Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester county, Massachusetts, with a history of Worcester society of antiquity, Vol. I, Part 124

Author: Crane, Ellery Bicknell, 1836-1925, ed
Publication date: 1907
Publisher: New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 824

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an advanced price, which enabled him to manufac- ture at a profit. Thus the business began to grow, and he sold large quantities in the United States. Canada and England. In 1902, after working twenty ycars at his trade in Worcester, he was forced to abandon weaving on account of trouble with his eyesight. He is now engaged in the manufacture of heddles for carpet looms, having secured valuable patents in the United States and England. One was granted to him August 3, 1897, and another Novem- ber 29, 1904; they are for certain new and useful improvements in heddles for Jacquard looms for carpet manufacturing. In the first year of manu- facturing this device he sold one hundred thousand. His shop is now located at No. 4 Cheever street, Worcester.

Mr. Butcher has accumulated considerable prop- erty through thrift and careful investment. He owns large apartment houses in Worcester, believing in the solid value of such real estate. He is an ex- cellent example of adopted citizenship. He has overcome the disadvantages of poverty and realized the reward of the man who honors his trade and has contributed something to improve it. He is an active and influential Republican. He is a member of the Congregational church, and of the Foresters.

Mr. Butcher married (first) Eliza Burns, daugh- ter of Jasper Burns, of Kidderminster, England. She was born in 1844 and died on Easter Sunday, 1900. He married (second) Mary Follows, daugh- ter of John and Ann Roslyn ( Badlands) Follows. She was born in Kidderminster, England, February 4. 1857, coming to America with her parents when two years old. Her family came to Worcester in 1870. Her father died in 1883, aged sixty-three, and her mother in 1861, aged thirty-nine. No children were born to either union. '

ALEXANDER DE WITT. John Witt (1), who came from Holland to Lynn, Massachusetts, about 1630 and settled there, was the ancestor of Alexan- der De Witt, of Worcester, Massachusetts. The prefix De was added by later generations and is doubtless properly part of the surname. He married Sarah , and is said to have had two wives. He died at Lynn, December 2, 1675. His children were: John, married Elizabeth Baker ; Jonathan, married. March 23, 1663, Mary Dimond, of Lynn, probably daughter of John Dimond; Ann, married Barnes; Elizabeth, Sarah, Mary, Martha, born at Lynn, March 5. 1659; Thomas, born at Lynn, July 25, 1661, married, February 26, 1685, Bethia Potter, daughter of Nicholas Potter; Ebenezer, born April 6, 1665, died young.

(II) John Witt, son of John Witt (1), was born probably about 1650 in Lynn. He married, January 14, 1676, Elizabeth Baker. They resided in Lynn, where all their children were born, not all being recorded. The children shown by the Lynn records were : Elizabeth, born August 9, 1677; John, born June 3, 1679, married Mary Dane; Mary, born August 14, 1681; Jonathan, married in Marl- boro, Lydia Mathews; Abigail, born February 10, 1687; Samuel, born at Lynn. October 20, 1691, mar- ried (first) Elizabeth Breed, of Lynn, (second) Susanna Pierce: Ebenezer, born August 8, 1693; Thomas, born February 18, 1696, married Mary Ivory ; Persis, born May 2, 1698.

(III) John Witt, son of John Witt (2), was born at Lynn, Massachusetts, June 3, 1679. He mar- ried Mary Dane. They settled in Marlborough, Massachusetts, about 1707. He died there in 1743. His will was made March 6, 1741, and proved May 16, 1743. It mentions his wife Mary ; sons, William, Elias, Joseph, John and Ebenezer; daughters, Mary

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Dike and Elizabeth; granddaughter, Rebecca Goodell. He settled on the Indian plantation in the northeast part of the town where his descendants have since lived. The children of John and Mary (Dane) Witt were: William, born May 13, 1708; Mary, born July 29, 1710; Elias, born June 30, 1714, mar- ried, March 31, 1742, Elizabeth Marble; Rebecca, born 1715, married, January 17, 1733, Eleazer Good- ale, of Sutton; David, born April 11, 1720, married Sarah -, and had Thomas, born . April 11, 1745; Ebenezer, born 1722, baptized June 22, 1722, mar- ried Lydia Woodbury; Elizabeth, married Benoni Bailey; John, see forward.

