Genealogy and history of representative citizens of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, Part 71

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

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William Tidd Brown, born February 12, 1864, completed his early education at Dr. Hickson's School for Boys at Newburyport. In 1887 he became a member of the firm of Tidd & Co., with which he was connected until his death, November 23, 1897. He married Edith Dow, daughter of Alfred A. Dow, of Woburn. She died January 18, 1891. They had no children. Annie Hamilton Brown, born December 4, 1869, was educated in Stone- ham and at Lasell Seminary, Newton.

ON. JOSEPH BENNETT, a promi- nent Boston lawyer, formerly a mem- ber of the Massachusetts Senate, was born in Bridgton, Me., May 26, 1839, son of William, Jr., and Charlotte (Bennett) Bennett. He is a descendant in the fourth generation of John' Bennett, of Gilman- town, Vt., b. November 5, 1727, who, it is said, came when a boy from England, accom- panied by a brother. John m. Mary Gilman, who was b. August 25, 1727. Their children were as follows: Joanna, b. December 11, 1747; Jemima, b. August 10, 1750; John, Jr., b. September 7, 1754; Joseph, b. June 30, 1757; Andrew, b. March 2, 1760; Win- throp, b. July 6, 1762; William, b. August 5, 1767; Mary, b. October 25, 1769; and Jere- miah, b. July 8, 1772.

William2 Bennett, b., as above stated, in 1804, was a farmer, and resided in Bridgton,

Me. He m. Lois Flint October 2, . 1795. They had eight children, namely : Gilman, b. October 16, 1797, who m. Eliza Blake; Zibah, b. January 24, 1800, who d. in childhood ; Lois, b. April 20, 1802, who m. Robert Mor- rison; William, b. September 11, 1804, who m. Charlotte Bennett; Nathaniel, b. Septem- ber 20, 1807, who m. Laurania Frost ; Joseph, b. January 1I, 1810, who m. Dolly Chaplin ; John, b. May 16, 1812, who m. Hannah Libby; and Reuben, b. February 25, 1819, who m. Joanna Burnell.

William2 Bennett lived to an advanced age. His wife Lois d. in Bridgton in 1808. She was a daughter of James5 and Ziba (Flint) Flint, being a descendant, in the sixth genera- tion, of Thomas' Flint, an early settler in Salem Village, which now comprises the towns of Danvers and Peabody, Mass. Her line of descent from Thomas' was as follows : -

George2 Flint, b. 1652, settled at Reading (that part of the old town that is now North Reading). He m. Elizabeth, daughter of Nathaniel2 Putnam (John1) and his wife Eliza- beth Hutchinson. Ebenezer3 Flint (second son) settled in North Reading, near the Andover line, and his homestead is still used by a lineal descendant. He m. Tabitha Burnap, and had nine children. Captain John+ Flint was a farmer in North Reading on his grandfather's homestead. He was twice m., and had six children. James5 Flint (son of John+ by first wife, Joanna Farnham) was b. 1749. He removed in 1776 to Bridgton, Me., where he resided for many years, dying there July 8, 1808. Ziba Flint, mother of Mrs. Lois (Flint) Bennett, was a daughter of Nathaniel and Hepsibah (Woodward) Flint, her father's line of descent being : Thomas' (of Salem Village), Thomas, 2 Ebenezer, 3 Nathaniel4.

The children of William2 and Lois (Flint) Bennett were: Gilman, b. October 16, 1797; Ziba, b. January 24, 1800, who d. in infancy ; Lois, b. April 20, 1802, who d. at the age of twenty-nine years; William, Jr. (Joseph Ben- nett's father), b. September 11, 1804; Na- thaniel, b. September 20, 1807; Joseph, b. January 11, 1810; John, b. May 16, 1812; and Reuben, b. February 25, 1819. (John m. in 1838 Hannah J. Libby, and was the father

JOSEPH BENNETT.

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of five children, the eldest of whom, Charles Bennett, b. March 27, 1839, d. in Mattoon, Ill., in 1900.)

