Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester county, Massachusetts, with a history of Worcester society of antiquity, Vol. I, Part 132

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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Mary Christine was brought up by a Marblehead family. She married Charles Ewell, of Abington, Massachusetts, and resided in Worcester. Massa- chusetts, and Chicago, Illinois. Both are dead. They had a son Carl Ewell, born 1889, who survives them.

Carl C. T. Thomas, son of Frederick Carl Thomas, before mentioned, born in Pomerania, Prussia, June 22, 1838; died in Worcester, May 31, 1905. He started in life under the most depressing conditions, being left alone in a strange country with a younger brother and sister unprovided for. He knew something of the wood-working business and found employment in the cabinet shop of Shaef- fer & Suckow, manufacturers of fine furniture. He and Anton Burckel, who was afterwards his part- ner in business, learned the trade together. The shop was at 127 Anthony street, later on Mul- berry street, New York.

In 1859 he removed to Beverly, Massachusetts, in order to be with his brother and sister, and he contributed to their support. He enlisted in July 1861, in Company D, Fourteenth Massachusetts Regiment, and served three years. He was wounded June 19, 1864. in the battle of Spottsylvania, and sent home by way of Fredericksburg. His regiment was in the Second Army Corps, in General Birney's division, General Mott's brigade, General Hancock commanding. Anton Burckel was in the same com- pany and both were transferred to the heavy artillery. After the war he worked at his trade in Beverly, Boston, and Cambridge, Massachusetts, and finally decided to locate in Worcester. He worked first for William G. Anderson & Company, cabinet makers, corner of Union and Exchange streets, for a short time. He did wood carving for various furniture makers and builders. In the early seventies he formed a partnership with Elisha Witherell, under the firm name of Thomas & Com- pany, and established his business as cabinet maker. A year later his partner died. In 1873 his old friend and comrade Anton Burckel became his partner, the firm name remaining the same. Their shop was then at 91 Exchange street, and they made a specialty of wood-carving and machine work; later they re- moved to the Baker building where they carried on cabinet making on a larger scale. After Mr. Burckel left the business, Mr. Thomas took another part- ner, Edward Minault, who was a member of the firm for two years. After that he was alone in busi- ness until his son was old enough to join the firm. This son, John Thomas, died July 11, 1893. again leaving the senior partner the sole proprietor. His shop was then at 110 Exchange street. He took in November, 1897, as his last and surviving part- ner, August E. Dick, who now conducts the busi- ness. (See sketch of Mr. Dick).

The firm of Thomas & Company has done the finest interior wood-work, such as church altars and pews, in the churches of Worcester, and, in

fact, all over New England. The firm always pros- pered and never met with failure in business. Mr. Thomas was a member of George H. Ward Post, Grand Army; Athelstan Lodge of Free Masons; Encampment 83, Union Veterans; Stella Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star. He was a man of kindly, sympathetic nature, who made many friends. His generous care of his orphan brother and sister, to whom he took the place of father and mother, was but an instance of his character.

He married December 1I, 1865, Louise D. Allen, daughter of Samuel Allen (3) (mentioned below in the Allen family sketch). She was born Septem- ber 4. 1839, and resides at the home 66 Jaques avenue. Their children were: 1. John Carl, born January 1, 1868; educated in Worcester; was his father's partner ; died July 11, 1896. Louisa Augusta, born October 3, 1870: married Charles Amos Black, January 23, 1895; their children are- Arline Mildred, born August 15, 1897. Harold Everett, born October 27, 1899. 3. Bertha Allen, born September 9, 1872; was educated in the Wor- cester public schools and was prominent in the Old South church: died at Pine Bluff, North Carolina, March 30, 1906; buried in Worcester. 4. Talbot and 5. Susan Anna, born August 9, 1877 (twins) : died April 6, 1890. All of the children were born in Worcester, Massachusetts, with the exception of the eldest, who was born at Beverly, Massachu- setts.

