Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume IV, Part 52

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848-
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 886


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WISWALL (VI) William, son of Cap- tain Jeremiah Wiswall, was born at Newton, August 23. 1765, and died October 27, 1798. He was a farmer, and lived on the road from Newton Lower Falls to Sherborn, where he settled in 1788. He occupied one of the six wall pews on the south side of the church. In 1798 he was a freeholder, and his property was valued at $3,020. His widow paid taxes also. He married, February 7, 1788, Elizabeth Craft, born October 19, 1766, died December 25. 1826, sister of his brother Jeremiah's wife. Children: 1. Eliza, born June 12, 1789; died 1813. 2. Charlotte, born April 20, 1791 ; mar- ried, April 21, 1814, Nathan Trowbridge ; died January 27, 1837. 3. Sarah Davis, born Feb-


ruary I, 1794; died July 24, 1828; married, April 7, 1816, Jesse Hall; children: i. Lewis Hall, born May 8, 1817; married, October 3, 1839, Louisa Jackson; (second), October 10, 1865, Ellen Crafts, and had Mary Louise Hall, born May 18, 1841 ; married Charles B. Fille- brown; Lewis Augustus Hall, born January 29, 1843; Sarah Wiswall Hall, born June II, 1847; died July 18, 1849, and Caroline Jack- son Hall, born January 6, 1850; ii. William Augustus Hall, born November 27, 1818; mar- ried May 16, 1844, Julia Wright, and died Oc- tober 25, 1856; iii. Franklin Hall, born August 8, 1822; married, October 15, 1863, Jane M. Morse : had William M. Hall, born July 10, 1865, and Jessie Hall, born July 17, 186 -; iv. Sarah F. Hall, born June 6, 1826; married. October 15, Edwin H. Locke, and had Arthur H. Locke, born August 27, 1846; Sarah Isa- belle Locke, April 22, 1849 (married Lawrence O'Hearn), and Edwin H. Locke, September 18, 1852. 4. Nancy, born March 12, 1796; married, May 7, 1815, Asa Trowbridge ; ( sec- ond). February 11, 1834, Edward Brooks; (lied February 19, 1867 ; five children. 5. Will- iam, mentioned below.


(VII) William (2), son of William (1) Wiswall, was born in Newton, December 28, 1798, two months after the death of his father. He obtained his education at the common schools, working on neighboring farms. He bought a part of the original John Staples property in Newton, and settled there. This farm had been owned by Moses Craft and his son, Joseph, who sold it to William Wiswall. It contained about a hundred acres, a part of which was later sold to the city of Newton for public buildings. In 1855 he removed to Park street, Newton, and later to Ashland, where he purchased the Brigham farm of about forty acres and conducted it about twelve years. He spent his last days at the home of his son, Ed- mund T., in West Newton, where he died March 21, 1882. During his early manhood he was in the militia. He was a strict adherent to the principles of the Orthodox faith, and be- lieved in the forms of public worship, always attending church. His life was an example of right living, and his many good qualities of heart and mind made him universally beloved. In early life he was a Democrat, but finally became a Republican. He married, October 6, 1821, Ruth Trowbridge, born at Newton, February 8, 1801, died at Ashland, daughter of Edmund and Ruth (Fuller) Trowbridge (see Trowbridge). Children: 1. Letitia, born December 29, 1821 ; married Henry Harring-