William3 Bennett, Jr., was b. in Bridgton, Me., in 1804. Having learned the carpenter's trade, he followed it in connection with farm- ing, and was prominently identified with town affairs, serving for many years on the Board of Selectmen. He was an active member of the Free Will Baptist Church, the minister of which resided at his house. Politically, he was in his later years a Republican. His death took place in 1878. He was m. in April, 1830, to Charlotte Bennett, who was b. in Freedom, N.H., in 1812, a daughter of Joseph Bennett, and a descendant of one of the sons of John1 and Mary (Gilman) Bennett. She d. in 1874, from the effects of an accident that had occurred some time previously. William3 and Charlotte Bennett were the par- ents of ten children, namely; William W., John F., Jane M., Mary S., Joseph, Lois E., Sylvester G., Austin M., Charlotte C., and Juliette, who were b. between the years 1832 and 1850, inclusive.

Joseph4 Bennett, after attending the public schools, continued his studies at the Bridgton Academy, and subsequently in the Boston Latin School, where he remained one year. Returning to Bridgton, he finished his prepara- tory course in the academy, and then entered Bowdoin College, being a member of the class of 1864. In 1863, his junior year, he gave up college life in order to begin at once the study of law in the office of Asa Cottrell, of Boston. Subsequently he received his Bach- elor's degree from Bowdoin College out of course. Admitted to the Suffolk Bar in 1866, he commenced the practice of his profession in partnership with his preceptor, Mr. Cottrell, with whom he was associated for several years. In 1868 he was admitted to the United States Circuit Court, and in 1878 to the United States Supreme Court. He became a resident of Brighton prior to its separation from Middlesex County, and in 1870 was appointed a trial justice. Three years later he was ap- pointed special justice of the Municipal Court of Brighton, which had then been annexed to Boston; and he retained that position until

1879, when he resigned it on account of his election to the Legislature. Reappointed spe- cial justice upon the conclusion of his term in the House, he resigned it again upon his elec- tion in 1881 to the Senate, in which body he served also in 1882. In 1883 he was ap- pointed associate justice of the Municipal Court, which position he held until 1891, when he resigned upon his third election to the Senate. For many years Judge Bennett has taken an active interest in the welfare and advancement of the Brighton district, having cordially and efficiently supported all public measures to that end. In the days of the old town government he was a member of the School Board and a trustee of the public li- brary. During his term in the House of Rep- resentatives in 1879, he was assigned to the committee on Constitutional Amendments, and he then drafted and introduced a bill for the prevention of double taxation of mortgaged property, which was finally passed by the House, although fiercely opposed by assessors throughout the State. This bill was rejected by the Senate, but during Judge Bennett's membership in that body in 1881-82, in the capacity of chairman of the Committee on Tax- ation, he again introduced it, and he had the satisfaction of witnessing its final enactment, which was mainly due to his own indomitable perseverance. Besides serving on the above- mentioned committee he was during his first terms in the Senate chairman of two commit- tees - that on Election Laws and that on the Sub-divison of the State into Congressional Districts; and he was, besides, also a member of the Judiciary Committee. Upon his return to the Senate in 1891, he was assigned to the chairmanship of the Committee on Railroads, that on Redistricting the State, and that on Reform in the Registration of Land Titles.

On May 26, 1866, Judge Bennett married Elizabeth Robinson Lefavor. He has three children : Joseph Irving, born February 26, 1867; Frederick Sherwin, born May 18, 1873; and May Elizabeth, born August 29, 1875. Joseph Irving Bennett, who was admitted to the Suffolk County Bar in 1890, is associated professionally with his father, and is rapidly becoming known as an able lawyer. Novem-

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ber 20, 1901, he married Ethel Nichols, of Brookline, Mass., a daughter of Edward A. and Louise (Dyer) Nichols. Frederick Sher- win Bennett graduated from the Harvard Med- ical School in 1896, and is now a practicing physician in Boston. May Elizabeth Bennett was married October 15, 1901, to Homer Lor- ing, of Newton. She resides in Brookline.

OHN DANIEL RUNKLE, B. S., A. M., PH. D., LL. D., Professor of Mathe- matics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, of which for a number of years he was president, is a graduate of the Lawrence Scientific School, Harvard Univer- sity, and a resident of the University City, Cambridge. He was born October 11, 1822, in the town of Root, Montgomery County, N. Y., son of Daniel and Sarah (Gordon) Runkle and the eldest of a family of six chil- dren. On the paternal side he is of German descent ; but the origin of his family in Amer- ica, though not remote, has not been deter- mined with accuracy.

