Genealogy and history of representative citizens of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, Part 87

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

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June 10, 1775; pay on account of services in Captain Brown's company, Colonel Nixon's regiment. He may have seen other terms of service. The David Melvin, aged twenty-three years, in list of men raised for Continental service in 1779, was younger than either David above named.

Caroline Heald, of Carlisle, who m. Asa Melvin, of Concord (intentions December 15, 1832), was b. August 12, 1810, and was a daughter of John and Dorcas (Green) Heald. Her father, b. March 3, 1774, d. October 18, 1839. She was a descendant of John' Heald, who came from Berwick, England, lived for a time in Cambridge, Mass., and who in 1635 was one of the first settlers of Concord; he m. a Miss Andross. John2 Heald, who came with his parents to America and settled in Con- cord, m. Sarah Dane, in 1661. Their son, Sergeant John3 Heald (b. 1666), and Mary Chandler, daughter of Roger and Mary (Simmons) Chandler, were m. at Concord, December 18, 1690. On April 19, 1689, he commanded the Concord company that marched to Boston to assist in the revolt that overthrew the Andros government. John4 Heald, of Acton, m. Mary Hale. He was Lieutenant in Captain John Hayward's company of minute- men, Colonel Abijah Pierce's regiment, which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775.

John5 Heald was also active in the service as Lieutenant under command of Major Bald- win. He d. in May, 1677, at the age of eighty-two years.

John6 Heald, grandfather of Caroline Heald, was an Ensign when about twenty years old, and subsequently rose to the rank of Captain, and took part in the battle of Saratoga. His company formed a part of the force detailed to escort General Burgoyne and his officers to Boston as prisoners of war. Mrs. Conant had seven ancestors in the Revolutionary War, namely; three John Healds; two Melvins, David, Jr., and Samuel; Nehemiah Davis and Nathan Green. She had also four brothers who enlisted during the Civil War in the First Regiment Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, three of whom died in the service. Their names appear on the soldiers' monument at Concord, Mass.

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Mr. and Mrs. Conant are the parents of three children - Henry J., Abbie Buxton, and Francis Melvin. Henry J., a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the class of 1887, is in business in New York as mechanical engineer. He is second vice-presi- dent of the Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & Co., Corporation. He married Elizabeth A. Rand, daughter of the Rev. Edward A. and Elizabeth (Abbott) Rand, the well-known author of Watertown, Mass. Their children are: Harold Abbott Rand, Melvin Abbott, John Kennard, and Lawrence Melvin. Abbie Buxton, born 1868, is unmarried, and resides with her parents. Francis M., a graduate of the Institute of Technology, class of 1896, is a chemical engineer with Sanderson and Potter, engineers of New York. He is unmarried.

HARLES MUNSON THOMPSON, of Winchester, Mass., was born Octo- ber 15, 1844, in Unadilla, N. Y., son of William J. and Elizabeth (Betts) Thompson. Mr. Thompson's ancestors removed from Northumberland County, Eng- land, where the family is said to have settled in the sixth century, to the north of Ireland at the time of the Plantation of Ulster, 1609-II. Samuel Thompson, grandfather of Mr. Thompson of Winchester, was b. and brought up in Parish Muckmore, County Antrim, Ire- land. In 1798, the year of the Irish Rebel- lion, he came to America, and settled in Con- necticut, but subsequently removed to New York State, living at first in Saratoga and later in Otego, Otsego County. A farmer by occu- pation, he was an educated and accomplished gentleman of the old school. He was twice m., and had a large family of children, Will- iam J. being the second child by his second wife, Keturah Worden, of Bridgeport, Conn.

William J. Thompson, b. at Saratoga Springs, N. Y., in 1804, d. January, 1894, at Savannah, Ga. He followed the trade of a carpenter throughout his active life, was a deeply religious man, and a prominent member of the Episcopal church. He m. Elizabeth Betts, daughter of Samuel Betts, of Unadilla, N. Y. She was b. in 1805, and d. August 3,

1882. Their children were: Sarah Elizabeth, d. in childhood; Samuel Betts, b. 1832, m. Mary Jay, settled in Oneonta, N. Y., d. 1888; Josephine E., b. 1834, d. aged twenty-six years; William, d. infancy ; Mary A., b. June 12, 1840, now the wife of Lester Hubbell, of Savannah, Ga .; William (second), d. infancy ; Charles Munson, whose personal history is given below; Frances Ella, b. December II, 1846, now the wife of Frank M. Turner, of St. Paul, Minn .; George H., b. 1848, d. 1897 in Georgia; and Frederick W., b. 1854, now liv- ing in Newark, N. J., m., first, Julia Musson.

