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able. 4. Thomas. 5. Ann, September 21, 1671. 6. Abigail, January 6, 1676-77.
(III) Thomas, son of Henry Spring, mar- ried. November 20, 1701, Elizabeth Traine. He died about 1710, leaving children : 1. Mary, born January 19, 1702-03. 2. Elizabeth, Sep- tember 10. 1705. 3. Thomas, July 5, 1708. 4. Henry, February 2, 1710, died 1712.
(IV) Thomas (2), son of Thomas (I) Spring, born July 5, 1708, was of Weston. He married Catherine Gates, of Cambridge, December 31, 1729. He died June 18, 1753, leaving children: I. Thomas, born May 21, 1731, died 1740. 2. Anna, March 5, 1732, died young. 3. Amos, January 7, 1734. 4 Jonathan, April 10, 1737. 5. Thaddeus, Au- gust 29, 1739. 6. Thomas, June 30, 1741. 7. Susanna, November II, 1743, died 1744. 8. Samuel, February 5, 1745-46.
(V) Thomas (3), son of Thomas (2)
Spring, born June 30, 1741; married Mary L'pham, April 16, 1765. He settled in Wes- ton, now Newton. Children : I. Thomas, born May 22, 1766. 2. William, July 1, 1768.
(VI) William, son of Thomas (3) Spring, born July 1. 1768; married (first) November 28, 1805, Rachel, daughter of Josiah and Rachel (Binney) Seaverns, of Weston. Mar- ried (second ) January 12, 1809, Mary Crack- bone. of Newton. Married (third) Eunice Peirce, of Weston. Married ( fourth) Re- becca Brigham in 1825. His children were: I. William Seaverns, born June 16, 1806. 2. Joseph Warren, October 20, 1809. 3. Rachel, July 24. died August 14, 1811. 4. Mary Crackbone. July II, died October, 1814. 5. Eunice. June 8, 1818. 6. George, February I, 1821. 7. Mary Rachel, March 21, 1823. 8. Amasa, June 17, 1825. 9. Sarah Elizabeth, September 13, 1826. IO. Charles, April 20, 1828. II, Marshall. December 23: 1829. 12. Andrew, February 18, 1831. 13. Henry, July 24, 1832. 14. Susan, October 17, 1833. 15. Martha, February 22, 1835. 16. Maria Louisa, November 22. 1836. 17. Harriet, December 26. 1838. 18. Caroline, March 25, 1841.
(VII) Joseph Warren, son of William Spring, was born October 20, 1809. He mar- ried Nancy Harrington Gibbs. The intention of marriage was recorded in Waltham records, April 4. 1830. She was the daughter of John and Sally Harrington (Fay) Gibbs, grand- daughter of Joel Fay, and great-granddaughter of Captain Benjamin Fay, of Westboro, who served in Captain Baker's company that marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, serv- ing seven and a half days. He also served on
the committee of inspection for Westboro. He was a manufacturer of boots and shoes. The first three of his children were born in Calais, Maine, and the remaining six in Sterl- ing, Massachusetts. He removed to Worces- ter about 1852, and died there September 10, 1864, and his wife died March 9, 1887. His children were: I. Joseph W., born October 30, 1831, died October 25, 1895. 2. George Will- iam, May 9, 1833 ; removed to Galesburg, Illi- nois. 3. John C., February 1, 1835; resides in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. 4. Sarah E., Sep- tember 9, 1838; married S. J. Chamberlain. 5. Edwin H., April 1, 1840. 6. Charles H., February 18, 1842; resided in Gardiner, Mass- achusetts, and died there March 30, 1892. 7. Hattie M., April 26, 1844; married John Francis Bicknell (see Bicknell, VIII). 8. Helen F., May 6, 1846; married S. H. Kim- ball. 9. Mary Gibbs, May 16, 1848.
