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the son of John Grosvenor, who came from England to Roxbury, Mass , previous to 1686, and who was in direct line from the Grosve- nors, Earls of Chester, England. Ebenezer Paine d. in the same town over thirty years later, March 29, 1789, aged seventy-seven years, five months, and fourteen days. They were the parents of six children.
Lester Paine was b. at West Woodstock, Conn., May II, 1742, and baptized on July 25 of the same year. About 1780 he removed to Uxbridge, Mass., where he m. Mary Eliza- beth Draper, daughter of David Draper, and built a large house in 1780 that is now well known as the Paine homestead. On December 8, 1787, the house of David Draper was destroyed by fire, on which sad occasion Mr. Draper, then aged eighty years, and his wife, aged eighty-two, with two grandchil- dren, were burned to death, David Draper, Jr., and his wife escaping. Lester Paine d. July 7, 1821, at the age of seventy-nine years; and his wife on November 6, 1830, aged eighty. They had three children, one son and two daughters.
David Draper Paine, eldest child of Lester and Mary E. Paine, and father of John Shearer Paine, was b. at Uxbridge, Mass., July 26, 1788. He was at first, when a young man, a successful school-teacher, but subsequently fol- lowed the trade of farmer. For thirty or forty years he was one of the prominent citizens of Uxbridge, holding at different times many town offices. He was chairman of the Board of Selectmen and Assessor for many years, and „took an active part in town meetings, espe- cially in the debates. He was Deacon of the Baptist Church for many years, and was re- spected as a man of influence in the town. He d. November 18, 1854, aged sixty-six years. He m. Jemima French, of Uxbridge, who was b. in the year 1800, and d. April 23, 1859. They had eight children, of whom three are now living -- John Shearer, Nathaniel, and George F. D.
George F. D. Paine, on the death of his father in 1854, being then a student at Ux- bridge Academy, fitting himself for college, left school, giving up his plans for a higher education, and entered upon the active duties
of business life. For about four years, begin- ning in 1857, when he first came to live in Boston, he was in the employ of Shearer & Paine, furniture dealers on Canal Street, Mr. Paine of the firm being John S. Paine, his eldest brother. In July, 1861, George F. D. Paine enlisted for three years in the Fourth Battalion of Rifles, which was soon merged into the Thirteenth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. He fought in the engage- ments at Thoroughfare Gap, Va., and Cedar Mountain, and at the Second Battle of Manas- sas, where he was wounded. On account of his being disabled, he was discharged Novem- ber 15, 1862.
Soon after the close of the war for the Union, Mr. Paine again turned his attention to the manufacture and sale of furniture in Boston, in connection with his brother, John S. Paine, whose former partner, Mr. Shearer, was no longer living. Faithful and compe- tent, he was soon intrusted with the practical management of the business, in which he shortly became a partner, and in 1894, on his brother's withdrawal and the formation of the Paine Furniture Company, he was chosen to his present position as president of the com- pany and active head of its extensive business interests. The Paine establishment for the manufacture and sale of furniture is the largest of its kind in the country, a building seven stories high, occupying an entire block bounded by Friend, Market, and Canal Streets, Boston.
Mr. Paine is a Deacon of the First Baptist Church on Commonwealth Avenue (Francis H. Rowley, D. D., pastor). He is also super- intendent of the Sunday-school, and leuds a willing hand to various kinds of philanthropic service. He was married November 26, 1863, to Miss Mary Elizabeth Inman, of Uxbridge, daughter of Elisha and Mary (Adams) Inman. Mr. and Mrs. Paine have one child, an adopted daughter, Marjory Elizabeth. Their residence is at II Bay State Road, Boston. Mr. Paine has travelled extensively in this country and in Europe. In 1892, with his family, he made a trip around the world, visiting Japan, China, Ceylon, India, Egypt, Palestine, and all the European countries.
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AMES STONE HENRY, of Water- town, Mass., was born March 8, 1844, in Swanzey, N. H., a son of John Park and Laura (Stone) Henry. He comes of Colonial stock, being a direct descendant of George and Elizabeth Henry, who were living in Lunenburg, Mass., in the first half of the eighteenth century, their son William being his great-grandfather.
