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(IX) Joseph, son of Jacob Sherman, was born probably after the removal to Hamp- shire county, about 1788. He resided in Sa- voy, Massachusetts, and removed thence to Canaan, New York, where he died Novem- ber 17, 1877, or December 11, 1878. He mar- ried Candace Lewis. Children: I. Nelson, born at Canaan, and died near New Lebanon, Columbia county; children: i. Candace, mar- ried John W. Spier; ii. William Nelson, mar- ried Mary E. Norton; iii. Joseph, married Sarah J. Johnson; iv. Justus L., married Eva C. Johnson. 2. Henry, mentioned below. 3. Almeda, member of the Shaker community.
(X) Henry (3), son of Joseph Sherman, was born November 22, 1819, at Savoy, Mas- sachusetts ; died at Westfield, May, 1903. He was a farmer all his active life. He lived with his father on the farm at Richmond, Massa- chusetts, until he came of age, then removed to the Shaker village at Canaan, New York, where he lived sixteen years. He came to Westfield, Massachusetts, where he owned a farm and made a specialty of raising tobacco. He married Cynthia Cain, born July 12, 1822, at Savoy, and died February 8, 1899, at West- field, Massachusetts. Children: I. Jessie L., born December 12, 1843; died 1850 at Ca- naan. 2. Albert D., born December 5, 1845 ; mentioned below. 3. Emmette, born No- vember 3, 1847; died July 20, 1907 ; married Proctor J. Bowker ; children : Etta, deceased, and Dora. 4. Charles M., born November 28, 1853 ; married Lenette Hovey ; children : Amos, Arthur and Harold. 5. Dallas J., born 1857; died January 1, 1901; married Leora Hubbard. 6. Harry F., born January 14, 1860; married (first) Emma Phillips ; (second) Hattie Pierce : children by first wife : Ethel and Raymond.
(XI) Albert Dwight, son of Henry (3) Sherman, was born December 5, 1845, at Ca- naan. He attended the public schools at Canaan during the winter terms until he was fifteen years old, working with his father at other times on his farm. He removed to Westfield with his father, attending the schools there, continuing with his father on the farm until he came of age. He then leased a farm on shares for three years and at the end of that time bought a small place which he conducted for seven years. In 1878 he bought of A. B. Drew the old grist mill formerly owned by Griswold & Stebbins, lo-
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cated in Little river. In 1885 he moved the old building and built a larger grist mill on the old site, and also a saw mill on the dam. He has conducted the mill busi- ness with much success. At one time he dealt in grain, but at present devotes much of his attention to the raising of tobacco. Mr. Sherman purchased the William Ensign place, where he now lives in 1890. His son bought a farm in the vicinity in 1901, and father and son have been associated together in raising tobacco, having nine acres or more under cultivation at present. Mr. Sherman is a shrewd business man, industrious, ener- getic and resourceful, and stands high in the estimation of his neighbors. In politics he is a Republican. He married Sarah E. Osborne, born June 22, 1846, daughter of Riley D. Os- borne. Children: I. Nellie Louise, born February 14, 1868, married Albert E. Tuller. 2. Harry O., born January 4, 1878; in part- nership with his father in the mill business and tobacco raising.
(For first generation see Michael Bacon 1).
(II) John Bacon, son of Mi-
BACON chael Bacon, was born probably in England, and came to Ded- ham in 1640, with his father. He was admitted a freeman in 1647, and was sole executor of his father's estate. He was frequently on im- portant committees for laying out lands and highways. He was a member of Captain Tim- othy Dwight's company, in King Philip's war, stationed at the garrison on Wrentham, 1676. He died in Dedham, June 17, 1683. He mar- ried, December 17, 1651, Rebecca Hall, of Dedham, who died October 27, 1694. Chil- dren, born in Dedham: I. John, July 17, 1656; died October 27, 1732. 2. Rebecca, November 10, 1658; married February 13, 1678, John Gay. 3. Daniel, March 10, 1660- I; died before April 21, 1700. 4. Sarah, March 31, 1663. 5. Samuel, October 8, 1665. 6. Thomas, August 23, 1667; mentioned below. 7. Susannah, married, January 7, 1692, Jona- than Dewing. 8. Mary, October 14, 1673; married Nathaniel Kingsbury. 9. Stephen, August 21, 1677; married Mary
(III) Thomas, son of John Bacon, was born August 23, 1667, and died in Wrentham, April II, 1749. He settled in Wrentham, where he is called a planter in 1693. He inherited some part of his father's estate situated in that town. He married, January 22, 1691, Han- nah Fales, born at Dedham, November 16, 1672, died April, 1711, daughter of James
Fales, who came from Chester, England, and settled in Dedham. Children; born in Wren- tham: I. Thomas, November 26, 1693; men- tioned below. 2. Hannah, April 25, 1697; died October 23, 1754; married Nathaniel Wright. 3. James, October, 1700; died 1785. 4. Martha, October 8, 1703; died April 3, 1800; married, June 22, 1731, John Shepard. 5. Jacob, September 9, 1706; graduate of Harvard college, 1731; married (first) June 22, 1749, Mary Wood; (second) Mary Whit- ney: died August 14, 1787. 6. John, April 22, 1710.
