Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume III, Part 54

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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Murphy was the removal of Dr. Cahill's remains to Ireland. He succeeded so well that on Washington's birthday. 1885, the remains of the patriot priest, scientist and scholar, Dr. Cahill, were exhumed from Hollywood, Brookline, where they had rested over twenty- one years, and transferred to Glasrevin, Dub- lin, Ireland's national cemetery. The Irish societies of Boston, through the aid of Patrick Ford, editor of the Irish World, and New York societies, jointly bore the burden of the great display in both cities, the Dr. Cahill memorial committee of Ireland taking charge of the remains and of the delegates accompa- nying them at Cove (Queenstown). All Ire- land turned out. The lord bishop of Cloyne, Dr. McCarthy, officiated at Cove Cathedral : the lord bishop of Cork, Dr. Delaney, offici- ated in his city. His grace, Archbishop Crooke, of Cashel, met the remains at Cashel steam road station, and the people of Tippe- rary filled a car with their floral tributes. The See of Dublin was vacant, but the adminis- trator, then of Maynooth, now the patriotic archbishop of Dublin, showed every courtesy to the remains and to the visitors. Before Father Murphy left on this mission he was presented with a beautiful chalice by Rev. Denis Murphy, of Cork. This chalice he has used daily ever since, in the celebration of mass. While in Ireland he was presented with an Irish jaunting car by his many friends there, and this he still has.

Father Murphy was stationed as curate of the Portland Cathedral, Portland, Maine; in St. Mary's Church, Cambridgeport, with Father Scully, the war chaplain of the Ninth Regiment ; in the Sacred Heart Church of East Boston; in Saint Patrick's Church, Natick, with Father Walsh. While in Natick he organized four hundred boys as the John Boyle O'Reilly Cadets, and he also organized the John Boyle O'Reilly Band, a musical organization which attracted much attention, and played all over the country. He also organized all the children of the public schools into Bands of, Mercy, in connection with the work of the Society of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. This action was gratefully acknowledged in Dumb Animals, the official organ of the society. No priest was ever more popular in Natick than Father Murphy. He was respected and admired by all the people, no matter of what creed. He was elected a member of the school committee of the town, and served faithfully several years.

When the Spanish war broke out, he was

commissioned May 14, 1898, chaplain of the Ninth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers, under Colonel Bogan, appointed at his request by the late Archbishop Williams, of Boston, "with good wishes and happy return" for himself and regiment. He was then rector of Saint George's Church at Saxonville, the third oldest church in the archdiocese of Boston. His military rank was equivalent to that of mounted captain, entitling him to the use of a horse, so necessary to the performance of his duties. But only five horses went to Cuba with his brigade, and his saddle horse was sent home when General Shafter's order for- bidding horses was issued. It was alleged that only mules could live in Cuba. Of course, without his horse, he shared all the hardships of the regimental marches, for which he was so unprepared by his profession. His services were not confined to the Ninth Regiment but, with those of Fathers Hart and Fitzgerald, owing to his vows as a priest, were given to the whole of the third division of the Fifth Army Corps, comprising thirty thousand men. His first call was to the first man killed, which was an accident, a man being struck by a pole as his head was out the car window. This man died at Camp Alger and was buried at Fort Meyer.

Among his acquaintances made in Cuba was the celebrated traveller and lecturer, Rev. Peter MacQueen, who was a correspondent there for certain Boston papers. This acquaintance ripened into friendship which has continued to the present time. Another friendship made at that time was that of James A. King, president of the Michigan American Patriotic Association, serving in Cuba as surgeon of the Thirty-third Michigan Regiment. He having learned that some strictures had been passed upon Father Mur- phy's performance of his duties, in a letter dated October 19, 1898, after expressing his surprise and indignation, refers to the fact in this way: "It seems to be the lot of all ener- getic men ambitious to do their full duty, to suffer from unjust and ignorant criticism." And again : "You are the only chaplain I saw who was always ready for duty and always looking for duty to perform." Of the many stories about Father Murphy sent from the seat of war, a correspondent of the Chicago Journal thus wrote about him: "Father Mur- phy was as fine a type of the American chap- lain of volunteers as I saw in Cuba. He had the faculty of winning both respect and the affection of soldiers, and that was largely due

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to his adaptability." Further illustrating his estimate of Father Murphy, the same writer relates this incident: "Once several civilians and a slightly wounded soldier marched with him from the firing line to Siboney. That is nine miles, and we crossed two mountains and encountered two rain-storms. But the parson never whimpered, though we marched at a Killing pace, for we wanted to get under cover

