Genealogy and history of representative citizens of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, Part 16

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

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founder of the Essex County family of this surname.

William Towne was m. in 1620, at the church of St. Nicholas, Yarmouth, England, to Johanna Blessing; and their six children, born before they left England, were baptized in that church. The line of descent of General Salem Towne was : William,' the immigrant ; Jacob,2 born in England, who m. Kate Sy- monds, of Salem; Deacon John, 3 who m. Mary Smith, and settled at Framingham, where he was one of the first Selectmen, and afterward removed to Oxford; Jonathan, 4 who in 1739 was chosen Deacon of the church at Oxford; Jacob,5 who m. Mary, daughter of the Rev. John and Esther (Whittle) Campbell, of Ox- ford; Salem,6 b. November 23, 1746.

The Rev. John Campbell, a native of the north of Scotland, came to New England in 1717, and in 1721 was settled as pastor of the church at Oxford, Mass. He d. May 25, 1761, in the seventy-first year of his age. The in- scription on his tombstone states that he was "educated at Edinburgh and had the benefits of honors of the University." For a long period he was the most influential man in Oxford in civil and social as well as religious affairs, serving often as legal adviser and as peace- maker, as a physician and a judge. Of his antecedents little is known. The visit paid to him in 1768 by John Campbell, fourth Earl of Loudon, then governor of Virginia, and journeying from New York to Boston, is con- sidered a proof of their kinship, which, it is said, Lord Loudon declared on that occasion. Some of his accomplishments indicated that he was educated for the army. It is supposed that he was a political refugee, and for that reason never told his children about his early life. A possible solution of the mystery is given in a letter from Kilmarnock, Scotland, written in 1876 by a son of Colonel Campbell, then the representative of the house of Loudoun, ex- pressing the belief, with reasons therefor, that the Rev. John Campbell, of Oxford, was iden- tical with Colonel John Campbell, of Shanks- ton, Scotland, who disappeared from a family history where the minutest details of all other members are chronicled, political troubles doubtless having caused him to flee the country.

The history of Oxford states that the Rev. John Campbell of that town was m. February 6, 1722, to Ester Whittle, of Boston, her name in the record of publishment being Ester Whet- ley. His daughter Mary, b. February II, 1724, m. in 1743 Jacob Towne, a soldier in the French War, who d. at Fort Edward in 1755.

Salem Towne, Sr., son of Jacob and Mary (Campbell) Towne, removed from Oxford to Charlton shortly before the Revolution. On April 20, 1775, responding to the alarm call, he was on the way to Boston with the regiment commanded by Colonel Ebenezer Leonard, of Oxford. He was quartermaster, and thus began his service in the Continental Army. At the close of the war he was Major-general of Massachusetts militia. He represented the town in the State Legislature and in the Constitutional Convention of 1780. He d. July 22, 1825, at the age of seventy-nine years. His wife was Ruth Moore, of Oxford. Their children were: Pamelia; Elizabeth ; Ruth; Augusta, who m. Dr. Dan Lamb; Salem, Jr. ; and Mercy.

Seven children were b. to Dr. Dan and Au- gusta (Towne) Lamb; namely, Edward, Mary A., Maria A., Sallie (who d. unmarried), Samuel Tucker, Salem Towne, and William Dan. Maria A., Samuel Tucker, and William Dan are now living (1901). Edward m. Kate Robinson, and had two children - Edward, Jr., and William. Mary m. Colonel Samuel Spurr, and had a son Thomas Spurr, who was killed at the battle of Antietam in 1864, and a daugh- ter Louisa, who m. in 1853 the Hon. George Frisbie Hoar, and d. leaving two children - Mary and Rockwood. Maria A. Lamb m. Franklin Farnum, and had a daughter Louisa, who m. George K. Dresser. Salem Towne Lamb m. Elizabeth Whitney, of Boston, and had three children - Henry, Augusta, and Elizabeth. William Dan Lamb m. Caroline Blanchard, and had two sons - William and Fred.