Daniel Runkle, Professor Runkle's father, was a son of John Runkle, a native of Niska- yuna, Schenectady County, N. Y. Rupp in his list of emigrants mentions a Johan Jost Runckel as having come over with his brother Jeremias in September, 1748, on the ship "Two Brothers," and Johannes Runkel as one of the Palatines who arrived on September 9, 1749, in the ship "St. Andrew." It is thought that one of these was the Johan Runkle who, shortly after landing at Philadelphia, found his way up the Hudson, and made his home among the Dutch settlers in the vicinity of Albany. Said Johan, according to the story of him that has come down to us, left his early home partly because he was displeased with his father's second marriage and partly on account of his failure to receive his rightful inheritance. After he had been a while in America he went back to the fatherland, mar- ried, and then returned hither, bringing his wife and his younger brother, whose name, it is thought, was Cornelius. John Runkle, of Niskayuna, Professor Runkle's grandfather, was a son of the brother, and the only one of

whom any record has been preserved. John Runkle was by occupation a farmer. He re- moved when a young man from Niskayuna to the town of Root, Montgomery County, and there m. Elizabeth Lyker. . He had eight chil- dren, Daniel, above mentioned, father of Pro- fessor Runkle, being the fourth.

Daniel Runkle was b. October 22, 1798. He d. May 30, 1877, at his home in Carlisle, N. Y. He was a farmer. His wife, whose maiden name was Sarah Gordon, was b. at Carlisle, October 9, 1797. She d. December 26, 1875. They had six children, namely : John Daniel, the date of whose birth is given above; Peter, b. April 14, 1825; Cornelius A., b. December 9, 1827; Jacob Gebhard, b. August 6, 1831 ; Henry, b. February 3, 1836; and Daniel, b. December 23, 1840.

Peter Runkle m. July 14, 1852, Hannah E. Burnap. They had two children, namely : Charles Willard, who m. Anna G. Pierson, resides at Fort Hunter, N. Y., and has a son, Ray, b. in 1890; and Nettie R., b. December 13, 1854.

Cornelius A. Runkle was graduated at the Harvard Law School in 1854. After his ad- mission to the bar he entered the law office of Kent, Eaton & Davis, New York City, and later, in 1858, he became the law partner of George Douglas, brother to Dr. Douglas, Gen- eral Grant's physician. After the close of the Civil War Mr. Runkle held the office of Dep- uty Collector of Customs, New York City. He was an intimate friend of Horace Greeley, and for twenty years was the attorney for the Tribune. He was counsel for Commodore Garrison in the famous Marie Garrison suit. He m. December 23, 1869, Mrs. Lucia Gil- bert Calhoun, the well-known writer. Mrs. Runkle was one of the editors with the late Charles D. Warner of the collection of writ- ings known as "The World's Best Literature." Cornelius Runkle d. March 19, 1888. His only child, Bertha, is the author of "The Helmet of Navarre," an historical novel first published as a serial in the Century Magasine.

Jacob Gebhard Runkle, a graduate of Har- vard College, class of 1857, was a lawyer residing at Cobleskill, N. Y., where he d. in 1900. He m. June 4, 1863, Ellen Ramsey.

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She d. January II, 1885, leaving one child, Grace.

Henry Runkle m. July 12, 1860, Elizabeth Ann Clute. Their children are : Sarah Helen, who m. Melvin J. Wright, and has a daughter, Mabel; Cornelius J., who m. November 24, 1898, Nettie Gifford; Letta Marie, who m. Henry Ingersoll, and has three children - Irwin, Lelah, and Marion Elizabeth; William Schuyler, who m. February 17, 1899, Nettie Irene Hamilton; Kate Bird, who m. Mr. Van Lawyer, and has one child, Lyra Irene; Elsie Clute, b. July 13, 1874, who d. October 9, 1883; Lewis Richard, b. December 10, 1875 ; Ervan Henry, b. September 17, 1880; and Frank Earl, b. August 30, 1882.

Daniel Runkle is a farmer, and resides at Carlisle, N. Y., is unmarried.

