Genealogy and history of representative citizens of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, Part 74

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

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Their business is chiefly the selling at auction on commission of fruits imported from the Mediterranean and from California. It also includes the appraising and auctioneering of ships' cargoes.

Mr. Moseley was married April 29, 1880, to Miss Martha Alger Hawes, the wedding taking place at the home of her maternal grand- parents, John and Martha (Alger) Tyler, 353 Beacon Street, Boston. Mrs. Moseley was born in Boston, August 23, 1858, daughter of Charles Henry and Adeline Blanchard (Tyler) Hawes, natives of Boston. Her parents were m. November 22, 1854. Her father, b. May 29, 1828, d. April 23, 1862. Her mother, b. May 13, 1837, d. March 7, 1891.

Charles Henry Hawes was son of Prince and Sally (Gray) Hawes, and a descendant in the eighth generation of Edmund' Hawes, founder of the Cape Cod family of this name. Ed- mund' Hawes, from Yarmouth, England, was a passenger on the "James," which sailed from Southampton about April 6, 1635. To avoid detention, he was described on the ship's books as a cutler by trade and hailing from London. He resided for some years at Duxbury, Mass., removing from there to Yarmouth on the Cape. He served as Selectman many years, and as Deputy to the General Court; was chairman of the Land Committee, and after the death of Anthony Thatcher was Town Clerk. "He was a man of good parts and well educated." Eighteen acres of the original Hawes property at Yarmouth are still owned in the family. Edmund Hawes d. in 1693, at eighty years of age.

From Edmund the line was continued through his son, Captain John2 Hawes, of Yar- mouth, a man of high character and an influen- tial citizen, who m. in 1661 Desire Gorham; Deacon Joseph, 3 b. 1673, whose wife's family name is unknown; Prince,4 b. in 1709 (Har- vard College, 1728), who m. in 1735 Anna Hedge; Prince, Jr.,5 who m. in 1757 Eliza- beth Hallett; Deacon Joseph, 6 b. at Yarmouth, 1758, who m. Thankful Mathews, and d. March 17, 1850; to Prince7 Hawes, b. at Yar- mouth in 1790, who m. Sally Gray, and d. in Boston, August 28, 1859.

Prince Hawes, Jr., 5 sailed from Hyannis,

December 14, 1767, bound for North Carolina, and is believed to have perished in a storm at sea, as he was never heard from afterward.

Mrs. Moseley's maternal grandfather, John Tyler, and his father, John Tyler, Sr., were long engaged in the East India trade, chiefly dealing in indigo, and doing business at 12 India Street, Boston.

Mrs. Moseley's descent from Samuel1 Hinckley, who d. on Cape Cod in 1662, is through the following-named ancestors : Gover- nor Thomas2 Hinckley and his wife Mary, daughter of Thomas Richards; their daughter, Meletiah3 Hinckley, b. 1648, who m. Josiah Crocker; Meletiah Crocker, b. 1681, who m. Timothy Crocker; Martha Crocker, b. 1724, who m. William Davis; Ruth Davis, b. in 1763, who m. Thomas Gray; Sally Gray, b. 1791, who m. Prince7 Hawes.

Through her mother, whose maiden name was Adeline Blanchard Tyler, as before noted, Mrs. Moseley traces her descent from Robert1 Hicks, who came in the "Fortune" in 1621, Robert' being fifth in the English line begin- ning with John Hicks, said to have been a lineal descendant of Sir Ellis Hicks, who was knighted by Edward the Black Prince on the field of Poitiers. Thomas Hicks, son of John, m. Margaret Atwood, and d. in 1565. Bap- tist, b. in 1526, son of Thomas, m. Mary Everard, and was father of James Hicks, who m. Phebe Allyn, and appears to have lived and d. in England.

Robert' Hicks, b. in 1580, son of James and Phebe, d. at Plymouth in 1645. As a freeman of the Plymouth Colony he was until 1639 a member of the General Court. Phebe2 Hicks, daughter of Robert by his second wife, Margaret Winslow, who came over in the "Ann," m. in 1635 George2 Watson, son of Robert Watson; Mary Watson, their daughter, b. 1642, m. in 1662 Major Thomas Leonard. Mary Leonard, daughter of Major Thomas and Mary Leonard, m. Captain Joseph Tisdale, son of John and Mary (Walker) Tisdale, and their daughter Abigail, b. 1692, m. about 1721 Ephraim Howard, Jr. Martha Howard, daugh- ter of Ephraim and Abigail, m. Nathan Willis (Thomas, 3 Benjamin,2 Deacon John'). Lucy Willis, b. 1779, daughter of Nathan and Mar-

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tha, m. in 1804 Cyrus Alger (Abiezer, 5 James, 4 Israel, Jr.,3 Israel,2 Thomas') ; and their daughter, Martha Willis Alger, b. 1817, m. in 1836 John Tyler, b. in 1813, and was the mother of Adeline Blanchard Tyler.

