Genealogy and history of representative citizens of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, Part 11

Author: Hurd, Charles Edwin, 1833-1910
Publication date: 1902
Publisher: Boston, New England historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 850

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outlined below, he had a daughter, Maria Packard.

Having received his general education in the public schools of Dartmouth and at a pri- vate school in New Bedford, Mass., Thomas Smith Howland was graduated at the Bridge- water Normal School in July, 1862. On Au- gust 5, in the same year, he enlisted in the Thirty-third Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. Subsequently he served in General Sherman's "march to the sea," and took part in the Grand

Review at Washington after the surrender of the Southern commanders. He was mustered out of the service with the rank of Lieutenant on July 1I, 1865. After his return to civil life he prepared himself for the profession of civil engineer at the Lawrence Scientific School in Cambridge, where he was duly graduated. Later he entered the employ of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, making his headquarters for a time at Burlington, Ia. He was elected secretary of the corporation in 1884, and has filled that office ever since, being located in Boston.

On October 3, 1871, in Burlington, Ia., Mr. Howland married Eliza Semple Harbach. He has become the father of five children, as follows: Abraham Harbach, born September 28, 1872; Maria Louisa, born October 25, 1873, who died in 1874; Mary Potter, born February 23, 1877; Elizabeth Harbach, born October 2, 1878; and Ruth Almy, born Octo- ber 16, 1881. Mr. Howland and his family have been residents of Cambridge since 1892. Abraham H. is a graduate of Harvard, class of 1896, and lives in Kansas City. Mary Potter is a graduate of Radcliffe College, class of 1899. Ruth Almy is a student of Radcliffe.

HARLES FREDERIC LYMAN, president of the Red Star Towing and Wrecking Company, is a Bostonian by birth and breeding. He was born November 23, 1871. He received his preparatory education in Boston, and was grad- uated from Harvard University with the degree of Bachelor of Science in the class of 1896. Son of the late Charles Frederic Lyman, Sr., he is a descendant in the ninth generation of

Richard Lyman, the immigrant, the lineage being : Richard,' Lieutenant John,2 Moses, 3 Captain Moses, 4 the Rev. Isaac, 5 Theodore, 6 Charles,7 Charles F.,8 Charles Frederic9.

Richard Lyman, the progenitor of this branch of the Lyman family, emigrated from England to America at an early day, bringing with him his wife, Sarah Osborne, and five children. Lieutenant John2 Lyman was b. at High Ongar, Essex County, England, in Sep- tember, 1623, and came over with his parents. After his marriage with Dorcas Plumb, of Branford, Conn., he settled in Northampton, Mass., where he became active in military affairs, having command of the Northampton company of soldiers in the famous "Falls Fight," just above Deerfield, on May 18, 1676. He d. August 20, 1690. Moses3 Ly- man, a lifelong resident of Northampton, was b. February 20, 1662, and d. February 25, 1701. He had by his wife, Ann, eight chil- dren, only three of whom attained adult age. Captain Moses+ Lyman, b. February 27, 1689, m. December 13, 1712, Mindwell Sheldon, and d. March 24, 1762. The Rev. Isaac5 Lyman, b. in Northampton, February 25, 1725, the sixth in a family of ten children, was graduated at Yale College in 1747, and two years later, in 1749, was settled over the parish of York, Me., where he resided until his death, March 12, 1810, aged eighty-five years. On April 24, 1750, he m. Ruth Plummer, of Gloucester, Mass. Theodore6 Lyman, his eldest son, b. June 8, 1755, d. at bis country-seat at Waltham, Mass., May 24, 1839. He was a man of strongly marked char- acter and a merchant of prominence, being very largely interested in the north-western fur trade and the coast and China trade. He m. first, November 21, 1776, Sarah Emerson, who d. a few years later. He m. second, January 24, 1786, Lydia Williams, of Marlboro, Mass., by whom he had five children. Charles7 Ly- man, b. 1800, d. April 6, 1881. He m. Susan Powell Warren, daughter of Dr. John Collins Warren, of Boston. Her father was son of Dr. John Warren and nephew of General Joseph Warren, the distinguished Revolution- ary patriot. Charles Frederick8 Lyman (first) was b. October 21, 1833, in Boston, and d.

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at Newport, R. I., July 19, 1880. He m. Anna Mason Grant, daughter of Patrick Grant, of Boston. She was b. in Boston about 1840, and d. in this city May 30, 1876.