William Henry was b. January 22, 1746-7, in Lunenburg, in which place he grew to man- hood. Soon after his marriage with Mary Conn, some time between 1770 and 1776, he removed to Chesterfield, N. H., where he con- tinued to reside until his death on November 7, 1783. Among his children was a son James, who was the next in line of descent. James Henry spent his earlier life in Chesterfield, N. H., subsequently removing to Swanzey, that State, where he d. at a ripe old age, his death occurring February 25, 1854. In 1798 he m. Mary Willard, who d. February 25, 1850. John Park Henry, a lifelong resident of Swan- zey, N. H., was b. September 2, 1806, and d. August 14, 1847, while yet in the prime of manhood. He was a farmer by occupation, and a much respected citizen. In 1834 he m. Laura Stone, who was b. in Chesterfield, N. H., a daughter of Amaziah and Fanny (Hall) Stone, her father being a native of Harvard, Mass.
James Stone Henry was reared among the hills of his native state, receiving a practical education in the district schools. After leav- ing home, he spent a number of years in Am- herst, Mass., removing thence to Watertown in 1883. Since that time he has carried on busi- ness in Brighton, where he has acquired prom- inence as an extensive dealer in cattle.
On January 29, 1868, in Chesterfield, N. H., Mr. Henry married Elizabeth Arvilla Hills, who was born in Winchester, N. H., Septem- ber 19, 1843, a daughter of Elisha and Arvilla (Dickinson) Hills. Mrs. Henry is of English ancestry, being a descendant in the seventh generation of Joseph' Hills, the immigrant ancestor of her family, the line being: Jo- seph, 1-2 Samuel, 3-4 Moses, 5 Elisha, 6 Elizabeth7. Joseph Hills, b. in England, emigrated with his family to New England, becoming an early
settler of Newbury, Mass., where his death occurred in 1671. Joseph2 Hills came to Massachusetts with his parents, and resided in Newbury till his death in 1688. Samuel3 Hills removed from Newbury to Rutland, Vt., being one of its early, if not one of its pioneer settlers. Samuel4 Hills was b. in Rutland in 1702, and spent the larger part of his active life in Swanzey, N. H. Moses5 Hills was b. in Swanzey, N. H., March 19, 1767, and d. December 3, 1842. Elisha6 Hills, b. in Swanzey, N. H., October 20, 1810, d. in Wellsville, N. Y., December 30, 1889. Eliz- abeth Arvilla7 Hills m. James Stone Henry.
Mr. and Mrs. James S. Henry have four children, namely : James Hills, born in Am- herst, Mass., November 14, 1871, who died August 22, 1873; Ralph Coolidge, born in Amherst, January 10, 1875; Laura Anna, born in Amherst, August II, 1877 ; and Rich- ard, born in Watertown, September 2, 1887.
ARON CLOUES BELL, a well-known resident of Winchester, was born No- vember 9, 1834, in Provincetown, Mass., a son of William Richards and Phebe Ann (Cloues) Bell. His paternal grandfather, William Bell, was a native of Boston, where he was engaged throughout his active life as a mason contractor and builder. He m. Mary Richards, who was b. in England, and came to this country with her uncle Richards and his two daughters to be educated in Bos- ton. Two children were the fruit of their union, namely : William Richards and Mary Richards.
William Richards Bell was b. in Boston in 1807, and after obtaining his early education in the public schools of that city, receiving a Franklin medal as best reader and writer, he learned the grocery trade. He subsequently lived at Provincetown a few years, returning from there to Boston, then removing to Chel- sea when there were but two stores and one church in the place, going into business with Mr. Cloues under the firm name of Bell & Cloues. He was one of a committee of ten to build the First Unitarian Church of Chelsea. He d. in 1873, aged sixty-seven years. Will-
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iam Richards Bell was instrumental in the laying of the first plank sidewalk in Province- town. He also introduced into that historic community the first piano, the advent of which created no little excitement, and people came from the neighboring towns solely for the pur- pose of hearing him play upon the instrument. He m. in 1828 Phebe Ann Cloues, a daughter of Jacob and Phebe (Low) Cloues, and a de- scendant on the maternal side of the Low fam- ily of Boston.