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ton, of Newton; two children. 2. Edmund Trowbridge, born May 14, 1824; died June 12, 1824. 3. Harriet, born June 24, 1825; died June 12, 1882; married, November 25, 1847, John Quincy Adams Hawks, of Chelsea ; chil- dren: i. Anna L. Hawks, born August 25, 1848; married, October 14, 1875, Samuel Hyde, and had George L. Hyde; ii. Charles Hawks, died unmarried, July 15, 1906; iii. Henry S. Hawks; iv. William Wiswall Hawks, born December 4, 1852; married, November 1I, 1875, Elizabeth Wilson Glover, of Salem. 4. Elizabeth Anna, born May 31, 1827; married, September 10, 1856, Augustus Baird, of Bos- ton : children : i. Georgia Augusta Baird, born May 12, 1858; died August 30, 1859; ii. Ed- mund Augustus Baird, born June 16, 1860; married, January 14, 1884, Emma Frances Webster Brown, and had Edna French Baird, born November 12, 1884; Elsie Evelyn Baird. February 27, 1886 (married, June 7, 1906. Clifton E. Bassett) ; Jessie Louise Baird, born October 3, 1887, died July 23, 1900; Robert Edmund Baird, born October 23, 1888; Harold Wiswall Baird, born July 6, 1892; Dorothy Trowbridge Baird, born July 18, 1894; Mal- colm Arthur Baird. born February 27, 1896, and Gladys Louise Baird, born May 11, 1903; iii. Harriet Wiswall Baird, born March 13, 1862; married, October 25, 1887, Frederick Joseph Edes, and had Albert Augustus Edes, born August 25, 1888, died February 18, 1895 ; Duncan Warren Edes, born April 3, 1894, and Eunice Baird Edes, born October 10, 1896; iv. George Edgar Baird, born January 15, 1864; died July, 1903. 5. Charlotte, born March 2, 1829; died March 14, 1830. 6. Edmund Trowbridge, born January 20, 1831 ; mention- ed below. 7. Charlotte R., born October 2, 1832; died October 13, 1832. 8. William F., born October 13, 1833; died September 10. 1834. 9. Charlotte, born December 3, 1837 ; died December 3, 1837. 10. William A., born September 10, 1842; died October 14, 1842.


(VIII) Edmund Trowbridge, son of Will- iam (2) Wiswall, was born in Newton, Janu- ary 20, 1831. He attended the public schools and also the private schools of Marshall S. Rice and the Blaisdell school at Newton Lower Falls. After a course at Comer's Commercial College in Boston, he engaged in the milk busi- ness at the homestead, and carried on the farm. For over thirty years Mr. Wiswall was a lead- ing citizen of Newton. He was engaged also in the provision trade at Newton Corner for four years with his brother-in-law, Augustus Baird, as the firm of Wiswall & Baird. The


firm was dissolved and Mr. Wiswall resumed the milk business. In 1866 he went into the produce business in Detroit, Michigan, having sold his milk route to Trowbridge & Leeds, but remained there but a short time. On his return he went into the same business at Faneuil Hall Market, North Market street, Boston, with William Goulding, as the firm of Wiswall & Goulding, continuing a year. He then engaged in the real estate business, which is his present occupation, in West Newton. Much of his property is situated near Cross and Wiswall streets, where he has resided for fifty years. He has accumulated a handsome property. In politics he is a Republican, and has been a member of the city council two years, eight years on the Newton water board, and six years on the board of health. He is a member of Garden City Lodge, No. 92, I. O. O. F., and has held the various offices in the lodge, and served as chairman of trustees for several years. He is a member of the City Club, of Newton, and formerly of the Newton Club and the Knights of Honor. He and his family attend the Second Congregational Church at West Newton. He married, Decem- ber 4, 1856, Sophronia Merriam Baird, born June 27, 1832, daughter of Edmund and Lucy Pierce (Trowbridge) Baird, of Newton (see Baird). Children: I. Lizzie Bacon, born No- vember II, 1858; died April 6, 1886. 2. Lucy Trowbridge, born August 8, 1860 ; died August 4, 1868.


CAPEN This is one of the early New England families, though not as prolific or easily traced as many others. It has contributed its share in the development of the New England character and the New England prosperity. It was a factor in the settlement of numerous towns in Massachusetts and Maine, and is now widely scattered over the United States.


(I) Bernard Capen was born in 1562, in England; died in Dorchester, Massachusetts, November 8, 1638. He came from Dorchester. England, and probably followed his son to the new world after the latter had established a home here. He was seventy years old at the time of his coming, and was not made a free- man until two years after his son, May 16, 1636, and was admitted to the church at Dor- chester. His will, made October 9, 1638, was not proved until November, 1652. He married, in 1596, Joan, daughter of Oliver Purchase. who died March 26, 1633, at the age of sev- enty-five years. The oldest marked grave in


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America is in the churchyard at Dorchester, and the stone reads: "Here lies the bodies of Mr. Bernard Capen and Joan Capen, his wife." They had daughters, Ruth and Susanna, and an only son.


