Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume III, Part 30

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848-
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 986

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(VI) Luther, son of Ichabod (2) Hawes, was born in Medway, July 18, 1791, died June 26, 1852. He resided in Northborough for a time and in 1829 lived in Grafton. He was a cabinetmaker and his furniture was noted for its symmetry and solidity. He married, April 8, 1817, Cynthia Hemenway, born in Framing- ham, April 16, 1795, died May 18, 1876, daughter of Jacob (5), Ebenezer (4), Eben- ezer (3), Joshua (2), Ralph (I) Hemenway. Children: I. Calvin Luther, born February 23, 1818, died November 9, 1889. 2. Sarah Sibella, June 20, 1819, died May 13, 1838. 3. Emory Cutler, October 31, 1820, mentioned below. 4. Abel Leland, December 18, 1823, died April 14, 1889. 5. Cynthia Maria, August II, 1825, died July 18, 1906; married D. B. Wesson. 6. Henry Edwin (twin), April 4, 1829, died February 17, 1871; married Frances Wesson. 7. Harriet Ellen (twin), April 4, 1829, died September 7, 1897 ; mar- ried Frank Wesson.

(VII) Emory Cutler, son of Luther Hawes, was born October 31, 1820, in Northborough, died in Springfield, January 10, 1879. He attended the public schools of his native town until he was sixteen years old, when he came to Springfield to work for his brother, Calvin L. Hawes, who owned a bakery on the present site of the Springfield Republican building. After a time he opened a restaurant on his own account on Sanford street. He retired from this business to become a partner in the firm of Hawes & Bliss, dealers in meats. After many years of prosperous business he with- drew from the firm on account of ill health. Subsequently he became a contractor for D. B. Wesson, his brother-in-law, of the firm of Smith & Wesson, manufacturers of fire-arms, and continued until the August preceding his death, January 10, 1879. He was independent of party ties in politics, but always interested in public affairs. He attended the South Con- gregational Church. He was devoted to his wife and family, and held the respect and friendship of all who knew him. Earnest, sincere, kindly and charitable in his nature, of strict integrity in business, sound judgment and unusual ability, he was a strong and influ- ential factor in the life of the city, a most useful and capable citizen. He married (first) Mary A. Dow, born in Ashford, Connecticut, died May, 1860, daughter of Harry and Mary (Sumner) Dow. He married (second) Jan-

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uary 1, 1861, Ursula Maria Herrick, born June 7, 1841, daughter of Thomas and Mary A. (Knox) Herrick. (See Herrick family). Children of first wife: I. Ella Caty, born September 8, 1852, married Nathaniel Whit- aker, October 27, 1875 ; two children: Grace, born March 13, 1879, and Harry, born August II, 1886. 2. Addie Belle, August 3, 1854, died September 28, 1898; married William Alvord. December 25, 1876; one son, Walter, born December 15, 1879. Children of second wife: 3. May Lizzie, July 26, 1862, died February 8, 1868. 4. Emory Wesson, February 1, 1864, died November 8, 1887 ; married, October 14, 1885, Lizzie Maria Breck, born February 17, 1864; his widow now resides in Springfield with Mrs. Emory C. Hawes. 5. Harry Luther, May 31, 1869, married, February 27, 1900. Mary Hannah Harper, born April 7, 1871 ; have no children. 6. Leon Edward, February 17, 1873, married, October 21, 1896, Isabelle Holman Sargeant, born November 4, 1872.

(The Herrick Line).

This surname is of very ancient Scandi- navian origin, from the baptismal name Eric, and the spelling is varied, some of the forms being Erikr, Erick, Irek, Eyrick, Erryk, Heryk, Hireck, Hearick, Herrick. Tradition says the family was descended from Ericke, a Danish chief who invaded Britain in the time of King Alfred, and having been defeated was compelled with his followers to live in East Anglia, the government of which he held as a fief of the English crown. At the time of the Norman invasion, Eric the Forester re- sided in Leicestershire and had extensive domains along the sources of the Severn, and on the borders of Wales. He raised an army to fight the Normans, and bore a prominent part in the defense. Being defeated, his fol- lowers were dispossessed of their estates, but he found favor with William the Conqueror and was given important offices about his per- son, and in the command of the armies. In his old age he was permitted to retire to his house in Leicestershire, where he died. One coat-of-arms borne by an English family is: Argent, a fess vair or and gules. Crest: A bull's head couped or horned and eared sable, gorged with a chaplet of roses proper. Motto: Virtus omnia nobilitat.

