Genealogy and history of representative citizens of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, Part 24

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

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On April 28, 1863, Mr. Rust was united in marriage to Miss Martha Caroline Carter, a native of Madison, Me., born July 2, 1845, daughter of Enos and Martha (Haines) Carter. Mr. and Mrs. Rust are the parents of five chil- dren, namely : Martha Caroline, born June 30, 1869; Mary Alice, born January 29, 1871; Edith Johnson, born September 1, 1875, who died December 12, 1876; Nathaniel Johnson, born August 19, 1877; and Edgar Carter, born September 13, 1882.

Mary Alice Rust and William W. Cutler, of Boston, were married October 12, 1896. They have two sons - Nathaniel Rust Cutler, born July 26, 1897; and William W. Cutler, born August 1I, 1901.

EHEMIAH HUNT LANE, of New- ton, Mass., was born in Danville, Vt., December 25, 1846, son of Robert Cram and Rowena (Hunt) Lane. He comes of Colonial stock both on his father's and mother's side, being a descendant in the seventh generation of James Lane, the immi-

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grant ancestor of the Lane family, and in the eighth generation of Edward Hunt, the founder in America of the family from which his mother sprung.

James' Lane emigrated from England to America at an early period, coming from either Yorkshire or Hertfordshire. He settled first in Malden, Mass., and thence went in 1660 to Casco Bay, Me. He was killed by Indians, September 13, 1688. John2 Lane, b. about 1653, d. January 24, 1738. He m. Dorcas Wallis, a daughter of John Wallis, and about the year 1700, at the time of the second de- struction of the town of Falmouth, Me., by the Indians, removed thence with his wife and children to Gloucester, Mass., where in 1702 he received a grant of land. Deacon James3 Lane, for many years a Deacon in the Third Church of Gloucester, d. April 20, 1751. He m. first, October 25, 1710, Ruth Riggs, who d. the following year. In 1715 he m. for his second wife Judith Woodbury. James4 Lane, a native of Gloucester, removed thence to Ver- mont, becoming a pioneer of the town of Cabot, where, in the division of town lots in 1786, he drew lot No. 66. Noah5 Lane, a shoemaker, had his first shop in Cabot, but subsequently removed to Danville, Vt., where he followed his trade. He m. Nancy Cram, a daughter of Ephraim Cram. Seven children were b. of their union; namely, Florinda, Robert Cram, Mehitable, Lauretta, George D., Martha, and William.

Robert Cram6 Lane, b. in Cabot, Vt., in 1813, d. in Danville, Vt., in 1897. He was engaged in agricultural pursuits throughout his active life. He m. Rowena Hunt, daugh- ter of Nehemiah Hunt, who spent her entire life in Danville, Vt. She was a descendant of Edward' Hunt, a native of England, b. about eighteen miles from London. In 1654 Edward' was a tradesman in London. Emi- grating to Massachusetts, he settled in Malden in 1655. Three years later he was living in Charlestown, where, November 19, 1660, he gave his brother Job power of attorney, and soon afterward moved with his family to Casco Bay, Me. He m. Ann Weed. Their son, Samuel2 Hunt, was b. in 1690. Samuel3 Hunt, b. April 12, 1723, m. Elizabeth Clough.

Daniel4 Hunt, the fifth child of the parental household, settled in Kingston, N. H. Henry5 Hunt and wife, Elizabeth, were parents of Nehemiah6 Hunt, father of Rowena7 Hunt, who m. Robert Cram6 Lane.

Nehemiah Hunt Lane was educated in his native town of Danville. After some years of industrial activity in various occupations he went, about 1876, to Lawrence, Mass., to take general charge of the Thomas Greenbank woollen mill, which position he held for sev- eral years. Afterward for a time he was superintendent of the Walpole Dye and Chem- ical Works, and subsequently for eleven years superintendent of the Bay Side Chemical Works of Boston. In 1895 Mr. Lane went into busi- ness for himself under the firm name of Bosson & Lane, manufacturers of and dealers in dye- stuffs and chemicals. The firm has since taken a leading position in their line of trade.

Mr. Lane married March 28, 1870, Joseph- ine Danforth, a daughter of Henry C. Dan- forth. He has had four children : Harry Hec- tor, born July 15, 1871, who married Cath- erine T. Galvin, of Sharon, Mass., August 23, 1899; Mabel Ruperta, born February 21, 1877; Rollo Elbert, born March 9, 1880; and Mildred Josephine, born June 14, 1891, died August 27, 1894.