(II) John, only son of Bernard and Joan (Purchase ) Capen, was born January 26, 1613, in England, and was a shoemaker by trade. He was in Dorchester as early as May 14, 1634, when he was made a freeman, and be- came one of the most active and useful citizens of the town, living to a good age and dying April 6, 1692. His house stood on the corner of Pleasant and Pond streets, as now known. He was a member of the artillery company in 1646, and later became captain of the entire militia of Dorchester, was ordained as a dea- con of the Dorchester church, February 13, 1658, was sixteen years selectman, town clerk thirteen years, and representative to the gen- eral court in 1671 and from 1673 to 1678. His town records are written in a fairly legible hand and more complete than those of any other recorder of his time. His military ser- vice extended over a period of fifty years, and his promotions were fairly earned. He mar- ried (first), October 20, 1637, Redigan Clap, who died December 10, 1645 ; he married (sec- ond), September 20, 1647, Mary, daughter of Deacon Samuel Bass, of Braintree, born 1632, died June 29, 1704. The first wife was the mother of two children, Joanna and John. Children of second wife: Samuel, born July 29, 1648, at Braintree; Bernard and Mary, died in infancy ; Bernard, Preserved, Joseph, Hannah and Elizabeth.


(III) Preserved, fourth son of John Capen and his second wife, Mary Bass, was born March 4, 1657, in Dorchester ; died October 20, 1708, on the same day as his wife. He married, May 16, 1682, Mary, daughter of Edward Payson, of Dorchester, and their chil- dren were: Mary, born March 28, 1683 ; Pre- served, April 10, 1686; Elizabeth, March I, 1690 ; Ann, died young ; John, mentioned below ; Ebenezer, died young; Ebenezer, January 8, 1700; Ann, May 9, 1703.


(IV) John (2), second son of Preserved and Mary ( Payson ) Capen, was born October 16, 1694, in Dorchester ; died in 1748, in Brain- tree, Massachusetts, where he settled after marriage. He married, September 20, 1722, Ruthı, daughter of Ephraim and Sarah ( Bass) Thayer, born April 1, 1704, in Braintree.


(V) Christopher, son of John (2) and Ruth (Thayer) Capen, born about 1730, settled in that part of Stoughton, Norfolk county, Mass-


achusetts, which was set off as the town of Canton in 1797. He married his cousin, Abi- gail, daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Faxon) Thayer, born October 26, 1733, in. Braintree.


(VI) Samuel, son of Christopher and Abi- gail (Thayer) Capen, was born in November, 1760, in Stoughton, and was a soldier of the revolution. In the roster of men recruited in June, 1780, to reinforce the continental army. he is described as nineteen years of age, stature five feet, five inches, residence Stoughton. There were several of the name who served from Stoughton, and it is difficult to identify other service, but it is likely that he served in later enlistments. He lived many years in Dorchester, but seems to have moved to Port- land, Maine, about the time of his second mar- riage. Presumably, he was interested in sea- faring, either as merchant or mariner. The name of his first wife is not discovered, but his second is known to have been Hannah White, and she bore him two sons, whose names are known, David and Edward William.


(VII) Edward William, son of Samuel and Hannah (White) Capen, was born May 23, 1810, in Portland, Maine ; died in Boston, Sep- tember 23, 1881. He engaged in the dry goods trade at Boston and was a successful merchant. a Baptist in religious faith and a Whig and later a Republican. He married, December 29, 1835, Lucretia Augusta Marston, born August 5, 1813, died May 5, 1889. They had two sons, Edward A. and William Henry.


(VIII) William Henry, younger son of Ed- ward William and Lucretia A. (Marston) Capen, was born July 11, 1853, in Boston, and received his education in the schools of that city, graduating from the English high school. He was early accustomed to mercantile busi- ness, and embarked, in partnership with his brother, in the leather business, in which he was industrious, shrewd, and achieved a good measure of success. Soon after the death of his father he closed out the leather business in order to care for the family interest in the firm of Chandler & Company, one of the largest dry goods concerns of Boston. In January, 1883, William H. Capen succeeded his father as a partner in that establishment, of which he was senior partner at the time of his death, March 4, 1889. Ile was devoted to the inter- ests of the Baptist church, and was early identi- fied with the society worshipping on Shawmut avenue, Boston. Later he joined the Water- town Baptist church, of which his brother was pastor, and in both these organizations he was active, especially in Sunday school work.


