Genealogy and history of representative citizens of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, Part 3

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

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He m., probably in 1634, Anna Gouldstone, (Goldstone or Gouldson), daughter of Henry and Anna Gouldstone. Her father, baptized in Wickham Skeith, Suffolk, England, July 17, 1591, was son of the Rev. William Gouldstone, vicar of Bedington, Suffolk, and his wife, Mar- garet. Henry Gouldstone, aged forty-three, and wife Anna, aged forty-five, their daughter Anna, eighteen, and daughter Mary, fifteen, sailed from Ipswich, England, in 1634, in the " Elizabeth," and, after landing in America, settled in Water- town. Henry Gouldstone was buried July 25, 1638, aged forty-six. His widow m. for her second husband, John George, whom she sur- vived over thirty years, dying in Watertown in April, 1670. Deacon Henrie Bright's descend- ants were said, a few decades ago, to be much more numerous in the female than in the male line. Deacon Henrie Bright left certain prop- erty in Watertown to his eldest son, John, which, in case of John dying without issue (as happened, 1691), was to go to his (John's) wife. The latter, under the terms of the will, in case she married again, was to forfeit this property, which, in that case, was to go to the Deacon's second son, Nathaniel. He, therefore, probably came into possession of it upon her second mar- riage, to Mr. Parker.

Deacon Henrie Bright and his wife Anna had eight children, namely : Anna, who d. when about four years old; Abigail ; Mary ; John ; Anna; Elizabeth ; Nathaniel ; and Beriah - the last named, the youngest, b. in 1651. Abigail m. Elisha Odlin, of Boston. Mary m. Nathaniel Coolidge in 1657. John m. Mary Barsham, of Watertown, in 1675. Anna, second, became the second wife of Captain Nathaniel Ruggles, of

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Roxbury, in 1670. Elizabeth became the second wife of Deacon Walter Hastings, of Cambridge, in 1674. Beriah m. Isaac Fowle, of Charlestown, in 1671.

Nathaniel2 Bright, the seventh child of Deacon Henrie, b., probably at Watertown, March 5, 1647, d. at Watertown, May II, 1726. His oc- cupation was that of tanner. He lived upon a part of his father's estate below the former resi- dence of J. P. Cushing, Esq. In 1719 he gave by deed to his son Nathaniel certain land and a tan-yard near the latter's residence, which prop- erty was still owned by the family in 1852. His name appears in a record book of the expenses of Massachusetts Colony in King Philip's War, 1675, and also that of his brother John, with the sums paid to each ; but, whether for supplies furnished, or for services rendered as soldiers, does not appear. The homestead that he in- herited on the marriage of his brother John's widow, as already related, went by will at his death, in 1726, to his brother Henry. He was m. July 26, 1681, to Mary Coolidge, who was b. December 1I, 1660, and d. December 1, 1717. She was a daughter of Samuel Coolidge by his first wife, Hannah Barron, who was the daughter of Ellis Barron, of Watertown. The children of Nathaniel and Mary (Coolidge) Bright were : Mary, Henry, Nathaniel, John, Joseph, Hannah, Abigail, Mercy, and Benjamin-the eldest, Mary, b. October, 1682, and the youngest, Ben- jamin, 1698. Mary m. Deacon Thomas Liver- more, of Waltham, 1704. Henry m. Margaret Jackson, of Newton. John m. Rebecca Train. Joseph m. Elizabeth Elliot. Hannah became the wife of Jonas Bond. Abigail was wife of John Brown. Mercy m. John Coolidge, 1725-6.

Nathaniel3 Bright was b. in Watertown, De- cember 28, 1686, and d. December 14, 1737. He resided in the northern part of Watertown, where he built a tan-yard, probably an addition to the property he had received by deed from his father, as already mentioned. This property continued in the family for many years. Na- thaniel3 Bright m. Anna Bowman, daughter of Captain Nathaniel and Ann (Barnard) Bow- man. They had six children, briefly recorded as follows : Anne, b. February, 1715-6, m. Daniel Brown, of Lexington, 1736; Nathaniel, b. June 22, 1718, further mentioned below ;

Hannah, b. April, 1720, d. in infancy ; Han- nah, b. January 15, 1721-2, m. first Amos Bond, of Watertown, second a Mr. Wheeler, of Concord ; Sarah, b. December, 1726, m. Thomas Clarke ; Mary, b. April, 1731, m. David Bemis.