Cyrus Alger, father of Martha Willis (Mrs. Tyler), was b. in 1782. In 1816 he bought the land in South Boston, west of Dorchester Avenue, between Federal Street and a line as far south as Swan Street. He conducted a foundry, in which he cast the first furnace designed for use in a private house; and he manufactured the first perfect bronze cannon for the United States Government and for the State of Massachusetts. He also cast cannon balls for use in the War of 1812. He was a member of Boston's first Common Council in 1822, and was Alderman in 1824 and 1827. He d. in 1856. His workmen attended his remains to the grave; and the city, at the sug- gestion of the Mayor, expressed its sense of the loss his death had caused by tolling all its church bells.

Mrs. Moseley has three "Mayflower " ances- tors - namely, Elder William Brewster, Fran- cis Cook, and John Howland - and three - Thomas Clark, Anthony Annable, and Experi- ence Mitchell - who came in the "Ann" in I623. Among other notable early colonists from whom she traces her descent, and an ade- quate account of whom would fill a volume, may be named : Governor Thomas Prince and Governor Hinckley; the Rev. John Lothrop, of Barnstable, and the Rev. John Keith; Dea- con Samuel Edson, John Fobes, Deacon John Willis, David Perkins, Thomas Hayward, John Howard, Henry Kingman, and John Washburn, all of Bridgewater; Henry' An- drews and Thomas' Leonard, both of Taunton ; Deacon John Whitman, of Weymouth; John Hallett and Anthony Thatcher, both of Yar- mouth; William Snow, Edward Sturgis, the Rev. William Thompson, Robert Barker, Elder Thomas Dimmock, Elder John Chip- man, and William Crocker; John Bursley, the Hon. John Tisdale, Robert Latham, Thomas Scotto, of Boston; and James Matthews, who is said to have been a direct descendant of Sir David Mathew, standard bearer to King Ed- ward IV.

We are told that Mrs. Moseley's Howard ancestral line has been traced back in England to Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk, who was beheaded for high treason in 1554.

In Abigail Tisdale Mr. and Mrs. Moseley have an ancestress in common, a great-great- great - grandmother, Mr. Moseley being de- scended from her daughter, Abigail Howard, mother of Mary Lothrop; Mrs. Moseley, from another daughter, Martha Howard, mother of Lucy Willis.

Mr. Moseley is a member of the Society of Colonial Wars and the Sons of the American Revolution, of the Algonquin Club, and the Boston Art Club. Mrs. Moseley is a member of the Society of Colonial Governors, of the Daughters of the Revolution, and of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and the Society of Mayflower Descendants. She has been an attendant for many years, or from the time of Dr. Gannett's pastorate, of the Arlington Street Church (Unitarian).

Mr. and Mrs. Moseley have one child, a daughter Elise, who was born July 18, 1883, in Dorchester, Mass.

ILLIAM HENRY HARRISON SOULE, Boston, is a native of Wareham, Plymouth County, Mass. Born February 21, 1840, son of Silas Tinkham and Nancy Pierce (Macomber) Soule, he comes of Plymouth Pilgrim stock, being a lineal de- scendant of George Soule, who came in the "Mayflower " in 1620. The line is : George, 1 John,2 James, 3 Jacob, + Isaac, 5 Thomas,6 Silas Tinkham7, and William Henry HarrisonS.

George' Soule had a grant of land in Plym- outh in 1623. He m. Mary Becket, who came over in August, 1623, either in the "Ann " or "Little James." In 1639 he removed to Dux- bury, being, with Myles Standish, one of the first settlers of the place. In the Pequot War he was a private in Lieutenant William Holmes's company, and in 1645 he began service as Representative in the General Court of Plymouth Colony. George Soule d. in Duxbury, probably in the month of January, 1680, since his inventory was taken February I, 1680 (new style), his will, dated August

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II, 1677, and inventory being recorded in the Plymouth Colony Wills and Inventories, vol. iv., Part I., page 50. His wife d. at Duxbury in December, 1676.