(IV) Thomas (2), son of Thomas ( I) Ba- con was born November 26, 1693, died June 6, 1784, lived in Wrentham. He married (first) October 3, 1711, Esther Thurston, of Wrentham, died August 1, 1713; (second) Deborah Clark, born 1701, died January 6, 1785. He was precinct treasurer of Wren- tham, 1742 to 1753. He attended the Medway church. He died in Franklin. Child of first wife: I. Sarah, born August 25, 1712, in Wrentham. Children of second wife: 2. Kezia, born February 26, 1722-23; died young. 3. Kezia, born June 7, 1725. Thomas, born August 23, 1726; married, Feb- 4. ruary 16, 1748-49, Lydia Pond. 5. Deborah, born August 28, 1728. 6. Sarah, born Feb- ruary II, 1730-31 ; died October 24, 1736. 7. Rebecca, born February 16, 1732. 8. Seth, born November 24, 1736; mentioned below. 9. Amos, born February 21, 1739 ; died March 30, 1739, at Medway. 10. Nathan, born June 6, 1742; died July 14, 1742. II. Esther, born September 19, 1743.
(V) Seth, son of Thomas (2) Bacon, was born in the north parish of Wrentham, now Franklin, November 24, 1736, and died No- vember 24, 1822. He served in the revolu- tion as ensign and as first lieutenant, in Cap- tain Thomas Bacon's company, and answer- ed the Lexington alarm, April 19, 1775. He was a farmer and selectman of Franklin, from 1789 to 1791, and was prominent in public af- fairs. He married (first), June 3, 1762, Abi- gail Whiting, born November 2, 1737, died October 31, 1778, daughter of Joseph and Mary Whiting. He married (second), Janu- ary 6, 1800, Mehitable Morse, died August 5, 1828. Children: I. Joseph, born 1763, men- tioned below. 2. Theophilus, died January 24, 1782. 3. Sarah, married, October 4, IS25. Cyrus Allen. 5. Abigail.
(VI) Joseph, son of Lieutenant Seth Ba- con, was born on the homestead in Franklin, in 1763, and died May 6, 1843. He served as
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drummer in the revolution, in Lieutenant Hezekiah Ware's company, Colonel Nathan Wade's regiment (Fourth Suffolk), which marched to Rhode Island on the alarm June 20, 1778 ; also in Captain John Metcalf's com- pany, Major Seth Bullard's regiment, in Rhode Island, 1780; also served in the war of 1812. He was an enterprising farmer, and his farm consisted of a hundred acres on which he raised large quantities of flax and sheep for wool. In 1826 he built a fine house. He was representative to the general court from 1807 to 1814, and was also captain of the militia, and justice of the peace. He was deacon of Rev. Nathaniel Emmon's church. In politics he was an ardent Whig. He mar- ried (first) Chloe Lethbridge, born November 25, 1761, died December 15, 1802; (second), January 17, 1804, Ruth Heaton, born Sep- tember, 1766, died January 17, 1866. Child of first wife: I. Abigail, born January 9, 1788; died November 9, 1807. Children of second wife: 2. Joseph Thomas, born Feb- ruary 14, 1808; mentioned below. 3. Delia Emmons, born February 28, 1815; married, April 19, 1837, Samuel Metcalf Jr.