(I) Eyryk, of Great Stretton and Hough- ton, county Leicester, was a lineal descendant from Eric the Forester. He lived in the time of Henry III. He had sons Alan and Henry.

(II) Alan Eyryk held two ingates of land at Stretton, of the Abbey of Leicester.

(III) Henry Eyryk was of Stretton.

(IV) John Eyryk was also of Stretton.

(V) Robert Eyryk, of Stretton, married Joanna Children: William, Robert, died March 28, 1385, John, Adelena.

(VI) Sir William Eyryk, knight, was of Stretton and commissioned to attend the Prince of Wales in his trip to Gascogny in I 356.

(VII) Robert Eyrick, of Houghton, was descended from Sir William, and married Agnes - Children : Robert, Thomas. (VIII) Thomas Eyrick, gent., of Hough- ton, died 1518; settled in Leicester and is buried in St. Martin's Church there. Chil- dren : Nicholas, John, born 1513; Elizabeth.

(IX) John Eyrick or Heyrick died April 2, 1589, in Leicester; married Marie, daughter of John Bond, of county Warwick; mayor of Leicester in 1559 and 1572; had twelve chil- dren.

(X) Sir William Herrick, son of John Eyrick or Heyrick, was born in 1557 and died March 2, 1652-53. He was knighted in 1605; member of parliament from 1601 to 1630. He was successful in an important commission for Queen Elizabeth and was appointed to a good position in the exchequer. He acquired a large estate and early bought Beau Manor Park of the Earl of Essex, in Loughborough, county Leicester, which at last accounts was still in the hands of his descendants. He was a celebrated goldsmith, principal jeweller to the crown. At the time of his death were liv- ing William Herrick, his son, William Herrick, his grandson, and William Herrick, his great- grandson, then about four years old. He mar- ried, in 1596, Joan, daughter of Richard and Mary (Hilderson) May, of London. Chil- dren : I. William, born 1597. 2. Robert, 1598, died s. p., 1639. 3. Richard, 1600. 4. Thomas, 1602, died young. 5. Elizabeth, 1603, died young. 6. Henry, 1604, mentioned below. 7. Roger, fellow of All Souls' College, Ox- ford. 8. John, born 1612. 9. Mary, died aged twenty. IO. Martha, married, 1634, John Holmstead. II. Dorothy, married, July I, 1628, Rev. James Lancashire. 12. Eliza- beth.

(I) Henry, son of Sir William Herrick, was the immigrant ancestor. He was born August 16, 1604, at Beau Manor, county Leicester. His father wrote as follows con- cerning his birth: "Thursday, 16th of August,

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1604, my wife were brought a bead of a fifthe sonne ; Sir David Murray, Mr. John Spilman, and my Lady Aston, his gossips. He is nursed at Thissilworth, at 2s. 6d. a week. His name is commanded by Prince Henry to be Henry ; and Sir John Spilman would need have him John. And that he was named Henry." Lady Aston was wife to Sir Roger Aston, master of the great wardrobe to his majesty, James I. He came to New England and settled in Salem, where he and his wife were admitted members of the church in 1629. He was admitted a freeman, May 18, 1631, and was a proprietor in 1635. It is said that he first came to Virginia. He removed to Wenham, and later to Beverly, and owned a farm on Bass river. He bought several farms on Birch Plains and Cherry Hill, which he gave to his sons. He was among the founders of the first church in Beverly. He and his wife were fined "for aiding and comforting an excommunicated person, contrary to order." His will was dated November 24, 1670, and proved March 28, 1671. He married Editha Laskin, born 1614, daughter of Hugh Laskin. Children: 1. Thomas, married Hannah Ord- way. 2. Zachariah, baptized December 25, 1636. 3. Ephraim, baptized February II, 1637-38, mentioned below. 4. Henry, bap- tized January 16, 1639-40. 5. Joseph, baptized August 6, 1645, died young. 6. Elizabeth, baptized July 4, 1647. 7. John, baptized May 26, 1650. 8. Benjamin.