* before night fell. *

* And in spite of his years, he (Father Murphy) offered on that very trip to carry the wounded soldier's gun, and every mile or so he would call back to the man 'You know, my boy, what to do with that rifle if it gets too heavy for you, give it to me.' "

At the request of the Archbishop of Santi- ago, Father Murphy performed two of the very few marriages contracted in Santiago Province during the campaign. Stalwart and energetic, he was occasionally called on for services not usually looked for from one of his cloth. At Siboney, with the hospital staff and engineer corps, he was active in executing the order of General Nelson A. Miles, designed to check the spread of yellow fever, to burn hun- dreds of buildings condemned as unsanitary. Another of his extra services was the distribu- tion of the mails for the Ninth Regiment, the necessary pass in and out of Santiago having been given to him by command of Major Gen- eral Bates, July 28, 1898. Distinguished among the other friends made by Chaplain Murphy during the Cuban campaign was Commodore Cotton, who was later assigned to the command of the United States squadron in Europe; he died February, 1909. Father Murphy is a member of the Arundel Art Soci- ety of London; of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society ; honorary member of the Grattan Literary Association ; member for life of the Congregation of Laval (affiliated), Quebec, Canada. For four years he was state chaplain of the Massachusetts Knights of Columbus, and an active member of Division 1, Ancient Order of Hibernians, Boston. Ile was a member of Simpson Assembly, No. 169, Royal Society of Good Fellows; he is the ex- chaplain-in-chief of the Legion of Spanish War Veterans. Father Murphy is at present the rector of the Church of the Holy Rosary, South Boston. He is a graceful speaker and is much in demand on public occasions.

BOOS Dr. Lampenhof, father of Gabriel (Lampenhof ) Boos, who for many years was medical examiner for the town of Bruel, near Cologne, Rhenish

Prussia, came from an old and respected Ger- man family. He was thrown from his horse, and the accident resulted in his death in the prime of life. He married Marie Just, whose father was an officer in Napoleon's army. She married (second) Francis Boos, a merchant in the Rhinelands of Germany; they both died in Bonn. Dr. Lampenhof had an only son, Gabriel, mentioned below.

(II) Gabriel Lampenhof, son of Dr. Lamp- enhof, was born October 25, 1831. He assumed the name of his stepfather, Mr. Boos, and was known afterwards as Gabriel Boos. He

received a liberal education and when about fourteen years of age began to learn the manu- facture of gilt mouldings. At the age of seventeen he was a skilled workman, and although the youngest, he was considered the best workman in his employer's service. His employer, Mr. William Gram, decided to go to America and establish a business in the United States. This he did, and, bringing young Gabriel with him as his best employee, he settled in New York City. . Gabriel was ambitious, and anxious to engage in business on his own account. When he was twenty- one years old he had accumulated sufficient capital to make a beginning. He started in New York City, and was rapidly building up a good trade; but, not willing to become a serious competitor of his friend and former employer, he decided to sell his business there. and came to Boston. He established himself in Kingston street. The business was a com- paratively new one in this country, and since his factory was the first of its kind in New England, he at once found a good market for all he could produce, success crowning his efforts from the beginning. He built up a large and constantly increasing trade and accumulated a fortune. In 1894 he retired. His partners, Alexander Ceppi and James Bauer, who had been with him for many years, succeeded him.

In 1871 Mr. Boos bought a beautiful estate near Metz, the capital of Lorraine, which was formerly the country home of Bishop Quellin. Here he lived until 1880, for the purpose of educating his children. In 1887 he purchased an estate in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, and there spent the remaining years of his life. Ile died September 10, 1908. He was a man of mnich influence, especially among the Germans in Boston. He was a member of the New York Liederkranz, a charter member of the German Orpheus Society, and a member of the Boston Art Club. He was particularly fond of outdoor sports, especially of fishing.

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In politics he was an independent Republican, but he never took an active interest in political affairs.