(VII) Joseph Thomas, son of Joseph Ba- con, was born in Franklin, February 14, 1808, and died there April 2, 1868. He was brought up on his father's farm, and attended the com- mon schools. Being naturally of a mechani- cal turn of mind he disliked farming; but being an only son, yielded to his father's wishes, and remained on the farm. He served as selectman of Franklin in 1852 and 1853. He was a faithful worker in the First Con- gregational Church, was chosen deacon when twenty-one years old and filled this office all his life. He married Mary Ann Metcalf, born November 28, 1805, died May 3, 1868, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Clark) Met- calf. Children: I. Abigail Miranda, born April 2, 1829 ; died September 17, 1906; mar- ried, April 8, 1851, Erastus E. Baker ; chil- dren : i. Joseph Herbert Baker, born May 6, 1855; ii. Mary Augusta Baker, January 15, 1856; iii. David Erastus Baker, March 30, 1857, married October 21, 1885, Harriet Es- telle Lord, and had Evelyn Lord Baker, born March 3, 1890, Margaret Heaton Baker, born November 9, 1892, and Mary Barbara Baker, born September 5, 1901 ; iv. Austin Metcalf Baker, born May 29, 1859, died February 17, 1864; v. Jennie Parker Baker, born Novem- ber 17, 1862. 2. Thomas Metcalf, born July 23, 1830; married, Mav 9, 1855, Emily Jane Thayer ; children: i. Joseph Thomas, born
October 7, 1856, married October 5, 1882, Mary Ella Partridge, and had Florence Thayer, born June 19, 1884, Mary Ella, Au- gust 30, 1885, Lloyd Harris, August 13, 1888, Emily Partridge, February 10, 1891, and Stanley Shumway, born July 20, 1898, died June 20, 1906. 3. George Warren, born De- cember 3, 1831 ; mentioned below. 4. Ellen, born August 24, 1833 ; died October 13, 1833. (VIII) George Warren, son of Joseph Thomas Bacon, was born at Franklin, December 3, 1831. He attended the district school, and at an early age taught school in Franklin several winters. He remained on the homestead until 1858, when he prospected several months in Kansas, but decided not to move his family west. He purchased several tracts of land which became more valuable years later, and was found to have been a good investment. In 1865, after the death of his wife, he established himself in business in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where for nearly ten years he carried on a hat and bonnet bleachery with success. In 1874 he was called to Franklin on account of the serious illness of his mother, and remained to carry on the farm. He enlarged the house, and at once began to make improvements and to carry out his ideas of practical farming. From 1881 to 1885 he raised crops for canning, making his own cans, and put up in one season fifty- four thousand cans. As soon as the industry began to be unprofitable he sold his machin- ery and stock in hand to a neighbor packing company. He then gave his attention to the management of his farm, one of the best in the town, making his dairy his chief object, and building three large silos for feeding his animals in winter. He also raised large quanti- ties of vegetables and small fruits. He largely added to the beautiful farm residence, making it of the very largest in the county, containing twenty-one rooms. In 1907 he retired from this fine property to make his home in Pleas- ant street, Franklin, giving his attention to the care of his real estate interests.
He married (first) November 9, 1852, Julia Adams Brooks, born in Henniker, New Hampshire, June 18, 1831, died June 14, 1865, daughter of Dr. Paschal Presby and Eleanor ( Adams) Brooks. Her father was an eminent physician and surgeon in Albany, New York. He married (second) January 15, 1867, Mrs. Emily Jane (Thayer) Bacon, born September, 1833, died April 4, 1908, daughter of Nathaniel and Caro- line (Taft) Thayer, of Franklin, and wid-
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ow of his brother, Thomas Metcalf Bacon. Children of first wife: I. Henry Metcalf, born January 24, 1854; married, October 10, 1883, Martha Mitchell; he was a graduate of Am- herst College, 1876, a teacher in Arkansas City, Kansas, and he and his wife are now practicing physicians; child: Walter Brooks, born March 15, 1885. 2. Abbott Brooks, born July 7, 1856, died April 13, 1857. 3. Julian Brooks, born April 6, 1865, died No- vember 1, 1865. Children of second wife: 4. George Edgar, born October 27, 1868; mar- ried November 29, 1894, Adah Denbeigh Shirley; children: Ruth Shirley, born October 8, 1895, Gladys Patricia, born March 17, 1903. 5. Margie Emma, born June 30, 1871; mar- ried George Alfred Allen; children: Doris, Mildred, Chester, Christine and George Al- fred Allen. 6. Howard Thayer, born July 6, 1876. Mr. Bacon married (third) June 21, 1909, Mrs. Ella Burr Metcalf, born in Hollis- ton, Massachusetts, daughter of John Burr.
