Genealogy and history of representative citizens of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, Part 40

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

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Mr. Bicknell was married in Somerville, Mass., July 20, 1875, to Margaret Elizabeth, daughter of Oliver William and Sarah (Simp- son) Peabody. Mrs. Bicknell is a grand- daughter of Asa Peabody (b. at Andover, Mass., in 1758), a great-grand-daughter of Lieu- tenant Oliver, and great-great-grand-daughter of John3, of Boxford and Andover. John3 Pea- body was a grandson of Francis Peabody, b. in 1614, who came to this country in 1635, and about 1650 settled at Topsfield, Mass., Massachusetts Bay Colony. Asa Peabody early settled in Bucksport, Me., where Mrs. Bicknell was born.

ONATHAN EDWARDS HARLOW, M. D., was born at Middleboro, Mass., May 2, 1824, and died at Hingham, Mass., May 29, 1880. He was a son of Stephen and Patience (Ellis) Harlow, and was of English Colonial stock.

Sergeant William' Harlow, from whom he was lineally descended, was b. about 1624, probably in England, but certainly of English ancestors, and d. in Plymouth, Mass., August 26, 1691. As a boy of thirteen years he was in Lynn in the early part of 1637, later was in Sandwich, removed to Plymouth in 1638, and was there made freeman in 1654. He was Deputy to the General Court in 1673 and 1675, and a Selectman of Plymouth from 1669 until 1691. By trade he was a cooper. He m., first, in 1649, Rebecca Bartlett, daughter of Robert and Mary (Warren) Bartlett, and grand- daughter of Richard Warren, who was a "May- flower " passenger. William2 Harlow, the fourth child b. of this union, d. January 28, 1711, in that part of Plymouth called "Mano- met Ponds." Both he and his wife Lydia, daughter of Elder Thomas Cushman, were members of the church in Plymouth. Their son Thomas, 3 b. in 1686, m. Jedidah Church- ill, daughter of Eleazer Churchill, and resided

at Manomet Ponds, Plymouth. His son Jona- than, 4 b. in 1718, m. Sarah, daughter of Dea- con Elisha Holmes, of Plymouth. Jonathan, Jr., 5 b. 1746, at Manomet Ponds, lived at Plymouth and later at Middleboro. His wife Betty, daughter of Deacon John Blackmer, of Plymouth, d. at Middleboro, September 9, 1833. They had a number of children, and one of their sons was Branch Harlow, some time High Sheriff of Plymouth County. (See Har- low Family in New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1860.) Stephen6 Har- low, of Middleboro, son of Jonathan5 and Betty Harlow, d. March 24, 1853, aged sixty-three years, eight months. Mrs. Patience Harlow d. February II, 1859, aged seventy-six years, seven months, sixteen days. [State Records. ]

Jonathan Edwards7 Harlow, M. D., born at Middleboro, Mass., May 2, 1824, son of Ste- phen6 and Patience (Ellis) Harlow, received his degree from Harvard Medical School in 1848. He settled in Hingham, Mass., and was for many years one of the leading physi- cians of the town. On October 29, 1851, at Hanson, Mass., he married Elizabeth Frances Luther, daughter of Job Luther, of Hanson. She died at Hingham, June 1, 1861, in the thirty-second year of her age. On April 22, 1863, he married for his second wife Sally Gill Thaxter. She died April 9, 1871. Dr. Harlow died May 29, 1880, aged fifty-six years, leaving three children, of whom the following is a brief record : Jonathan Edwards8 Harlow, Jr., born October 12, 1852, married in Providence, R. I., November 6, 1878, Ella Hodges, daughter of Lewis Tiffany and Mary Alice (Morse) Hodges. Elizabeth Luther Harlow, born in 1854, married Joseph L. Fos- ter, of Brookline, by whom she has one child - Margaret Harlow Foster, now attending Smith College, Northampton, Mass. Lucy Allen Harlow, born in 1857, married Newton Crane, of Newton, Mass.