Nathaniel4 Bright d. October 21, 1754, at the comparatively early age of thirty-six years. Little is known of his history except that he resided upon the estate above mentioned, which came to him, doubtless, as only son ; and it is to be presumed that he carried on the tannery, as his father had done. His wife, Sibil, a daughter of Captain Samuel and Abigail (Reed) Stone, of Sudbury, and a descendant of Deacon Greg- ory' Stone, of Cambridge, was b. September 20, 1728, and d. of old age in Watertown, May 21, 1809. After the death of her first husband, Nathaniel Bright, she m., 1757, Samuel White, by whom she had seven children.

John5 Bright, son of Nathaniel+ and Sibil Bright, was b. in Watertown, February 5, 1754, d. in Waltham, Mass., December 31, 1840. He was both a tanner and a farmer. His youth was probably passed in the house where he was b., with his step-father, Samuel White. After- ward the step-father removed to another local- ity, and Nathaniel came into possession of the Bright homestead. About a year or more before his marriage John5 Bright bought a small house in Waltham on Beaver Brook, and in 1777 he removed to that town. Ill health alone had prevented him from receiving a collegiate educa- tion. From 1780 to 1819 he held various town offices, among them those of Selectman, Justice of the Peace, Tything-man, Highway Surveyor, Hay Ward, Fence Viewer, Sealer of Leather, and School Committee. At his death he left no will. He was m. by the Rev. Jacob Cushing, of Wal- tham, September 24, 1778, to Elizabeth Brown, a native of Waltham, b. July 6, 1757, daughter of Jonathan and Esther (Mason) Brown. She d. in Waltham, January 30, 1821, aged sixty-three years. She was a descendant on her father's side of Abraham and Lydia Brown, early settlers of Watertown ; and, on her mother's, of Captain Hugh Mason, of that place. This branch of the Brown family came originally from Hawke- don, County Suffolk, England. The following is a record of the children of John5 and Eliza- beth : John b. September, 1779, d. October,

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1858, unmarried ; Charles, b. August, 1781, d. at Loango on the African coast, August, 1823 ; Mary, b. June, 1783, d. May, 1788 ; Francis, b. 1784, d. June, 1804; Anna, b. July, 1786, d. May, 1788 ; Josiah, b. March, 1789, m. Eulalie Mary Anne Sanguinet, of St. Louis, and after her death m. Angelique the widow of Pierre Tesson, and for his third wife, Elsie Le Blanc; he d. July, 1822, at St. Louis, Mo .; Anne, b. April, 1791, d. April, 1818 ; Henry, b. August, 1793, m. first in 1817 Abigail Fisk, of Waltham, and at Mobile in 1835, second, Emeline M. Pinney, of Simsbury, Conn .; Mary, b. Septem- ber, 1796, d. May, 1879; Jonathan Brown, b. April 23, 1800, father of Mrs. Elizabeth E. Bright, d. December 17, 1879.

Jonathan Brown6 Bright lived with his parents at the Waltham homestead until sixteen years old, attending the district public school and laboring on the farm and in the tan-yard, with the exception of one school term in the summer of 1814 at Westford Academy and one in 18 16, at Framingham Academy. In 1817 he accom- panied his brother Josiah on his return to St. Louis, the latter, who had previously settled there, having just made a visit home. The jour- ney as far as New Orleans was made in the brig " Louisiana." Thence they ascended the Mis- sissippi River to St. Louis, where they arrived June I. Jonathan remained there until 1821, being most of the time in the employ of the house in which his brother was a partner, that of Sanguinet & Bright. One winter, however, was spent in New Orleans and Alabama. From St. Louis he went to St. Stephens, Ala., where his brother Henry resided. In the spring of 1822 he removed to Selma, that State, and kept a store till the spring of 1824, his brother being interested with him in business. The place being unhealthy, he was severely stricken with fever, and on his recovery he left the South, sailing from Mobile to New York, where he became clerk in the cotton broker's office of James Blackstock on Pine Street. Three years later, in 1827, he became Mr. Blackstock's part- ner, and in that year also he m. Subsequently several changes took place in the personnel of the firm. The concern was burned out in the great fire of 1835. In the succeeding year Mr. Blackstock retired, and the firm - then