Charles Frederic9 Lyman, the special sub- ject of this sketch, married February 10, 1899, Isabella Ogden Reed Macomber, daugh- ter of Frank Gair and Clara Elizabeth (Robi- son) Macomber. They have two children : Charles Frederic, Jr., born December 9, 1899; and Elizabeth born September 14, 1901. Through her maternal grandmother, whose maiden name was Isabella Ogden Reed, Mrs. Lyman is a descendant of John Ogden, who came over from England, and in 1641 was at Stamford, Conn., removed from there in com- pany with others in 1644 to Hempstead, L. I., and thence to Southampton, L. I. At a later date he was one of the founders of the town of Elizabeth, N. J. He there became influential in the management of public affairs, being ap- pointed in November, 1665, one of the Gov- ernor's Council, and in 1668 serving as one of the burgesses. He m., first, Jane Bond, and secondly, in 1640, Jemima Plumb, of Newark, N. J. David2 Ogden, son of John, m. in 1676 Mrs. Elizabeth Swayne Ward, widow of Josiah Ward and daughter of Lieutenant Samuel Swayne, who d. in 1681. He d. in 1696. His son, David3 Ogden, b. in 1677, was called Captain David, although he was a lawyer by profession, practising in Newark, N. J. In the porch of Trinity Church in New- ark, N.J., is a memorial tablet bearing this inscription : "Here lieth interred the Body of Capt. David Ogden, who died July ye 11th, A. D. 1734, aged 56 years." Jacobs Ogden, b. November 10, 1749, grandson of Captain David, m. Jerusha Rockwell. For many years he was very successfully engaged in mercan- tile business at Hartford, Conn., amassing quite a fortune, and was one of two persons to build the State House at Hartford. He d. March 30, 1825, in New Haven, Conn. Jacob6 Ogden, Jr., b. April 2, 1782, d. at sea in March, 1812, while on a voyage from Carthagena, South America, to Havana. He m. Miss Harding, of Boston. Sarah F.7 Ogden, b. in New Haven, Conn., m. in April, 1829, at the residence of her uncle in Stow,

Ohio, Dr. Silas Reed, a native of Deerfield, Ohio.

Dr. Silas Reed was a son of Charles Reed and a lineal descendant, it is said, of John Read, b. in England in 1598, who came over with Winthrop's fleet in 1630. In 1637 John1 Read was an inhabitant of Weymouth, and in 1643 he settled in Rehoboth, where his death occurred September 7, 1685. His gravestone may still be seen in the old burying-ground at Seekonk, being inscribed "J. R., aged 87, D.S. 1685." "Josiah Read, probably elder son of John, of Rehoboth," migrated from Massachusetts to Connecticut, his name being on the records of New London in 1651. Jo- siah, Jr., son of Josiah, m. Grace Holloway, of Marshfield, Mass., in 1666, and settled at Norwich, Conn. Josiah Read, third, b. in April, 1668, at Norwich, son of Josiah and Grace, was m. in Marlboro, Mass., in 1697, to Elizabeth Amsden, daughter of Isaac Ams- den, of that town. (See Reed Genealogy, pp. 529, 517, also p. 551, for the further record following.)

The line of descent was continued through their son, Jacob Reed, b. at Norwich, Conn., in 1702, and his third wife, Mrs. Lydia Long- bottom, to whom he was m. January 30, 1750. Silas Reed, b. October 21, 1752, son of Jacob, m. Mary Wallace, settled at Ellington, Conn., and was the father of eight children, his son Charles being next in this line. Charles Reed, b. at Ellington, Conn., May 1, 1783, removed in 1804 to Rootstown, Ohio. He enlisted as a soldier in the War of 1812, and started for the headquarters of General Hull, but, being disabled by illness, he hired a sub- stitute, and went home. He m. at Deerfield, Ohio, Rejoice Diver, a native of Blanford, daughter of Daniel Diver. Dr. Silas Reed, son of Charles, was b. at Deerfield, Ohio, May 29, 1807. Going to Cincinnati in 1827, he pursued the study of medicine at the Ohio Medical College. During the years 1833 and 1834 he edited and published the Western Medical Gazette. In the spring of 1837, shortly after the death of his wife, he removed to St. Louis, and in 1841 was appointed, by the President of the United States, Surveyor- general of the public lands of Illinois and

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Missouri. This office he held till 1845. Dr. Reed m. in April, 1829, as stated above, Sarah F. Ogden, daughter of Jacob Ogden. Their daughter, Isabella Ogden Reed, b. in 1834, m. in 1856 Joseph Robinson, of Du- buque. Clara Elizabeth Robinson, b. in No- vember, 1858, m. Frank Gair Macomber. Isa- bella Ogden Reed Macomber m. February 10, 1899, Charles Frederic Lyman.