Mr. Bacon and his second wife were mem- bers of and active workers in the Fifth Ave- nue Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, in which he was elected a trustee in 1872. In 1875 he was elected deacon in the First Con- gregational Church of Franklin, and has al- ways taken a deep interest in its affairs. He is a man of the highest character. His in- domitable energy, combined with unflagging industry and wise judgment, brought him large material success, while his integrity and Christian spirit have won for him the respect and friendship of the community.
(For preceding generation see Edward Fuller).
(VII) Sergeant Ezekiel, son of FULLER Joshua and Mercy (Lothrop) Fuller, was born in Ellington, July 23, 1758, died at Ludlow, October 16, 1838. He was a revolutionary soldier, serv- ing in Captain Olivers company, Colonel Greaton's regiment. Also he was a minute- man and bore the title of sergeant. He mar- ried Mary Bartlett, of Granby, Massachu- setts, who was born in 1762, and died May 26, 1850. Children : Mariana, Elijah, Rachel, Polly, Mercy, Ezekiel (whose sketch follows), Lyman and Franklin.
(VIII) Ezekiel (2), second son of Ezekiel (I) and Mary (Bartlett) Fuller, was born in Ludlow, February 25, 1794, died there Sep- tember 5, 1877. He married, March 2, 1815, Lucy, daughter of Elias and Anna Rood. Children : Elias Abel, Edmund, Davenport L., whose sketch follows, and Henry C.
(IX) Davenport Loubert, third son of Ezekiel (2) and Lucy (Rood) Fuller, was born in Ludlow, February 28, 1823, died in Indian Orchard, November 16, 1897. He received a fair education in the schools of his native town and was there honored by eleva- tion to office by his fellow townsmen, he being assessor for several years and deputy sheriff for nine years. He came to Spring- field in 1877 and bought out a store which he successfully conducted. He was chosen al- derman from his ward on the republican ticket. He was made a Mason in Roswell Lee Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Ma- sons, and was enrolled as a Knight Templar. He married, April 3, 1844, in Belchertown, Massachusetts, Susanna McClintic, and she died January 8, 1865. He married (second) November 14, 1865, in Ludlow, Melina N., daughter of Henry and Nancy (Parsons) Charles. She was born March II, 1836, in Ludlow. Children by Susanna : Frank Dav- enport, born January 14, 1849, Ida Ellen, January 5, 1852, married George Fisher and they reside in Belchertown, children: Louis R., Grace A., Mary Blanche, Melina E. Child by Melina N. : Henry Charles, born June 20, 1869, died December 24, 1885.
(VII) Benjamin, fourth son of Deacon. Joshua and Mercy (Lothrop) Fuller, was born in Ellington, Connecticut, July 23, 1767, died in Monson, December 8, 1842. He set- tled in Monson in 1795; where he was a pio- neer and where he became a leading and in- dustrious farmer and substantial citizen, influ- ential in promoting the best interests of both the church and the municipality. He mar- ried, November 19, 1788, Annis, daughter of Jehiel and Sarah (Day) Fuller, of East Had- dam, who was from John Fuller, a grandson of the original Edward, the line diverging in the third generation to meet again in the sev- enth. They had nine children: Horace Day, born February 7, 1790; Harriet, January 23, 1792, married Christopher Comstock, of Hart- ford; Achsah, November 13, 1793, married Theodore Strong, of Monson; Benjamin, Jan- uary I, 1796; Austin, January 2, 1798; So- phia, May 10, 1800 (died young); Warren (died young); Sophia, September 2, 1806, married Charles B. Jones; Warren, referred to later.
(VIII) Warren, youngest son of Benjamin and Annis (Fuller) Fuller, who was a Fuller of a Fuller, was born and raised in Monson, May 25, 1807, died there February 7, 1862. He married, April 26, 1831, Lucy Chapman,
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of Monson, who was born July 8, 1812, died July 8, 1821. Children: Sanford, born Jan- uary 8, 1832; Charles (referred to later); El- len, October 17, 1842, married George Cogs- well, and (second) A. E. Wildes.