Ella Hodges, wife of Jonathan Edwards& Harlow, was born in Providence, R.I., No- vember 23, 1855, a daughter of Lewis Tiffany and Mary A. (Morse) Hodges. She traces her paternal ancestry back to William' Hodges, who was an early settler of Taunton, Mass., where he d. April 2, 1654. His name first

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appears on the Taunton records in 1643. He was made a freeman June 5, 1651. He was one of the original stockholders of the Taun- ton Iron Works, paying one hundred dollars for a whole share, and seems to have been a man of considerable property. Henry2 Hodges, b. in Taunton in 1652, d. there September 30, 1717. He was Captain of the local military company many years, was a Selectman twenty- eight years, a Representative to the General Court five years, and served the church as Deacon and as Presiding Elder. He acquired

a large amount of real estate. On December 17, 1674, he m. Esther Gallop, daughter of John and Hannah (Lake) Gallop. Their son, Joseph3 Hodges, was b. about 1689 in Taunton. He served four years as Assessor in Norton, was six years a Selectman, Representative to the General Court in 1737, and was elected Deacon of the church in 1736. He received his commission as Ensign in the militia in 1729, as Captain in 1737, and in 1745 was Major of the Bristol County Regiment that took part in the capture of Louisburg. He d. while returning from that expedition. On March II, 1712-3, he m. Bethiah Williams, who d. after October, 1731, leaving among other children, a son named Isaac. He m. in 1738 Mary (Toogood) (Kent) Barney. Isaac4 Hodges, b. in Norton, February 4, 1728-9, d. in that part of Norton called "Crooked Meadow," in 1807. He served in the Rev- olutionary War, being Captain of the Second Company, Fourth Bristol County Regiment, in 1776, and commissioned Lieutenant-Colo- nel of that regiment June 10, 1779. On Jan- uary 31, 1750-I, he m. Mary, daughter of Benjamin and Mary (Turner) Pratt. Their son, Isaac5 Hodges, b. in Norton, August 25, 1757, d. in that town July 25, 1840. He was a minuteman in April, 1775, under Cap- tain Morey, and subsequently served two terms of enlistment in the Revolutionary Army. He was prominent in church and town affairs, serv- ing ten years as Assessor, sixteen years as Selectman, three years as moderator at town meetings, four years as a Representative to the General Court, thirty-two years as Coroner, and for a number of terms as Justice of the Peace. On July 25, 1782, at Attleboro, Mass., he m.

Chloe, daughter of Nathaniel and Bethany (Eddy) Bishop. They had eight children, Charles,6 the third, being b. in Norton, Janu- ary 2, 1787, d. in Jersey City, N. J., March 25, 1870. When a young man, Charles6 Hodges entered upon a mercantile career, beginning as a clerk in Providence, R. I., and gradually work- ing his way upward until he became one of the leading dry-goods merchants of that city. Later he was in the coal trade. Accumulating a good property, he retired from active business in 1865. He m. November 12, 1810, Julia Ann, daughter of Ezekiel and Lydia (Yates) Burr. Lewis Tiffany7 Hodges, of Providence, R. I., seventh child of Charles and Julia A. (Burr) Hodges, was b. July 24, 1822, and d. January 20, 1881. He was a manufacturing jeweller, carrying on business in both Provi- dence and New York City. He m. December 13, 1848, Mary Alice Morse, a daughter of Nathan and Alice Sweet (Dana) Morse, of Providence. Two daughters were b. to them, namely : Kate, and Ella (now Mrs. Harlow).

OSIAH Q. BENNETT, of Cambridge, Mass., is a son of the late Clark Ben- nett and grandson of Moses Bennett. He comes of Revolutionary stock, his great-grandfather, Deacon David Bennett, hav- ing borne arms in the struggle for American independence.

Deacon David Bennett was b. in Harvard, Mass., May 28, 1761, son of Moses and Joanna Bennett. His father d. at Harvard, December 14, 1761, and his mother d. November 19, 1764. Thus left an orphan at a tender age, young David was taken into the family of a maternal uncle, Timothy Knight, of Lancaster, Mass., where he was reared. On April 26, 1775, at the age of fourteen years, he enlisted in Captain Stearns's company, under Colonel Doolittle, being afterward in the company of Captain Jones in the same regiment. Return- ing with his comrades to Winter Hill on Octo- ber 6, 1775, he was there in camp until the expiration of his term of enlistment, December 31, 1775. In 1776 he again enlisted as a pri- vate in Captain Manasseh Sawyer's company, Colonel Dike's regiment, serving until Janu-

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ary 1, 1777. Returning then to Lancaster, he lived with his uncle until attaining his major- ity. He subsequently spent two years in Groton, Mass., going thence to Westmoreland, N. H., where he resided seventeen years. The following two years he spent in Windham, Vt., then removed to Londonderry, Vt., and while there became connected with the Baptist church at that time organized in the near-by town of Jamaica. In 1807 he transferred his membership to the Baptist church then formed in Windham, and, being appointed Deacon, he faithfully filled that office until his removal in 1813 to Dummerston, Vt., where he resided until his death, June 9, 1848.