UGENE DENTON BROOKS, of the firm of E. D. Brooks & Co., 100 High Street, Boston, is a native of this city. Born February 20, 1835, son of Luke and Miriam (Foster) Brooks, he comes of old Colonial stock of English origin, being a de- scendant on the paternal side in the eighth generation of Captain Thomas Brooks, who was admitted freeman at Watertown in December, 1636, and afterward settled at Concord, and through his mother tracing his ancestry back to Reginald' Foster, who settled at Ipswich about the year 1638, and was the founder of the Ipswich branch of the Foster family.

The following is a brief record of the Brooks ancestral line: Captain Thomas' served as Representative from Concord to General Court, 1642, 1643, and 1644. He d. in 1667. Joshua, 2 b. in Concord, son of Captain Thomas

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and his wife, Grace, m. in 1653 Hannah Mason, daughter of Captain Hugh Mason, of Watertown. Noah3 m. Dorothy Wright, who was b. in 1662, daughter of Captain Ed. Wright, of Sudbury. Thomas, 4 b. in 1701, m. in 1724 Hannah Dakin, of Concord, daughter of Joseph Dakin, of Rowley. Luke5 m. in 1756 Lucy Wheeler, daughter of Tim- othy Wheeler, of Concord. Stephen,6 b. De- cember 1, 1757, at Stow, Mass., m. in 1779 Prudence Whitcomb, a native of Bolton, daugh- ter of Brigadier General John Whitcomb. Luke7 (father of Eugene), b. April 13, 1791, at Templeton, Mass., m. April 15, 1832, Miriam Foster, daughter of Abiel Foster, a Revolutionary soldier, who fought in battle of Bunker Hill. Luke Brooks d. October 30, 1856; and his wife, Miriam, d. January 26, 1876, in the seventy-ninth year of her age.

From Reginald' Foster, immigrant, the line descended through his son William,2 b. in England, who m. Mary Jackson, and settled at Rowley Village, now Boxford, Mass. ; Will- iam, 3 b. in 1670, who m. Sarah Kimball and lived at Boxford; John, 4 who m. Mary Osgood, and settled in Andover; Isaac, 5 who m. Dor- cas Jewett, and settled at Tewksbury; Abiel,6 b. in 1763, who m. November 23, 1788, Sarah Whiting, and was the father of Miriam,7 b. March 2, 1797, who was m. in April, 1832, in Boston, to Luke Brooks.

Mrs. Sarah Whiting Foster, maternal grand- mother of the subject of this sketch, was b. in 1760, being the daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Stevens) Whiting. Her father was a member of the fifth generation of the family founded by the Rev. Samuel Whiting, who came to New England in 1636, and for many years was pastor of the church at Lynn. The Rev. Sam- uel2 Whiting, Jr., b. in England in 1633, son of the Rev. Samuel' by his second wife, Eliza- beth St. John (sister of Oliver St. John, Chief Justice of England), m. at Billerica, Mass., in 1656, Dorcas Chester. Their son Oliver, 3 b. in 1665, m. Anna Danforth, and was the father of Samuel,4 b. in 1702, who m. in 1729 Deb- orah Hill, one son b. of this union being Sam- uel, 5 father of Sarah.

Volume v. of "Massachusetts' Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War " contains

this paragraph: "Abiel Foster. Receipt dated Billerica, April 8, 1782, for bounty paid said Foster by Class No. I of the town of Billerica to serve in the Continental Army for the term of three years," and gives the follow- ing record, evidently of the same patriot : "Abel Foster (also given Abiel), Townsend (also given Billerica). Private, Capt. Samuel Dauglass's Co., Col. Thomas Prescott's regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service 5 days; also, Capt. Henry Far- well's (Ist) Co., Col. William Prescott's (10th) regt. ; muster roll dated August 1, 1775; en- listed April 25, 1775; service 98 days; also, company return [probably Oct., 1775]; re- ported enlisted April 19, 1775; also list of men raised to serve in the Continental Army from Capt. William Thurlo's Co., 8th Worces- ter Co. regt., dated Fitchburg, December 20, 1777; residence, Billerica; engaged for town of Fitchburg; joined Capt. Fox's Co., Col. Henley's regt. ; term 3 years; also Corporal, Ist Co., Col. John Bailey's regt. ; Continental Army pay accounts for service from June I, 1777, to December 31, 1779; reported as serv- ing 3 months, 4 days as Private, 27 months, 26 days as Corporal; also, Capt. Hugh Max- well's (Ist) Co., Col. Bailey's regt. ; company return dated Camp near Valley Forge, Jan. 24, 1778; also, Lieut. Colonel's Co., Col. Bailey's regt. ; Continental Army pay accounts for ser- vice from Jan. 1, 1780, to June 1, 1780."