John Daniel Runkle obtained his early edu- cation in the district school kept in the log school-house near his boyhood's home in the town of Root, N. Y. He had a natural taste for mathematics, an eagerness to know the why and wherefore of the solution of every difficult problem, and, after mastering his first arith- metic (Daboll's), he applied himself earnestly, and most of the time without a teacher, to the study of the higher branches of the science, completing the full college course. For three months he attended a private school taught by a college student. In 1848 he entered the Lawrence Scientific School, and in 1849, through the influence of Professor Benjamin Peirce, he was given a position on the staff of the American Ephemeris and Nautical Alma- nac, with which he was connected till 1884. In 1855, in the Smithsonian "Contributions to Knowledge," he published a set of astronomi- cal tables. In 1856 he devised and computed "New Tables for Determining the Values of the Coefficients in the Perturbative Function of Planetary Motion," which was published by the Smithsonian Institution. In 1858 he origi- nated the Mathematical Monthly, a journal de- voted to the interests of teachers and students of mathematics, and edited it through three volumes, when the outbreak of the Civil War necessitated its discontinuance. Early in the same year he became interested in plans which led to the establishment by the Legislature,

April 10, 1861, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and, when the School of Industrial Science was opened in the spring of 1865, he was appointed Walker Professor of Mathematics. In 1868, during the absence of President Rogers on account of illness, he was chosen acting president; and in 1870, upon the resignation of President Rogers, he was made president, which office he held until his resignation in 1878. During the ten years of Professor Runkle's presidency the facilities for instruction in the institution were largely in- creased. A laboratory, planned for the in- struction of large classes of students, was added to the department of physics in 1869. A laboratory for the study of ores in quantity, to determine values and most economical methods of treatment, the result of a visit of a party of professors and students to the mines of Colo- rado and Utah, was added to the mining de- partment in 1871. This first summer school of mines was devised and carried out by the president, who, after the close, went to San Francisco, and, with the aid of experienced mining engineers, selected the necessary ma- chinery and apparatus, and had plans drawn for their proper location in the laboratory, which was completed and opened to students in the fall. In 1872 the Lowell School of Practical Design was established by the trustee of the Lowell Fund. The steam engineering lab- oratory was founded in 1873 and the Minera- logical Laboratory in 1874. The drill hall and gymnasium was built in the same year. In 1876 a women's chemical laboratory was equipped by the aid of the Women's Educa- tional Association; an industrial chemical laboratory, and organic chemical laboratory were added to the chemical department, and the microscopic and spectroscopic laboratory, the beginning of the department of biology. To the department of mechanic arts, which he added after visiting the Centennial Exposi- tion at Philadelphia, the Czar of Russia pre- sented a complete set of patterns. After two years, 1878-80, spent in travel abroad, Profes- sor Runkle resumed the mathematical chair at the Institute of Technology. The degrees of Bachelor of Science and Master of Arts he received from Harvard University in 1851;

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that of Doctor of Philosophy from Hamilton College, New York, in 1869; and Doctor of Laws from Wesleyan University in 1871.

He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, of the American Asso- ciation for the Advancement of Science, the Boston Society of Natural History, the New England Historic Genealogical Society, the American Social Science Association, and the Society of Arts of the Institute of Technology. He is the author of "The Manual Element in Education," two papers published in the reports of the Massachusetts Board of Educa- tion in 1876-77 and 1880-81, "Report on Industrial Education," read before the Ameri- can Institute of Instruction, 1883, and "Ana- lytic Geometry," 1888, beside other reports and addresses.

In politics he is a Republican.

Professor Runkle was married first in 1851 to Sarah Willard Hodges. She died in 1857; and he married, in 1862, Catherine Robbins Bird, who died February 24, 1897. She was the mother of six children, namely : Catherine Bird, born February 7, 1863; William Bird, born February 26, 1865, died September 3, 1865; John Cornelius, born December 23, 1866; Emma Rogers, born May 28, 1870, died May 18, 1871; Eleanor Winslow, born March 4, 1881; and Gordon Taylor, born July 31, 1882. Catherine Bird, the eldest child, is a graduate of Radcliffe College, and is a teacher ; Eleanor Winslow is now (May, 1901) a Senior in Radcliffe College; and Gordon Taylor is a Junior in Harvard.