Sarah Parkhurst Flagg, who m. in 1840 Samuel Tucker Lamb, was b. April 10, 1821, daughter of Isaac, Jr., and Elizabeth (Wilson) Flagg, and the youngest of a family of nine children. Her father, Isaac Flagg, Jr.,6 was a descendant in the sixth generation of Thomas

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Flagg, an inhabitant of Watertown, Massachu- setts Bay Colony, as early as 1643, who was the original American ancestor of the family. He served as Selectman five years in the sev- enties of that century, and d. in February, 1697-98. The ancestral line was: Thomas'; John,2 Constable and Tax Collector, b. 1643, who m. Mary Gale; John, Jr., 3 who m. in 1712 his second wife, Sarah Hager; Adonijah, 4 b. in 1713, m. Mary Corey ; Isaac, 5 of Weston, b. 1749, m. in 1770 Sarah Parkhurst. Isaac, Jr.,6 son of Isaac,5 and the father of Sarah Parkhurst Flagg, d. January 22, 1847. His wife, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Wil- son, d. May 8, 1864. She was b. in 1779, being the eldest of five children of Thomas Wilson by his second wife, Mary Hopkins, of Reading, Mass. Thomas Wilson was b. at Exeter, N.H., in 1744, son of Joshua4 and Priscilla (Odlin) Wilson. Joshua, 4 b. in 1708, was a son of Deacon Thomas3 and Mary (Light) Wilson, grandson of Humphrey2 and Judith (Hersey) Wilson, and great-grandson of Thomas' Wilson, who came from England in 1633 with his wife Ann and sons Humphrey, Samuel, and Joshua, and settled at Roxbury, where he was made freeman in May, 1634. Being in sympathy with the Rev. John Wheel- wright, who was banished for entertaining hete- rodox opinions, he removed with him to Exe- ter, N. H., where he was a signer of the Com- bination or Compact for a government, and in October, 1642, was elected Ruler or Chief of the three magistrates.

Sarah Parkhurst, wife of Isaac Flagg, Sr., was b. in September, 1747, daughter of Josiah5 Parkhurst, of Weston, who m. in 1735 Sarah, daughter of Daniel and Sarah Carter. Josiah Parkhurst was b. in February, 1706-7, son of Deacon John4 and Abigail (Morse) Parkhurst, of "Watertown Farms," now Weston. Dea- con John4 was a son of John, 3 b. 1644, and his wife Abigail Garfield, the preceding ancestors being George, Jr.,2 b. in England in 1618, who m. first Sarah Browne and second, in 1650, May Pheza (or Veazie), and George' Parkhurst, who came to this country with two children, George, Jr., and Phebe, and m. in Watertown, about 1645, Mrs. Susanna Simp- son.

To Samuel Tucker and Sarah Parkhurst Lamb were b. four sons: George B .; Frank H. ; Charles S. ; and Roland Olmsted, the sub- ject of the present sketch.

Roland Olmsted Lamb, after receiving his education in Beverly, was employed five years as clerk in a manufacturing establishment in Boston. In January, 1872, he entered the office of the John Hancock Mutual Life Insur- ance Company as book-keeper. Promoted from time to time, he has filled various positions of trust in connection with this company, of which he is now, as before mentioned, vice- president and secretary. In politics he is a Republican. He is an advanced Mason, be- longing to Charity Lodge, F. & A. M., of Cambridge; St. Andrew's Chapter, R. A. M. ; and De Molay Commandery, K. T., of Boston. Mr. Lamb and his family attend the Univer- salist church. He has resided in Cambridge since 1874.

Mr. Lamb was married December 17, 1874, to Eliza A. James, daughter of Samuel and Catherine A. B. (Shedd) James, of Cam- bridge. Mrs. Lamb is a descendant of John1 James of Scituate, freeman in 1668, who mar- ried in 1675 Lydia Turner, daughter of John and Mary (Brewster) Turner, and grand-daughter of Jonathan2 and Lucretia (Oldham) Brewster.

Jonathan2 Brewster came to New England in the "Fortune" in 1621. He was the first- born child of Elder William Brewster, who came in the "Mayflower" in 1620. Jona- than2 was Deputy to the Plymouth General Court five years. He removed from Plymouth to Duxbury about 1630; and about 1649 he re- moved to Connecticut, settling where now is located the thriving city of Norwich, and dying there in 1659. He married in 1624 Lu- cretia Oldham, of Darby, probably sister of John Oldham, who came over in 1623. Mary Brewster, his daughter, who was b. at Plym- outh, April 16, 1627, married John Turner, Sr., in November, 1645.

