomas, 1649, apprenticed to John Nash, of Boston, cooper, in 1670. 4. Mehitable, 1651, married, 1674, John Lane. 5. Isaac, 1653. 6. Hannah, 1655, married, 1672, John Records. 7. Moses, 1656, died in prison in Boston, 1686. 8. Aaron, 1661, married Rebecca - ; died 1705. 9. Nathaniel, 1665.
(III) Caleb, son of Thomas Hobart, was born in 1632 in England and came to New England with his parents. He settled in Brain- tree about 1679. He died in 1711, aged eighty- nine. He married (first) in 1657, Elizabeth Church, who died in 1659; (second) in 1662,
Mary Elliot, who died in 1675; (third) 1676, Elizabeth Faxon, widow, who died in 1704. Children : 1. Mary, born 1663. 2. Caleb, 1665, married, 1704, Hannah Saunders. 3. Eliza- beth, 1666. 4. Hannah, 1668, married, 1692, Jonathan Hayden. 5. Josiah, 1670. 6. Benja- min, 1677, mentioned below.
(IV) Benjamin, son of Caleb Hobart, was born in 1677. He lived in Braintree. He married, in 1699, Susanna Newcomb, who set- tled his estate in 1718. She died in 1725. The estate was divided in 1727 among the follow- ing children : I. Benjamin. 2. Caleb, men- tioned below. 3. Susanna (or Ann). 4. Peter. 5. Israel. 6. Joshua.
(V) Caleb (2), son of Benjamin Hobart, was born about 1700, and resided in Braintree, where his children were born. He married Elizabeth Children: I. Caleb, born August 18, 1725, married, March 15, 1743, Elizabeth French. 2. Elizabeth, July 6, 1727, died young. 3. Joshua, February 8, 1733-34. 4. Elizabeth, August 19, 1736, died young. 5. Elizabeth, May 1, 1739. 6. Adam, June 9, 1743, mentioned below. 7. Joshua, August 1, 1747. 8. John, April 26, 1755.
(VI) Adam, son of Caleb (2) Hobart, was born in Braintree, June 9, 1743. He married (first ) Mary ; (second) Avis Children, born at Braintree: I. Caleb, May 8, 1765. 2. Mary, December 4, 1766. 3. Relief, April 29, 1769. Children of second wife: 4. Avis, February 8, 1774. 5. Adam, March 18, 1776. 6. Abraham, August 21, 1779, men- tioned below. Adam Hobart was in the revo- lution in Captain Moses French's company, Colonel Joseph Palmer's regiment from Brain- tree, in March, 1776; also in the same com- pany, Colonel Jonathan Bass's regiment in June, 1776, on orders to march to Hough's Neck and later to Nantasket.
(VII) Abraham, son of Adam Hobart, was born at Braintree, August 21, 1779. He lived in Braintree and conducted a grist mill, also was a building mover and wooden pump maker. He married Wheeler. Chil- dren : William Wheeler, mentioned below ; Joshua, Henry, Charles, Mrs. Alexander Bou- dich, Jane, Levi, Albert.
(VIII) William Wheeler, son of Abraham Ilobart, was born in Braintree, October 21, 1802, died February 15, 1847. He was edu- `cated in the public schools of Braintree. He first conducted the mill at foot of Mellen Hill, the "Gannet" Mill, and for a number of years, operated the chocolate mills in company with Alexander Boudich ; also owned a grist mill
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at East Braintree, in company with Joseph Arnold up to his death in 1847. In later years he lived in South Braintree. He was a Whig in politics. He married Mary Strong Arnold, born at Braintree, November 11, 1805, died there February 9, 1882, daughter of Ralph Arnold. Children : I. William W., born October 18, 1830, died February 23, 1853, unmarried. 2. Joseph H., born Novem- ber 1, 1837, married Caroline J. Baxter, of Quincy; had one son that died, and one daughter, Mary Baxter, who married Fred- erick Pennock. 3. Charles Harrison, born October 18, 1840, mentioned below. 4. Francis Strong, born April 27, 1844, died young.