HARLES EDWARD RICHARD- SON AND GEORGE ELIOT RICHARDSON, both well known in Boston's business circles, are sons of the late Edward and Mercy (Owen) Richardson, and direct descendants in the eighth generation of Thomas Richardson, the immigrant, the line being : Thomas,' Nathan- iel,2 Joshua, 3 Joshua, 4 Asa, 5 Major-general Alford,6 Edward,? Charles Edward® and George Eliot8. They are also descendants in the ninth generation from Samuel' Richardson, brother of Thomas'.

Thomas' Richardson and his brother Samuel

Richardson came to America from England together, probably about 1635, here joining their elder brother, Ezekiel Richardson, who came over with Winthrop's fleet in 1630. These three brothers, who probably came from West Mill, Hertfordshire (the home also of the Wymans), or its immediate vicinity, united with others in locating the town of Woburn, and there forming a church in 1641. Mary, the wife of Thomas, united with the church in Charlestown on February 21, 1635-6, while he and his brother Samuel became members of the same church in 1638. Thomas was made a freeman May 2, 1638; d. in Woburn, Au- gust 28, 1651. His wife Mary, who bore him seven children, survived him, and subsequently m. Michael Bacon, Sr.

Nathaniel2 Richardson, the youngest child of Thomas,I was b. January 2, 1651, and d. December 4, 1714. During King Philip's War he served in a troop of horse under Cap- tain Prentiss, and was wounded December 19, 1675, in the "Great Swamp Fight," when six officers and eighty men were killed or mortally wounded, four hundred others being disabled. His wife Mary, to whom he was united before 1673, bore him thirteen children. She d. December 22, 1719.

Joshua3 Richardson, their third son, b. in Woburn, June 3, 1681, d. November 5, 1748. His wife Hannah survived him, dying Decem- ber 27, 1768.

Joshua+ Richardson, b. October 18, 1716, d. March 13, 1774; was a lifelong resident of Woburn; he m., first, July 11, 1739, Eunice Jennison, who was b. in 1719, and d. in early womanhood, having borne him five children. She was a daughter of Peter and Jane Jenni- son, of Sudbury, grand-daughter of Samuel Jennison, and great-grand-daughter of Robert Jennison, who was at Watertown as early as 1636. He m., second, in 1748, Abigail Car- ter, daughter of Jabez and Abigail (Manning) Carter. She was b. in Woburn, April 7, 1724, and d. in Salem, Mass., in 1795. She bore him seven children. Jabez Carter was a descendant in the fourth generation of Thomas' and Mary Carter, who emigrated from Eng- land. He was made a freeman at Charlestown, Mass., and admitted to the church in 1636-7;

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she d. at Charlestown March 6, 1664-5. His will was dated 1652. Captain John2 Carter, b. in 1616, d. at Woburn, September 14, 1692. His wife Elizabeth, b. in 1611, d. May 7, 1691. Lieutenant John3 Carter, b. February 6, 1653, d. in April, 1727. On June 20, 1678, he m. Ruth Burnham, who was b. Au- gust 23, 1658, and d. June 11, 1724. Her father, Lieutenant Thomas Burnham, of Ips- wich, who was b. in 1623, and d. May 19, 1694, m. Mary Tuttle, who was b. in 1623, and d. March 27, 1715, she being a daughter of John and Joan (Anterbus) Tuttle, who came over in the "Planter " in 1635. Jabez+ Carter (b. September 17, 1700, d. July 10, 1771) m. June 27, 1723, Abigail Manning (b. May 14, 1699, d. February 3, 1772). She was a de- scendant in the fifth generation of the immi- grant William' Manning, whose wife Susanna d. at Cambridge, October 16, 1650, the line being continued through William2 Manning, who d. March 14, 1691, aged seventy-six, and his wife Dorothy, who d. July 26, 1692, at eighty. Their son, Samuel3 Manning (b. July 21, 1644, d. February 22, 1711), m. April 13, 1664, Elizabeth Stearns, a daughter of Isaac' and Mary (Barker) Stearns. Isaac' Stearns d. at Waltham, June 19, 1671. His wife, who d. April 2, 1677, was a daughter of John and Margaret Barker, of Stoke Nayland, Suffolk County, England. Samuel4 Manning and his wife Deborah Spaulding were the parents of Abigail Manning, who m. Jabez+ Carter, and whose daughter, Abigail5 Carter, became the second wife of Joshua4 Richardson. Deborah Spaulding was daughter of Edward, Jr., and Margaret (Barrett) Spaulding. Edward Spaul- ding, Jr., was son of Edward, Sr., and Mar- garet Spaulding, of Braintree and Chelmsford. Margaret Barrett was daughter of Thomas, Jr., and Frances (Woolderson) Barrett; and Thomas Barrett, Jr., was son of Thomas, Sr., and Margaret Barrett, all of Braintree and Chelmsford.