Hazen's History of Billerica states that Sam- uel Whiting, b. in 1758, son of Samuel, 5 was drafted into the army in 1776, and served about eight months as a private and Sergeant, acting as clerk of his company. He was at the battle of Stillwater and at the taking of Bur- goyne. Either he or his father fought at the battle of Bunker Hill, as mentioned on another page of that history.

Luke Brooks when a young man started in business as a tanner at Templeton. A little later he with his brother Amos engaged in the shoe and leather business at Faneuil Hall Square, Boston. About this time a Mr. Sam- uel Parker invented a machine for splitting leather, Mr. Alva Richardson made important improvements, and a valuable patent was se- cured. Mr. Brooks was interested in this

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patent. In 1826 he formed a partnership with Josiah M. Jones, the firm being Brooks & Jones, dealers in boots, shoes, hides, and leather, on India Wharf. In 1837 the firm was dissolved, and Mr. Luke Brooks, with Moses Hunt and Edward T. Noble, formed the firm of Moses Hunt & Co., and engaged in manu- facturing and selling the Richardson Splitting Machines. The death of Mr. Luke Brooks was accidental. He was run over by the cars under Jackson Street Bridge in Waltham. He was a successful man of business and a large owner of real estate in Weston and Cambridge, where he was a resident, and was much es- teemed for many good qualities as a man and a citizen. He had four children; namely, Eugene Denton, Sylvanus Foster, Rebecca King, and Lyman Goodnow. The only sur- vivor is Eugene Denton, whose name heads this sketch. Sylvanus F. Brooks d. unmar- ried at about fifty years of age, in 1884.

After receiving his education in Cambridge, Eugene Denton Brooks began business life as a clerk in the employ of Moses Hunt & Co., then located at 35 Fulton Street, Boston. Although but twenty-one years of age when his father died, he was shortly received into part- nership, the city directory for 1857 naming him as one of the firm of Moses Hunt & Co., which in 1858 was located at 60 Blackstone Street. In 1862 Mr. Hunt retired, and the firm was succeeded by Noble & Brooks. He is now head of the firm of E. D. Brooks & Co., dealers in tanners' and curriers' supplies and sole agents for A. Richardson's Union Leather Splitting Machines. Mr. Brooks was married February 12, 1874, to Sarah Matilda Whitney, daughter of Asa and Mary Long (Childs) Whitney, of Henniker, N. H. She was born September 15, 1855. Her father, who was b. November 26, 1800, d. January 19, 1858; and her mother, b. April 17, 1810, d. June 18, 1896. The following record of Mrs. Brooks's paternal ancestors is compiled from "The Whitney Genealogy," by F. C. Pierce.

John' Whitney, the immigrant progenitor, settled at Watertown in 1635, and d. there in 1673, aged seventy-four years. His son Thomas,2 b. in England in 1629, m., in Water- town, Mary Kedall, and was the father of