(IX) Charles Harrison, son of William Wheeler Hobart, was born at Braintree, Octo- ber 18, 1840. He received his education in the public schools of Braintree. He started to work as a clerk in the retail grocery business, and in 1861, in company with P. D. Holbrook, bought out a business, conducting it under the name of P. D. Holbrook & Company until 1884, when Mr. Hobart purchased his part- ner's interest and has continued alone up to the present time (1909), having built up the largest business in this line in Braintree. In 1871 he built his present block, one of the largest in Braintree. He succeeded F. E. Thayer in the fire insurance business, the most extensive in the town, and later associated with him his son. He was one of the organizers of the Braintree Savings Bank, which is located in his block, organized in 1871, and is serving as secretary and treasurer, having served in the latter position ever since its organization. He is an honorary member of Rural Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, which he joined in 1862, and was also one of the organizers of Della Lodge, joining in 1906. In religion he has liberal views. He is a man of sterling character and irreproachable life. He mar- ried, February 3, 1874, at Braintree, Abigail Field Hardwick, born May 9, 1844, daughter of William Parker and Ruth M. (Thayer) Hardwick. (See Hardwick family). Chil- dren, born at Braintree: I. Lizzie M., born December 19, 1874, married Plummer Chad- burn Spring, a native of Portland, Maine; children: i. Hobart W. Spring, born October 10, 190I, at Braintree; ii. Katherine Spring, November 5, 1903; iii. Chadburn Arnold Spring (twin), December 26, 1906; iv. Theron Hardwick Spring (twin), December 26, 1906; Mr. Spring is treasurer of the J. W. Moore Manufacturing Company. 2. Harrison Parker, born May 2, 1878, mentioned below.
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(X) Harrison Parker, son of Charles Harri- son Hobart, was born May 2, 1878, in Brain- tree, and educated there in the public and high schools. He became clerk in his father's store and has been associated in business with his father to the present time. He is assistant manager and buyer of the grocery firm and active in the insurance business. He is a member of Free and Accepted Masons, Della Lodge, and Old Colony Driving Club. In politics he is a Republican, in religion a Con- gregationalist. He married, March 30, 1900, Ethel M. Gage, born in Braintree, daughter of R. Allen Gage, of Braintree. Children, born at Braintree: I. Charles Harrison, October 5, 1901. 2. Robert Gage, December 24, 1903.
(The Hardwick Line).
The first record of the Hardwick family in this county is the marriage of John Hennerick (Heinrich) Hardwick and Katherina Hart- man (or Hartmann) at Braintree, Massachu- setts, November 22, 1755. They were undoubt- edly of German ancestry, and were born in Germany, though few immigrants of German birth came to this locality at that period. The Hardwicks and a number of German families settled about 1752 in that part of Braintree still known as Germantown. The name was spelled Hardwic and was doubtless Hartwig. We find it spelled Hartwick for several gen- erations, and finally Anglicized to Hardwick, a distinctly English surname. In 1767 this couple was living in Annapolis county, Nova Scotia. Calnek's history gives an account of the family and calls him Heinrich Hardwick and states that the maiden name of his wife was Hartmann. "Hartmann the maiden name of his wife is certainly German." He obtained lands and became a properous farmer. Chil- dren : I. Henry, married, 1798, Ann Berteux. 2. Frederick, married, 1801, Sarah Easson. 3. John, married Mary Balcom. 4. Lucretia, married John Kent. 5. Mary, married Ezra Kent.
(I) Frederick, brother of John Heinrich Hardwick, also settled in Braintree, Massachu- setts. His sister Carlot (Charlotte?) Hard- wick married there, September 28, 1759, Joseph Steele. Another sister Elizabeth mar- ried, October 5. 1753, John Quincy. A John Hardwick died in Boston in 1809. He was son or brother of Frederick. In the census of 1790 Frederick Hardwick, of Braintree, had three males over sixteen and two females in his family. Adam and John Hardwick were also heads of families. John Hardwick was
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in the navy in the revolution on the ship "Gen- eral Putnam." William Hardwick, of West- ford, Dunstable and Chelmsford, aged thirty- five years in 1782, served through the revolu- tion. He may have been brother of Fred- erick. Children of Frederick: I. Peter, men- tioned below. 2. Henry, married, July 16, 1791, Sarah Spear. 3. John. 4. Adam. Probably other children.
(II) Peter, son of Frederick Hardwick, was born about 1765 in Braintree. He mar- ried there, July 18, 1790, Mary Peck, and lived in Quincy, formerly Braintree.