John,2 the eldest son of George and Mary, was b. in Plymouth in 1632, and became prin- cipal heir to his father's estate. In 1655 he m. Rebecca Simmons, who was the mother of all his children except Joshua. She d. in 1680, and he then m. in 1681 Esther Cook, widow of Samuel Sampson. She d. Septem- ber 12, 1735, aged ninety-five years. John Soule d. at Duxbury in 1707, aged seventy-five years.

James3 Soule, b. in 1659, m. at Duxbury, December 14, 1693, Lydia Thompson, daugh- ter of John Thompson, who was m. in 1645 to Mary Cooke, daughter of Francis Cooke, one of the "Mayflower" Pilgrims. James Soule settled in Middleborough, where many of his descendants still live. He d. there August 27, 1744, aged eighty-five years.

Jacob4 Soule, son of James and Lydia (Thompson) Soule, was b. August 30, 1702, and d. August 20, 1744. He was m. to Mary Thomas, March 31, 1731, and had Isaac, 5 b. January 2, 1732.

Isaac5 Soule m. twice, his second wife being Lydia Wood. It was also her second marriage, her maiden name being Randall. Isaac Soule served as a private in the company of Captain Lieutenant Jonah Washburn, Colonel Ebene- zer Sprout's regiment, on the Rhode Island alarm, December, 1776, and again in Captain Nathaniel Wood's company, Colonel Sprout's regiment, September, 1778, for second Dart- mouth alarm. He d. September 13, 1808.

His eldest son, Thomas6 Soule, b. October 23, 1774, was a prominent citizen of Middle- borough, where he m. in 1805 Lydia Tink- ham, daughter of Silas Tinkham. She d. May 9, 1821, aged thirty-eight. Thomas Soule d. January 24, 1849.

Silas Tinkham? Soule was b. in Middle- borough, November 1, 1811. He learned the cabinet-maker's trade, and at an early age moved to Wareham, where he established him- self in the furniture business, which he contin- ued for over forty years. In town affairs he took an active part, and for some years served

as a collector of the port of Wareham, which town he also represented in the Massachusetts Legislature in 1860-61. In politics he was a staunch Whig and later a Republican, being a delegate to the convention which nominated General Grant for President. He m. Nancy Pierce Macomber, of Middleborough, who sur- vived him, his death occurring in August, 1878, at his home in Wareham.

William Henry Harrison Soule8 was edu- cated at the schools of his native town. In January, 1860, before he had completed his twentieth year, he came to Boston and em- barked in the business in which he is still engaged, that of dry-goods commission. Mr.

Soule was married May 12, 1864, to Helen Mason, daughter of Seth Hall and Clara (Loud) Mason, of Boston. Mrs. Soule's paternal grandfather, Henry Mason, of West- moreland, N. H., was Ensign of Captain Oliver Warren's company, First Regiment of Infan- try of New Hampshire, in the War of 1812. Mrs. Soule's mother was a daughter of Charles and Clara (Chamberlain) Loud, the maternal grandparents being Thomas and Judith (Bur- leigh) Chamberlain, of Brookfield, N. H., which was settled by the four Chamberlain brothers.

Thomas Chamberlain3 was b. February 17, 1758, the son of Captain William2 and Eleanor (Home) Chamberlain, of Rochester, N. H. He m. Judith Burleigh, daughter of Josiah and Judith (Tuttle) Burleigh, of New Market, N. H., her paternal line of ancestors being Josiah, 3 James2 and Giles Burley. Thomas Chamberlain served in Captain F. M. Bell's company, Second Regiment, New Hampshire line, Colonel Nathan Hale, in the Revolution, his entire service covering a period of five years. Later he was Captain in the New Hampshire militia. By occupation he was a farmer and miller, and served as Representa- tive for the towns of Brookfield and Middleton for several years. He d. April 4, 1815.