SAAC HOMER SWEETSER, lawyer of Boston, is the eldest of the three surviv- ing children of the late Isaac Sweetser, who for thirty-five years was president of the Washington Fire and Marine Insurance Company of this city. Isaac Sweetser died at his summer home in Lynn, August 15, 1887. His widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Seaver Soule Sweetser, removed in 1890, with her son, Isaac Homer, whose name heads the present sketch, and her daughter, Ida Elizabeth, from Charlestown, where her wedded life had been passed, to 256 Marlboro Street, Boston, where she died April 3, 1895. Her younger son, Frank Eliot Sweetser, resides in Brookline.

Probably few families can look back upon a longer period of continuous residence in Charlestown, sometimes called the Bunker Hill district of Boston, than the Sweetsers, whose emigrant ancestor, Seth Sweetser, from Tring, Hertfordshire, England, became an in- habitant of that peninsula in 1637. Born Sep- tember 3, 1846, Isaac Homer Sweetser is a descendant of that early Colonist in the eighth generation, the line being : Seth,1 Benjamin, 2 Seth, 3-4 Henry Phillips,5 Colonel John, 6 Isaac, 7 Isaac Homer8. . Seth' Sweetser's first wife was named Bethiah. He m. for his second wife Mrs. Elizabeth Oakes. He had four daugh- ters, Benjamin2 being his only son. Abigail, wife of Benjamin,2 is conjectured to have been the sister of the Rev. Michael Wigglesworth, of Malden. Seth3 Sweetser m. Sarah Clark ; and his son, Seth,4 b. in 1703, m. Hannah Bradish. Henry Phillips5 Sweetser was a goldsmith. He m. in 1765 Sarah Kettell, who d. in 1786. He m. in 1787 Phebe Hatch. Colonel John,6 b. in 1781, m. January 19, 1809, Elizabeth, daughter of William Addi-

Scott, of Medford. The several generations of the Sweetser name in the town of Charlestown were all of them respectable and useful citi- zens, the most conspicuous among them for his public services being Seth, 4 mentioned above, an account of whom may be found in volume two of the Memorial History of Boston, page 321. He was graduated at Harvard College in 1722; was elected schoolmaster of the town of Charlestown in 1724; and with the excep- tion of about two years, 1749 to 1751, served the town in that capacity as long as he lived. He was also Town Clerk from 1755 until his decease in 1778. "To his watchful care we doubtless owe the preservation of the town archives from destruction in June, 1775." "He was universally respected for his exalted character, his great learning, and his varied and unremitting public services."

Isaac Sweetser, son of Colonel John and Elizabeth (Scott) Sweetser and father of Isaac Homer, was b. September 19, 1812. He was a lifelong resident of Charlestown and a vet- eran in the insurance business. With the Washington Fire and Marine Insurance Com- pany of Boston and its predecessor, the Wash- ington Insurance Company, he was connected at first as secretary and later as president for a continuous period of more than fifty years. He was very eminent as an underwriter, and suc- cessful in his conduct of the affairs of his com- pany. He was for several years just prior to his decease the president of the Board of Ma- rine Underwriters of Boston. He was a Dea- con of the Harvard Church (Unitarian) in Charlestown.

Isaac Sweetser was m. October 24, 1839, to Elizabeth Seaver Soule, daughter of Captain Richard and Prudence (Loring) Soule, of Dux- bury. She was b. at Duxbury, April 6, 1818. Her father, who was b. in 1786, was a descend- ant in the sixth generation of George Soule, who came over in the "Mayflower " in 1620, and was one of the first settlers of Duxbury. From George' and his wife, Mary Becket, the line was continued through his son John,2 who was twice m., and at his death was survived by his second wife, Esther; Joshua, 3 b. in 1681, who m. Joanna Studley; Joseph, 4 b. in 1722, who m. in 1742 Mercy Fullerton, daughter of

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John and Ruth (Sampson) Fullerton ; to James, 5 b. in 1746, who m. in 1773 a widow, Mrs. Abigail Seaver Bosworth, and was father of Captain Richard6 and grandfather of Mrs. Sweetser. Ruth Sampson, wife of John Ful- lerton and mother of Mercy, wife of Joseph4 Soule, was b. in 1684, a daughter of George2 Sampson and his wife Elizabeth, and grand- daughter of Abraham' Sampson, of Duxbury, who was the founder of this branch of the Sampson family.