(VIII) Mary Gibbs, youngest child of Jo- seph Warren and Nancy Harrington (Gibbs) Spring, was born in Sterling, Massachusetts, and removed to Worcester with her parents about the year 1852. She received her early education in the public schools of that city. After taking a two years' course in the clas- sical high school, the death of her father caused a change in her plans for the future, and she entered Howe's Business College, from which she graduated with full honors in 1866. For a time she was employed in that institution as a teacher, but resigned to accept the responsible position of head bookkeeper for the firm of Gross & Strauss, where she re- mained about twelve years. In 1877 she re- moved to Elwyn, Pennsylvania, assuming the duties of head bookkeeper in the Pennsylvania Training School, remaining for about one year, and on returning to Worcester entered the employ of E. B. Crane & Company, lum- ber dealers, as bookkeeper. After the disso- lution of this firm in 1882, John Francis Bick- nell, on entering the lumber trade in his own name. secured the services of Miss Spring as his accountant, and from that time until his death she held that responsible position, her broad knowledge and extensive practical ex- perience enabling her to render valuable assist- ance in building up a large and successful busi- ness, which at the death of Mr. Bicknell, No- vember 15, 1899, was continued under the style of J. F. Bicknell Lumber Company, an incorporated stock company with Miss Spring as treasurer, and a member of the board of directors, her sister, Mrs. J. F. Bicknell, being the president. This business still contin-
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ues under this organization, with every pron- ise of continued prosperity.
Miss Spring has always manifested a deep interest in the social and religious life of the community. She is active in the work of the Universalist church, her helpfulness therein has chiefly gone out through that channel as a member of All Soul's parish, of which she has for many years been treasurer. She is the proprietor of a fine apartment building known as the "Gibbs," which she caused to be erected in 1898, naming it in memory of her mother, who before her marriage was Nancy Harring- ton Gibbs. It is well located on Main street, in the city of Worcester, and is of light col- ored pressed brick front, five stories in height, and contains ten flats, all of which are ex- pensively and artistically finished, presenting a very fitting monument to a name tenderly cherished by all the members of the family and by many deeply attached friends.
The surname is an ancient GILMORE name of an occupation, mean- ing a great-servant from the words gil, meaning servant, and Mor, great. The family originated in Edinburghshire, Scot- land, and many distinguished men of the fam- ily have lived in Scotland, Ireland and Amer- ica. The family in America is mostly if not entirely of Scotch-Irish stock. Pioneers came in 1718 and later, before the revolution, to North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Maine, Massa- chusetts and New Hampshire. The ancient spelling Gilmour is continued by some of the family to the present day. The earliest set- tlers in Ireland came from Scotland with the first Protestants sent by King James to occupy the lands of the dispossessed Roman Catholics. James Gilmore settled in the precinct of Port- lough, county Donegal, Ulster, Ireland, and May I. 1613, had a section of land set off to him by James Cunningham, to whom the Crown had given a thousand acres of land. Robert Gilmore, who may have been the an- cestor of Robert, mentioned below, was born in Scotland, and in 1617 or earlier came to Scotland as tenant of John Hamilton on a five hundred acre grant, originally alotted to Claude Hamilton, then owned by John Ham- ilton in the precinct of Fewes, (county Ar- magh, province of Ulster, Ireland). The Gilmores are still numerous in the Scotch counties of Ireland.
(I) Robert Gilmore, doubtless a relative of the other Scotch-Irish settlers of Massachu- setts and New Hampshire, came between 1718
and 1730 to Massachusetts, landed at Boston and located at Worcester, Rutland and Pel- ham, Massachusetts. He died August 16, 1745, at Pelham, and was probably born at early as 1675. Children: 1. John, of Rut- land ; married, July 17, 1762, Mary Hoar. 2. Margaret, married, December II, 1755, Sam- uel Cowden. 3. William, mentioned below. 4. Agnes, married, May 9, 1752, Robert Synett. 5. Robert, (intention of marriage dated No- vember 8, 1754) married Dolly Gray. 7. Jane, of Rutland, married, November 28, 1754, John Henry, of Barre.
(II) William, son of Robert Gilmore, was born in Ulster province, north of Ireland. about 1715. He married Else ( Elsie or Alice ) -, who died January 18, 1774, at Pelham, Massachusetts, where he settled and was a well-to-do farmer. Children, born at Pelham, excepting perhaps William: I. William, mar- ried, June 2, 1763. Jane Gray. 2. Nathaniel. 3. James, born May 14, 1741 ; settled at Bland- ford; soldier in the Revolution. 4. Mary, June 10, 1743 ; married, June 18, 1767, at Pel- ham, Robert Cochran. 5. David, May 14. 1751. 6. David, November 16, 1755. 7. Rob- ert, died April 18, 1756. 8. Sarah, born May 7, 1758. 9. Else, February 20, 1760.