Captain William2 Chamberlain was b. July 6, 1725, at Dover, N.H. His parents, Will- iam1 and Mary (Tebbetts) Chamberlain, re- moved to Rochester when he was nine or ten years of age. Here he filled many public positions and held a commission as Captain in

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the Colonial forces. June 19, 1775, he was chosen as a member of the Committee of Cor- respondence of Rochester. In 1783 he re- moved to Lebanon, Me., where he d. Decem- ber 13, 1815, aged ninety years. It is not known whether William Chamberlain was an emigrant or a son of one. He came to Dover, N. H., from Newton, Mass., about 1719 'or 1720, removed to Rochester about 1734, d. in 1753, and was buried in the cemetery on Haven Hill. Mrs. Soule is also a direct de- scendant of the Wentworths of New Hamp- shire, the first of the line being Elder William Wentworth, of Dover, N. H., 1616-97. Mr. and Mrs. Soule have four children - George Harrison, Frederic William, Harry Worces- ter, and Helen Loring.

Mr. Soule has held various offices in Ma- sonic bodies, having been Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts; Grand Com- mander of the Grand Commandery of Massa- chusetts and Rhode Island; and Grand Scribe of the Grand R. A. Chapter of Massachusetts ; he is a member of the Grand Encampment, K. T., of the United States. He resides at Brookline.

The name of Soule is an ancient English name (and is found as Sole, Soul, and Soal in Colonial and town records), arms being granted to the Soles of London in 1591. The progen- itor of the family in America, who was thirty- fifth signer of the "'Mayflower' Compact," wrote his name Gorge Soule.

HARLES FRENCH READ, clerk and treasurer of the Bostonian So- ciety, was born in Boston, Mass., September 17, 18.53, son of William and Sarah Fuller (McLellan) Read. He is a descendant in the ninth generation of Esdras Reade, the lineage being : Esdras,' Obadiah, 2 Thomas, 3 William, 4 Robert, 5 William, 6 Rob- ert,7 William,8 Charles French9.

Esdras1 Reade, a native of England, b. about the year 1595, came to Boston, and on the "24th day, 10th month, 1638," was "allowed to bee an inhabitant, and to have a great lot at Muddy River, for four heads." (Boston Rec- ords.) He successively resided in Salem,

Wenham, Chelmsford, Woburn, and in Boston. He served Wenham in the General Court from 1648 to 1651, and was Deacon of the church in that town. His gravestone, on Copp's Hill, still shows the inscription : -

" Here lyeth buried ye boddy of Esdras Reade, aged 85 years. Dec'd July ye 27 1680."

Obadiah2 Read, son of Esdras,I was baptized at the First Church, Salem, May 31, 1640, and d. in Boston, February 19, 1721-2. He was a housewright by trade, and served in various public offices in Boston. He m. in Dorchester, August 19, 1664, Alice Swift, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Capen) Swift. She was b. in Dorchester, November 16, 1647, and d. in Boston, September 13, 1680.

Thomas3 Read, b. July 16, 1665, probably in Boston, removed to Chelmsford, Mass., where he had received a grant of land from the town. After following the occupation of farm- ing there for some time he became a sailor.

William4 Read, b. in Chelmsford, m. Han- nah Bates, of that place. In 1734 he sold his "messuage" to his brother Thomas and re- moved to Litchfield, N. H., which was then in the province of Massachusetts.

Robert, 5 son of William,6 b. December 25, 1720, removed with his father to Litchfield, and afterward to Amherst, N. H. He was moderator of town meeting there in 1768, was Selectman 1761-68, on committee to build a meeting-house in 1770, and was keeper of the Amherst Jail for many years. He was Lieu- tenant-colonel of the Sixth Regiment of New Hampshire Militia in 1775, but resigned his commission because of dissensions in the regi- ment, and did not participate in the Revolu- tionary War, as he had desired. He d. at Am- herst, September 11, 1803. On May II, 1743, he m. Mary Abbot, daughter of Eph- raim3 Abbot, of Andover (John,2 George1), and his wife, Sarah Hunt.

William6 Read, son of Robert, 5 b. in Am- herst, N. H., August 14, 1754, was a Corporal in the Amherst company attached to the

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Twenty-seventh Massachusetts Regiment, and which was afterward united with Colonel John Stark's command, and shared in the glorious defence of Bunker Hill. He d. at Amherst, September 10, 1834. He m. Bridget Greeley, of Hudson, N. H.