John Witt, son of John Witt (3), was born at Marlborough, Massachusetts, about 1720. He was a nephew of Captain Ebenezer Witt, of Brookfield, and he came to North Brookfield to settle as early as 1744 with his wife Sarah. They lived on what is lately known as tne Cheever place. John Witt sold his farm to Samuel Cheever, July 19, 1769. He was one of the forty-eight charter members of the Second Church, formed May 28, 1752. He was a lieutenant in the militia in the Indian wars. Four of his children only are recorded at North Brook- field, as follows: Benjamin, born August 15, 1750; Ivory, October 20, 1752; Stephen, August 15, 1754; Joseph, January 3, 1757.

(V) Benjamin Witt, son of John Witt (4), was born at North Brookfield, Massachusetts, August 15, 1750. He removed to New Braintree. He mar- ried Olivia Campbell, daughter of Duncan Camp- bell, and settled at Oxford, Massachusetts. He was a soldier in the revolutionary war. In 1794 he re- moved again to New Braintree, where he died April 17, 1818. His widow married Daniel Bacon, of Charlton, Massachusetts, and died February 5, 1848, at Oxford, Massachusetts. Their children were: I. Stearns, born December 22, 1787 (named for his maternal grandmother, Elizabeth Stearns. This name in England has always been "Sternd' and Captain De Witt early discarded the "A" and wrote his name "Sterns"). 2. Sophia, born April 22, 1789, married, August 14, 1808, William Earle, resided at New Braintree, Oxford, Franklin and Boston, where he died August 27, 1867; she died January 3, 1885. Their children were: Olivier S., born 1812; William, 1814; Samuel H., 1816; Benjamin A., 1818; Paul, 1821; Henry A., 1824; Mary M., 1829; Nancy S., 1831. 3. Polly, born March 22, 1791, mar- ried Amos Thompson, 1810. 4. Hollis, born December 22, 1792. 5. Archibald, born October 27, 1794, mar- ried Martha Fisher, daughter of A. F. Fisher, of Franklin, where they settled; he died May, 1759. His children were: George Alexander, William, Martha and Horace. 6. Susan, born August 17, 1796, married Rufus Harris. 7. Alexander, born April 2, 1798. 8. Nancy, born March 29, 1800, mar- ried Horace Smith. 9. Elizabeth, born February 17, 1803, married Jonas Bacon.

(VI) Nancy De Witt, daughter of Benjamin Witt, was born March 29, 1800, at New Braintree, Massachusetts. She married Horace Smith, of Leicester, his second wife. She died September 24, 1830, and her two children were adopted by her brother, Colonel Alexander De Witt, who was child- less. The children were: Eliza L., born at Leicester, May 2. 1825, married Dr. William Newton : Horace De Witt, name changed to Horace Smith De Witt, born at Leicester, Massachusetts, October 2, 1828, married, March 29, 1852, Sarah Jane Phelps, daugh- ter of James Phelps, of Sutton.

(VII) Horace Smith De Witt, son of Horace and Nancy De Witt Smith (6), was born at Leices- ter, Massachusetts, October 2, 1828. He married. March 29, 1852, Sarah Jane Phelps, daughter of

James Phelps, of Sutton, Massachusetts. He died May 4, 1859. They settled at Pepperell, Massachu- setts, where their only son was born: Alexander, March 7, 1854.

(VI) Colonel Alexander De Witt, son of Benja- min Witt (5), born April 2, 1798, at New Brain- tree, Massachusetts. He was great-uncle of Alex- ander De Witt, of Worcester, his namesake. He was the next oldest brother of Nancy De Witt. Am- midown says of him: "He was emphatically what is termed a self-made man. Self-reliance was his motto and from this resource he rose to whatsoever posi- tion he sustained in either public or private life." He went to work at the age of fifteen in the store of the Merino Manufacturing Company at Dudley, Massachusetts, and remained in that position four years, travelling some of the time to sell goods. In 1818 he went to Franklin' and engaged in manu- facturing cotton thread in partnership with Dr. Mil- ler. Next year he started a mill and country store at Oxford, selling the thread he made from his wagon. After he married he manufactured thread at Franklin with his father-in-law until 1824, when he entered a partnership with his three brothers, Sterns, Archibald and Hollis, and they began a small business at what is now Buffum village in Oxford. They continued but a few years. As his means in- creased he became interested in cotton and wool manufacturing elsewhere. He resided in Oxford all his life except from 1837 to 1840, when he was a partner in a commercial house in Boston and lived in that city, and in 1848 and 1849, when for about a year he resided in Worcester. He became wealthy and held investments in railroads, insurance com- panies and many different industrial concerns.