(III) Nathaniel, son or nephew of William Gilmore, lived at Pelham and probably at Monson. Massachusetts. He was a farmer. He married and among his children was Na- thaniel, mentioned below.
(V) Nathaniel (2), grandson of Nathaniel (I) Gilmore, was born in 1814, at Stafford Springs. Connecticut, died 1892. He was for many years and in fact through all his active life engaged in the iron foundry business at Stafford, Connecticut, Brattleboro, Vermont, Fitchburg and Turners Falls, Massachusetts. He was interested in public affairs, especially in the fire department of the city and was for a number of years the chief engineer of the de- partment. Much of the growth and develop- ment of the system took place while he was at the head. He was active also in the militia when he was a young man, and in 1864 was commissioned major of the Vermont militia. He was then living in Bellows Falls, Vermont. He was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He married Esther A. Ken- drick, born at Heath, Massachusetts, Febru- ary 22, 1808. Children: I. Adelaide A., born August 1, 1829; married Martin J. Buss, of Bellows Falls, Vermont. 2. Rinaldo G., July 15, 1841. 3. William Herbert Prentice, men- tioned below.
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(VI) William Herbert Prentice, son of Na- thaniel (2) Gilmore, was born at Winchen- don, Massachusetts, June 17, 1848, and edu- cated in the public schools. He engaged in the railroad business for eight years and was sta- tion agent at Bellows Falls, Vermont, for two years. He came to Turners Falls, Massachu- setts, in November, 1872, and entered the Crocker National Bank and Savings Institu- tion as bookkeeper. He was promoted to the position of teller and then assistant cashier of the National Bank and was also secretary of the Savings Bank until 1895. He has been a trustee of the Savings Bank for many years. He resigned from the bank to devote all his time to the insurance business, which he es- tablished in 1878. His agency has become one of the most extensive and successful in this section of the state. He has been actively con- nected with various movements to promote the public interests. He was a prime mover in the establishment of the public library. When the first appropriation of six hundred dollars was made for library purposes in the early seventies, he acted as librarian and was one of the chief factors in the development and growth of the institution. Through his in- fluence and agitation largely the beautiful and artistic new building was erected for the li- brary ; he is chairman of the library board. In politics he is a Republican, and from 1895 to 1904 was on the board of assessors. He is one of the charter members of Mechanics' Lodge of Free Masons, a member of Royal Arch Masons, of the Connecticut Valley Com- mandery, Knights Templar, and of the Peske- ompskut Club. He is an active member of the Unitarian church and has been chairman of the executive committee for twenty years. He married, May 15, 1872, Luella, born October 6. 1849, daughter of John and Emma Weaver Dickinson, of Alstead, New Hampshire. Children: I. Charles Herbert, born February 28. 1878 : now a lawyer in Boston. 2. Esther Frances, December, 1881 ; married Frederick W. Galbraith, a manufacturer of Cincinnati. Ohio, and has one son. Gilmore Galbraith, born May, 1903.
(For preceding generations see Deacon Thomas Hastings 1).
(III) Daniel, third son of HASTINGS Samuel and Sarah (Coolidge ) Hastings, was baptized July 19, 1702. in Watertown, and settled, about 1720. in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, where he resided on house lot No. 41, and died July 4,
1777. He married, August 5, 1724, in Water- town, Sarah, daughter of James and Elizabeth (Fiske) Ball, born September 1, 1700. She was admitted to the church in Shrewsbury in 1736. Children: Sarah, Stephen, Hannah (died young), Daniel, Elizabeth (died young), Elizabeth, John, David and Hannah. The first two were born in Watertown, and the others in Shrewsbury.
(IV) Daniel (2), second son of Daniel (I) and Sarah (Ball) Hastings, was born July 5. 1732, in Shrewsbury, where he resided until 1754, or later, when he removed to Petersham, where he died September 8, 1807. The grave- stone there says his age was seventy-four, it should be seventy-five. He married, August 16, 1753, Priscilla, daughter of Henry and Ruth Keyes, born August 25, 1731. Only one of their children is recorded, namely: Ruth, born January 2, 1754. No children are re- corded in Petersham.