Eleazer, 3 b. in 1662, who m. in 1687 Dorothy Ross, of Sudbury. Their son Eleazer, 4 who was baptized April 15, 1702, settled at Henni- ker, N. H., m. Mary Grow, November 9, 1743, and d. in 1758. Alexander,5 b. in 1751, son of Eleazer and Mary, m. in 1776 Lois Carroll. Eleazer,6 the next in this line, b. on December 5, 1777, m. in 1799 Alice Peabody. He d. in 1838. She d. October 9, 1867. They were the parents of Asa Whitney, who was of the seventh generation, and grandparents of Mrs. Brooks, who is of the eighth. Asa Whit- ney m., first, Patty Rice, who d. January 6, 1850; and he m., in October following, Mary Long Childs, b. April 17, 1810. She was educated in the academy at Ipswich, Mass., and before her marriage was a teacher for seven years in Montgomery, Ala., and in Hen- niker, N. H., and Sunderland, Mass. Her parents were Solomon6 and Mary (Long) Childs. Solomon6 Childs, b. in 1782, was a son of Solomon,5 Sr., and Martha (Rice) Childs, who were m. in 1767. Solomon, Sr., b. in 1744, at Grafton, Mass., was a son of Jonathan+ and Abigail (Parker) Childs. Jona- than4 was b. in 1696, second son of John3 and Hannah (French) Child, of Watertown and Waltham. John3 was the son of John2 and Mary (Warren) Child and grandson of Will- iam1 Child, who probably came to New Eng- land in 1630 with his brother Ephraim and Governor Winthrop. William,' the progeni- tor of the Watertown branch of the family of Child (or Childs), had three sons, the second being Richard, who was b. at Watertown in 1631, the third, John, 2 b. in 1636.

Mr. and Mrs. Brooks have nine children, namely : Marion Rebecca, born March 26, 1875, who was married June 8, 1896, to Gor- ham H. Davis, of Cambridge, Mass. (has a son, Brooks, born July 27, 1901); Lyman Warren, born November 9, 1876, who married November 26, 1900, Helen W. Burgess, of Duxbury, Mass. ; Edith Denton, born Septem- ber 19, 1878; Philip Whitney, born May 15, 1883; Shirley Foster, born July 3, 1885; Eu- gene Child, born March 11, 1887; Robert Larkin, born January 2, 1890; Marguerite, born March 24, 1892; and Horace Howard, born June 17, 1894. Shirley F. and Horace

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H. were born at Point Shirley, town of Win- throp, Mass. The others were born in Cam- bridge. Lyman Warren Brooks, Mr. Brooks's eldest son, was graduated at Harvard College in 1899, and is in business with his father. Mr. Brooks and family attend the Prospect Street Church (Congregational). Mrs. Brooks is a member of the Old South Chapter, Daugh- ters of the American Revolution.

ARSHALL SYMMES, a represent- ative of one of the oldest families of Middlesex County, Massachu- setts, was born October 27, 1818, in that part of the town of Medford now in- cluded within the limits of Winchester, where he is a resident. Son of Marshall, Sr., and Lephe (Stowell) Symmes, he is a lineal de- scendant in the seventh generation of the Rev. Zachariah Symmes, the immigrant, the line being : Zachariah,1 William, 2 William, 3 John, 4 Captain John, 5 Marshall, Sr., 6 Marshall7.

Zachariah1 Symmes was b. at Canterbury, England, April 5, 1599, and was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge University. Some time after his marriage he emigrated to New England with his wife, Sarah, and seven children, arriving at Boston in the ship "Griffin," September 18, 1634. He was admitted to the church in Charlestown, De- cember 6 of the same year, and ordained De- cember 22 as associate minister or teacher. Subsequently succeeding the Rev. Thomas James, he retained the pastorate of the church until his death, February 4, 1670. The town deeded to him three hundred acres of land lying in that section of Charlestown now included in Winchester, and a part of the original tract is now owned by his descendants.

William2 Symmes, b. at Dunstable, Eng- land, in 1626, was but eight years of age when he accompanied his parents to America. Set- tling on the land given his father, he engaged in farming during his years of activity. He was a man of considerable prominence, serving as captain of a training-band and as Justice of the Peace. After the death of his first wife, Sarah, he m. a widow, whose Christian name was Mary. William3 Symmes, b. in 1678, son

of William and his second wife, inherited a part and purchased of the heirs the remainder of his father's estate. He built a mill on the Aberjona River, where he conducted the busi- ness of a clothier. He also erected a large dwelling-house, and here he resided until his death, May 24, 1764. He m. in Woburn in December, 1704, Ruth Convers, daughter of Josiah and Ruth (Marshall) Convers. She was a grand-daughter of Josiah, Sr., and Esther (Champney) Convers and great-grand-daugh- ter of Deacon Edward Convers, one of the founders of Woburn. She d. March 16, 1758.