(II) Ephraim, son of Henry Herrick, was baptized February 11. 1637-38, died Septem- ber 18, 1693. He settled on a farm at Beverly given him by his father, situated at Birch Plains. Hle took the freeman's oath April 29. 1668. He married, July 3, 1661, Mary Cross, of Salem. Children: 1. John, born May 31, 1662. 2. Ephraim, August I3, 1664. 3. Mary, June 14, 1667. 4. Stephen, March 15, 1670, mentioned below. 5. Sarah. 6. Samuel, June 4, 1675. 7. Timothy, January 4, 1681. 8. Anna, November 20, 1683.

(I11) Stephen, son of Ephraim Herrick, was born March 15, 1670, at Beverly. He re- moved to Preston, Connecticut, after 1716, and in October, 1737, his son Stephen was ap- pointed lieutenant of the train band. He married, December 3, 1692, Elizabeth Trask. Children, born in Beverly: 1. Elizabeth, born October 17, 1693. 2. Edward, October 17, 1695, mentioned below. 3. Stephen, July 24: 1697. 4. Ebenezer, May 17, 1699. 5. Abigail June 15, 1700. 6. Anna, November 2, 1702.

7. Mary, April 15, 1705. 8. Lydia, July 13, 1707. 9. Sarah, October 10, 1708.

(IV) Edward, son of Stephen Herrick, was born in Beverly, October 17, 1695, died in August, 1775. He married (first) November 10, 1725, Mary Dennison, who died January 9, 1735: (second) December 9, 1737, Mar- garet Avery, of Groton, Connecticut ; (third ) October 27, 1757, Elizabeth Brannan. Chil- dren of first wife: I. Mary, born December 20, 1726, married Captain Daniel Tyler, of Pomfret. 2. Ebenezer, October 2, 1731. 3. Rufus, March 13, 1734. Children of second wife: 4. Lucy, August 3, 1738. 5. Henry, April 3, 1740. 6. Jonathan, December 3, 1743, mentioned below. 7. Margaret, March 20, 1745. 8. Grace, July 4, 1747. 9. Moses, Sep- tember 4, 1749, died January, 1794.

(V) Jonathan, son of Edward Herrick, was born December 3, 1743, died in 1822. He was a farmer of Norwich and Preston, Connecticut. He married Elizabeth Clark. Children, the first four born in Norwich, the others in Pres- ton: I. Lucy, April 14, 1762. 2. Stephen, May 19, 1764. 3. Jonathan (twin), July 14, 1767. 4. Elizabeth (twin), July 14, 1767. 5. Rebecca, December 2, 1769. 6. Martha, May 15, 1772. 7. Moses, April 17, 1774. 8. Aaron, May 13, 1776. 9. Thomas, July 14, 1779, mentioned below. 10. William.

(VI) Thomas, son of Jonathan Herrick, was born in Preston, Connecticut, July 14, 1779, died June 3, 1834. He was a farmer and lived at Blandford, Massachusetts. He married, in April, 1802, Betsey Brockway, of Southampton, born December 15, 1776, died June 14, 1868. Children : I. Almena, born March, 1803. 2. Lucina, September, 1804. 3. Thomas, August 26, 1809, mentioned below. 4. Betsey A., November, 1812. 5. Harmony, January, 1814. 6. Ursula, April, 1818, died March 22, 1909.

(VII) Thomas (2), son of Thomas (I) Herrick, was born August 26, 1809, died Feb- ruary 1, 1872, at Blandford, where he was a farmer. He married, June 28, 1836, Mary A. Knox, born August 26, 1809, died February 1, 1872. Children: 1. Charlotte E., born July II, 1837, died October 21, 1908; married, October 8, 1855, Emerson Wells Oatley. 2. Henry Knox, August 24, 1839, married Sarah Parks. 3. Ursula Maria, June 7, 1841. mar- ried, January 1, 1861, Emory C. Hawes ( see Hawes family). 4. Emma Louise, March 8, 1843. married William R. Nyc. 5. Mary Elizabeth, February 3, 1845, married, March

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14, 1865, James Richards. 6. Isabella A., September 6, 1849, died September 20, 1867. 7. Melissa Blair, March 29, 1851, married, September 29, 1870, George Dennis Nye. 8. Bessie Brockway, December 21, 1852, died October 26, 1867. 9. Abbie Ann, February I, 1855. 10. Hattie Hill, June 19, 1858, died December 31, 1867.