Jacob Cloues, Sr., grandfather of Phebe Ann, was probably the first of this surname to establish himself in Boston. He was a tobac- conist on Fish Street (now North) in 1798, probably having come there only a few years previous to that date, as the name Cloues is not in the directory for 1789. That Jacob Cloues, Sr., d. in 1799, is evident from the fact that on December 10 of that year Hannah Cloues, of Boston, widow, was appointed admin- istratrix of the estate. of Jacob Cloues, late of Boston, tobacconist, deceased, William Mc- Kean, tobacconist, being one of her bondsmen. On January 13, 1801, Hannah Cloues was appointed guardian to Jacob, William, and Bathsheba, minors above fourteen, children of Jacob Cloues, deceased. On the same date a guardian was also appointed to Sally and Philip Cloues, minors under fourteen. Jacob Cloues, son of Jacob, Sr., was m. May II, 1802, to Phebe, daughter of William and Eliz- abeth (Knower) Low. She was b. in Boston, January 27, 1777, and was first m. in 1796 to Jacob French. Her father, William Low, was b. in Boston, February 13, 1748, and was m. in Malden in 1769. He d. in 1812. [Low chart. ]
Of the younger Jacob Cloues the Columbian Sentinel for May 17, 1815, contains the follow- ing: "Died in this town, Mr. Jacob Cloues, æt. 33." The second war with Great Britain had closed a few months previous. The fam- ily tradition in regard to the lamented death of Mr. Cloues in early manhood is that he fell from a wharf, where he was watching for the return of a vessel in which he was interested, bringing in a prize, and was drowned. A few months later, August 14, 1815, Phebe Cloues, of Boston, widow, was appointed to administer
the estate of Jacob Cloues, late of Boston, tobacconist, deceased. William Richards and Phebe A. (Cloues) Bell had seventeen children, twins being b. to them three times. Nine of the children d. in infancy .. The survivors were : Elizabeth Low, William Henry Teele, Aaron Cloues, Charles Parker, Edwin Forrest, George Low, Mary Franklin Monroe, and Henrietta Hobart.
Aaron Cloues Bell first attended school under the old Clark Street Meeting-house in Boston, completing his early education in the public schools of Chelsea, where he was espe- cially interested in reading and elocution. In 1847 he accompanied his parents to Freeport, Me., where his father purchased a farm, and was engaged in farming two years. When eighteen years old he formed a copartnership with his father, and embarked in the ship- ping business, the firm name being Bell, Bell & Bell. Withdrawing from the firm at the end of three years, Mr. Bell entered the office of the Registrar of Deeds at Amherst, Hillsboro County, N. H., as an assistant, re- maining in that capacity three years, when he became a candidate for Registrar of Deeds on the Republican ticket, but was defeated on local issues. In 1854 he assumed the position of book-keeper for the Nashua Lock Company, also having charge of the packing department, continuing with the firm three years. Going then to Boston, he was for five years salesman for S. & W. Merrimam & Co., wholesale gro- cers on South Market Street, at the end of that time being admitted as a member of the firm. When that firm dissolved in 1878, Mr. Bell entered the employ of Howard W. Spurr & Co., wholesale grocers at the corner of Commercial and Market Streets, remaining with them as salesman eight years. The fol- lowing two years he was engaged, in company with his brother, Charles P. Bell, under the name of the Bell Needle Company, in the manufacture of needles at Nashua, N. H., he as travelling salesman, making trips through- out the United States. On retiring from active co-operation with the firm, he still re- tained an interest in the business.