Through her mother, Prudence Loring, who was b. in 1789, daughter of Samuel and Pru- dence (Chapman) Loring, of Duxbury, and who m. Captain Richard Soule, June 24, 1810, Mrs. Sweetser is descended from Deacon Thomas' Loring, who came to New England in 1634 and settled at Hingham in September, 1635; from Ralph Chapman, ship-carpenter, who was at Duxbury as early as 1640; also from John and Priscilla (Mullins) Alden, whose story brightens for all time the pages that portray the strenuous life of the "May- flower " Pilgrims. The Loring line is from Deacon Thomas' through Thomas,2 b. in Eng- land in 1629, who m., at Hingham, Hannah Jacob; Lieutenant Thomas,3 b. in 1667, who m. Hannah Cushing, and settled at Duxbury ; Benjamin, 4 who m. in 1739 Anna Alden; and their son Samuel,5 b. in 1747, who m. Prudence Chapman and was father of Prudence Loring. Samuels Loring, Mrs. Sweetser's grandfather, served as a Lieutenant in the war of the Revo- lution. Anna Alden, wife of Benjamin4 Loring, was b. in 1716, daughter of Captain John3 and Hannah (Briggs) Alden. Her father was a son of Captain Jonathan2 Alden, who inherited the Duxbury homestead of his father, John' Alden, and who m. Abigail Hal- lett, daughter of Andrew Hallett, of Yarmouth or Barnstable. Ralph Chapman m. Lydia Wills in 1642. Their son Ralph2 was the father of John,3 who m. in June, 1730, Sarah Booth. Ralph4 Chapman, son of John3 and Sarah, m. Prudence Coleman ; and their daugh- ter, Prudence Chapman, m., as above noted, Samuel Loring. Brief memorials of the Alden, Soule, Loring, and Chapman families are contained in Mr. Justin Winsor's History of Duxbury.

Isaac and Elizabeth Seaver (Soule) Sweetser had five children. The record is: John Fred- erick, b. April 15, 1843, d. October 14, 1844; Emily Seaver, b. May 14, 1845, d. August 8, 1858; Isaac Homer, b. September 3, 1846, further mentioned below; Frank Eliot, b. March 31, 1850; and Ida Elizabeth, b. August 17, 1855. Frank Eliot Sweetser m. October 20, 1880, Susan Jameson Anderson, daughter of General Samuel J. and Jane (Dow) Ander- son. They have five children, namely : Frank E. Sweetser, Jr., b. November 24, 1881 ; Eliz- abeth Soule Sweetser, b. September 10, 1884; John Anderson Sweetser, b. September 16, 1889; Susan Jameson Sweetser, b. March 22, 1891 ; and Homer Loring Sweetser, b. June 7, 1 894.

Isaac Homer Sweetser, the subject of this sketch, was fitted for college at the Charles- town High School, which he attended after leaving the Harvard Grammar School. Enter- ing Harvard College in 1864, he was gradu- ated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1868. The next two years he spent at the Harvard Law School, and was admitted to practice at the Suffolk bar in September, 1871. From June, 1876, till January, 1890, he was associated with John D. Bryant, Esq., in legal work and practice, especially in insur- ance cases. Mr. Sweetser is a member of the Boston Bar Association, the Bostonian Society, the University Club of Boston, and the Har- vard Chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa Society. In politics he has always been Republican.

ON. TILLY HAYNES, late resident proprietor of the United States Hotel, Boston, and a hotel manager of in- ternational fame, was also a man prominent in political life, one who rendered eminent public service to his adopted city. His death, which occurred August 10, 1901, is felt as a loss to the community, as well as to a large circle of friends. Mr. Haynes was born at Sudbury, Mass., February 13, 1828. He was the eldest son of Lyman and Caroline (Hunt) Haynes and a descendant in the eighth genera- tion of Walter Haynes (or Hayne, as the name was sometimes spelled), a linen weaver by trade,

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who came to this country in 1638 at the age of fifty-five years, in the ship "Confidence," landing in Boston.