(III) Frederick (2), son of Peter Hard- wick, or of Frederick Hardwick, was for many years a merchant in Braintree. He mar- ried Abigail Field. Children: I. Abigail. 2. Joseph. 3. George. 4. Frederick. 5. James P. 6. Peter. 7. William Parker, mentioned below.
(IV) William Parker, son of Frederick (2) Hardwick, was born in Quincy, June 3, 1814, and died in New Ispwich, New Hampshire, January, 1873. He was reared and educated in Quincy ; he learned the shoe business and manufactured and sold to the western trade many years; later he retired. He married Ruth M. Thayer, born at Randolph, February 10, 1820, died July 2, 1868, at New Ipswich, New Hampshire. Children, born at Quincy : I. Abigail Field, born May 9, 1844 ; married, at Braintree, February 3, 1874, Charles Harrison Hobart (see Hobart family). 2. George, July 18, 1847, at Quincy, resides in Minneapolis, Minnesota. 3. Elizabeth, November 11, 1849, died November 5, 1862. 4. Libes B., August 3, 1852. 5. William, April 17, 1855. 6. Leonadas, December 7, 1859.
Ralph Blaisdell, immigrant BLAISDELL ancestor, was born in Eng- land, about 1600. He came to New England soon after his marriage, and settled in Salisbury, Massachusetts. He was a tailor by trade. He received grants of land in Salisbury in 1640-41-44-45, and bought the rights of John Harrison as proprietor in 1642-3. He was a tavern keeper in 1645, and received a license to sell wine, etc. He was at York, Maine, for a time between 1637 and 1640. In the early records the name is often spelled Blasdale, Blesdale, and Blasdel. He died before 1650, but was living in 1648. His widow died August, 1667, and administration on her estate was granted to Joseph Stowers, October 8, 1667. As late as 1698, Ebenezer Blaisdell, grandson of the immigrant, was ad-
ministrator of his estate. Blaisdell was con- stable at one time., Children of Ralph and Elizabeth Blaisdell : I. Henry, mentioned below. 2. Sarah, died January 17, 1646-7. 3. Mary, born March 5, 1641-2; married (first) Joseph Stowers ; (second) December 19, 1676, William Sterling. 4. Ralph, born about 1642-3, died about 1667, probably without issue.
(II) Henry, son of Ralph Blaisdell, was born in England, about 1632, and came to New England with his parents. He was one of the first settlers of Amesbury, where he received various grants of land. He was a tailor by trade. He took the oath of fidelity in Decem- ber, 1677, and was admitted a freeman in 1690. He married (first) about 1656, Mary Haddon, who died December 12, 1690-1, daughter of Jarrett Haddon; (second) Elizabeth
He died between 1702 and 1707. Children, all by first wife: I. Ebenezer, born October 17, 1657; mentioned below. 2. Mary, born May 29, 1660; married Robert Rawlins. 3. Henry, born May 28, 1663; married Mary ; (second) Mrs. Hannah (Powell) Colby; (third) October 27, 1707, Dorothy Martin. 4. Elizabeth, born about 1665; died young. 5. Ralph, born about 1667; died un- married, January 11, 1691. 6. John, born May 27, 1668; married, January 6, 1692-3, Eliza- . beth (Challis) Hoyt. 7. Sarah, born Novem- ber II, 1671 ; married, June 20, 1706, Stephen Flanders. 8. Jonathan, born October 1I, 1676, died 1748; married Hannah Jackson. 9. Sam- uel, "sixth son," according to the records ; died October 3, 1683.
(III) Ebenezer, son of Henry Blaisdell, was born October 17, 1657, and died August IO, 17IO. He received "children's land" in 1659, and his father received a "township" for him in 1660. He was a farmer, and took the oath of fidelity in December, 1677. He married, about 1680, Sarah, daughter of John and granddaughter of Anthony Colby. Chil- dren : 1. Ephraim, born about 1682; married, 1703, Deborah Bartlett. 2. Thomas. 3. Ebe- nezer, born December 29, 1686; mentioned below. 4. Eleanor, born November 30, 1688, (lied January 19, 1688-9. 5. Mary, died young. 6. Ralph, born April 21, 1692; married Mary Davis. 7. Sarah, born July 27, 1694.