John2 James, b. in 1676, m. Eunice Stet- son. Their son, Deacon John, 3 b. 1709, m. in 1730 Rhoda King, daughter of George3 and Deborah (Briggs) King. Her father was a son of Deacon Thomas2 and Elizabeth (Clapp) King, and grandson of Elder Thomas'

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King, of Scituate, 1634 or 1635. Deborah Briggs was a daughter of Captain John2 Briggs, and grand-daughter of Walter' Briggs, who bought a farm in Scituate in 1651.

John4 James, born in 1731, son of John3 and his wife Rhoda, was the third Deacon John. He married Sarah Jacobs in 1758; and their children - born from 1759 to 1775 - were Sarah, John, Hannah, George, Joseph5 (next in this line), and Charles. Joseph5 James m. Mary Robinson, daughter of Robert and Lydia (Heath) Robinson, and resided in Rox- bury, where their son Samuel6 (father of Mrs. Lamb) was b. August 29, 1810.

Catherine Annerly Bangs Shedd, wife of Samuel6 James, was b. September 23, 1823, daughter of John and Catherine Annerly Bangs. She was a grand-daughter of Caleb Bangs, b. in 1761, and his wife Catherine A. Stone, b. in 1767.

Caleb was son of Nathaniel and Ruth (Lane) Bangs, and grandson of David Bangs, whose wife was a Stone. Ruth Lane was b. at Hing- ham in 1734, daughter of Jonathan4 and Abi- gail (Andrews) Lane. Her descent from William' Lane, who was a resident of Dor- chester in 1635, was through Andrew2 who settled at Hingham in September, 1635, and Andrew, 3 who married Elizabeth, daughter of Mark Eames, and was the father of Jonathan, + b. 1685, who m. Abigail Andrews, above men- tioned.

Mr. and Mrs. Roland O. Lamb have one child, Augustus Clark Lamb, who was born at Cambridge, December 16, 1875. He was ed- ucated in the public schools of Cambridge and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where in 1897 he was graduated as chemical engineer. He was married April 30, 1901, to Effie Brook Armstrong, daughter of Charles Armstrong, of London, England, and his wife Julia Brook Armstrong, of Ryde, Isle of Wight, England.

ENRY BARRETT, late of the firm of Barrett & Brother, of Somerville, was a native and lifelong resident of Malden. He was the second and for many years the eldest surviving son of

William and Mary Keizar (Hall) Barrett and a descendant in the seventh generation of Humphrey Barrett, who settled at Concord in 1640, and was the founder of the family in New England. The line was: Humphrey, 1 b. in England in 1592, d. at Concord in 1662; Humphrey, Jr.,2 b. in England in 1630, d. in January, 1715-6; Benjamin,3 b. in 1681 at Concord, d. in 1728; Colonel James,4 b. in 1710, d. in 1779; Colonel Nathan,5 b. in 1735, d. in 1791; William,6 b. in 1775, d. in 1834; Henry,7 b. October 19, 1807, d. De- cember 23, 1892.

Humphrey Barrett came to this country accompanied by his wife, Mary, and three sons. Humphrey, Jr.,2 m. for his first wife Elizabeth Paine. His second wife, whom he m. in March, 1674-5, was Mary Potter, daughter of Luke2 and Mary (Edmunds) Pot- ter, of Concord. Benjamin3 Barrett m. in January, 1704-5, Lydia Minott, daughter of James3 and Rebecca (Wheeler) Minott, her mother being the daughter of Captain Timothy Wheeler. James3 Minott was a son of Cap- tain John2 and Lydia (Butler) Minott and grandson of George' and Martha Minott, of Concord. The parents of Lydia Butler were Nicholas Butler and his wife, Joice.

James+ Barrett, named doubtless for his maternal grandfather, was a patriotic and influ- ential citizen of Concord in the Revolution- ary times. He was appointed to superintend the military stores at Concord and to aid in their manufacture and collection. He was commissioned Colonel, and was in command at the North Bridge on April 19, 1775; was Representative to the General Court from 1768 to 1777 ; was a delegate to a number of county and State conventions and to each of the Provincial Congresses. He served as muster master of troops. He m. December 21, 1732, Rebecca Hubbard, who was b. July 11, 1717, at Concord, and. d. October 18, 1806. She was a daughter of Captain Joseph Hubbard and his wife, Rebecca Bulkeley, daughter of Cap- tain Joseph and Rebecca (Jones Minott) Bulke- ley. Her father was a son of Jonathan2 Hub- bard, who m. in March, 1681-2, Hannah, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (King) Rice. Jonathan2 Hubbard was b. in 1659, son

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of John and Mary (Merriam) Hubbard, who lived in Hartford, Conn. Captain Joseph Bulkeley was a descendant of the Rev. Peter1 Bulkeley, first minister of Concord. Colonel Nathan Barrett, son of Colonel James, m. in 1760 Miriam Hunt, b. in 1741, daughter of Simon and Mary (Raymond) Hunt.