Charles Munson Thompson obtained his ele- mentary education in the schools of Unadilla, and then pursued a course of study at the Del- aware Institute, Franklin, N. Y., where he was graduated in the class of 1861. From that time onward until 1864 he was employed as one of the engineering corps of the Susque- hannah Railway Company, with headquarters at Unadilla. He then enlisted as a musician in Company H, One Hundred and Forty-fourth New York Volunteer Infantry, under Captain Charles E. Siver and Colonel Lewis, becom- ing a member of the regimental band. During his term of service the One Hundred and Forty-fourth New York Volunteer Infantry was doing garrison duty at Hilton Head, S. C. Soon after joining the regiment Mr. Thomp- son was detailed as Company Clerk, and later as Clerk of Board of Court Martial. Captain Siver soon after being detailed as Acting Assistant Adjutant-General, Mr. Thompson was again detailed as Clerk in his office, and remained there until discharged. He was selected by the Commissary of Musters to superintend the making out the muster-out papers of the several companies. His first roll, which was the first correct one handed in to the officials, was used as a model for all other rolls.

At the close of the war Mr. Thompson re- sumed his former position with the railway company, remaining until the completion of the road. . He was afterward employed by the West Shore Company, with office at Albany, under Charles W. Wentz, chief engineer, later being with the Schoharie Valley Railway Company, then with the Evansville, Hender-

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son & Nashville Company, with headquarters at Henderson, Ky., where he remained a year and a half. Returning to New York, he was assistant engineer on the State canal, having headquarters at Albany under State Engineer Van R. Richmond for six years. Subse- quently, under Chief Engineer E. Egerton, he built a part of the Cooperstown & Susque- hannah Valley Railroad, his headquarters being at Portlandville. The following year he was engaged in the insurance business at Una- dilla, N. Y. After that he was assistant engi- neer on the Denver & Rio Grande Railway, and located the line from Salt Lake City through Parley Canon to Park City, Utah, and the line from Provo over the desert to Nevada. From 1883 until 1886 he worked as assistant engineer on the Cape Cod ship canal, and afterwards as chief engineer, being located at Sandwich. In 1894 he removed to Win- chester, where he opened an office for general engineering work. At present writing (Feb- ruary, 1902) he is again living at Sandwich, being resident engineer on the Cape Cod canal.

Politically Mr. Thompson is a Democrat, and takes an intelligent interest in local affairs. He was a member of the town Board of Health of Winchester two terms, and also served on the Sewer Commission. He was made a Mason in Freedom Lodge, No. 324, F. & A. M., Unadilla, N. Y., in 1866, and also joined the Unadilla Chapter, R. A. M. When he removed to Sandwich, Mass., he de- mitted to the Masonic lodge of that place, and later took a letter from that lodge to the Will- iam Parkman Lodge, of Winchester.

On December 25, 1866, Mr. Thompson married Olivia Lee, daughter of David and Samantha (Rudd) Lee, of Unadilla, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson have two children : William Lee, born in Albany, N. Y., who is in his father's office in Winchester; and Jo- sephine O., born October 29, 1886. Mrs. Thompson is a "Mayflower " descendant, trac- ing her maternal ancestry to Elder William Brewster. She is also a Daughter of the Rev- olution, her mother's paternal grandfather, Bezaliel Rudd, Sr., having been an officer in the Continental army.