In October, 1847, Mr. Boos married, in New York City, Theresa Carola Schraub- staedter, born in Dresden, Germany, in 1834. She came of an old and prominent German family, her great-grandfather being Dr. Von Kolditz, a well known physician in charge of the state hospital for the insane in the city of Dresden. Mrs. Boos was educated in Dres- den. She came to America when a young woman, with her family, and settled in New York City. She is living, and is still strong both physically and mentally, although of an advanced age. Children : I. Arthur, born September 26, 1858; is a prominent sketch artist, and is head artist of the Forbes Litho- graphing Company of Boston; married Marie Jacobeit, who was born in Düsseldorf, and has a daughter Alice, a student in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. 2. Agnes H., born August 1, 1865; married Curt Sahr, formerly an officer in the German army, who is now in the insurance business in Boston ; children : i. Josephine Sahr, Radcliffe graduate with degree of M. A., and now a teacher ; ii. Curt Sahr, in charge of a sugar plantation near Honolulu ; iii. Gabriel Sahr, pupil in the High School of Commerce. 3. Gabriella M., born March 3, 1862; went in 1871 with her parents to Metz ; here she met Colonel Ernst Dorsch, whom she later married ; they reside in Cob- lentz, on the Rhine, where her husband is an officer of artillery in the German army ; children: i. Hadwiga, resides in Germany, and is studying at the University of Bonn; ii. Helmuth, a midshipman, serving in the Ger- man navy. 4. Theresa C., born June 6, 1865 ; married Dr. Theodore C. Erb, visiting sur- geon to the Elizabeth's Hospital, and professor at the Tufts Medical School. 5. Josephine E., born December 1, 1868; resides in Boston, unmarried. 6. William F., mentioned below.

(III) Dr. William F. Boos, son of Gabriel Boos, was born August 2, 1870, and was one year old when his parents went abroad for the education of their children. On their return to America in 1880 he attended the public schools of Boston, and graduated at Harvard College in 1894. Later he entered the Univer- sity of Heidelberg, Germany. where he received the degree of Ph. D. in chemistry in 1896. He returned to Boston, and was instructor in chemistry at Harvard Univer- sity in 1896-97. The following year he entered the Harvard Medical School and became

assistant to Dr. Charles Harrington, the head of the Department of Hygiene. He took his medical degree in 1901, and was appointed house physician at the Massachusetts General Hospital, serving eighteen months. In Octo- ber, 1902, he went to Europe, and was for four years research student and instructor in the Pharmacological Institute at Strasburg, Germany. At this period he was engaged largely in research in biological chemistry and in post-graduate study of internal medicine. In 1906 he returned to Boston and became a member of the staff of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Besides his activity as director of the bio-chemical laboratory at the Massachusetts General Hospital, he has a con- sultation practice, with internal medicine as his specialty. In this branch he is recognized as one of the leading physicians of Boston. He is a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society, of the Boston Society of Medical Sciences, of the Boston Medical Library Asso- ciation, and of various European medical soci- 'eties.

He married, October 1, 1902, Margaret T. Eskridge, born in Selma, Alabama, daughter of J. Nathaniel and Margaret (Marshall) Eskridge. Her grandfather, Dr. Hugh Mar- shall, a prominent southerner in ante-bellum days, was the owner of large plantations and many slaves, the plantations being still owned by the family. Dr. Marshall was the first physician in Selma, Alabama. Her father, Mr. J. Nathaniel Eskridge, was captain in the famous "Alabama 3d" during the civil war. Mrs. Boos is a Daughter of the Confederacy, and a Daughter of the American Revolution. Children of Dr. and Mrs. Boos: 1. Margaret T., born January 13, 1904. 2. Wilhelmina Eskridge, born October 5, 1906.

Any reliable information con- RIDER cerning this family in its earlier generations appears to be want- ing, and all attempts to connect Joseph Rider with generations of the family anterior to his time have been quite unsuccessful. Indeed, little appears to be known of this Joseph Rider, who figures as the earliest ancestor of the family of whom there is any information whatever.

(I) Joseph Rider had a son.

(II) Talmund, son of Joseph Rider, is said to have lived at Mansfield, Connecticut, although the somewhat meagre records of that town give no account of him, and we only know that he was a farmer. He married

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Marcia Dexter, and by her had children : I. Joseph G., born about 1815. 2. Wallace, who now lives in Albany, New York. 3. Warham. 4. Jane, married R. O. Fenton. 5. Eunice, married Alfred Curtis. 6. Mariette, married Solyman Taylor.

(III) Joseph G., son of Talmund and Marcia (Dexter) Rider, was born about 1815, probably in Mansfield, Connecticut, and it is said that while he had little opportunity to attend school during the days of his youth he nevertheless applied himself to study by him- self and thus succeeded in gaining a good edu- cation for his time. He owned a small farm and also was a shoemaker and was in all respects an industrious and thrifty man. In 1860 he removed to New York state and fol- lowed farming until 1877; about thirty years previous to his death he gave up his trade. His death occurred in 1902. By reason of falling from a ladder he suffered serious inju- ries and on three different occasions was com- pelled to undergo an operation, but he pos- sessed a very strong constitution and lived to good old age. In politics he originally was a strong Whig and once stood as the candidate of that party for the legislature; later a Republican, but the district in which he lived was strongly Democratic and his personal pop- ularity was not sufficient to overcome the majority against his party. In religious pref- erence he was a Baptist. He married, about 1837, Lovina, daughter of Joseph Merrick, and by her had two children. I. Claudius W., born 1843. 2. Jane E., March 10, 1852, in Orwell, New York; married J. R. Potter, of Orwell, and had three children : Claudia, Paul M. and Madeline Potter.