Deacon Bennett had two wives. On Decem- ber 4, 1783, by the Rev. Timothy Harrington, he was m. to Abigail Chase, of Lancaster, Mass., their intentions having been published November 12, 1783. She d. in Windham, Vt. In 1811 Deacon Bennett m. Selina Holmes, who was b. May 24, 1778, and d. August 5, 1853, at Dummerston, Vt. Eight children were the fruit of the first marriage, and seven of the second.

Moses Bennett was b. at Groton, Mass. He removed with his parents to Westmoreland, N. H., and thence to Windham, Vt. Follow- ing the occupation of a farmer, he continued his residence in the Green Mountain State until his death in 1879. He m. Rhoda Dag- gett, daughter of Reuben6 and Esther (Cobb) Daggett, of Westmoreland, N. H., where she was b. March 8, 1788. Reuben6 Daggett was b. in Attleboro, Mass., in 1755, son of Reu- ben5 (Nathaniel, 4-3 John2-1) and his wife, Isa- bel Round. Of the nine children b. to Moses Bennett and his wife, Rhoda, two are still living, namely : Esther, wife of David Hill, of Aurora, Ill. ; and Maranda, wife of Henry F. Parker, also of Aurora, Ill.

Clark Bennett, son of Moses and Rhoda, was b. November 3, 1810, at South London- derry, Vt. Leaving home when he was seven- teen years of age, he walked to Boston, being several days on the journey. Securing em- ployment in a brickyard, he followed the trade of brickmaking several summers, but in the winter seasons taught in the district schools of Vermont, In 1831 he established himself in

business as a brick manufacturer in Somerville, later opening a brickyard in Charlestown, and during the quarter of a century that he was thus employed he accumulated considerable property. On disposing of his brickyards, he became an insurance agent, representing vari- ous companies, and carrying on a lucrative business until his death, January 6, 1882. A man of much force of character, upright in his dealings, public-spirited and influential, he possessed in a marked degree the confidence of the community in which he resided, and in working for the best interests of the city of Somerville provided as far as possible for its future necessities. He was very active in having the Miller River nuisance abolished, was one of the projectors of the excellent sewerage system of Somerville, was influential in having Somerville Avenue widened and graded, and in the construction of the public park lent material assistance. All of these improvements bear witness to his unremitting efforts to place Somerville on a par with its sister cities. For a number of years he served as Town Treasurer of Somerville, was an Alderman three years, and for eleven years was a member of the School Board, serving as its chairman a part of the time. On April 8, 1868, by a vote of the local school board, the Bennett School of Somerville was named in his honor.

Clark Bennett m. in 1834 Hannah Whit- man, who was b. in South Londonderry, Vt., August 30, 1814. Her parents, Abial and Hannah (Sawtelle) Whitman, were both of English descent. She survived him a short time, dying February 13, 1883. Twelve chil- dren were b. of their union, nine of whom are still living; namely, Hannah Gustinah, George Eldon, Edwin Clark, Irvin Morley, Harriet Elizabeth, Josiah Quincy, Malvina Maria, and Dexter Franklin and Dana Ware (twins). Hannah Gustinah d. October 31, 1900. She was twice m. Her first husband, George Byron Ware, of Somerville, d. in 1858. Her second, Charles E. Hall, of Cambridge, sur- vives her. George E. Bennett m. Julia Snell- ing Stearns, of St. Louis, Mo. Edwin C. m. Fanny Dupree, of St. Louis, Mo., and has two children - Hannah and Francis Dupree. Han-