Merle & Bright - removed to Hanover Street, and Mr. Gourlie was later admitted. In the spring of 1849 Mr. Bright retired, and returned to his early home at Waltham, Mass., where he lived thirty years, dying as above mentioned, in the house now occupied by his daughter, Elizabeth Garbrance. A man of high char- acter, fine personal appearance, and courteous manners, he was greatly respected, and his death was sincerely mourned by his fellow-townsmen. Soon after his return to his early home he began the compilation of a history, or genealogical record, of the Bright family with its connections, which he long continued, and to which we are indebted for most of the facts here given. This work, containing many carefully prepared gen- ealogical charts with corresponding biographical data, is now the property of his daughter Elizabeth.

Jonathan Brown Bright was m. in New York City, November 2, 1827, by the Rev. James Mat- thews, to Mary Huguenin Garbrance, a native of Albany, N.Y., b. September 6, 1805, daughter of Peter3 and Jane (Van Buskirk) Garbrance. She d. at Red Hook, Dutchess County, N.Y., 1830, at the early age of twenty-four years, and was buried in the grave-yard of the Dutch Church at Upper Red Hook. The only fruit of this marriage was the daughter Elizabeth Garbrance, whose name begins this sketch, and who was b. in New York City, September 27, 1828, and baptized by the Rev. James Matthews in the vestry of Garden Street South Dutch Reformed Church.

Both parents of Mary Huguenin Garbrance were of Dutch extraction. On her father's side she was descended from Harperd Gerrebrants, of whom little is known save that he was father of Pieter,2 who was born in Belleville, N.J., and baptized at Hackensack, that State, January 31, 1725. Pieter2 Gerrebrants removed to the city of New York, where he died. He married in 1753 Catherine Turk, daughter of Ahasuerus and Hilpah (Cooper) Turk, of New York. The Turk family came from the Lower Palatinate, settling in Albany and New York. A Dr. Turk, nephew of Catherine above mentioned, was at one time in the early part of the nine- teenth century the oldest surgeon in the United States navy. Pieter3 Gerrebrants (b. in New

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York, 1754; d. Albany, 1814) anglicized the family name by spelling it Garbrance. He mar- ried Jane Van Buskirk, a daughter of Lawrence and Jane (Van Buskirk) Van Buskirk, and doubtless of Dutch origin. There was a tradi- tion in the family of three brothers who came from Holland and settled near the boundary line between New York and New Jersey, not far from Ramapo or Saddle River; but, like similar traditions in other families, little reliance can be placed on it. The family records, however, show certainly that the Van Buskirks were de- scended from early settlers in that vicinity. Lawrence Van Buskirk, above mentioned, served in the British army during the Revo- lutionary War, and subsequently fleeing to Nova Scotia with the loyalists, was there granted lands by the British government in recognition of his services for the Crown. Others of the family were loyalists during the war, and subsequently refugees, among them Colonel Abraham Van Buskirk, who served under Arnold, in his expe- dition to New London, as Lieutenant Colonel of the Third Battalion of New Jersey Volunteers. The Garbrances, also, were loyalists, and in con- sequence suffered the confiscation of their prop- erty. In this connection a pleasant story is told of General Washington. It happened that he was present when a body of the Continental troops took possession of the Van Buskirk home- stead ; and, noticing little Jane, he patted her on the head, saying to one of his officers, " You must leave them a cow, as there are little children here." An heirloom of the Turk family is a glass decanter brought from Hol- land, which was used at the wedding of Mrs. Bright's great-grandmother, grandmother, and mother, also at her own and at that of her daughter. Other interesting possessions are an antique iron pot and a sun dial made in I 790.