William Barrett, son of Colonel Nathan and his wife, Miriam, was the ninth in a family of sixteen children. He began his life work by serving an apprenticeship for a term of years with a clothier, Mr. Minot, of Billerica, learn- ing the dyer's trade. He then engaged with an Englishman named Thompson, the proprie- tor of a small dyeing establishment in Charles- town, and after gaining further experience he bought an interest in the business. Mr. Thompson being a person of unsteady habits, the connection proved an undesirable one; and Mr. Barrett in 1804 started for himself, es- tablishing the dye works in Malden long known by his name. About the year 1808 he went into partnership with Meshach Shattuck, the firm name being Barrett & Shattuck. After the death of Mr. Shattuck, in December, 1811, Mr. Barrett carried on the business alone. His buildings, which were of wood, were all burned in 1816, and he immediately replaced them by larger and more substantial ones of brick. He was a public-spirited man, and lent willing aid to movements adapted to bene- fit the town. He d. November 15, 1834.

William Barrett was m. February 12, 1804, to Mary Keizar Hall, daughter of Moses and Martha (Sprague) Hall. Moses Hall, her father, was b. in 1750, son of John4 and Mary (Keizar) Hall and a descendant of John' Hall, the immigrant ancestor of the Medford family of Hall. The line was John, 1-2-3-4 Moses5. John' Hall was b. in England in 1627, and d. in Medford, Mass., in 1701. His mother was the widow Mary Hall, of Cambridge. John Hall m. in 1656 Elizabeth, daughter of Per- cival and Ellen Green, of Cambridge. John2 Hall, b. in 1660 at Concord, where his father resided for a few years before removing to Medford, m. Jemima, daughter of Captain Jo- seph Sill. John3 Hall, b. in 1690, m. Eliz- abeth Walker, daughter of Timothy and Eliza- beth (Fowle) Walker and grand-daughter of

Deacon Samuel3 and Sarah (Read) Walker, Deacon Samuel3 being son of Captain Samuel and grandson of Richard' Walker, who settled at Lynn, Mass., in 1630. John Hall4 m. in 1746 Mary Keizar. He was a farmer in Med- ford.

Twelve children were b. to William and Mary K. (Hall) Barrett. Two d. in infancy ; and one, the eldest son, William, Jr., d. in his thirty-third year. The other nine, who grew to maturity, were: Henry, the special subject of this sketch, whose personal history is outlined below; Caroline, b. in 1809, who m. in 1833 Caleb S. Winslow; Simon Hall, who m. in 1836 Mary A. Pratt; Augustus Ludlow, who m. in 1845 Helen M. Whit- man; Aaron, who m. in 1841 Lucinda W. Bean ; Mary Hall, b. in 1816 who m. in 1839 the Rev. John Greenleaf Adams, D. D., and d. December 5, 1860; Louisa B., who m. in 1841 Edwin H. Hall; Elizabeth, who m. Charles Eastman; and Augusta M., b. Decem- ber 28, 1823, who m. December 25, 1844, William H. Richardson. The Rev. John Coleman Adams, D. D., of New York City, it may be mentioned, is the son of the late Rev. Dr. John G. and Mary H. (Barrett) Adams.