He was for twenty-six years a director of the Worcester Mechanics' and Farmers' Insurance Company; for twenty-seven years director of the State Mutual Life Assurance Company of Worces- ter ; for twenty years with the Mechanics' Savings Bank of Worcester as trustee and president; di- rector and for nine years president of the Mechanics' National Bank of Worcester; for five years presi- dent of the Oxford Bank; three years president of the Worcester & Nashua Railroad; for seventeen years director of the Providence & Worcester Rail- road; for twenty-five years director of the Norwich & Worcester Railroad. He was often moderator of the Oxford town meetings. He was representa- tive in the general court five years, state senator in 1842-41-50-51. He was a delegate to the constitu- tional convention in 1853. He was elected to con- gress in 1852 over the Whig and Democratic nomi- nees from the ninth congressional district, and re- elected in 1854. He gave freely to charitable ob- jects and was the largest contributor in the town to religious institutions. He left a legacy to the Oxford Congregational Church. He is described as a large, florid, handsome man, jovial and hearty in his manner and very attractive personally. He mar- ried, June 5, 1820, Mary Makepeace, of Franklin, Massachusetts. He died January 13. 1879: she died April 6, 1887, at the age of eighty-nine. They had no children, but adopted the children of his sister, Nancy (De Witt) Smith.

(VIII) Alexander De Witt, son of Horace De Witt (7), was born at Pepperell, Massachusetts, March 7, 1854. He received his education in the public schools at Sutton, Oxford, and Leicester Academy, and in 1871 came to Worcester to live. He began his business career in the office of Kinni- cutt & Co., hardware merchants, Main street. The firm was composed of F. H. Kinnicutt, Samuel Woodward and L. N. Kinnicutt. He remained with this firm until 1881. He was then associated

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with J. and J. Murdock, of Lester, until 1883. He entered the banking business in partnership with Lincoln N. Kinnicutt, in 1884, and continued until January, 1906. They were interested with others in the successful purchase and re-organization of the Worcester Safe Deposit & Trust Company, now the Worcester Trust Company, of which Mr. De Witt is a director. He is also trustee of the People's Savings Bank. He married, September 21, 1880, Caroline Murdock, daughter of Joshua Murdock, of Leicester, Massachusetts.

HON. EDWARD FOSTER FLETCHER. The surname Fletcher is derived from the occupation of arrow maker, or maker of bows and arrows, from the Anglo-Saxon "fledge," an allusion to the feath- ering of an arrow. The family is ancient, coming, it is said, from Burgundy, now the Canton de Vaud, in Switzerland. The first Fletcher came to England with the Normans at the time of the Con- quest. The ancient coat-of-arms of the Fletchers was : Sable, a cross flory between four scallop shells, argent.

Moses Fletcher came in the "Mayflower," signed the Compact, and died soon after arriving. There were three other prominent immigrants to New England: Edward, from Badgeden, county Glouces- ter, returned to England; Robert, of Concord, men- tioned below: and William, of Concord. No proof of relationship between them has been found.

(I) Robert Fletcher, the progenitor of Hon. Ed- ward Foster Fletcher, ex-mayor of Worcester was born in England in 1592. The family tradition has it that he came from Yorkshire, and the name is com- mon in the north of England. Robert settled in Con- cord, in New England, in 1630, and became wealthy and prominent; he was appointed by the general court a constable November 2, 1637. He removed to Chelmsford; he joined with William Fletcher and others in 1654 in inviting Mr. John Fiske and the Wenham church to remove to Chelmsford in a body. He died at Concord, April 3, 1677, aged eighty-five years. His will was made February 4, 1672, aged about four score years; in it he com- mits his wife to the care of his son Francis and wife; bequeathed to sons Francis, William and Sam- uel. The inventory is dated May 12, 1677 .. His children : 1. Luke, born in England; died May 21, 1665, unmarried. 2. William, mentioned below. 3. Caroline, married - Kebby. 4. Samuel, born 1632. 5. Francis, born 1630, married Elizabeth Wheeler.