Elizabeth Garbrance Bright was but nineteen months old when her mother died. She was educated in New York and Boston, her early years being spent in New York, where she re- mained till 1843, when she came to Boston. She was married February 28, 1861, to Will- iam Ellery Bright, a member of the well-known mercantile house of Torrey, Bright & Capen, dealers in carpetings, Washington Street, Bos-

ton. He was born in Mobile, Ala., September, 1831, a son of Henry6 Bright by his first wife. His father has already been mentioned as the eighth child of John and Elizabeth (Brown) Bright. His mother, whose maiden name was Abigail Fiske, was b. in Waltham, November 13, 1794, and d. in Mobile, Ala., November 26, 1833, at the age of thirty-nine years. In 1852-53 William Ellery Bright made a voyage to Cali- fornia as a seaman on board the ship "Flying Fish." He became a member of the firm of Torrey, Bright & Capen in 1855, not long after his return, and continued successfully engaged in business till his death, March 12, 1882. He is survived by Mrs. Bright and three children : Mary Hugenin ; William Ellery, second ; and Ber- tha Tyrell. Mary Hugenin, born May 7, 1862, married December. 19, 1893, Henry Haynie, journalist, who was for some time the Paris cor- respondent of the Boston Herald, Chicago Her- ald, New Orleans Picayune, and the San Fran- cisco Chronicle. They now reside in Newton, and have two children : Hylda, b. May 14, 1895 ; and Helen, b. February 22, 1898. Will- iam Ellery, born October 6, 1864, married Jo- sephine Boerum Jackson, of New York, October 8, 1889, and has three children : Elizabeth Gar- brance, b. January 14, 1891 ; William Ellery, Jr., b. April 10, 1892 ; and Jackson Van Rens- selaer, born October 7, 1899. Bertha Tyrell, born January 28, 1871, resides with her mother at the family home, a handsome residence on Main Street, Waltham. Mrs. Bright has seen not a little of foreign lands, having three times visited Europe.

AMUEL CLARK is an esteemed citizen of Medford, Middlesex County, Mass., where he has been a resident since 1834. For a num- ber of years he was identified with ship-build- ing, and he is now (September, 1901) the only survivor of the old-time Medford ship-builders. His birthplace was in Plymouth County, the home of the "Mayflower " Pilgrims and other early settlers on American soil. Born in the town of Hanover, September 7, 1817, son of Zebulon and Christiana (Josselyn) Clark, he is a descendant of Thomas Clark (said to have

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been son or grandson of Thomas, mate of the "Mayflower "), who went from Plymouth to Scituate in 1674, and m. in 1676 Martha Curtis, daughter of Richard and Lydia (Hol- let) Curtis.

Thomas,' of Scituate, was followed in the male line by Thomas, Jr.,2 who m. September 14, 1705, Alice Rogers; John, 3 a shipwright, who m. Abigail Tolman, of Scituate; and Bel- cher, 4 who m. as his first wife, June 27, 1771, Ann Wade, she being the mother of Zebulon5 Clark, and grandmother of Samuel Clark, of Medford. Belcher4 Clark, who was a ship- builder in Hanover, was a soldier of the Revo- lution, serving as Sergeant about eight months in Rhode Island and elsewhere. His first wife, Ann, d. in 1781; and he m. in 1783 Mrs. Sarah Perry, a widow, daughter of Na- thaniel Josselyn, of Pembroke. Belcher4 Clark d. October 17, 1826, aged eighty-four years. Zebulon5 Clark, also engaged in ship- building, was b. August 4, 1780, d. June 14, 1857. He m. in 1812 Christiana Josselyn, b. February 12, 1790, daughter of Isaac and Pris- cilla (Bourne) Josselyn. She d. April 10, 1883. Her father, Isaac, was b. August 15, 1768, son of Abraham, 5 b. in 1717, and Mary (Soule) Josselyn, who were m. December 16, 1741. The preceding Josselyn ancestors were : Thomas, ' who came to New England in 1635, was at Hingham in 1637, and in 1654 was at Lancaster, where he d. in 1660-61; Abra- ham,2 who came over after his father and set- tled at Lancaster; Henry, 3 who settled at Scit- uate in 1669, and m. November 4, 1676, Abigail Stockbridge (d. October 30, 1730) ; and Nathaniel, 4 who m. Frances Yellings De- cember 27, 1711. Mary Soule was a daughter of Isaac4 and Agatha (Perry) Soule, of Pem- broke, Mass., 'and a descendant of George1 Soule, one of the "Mayflower " Pilgrims.