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Shortly before his death he transferred his attendance to the Newton church. While he was a strong Republican from principle, he did not engage in active politics. He was a warm supporter and active worker in the inter- ests of the Young Men's Christian Association, and ever ready to promote any movement calculated to elevate mankind. Mr. Capen exemplified in marked degree the New Eng- land character. A diligent and careful busi- ness man, he was devoted to his family and his home. He was very fond of flowers, and found his recreation chiefly in viewing his fine gardens and in the society of his loved ones. In 1886 he purchased a handsome house on Park street, Newton, to which he took his family in the fall of that year, and here his life was an ideal one. His nature was refined and sympathetic, and he was much beloved by all his employees and all with whom he came in contact. Many of his friends and those with whom he was associated in any way were wont to confide to him their griefs or troubles. and always found a kind sympathy and wise counsel. He married, June 5, 1884, at Water- town, Hattie Ellen, daughter of Henry Martin and Harriet W. (Learned) Wiswall, of that town (see Wiswall, VIII). She was born June 18, 1858, and graduated from the Water- town high school. She was a sympathetic co-worker with her husband in the church and Sunday school, is a member of the Newton Baptist church and the Social Science Club of Newton. Children: William Henry, born August 13, 1890, and Marjorie Helen, Janu- ary 9, 1899. Both were born in the Newton home where they now reside with their widow- ed mother.


(For preceding generations see John Atwater 1).


(VI) David, eldest son of ATWATER Christopher Atwater, was of the parish of Charing, ad- joining Royton, at his death, July, 1620. He is the only one of the sons of Christopher At- water whose baptism is not found on the regis- ter of Lenham church which dates from 1558, but his burial is recorded there July 11, 1620. His will was proved September 27, 1620, be- queathing to wife, Susan, brothers, George and John, nephews, Joshua and David, and niece, Anna, the children of his brother, John; also various others not named Atwater.


(VI) John (2), brother of David and son of Christopher Atwater, was baptized March 5, 1567, at Lenham church. He married Susan Narsin (?), in Lenham, December 3, 1598. iv-39


He was junior warden of the Lenham church in 1622-23, and rector's or senior warden two years following. He settled at Royton. It appears from the wills of his brothers and other records that the only surviving descend- ants in the male line of Christopher Atwater in 1622 were John and his sons, Joshua and David, the American emigrants. John died intestate at Royton, October, 1636; his wife, Susan, in January, 1637, and both are buried in the Lenham churchyard. The sons, Joshua and David, appeared in the court at Canter- bury to petition for administration on their father's estate and Joshua was appointed. Chil- dren : I. Joshua, baptized at Royton, June 2. 16II ; mercer at Ashford, near Royton; came to Boston, arriving June 26, 1637, with brother, David, and sister, Ann ; settled at Quininnipiack (New Haven), of which he was one of the founders ; he has no male descendants of the Atwater name; was treasurer of the colony ; representative in 1652; assistant in 1658; re- inoved to Milford, Connecticut, in 1655; to Boston about 1659, retaining his house on Fleet street, New Haven, until 1665, when he sold it to his brother, David, and it continued in the family more than two hundred years; he was an active merchant : married, May 6, 1651, Mary, daughter of Rev. Adam Blackman, of Stratford, Connecticut. 2. David, mentioned in the sketch below, the first of the American line ; baptized October 8, 1615; inherited when seven years old the place called Vine in Len- ham and on the death of his father the lands called Parksfields that had for centuries been in the family, also the lands called Randalls in Boughton Malherbe, which was in the family in 1547 and perhaps much earlier ; also lands at Grant's Gate, Royton ; he settled at Quininni- piack in 1638 and signed the plantation cove- nant, June 4, 1639, and was admitted a free- man, May 11, 1665, one of the first at New Haven; his homestead was on Cedar Hill on the Neck between Mill and Quininni- piack rivers at the north side of what is now the city of New Haven and had various grants from time to time; his will is dated April 14, 1691, with a codicil dated December 9, 1691. 3. Anne. The Atwater genealogy has interest- ing descriptions of the English home of the Atwaters and of various collateral branches of the family.