(IV) Claudius W., son of Joseph G. and Lovina (Merrick) Rider, was born in Wil- lington, Connecticut, August 14, 1843, and received a good carly public school education. At the age of eighteen years he enlisted for three years as a private in Company C of the One Hundred and Tenth New York Volun- teer Infantry, and served principally in the far south, in the Department of the Gulf, and his regiment took part in the famous siege of Port Hudson. After the close of the war he returned home and resumed his studies, devoting attention chiefly to review work. In 1866 he entered the employ of the Merrick Thread Company, at Mansfield, Connecticut, the place of business of which company was removed to Holyoke, Massachusetts, in 1867. Mr. Rider was then bookkeeper and pay- master for the company, and subsequently was

advanced to the more responsible position of secretary of the company. Still later, upon the death of Mr. Merrick, he became treasurer and general manager, and he is still associated with the management of the Holyoke branch. In 1899 the Merrick Thread Company was absorbed by the American Thread Company, and he is associated with the Holyoke branch. Mr. Rider is a Republican, and cast his first vote for Mr. Lincoln, in 1864. For four years he was clerk of the common council of Holy- oke, and now is treasurer of the Holyoke City Library and member of the library committee. He also is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and member and treasurer of the Baptist church of Holyoke. He married, June 12, 1872, Josephine A., daughter of Roswell T. Lee, of Cape Vincent, Jefferson county, New York.

AITKEN This name of Scotch origin is seldom found in the United States, and in only one other place in New England besides Springfield, Massachusetts, and there it is spelled Atikin. Both families came to America in the last century.

(I) John Aitken was born in Scotland, May 2, 1840, died in Springfield, Massachusetts, April 30, 1898, and was buried on the fifty- eighth anniversary of his nativity. He came to America and lived for a time in Iowa, and went in the Union army from that state. He was a gardener, having learned that business in Scotland. He went to New Haven, Con- necticut, where he lived several years, follow- ing his occupation. In 1893 he removed to Springfield, Massachusetts, and in company with his son Mark engaged in the florist busi- ness, which has since grown to large propor- tions. He married Widow Violet, daughter of Matthew Logan, of Dundee, Scotland, widow of George Donaldson, who lived and died in Scotland. By her first marriage she had two children, John, now of Springfield ; and Geor- giana, who died young. The children of John and Violet (Logan) (Donaldson) Aitken are : I. Mary B., born 1870, married William Rus- sell and lives in New Britain, Connecticut. 2. Jemima H., born August, 1872, married Harry Miller-Palm and resides in Stuttgart, Ger- many. 3. Mark, mentioned below. 4. Violet, now Mrs. James Knowles, of Springfield.

(11) Mark, only son of John and Violet (Logan) (Donaldson) Aitken, was born in New Haven, Connecticut, April 9, 1874, and was educated in the schools of that city. He

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learned the business of florist and became an equal partner with his father when, as Aitken & Son, they engaged in business in Spring- field. At the death of his father he became sole proprietor of the enterprise which is the largest of its kind in New England outside of Boston, and has a national reputation. Mr. Aitken originated the practice of placing flowers under glass as winter decorations. He is a Republican in politics. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias ; Springfield Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; the Nayasset and the Springfield Automobile clubs, of which last he is now (1908) president. He married Effie V. Pease, daughter of George W. and Emma V. (Bartholomew) Pease, of Westfield.

Thomas Look, first of the name of

LOOK whom there is record in New Eng- land, resided at Lynn, Massachu- setts. He married Sarah - --- , who died at Lynn, June 30, 1666. Children, born in Lynn : I. Thomas, June, 1646; mentioned below. 2. Sarah, March 12, 1648. 3. Jonathan, July, 1651 ; was at Topsfield in 1684. 4. Mary, July, 1654. 5. Elizabeth, May, 1656. 6. Experience, mar- ried, October 16, 1678, Samuel Tarbox.

(II) Thomas (2), eldest child of Thomas ( I) Look, was born at Lynn, in June, 1646, and married Elizabeth, sister of William Bunker. He removed to Nantucket, and thence to Mar- tha's Vineyard in 1706, when he conveyed land there by deed. In 1718 he deeded his home- stead to his son Samuel. Children: I. Experi- ence, born November 22, 1672. 2. Elizabeth, November 28, 1675. 3. Jane, December 24, 1680. 4. Samuel, mentioned below.