Coming to Winchester in 1866, Mr. Bell purchased land in that part of the town now
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known as Winchester Highlands, a name that he bestowed upon the place, which he has done much toward upbuilding. There were then but fourteen residences on the Highlands, and no railway station, an open shed serving the patrons of the road. To promote the interests of the public, Mr. Bell, with the consent of the railway officials, erected the present station on his own land, and, when the road passed into the hands of the Boston & Maine Railway Company, the station remained in his posses- sion, as it does at the present time, he being, as James T. Furber, the general manager of the road told him, the only man in the United States owning a railway station. A more de- tailed account of the matter, as published in a local paper, was substantially as follows : "For a number of years prior to its erection the inhabitants of Winchester Highlands had unsuccessfully endeavored, through the aid of a general petition and other means, to persuade the railway company to provide for their long- felt wants. When Mr. Bell became interested in the project he appealed unreservedly to the general manager, who at length informed him that, while the company appreciated his public- spirit in behalf of the residents of the High- lands, they could not build at that time, as the financial condition of the road would not war- rant the outlay. He then offered to build a station at his own expense, which proposition the company accepted, and the building was very soon in process of construction. It was opened in the fall of 1876, the year of the Centennial Exposition, in memory of which a figure representing the old liberty bell was placed upon the southern end, facing Cross Street. The opening ceremonies were at- tended by nearly every resident of the neigh- borhood, including the Hon. Patrick Holland, who assisted in building the road, Eli Cooper, engineer of the first locomotive that ran over the line, and other citizens of note. Mr. Bell when six months old rode over this road to Lowell the first year the road was completed. Mr. Bell not only furnished the land and build- ing, but also provided a station agent. For a number of years the station was utilized for re- ligious services on Sundays, and it is to-day one of the principal landmarks on the Highlands,"
Mr. Bell was elected Assessor of Winches- ter soon after locating here, serving three years. In 1890 he was appointed Tax Col- lector to fill the vacancy caused by the death of George W. Spurr, since that time having been annually re-elected by acclamation. He has also been actively engaged in the real estate business under the name of the Bell Real Estate Company, the firm being one of the substantial ones of Winchester. While liv- ing in Frankfort, Me., he was made a Mason. In 1857 he was demitted to Rising Sun Lodge, F. & A. M., of Nashua, N. H., from which he was afterward demitted to the William Park- man Lodge, F. & A. M., of Winchester. He is also a member of the Woburn R. A. Chapter.
On October 2, 1859, Mr. Bell married Clarion Josephine, daughter of Hiram and Olivia (Goodspeed) Marsh, of Hudson, N. H. Her father was a descendant in the seventh generation of George Marsh, who settled at Hingham, Mass., in 1635. From George' the line continued through his son Onesiphorus, 2 b. in England, who m. Hannah, daughter of John' and Mary Cutler, of Hingham; Deacon John, 3 who m. in 1688 Lydia, daughter. of Robert and Ann (Grant) Emerson, and lived in Haverhill, Mass .; John, 4 who m. in 1718 Sarah Severance, of Kingston, N. H., and settled eventually in New Hampshire; Thomas,5 b. in 1719, who m. Ann, daugh- ter of Benjamin Greeley and his wife, Ruth Whitten; Jonathan,6 b. 1759, a Revolutionary soldier, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of Enoch and Sarah (Little) Sawyer, resided at Notting- ham West (now Hudson, N. H.), and was father of Hiram,7 b. November 9, 1800. Hiram7 Marsh m. in 1828 Olivia, daughter of John and Esther (Hadley) Goodspeed.
Mr. and Mrs. Bell have two children - Annie Richards and Clyde Waverly. Annie . Richards Bell, born in Nashua, N. H., April 26, 1862, was educated in the schools of Win- chester. She married John Park, of Winches- ter, and they are the parents of three children, namely : John Ronald, Kenneth Bell, and Con- stance Elizabeth. Clyde Waverly Bell, born in Winchester, August 20, 1866, received his education in Winchester and at the Frances- town Academy in New Hampshire, He was
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subsequently engaged as a clerk in the grocery trade in Boston, being with Cobb, Bates & Yerxa for one year, and then with John Gil- bert, Jr., at Park Square, for five years. Since that time he has been employed in the office of his father in Winchester. He is a member of the William Parkman Lodge, F. & A. M., of Winchester, and Noble Grand of Waterfield Lodge, No. 231, I. O. O. F., of Winchester.