(IX) Charles, second son of Warren and Lucy (Chapman) Fuller, was born in Mon- son, April 18, 1840, died in Springfield, No- vember 1, 1891. He was educated at the acad- emy in that town and was a wholesale manu- facturer of cigars. In 1872 he came to Spring- field and was associated with Herman Huck in the same business, their shop being located on Hampden street. The upper story was used as a storage for grain and a fatal col- lapse of the over-loaded building is a familiar incident in Springfield's past. The firm of Towne Fuller Company was organized in 1873 and of this firm Mr. Fuller composed a member, the other partners being Mr.Huck and E. E. Towne. Mr. R. W. Richards en- tered the firm in 1878. Mr. Fuller was also an active promoter of the Connecticut Valley Cigar Company of Westfield. He likewise was president of the Cigar Manufacturers' Protective Association of New York, and a director in the First National Bank. When Mr. Fuller managed the business in Monson, cigar making was run on altogether different lines, the method then in vogue was for the manufacturer to provide the leaf and the jour- neyman rolled the cigars at home. Mr. Fuller at this period of his business career personally sold every cigar himself as well as looking af- ter the details of the manufacturing. His long connections with the cigar trade brought him into contact with tobacco growers as well as the makers. In 1887 the trade journal stated that the firm with which Mr. Fuller was asso- ciated as a partner and general manager was the largest cigar manufacturers in New Eng- land, and among the largest packers of Con- necticut lcaf tobacco. Although he achicved unbounded success in his principal calling, he was also concerned in other interests in the community. He both loved and knew a horse thorouglily and was posted on the history of the turf and the scores of the annual racing circuit. He was president of the Hampden Park Association. He invariably served as one of the judges at the meets and his deci- sions werc always impartially given, creating entire satisfaction to those concerned. He was fond of boating and fishing and an active member of the Amabclish Club. He was a Democrat politically, though lie frequently ex- erciscd the privilege of independent voting. In
1884 he served in the common council and in 1887 represented his ward in the legislature where he made a crditable record for retrench- ment and reform. He had a vivacious dis- position and was fond of good companion- ship. He married Sophronia Adaline, daugh- ter of Amasa and Adaline (Munn) King, of Monson, and granddaughter of Amasa and Azula (Lewis) King, of Monson. The chil- dren of Amasa King Jr., were: George Munn, married Martha Carroll; Sophronia Adaline, married Charles Fuller ; Frank Henry, mar- ried Mary Ann Haywood; Maria Louise, mar- ried Edward Gallup, of Brooklyn, Connecti- cut. Children of Charles Fuller: I. Clara Louise, born August 5, 1867, married Charles H. McKnight and has one child, Edward Fuller, born February 4, 1908. 2. Robert King, July 20, 1873, married Grace L. Griffin, June 10, 1902, and has one child, Katherine Louise. 3. Annie E., November 17, 1876, un- married.
BUCKLAND The name Buckland is found on the list of adven- turous pioneers who first carried civilization into that part of the un- broken forest now Hingham, when the first actual settlers had been but fifteen years in what is now the state of Massachusetts.
(I) William Buckland, whose earlier his- tory is unknown, was in Hingham in 1635, in Rehoboth in 1658, and the first of his name in East Hartford, where he settled before 1678. He deedcd land to Daniel Cushing, August 2, 1663. His residence in East Hartford was on the present site of the Buckland homestead 011 Meadow Hill, at the corner of Mill and Prospect strcets. Under the cast front room was a secret cellar entered by a trap door from above; its common cellar was on the west side; William Buckland was buried Scptcm- ber 1, 1678, but there is no record of his age, nor is tlicre any record of his wife. His chil- dren arc thought to have been: Lydia, Wil- liam, Joseplı, Benjamin.
(II) William (2), supposed to be the son of William ( 1) Buckland, was born in Rcho- botlı, Massachusetts, about 1628, and died in Windsor, Connecticut, May 13, 1691. He married Elizabeth, who survived him, but how long is not known. Their children were: Wil- liam and Charles.
(III) William (3), son of William (2) Buckland, was born about 1650, died Decem- ber 12, 1725. He moved to East Hartford in 1687. His will dated December 9, 1724, was
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filed for probate, January, 1726, and men- tions seven children, and widow Elizabeth. She was appointed guardian, March 2, 1726, of John, aged about nineteen, Elizabeth about fifteen, and Jonathan about twelve. Widow Elizabeth married (second) James Forbes Sr., father of James Forbes Jr., husband of Anna Buckland, daughter of Elizabeth. Wil- liam Buckland married Elizabeth, daughter of John Hills, and they were the parents of Wil- liam, Mary, Mehitable, Prudence, Anna, Eliz- abeth, John, and Jonathan, next mentioned.