Henry Barrett, after the death of his father, continued to carry on the dyeing business at Malden in company with his brothers, Will- iam, Jr., and Simon H., and Henry Jaques, until the death of his brother William, about four years later. The firm as then reorgan- ized, consisting of Mr. Henry Barrett and his brothers, Simon H., Augustus L., and Aaron, conducted the business till 1844, when Simon H. and Augustus L. relinquished their inter- ests to Mr. Barrett and his brother Aaron, who continued it till the death of Aaron in 1878, when Mr. Barrett was left in sole charge. A few years later he admitted his son, Richard S., to partnership, and eventu- ally passed over to him the management of the business. In 1882 the Barrett dye works were removed from Malden to their present location in Somerville. Mr. Barrett was interested in the welfare and advancement of the city of Malden, but held no political office. For sev- eral years he was president of the Middlesex

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Savings Bank. He was first married in Sep- tember, 1835, to Miss Louisa Brown, daughter of Nathan and Susanna (Barrett) Brown. She died in July, 1838. He married February 25, 1841, Hannah Rebecca Hudson, who died in 1844. She was the mother of one son, Henry Hudson, born in November, 1841, who died December 1, 1843. Mr. Barrett was mar- ried January 19, 1848, to his third wife, Lucy Theodora Gellineau Stearns, who survives him. She was born May 27, 1824, daughter of Rich- ard Sprague and Mary Ann Theresa (St. Agnan) Stearns.

Mrs. Barrett's paternal grandmother, whose name before marriage was Sarah White Sprague, was a daughter of Joseph and Eliza- beth (White) Sprague and grand-daughter on the maternal side of Colonel James and Sarah (Bailey) White. She married, December 9, 1781, Dr. William Stearns, who graduated at Harvard in the class of 1776, and who studied medicine with Joshua Brackett, M.D., of Portsmouth, N. H. Sarah Bailey, above men- tioned, was a daughter of Dr. Joshua+ and Eliz- abeth (Johnson) Bailey. Her father was a son of the Rev. James3 Bailey and grandson of John2 Bailey, Jr., whose father, John' Bailey, came from Chippenham, England. John' Bailey was shipwrecked at Pemaquid, now Bristol, Me., August 1.5, 1635. He went to Salisbury, and thence in 1650 to Newbury, where he died November 2, 1651. Mrs. Lucy T. G. Barrett was one of three children. She has one brother now living, William St. Agnan Stearns, b. in 1822, graduated at Harvard College in 1841, now a lawyer of prominence in Boston.

Five children were born to Henry and Lucy T. G. (Stearns) Barrett, and four are now living; namely, Lilly St. Agnan, Harry Hudson, Richard Stearns, and Caroline Stearns. Lilly St. Agnan, born at Malden, December 21, 1848, married April 16, 1874, the Rev. George Putnam Huntington, son of Bishop Frederick D. and Hannah (Sargent) Huntington. They have six children : Henry Barrett, born January 17, 1875; Constant Davis, born September 20, 1876; James Lin- coln, born March 30, 1880; Paul St. Agnan, born August 26, 1882; Catherine Sargent,

born December, 1889; Frederick Dan, born in December, 1891. Harry Hudson Barrett, born in Malden, March 10, 1851, was gradu- ated at Harvard College in 1874, married Alice Morse Wadell, daughter of Robert and Mary Caroline (Simpson) Wadell. He has no children. Richard Stearns Barrett was born in Malden, May 2, 1854. He married June 30, 1879, Ella Martha Devens, daughter of George A. and Martha S. (Penniman) Devens. They have three children: Richard Devens, born September 26, 1880; Theresa St. Agnan, born July 29, 1885; Theodore Adams, born October 28, 1889. Caroline Stearns Barrett, born in Malden, July 24, 1860, married November 9, 1899, Howard Elliott Littlefield, son of Oliver Barron and Helena (Storor) Littlefield, of Port- land, Me. They have no children.

HARLES GRANVILLE WAY, a real estate dealer of Boston and a resi- dent of Brookline, Mass., is a de- scendant in the ninth generation from his Puritan progenitor in America, Henry Way, who wrote his name "Henrie Waye," the form being that known in Eng- land for six centuries before his time. Dur- ing the sixteenth century the name was borne by many families in the counties of Devon, Dorset, and Somerset.

Henry Way was b. in England in 1583. In 1630, with his wife, Elizabeth, and all of their children, he came to this country on board the ship "Mary and John." He was one of the first settlers of Dorchester, Mass., where he d. in 1667, having survived his wife about two years.

George2 Way, son of Henry, the Puritan, and also a native of England, resided in Bos- ton for a time, and there owned property. A follower of Roger Williams, though not of the original twelve, he settled in Rhode Island in the year 1657. After the burning of Provi- dence he removed to Saybrook, Conn., where he d. about the year 1690. His wife, Eliza- beth, was a daughter of John and Johannah Smith. Their son, Thomas3 Way, of New London, Conn., b. in Rhode Island, followed the occupation of farmer, m. Ann, daughter of

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Andrew Lester, became a resident of East Haven, Conn., in 1720, and d. there in 1726.