Robert,7 son of William,6 b. in Amherst, October 18, 1785, d. at Nashua, N. H., March 10, 1857. He m. December 16, 1818, Re- becca French, of Dunstable, N. H. Prominent among his fellow-townsmen, he served three terms in the New Hampshire Legislature as Representative for Amherst, and was aide-de- camp to Governor Bell, with the rank of Colo- nel, by which title he was generally known. He also represented Nashua in the State Legislature for a time. He was prominent in business circles, being agent for the Nashua Manufacturing Company, general manager of the Land and Water Power Company of Man- chester, N. H., and president of the Nashua & Lowell Railroad. In the capacity of general manager of the Land and Water Power Com- pany, of Manchester, he aided in laying out that town.

William8 Read, son of Robert,7 was b. in Amherst, January 29, 1820, and d. in Boston, May 6, 1889. He was a physician for over fifty years, having graduated at Dartmouth in 1839 and at the Harvard Medical School in 1842. He resided five years in Lynn, Mass., where he began practice; then in Boston, where he was City Physician for some time. As a member of the Boston School Committee for many years, he did much to establish the teaching of vocal music in the public schools. He represented Ward Ten, of Boston, in the Legislature of 1850. In politics he was a Republican. He was m. June 22, 1843, to Sarah Fuller Mclellan, daughter of Isaac and Eliza (Hull) Mclellan. Mrs. Read is a descendant of Hugh' Mclellan, a Scotch-Irish- man, one of the first settlers of Gorham, Me., in about 1733, and subsequently an elder of the Gorham church. He was a Sergeant in the First Massachusetts Regiment under com- mand of Sir William Pepperell in the expedi- tion against Louisburg in 1745. Hugh Mc- Lellan d. in 1787. His son Alexander,2 Cap- tain of the Gorham Company in the Revolu-

tion, d. of the hardships endured by him in the ill-fated Penobscot expedition of 1779. Alex- ander's son Isaac, 3 b. in Gorham, September 15, 1769, d. in Boston, September 13, 1849. He m. March 13, 1805, Eliza Hull, daughter of William Hull, of Newton, who was a Lieu- tenant-colonel in the Revolution, serving for the entire war. William Hull was Assistant Inspector-General under Baron Steuben, and refused the post of aide-de-camp to Washing- ton, preferring more active service. In the War of 1812 he was Major-general of the American forces when they surrendered to the British at Detroit on August 16, 1812. This act, which brought upon him much undeserved obloquy, has been proven justifiable. The Newton, Mass., Chapter of the Daughters of the Revolution, is named the "Sarah Hull Chapter," after the wife of the General. The children of William and Sarah (Mclellan) Read were: William, b. in Lynn, Mass., October 7, 1844; Frederick French, b. in Lynn, May 23, 1847, d. in Boston, August 15, 1885; Robert Mclellan, b. in Boston, September 7, 1848, who is now a physician in Boston; and Charles French, whose name begins this sketch.

Charles French Read received his education in the Boston public schools and at the Massa- chusetts Institute of Technology, and has been the secretary and treasurer of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Class Association of 1874, for fifteen years. He had been in busi- ness many years when he was first elected clerk and treasurer of the Bostonian Society, with which he has since been identified. This so- ciety was organized to promote the study of the history of Boston and the preservation of its antiquities, and has now one thousand members.

On October 24, 1887, Mr. Read married Mary Bickerstaff Comer, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Bickerstaff) Comer, of Boston. He has two children: Harold Comer, born in Boston, December 2, 1888; and Edith Bicker- staff, born in Brookline, April 23, 1898. Mr. Read has been a resident of Brookline for sev- eral years. He is a member of the New Eng- land Historic Genealogical Society; the Mas. sachusetts Society, Sons of the American

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Revolution ; the Bostonian Society; the Soci- ety of Colonial Wars in Massachusetts and the Bunker Hill Monument Association.

RANK VOSE, of West Somerville, Mass., a representative of the wholesale and retail gas and electric fixture indus- try, was born on Bunker Hill, in Charles- town, Mass., September 24, 1855, son of Thomas Charles and Harriet Sophia (Dayton) Vose. He is a descendant in the eighth generation of Robert Vose, b. in Lancashire, England, about 1599, who came to America in 1654 and purchased one hundred and seventy-four acres of land in Milton, Mass. Robert1 d. in Milton in October, 1683, He had three sons - Edward, Thomas, and Henry ; and two daughters - Elizabeth and Martha. A part of the original Vose estate is still in the possession of the family. The line of de- scent is: Robert, Edward,2 Nathaniel, 3 Eli- jah, 4 Moses, 5 John,6 Thomas Charles, 7 Frank8.