(V) Zenas, undoubtedly a son of Daniel (2) and Priscilla ( Keyes) Hastings, was born about 1765. Like many of the same name, he fitted for the practise of medicine, and was located for a time in Windsor, Vermont, whence he removed to Hartford, Connecticut. He was one of the company formed on Lake Erie, under Commodore Perry, and during the conflict that followed he lost his right arm ; afterward he was made lightkeeper on Gallou Island, where he spent the remainder of his life, and where he was buried. He married. at West Springfield, Massachusetts, Keziah, daughter of Glover and Lydia ( Allen) Street. who was born July 23, 1768, in Wallingford. Connecticut, and died August 23, 1860. She was notable for the energetic manner in which she accomplished her undertakings, and was fond of genealogy, being very proud of her family. Her ancestry is: (I) Nicholas, (II) Samuel, (III) Samuel (2), (IV) Samuel (3), (V) Glover (see Street, V), all written of on other pages of this work. Dr. Hast- ings and his wife had but one child, Glover Street.
(VI) Glover Street, son of Zenas and Keziah (Street) Hastings, was born Septem- ber 30. 1804, died June 15, 1879. He was reared by his maternal grandparents, and on the death of his grandmother he inherited his share of her estate. He was a farmer. He was a staunch Whig, but upon the formation of the Knownothing party joined them, and later became a Republican. He attended the Congregational church. Mr. Hastings mar- ried (first ) June 5, 1828, Laura, daughter of
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Francis Brackett, of Blandford, Massachu- setts, born March 12, 1809, died January 25, 1843. He married (second) Polly, daughter of Oliver and Jane ( Whipple ) Clary, of Charle- mont, and granddaughter of Electa Dickinson, of Hatfield, Massachusetts. She died Decem- ber 6, 1885. By his first marriage Mr. Hast- ings had eight children : 1. Jerome Street, born May, 1829. 2. Francis Brackett, 1830, died 1846. 3. Caleb Munson, 1831, died 1851. 4. William Duane, removed to California in 1851. 5. Glover Street Jr., January 27, 1836. 6. Helen Keziah, March II, 1839. 7. Laura Maria, November 19, 1840. 8. An infant, died January 25, 1843, with its mother. By his second wife Mr. Hastings had three chil- dren : 9. Dr. Henry Oliver. 10. Francis Her- bert, August 6, 1849. II. Charles Chenery, February 25, 1852.
(VII) Dr. Henry Oliver, eldest son of Glover Street and Polly (Clary ) Hastings, was born November 8, 1844, and lived on the home- stead until he became of age. He attended the public schools, then studied dentistry and opened an office at Holyoke, Massachusetts. He soon removed to Nashua, New Hampshire, where he remained two years and then spent a short time at Southington, Connecti- cut, after which he returned to Holyoke, and commenced practice there in an office which he has occupied for thirty years. Some time be- fore Mt. Tom railroad was built, he conceived the idea of a pleasure park at the foot of the mountain, and at his suggestion Mr. Loomis, president and general manager of the street railroad, looked over the ground, with the re- sult that the company purchased some four- teen hundred acres. Dr. Hastings was one of the organizers of the Mount Tom railroad, and was one of its first directors, later be- coming treasurer. He is a Republican. He married. September 23, 1878, Emilie N. Bur- nett-Swan, daughter of Joseph and Sarah ( Weaver ) Burnett. She died January 7. 1898.
Hazelden was an ancient HAZELTON manor in Dallington, county Sussex, England, and the surname originated from this place, no doubt, or some other with the same meaning-a valley of hazels. There are many spellings-Hassal- tine, Hazzaltine, Heseltine, Hesseltinc, Hazel- tine, Hazleton, Heselton, Hesselton and Hazel- den being a few of the variations. The coat- of-arms used by the Hazelden family in Eng- land is: A cross patence or, on a chief azure,
three round buckles of the second. Crest : talbot's head argent.