Mrs. Thompson's father, David Lee, a farmer by occupation, was b. in Dutchess County, New York. He m. Samantha Rudd, daughter of Bezaliel Rudd, Jr., and a descend- ant in the eighth generation of Elder Brewster, thus : William,I Love, 2 Wrestling, 3 Jonathan, 4 Jerusha, 5 Bezaliel, 6-7 Samantha8. Elder Will- iam' Brewster d. at Plymouth, Mass., April 10, 1644. Love2 Brewster, who came to Plym- outh in the "Mayflower" with his parents, Elder William and his wife Mary, m. May 15, 1634, Sarah Collier, and settled in Duxbury. His will was proved March 4, 1650-1. Wrest- ling3 Brewster, a lifelong resident of Duxbury, was a carpenter by trade. He and his wife Mary had eight children. Jonathan+ Brews- ter m. in 1709 Mary, daughter of John and Hannah (Seabury) Partridge, of Duxbury. In 1727 he removed to Lebanon, Conn., and in 1730 to Windham, Conn., where he d. in 1753. Jerushas Brewster was the fifth in a family of nine children. She m. in 1741 Zeb- ulon Rudd, b. 1717, son of Nathaniel and Re- becca (Waldo) Rudd, and d. in 1795. Their son, Bezaliel6 Rudd, Sr., who was b. at Wind- ham, Conn., July 13, 1751, was a pioneer set- tler in that part of Dutchess County, New York, which became the town of Northeast. Quartermaster Bezaliel Rudd was elected to be First Lieutenant, Shepherd's company, Sep- tember 29, 1780. No record of commission. (Archives of the State of New York, Revolu- tion, vol. i.) Bezaliel,6 Sr., was the father of Bezaliel7 Rudd, Jr., whose daughter Samantha8 m. David Lee, as above mentioned, and was the mother of Mrs. Thompson.

DMUND PRATT BUSS, of Lynn, was born in Marlow, N. H., September 10, 1842, son of John and Phebe (Pratt) Buss. The immigrant progenitor of the Buss family of New England was William' Buss, who came to Massachusetts at an early day, settling in Concord, Mass., where he was made freeman in 1639. He reared three sons - Richard,2 Nathaniel,2 and Joseph2. Nathan- iel Buss and Mary Haes (or Hayes) were m. December 16, 1668. Josephª m. and had a son Joseph, 3 b. in 1680. John3 Buss, son of

SILAS E. BUCK.

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Nathaniel and Mary, was b. at Concord, May 22, 1678.

Silas Buss, Sr. (descendant of Nathaniel2 or Joseph,2 probably of the fifth generation of the family), was b. at Lunenburg, Mass., May 27, 1746, son of John Buss and his wife Eunice. He removed to Temple, N. H., and afterward to Wilton, N. H. Silas Buss, Jr., son of Silas, Sr., was b. in Temple, N. H., about 1769, but spent the larger part of his life in Wilton, N. H., being employed as a stone mason. He d. at a ripe old age, about 1854. On March 13, 1800, he m. Fanny, daughter of Nathaniel and Prudence (Abbot) Sawyer. She was b. July 5, 1799. They became the par- ents of ten children, all b. in Wilton; namely, Amos, Heman, Ralph, John, Fanny, Rodney, Nathaniel Sawyer (d. infancy), Nathaniel Saw- yer (second), Francis, and Silas.

John Buss, b. August 13, 1806, in Wilton, N. H., devoted his active life to agricultural pursuits, settling first in Marlow, N. H., but removing from there to Temple, N.H. He m. Phebe Pratt, of Temple, a daughter of Ed- ward Pratt, and a descendant in the sixth gen- eration from John' and Rebecca Pratt, early householders of Medfield, Mass. The line was continued through John2 Pratt, who, with his wife Sarah, settled in Reading, Mass .; their son, Samuel3 Pratt, b. in 1696, and his wife Joanna; Daniel4 Pratt, and his wife Abigail, to Edwards Pratt, father of Phebe. Edwards Pratt, who was b. in 1765, m. Asenath Flint, daughter of Ebenezer5 Flint, of Wilton, N. H. Ebenezer was a lineal descendant of Thomas' Flint, the immigrant, who settled in Salem, Mass. George2 Flint was b. in Salem in 1652, son of Thomas1. He m. Elizabeth Put- nam, and removed to Reading, North Parish. Ebenezer, 3 his son, b. in 1689, m. Tabitha Burnap. Ebenezer,4 b. 1738, son of Eben- ezer, 3 m. Abigail Sawyer, and was father of Ebenezer,5 who m., first, in 1764, Asenath Holt, they being the parents of Asenath6 Flint, wife of Edwards Pratt.