Ebenezer4 Way, son of Thomas and Ann Way, b. in New London, October 30, 1693, was a merchant and a shipper. During the Revolutionary War some of his vessels were captured and destroyed by the British. On November 9, 1714, he m. Mary Harris, who, b. at New London, May 10, 1696, was a daughter of Peter and Elizabeth Harris. She d. August 18, 1777. His death occurred at New London in July, 1787, when he had attained the venerable age of ninety-three years and eight months.

Captain John5 Way, of Lempster, N. H., son of Ebenezer and Mary Way, was b. at New London, Conn., August 22, 1731. . In his earlier years he followed the sea, and became a master mariner. Afterward he engaged in farming, and was one of the first settlers of Lempster. About the year 1760 he m. Grace Ann Daniels, who, b. at New London, Conn., in 1740, d. at Lempster, August 5, 1830. A daughter of James and Grace (Edgecomb) Daniels, she was a grand-daughter of Lord Edgecomb, of Plymouth, England. Captain Way d. at Lempster on January 2, 1802. He was commander of a militia company, and was in Fort Griswold, New London, Conn., when taken by Arnold in 1781.

Jasper,6 son of Captain John and Grace A. Way, b. at New London, May 20, 1772, a farmer by occupation, d. at Claremont, N. H., December 18, 1845. The first of his two mar- riages was contracted February 7, 1793, with Betsy, daughter of Captain Nathaniel Odiorne, b. June 14, 1769. After her death, which occurred April 4, 1832, he m. widow Polly Sanborn. His son, Lorin7 Way, of Lempster, was b. in that town June 30, 1796, passed his life at the old Way homestead, chiefly occu- pied in farming, and d. there August 16, 1857. Lorin entered the matrimonial state on Febru- ary 25, 1816, with Lettice Caldwell Alld, who, b. at Peterboro, N. H., in 1795, d. at Rochester, Vt., August 23, 1887. She was a daughter of Samuel and Martha (Swan) Alld.

Samuel8 Alld Way (son of Lorin and Let- tice C. Way and the father of Charles Gran- ville Way), b. at Lempster, December 17,

1816, d. in Boston, June 4, 1872. It was he who organized the first bank under the free banking laws of Massachusetts. At one time he was the president of the Bank of Metropo- lis, all the stock of which he subsequently purchased; and he was connected with the Maverick National Bank, now defunct. His investments in real estate entitled him to be classed among the largest holders of that kind of property. Way Street and Way Wharf in Boston are named after him. On August II, 1836, he was m. to Sarah Ann Simpson, who, b. at Boston, January 15, 1821, d. in Paris, France, March 2, 1876. Her father, Daniel Simpson, b. at Winslow, Me., September 29, 1790, and who d. in South Boston, July 28, 1886, was the keeper in his day of the famous old Green Dragon Tavern, said to have been the headquarters of the Revolution. The chil- dren of Samuel A. and Sarah A. Way were : Francis Clarence, b. at Boston, November II, 1837, who d. at Naples, Italy, on March 16, 1866; Charles Granville, the subject of this sketch; and Daniel Simpson, b. in Boston, October 22, 1844, who d. at Roxbury, Mass., August 6, 1847.

Born in Boston, January 13, 1841, Charles Granville Way received his education in the Boston public schools and at a boarding-school at Jamaica Plain and at Grafton, Mass., in the suburbs of Boston. Going to Europe in 1863, he pursued the study of art at Paris under the instruction of Emile Lambinet and Emile Dardoize, and at Le Jardin des Plantes under the direction of Barrye. He exhibited in the Vienna Centennial Exhibition in 1873 and the United States Centennial in 1876. He was obliged to return to the United States in order to settle his father's estate. The settlement of his mother's estate also fell to him. Both trusts proved arduous undertakings, and they monopolized the greater part of his time until he was forty-five years old, when he deemed it too late to resume his brush. Mr. Way has been in the real estate business practically since 1876. His most remarkable experience throughout that period has been the taking from him, by the Boston Terminal Company, the New York, New Haven & Hartford Rail- road Company, and the Boston Elevated Street

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Genealogy and history of representative citizens of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, Part 16

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