George' Soule settled at Duxbury. It is known that he m. before 1627, that his wife's name was Mary, and that he d. before Febru- ary, 1680. His son John, 2 b. about 1632, m. in 1655 Rebecca Simmons, his first wife, and d. at Duxbury in 1707. Moses3 m. about 1701 Mercy Southworth, daughter of Edward and Mary (Pabodie) Southworth. Edward Southworth was the son of Constant and Eliza-

beth (Collier) Southworth, who were m. No- vember 2, 1637. Constant Southworth was the son of Constant Southworth, Sr. (a direct descendant of Sir Gilbert Southworth, of Southworth Hall, in the county of Lancaster, Kent), who d. in England, and his wife Alice Carpenter, who in 1623, being then a widow, came over in the "Ann," and was m. to Gov- ernor Bradford. Mary Pabodie, wife of Edward Southworth, was the daughter of William and Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie, and grand-daugh- ter of John and Priscilla (Mullins) Alden. The foregoing shows that Mr. Samuel Clark is a descendant in the ninth generation of John Alden and his wife Priscilla. The following names with figures prefixed show the line: 1, John Alden; 2, Elizabeth Alden; 3, Mary Pa - bodie; 4, Mercy Southworth; 5, Isaac Soule; 6, Mary Soule; 7, Isaac Josselyn; 8, Chris- tiana Josselyn ; 9, Samuel Clark.

Having received a public school education in his native town, Samuel Clark in 1834, in his seventeenth year, came to Medford to learn the trade of ship-joiner. After working as an apprentice and later as a journeyman for a number of years, he engaged in the business for himself. He retired about thirty-five years ago. He has been a member for many years of the Second Congregational Church of Med- ford. Mr. Clark was married January 8, 1845, to Lydia Stetson Eells, daughter of Edward and Sarah (Stetson) Eells. Her parents were mar- ried October 31, 1805. Her father, Edward Eells, ship-builder in Hanover and Medford, and Selectman in Hanover in 1809-10, was son of Captain Roberts Lenthal and Ruth (Copeland) Eells, and grandson of Samuel4 and Hannah (Witherell) Eells. Samuel, 4 b. September 23, 1706, was son of the Rev. Na- thaniel3 Eells, a prominent clergyman of Scitu- ate, whose father, Samuel2 Eells, major in King Philip's War, was for many years a resident of Milford, Conn., and afterward of Hingham, Mass. The father of Samuel2 was John' Eells, who sold his house and land at Dorches- ter in 1640. Captain Robert Lenthal Eells was commander of the South Company in Han- over, which marched April 20, 1775, in re- sponse to the alarm of April 19, to Marshfield ; service, three days. He was one of the Com-

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mittee of Correspondence and Safety in Han- over in 1775 and later years in the Revolution. He was a patriotic, benevolent, and public- spirited citizen and an extensive landholder.

Mrs. Clark's mother, who was b. November 23, 1783, and d. July 30, 1864, was the daugh- ter of Micah5 and Sarah (Copeland) Stetson, of Scituate. Micah5 Stetson, Mrs. Clark's ma- ternal grandfather, was a descendant in the fifth generation of Cornet Robert Stetson, the line being : Robert,1 b. 1613; Samuel,2 b. 1646; Jonah, 3 b. 1691 ; Jonah, 4 b. 1721 ; Micah, 5 b. November 21, 1754. Robert' Stetson was Cornet of the first troop of horse raised in Plymouth County in 1658 or 1659. Probably a native of County Kent, England, he came to this country prior to 1634, and in that year re- ceived a grant of land in Scituate on North River. For seventeen years from 1654, he was a deputy to the General Court of Plym- outh. Several years he was a County Commis- sioner. In 1668 he was commissioned to pur- chase of the Indian Sachem Josias Chickatabat the land now comprising the towns of Hanover and Abington. In King Philip's War he ren- dered valuable service. He d. in February, 1702-3, aged ninety years. Samuel2 held the military rank of Sergeant. The frequent recur- rence of his name on the church records shows that he was active in religious matters. He had six children by his wife, Lydia, whose sur- name is unknown. Jonah3 m., May 31, 1720, Mercy Turner, of Scituate. Jonah4 m. Decem- ber 19, 1751, Elizabeth Hatch. Micah5 was Representative of Scituate in the State Legis- lature in 1815 and 1816. He d. January 27, 1838. He m. March 23, 1783, Sarah Cope- land, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Tol- man) Copeland, and sister of Ruth, above named. Joseph Copeland was the son of Will- iam and Mary (Bass) Copeland, and grandson of John and Ruth (Alden) Bass, Ruth Alden being a daughter of John and Priscilla (Mul- lins) Alden, and grand-daughter of William and Alice Mullins - four ancestors who came over in the "Mayflower " in 1620.