(III) Samuel, son of Thomas (2) Look, re- ceived from his father a deed to the homestead in Martha's Vineyard, in 1718. He married Thankful Child Seth, and probably others.

(IV) Seth, son of Samuel Look, was born January 25, 1709. He married, September I, 1733, Susanna Allen.

(V) Peter, son of Seth Look, was born in 1747, and died March 31, 1832. He removed from Martha's Vineyard to Hartford, Connec- ticut, and thence to Conway, Massachusetts, where he was living in 1780. He married Sarah, daughter of Ebenezer and Jane (Hillman) Jones. Children : 1. Susannah, married

Tenney. 2. Hannah, married Calvin Payne. 3. Lydia. married Stephen Turner. 4. Benja- min. 5. Jeremiah. 6. Noah. 7. Peter, men- tioned below.

(VI) Peter (2), son of Peter ( I) Look, was born in Conway, Massachusetts, August 5, 1785, and died November 5, 1830. He was a farmer. He married Sophia Healy, born July 29, 1783, died June 12, 1834, daughter of Joseph an'd . Mary ( Whitman ) Healy. Children: 1. Mary Healy, born March 19, 1809 ; married Sylvester Porter ; died January 25, 1834. 2. Lovina Healy, September 11, 1810; married Sylvester Porter after 1834; children: Dwight Porter, served in civil war; Mary Porter, married George Coates ; Charles Porter, married Nellie Chase. 3. Hervey Dix, September 7, 1812; married Althena Munson; died September 8, 1879: children : Charles, married Madge Stil- phen ; Ellen, married Rev. Horace Parker. 4. Louisa, November 7, 1815; married William Howland; died February 2, 1907; one child, Elizabeth Carver, married Clarence Kenney. 5. Joseph Allen, April 22, 1818 ; married Elvira Risley : died June 6, 1871; sons George and William. 6. Dwight Brown, April 19, 1820; mentioned below. 7. Editha Field, June 2, 1822, died July 5, 1824. 8. Editha Field, Au- gust 29, 1824 ; married Asaph Wood ; died 1887.

(VII) Dwight Brown, son of Peter (2) Look, was born in Conway, April 19, 1820, and died March 30, 1899. In 1847 he removed to Leominster, and for many years was one of the leading citizens of the town. He worked at the comb business until 1854, when in part- nership with his two brothers and William Tilton he began the manufacture of horn goods, under the firm name of Look, Tilton & Com- pany. In 1856 he went into the dry goods busi- ness with J. Q. A. Pierce. Later he returned to the manufacture of horn goods, and con- tinued in the business the remainder of his life. He was active in political affairs of the town, and in 1880 and 1881 represented that district in the legislature. He served three years as selectman, three years as assessor, two years as auditor, and three years as collector of taxes. He was chairman of the overseers of the poor, and a very efficient officer. He was one of the incorporators of the Leominster Savings Bank, and at one time its president. serving also as trustee of important trust funds. He was one of the founders and a director of the National Bank of Leominster. He was an active member of the Orthodox Congregational church. In 1891 he removed to Northampton, and died there March 30, 1899. He married, June 19, 1850, Emily Newhall, born October 5, 1827, daughter of Colonel Jabez and Eunice ( Livermore) Newhall, of Conway. Children : I. Frederick D., died in infancy. 2. Frank

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Newhall, born March 22, 1855: mentioned below. 3. Fanny Hamilton, born June 12, 1859. (See Newhall ).

(VIII) Frank Newhall, son of Dwight Brown Look, was born in Leominster, March 22, 1855. Ile attended the public schools of his native town, and the high school of Northampton, whither his parents removed. He graduated from Amherst College in 1877, and then entered the employ of the Florence Manufacturing Company. In 1881 he was elected treasurer and general manager of the company, and he has occupied a prominent position among the manu- facturers of this section. He is vice-chairman of the school committee of Northampton ; mem- ber of the Northampton Public Library Com- mittee : is president of the board of trustees of the Lilly Public Library in Florence, and director of the Northampton Young Men's Christian Association. He has been a director of the Northampton National Bank since 1888, and a director of the Hampshire Mutual Fire Insur- ance Company. In politics he is a Republican. and he was a member of the common council during the first two years of the city govern- ment in Northampton. He is a member of the Sons of the American Revolution. He mar- ried. October 20, 1880. Fannie Ely, daughter of George Ames and Sarah (Ely) Burr, born in Bleecker, New York. September 11, 1856. Their only child is Barbara, born March IO, 1897.

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Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume III, Part 54

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