(VII) David (2) Atwater, immigrant an- cestor, son of John (2) Atwater, of the Eng- lish lines, was one of the first planters of New Haven, Connecticut, and lived and died in the district known as Cedar Hill. He married


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Damaris Sayre, who died April 7, 1691, daugh- ter of Thomas Sayre, of Southampton, Long Island. He died October 5, 1692. Children : I. Mercy, born February 29, 1647; married John Austin. 2. Damaris, November 12, 1648; married John Punderson. 3. David, July 13, 1650. 4. Joshua, January 11, 1652. 5. John, November 1, 1654. 6 .. Johnathan, July 12, 1656; mentioned below. 7. Abigail, March 3, 1660; married Nathaniel Jones. 8. Mary, March 31, 1662; married ( first) Ichabod Stow ; (second) David Robinson. 9. Samuel, Sep- tember 17, 1664. 10. Ebenezer, January 13. 1666.


(VIII) Jonathan, son of David (2) At- water, was born July 12, 1656, and was a mer- chant of New Haven. The inventory of his estate is elaborate and shows him to have been a man of wealth for the times. The amount of the inventory was over nine thousand pounds. He kept fine cutlery, silks, broad- cloths, Turkish wrought cushions, and othe. foreign merchandise, as well as domestic articles such as a general store would carry. The inventory was filed September 22, 1726. He married, June 1, 1681, Ruth Peck, who died June 3. 1726, daughter of Rev. Jeremial. Peck. Her will is dated September 23, 1725. and proved October 5, 1741. Children: I. Joshua, born February 29, 1682, died March 16, 1682. 2. David, August 5, 1683. 3. Jere- miah, January 31, 1685. 4. Mary, December 31, 1686; married Isaac Dickerman. 5. Ruth, December 31. 1688; married Samuel Ives. 6. Jonathan, November 4, 1690. 7. Lydia, April 28, 1693 ; died August 2, 1694. 8. Joseph, De- cember 9, 1694 ; mentioned below. 9. Stephen December, 4. 1696; died October 23, 1704. 10. Damaris, October 9, 1698; married Caleb Hall 11. Lydia, July 31, 1701 ; died March 30, 1708.


(IX) Joseph, son of Jonathan Atwater, was born in New Haven, December 9, 1694, died January 9, 1766. He removed to Wallingford, Connecticut, about 1728, and his last three children were born there. He married, Sep- tember 10, 1722, Hannah Doolittle. Children : . Sarah, born August 12, 1723, married prob- ably Ebenezer Alling. 2. Hannah, July 15. 1725. 3. Benjamin, April 7, 1727 ; mentioned below. 4. Joseph, August 29, 1729. 5. Thank- ful, May 14, 1733: married Captain Elisha Ilall. 6. Jeremiah, April 24, 1736; died un- married.


(X) Benjamin, son of Joseph Atwater, was born April 7, 1727, died February 6, 1799. He was a Connecticut slaveholder until the law of emancipation in 1794. His daughter, Sarah,


was about to be married and had a colored maid, Voilet, to whom she was much attached. The maid was told that she could have her freedom or go with her mistress to her new home. She chose to go with her mistress, and served the family long and well. She was a faithful caretaker, housekeeper, nurse and cook, and as she was never very strong, did no heavy work. She served her mistress until death, and stood by her side to close her eyes in her last sleep. For four generations she served the family, and was beloved by every one of the household. The children were her especial care, and they returned her devotion with love. She died in August, 1843, and was given a funeral as one of the family. The officiating clergyman of the East Haven church offered his services, and the bearers were neighbors and friends who volunteered their services. Friends of the family and neighbors gathered to pay their last tribute to a pure but humble life. Benjamin Atwater lived in Che- shire. He married, June 19, 1755, Phebe Moss, who died March 1, 1799, aged sixty-four. Chil- dren : I. Sarah, born April 26, 1756; married Daniel Hughes. 2. Benjamin, September 26, 1757. 3. Titus, August 29, 1759. 4. Aaron, September 25, 1762 ; died November 10, 1776. 5. Moses, May 12, 1765. 6. Joel, April 22, 1769 ; mentioned below. 7. Jeremiah, August 21, 1771 ; died at Canandaigue, New York. 8. Phebe, April 2, 1774; married, May 1, 1796, John Bassett. 9. Anna, August 23, 1777 ; died August 29, 1777. 10. Mary Ann, July 14, 1779 ; married Stephen Jarvis.