HARLES NEWCOMB BACON, who is engaged in the manufacture of felt and wool wadding at 98 Milk Street, Boston, is a representative of the old New England family that originated with Nathaniel Bacon, one of the first settlers of
Barnstable, Mass. Nathaniel Bacon built a house in Barnstable in 1642, was admitted freeman in 1646, was constable in 1650, Dep- uty to the Colony Court 1652 to 1665, and an assistant from 1657 till his death in 1673. He m. Hannah, daughter of the Rev. John Mayo, of Barnstable, and they had four sons and four daughters. Jeremiah2 Bacon, sixth child of Nathaniel,1 and a tanner by occupa- tion, was b. in 1657, and d. in 1706. He m. in 1686 Elizabeth Howes, of Yarmouth. His third son, Joseph, 3 b. in 1695, m. in 1722 Patience Annable. They had eight children, among whom was Samuel, 4 b. in Barnstable in 1731. Samuel+ Bacon at the time of the Rev- olution was captain of a sailing vessel. Being taken prisoner by the British, he d. on board the prison-ship at the island of St. Lucia in 1781. He m. Ann Baker, and had two sons - Robert and William.
Robert5 Bacon, son of Samuel, was b. in Barnstable, Mass. His parents died when he was very young, and he came to Boston, where he learned the trade of hatter from Mr. Eaton with whom he resided. In 1825 he began the manufacture of fur hats at Medford, with a store at the corner of Union and North Streets, Boston. On September 10, 1830, he removed to Medford, taking up his abode in that part of the town that is now Winchester. One of the original members of the Old South Church, Boston, he afterward became a Universalist, and joined Father Murray's (the Rev. John
Murray's) church. Robert Bacon d. in June, 1861, at the age of eighty-three. He was a citizen of influence, active in public affairs, and widely respected. By his wife, Mary, who was a daughter of Captain Thomas Crocker, of Barnstable, he had ten children - Samuel, Robert, Thomas, Mary, John Hudson, Henry, Ann, Harriet, Jane Crocker, and Caleb Nicker- son. His fifth son, the Rev. Henry Bacon, who was one of the leading ministers of the Universalist faith in the middle of the nine- teenth century, d. in Philadelphia in 1856. He was the father of Henry Bacon, the artist, of Edwin M. Bacon, journalist, of Boston, and Earle C. Bacon, of Brooklyn, N. Y.
John Hudson Bacon was b. in Boston, Jan- uary 25, 18II. He was educated in the Han- cock School, which he attended till he was fourteen years of age; and at nineteen he was foreman of his father's factory. In 1833 he engaged in business for himself in the felt manufacturing industry, and continued thus employed for nearly fifty years, retiring in 1882. During this long period he invented some valuable improvements in the way of machinery. He owned at one time one hundred acres of land. Ten acres of this he sold to the town of Winchester for a water works site, and a large portion has been taken by the park com- missioners. He travelled extensively, visit- ing China, Japan, and other foreign countries, besides making several trips to the Pacific coast. At the age of twenty-two years he m. Sarah Ann Tirrell, of Boston, daughter of Edward Church and Miriam Tirrell. Their children were five in number - John Hudson, Jr., Edward Tirrell, Charles Newcomb, Alonzo Pike, and Syrena Longhurst. John Hudson, Jr., the eldest son, who was at one time in the employ of the Concord Railroad Company, later with Fisk & Gould, of New York City, and the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, and became treasurer of each of them, d. April 8, 1878. Alonzo P., who volunteered as a pri- vate in the Civil War, and returned as a Cap- tain, is now engaged in the mining business in California. He was superintendent of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company and the Nar- ragansett Steamship Company. Edward T. was passenger agent at San Francisco of the
CHARLES N. BACON.
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Pacific Mail Steamship Company. He is now a resident of Winchester, Mass. The mother, Mrs. Sarah Ann Bacon, d. on April 12, 1900, at the advanced age of eighty-three years.