Mrs. Lydia Eells Clark died April 22, 1897, leaving two daughters - Mary Smith and Sarah Louisa. The Misses Clark live with their father at the Clark home in Med-

ford. They are members of the Society of "Mayflower " Descendants and of the Daugh- ters of the American Revolution.

AMES WILKINSON CLAPP, M.D., drug merchant, of Boston, was born in this city, September 27, 1847, son of Otis and Mary (Hadley) Clapp. He is a descendant in the eighth generation of Roger Clapp, who came to New Eng- land in the ship " Mary and John " in 1630, ar- riving at Nantasket on the thirtieth day of May, and settling at Dorchester in June. The line is : Roger, Preserved,2 Samuel,3-4 Timothy,5 Elisha Bascom,6 Otis,7 James Wilkinson8.

Roger Clapp was b. in Salcombe-Regis, Dev- onshire, England, in 1609. He served a num- ber of terms as Selectman of Dorchester, sev- eral terms as Deputy to the General Court, and for twenty-one years, dating from August, 1665, as captain of the Castle (now Fort Independence) in Boston Harbor. After leaving the Castle he resided at the South End, Boston. He was one of the founders of the church at Dorchester. He was m. in 1633 to Johanna Ford, who came over with him and her father, Thomas Ford, in the "Mary and John." Preserved2 Clapp, b. in 1643, removed when about twenty years of age to Northampton, where he became an influential citizen, active in civil, military, and religious affairs, serving as Representative to the General Court, as Captain of the militia, and as Ruling Elder in the church. He m. in 1668 Sarah, daughter of Benjamin Newbury. Samuel,3 b. in 1677, m. first Sarah Bartlett, secondly Thank- ful King, and thirdly Mary Sheldon. Sam- uel,4 his third child and eldest by his third wife, was b. in 1711. He m. in 1732 Mindwell Strong, daughter of Waitstill and Mindwell (Bartlett) Strong, of Northampton. Waitstill,3 her father, was son of Thomas2 and Rachel (Holton) Strong and grandson of Elder John' and Abigail (Ford) Strong, of Northampton, whose posterity includes a long array of dis- tinguished names. Samuel+ Clapp, some years after his marriage, removed to Southampton. Timothy,5 b. in 1740, m. in 1761 Rachel, daughter of Jonathan Bascom. Elisha Bas- com6 Clapp, b. in 1779, m. Sally Hale, a sister

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of Nathan Hale, the father of the Rev. Dr. Edward Everett Hale.

Otis7 Clapp, b. at Westhampton, March 3, 1806, came to Boston in 1823, and was em- ployed by his uncle, Nathan Hale, as clerk in the counting-room of the Daily Advertiser. In 1831 he became associated with Charles Stimp- son, under the firm name of Stimpson & Clapp, booksellers and publishers, Mr. Hale being a silent partner. A series of volumes, entitled "The American Library of Useful Knowledge," was published by them. They also issued an- nually the Boston Directory. The partnership was dissolved in 1832, and Mr. Clapp next en- gaged in publishing New Church literature, in- cluding the writings of Swedenborg, the New Jerusalem Magazine (1833-58), and the Chil- dren's New Church Magazine (1843-58). In 1856 he established a homœopathic pharmacy in the Albion Building on Beacon Street, but had previously been engaged in the sale of homœo- pathic medicines since 1840. He was ap- pointed by President Lincoln in 1863 Assessor of Internal Revenue, which position he filled until the consolidation of the internal revenue districts, when he was appointed Collector of the fourth district, where he served until 1875. He served also in various municipal offices, as member of the City Council, of the Board of Aldermen, the Board of Land Commissioners, and Board of Assessors, and as Representative to the State Legislature. He was also on the boards of various charitable associations and for many years president of the Washingtonian Home for Inebriates in Boston, and was ac- tively interested in the Home for Little Wan- derers. He was one of the originators and managers of the Clapp Family Memorial Gath- erings, held in 1870 and 1873, and one of the Committee of Publication of the Record of the Clapp.Family in America, issued in 1876. He d. October 19, 1886.

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Genealogy and history of representative citizens of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, Part 3

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