(II) William Fletcher, son of Robert Fletcher (1), born in England, 1622, came with his father to Concord when eight years old. He was admitted a freeman May 10, 1643; was selectman 1655, the first public meeting, November 22, 1654, being held at his house; in 1673 was appointed a commissioner for Chelmsford. He was the owner of a tract of land embracing what is now the city of Lowell. A part of the original lot, near the meeting house at Chelms- ford, has been occupied more than two hundred years by his descendants. He died November 6, 1677: his wife Lydia died October 12, 1704. He married Lydia Bates, of Concord, October 7, 1645. Their children: I. Lydia, born January 30, 1647 ; married Rev. John Fiske. 2. Joshua, mentioned be- low. 3. Paul, married, April 12, 1705, Deliverance Stevens. 4. Sarah. 5. William, born in Chelms- ford, February 21, 1657. 6. Mary, born in Chelms- ford, October 4, 1658. 7. Esther, born at Chelms- ford, April 12, 1664. 8. Samuel, born July 23. 1664. (III) Joshua Fletcher, son of William Fletcher (2), was born at Concord, March 20, 1648, and ad- mitted a freeman March II, 1689. He married,

May 4, 1668, Grissies Jewell, who died January, 1682, and (second) Sarah Willcy, July 18, 1682. He died November 21, 1713. The only child on rec- ord of Joshua and Grissies Fletcher was Joshua, born about 1669, married about 1700, Dorothy Hale. Children of Joshua and Sarah: 2. Paul, born 1683, resided at Chelmsford; belonged to the Snow Shoe company of soldiers in the Indian war 1724; was town treasurer. 3. Rachel, born June 27, 1683. 4. Timothy, born October, 1685, died March 2, 1705. 5. Jolın, born at Chelmsford May 7, 1687; married Hannah Phelps. 6. Joseph, mentioned below. 7. Sarah, born January 21, 1690; married Thomas Reed. 8. Jonathan, married, May 5, 1735, Jane Chamberlain, and settled in Westford; his widow lived to be a hundred years old. 9. Elizabeth, born June 10, 1698, married Samuel Hartwell. Io. Jonas, born 1694.

(IV) Captain Joseph Fletcher, sixth child of Joshua Fletcher (3), born in Chelmsford, June 10, 1689; married Sarah Adams, of Concord, November 17, 1712. She was born 1691 and died April 24, 1761; he died October 4, 1772. They settled and lived in Westford, adjoining Chelmsford, on the place known as the E. Tower place, where all the children were born. Their children: I. Joseph, born July 6, 1713. 2. Benjamin, born August 8, 1716; married twice. 3. Timothy, born April 12, 1719. 4. Thomas, born March 10, 1721. 5. Sarah. 6. Edith, born April 8, 1725; married Benjamin Carver. 7. Pelatiah, mentioned below. 8. Joshua, born November 20, 1731. 9. Ruth, born August 28, 1733. 10. Mary, born August 29, 1735; married, January 16, 1755, Eleazer Fletcher.

(V) Captain Pelatiah Fletcher, seventh child of Captain Joseph Fletcher (4), born in Chelmsford, May 3, 1727; married Dorothy, daughter of James Hildreth, January 13, 1757. She was born August 26, 1736, died June 14, 1784. He married (second) Widow Betty Keyes, born in Hartwell, October 13, 1782. He was sent as a delegate from Westford to the convention of committees from the towns held at Dracut, November 26, 1776. He died February 23, 1807. Children: I. Betsey, born December 15, 1757. 2. Dorothy, born December 21, 1759; mar- ried Sampson Fletcher. 3. Joseph, born November 6, 1761, died December 25, 1765. 4. Sarah, born August 12, 1763, died August 22, 1783. 5. Lucy, born November 14, 1765, died July 1, 1766. 6. Pelatiah, mentioned below. 7. Joseph, born May 13, 1769, married Frances (Grant) Keyes. 8. Lucy, born February 12, 1771, married Joseph Rockwood, of Groton. 9. Adams, born March 10, 1773, died September 27, 1775. 10. Ezra, born October 9, 1774. II. Polly, born August II, 1776; married Abram Prescott. 12. Adams, born August 17, 1779.