The first of the Bliss family of

BLISS whom we have any reliable in- formation was Thomas Bliss, of Belstone parish in the county of Devonshire, England. Two of his sons, Thomas and George, and a nephew Thomas, a son of Jonathan, the eldest son of the first Thomas Bliss, came to America, and from them are descended many or perhaps most of the Blisses of New England. Those who came from England were highly educated, gentle- manly and refined in their manners, and were much superior in their respect to their imme- diate descendants, who had none of the ad- vantages of the schools and society of the mother country. The name is supposed to have been originally Blois, the name of a division of France, gradually modified in America to Bliss.

(I) Thomas Bliss, the earliest known of the family of Bliss of this article, lived near Oke- hampton, in the village of Belstone, in Devon- shire, England. He was a yeoman, a wealthy landowner and a member of the despised sect called Puritans, and suffered many persecu- tions on account of his religious faith. He was maltreated, impoverished and imprisoned, and finally ruined in health (as well as finan- cially) by the many indignities and hardships forced upon him by the intolerant church party in power. He is supposed to have been born about the year 1550 or 1560. The date of his death is not certainly known, but it probably occurred about the time his sons emigrated to America or soon after. One of his sons, Jon- athan, was imprisoned for non-conformity, fined heavily, ill-treated, and in long confine- ment contracted a fever from which he never recovered. The name of the wife of Thomas Bliss is unknown. His five children were : Jonathan, Thomas, Elizabeth, George, and Mary Elizabeth, married Sir John Calcliffe. (II) Thomas (2), second son of Thomas (1) Bliss, was born in Belstone parish, Devon- shire, about 1580 or 1585. Thomas and George Bliss embarked at Plymouth with their families and came to America in the autumn of 1635, and landed at Boston. They found they could

not be comfortably located together unless they built new houses, for which undertaking the season was too far advanced, so they separated and Thomas settled in that part of Boston called the Mousit ; it is across the bay, a little south of the city, and was afterwards named Braintree. The land there alloted to him being situated upon the mountain, he soon came to be called "Thomas of the Mount," and was near losing the family name alto- gether. The town has since been divided and the part where Thomas lived is now called Quincy. Thomas Bliss and his family and his nephew, Thomas Bliss (son of his brother Jonathan of England) who had arrived in Boston the year before, went from Braintree, perhaps with Rev. Thomas Hooker; if not soon after; and became a pioneer settler in Hartford, Connecticut, some time in 1636-37. By making a farm and selling his improve- ments to a newcomer, Thomas Bliss had cleared a little money, then about the only way to make money in New England. In the second year after his arrival (1640), Thomas Bliss, senior, as he was called, died. The land apportioned among the Hartford settlers was laid out in "lots" and "tiers," and the lot assigned to Thomas Bliss (senior), was "No. 58" in the "tenth tier," south of the little river. It lay on the east side of a street now discon- tinued, which extended north and south, a short distance to the west of the present Lafay- ette street, and south of the old state house. The present Trinity street was one of the original streets of Hartford and was known as Bliss street from the first settlement to about 1855. It was probably so named from this family, and was then described as extend- ing from "George Steele's to the Mill." Thomas Bliss married, in England, about 1612 or 1615, Margaret, whose maiden name is thought to have been Margaret Lawrence, and it is believed that she was born about the year 1594. The following account of her is taken from the "Genealogy of the Bliss Family," compiled by John Homer Bliss, of Norwich, Connecticut : "She was a good look- ing woman, with a square oblong face that betokened great capacity and force of char- acter. She had a broad open brow, fair hair, and blue eyes. After the death of her husband she managed the affairs of the family with great prudence and judgment." Her eldest daughter Ann married Robert Chapman, of Saybrook, Connecticut, in 1642, and removed to Saybrook, where her eldest brother Thomas, came soon after to live with them, and where