(IV) Ebenezer (2), son of Ebenezer (I) Blaisdell, was born December 29, 1686, in Amesbury, and was a cooper by trade. He removed to York, Maine, where he was living in 1712 and afterwards. The intentions of marriage between Ebenezer Blaisdell and Sarah Chase were published February 5,
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1708-9. He married, before January, 1712-13, Abigail, daughter of John Ingersol, of Kittery, and widow of Joseph Jenkins, of York. She died April 28, 1755. Children of Ebenezer and Abigail, born at York, Maine: 1. Sarah, October 9, 1713. 2. Ebenezer, April 9, 1715; married three times. 3. Ephraim, September 23, 1717 ; mentioned below. 4. Samuel, Au- gust 21, 1719; married Olive Trafton. 5. Daniel, February 7, 1720-1. 6. Abigail, Janu- ary 7, 1722-3. 7. Joseph, October 5, 1725; died April 29, 1726. 8. Mary, February 19, 1726-7. 9. James (?), March 7, 1727-8, died August 10, 1728.
(V) Ephraim, son of Ebenezer (2) Blais- dell, was born at York, Maine, September 23, 1717. He married there, May 3, 1742, Thank- ful, daughter of Benjamin Webber, of York. Probably after the birth of his first child in York, he settled in Lebanon, Maine, where the other children were born. Children : 1. Martha, born May II, 1743. 2. Sarah(?), married, October 17, 1766, Benjamin Farnham. 3 Ephraim, married, December 3, 1767, Hannah Burrows. 4. Ralph, married, July II, 1768, Elizabeth Herd. 5. Elizabeth, married, Sep- tember 29, 1768, Jabez Garland. 6. Abigail, married, August 19, 1773, Moses Goodwin. 7. Patience, married, March 22, 1778, John Legrow. 8. John, born August 15, 1756; mar- ried, July 12, 1778, Abigail Legrow. 9. Thomas, mentioned below. Probably other children.
(VI) Thomas, son of Ephraim Blaisdell, was born in Lebanon, Maine, and resided there. He married, March II, 1784, Elizabeth Varney.
(VII) David, son or nephew of Thomas Blaisdell, was born in Lebanon, and had a son Samuel, mentioned below.
(VIII) Samuel, son of David Blaisdell, lived in Boston, Massachusetts, and removed to Somersworth, New Hampshire. He married Charlotte, daughter of Charles Sweet. Chil- dren : Samuel, Charles M. and George Albert, all mentioned below.
(IX) Samuel (2), son of Samuel ( I) Blais- dell, was born in Boston, 1833. At the age of eleven years he went to Great Falls, Massa- chusetts, and went to work in the cotton mills there. At the age of eighteen he returned to Boston, and after working at various occu- pations entered the employ of the Boston & Providence Railroad Company. He remained nine years, filling nearly every position of trust and responsibility on the road. Later he removed to New York, and took charge of the
business of the New York and Providence Steamship Company, at Pier II, North River. Upon the organization of the New York & Baltimore Steamship Company he became resi- dent agent and business manager of the line at Baltimore. This company was a success, and did a large business. At the close of the civil war, lines were put in operation to Savan- nah, Charleston and Mobile, and Mr. Blais- dell cleared for Charleston and Savannah the first steamer that left the port of Balti- more after the war. He also sent the steamer "Kingfisher" into southern waters as a dis- patch boat, bearing dispatches from Grant to Sherman. This was the first vessel that passed Fort Sumter with the United States flag after the evacuation. He remained in Baltimore five years, during which time he furnished the government with a large number of steamers for the troops and supplies. In 1868 Mr. Blaisdell went to Chicopee, Massachusetts, and established himself in the cotton business at Chicopee Junction, in company with George Mattoon. Mr. Mattoon retired in May, 1872, and Charles M. and George A. Blaisdell were admitted to the firm. The business was at first largely in cotton waste, but a large trade was built up by the new firm in supplying raw cotton to the large manufacturing companies, direct from the producers, through agents in New York. In April, 1879, the warehouse was destroyed by fire. He transacted the largest business of its kind outside the city of New York, doing a business of from one to two million dollars annually. Mr. Blaisdell is a Republican in politics; he has never sought public office. He married, in 1860, Harriett Crane, only daughter of L. H. Crane, of Brattleborough, Vermont ; children : Dasie L., Ruby, and Maude.
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