The family is an old one in England. It is worthy of mention here that a coat of arms was granted in the year 1606 to Walter Hayne, not the above named, which grant was confirmed in 1607 to Thomas Hayne, of Fryer Waddon, County Dorset, by Sir William Segar, Garter, in the fifth year of the reign of James I. It is thus described : " He beareth gold on a red band, with three silver plates in chief, a blue grey- hound running," with the motto, " Labore et Honore." The line of descent from Walter, the immigrant, to the subject of this sketch is : Walter,' Josiah,2-3-4 Joshua,5 John,6 Lyman,? Tilly8.

Walter' Haynes was b. 1583 in the parish of Sutton Mandeville, County of Wilts, England. He was accompanied to America by his wife, Elizabeth, their sons, Thomas, John, and Josiah, daughters, Suffrance and Mary, and three male servants. (New England Historical and Gene- alogical Register, vol. ii.) He appears to have been a man of some education and considerable force of character, for he served several years as Representative to the General Court, and was chosen to fill many other offices of trust, re- sponsibility, and honor, among them that of Captain of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, of which famous organization he was one of the original members. He was one of the founders of the town of Sudbury, where he settled December 22, 1639, and where he d. February 14, 1664-5 aged eighty-two years.

Josiah2 Haynes b. 1623, m. November 13, 1654, Elizabeth Noyes Freeman, widow of John Free- man and daughter of Peter Noyes, who was a fellow-passenger in the "Confidence " in 1638. They had a family of four sons and four daugh- ters. Their son Josiah,3 b. April 27, 1655, m. about 1685 Abigail Stark, by whom he had several children. He m. second, March 3, 1693, Elizabeth Lambert, of Groton, Conn., of which union there were six children. Josiah,4 b. 1695, son of Josiah,3 m. March 1I, 1730, Mary Avery, of Groton, Conn. They had three children. Josiah4 was father of Joshua,5 who was b. in Groton, Conn., December 31, 1731, and d. December 29, 1814. The latter m. Susan-

nah Puffer, of Sudbury, and they had seven children. His son John6 was b. in Sudbury September 10, 1762, and d. November 21, 1829. John6 Haynes m. October 27, 1785, Sally Forbush. She was b. January 12, 1765, and d. March 3, 1826. They had seven children, namely : Sally, b. November 21, 1786; Tilly, b. January 17, 1788; Reuben, b. April 2, 1789 ; Stephen, b. January 6, 1792 ; John, b. November 29, 1793; David, b. January 22, 1798; and Lyman, b. October 13, 1803. Joshua Haynes, brother of John6 Haynes, above mentioned, was a member of the Sudbury company, Captain Aaron Haynes, Colonel Jonathan Brewer's regi- ment, and was killed at the battle of Bunker Hill.

Lyman7 Haynes was b. in Sudbury, Mass., October 13, 1803. After a residence in that town of nearly thirty years he removed in 1832 to Billerica, and became proprietor of the Old Stage Tavern on the road from Boston to Lowell. He d. in Billerica, December 21, 1869. He was m. in Sudbury, May 28, 1826, to Caro- line Hunt, a native of that place, b. June 9, 1 808, daughter of William7 and Thankful (Wheeler) Hunt. She was descended from William Hunt, who came from Yorkshire, Eng- land, in 1635, and was one of the founders of the town of Concord, Mass. William' Hunt removed to Marlboro, where he d. in October, 1667. He was a large land-owner, and left con- siderable property to his sons. His first wife and the mother of his children was Elizabeth Best, who d. at Concord, February 27, 1661. The children were : Nehemiah, b. 1631 ; Samuel, 1633 ; and Isaac, 1647.

Isaac2 Hunt, b. 1647, m. 1667 Mary, daughter of John2 Stone, who was son of Deacon Gregory" Stone, of Cambridge. Isaac3 Hunt, b. 1675 at Concord, m. Mary Willard, grand-daughter of Major Simon Willard, a distinguished leader in the settlement of Concord, Mass. Isaac,4 of Sudbury, m. 1721, Martha Goodnow. William,5 of Sudbury, b. 1726, m. Mary Wheeler. Will- iam,º b. 1753, m. Mary, daughter of Thomas Plympton, of Sudbury, a soldier in the Revolu- tionary War. William Hunt, of Sudbury, son of William6 and Mary (Plympton) Hunt and father of Mrs. Lyman Haynes, was b. Oc- tober 7, 1775, and lived in Sudbury all his life,

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acquiring a large property. He d. November 16, 1851. By his first wife, Thankful Wheeler, above named, he had Aaron, b. 1797; William, b. 1800; Cyrus, b. 1801; Asahel, b. 1803; Abel, b. 1805; and Caroline (Mrs. Haynes), b. 1808. His second wife, Esther Brigham, bore him nine children - Harriet, Mary, Abel, An- drew, Elizabeth, Thomas, Asahel and Abigail (twins), and George.