John Buss and his wife, Phebe Pratt, had six children : Anna Maria, b. in 1840, is the wife of Henry Hosmer, of Mason, N. H., by whom she has two children - Hattie and Willis. Edmund P. is the special subject of

this sketch. His personal history is given below. Sarah Adelaide, who was b. in Temple, N. H., in 1846, m. George Upham, of Amherst, N. H. Eliza Caroline m. Frank Barnes. Fannie is the wife of Vernon Eaton, of Mason, N. H. John, her twin brother, d. at the age of fourteen years.

Edmund P. Buss acquired his education in the district schools of Temple, N. H., where he subsequently engaged in farming until the breaking out of the Civil War. Enlisting in 1861 for a term of three years in Company K, Sixth New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, under Captain Converse and Colonel Griffin, he went with General Burnside in the expedi- tion to Hatteras and Roanoke. After serving one year, he was honorably discharged on account of physical disability. Since March, 1864, he has been in business in Lynn, being connected with the firm of M. C. Heald & Co., manufacturers and bottlers of soda water. Fraternally, he is a member of General Lander Post, No. 5, G. A. R .; of the West Lynn Lodge, I. O. O. F .; and of Golden Fleece Lodge, A. F. A. M., of Lynn.

In 1871 Mr. Buss married Emma Lougee, of Lynn. She died September 10, 1875, leaving no children. He married, second, January 1, 1877, Clara K. Goss, of Nashua, N. H., a daughter of John F. and Harriet J. (Foster) Goss. Mr. and Mrs. Buss have two children, namely : Carrie Belle, born in 1878, now the wife of Eugene Edwards, of Lynn; and Robert Edmund, born in 1879, who is connected with and half-owner in the New England Fire Supply Company, of Lynn.

ILAS EDWIN BUCK, of Cam- bridge, a well-known coal merchant and a native of that city, was born May 20, 1847, son of Silas Beaman and Sarah Elizabeth (Smallidge) Buck. His paternal grandparents were Silas and Deborah (Beaman) Buck, both natives of Sterling, Worcester County, Mass., and of early Colo- nial stock.

Through his paternal grandmother, Deborah Beaman, Mr. Buck of Cambridge is a descend- ant of Gamaliel Beaman, who came to the

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country in the ship "Elizabeth and Ann" in 1635, and settled in Dorchester, being then twelve years old. It is recorded of him that he with other colonists removed to Lancaster about the year 1659, and there formed a church. By his marriage with Sarah Clark, daughter of William Clark, he became the father of six children.

John2 Beaman, son of Gamaliel Beaman and his wife Sarah, d. in Lancaster, January 15, 1739-40, in the ninetieth year of his age. His wife Priscilla d. August 6, 1729. Their son Gamaliel,3 b. at Lancaster in 1684, was the first settler on the site of the present town of Sterling, Mass. He d. October 26, 1745. His successor in the line of descent was his son Phineas, 4 who built the first frame house in Lancaster. On October 23, 1740, Phineas Beaman m. Joanna White, who bore him

seventeen children. Their son Gideon, 5 who, according to the Lancaster records, was b. July 12, 1763, m. Dolly Wilder in 1786. Gideon and Dolly Beaman had nine children, one of whom was Deborah, the paternal grandmother of the subject of this sketch.

Silas Beaman, a native of Sterling, father of Silas Edwin, was b. July 18, 1810. His wife, Sarah Elizabeth, b. in Boston, February 14, 1814, daughter of Samuel and Lucretia Butler (Fulton) Smallidge, was a descendant on the maternal side of John2 Fulton, who, according to Boston records, was b. February 16, 1637, son of Samuel' and Elizabeth Ful- ton. (Boston records, it may here be added, mention a John Fulton and an Ann Wire, m. in Boston, August 3, 1732; also a Samuel Bradlee and a Mary Anderson, both of Dor- chester, m. February 11, 1730. ) John Fulton, father of Lucretia B. and grandfather of Mrs. Buck, was b. in Boston in 1736. He moved to Medford in 1772, m. Sarah, the eldest daughter of Samuel Bradlee, of Boston. At his death he left his widow with ten children. The widow attained the age of ninety-five years. Silas B. and Sarah E. Buck had five children. Of these three are living, namely : Silas E., the subject of this sketch; Mary Elizabeth, who is the widow of Benjamin R. Rand; and Sarah Augusta, who is the widow of A. Leander Floyd.