Asa5 Richardson, b. in Woburn, July 19, 1757, was a teamster by occupation. About 1818 he removed to Charlestown, where he lived but a short time before returning to Wo- burn. As a young man he served as a soldier in the Revolution. He d. August 30, 1822.

On February 1I, 1779, at West Cambridge, he m. Jane Wyman, b. in Woburn, October 10, 1759, d. August 31, 1842, in Charlestown. She was the eldest daughter of Paul and Lucy (White) Wyman, and a descendant in the fifth generation of Lieutenant John1 Wyman, * who was baptized at West Mill, Hertfordshire County, England, February 3, 1621, and d. May 9, 1684. He m. November 5, 1644, Sarah Nutt. She d. May 24, 1688, being then the wife of Thomas Fuller, her second husband. She was a daughter of Myles Nutt (freeman at Watertown, 1637), who d. in Malden, July 2, 1671, aged about seventy-three. Jacob2 Wyman, who d. March 31, 1742, m. Novem- ber 23, 1687, Elizabeth Richardson, who was b. about 1672, and d. November 21, 1739. Her parents were Samuel2 Richardson, b. May 22, 1646, d. April 29, 1712, and his wife Mar- tha, who d. December 20, 1673. Her pater- nal grandfather, Samuel' Richardson, Sr. (b. 1610, d. March 23, 1658), was one of the original settlers of Woburn, as stated above. David3 Wyman, b. April 14, 1693, m. Octo- ber 31, 1716, Phebe Richardson, b. March 4, 1695-6, d. November 24, 1750. She was a daughter of Nathaniel2 Richardson (Thomas1), b. January 2, 1651, d. December 4, 1714, sur- vived by his widow Mary, who d. December 22, 1719. Paul+ Wyman, a minute-man at Concord and Lexington, b. June 21, 1735, d. March 9, 1803. His first wife, the mother of Jane, was Lucy White, of Watertown (b. December 5, 1736, d. November 4, 1774), a daughter of Andrew White, Jr. Her grand- father, Andrew White, Sr., m. February 4, 1695-6, Sarah Sanderson (b. Watertown, March 17, 1668-9), a daughter of William Sanderson and his wife Sarah, who were m. December 18, 1666. Andrew White, Jr., b. December 29, 1700, m. December 12, 1722, Jane Dix (b. November 18, 1704, d. Decem- ber 3, 1793). She was a daughter of John Dix, Jr. Her grandfather, John Dix, Sr., was son of Edward Dix, of Watertown (b. 1616, d. July 9, 1660), and his wife Jane Wilkinson, who was b. in 1617. John Dix, Sr. (b. Sep-

* Lieutenant John Wyman was the third son of Francis and Elizabeth (Richardson) Wyman, of West Mill, Herts, England, a record of whose marriage in 1617 may be seen (1902) on the register of Saint Mary's Church, West Mill.

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tember 4, 1640, d. November 7, 1714), m. January 7, 1670-1, Elizabeth, daughter of John and Phebe (Whiting) Barnard, both of England. Phebe Whiting was daughter of Anthony and Anne (Sherman) Whiting, of Dedham, Essex, England. Anne Sherman was daughter of Henry, Jr., and Susan (Hills) Sherman, and grand-daughter of Henry Sherman, Sr., of Colchester, England. John Dix, Jr., b. March 6, 1672-3, m. November 29, 1697, Martha, daughter of George and Elizabeth (Crispe) Lawrence, who were m. September 29, 1657. George Lawrence was b. 1637, d. 1709. His wife was b. June 8, 1636, d. May 28, 1681. Her parents were Benjamin and Bridget Crispe, the former of whom was b. in 161I.

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Genealogy and history of representative citizens of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, Part 71

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