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he married in 1644. The other children of the Widow Margaret Bliss, of Hartford, con- cluded not to settle there permanently, chills and fever prevailing in some localities near the town; she and her children, therefore, in the year of 1643 removed to the settlement at Springfield, Massachusetts, thirty miles or more up the Connecticut river. Margaret sold her property in Hartford, and gathering her household goods and cattle together, prepared with her eight children to make the journey through the forest to Springfield, which she accomplished in about five days. Nathaniel and Samuel, her second and fourth sons, had been there previously, and a dwelling had been prepared for the family on their arrival. A journey like this was thought a great thing in those days. They camped out in the forest three nights with their teams so sparsely was the country settled at that time ; and the forests infested with the savage beasts and scarcely less savage Indians, were broken only by the single roads to the seaboard, on the east and on the south and these were by no means of the best. Mrs. Margaret had acquaintances in Springfield, whom she had known in Eng- land, and here she settled down for the re- mainder of her days. It is said she purchased a tract of land in Springfield one mile square, situated in the south part of the town, on what is now Main street, and bordering on the Connecticut river. One of the streets laid out on the Manor tract has been named "Mar- garet" street and another "Bliss" street, on which has been built a Congregational church. She lived to see all her children brought up, married, and established in homes of their own, except Hannah, who died at about twenty-three years of age. Mrs. Margaret died in Springfield, August 28, 1684, after a residence in America of nearly fifty years, and over forty years since her husband's death. She was an energetic, efficient woman, capable of transacting most kinds of business, and and was long remembered in Springfield as a woman of great intellectual ability. A mother with these characteristics seldom fails to transmit them to posterity. Her will, dated in September, 1683, mentions some but not all of the children of Thomas, hence it has been surmised that she may have been a second wife, and that he had children by a former wife. As she survived her husband forty-four years, he must have died compara- tively young, or there may have been a great disparity in their ages. She lived more than ninety years in spite of the hardships and

anxieties she had passed through and her grandchildren were generally very strong of constitution and longlived, as were also her children. She was a woman of superior abilities, great resolution, and uncommon en- terprise, and is entitled to the respect of her descendants, both for her vigor of mind and constitution. The children of Thomas and Margaret Bliss were: Ann, Mary, Thomas, Nathaniel, Lawrence, Samuel, Sarah, Eliza- beth, Hannah and John.

(III) Samuel, fourth son of Thomas (2) and Margaret Bliss, was born in England, I624, and removed to America with his father in 1635. He had several grants of land from Agawam, (Springfield) at Freshwater brook in the north side of the Agawam river, at what was first called Ackannuset, amounting to thirty-five acres. He was a prominent citizen of the town and was selectman there in 1685. He married, November 10, 1664, Mary, daugh- ter of John and Sarah (Heath) Leonard, of Springfield. She was born September 14, 1647, and died in 1724. He died March 23, 1720, aged ninety-six years. Their children were: Hannah, Thomas, Mary, Jonathan, Martha, Sarah, Experience, Mercy, Ebenezer, Margaret and Esther.

(IV) Ebenezer, third son of Samuel and Mary (Leonard) Bliss, was born in Spring- field, July 29, 1683, died September 7, 1717. He was a tanner by trade and lived in Spring- field. In 1715 he bought sixty-three acres of land of Jeremiah Burgess, in Windsor, Con- necticut. He was somewhat active in town affairs, holding at various times the minor township offices of hayward, hogreeve and fenceviewer. He married, January, 1707, Mary, daughter of John and Mary (Clark) Gaylord, who was born about 1688, in Windsor, Con- necticut. Their children were: Jedediah, Ebe- nezer, Anne, Moses, Mary and Martha.

(V) Jedediah, eldest child of Ebenezer and Mary (Gaylord) Bliss, was born in Spring- field, February 7, 1709, died November 30, 1777. He was a tanner, and a very eccentric man, and many stories are told of his odd ways. He married (first) July 2, 1733, Rachel, daughter of Joseph and Mary Sheldon, of Suffield, Connecticut. She died November I, 1747. He married (second) August 19, 1748, Miriam, daughter of John and Abigail Hitch- cock, who died November 19, 1793. Children by first wife Rachel were: Rachel, Moses, Jedediah, Mary, Lucy (died young), Lucy, Aaron and Patience. Those of second wife Miriam were: Miriam, Ebenezer, Reuben,

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Alexander, Zenas, Martha, Isaac, Jacob and Naomi.