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nah, who m. W. A. Wilkinson, of St. Louis, has two children - Florence E. and Horace B. ; and Francis D., who m. Sarah Claypool, of Kentucky, has two children - Edwin C. and William C. Irvin M. Bennett m. Nellie Mitchell, of East Cambridge, Mass., and is the father of two children - Clara and Esther. Harriet Elizabeth is the wife of J. Henry Bean, of Dorchester, Mass., and has two chil- dren, namely : Florence, wife of William Leighton, of Ashmont, Mass. ; and Helen F. In November, 1882, Dexter m. Grace Ells- worth, of Somerville, daughter of Lyman and Elizabeth (Pond) Ellsworth. They have one child, Robert, b. October 25, 1883. Dana W. m. Nellie Lucinda Coburn, daughter of Ly- man R. and Lucinda (Fletcher) Coburn, of Somerville. They have two children - Hazel and Richard. . Malvina Maria Bennett, Ph. B., a graduate of Boston University College of Liberal Arts, is now a member of the faculty of the university, holding the chair, Snow Professor of Elocution, and an instructor at Wellesley College.

Josiah Q. Bennett, whose name begins this sketch, married Jennie Holland, daughter of Silas and Sarah Shattuck (Locke) Holland, of Somerville.' They have five children now living, namely : Holland Bennett, born De- cember 15, 1881 ; Harold Whitman Bennett, December 30, 1883; Ruth Bennett, February 1, 1886; Edward Locke Bennett, June 9, 1888 . and Josiah Clark Bennett, June 2, 1894. The sixth child, Philip Rogers Bennett, born March 22, 1897, died June 6, 1898.

DWARD STANDISH BRADFORD, Treasurer and Receiver-general of the

State of Massachusetts, was born in North Providence, R. I., December 1, 1842, son of Shadrach Standish and Dorcas Brown (Lockwood) Bradford. He is a descendant of Governor William Bradford, Captain Myles Standish, John Alden, George Soule, and Rich- ard Warren, "Mayflower " pilgrims; of John Faunce, who came over in the "Ann" in 1623; of Roger Williams, the founder of Providence, and of several other worthies who took a prominent part in the early settlement

of New England. The Bradford line is: Will- iam, 1-2 John, 3 Samuel, 4 Gideon, 5-6 Zabdiel, 7 Shadrach Standish8.

William Bradford, who in April, 1621, suc- ceeded John Carver as Governor of Plymouth, and in later years wrote the History of the Colony, was b. at Austerfield, Yorkshire, Eng- land, baptized there in 1589. He was a son of William, Jr., and Alice (Hanson) Brad- ford, and grandson of William, Sr., of Auster- field. Governor Bradford's first wife, Dorothy May, was drowned. She left one son, John. His second wife was Alice, daughter of Alex- ander Carpenter, and widow of Constant South- worth. Her first husband d. in England, and she came to Plymouth on the "Ann" in 1623. The children of this marriage were : William, Mercy, and Joseph.

William2 Bradford, b. in Plymouth, June 17, 1624, for some years served as Deputy Governor. By his first wife, Alice, daughter of Thomas Richards, of Weymouth, Mass., he had ten children - John, William, Thomas, Samuel, Alice, Hannah, Mercy, Melatiah, Mary, and Sarah; by his second wife (a widow Wiswall) he had a son, Joseph; and by his third wife (Mary Holmes, a widow) he had four - Israel, Ephraim, David, and Hezekiah.

John3 Bradford, who was b. February 20, 1653, located in Kingston, Mass. In 1674 he m. Mercy Warren, daughter of Joseph2 and Priscilla (Faunce) Warren, Joseph being a son of Richard' Warren, the pilgrim. Priscilla Faunce was a daughter of John Faunce, who came on the "Ann" in 1623, and in 1634 m. Patience, daughter of George Morton. The children of John3 and Mercy Bradford were : John, Alice, Abigail, Mercy, Samuel, Pris- cilla, William, James, Zadock, and Eliphalet.

Samuel+ Bradford was b. December 23, 1683, and d. March 26, 1740. Hem. in 1714 Sarah, daughter of Edward Gray, of Tiverton, R. I., and their children were: John, Gideon, Will- iam, Mary, Sarah, William (second), Mercy, Abigail, Phœbe, and Samuel.

Gideon5 Bradford, whose birth took place October 27, 1718-9, resided in Plympton, Mass., and d. in 1793. He m. in 1741 Jane, daughter of Ichabod and Joanna (Faunce) Pad- dock, their family numbered seven children -

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Levi, Joseph, Sarah, Samuel, Gideon, Calvin, and Jenny.