John4 Symmes, b. in 1720, d. May 14, 1785. Inheriting one-half of his father's mill and considerable land, he spent his entire life on the parental homestead. On May 21, 1754, he m. Abigail Dix, daughter of John and Mary (Clark) Dix, of Waltham. She d. March 28, 1761. Captain John5 Symmes was b. in August, 1755, and d. June 24, 1834. He was a Revolutionary soldier, belonging to the Medford company that under the command of Captain Isaac Hall marched to Charlestown, June 17, 1775. Enlisting in 1777 for three years, he served his full time, taking his pay in Continental currency, which so depreciated in value that it took the whole amount to pay for a pair of oxen. Subsequently selling the oxen, he received payment in the same cur- rency, and this at a later period he exchanged for a bag of Indian meal. Erecting a wheel- wright's and blacksmith's shop at Symmes' Corner, he built wagons and carts for the army. After the war, admitting his sons to partner- ship, he continued work at his trades and also carried on general farming. Active in mili- tary affairs, he was commissioned, by Gov- ernor Increase Sumner, Captain of the "Light Dragoons." On October 31, 1780, he m. Elizabeth Wright, who was b. January II, 1757, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Chandler) Wright. She was a sister of Phil- emon Wright. She attained the venerable age of ninety-one years, dying July 18, 1848.

Marshall6 Symmes, Sr., was b. July 30, 1789, and d. April 19, 1877. He worked at his trade of blacksmith nearly all his life, but at the same time was successfully engaged in farming. In the War of 1812 he was a mem-

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ber of the local company of militia, ready to march at a minute's notice, but his regiment was not called out. He served as one of the School Committee in Medford, and was a member of the Unitarian church. He m. January 26, 1817, Lephe Stowell, who was b. in 1791, a daughter of Abel and Relief (Jen- nison) Stowell, of Worcester. Seven chil- dren were b. of their union, namely : Marshall, the special subject of this sketch; Elizabeth Relief, who d. in infancy; Harriet Stowell, b. in 1821; Alexander Stowell, b. in 1823, who m. Sarah Jane Livermore; Philemon Wright, b. in 1826, who m. Eliza Putnam Stowell; Ellen Louisa, who m. Oliver L. Wellington; and Charles Thomas, b. in 1832, who m. Abby G. Hunt, and has two children - Charles H. and Irving.

Marshall7 Symmes received a public-school education in Medford, as the part of Winches- ter in which he was born was then called, and after leaving school worked with his father at the blacksmith's trade for twenty years. Since that time he has been engaged in small farm- ing and gardening, making a specialty of rais- ing vegetables for the Boston markets. He was formerly an attendant of the First Church in Medford, but now attends the Unitarian church of Winchester. A Republican in his political affiliations, he has been active in local affairs, serving as Assessor two years and as School Committee one year. The resi- dence which he now occupies, and which he purchased from the late Frederick O. Prince, former Mayor of Boston, was the original homestead of the Brooks family and the birth- place of Governor John Brooks.

Mr. Symmes married June 17, 1846, Abbie Stowell, daughter of Samuel and Abigail (Haywood) Stowell, of Worcester, and de- scendant of one of the earlier settlers of Water- town. Eight children have been born of their union, and six are now living ; namely, Fred- erick Marshall, Ella Lephe, Walter Fay, Anna Eliza, Samuel Stowell, and Abby Eliz- abeth. Frances Louisa, born April 26, 1847, died August 25, 1849; and Albert Henry, born August 11, 1860, died April 28, 1861, Frederick Marshall Symmes, born August 13, 1850, is a resident of Winchester, and is en-

gaged in market-gardening. He married Addie Symmes, of Medford, by whom he has two chil- dren - Robert Marshall and Ruth Stowell. Ella L. Symmes, born May 28, 1852, is the wife of James William Russell. They live in Winchester, and have four children - Alice Symmes, Fred Adams, James W., Jr., and Bertha Louise. Walter F. Symmes, born Au- gust I, 1854, is a market gardener in Win- chester and the seller of all the products raised by the Symmes family. He married Emily C. Locke, by whom he has three children. Samuel S. Symmes, born October 22, 1858, resides in Winchester. His first wife, whose maiden name was Jennie Metcalf, died Septem- ber 13, 1887, leaving him one child, Laurence Metcalf Symmes. By his second wife, whose maiden name was Mina Johnson, he has three children -- Elizabeth, Samuel S., Jr., and Russell. Abby Elizabeth Symmes, who was born August 2, 1862, is the wife of Alfred S. Hall, of Revere. They have four children - Eleanor, Gertrude, Alfred, and Stephen.