(VI) Pelatiah Fletcher, sixth child of Pelatiah Fletcher (5), born April 4, 1767; married Patty Keyes, December 5, 1785. She died December 9, 1786; he married (second) Sally Woodward, Sep- tember 22, 1788; (third) Mrs. Buelah Heywood, of Concord, June 23, 1803; she died May, 1814. He died May 7, 18II. Children of Pelatiah and Patty Fletcher : I. Joel, born at Westford, 1786; married Abigail Dinsmore, in Anson, Maine :

seven children. Children of Pelatialı and Sarah : 2-3. Sally and Patty, twins, born in Ashburnham, June 28, 1789; Sally married Richard Adams, De- cember 9, 1806; Patty married, April 9, 1807, Jacob Osgood, of Westford, born March 13, 1787, died 1857, and had a large family. 4. Wiley, born at Gro- ton, February 7, 1791 ; married Elizabeth Lyman, of Sandlake, New York; removed to Albany, New York. 5. Samuel, born at Ashburnham, March 21, 1792; married, April 13, 1813, Buelah Heywood, of

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Westford; he died February 25, 1860. 6. Timothy, born at Groton, November 28, 1795; married, Jan- uary 25, 1825, Elizabeth Ann Edes; he was county commissioner several years. 8. Harriet, born at Groton, July 31, 1800; married Nathan S. Hamlin, of Westford, November, 1829. 9. Mary, born at Westford, January 25, 1803; married Thomas Richi- ardson, January 23, 1840; died March 22, 1877. Children of Pelatiah and Buelah: 10. Pelatiah, born in Westford, June 27, 1804, married, May 13, 1830, Susan Hamlin, born August 29, 1808, died April 15, 1850; settled in Pepperell. 11. Lucy, boru at Westford, September 10, 1806, married Abel Stevens, of Fitchburg, Massachusetts.

( VII) Calvin Fletcher, seventh child of Pelatiah Fletcher (6), born in Groton, Massachusetts, Feb- ruary 20, 1797. He was a farmer in Groton and dealt also extensively in lumber. He served the town as selectman, representative to general court, and in other positions of trust and honor. He was one of the prominent men of his day. At the time of his death he owned a large amount of land at Ayer Junction. He was well educated, and in his younger days was a school teacher. He married, October 10, 1819, Nancy Reed, daughter of Samuel Reed. Their children: 1. Nancy E., born at West- ford, 1820; married William Sawtelle, of Shirley. 2. Calvin J., born at Westford, 1822, died Decem- ber 24, 1905; married Elizabeth Whitney, of Stowe, 1848, who died December 24, 1905; three children : Emma C., born 1849; Mary F., 1851 ; Helen B., 1861. 3. Rufus R., mentioned below. 4. Samuel W., born 1826, died 1845, unmarried. 5. Pelatiah, born 1827, died 1833. 6. Mary F., born 1829; mar- ried Frederick W. Pope, 1853; three children : Nellie F., born 1854; Frank F., 1859; William F., Pope, died October 21, 1906. 7. Martha P., born 1833, married Jacob W. Cooper, 1853; had Ida S. Cooper, born 1854. 8. Pelatiah, born 1836, died. 9. Joseph, born 1837, died; married, 1862, Sarah J. Stone, and had: Calvin, born 1863; Charles S., born 1867. 10. Albert Francis, born 1840, died March 14, 1906; married, 1889; two children-Robert and Edwin. Sarah J. Stone died August 6, 1905.

(VIII) Rufus Reed Fletcher, third child of Calvin Fletcher (7), born at Westford, July 2, 1823. died April 16, 1906. He was brought up and went to the public schools in his native town. He became a nurseryman and florist in early life, and followed that occupation during his active life, over fifty years, and at the time of his death was living at Rutland, Vermont. When a young man he owned some valuable inventions and travelled extensively in the west and south. He was an active member of the Unitarian church in Ayer, where he resided until recently. He was at various times trustee, collector and treasurer of the church. Mr. Fletcher was a gifted conversationalist. He had a fund of good stories and good nature that attracted every- body who knew him. He made friends everywhere. and few men were more fortunate in winning the good-will and esteem of a multitude. He married first, 1848, Sarah Marble Whitney, born November 3, 1819, died September 17, 1892. He married ( sec- ond) Mrs. Mary E. Hayward, of South Acton, Massachusetts. Children of Rufus Reed and Sarah Marble (Whitney) Fletcher : I. Harriet Josephine, born August 25, 1849, resides in Worcester, 1111- married. 2. Sarah Elizabeth, born October 5. 1850, married Charles B. Felch, a printer, of Ayer, Massa- chusetts, who died 1881; she resides in Worcester ; they had one son, Percy Fletcher Felch, born March 5, 1878, died July 8, 1900. He attended the city schools of Worcester and then entered the Massa- chusetts Agricultural College at Amherst, and grad-