(IV) Jonathan, youngest child of William (3) and Elizabeth ( Hills) Buckland, was born about 1716, died about 1812, at Ellington, Connecticut. He was a soldier in the Eighth Regiment, Colonel Jedediah Huntington, Fifth Company, Captain Charles Ellsworth, raised by order of the assembly, July, 1775. He enlisted July 9. The regiment was sta- tioned on the Sound until September 14. At Washington's request he was sent to Boston, and posted at Roxbury in General Spencer's brigade. His term of service expired Decem- ber, 1775. He married Sybil Burnham, by whom he had: Alexander, Jonathan, Polly, Timothy, Sybil. He may have married (sec- ond) Sarah Anderson.
(V) Alexander, eldest child of Jonathan and Sybil (Burnham) Buckland, was born about 1737 or 1739, died November 26, 1813 or 1815. He settled in Ellington on the west side of the Marsh. Alexander Buckland and his son Alexander were freemen in Elling- ton, April 7, 1788. The East Windsor record shows that his will was filed for probate Janu- . ary 3, 1816, his widow, Sarah, being one of the executors. He married Sarah Smith, daughter of John and Ruth (Kernes) Smith. She was born about 1738, died January 19, 1823, or January 20, 1824. Their children were: Alexander, Epaphras, Sarah, Leverett, Walter, Ashbel, Erastus, John, Electa and Sarah.
(VI) Captain Erastus, sixth son of Alex- ander and Sarah (Smith) Buckland, was born April 2, 1773 (or 1774), died November 28, 1820. He was probably a captain in the militia. He was fuller and dyer by occupa- tion, owning and operating a mill. He mar- ried Sarah Heath, born April 19, 1775, died October 21, 1850, daughter of Stephen and Sarah (Osborn) Heath. There children were : Erastus, Emily, Harlehigh (died young), Sarah Maria, Lorenzo Montgomery, Alman- zor Aurora, Harlehigh Heath, Harriet, Al- mira H. and Marilla Ann.
(VII) Harlehigh Heath, son of Captain Erastus and Sarah (Heath) Buckland, was born October 25, 1805, at East Windsor, Con- necticut, died in Springfield, Massachusetts, August 25, 1846. He attended the common schools until he was prepared for higher insti- tutions and then went to Wilbraham Academy where he prepared for college. In 1827 he entered Washington, now Trinity College, and graduated from that institution. In the pro- gramme of the "Fifth Junior Exhibition of Washington College, Wednesday evening, April 14, 1830, H. H. Buckland, of East Windsor, Connecticut, is set down for a poem, 'The Voice of the Past.'" The manuscript of a poem entitled "Retrospect of Our Coun- try," read before the Athaeneum Society of Washington College by him, in 1830, is still in his daughter's possession. Other college poems of his writing are in her possession. The "Order of Exercises" of the college, of 1831, August 4, gives as the second item "A Disputation-Are Wars, in the present state of the world productive of more evil than good?"-by Nathaniel Ellsworth Cornwall and Harlehigh Buckland, and farther down the same page "An Oration-The Prospects of Poland"-by Harlehigh Buckland. In the list of those who received the degree of Bache- lor of Arts in 1831, his name again occurs. He went from Washington College to Yale College, from which he graduated in the law after two years atendance and was subse- quently admitted to the bar. He began prac- tice in Hartford and later went to Springfield, Massachusetts, where he spent the remainder of his life except three years, while at Ben- tonsport, Iowa. He was a man whose mental and educational qualifications would have in- sured marked success in his professional pur- suits had his health permitted his continu- ance, but for some years he was practically an invalid, and at forty years of age he died, be- ing confined to the house only two days. He married, November 5, 1834, Sophia Moseley, youngest daughter of Nathaniel (3) and Electa (Buckland) Moseley, of Springfield. She was born March 19, 1815, died Septem- ber 10, 1897. (See Moseley VII). They had five children, two of whom died in infancy ; the surviving children were: I. Edward Harlehigh, born June II, 1842, graduated from the Philadelphia Dental College, Febru- ary 28, 1885, and the Medical Chirurgical Col- elge, April 16, 1891. He settled in Philadel- phia where he now practices dentistry. He married, November 2, 1869, Florence P.
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