Gideon6 Bradford, b. in 1752, d. in April, 1805. He m. Abigail Sampson, and was the father of nine children - Zabdiel, Gideon, Abram, Abigail, Isaac, Elizabeth, Cynthia, Sampson, and William. Abigail Sampson, wife of Gideon6 Bradford, was a daughter of Zabdiel4 and Abiah (Whitmarsh) Sampson, of Plympton, and grand-daughter of George (George,2 Abraham1) and Hannah (Soule) Sampson. Hannah, wife of George3 Samp- son, was a daughter of John2 Soule, whose father, George' Soule, came in the "May- flower " in 1620. Zabdiel4 Sampson was a soldier in the French and Indian War and in the early part of the Revolution, serving eight months in 1775, and then re-enlisting. He was killed at the battle of Harlam, N. Y., Sep- tember 16, 1776, in the fiftieth year of his age.

Zabdiel7 Bradford, who was b. in January, 1779, and d. in May, 1843, m. Mary Standish, and their children were: Mary, Zabdiel, Shad- rach Standish, and Martha. Mary m. Thomas Fish, of Pembroke, Mass. Zabdiel m. Ann Harris, of Yarmouth, Me. Martha m. the Rev. Francis Smith, of South Reading, Mass.

Shadrach Standish8 Bradford was b. May 24, 1812, and d. August 24, 1875. He was m. on November 2, 1841, to Dorcas Brown Lock- wood (b. February 10, 1821, d. July 13, 1872), whose ancestry is given below. Their children are: Edward Standish, the direct sub- ject of this article; Alice Lockwood, b. June 4, 1844, who d. September 8, 1881; Mary Standish, b. December 18, 1853; and Moses Brown Lockwood, b. February 13, 18 56.

Mary Standish, who m. Zabdiel7 Bradford, was of the seventh generation from the redoubt- able Captain Myles Standish, of Plymouth Colony, the line being : Myles,' Alexander, 2 Ebenezer, 3 Zachariah, 4 Ebenezer, 5 Shadrach, 6 Mary7. Myles Standish, b. in 1584, came on the "Mayflower " in 1620, and d. in Duxbury, October 1, 1656. His son, Alexander,2 m. Sarah, daughter of John' and Priscilla (Mul- lins) Alden. Ebenezer3 Standish (b. in 1673, d. March 19, 1755) by wife Hannah had six children - - Zachariah, Moses, Hannah, Zeru-

iah, Sarah, Ebenezer, and Mercy. Zachariah4 Standish, b. October 12, 1698, d. March 30, 1770. He m. Abigail Whitman October 13, 1720, and had three sons - Zachariah, Peleg, and Ebenezer, and three daughters. Ebenezer5 Standish, b. October 16, 1721, d. November 28, 1747. He m. October 30, 1723, Averich Churchill, daughter of Isaac and Susannah (Leach) Churchill, and had two sons - Eben- ezer and Shadrach, and two daughters. Shad- rach6 Standish, b. May 12, 1746, d. Novem- ber 29, 1851, at the age of over one hundred and five years. On April 25, 1771, he m. Mary5 Churchill (David4-3, William1-2), who was b. July 21, 1754, and d. July 25, 1827. She became the mother of eight children, namely : Averich, Ellis, Jane, Shadrach and Levi (twins), Abigail, Mary, and Sarah, the eldest b. in 1772, the youngest in 1788.

Dorcas Brown Lockwood was a descendant of Robert' Lockwood, who emigrated from Eng- land about the year 1630, settling first in Watertown, Mass., removing about 1646 to Fairfield, Conn., and later to Norwalk, Conn. Lieutenant Gershom2 Lockwood was b. in Watertown in 1643, son of Robert,1 became one of the twenty-seven original proprietors of Greenwich, Conn., and d. there in 1718. He m. Ann Millington, a native of England (Lady Ann Millington according to tradition). It is recorded that he also m. Elizabeth, daugh- ter of John Townsend, and widow of Gideon Wright; but it is not stated which of the two wives of Gershom Lockwood was his first. The Lockwood line was continued by Abra - ham3 Lockwood, who was b. in Greenwich, Conn., about 1669, and d. in Old Warwick, R.I., in 1747. He m. Sarah Westcott, who was b. in 1673, and d. in 1780, aged one hun- dred and seven years - the second instance in this history of remarkable longevity, if the dates of birth and death are correctly given. Captain Amos+ Lockwood, who was b. in War- wick in 1695, m. in 1725 Sarah Utter (b. Au- gust 1, 1707, d. January 4, 1781), daughter of William Utter, of Warwick. Captain Benonis Lockwood, who was b. in Warwick, November 26, 1733, and d. at Cranston, R. I., February 19, 1781, m. Phebes Waterman, who was b. April 11, 1748, and d. October 19, 1808,