(VI) General Jacob, youngest son of Jede- diah and Miriam (Hitchcock) Bliss, was born March 12, 1763, died March 27, 1829. He was a soldier in the revolution, enlisting in the continental army in Captain Rowley's com- pany, Colonel Moseley's regiment, June 5, 1780, when he was only seventeen years old. He served six months or more. He was also in the company of Captain Phineas Parker. The archives of the commonwealth describe him as five feet seven inches tall, with light complexion. He rose in rank in the militia after the revolution and was a brigadier-gen- eral in the war of 1812. He commanded a brigade of three regiments of Western Massa- chusetts troops stationed at or near Com- mercial Point, Boston, in 1814. He was a prominent citizen of Springfield. He married, in 1780, Mary Collins, daughter of Ariel Collins. She was born in Springfield, June 12, 1765, died October 14, 1854. The children of General Jacob Bliss were: Theodore, John, Mary, Jacob, William, Emily (died young), Emily, Christopher, Josiah and Henry.

(VII) Theodore, eldest child of General Jacob and Mary (Collins) Bliss, was born in Springfield, March 4, 1789, died in Springfield, December 13, 1844. He was a merchant and banker. He was married at Leominster, Mass- achusetts, July 3, 1814, to Juliet H. Mann, of Northampton, where she was born January 30, 1797. She died in Springfield, April 6, 1879. They had seven children-two born in Boston, and five in Springfield, as follows: Henrietta J., Mary Collins, Jacob (died young), Emily S., Martha A., Jacob and John. Martha A. married Frederick H. Harris. ( See Harris IX),

(VII) William, fourth son of General Jacob and Mary (Collins) Bliss, was born in Spring- field, March 29, 1797, died March 3, 1838. He was educated in the public schools, at an acad- emy, and at Harvard College, from which he graduated in 1818. He studied law and became a prominent lawyer in Springfield for a man of his years. He was prominent in town affairs, and was chairman of county commissioners in 1834. He was a very companionable man, and was very much of a wit and many anecdotes are told of him. He married, July 1, 1828, Elizabeth Augusta Benjamin, daughter of Asher and Achsah Benjamin. She was born in Boston, January 4, 1800, and died in Spring- field, June 22, 1877. Their children were: Ellen Augusta, Harriet L., and William, next

mentioned. Harriet L. became the wife of Harry A. Gould.

(VIII) William (2), only son of William (I) and Elizabeth A. (Benjamin) Bliss, was born in Springfield, December II, 1834. As a young man he worked for Cicero Simons, a merchant of Springfield. For a time he was employed in New York City, but after his mar- riage he returned to the city of his nativity to reside, and entered the employ of the Western railroad of which his father-in-law, Chester W. Chapin, was president. In 1865 he was made assistant to the president and in 1866 was promoted to the general freight agency. This position he held until 1872, when the Western and Boston & Worcester railroads were merged into the Boston & Albany, of which he was made general manager. In 1878, on the retirement of President Chapin, he was made vice-president and general manager, while Dr. Waldo Lincoln was made president. When Mr. Lincoln was killed, July 1, 1880, in a railroad accident, Mr. Bliss was named by the directors to succeed him. Shortly after assuming the presidency of the road his fre- quent presence in Boston became so necessary that he removed there and for many years previous to his death had made his home at No. 25 Exeter street. After the leasing of the Boston & Albany road to the New York Cen- tral, Mr. Bliss was freed from much business care and he gave this otherwise leisure time to out-door sports and to reading and social pleas- ures. He was devotedly fond of golf, and in the latter part of his life was an enthusiastic automobilist. He was a great reader and had a reputation as a wit and conversationalist. Among the strong men whom he attracted as associates in the management of the road were Judge A. L. Soule and Samuel Hoar, both of whom died before him, and who had served as general counsel for the railroad, and ex- Congressman Edward D. Hayden, vice-presi- dent of the road, deceased ( 1908). In appear- ance Mr. Bliss made a striking impression with his six feet three inches of erect physique. Dignified and courteous he impressed those whom he met with his strong character, while the men beneath him, with many manifesta- tions of his care of them in mind, revered him in a manner seldom witnessed today. During the panic of 1893, when most corporations were paying off their help in checks, the employees of the Boston & Albany were paid in cash at great inconvenience to the company, but to the great pleasure of Mr. Bliss and his

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Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume III, Part 30

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848- Publication date: 1910 Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company Number of Pages: 986

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848-
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 986