uated in 1901, well advanced in his class. He was very popular among his classmates; he was per- suaded to remain after graduation for a few days with his friends, and two days later, while bathing, was drowned. He possessed marked musical talent. His death was a severe blow not only to his widowed mother, but also to his numerous friends, who revered and esteemed him for his many noble char- acteristics, which shone forth clearly in his daily walk and conversation. 3. Daniel Whitney, born February 1, 1852, resides at Ayer ; president Middle- sex Northwest Savings Bank of Ayer, and vice- president Ayer National Bank; is owner of Fletcher block; a dealer in men's clothing, furnishings, shoes, etc., and has his two sons in business with him. He married Emma Phelps, and has five children : Ethel A., Howard P., Frank W., Dorris, Hazel died June, 1894. 4. Edward Foster mentioned below. 5 Samuel Wyley, born May 28, 1857; was engaged in the clothing business at Nashua, but March I, 1906, sold this and associated himself with his brother, Ed- ward Foster, in business in Worcester. He married Susan Fletcher; two children. 1. Mary M., a teacher in the kindergarten at Nashua, New Hampshire; she has a fine contralto voice and sings in public, thus furnishing pleasure for many people; she is noted for her many acts of charity among the poor and deserving. 2. Nina G., the well known violinist, who has been heard with favor in Boston Symphony Concerts and many recitals, and gives promise of a brilliant career.

(IX) Edward Foster Fletcher, fourth child of Rufus Reed Fletcher (8), was born in Littleton, Massachusetts, June 17, 1854. When he was four years of age his parents removed with him to Ayer, and he attended the public schools of Ayer and Law- rence Academy, at Groton, Massachusetts. At the age of twenty-one he entered into the boot and shoe business in Ayer, where he continued for six years, and then formed a connection with the Oakdale Shoe Company, at Oakdale, Massachusetts. Two years later he formed a partnership with Gilbert G. Bemis, and began business in Worcester in the Crompton block, on Mechanic street, 1883, under the name of the Waverly Shoe Company. The rapid growth of the business necessitated its removal in 1886 to larger quarters on Front street, where the firm con- tinued' for five years, when, having again outgrown their quarters, they removed to the large factory building in the rear of 560-62 Main street. The Waverly Shoe Company was one of the most pros- perous shoe concerns making shoes in Worcester. In 1895 the firm was dissolved and Mr. Fletcher sold his interests to his partner. Mr. Bemis moved the business to Laconia, New Hampshire. Mr. Fletcher retained for ten years a special partnership in the company. In 1896 Mr. Fletcher formed the Lincoln Shoe Company, and built up an extensive business as jobber and wholesaler of shoes. George F. Leavitt and P. E. Bassett had an interest in this corporation. In 1904 MIr. Fletcher disposed of his stock in the Lincoln Shoe Company to the White Shoe and Rubber Company, of Worcester, Franklin White, president, Front street, Worces- ter. The companies were consolidated and at present are conducted by Mr. White under the name of White Shoe & Rubber Company and Lincoln Shoe Company, Consolidated.

Mr. Fletcher had become interested in the Hough Shade Corporation at Janesville, Wisconsin, and since disposing of his shoe business has devoted much time to this business, which is in a very pros- perous condition. He is vice-president of the com- pany, which has a capital stock of two hundred thou- sand dollars, employs one hundred and fifty hands,

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Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester county, Massachusetts, with a history of Worcester society of antiquity, Vol. I, Part 124

Author: Crane, Ellery Bicknell, 1836-1925, ed Publication date: 1907 Publisher: New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company Number of Pages: 824

Author: Crane, Ellery Bicknell, 1836-1925, ed
Publication date: 1907
Publisher: New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 824