Lyman Haynes and his wife, Caroline, were the parents of nine children, as follows : Tilly, whose name begins this article, and of whom separate mention is made below ; Theodore, b. April 2, 1830, at Sudbury, who m. first, at Cam- bridge, February 28, 1865, Jennie Lewis, and second, at Belchertown, October 15, 1868, Mrs. Laura Holland, his first wife having d. at Biller- ica June 3, 1867 ; Cyrus, b. July 8, 1833, at Billerica, who m. Harriet Brown, May 25, 1856; Charles Robbins, b. April 17, 1836, at Billerica ; William Hunt, b. April 21, 1838, at Billerica ; Caroline, b. at Billerica, January 26, 1841, who m. there November 25, 1863, Henry M. Jenkins. The latter died at Panama, July 12, 1866; Lucy Ann, b. at Billerica, December I, 1843, d. September 21, 1845 ; Adeline, b. at Billerica, May 28, 1849, m. James G. Hickey at South Boston, July 13, 1885 ; John, b. at Billerica, September 18, 1846. Mrs. Caroline Hunt Haynes d. at Boston, June 5, 1882, hav- ing survived her husband twelve years.

Tilly Haynes when a boy of fourteen went to North Reading, where he worked in a country store, receiving twenty dollars for the first year. The second year his employer, Edwin Foster, who was a native of Billerica, doubled his salary and sent him to market to purchase goods. At the close of the third year he entered the em- ploy of Josiah Crosby in what was the first and for some years the only store in the then new city of Lawrence. After three years there Mr. Haynes went to Boston, and within four weeks was sent to Springfield to settle the estate of a bankrupt. This was in April, 1849, and marked the beginning of a long and successful business career in Springfield. . Starting in a small store where the Springfield Institution of Savings now stands, Mr. Haynes took within two years the two adjoining stores, and built up a large business in men's goods. He was one of the

original stockholders in the Ward Mills at Ind- ian Orchard, and, having a fancy for mechan- ics, at one time ran a small button factory in Market Street, built flax machines at Mill River, and sewing machines at Chicopee. He built several business blocks and stores, and also the first Music Hall in Springfield. The Music Hall being fitted up for theatrical representations, the insurance demanded was very heavy, and Mr. Haynes determined to take the risk on the thea- tre himself. He accordingly fitted up rooms for his family in the building, but the great fire of 1864, which burned the adjoining building, com- municated with Music Hall and destroyed it, leav- ing Mr. Haynes without income and without insurance.

Soon afterward he received a liberal offer from his friend, P. T. Barnum, the famous showman, to take charge of the latter's New York prop- erty. But before accepting this proposition, to which he was strongly inclined, he received another offer of assistance from Mr. Ben Day, president of the old Springfield Savings Institu- tion, who (on behalf of the bank), together with Henry Fuller, agreed to supply him with one hundred thousand dollars, with which to make a new start. With this capital Mr. Haynes began the present Music Hall and the Haynes Hotel on the opposite corner.

The hotel Mr. Haynes expected to lease, but he found no one willing to undertake so hazardous an ex- periment as the opening of a large house down town, all other attempts in that direction having been signal failures. Mr. Haynes was therefore obliged to undertake it himself, with the result of a most gratifying success. After conducting it for ten years he relinquished it on the death of his wife in 1876, at the same time retiring tem- porarily from business. But an aimless life had no charms for him, and, when in 1880 he re- ceived an offer from the directors of the United States Hotel in Boston to assume the manage- ment of that property, he accepted it, although the task was considered an almost hopeless one. After having control of the property for two years Mr. Haynes took a lease for ten years, and in that time made a phenomenal success of the undertaking, doubling the value of the property and quadrupling its business. This hotel was built by a corporation comprising some members

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Genealogy and history of representative citizens of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, Part 11

Author: Hurd, Charles Edwin, 1833-1910 Publication date: 1902 Publisher: Boston, New England historical publishing company Number of Pages: 850

Author: Hurd, Charles Edwin, 1833-1910
Publication date: 1902
Publisher: Boston, New England historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 850