(I) Robert Hazelton, immigrant ancestor, came to this country in the company with Rev. Ezekiel Rogers, in 1636, and landed at Salem. They came from the counties of York and Devon in England. They settled in Rowley. Robert and John Hazelton were in the company, and were brothers. Both were admitted freemen, May 13, 1640. In 1649 Robert and John Hazelton and William Wilde built dwellings on the Merrimac river, and were the first set- tlers in the present town of Bradford. In consideration of grants of land which they received they were to look after cattle belong- ing to the settlers. The first home of the Hazeltons was on the westerly slope of the hill, near the site of the old town house. A few years later they built on Indian Hill. They owned large tracts of land where the vil- lage and academy now are, and were prosper- ous citizens. At the first meeting of Merri- mack people in 1668, Robert Hazelton was chosen selectman. He married, in Rowley, October 23, 1639, Ann ----- -, and the mar- riage was the first in the new town. She died July 26, 1684. His will, dated October 25, 1673, was proved September 29, 1674. He died Au- gust 27, 1674. He was the first to establish a ferry between Bradford and Haverhill . Chil- dren : I. Anna, born January 2, 1640 ; married, 1660, Caleb Kimball, of Ipswich. 2. Marcy, born October 16, 1642; married, 1661, Benja- min Kimball, of Salisbury. 3. David, married, 1668, Mary Jewett. 4. Mary, born December 14. 1646; died young. 5. Abraham, born March 3. 1648; mentioned below. 6. Deliverance, born January 25, 1651 ; died young. 7. Eliza- beth, born January 15, 1652-3 ; died young. 8. Deliverance, married, 1655, Nathaniel Dane, of Andover. 10. Robert, born September 7, 1657: married, 1680, Elizabeth Jewett. 10. Gershom, born January 31, 1661-2; married, 1690, Abiah Dalton.
(II) Abraham, son of Robert Hazelton, was born March 3. 1648, and resided in Brad- ford, where he was one of the early town clerks. He died April 28, 1711, and August 6 following his son Richard was appointed ad- ministrator. He married, October 4. 1671, Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Langley. Chil- dren: I. Mary, born April 30, 1672; married Samuel Stickney. 2. Robert, born May 16, 1674; married, June 16, 1702, Sarah Spofford. 3. Elizabeth, born April 29, 1677; married, 1694-5. Thomas Carlton. 4. Richard, born November 13. 1679: mentioned below. 5.
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Bethiah, born May 16, 1682; married, Decem- ber 30, 1701, Thomas Spofford. 6. Abraham, born November 6, 1684; married, 1722, Rachel Atwood : died November 28, 1733. 7. Mehit- able, born March 20, 1687-8. 8. Jonathan, born April 2, 1794: married Mary Simons.
(III) Richard, son of Abraham Hazelton, was born November 13, 1679, and was one of the original proprietors of Chester, New Hampshire. He married, January 14, 1702-3, Abigail Chadwick. Children: I. Ephraim, born September 22, 1703; married Ruth In- galls. 2. Richard, born August 18, 1705 ; mar- ried Sarah Hall. 3. Thomas, born March 18, 1707; mentioned below. 4. John, born No- vember 22, 1708; married Mary Ingalls. 5. Mary, born February 7, 1710-II; married Gage. 6. Abigail, born April 15, 1715. 7. William, (twin), born July 20, 1719; died young. 8. James (twin with William) ; mar- ried (first) November 15, 1754, Rebecca Milli- ken ; (second) July 2, 1765, Hannah Kimball.
(IV) Thomas, son of Richard Hazelton, was born March 18, 1707. He removed to Chester, New Hampshire, and was one of the early settlers there. He and his brother Eph- raim bought land of the widow of Rev. T. Cotton, December 29. 1730. He resided on lot 73, where Z. Shirley now or lately resided. He married, May 8, 1738, Joanna, daughter of Benjamin Hills. Children : 1. Abigail, born February 18, 1739; died 1817; married Jabez Hoyt. 2. Rebecca, born November 6, 1741; married Captain Peter Coffin. 3. Thomas, born May 22, 1744. 4. Moses, born February 18, 1745, married Bridget French. 5. Ben- jamin, born August 15, 1752 ; mentioned below. 6. Joanna, born October 24, 1757; married David Bartlett, of Campton.
(V) Benjamin, son of Thomas Hazelton, was born August 15, 1752; and resided in Chester, on lot 38, where Parker Morse lately resided. He removed to Orford, New Hamp- shire, where he died in 1824. He married, in October, 1779, Susanna, daughter of Thomas Richardson. Children: I. Pearson, mention- ed below. 2. Amos. 3. Anna. 4. Benjamin, born February 1, 1786. 5. Susannah. 6. James, born August 4, 1790. 7. Priscilla. 8. Betsey. Benjamin Hazelton was in the revolu- tion, in Captain Runnells' company, Colonel Webster's regiment, also in Captain Dear- bourn's company, Colonel Stickney's regiment, and in Captain Dearbourn's company, Colonel Nichols' regiment, in Rhode Island campaign, 1778.