Edward2 Vose, b. in England, d. in Milton, January 29, 1716, at the age of eighty-eight years. His wife Abigail d. May 18, 1712. Nathaniel3 Vose, b. November 17, 1672, son of Edward2 and Abigail, m. December 16, 1696, Mary Belcher. He d. October 10, 1753. Elijah+ Vose, b. January 1, 1707, m. Sarah Kent February 12, 1729. He d. November 5, 1766. His wife Sarah, who was b. in 1710, d. in 1808, aged ninety-two years. She was a daughter of Joseph Kent (Joshua, 2 John1) and his wife Rachel, daughter of Jonathan Fuller, of Dedham.

Moses5 Vose was b. in Milton, February 13, I743. He m. Hannah How, of Dedham, Sep- tember 19, 1771. His name appears on the list of officers dated Stoughton, March 22, 1776, chosen in Colonel Benjamin Gill's (Third Suffolk) regiment, and returned by him for commissions. He was chosen First Lieu- tenant in Captain William Babcock's second company (East company in Milton) ; ordered in council, March 25, 1776, that officers be commissioned.

John6 Vose was b. in Milton, November 5, 1781. He moved to Boston, and engaged in the wood, lime, and cement business not far

from the present location of the South Termi- nal Railroad Station, at the foot of Summer Street. His business did not prove a success. He d. in Boston, September 3, 1824. He m.

Zilpah Lewis, of Dunstable, Mass. She was a daughter of Lieutenant Reuben Lewis, of Groton, Mass., who on April 19, 1775, was Corporal of Captain Leonard Butterfield's com- pany, in Colonel Ebenezer Bridge's regiment, "Lexington Alarm Roll." Mrs. Zilpah Lewis Vose d. in Charlestown, Mass., January 29, 1865, aged eighty-seven years, eight months, and twelve days.

Thomas Charles7 Vose was b. in Boston, at the home on the corner of Summer and Pur- chase Streets, August 8, 1818. His early trade was that of a painter, and he served the United States Government in that capacity during the Civil War. He then gave up his trade and became a member of the Charles- town police force, and when Charlestown was annexed to Boston continued to serve until retired at the age limit. He d. in Walpole, April 15, 1891. He m. in Charlestown, June 23, 1845, Harriet Sophia Dayton, a native of the town of Middle Island, Long Island, N. Y., and daughter of Overton and Mary (Howell) Dayton (an early branch of this same family founded Dayton, Ohio). The following is a record of their children : Susan Emma m. John H. Spear, resides in Charlestown, has no chil- dren. Harriet Dayton m. Charles Jones, of Charlestown, and d. in Charlestown, May 2, 1897, leaving one child - Orrin, who is now attending the public school in Charlestown. Charles Henry m. Frances Bowen Butts, of Charlestown ; no children. Richard Cory d. at the age of nineteen. Mary Elizabeth m. Leonard L. Day, and lives in Walpole, Mass. ; no children. Frank, whose name begins this sketch, m. Martha Ellen Smith, and has three children. Thomas m. Frances Duplisse Hart- man, resides in Arlington, Mass .; no chil- dren. Georgie Palmer d. in infancy. . The mother of these children d. in Walpole, Mass., May 12, 1893, aged seventy-two years, seven months, two days.

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began industrial life in the glass and lamp agency of William G. Fletcher, who first in- troduced into New England the glassware of Western manufacture. He next entered the employ of F. O. Dewey, dealer in glassware, lamps, and lanterns, and was his travelling salesman for over nine years. He then became employed by Charles H. McKenney, the elder, and remained with him until his death. After- ward Mr. Vose was employed by Charles H. McKenney, the younger, and in 1894 he en- tered the establishment of McKenney & Water- bury as salesman, and is now in their employ, selling gas and electric chandeliers and fix- tures. Mr. Vose belongs to and is a Past Master of King Solomon's Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; also a member and Past High Priest of the R. A. Chapter of the Sig- net; and a member and Captain General of Cœur de Lion Commandery, Knights Templars, all of Charlestown. In 1891-92 he was Dis- trict Deputy Grand Master of District No. 2, Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, and in 1894-95 was secretary of King Solomon's Lodge.

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Genealogy and history of representative citizens of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, Part 74

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