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She m. . for her second husband Moses Brown. She was a daughter of Resolved4 and Sarah (Carr) Waterman, grand-daughter of Captain John3 and Anne (Olney) Waterman, and great- grand-daughter of Resolved2 and Mercy (Will- iams) Waterman, the former of whom was a son of Richard' Waterman, of Providence, whose death occurred in October, 1673. Her great-grandmother, Mercy Williams, was a daughter of Roger Williams, the founder of Providence, who has a claim to everlasting honor for being the first on these shores to advocate absolute liberty of conscience and religious tolerance. He m. in England, shortly before embarking for America, Mary Warnard (or Warner). Their daughter Mercy (b. 1640) m., first, Resolved2 Waterman; sec- ond, Samuel Windsor ; and third, John

Rhodes. Phebe Waterman was also a descend- ant of Thomas' Olney, through Thomas2 and Elizabeth (Marsh) Olney, parents of her grand- mother, Anne Olney Waterman. Benoni6 Lockwood was b. in Cranston, R. I., April 2, 1777, and d. April 26, 1852. He was a sea- captain in his younger days, and later a civil engineer. On April 29, 1798, he m. Phebe Greene, who was b. January 20, 1781, and died April 30, 1837, daughter of Rhodes and Phebe (Vaughan) Greene. Rhodes6 Greene (b. 1755, d. 1821) was a son of Stephen and Mary (Rhodes) Greene. Stephen5 was a son of Thomas and Sarah (Berry) Greene; Thomas4 was a son of Peter and Elizabeth (Slocum) Greene; Peter3 was a son of James and Eliza- beth (Anthony) Greene; James2 was a son of Dr. John' and Joanna (Tattershall) Greene; and Dr. John was a son of Peter Greene, of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. General Na- thaniel Greene of the Revolution was of this family of Greene, being a lineal descendant of James2.

Edward Standish9 Bradford prepared for col- lege at the University Grammar School, Provi- dence, but was prevented by impaired health from entering Brown University as he had in- tended. A year and a half spent in foreign travel, having failed to produce the desired improvement in his physical condition, he was at length reluctantly forced to abandon his long cherished ambition for a classical educa-

tion, and to await the gradual return of health while following an active business career. He accordingly entered the office of Bradford & Taft, manufacturers of woollen goods, Provi- dence, of which firm his father was the senior member, the junior being Royal Chapin Taft, afterward Governor of Rhode Island. Here he had an excellent business training. In 1870, two years after his marriage, he accepted the position of factotum of Samuel Slater & Sons' large interests in Webster, Mass., employing from two thousand to three thousand opera- tives. He thus continued until 1878, when he was appointed treasurer of the Hampden Cot- ton Mills at Holyoke, Mass., and took up his residence in Springfield, which city has been his home for the past twenty-three years. In 1885 he retired from active business pursuits, though he is still, as he has been for years, a director of the Chapin National Bank.

Mr. Bradford began his long and honorable public career in Webster, where he served as chairman of the board of Selectmen and Over- seer of the Poor. After his removal to Spring- field, continuing his active participation in public affairs, he was elected to the Common Council for the years 1886, 1887, and 1888. During this period his ability as a man of affairs came to be generally recognized, and resulted in his election to the office of Mayor, in which he served for 1889, 1890, and 1891. As a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1894, he served upon the Committees on Cities and on Election Laws. He was elected to the Senate for 1895, and re- elected for the years 1896-97, his work embrac- ing the chairmanship of the Committees on Cities, Ways and Means, Bills in Third Read- ing, Expenditures, Treasury, Towns, Woman Suffrage, and Rules. In 1899 he was ap- pointed by Governor Wolcott to the State Board of Insanity. As the result of his able administration of the financial affairs of the State as Treasurer and Receiver-general for the years 1900-01, he has been honored with a re-election for a third term. In politics he is, as may be inferred, a Republican; and he was chairman of the Springfield Republican City Committee in 1896. He has served on the Board of Park Commissioners for many years.

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Genealogy and history of representative citizens of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, Part 40

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