In 1864, having received his education in Cambridge schools, Silas E. Buck entered the employment of Parker, Wilder & Co., of Bos- ton, with whom he remained for nearly ten years. Then he was engaged in the gentle- men's clothing and furnishing business at East Cambridge on his own account for two years. Upon abandoning this enterprise in 1878, he obtained employment with Joseph Abbott Wel- lington, a coal dealer of Cambridge. Nine

years later, or in 1887, having remained with Mr, Wellington throughout that period, he was admitted to a partnership in the firm. The entire control of the business fell to him when Mr. Wellington d. in the following year, and he still carries it on under the original name, being now the sole proprietor. That he is a successful merchant, he owes to sterling business qualities for which he is much esteemed. Mr. Wellington d. August 1, 1888.

On November 19, 1874, he was united in marriage with Ellen Antoinette Wellington, a daughter of his former employer and partner. He has no children. Mr. and Mrs. Buck attend the Universalist church. Mr. Buck is a member of the Masonic fraternity, being a Past Master of Putnam Lodge, F. & A. M., of Cambridge, also belonging to the Cambridge Royal Arch Chapter and the Cambridge Com- mandery of K. T. He is likewise a Past Grand of New England Lodge, I. O. O. F., of Cambridge, and Past Chief Patriarch of the New England Encampment. He is a member of the Newtowne Club. In politics a Republican, he was elected to the Cambridge Common Council of 1890 and to the Cam- bridge Board of Aldermen in 1891.

ON. FREDERICK W. DALLINGER, well known to the people of Massa- chusetts for his activity in the cause of county reform, was born in Cam- bridge, Mass., October 2, 1871, son of Will- iam W. and Elizabeth F. (Kingman) Dal- linger.

The Dallingers are of German origin. Some members of the family, being involved in the German Revolution of 1780, were

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obliged to leave their fatherland. Two of

them came to America, one settled in Mobile,

Ala., the other in Ohio. Others took refuge in England, and from one of these descended John George Dallinger, Sr., who was b. in London. Coming to America in 1820 he set-

tled in Cambridge, and there followed the

trade of hatter, which he had learned in Eng- land. He m. Elizabeth E. Gordon, a native of London, and they had eleven children, six of whom were b. in England and five in Amer- ica. The father d. in Cambridge at the age of

seventy years. The mother, surviving her husband, d. there at the age of eighty-one.

John George Dallinger, Jr., son of John G. and Elizabeth, was b. in London, England, in 18II, d. in Cambridge, Mass., in 1891. He m. February 4, 1838, Martha Burrage, a native of Leominster, Mass., and daughter of Captain Josiah8 and Ruth (Kilburn) Burrage. She was descended, through Josiah, 8 William,7 Thomas, 6 Deacon Thomas, 5 John, 4 Thomas, 3 and Richard2 from Robert1 Burrage, of Seeth- ing, County Norfolk, England, whose wife's name was Rose. The will of Robert, dated January 2, 1558, spells his name "Burrishe." He had two sons - Robert and Richard. Richard2 removed to Norton Subcourse, also in Norfolk, where, according to the parish records, he had ten children - seven sons and three daughters. There is no record of his marriage or his death. His son Thomas3 Bur- rage (b. at Norton Subcourse, February 28, 1581, d. March 2, 1632) was a yeoman. He m. Frances Dey, August 19, 1606, and they had five daughters and two sons. John, 4 fifth child of this marriage, came to America early in 1637, his name being in the town records of Charlestown, Mass., under that date. John Burrage was m. to his first wife about 1639. Nothing is known of her, but that her name was Mary and that she was admitted to the church in 1641. John himself was admitted to the church May 10, 1642, and made a free- man May 18, 1642. There is no record of his first wife's death; but in 1654 or 1655 he m. Joanna, daughter of Nicholas and Amy Stow- ers, who, with other immigrants, arrived from England and settled in Charlestown the latter part of June or the early part of July, 1629.