(XI) Joel, son of Benjamin Atwater, was born April 22, 1769, died September 6, 1834. He resided in Russell, Massachusetts, and was a tailor and farmer. He married, September 20, 1802, Lydia Sackett. Children: I. Eliza, born September 21, 1803. 2. Jeremiah, August 25, 1805. 3. Laura, October 10, 1807. 4. Lydia, October 1, 1809. 5. Fanny, May 15, 1811. 6. Joel, June 12, 1813. 7. Sarah, July 31, 1815. 8. Leonard, October 23, 1817; men- tioned below. 9. Joseph, August 3, 1820. 10. Jarvis, December 12, 1821 ; died unmarried.


(XII) Leonard, son of Joel Atwater, was born October 23. 1817, died at Westfield, Janu- ary 12, 1908. He was educated in the common schools, and at the age of sixteen began to work out for various farmers near his home. He then became a traveling salesman, dealing in gun powder and whips for the manufacture of which his native town is famous. He manu- factured whips on his own account for a time, and for several years conducted a cigar factory


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in Westfield. He went to Ohio and invested in real estate which he cut up into lots and sold to advantage. After two years he decided to return to Westfield, however, and again en- gaged in the manufacture of whips and tobacco. He retired from business with a competence. He often traveled in the interests of his busi- ness and had an excellent reputation as an alert and successful salesman. He stood high in the esteem and confidence of his townsmen and his agreeable personality won for him a host of friends. He was a member of the First Congregational Church of Westfield and a generous supporter of its benevolence ; he gave the land for the second church. He was an earnest advocate of good schools.


He married (first ) October 3, 1839, Julia (or Juliet) Sackett, born September 6, 1816, died October 12, 1842, daughter of D. and Tryphena (Loomis) Sackett. He married ( second) January 3, 1849, Frances H. Hedges, born July 19, 1825, at Middletown, Connecti- cut, died August, 1876, at Westfield, daughter of Dennis Hedges (see Hedges). Children of first wife: 1. Ellen M., born July 11, 1843 ; married, September 28, 1870, R. M. Chesley. 2. Albert C., March 3. 1846 : married in Salem, New York. June 4, 1866, Margaret, born Octo- ber 15, 1845, daughter of Gideon and Helena ( Bocks) Carswell ; traveling salesman living in Iowa City, Iowa ; children : i. Albert Leonard, born March 7, 1867 ; married, April 25, 1900, Blanche Cox: ii. Walter Eldridge, May 30, 1870: iii. Helen Louisa, December 15, 1872 ; married, April 18, 1900, Charles C. Shrader ; iv. D. Carswell, November 25, 1875, died June 6. 1876; v. Mary C., May 15, 1878; vi. Mar- garet. January 2, 1881. Children of second wife: 3. Alvina, November 3. 1849, died young. 4. Dennis H., December 17, 1850; re- sides at Red Bank, New Jersey ; married, Jan- uary 26, 1887, Ella C. Ryder, born August 23, 1845, daughter of Rev. Benjamin and Eliza (Cook) Ryder; he is a traveling salesman ; children : Frances Eliza, Benjamin L. 5. Leon- ard C., July 14. 1853; married, January 15. 1890, Hattie A. Moore, born March 4, 1859, daughter of Augustus A. and Frances H. Moore; resides in Westfield and is engaged in quarrying marble; children : i. Allen Moore, born October 28, 1891 ; ii. Leonard, Novem- ber 20, 1893. 6. Mary F., July 4, 1855, died April 24, 1856. 7. Dr. James Billings, July 3. 1858; physician at Westfield; married Lucie G. Collins, of Westfield; children: i. Collins A., born September 1, 1886; ii. Jennette L., August 3, 1889 ; iii. David, November 3, 1894.




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