Charles Newcomb Bacon was educated in the famous Chauncy Hall School, Boston, where he received the silver medal for good be- havior. At the age of eighteen he entered the felting works established in 1825 by his grand- father Robert for the manufacture of hat bodies, wool wadding, etc. In course of time he rose to be manager of the concern, and since then has enlarged its business, as well as ad- vanced the interests of the trade generally, by the invention of new machinery and improved processes of manufacture. In 1876 he patented a solid felt buffer for burnishing wheels. Other inventions of his are: blackboard and dry slate erasers, felt handles for bicycles, bicycle tires, automobile tires, etc., most of which have been patented in the United States, Canada, England, France, and Belgium.
Mr. Bacon was married October 10, 1860, to Florence Louise Holbrook, daughter of Ridgway Edward and Frances L. (Doane) Holbrook, of Boston, and a grand-daughter on the maternal side of Samuel B. and Sally (Prince) Doane, of Boston. Her grandfather Doane was a descendant of John' Doane, who was at Plymouth in 1630, removed to Eastham 1644, and was Governor's Assistant in 1633. A stone was erected to his memory at Eastham in 1869, bearing the inscription, "Dea. John Doane, born 1590, Here 1644, died 1685." He was the founder of the Doane family of Cape Cod by his wife, Abigail, having nine children.
Sally Prince, Mrs. Bacon's maternal grand- mother, was a daughter of James Prince, of Newburyport, and grand-daughter of the Rev. Joseph Prince, the blind preacher, who was b. in Boston in 1723, and m. in 1747 Sarah, daughter of Captain Ezekiel Carpenter, of Attleboro. James Prince was at one time collector of customs at Newburyport. He d. May II, 1830, in his seventy-fifth year. The family was descended from Elder John' Prince, of Hull, b. in 1610, (son of the Rev. John Prince, rector of East Shefford, in Berkshire, England), who came to New England in 1633, m, Alice Honor in May, 1637, and d, at Hull
in 1676. Isaac Prince, son of John,1 of Hull, m. in 1679 Mary Turner, daughter of John and Mary (Brewster) Turner, of Scituate. Her mother was a daughter of Jonathan Brewster and grand-daughter of Elder William Brews- ter, of Plymouth. The Rev. Joseph Prince was son of Joseph3 and grandson of Isaac2 Prince. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Charles N. Bacon are: Florence Allene, born March 12, 1862, now Mrs. Edward W. Hall, of Ar- lington; Lillian Louise, born January 14, 1864, wife of Frederick S. Smith; Charles Francis, born August 12, 1866; Louis Alfred, born July 27, 1868, married Harriet Williams Horton, of Canton, Mass. ; Cyrus Clark, born September 23, 1870, who died July 26, 1871 ; Robert, born March 31, 1873, a graduate of Harvard College, class of 1894; and Mabel Grace, born September 17, 1875, died Novem- ber 20, 1899.
Mrs. Hall is the mother of three children Chester Bacon, Madeline, and Norman Wins- low Hall. Lillian Louisa, Mrs. Smith, has two children -- Charles Bacon and Samuel Reed Smith. Charles Francis Bacon married Bertha Maria Falls, January 15, 1894. They have two children - Florence Falls and Charles Newcomb Bacon.
OSEPH WARREN HARDING, of Lynn, hardware merchant, was born at East Bridgewater, Mass., April 22, 1850, son of Lucius and Rebecca Leach (Pratt) Harding. His paternal grand- parents were Zenas and Sally (Gannett) Har- ding, of East Bridgewater, who were m. in 1815. Lucius Harding, b. at East Bridge- water, April 2, 1820, d. April 20, 1895. He was a resident of East Bridgewater, where he followed the trade of shoemaker. His wife Rebecca, b. December 9, 1821, who was a daughter of Asa Pratt, d. October 29, 1877. Her mother was a Cushman. They had two children : Henry Cushman, b. October 5, 1846; and Joseph Warren, the date of whose birth has been given above. Henry Cushman Har- ding, who m. Sarah Reed, of East Bridge- water, is now employed in the shoemaking industry at Whitman, Mass. His wife d. leay.
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