thirty-five persons who were dismissed from Nicholas and Amy Stowers were among the

the Boston church August 14, 1632, and formed the First Church of Charlestown. John Burrage, in partnership with Hudson, kept the ferry in Charlestown for more than thirty years previous to 1685. He was elected

clerk of the market in 1658, and re-elected to the same office continuously until 1673. He was a man of sterling character, "diligent and laborious," but lost his reason thirteen years before his decease (October 19, 1685), owing to a fall from his horse. Thomas, 5 youngest son of John by his second wife, Joanna Stowers, was b. at Charlestown, Mass., May 26, 1663. Early in life he removed to Lynn, Mass.,

where he was apprenticed to the carpenter's

trade. He was m. November 30, 1687, in Lynn, to Elizabeth Breed, who bore him two sons and five daughters. She d. in 1709, and in 1710 or 17II he m. Elizabeth Davis, the widow of Robert Davis, of Dunstable. In 1692 he was one of the overseers of "Rumney Marsh "; in 1694 he was on the jury; in 1695 Constable; and in 1698 was again chosen one of the "overseers and hawards of Rumney Marsh." In 1703 he was chosen a "tithing man," and in 1712 was Selectman, being sev- eral times re-elected.

He was known as

"Deacon Thomas Burrage." He d. March II, 1717. Thomas,6 b. in Lynn, September 19, 1697, son of Deacon Thomas and Elizabeth (Breed) Burrage, was a carpenter and joiner. He m. January 30, 1722, Sarah, daughter of Joseph Newhall, and grand-daughter of Thomas Newhall, Jr., who has been spoken of as the

first white person b. in Lynn, Mass. They had eleven children, five of whom were sons. Sarah (Newhall) Burrage d. May 14, 1749; and Thomas6 m. November 15, 1750, Anna Wayte, of Malden, who bore him no children. William,7 son of Thomas and Sarah (Newhall) Burrage, was b. in Lynn, December 9, 1731, d. September 23, 1820. He was a farmer, shoemaker, and cobbler at Leominster, whither he removed in 1767. He m. March 20, 1760, Phebe Barrett, of Malden, by whom he had six sons and five daughters. The fifth child and third son of this marriage, Captain Josiah8 Burrage, m. Ruth, daughter of William Kil-

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burn, of Lunenburg, a descendant of George Kilburn, who came from Wood Ditton, Eng- land, in 1635, and settled in Rowley, Mass., in 1640. Josiah8 Burrage in the year of his majority was chosen Captain of the "North Company " of Light Infantry, of Leominster, Mass., holding the office for several years and retaining the title as long as he lived. He had thirteen children, of whom Martha (b. February 4, 1818, d. May 5, 1845), who m. John George Dallinger, Jr., of Cambridgeport, was the tenth.

William W. Dallinger, son of John George, Jr., and Martha (Burrage) Dallinger, was b. at Cambridge, September 27, 1840. He m. October 14, 1868, Elizabeth F., daughter of Pliny E. and Caroline (French) Kingman, of Brookline, Mass. He had three children - Frederick W., Philip B., and Ruth.

Frederick W. Dallinger obtained his pre- paratory education in the Cambridge public schools, graduating from the Cambridge Latin School in 1889. He worked his way through Harvard University, and while there was a member of the Harvard Union, at that time the only debating society in the university; in his Senior year was president of that organization, and also of the Harvard International Law Club. He was graduated from Harvard at the head of his class in 1893, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude, obtaining that distinction both on account of general excellence and from having been awarded highest honors in political science. He re- ceived the degree of Master of Arts in 1894, and that of Bachelor of Laws in 1897. While in college he was one of the originators of intercollegiate debating, being a member of the Harvard team in the second and fourth debates with Yale, and taking an active part in the management of the first and third Harvard- Yale debates. He is a member of the Theta Delta Chi fraternity. After his graduation he was for some time a tutor in economic and government courses, and devoted much time to training the Harvard debating teams. He was admitted to the Suffolk bar in 1897, and is a member of the law firm of Stone, Dallinger & Bennett, 28 State Street, Boston.

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Genealogy and history of representative citizens of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, Part 87

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