OHN GORDON WRIGHT, importer of Australian wool, Boston, was born in Lowell, Mass., July 29, 1842, a son of John and Janet (Wilson) Wright. The first of his ancestors to settle in this coun- try was his grandfather, Duncan Wright, a member of the clan McIntyre, of Glenoe, near Bencruachan, Loch Etive, Scotland, which clan was an offshoot of the old Scottish clan McDonald (see sketch of Ezra Treat MacIn- tyre, published on another page of this vol- ume). Duncan was son of Peter Wright (Mc- Intyre) and Agnes Ferguson, his wife; and Peter was a son of John McIntyre, of Glenoe.

Duncan Wright (McIntyre) left Scotland for America in the year 1812, just at the begin- ning of the war between Great Britain and the United States. The vessel in which he sailed was captured by the privateer "Yankee," owned by James DeWolf, and taken into Bris- tol, R.I. In his native land Duncan had learned the trade of chemical bleacher, and on landing here was almost immediately employed in that capacity by James DeWolf at Ark- wright factory, Dighton. Finding himself in

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a good position and with comfortable prospects, he sent to Scotland for his wife and three sons - Peter, Alexander, and John - who sailed in September, 1815, in the ship "General Knox," and landed at Long Wharf in Boston after a passage of fifty-three days, and who, after about a month in Boston, removed to Smithfield, R.I. Duncan Wright established bleacheries both in Smithfield, R. I., and Wal- tham, Mass., being the pioneer of that indus- try in America. He and his sons were also the first to engage in the manufacture of in- grain carpets, establishing a business of that kind in Medway, Mass., soon after the conclu- sion of the War of 1812-14. Alexander later went to Lowell as agent of the Lowell Manu- facturing Company, manufacturers of carpets, and was accompanied by his two brothers. Duncan Wright finally retired to a country place at Tewksbury, Mass., where he died at the age of sixty years.

His wife, whom he married in 1796, was in maidenhood Janet Wilson, a daughter of Alex- ander and Katherine (Brown) Wilson (m. 1776). She was a half-sister of Alexander Wilson, the American ornithologist, he being a son of Alexander Wilson by his first wife, Mary McNab. Janet had also two half-sisters, Mary and Jane. Katherine Brown was daugh- ter of David and Janet (Wilson) Brown. Da- vid Brown was son of John Brown, of Niel- ston, Renfrewshire, and Katherine Renfrew. The said John Brown is buried under the pul- pit of Nielston Church. Alexander Wilson, father of Janet, was a son of James and Mar- garet (Campbell) Wilson, James being a miller in Lorn, afterward in Seedhills. The father of James was Alexander Wilson, of Muirhead, El- derslie, a Jacobite, who fled to Ireland about the year 1700. The children of Alexander and Katherine (Brown) Wilson were four in num- ber, besides Janet there being another daughter, Margaret, and two sons, David and James. Besides the three sons of Duncan and Janet (Wilson) Wright already mentioned - Peter, Alexander, and John - there was a daughter, Katherine.

John Wright, son of Duncan and father of John Gordon Wright, followed the occupation of chemist and colorist, and also engaged in

the manufacture of worsted at South Lancaster, Mass. His death occurred in 1870. He was a member of the I. O. O. F. His wife, Janet, d. in 1886, at the age of eighty-four years. She was a daughter of Glaud, afterward called Don Claudio Wilson, a manufacturer and weaver, of Paisley, Scotland, who was engaged to come to this country by Alexander Wright to assist in establishing the Lowell Carpet Company. He was not only a skilled work- man, but was also possessed of considerable inventive talent, and assisted in the manufact- ure of the looms. When about sixty years old he was engaged by the firm of Howland & Aspinwall to establish a cotton mill for them in Durango, Mexico, where he remained for six years. At the end of that time he returned to the United States and settled on a farm in Clyde, Whiteside County, Ill., which he had purchased before going to Mexico. Here he died at the advanced age of eighty-five years. His wife, Margaret Downey, who joined her husband in Illinois, d. there at the age of eighty-four.

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Genealogy and history of representative citizens of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, Part 24

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