(VI) Pearson, son of Benjamin Hazelton,
was born about 1780. During the war of 1812 he served in an armed vessel, and while bring- ing into port a prize vessel of which he was commander, was captured by the British and for a time was held prisoner in Canada. Chil- dren: I. Marston. 2. James Brown, born October 4, 1810; mentioned below. 3. William Pearson. Also five daughters.
(VII) James Brown, son of Pearson Hazel- ton, was born in Salem, Massachusetts, and died in Westfield, April 17, 1888. He worked as a cigar maker, and finally went into busi- ness in Westfield as a manufacturer of cigars. He married Elizabeth Hitchings, of Salem, Massachusetts, born July 16, 1809, in Salem, died 1895, in Westfield, Massachusetts. Chil- dren: I. James Brown, born November 15, 1838; mentioned below. 2. Thomas M., born December 17, 1840 ; served in Forty-sixth Regi- ment Massachusetts Volunteers in the civil war ; died August 31, 1905. 3. Emily A., born January 27, 1842; died August 28, 1842, at Southwick, Massachusetts. 4. Andrew J., born February 2, 1843 ; served in the civil war in the Tenth Massachusetts Regiment, during the entire war ; died in New York City.
(VIII) James Brown (2), son of James Brown ( I) Hazelton, was born in Salem, No- vember 15, 1838. He received his education in the public schools of Westfield, Massachusetts. He was a commercial traveler during most of his active life, representing various New York hardware houses. He made his home in Spring- field, Massachusetts, and in Brooklyn, New York, for twenty years. He retired in 1892. and built a handsome residence in Westfield, where he has since lived. He is a trustee of the Noble Hospital of that town. He is a Re- publican in politics, and a Presbyterian in religion. He is a member of Mt. Moriah Lodge, of Free Masons, of Westfield ; Evening Star Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Spring- field Council, Royal and Select Masters; Springfield Commandery, Knights Templar ; Melha Temple, Mystic Shrine. He married Elizabeth Cockburn, born in England, daugh- ter of Alexander Cockburn. She was a distant relative of Admiral Cockburn. She came to America with her family in 1860. Mr. Hazle- ton married (second) Mrs. Ellen V. D. Hazle- ton. There were no children by either mar- riage.
PORTER Samuel Porter, a descendant of Richard Porter, immigrant, who came from Weymouth, Eng- land, to Massachusetts in 1635 and settled at
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Weymouth. Samuel Porter was born about 1770, and settled about the time of his mar- riage in Huntington, Massachusetts, formerly Norwich. He removed a few years later to Chesterfield, an adjacent town, where he lived the remainder of his life. Children, all born in Chesterfield, except the eldest who was born in Huntington (Norwich) : 1. Thomas, born No- vember 18, 1798. 2. Samuel, August 24, 1800. 3. Cynthia, May II, 1802. 4. Orson, August 22, 1804. 5. Patience, July 25, 1806. 6. John Bennet, April 30, 1808. 7. Parthenia, May 7, 1810. 8. Clara, June 18, 1812. 9. Emily, July 18, 1814. 10. Eunice, May 12, 1816. II. Leonora, May 9, 1819. 12. Calvin, mentioned below.
(II ) Calvin, son of Samuel Porter, was born in Chesterfield, May 17, 1821, died May I. 1889, in Florence, Massachusetts. He spent his youth in his native town and attended the public schools there. After teaching school for two years he studied medicine in the office of Dr. Bemis, of Cummington, Massachusetts, and practiced for three or four years. His right arm was amputated when he was ten years old, as a result of an injury received when he was three years old, and he was so badly handi- capped in his profession by the lack of this arm that he finally abandoned it and engaged in newspaper work. He was at one time owner and editor of the Northampton Free Press. His health failed and he found it necessary to seek an occupation requiring less confine- ment indoors. He accepted a position as re- porter on the Hampshire Gazette and continued in this position to the time of his death. He was a Congregationalist in religion and a Re- publican in politics. He made his home in Florence, a suburb of the city of Northamp- ton. He married Sarah Jane, born in Hadley. Massachusetts, daughter of Isaac and Adelia (White) Stall, both natives of Hadley. Chil- dren : I. Leo H., born July 19, 1860; mention- ed below. 2. Cliffe Howard. July 7, 1862, died at the age of eleven years.
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