ALLEN FAMILY. (I) William Allen, the immi- grant ancestor of Mrs. Carl C. T. Thomas, of Worcester, Massachusetts, was born in Manchester, England, about 1602, according to a deposition made November 30, 1664. He was one of the Dorchester company on Cape Ann in 1623, and he went to Salem with Roger Conant in 1626. He applied for freemanship October 19, 1630, and was admitted May IS, 1631. He served on the jury in 1637, and was one of the grantees of Jeffreys Creek in 1640, but was not then a resident. Jeffreys Creck is that part of Salem now the town of Manchester. He removed to Jeffreys Creek before it was incorporated as a town May 14. 1645, and was one of the petitioners for the division of the town. He sold his house and land in Salem in 1652, but was one of the first board of selectmen of Manchester. He was called an influential and enterprising citizen ; was a carpenter by trade. When he deposed in 1664 that he had lived in Salem for thirty-eight years he must have included his residence in Man- chester as being formerly Salem.

He married (first) Alice -, who died March 8, 1631-2, and (second) Elizabeth Bradley, who probably survived him. He and his wife Elizabeth were among the early members of the Salem church. He made his will June 7. 1678 (?), and it was proved June 26, 1679. He died May 10, 1679. Children of William and Alice Allen were: I. Persis, born and died 1630. 2. Samuel, mentioned below. The children of William and Elizabeth Allen were: 3. Elizabeth, born September. 1634. 4. Deborah, born April, 1637. 5. Bethia, baptized Jan- uary 16. 1630-40. 6. Onesiphorus, born June 30. 1642. 7. William, baptized March 31, 1646. 8. Jonathan, baptized July 29, 1649, probably died young.

(II) Samuel Allen, son of William Allen (1). born in Salem, January 8. 1631-2. Like his father he was a housewright or carpenter, and became a man of property and standing. He was a select- man in 1676-77-88-93, in the town of Manchester, and held other positions of trust. Ile married Sarah - who was living in 1695. His will dated

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November 21, 1702, was disallowed December 5, 1709. Children of Samuel and Sarah Allen were; I. Samuel, born August 2, 1663. 2. John, born Feb- ruary 12, 1666. 3. Sarah, born March 12, 1668. 4. William, born March 18, 1670. 5. Joseph, born June 26, 1672. 6. Alice, born September 20, 1674. 7. Rachel, born February 19, 1677. 8. Elizabeth, born March 18, 1679. 9. Benjamin, born June 4, 1681. 10. Jonathan, born September 4, 1684.

(III) Samuel Allen, eldest child of Samuel Allen (2), born in Manchester, Massachusetts, August 4, 1663; was a fisherman in his younger days and later a trader, residing in Manchester. He mar- ried Abigail Williams, at Marblehead, March 17, 1687. She was living in 1720; and administration was granted on his cstate February 4, 1744. Chil- dren, all born in Manchester, were: 1. Sarah, born July 4, 1687. 2. Abigail, born June 10, 1690. 3. Samuel, mentioned below. 4. Hannah, born May 22, 1695. 5. Rachel, born October 1, 1698. 6. Daniel, born August 1, 1701. 7. Martha, born January 26, 1706-7. 8. Jerusha, born January 24, 1712.

(IV) Samuel Allen, son of Samuel Allen (3), born in Manchester, October 7, 1692; was a fisher- man and farmer, and lived in his native town. He was the town clerk there in 1740, and a selectman in 1753. He married Sarah Tuck, May I, 1717. She was living in 1754 and he in 1758. Their children were: I. Sarah, baptized in Man- chester Church May 31, 1719. 2. Hannah, born April 29, 1721. 3. Samuel, mentioned below. 4. Ambrose, born December 27, 1724. 5. Jeremiah, born April 16, 1727. 6. Jerusha, born August 24, 1729. 7. William, born June 9, 1731. 8. John, born July 30, 1733. 9. Abigail, born April 29, 1737. IO. Joseph, born December 3, 1738. II. Dorcas, born August 3, 1740. 12. Michael, born August 22, 1742. 13. Mary, born March 23, 1745.

(V) Samuel Allen, third child of Samuel Allen (4), born in Manchester, March 4. 1722-3; was farmer, fisherman and trader at different periods, residing in Manchester. He married February 20, 1750-I, Sarah Marsters, of Manchester, who died February 27, 1815, at the age of eighty-six years. He died December 12, 1814, aged ninety-one years. Their children were: I. and 2. Twins, born and died 1752, unnamed. 3. Benjamin Marsters, born May I, 1753. 4. Ruth, born July 25, 1755. 5. Samuel, born September 25. 1757. 6. Ede, born December II, 1761. 7. Nathaniel Marsters, born November 3, 1767, mentioned below.

(VII) Nathaniel Marsters Allen, youngest child of Samuel Allen (6), born in Manchester Novem- ber 3. 1767; resided in Manchester and married there Elizabeth Lee, of that town, December 10, 1789. She died February 28, 1847, aged eighty years and he died January 31, 1855, aged eighty- nine years. Their children, all born in Manchester, were: I. Sarah, born February 22, 1791. 2. Eliza- beth, born January 22, 1793. 3. Nathaniel, born May 14. 1795. 4. Samuel, born February 7, 1799, mentioned below. 5. Lydia, born December 18, 1801. 6. Benjamin, born April 8, 1803.

(VIII) Samuel Allen, fourth child of Samuel Marsters Allen (7), born in Manchester, Febru- ary 7. 1799; married Nabby Smith, of Beverly. Their children were: I. Elizabeth Allen, born Au- gust 6, 1829. 2. Mary T., born January 26, 1831. 3. Sarah M., born December 5, 1833. 4. Abby S., born February 9, 1835. 5. Lydia S., born March 24, 1837. 6. Augusta W. (twin), born September 4, 1839. 7. Louise D. (twin), born September 4, 1839, mentioned above in sketch of Carl C. T. Thomas, her husband. 8. Eva, born January 4,

1842. 9. Samuel L., born April 22, 1844. 10. Susan, born September 6, 1847.

WINSLOW HARLAND ROBINSON. John Robinson (1), the emigrant ancestor of Winslow Harland Robinson, of Worcester, Massachusetts, is believed to have been born in Buoytown, Scotland, about 1770. He certainly was of Scottish birth. He came to America when a young man and settled on Tinkers Island, Mt. Desert, Maine. Ile married Betsey Fogg, probably at Mt. Desert, and after- ward settled at Machiasport. He was a man of extraordinary physique, and at the age of ninety-nine years or thereabouts, in 1869, rowed from Machias- port to Jonesport to shoot ducks. He must have been taken ill after he landed on Fisherman's Island, for there he was found by two men, nearly frozen to death. By his side were six ducks that he had shot. He was taken to the mainland and nursed, but did not survive the exposure. He died the fol- lowing day. His wife lived until after 1856. The children of John and Betsey (Fogg) Robinson were : James, married Harriet Small; Stephen; William, married Jane Sanborn : Hiram, lost at sea ; Rachel, married a Mr. Callaghan; Louise, married a Mr. Merritt; Lucy, married a Mr. Robbins; Eleanor, married John Huntley ; Clara; Julia, married Stephen Huntley.

(II) James Robinson, son of John Robinson (1), was born in Machiasport, Maine, in 1811, and died there in 1898. He married Harriet Small. He was a seafaring inan, and became a captain. His death " at the age of eighty-seven was due to an accident. The children of James and Harriet (Small) Robin- son were: Edgar, born at Machiasport, married Lorena Smith; Elenor, born in Machiasport, married Charles Holines; Fred, born in Machiasport, mar- ried Maggie Hay; was lost at sea; Flora, born in Machiasport, unmarried; Rosa, born in Machias- port, married Lee Pike; Winslow H., born at Machiasport, April 17, 1861 ; Frank, born in Machias- port, married Annie Small.

(III) Winslow Harland Robinson, son of James Robinson (2), was born Machiasport, Maine, April 17, 1861. He was sent to the district schools of his native town until he was seventeen, when he left home to learn the ship caulker's trade. He had some experience as a mariner, having sailed on his father's ship. He came to Worcester in 1882, when he was twenty-one. He went to work for W. O. Wilder, who had a tin shop at 153 Front street, and was a dealer in stoves, furnaces, etc., and learned his trade there. When Mr. Wilder sold out next year to T. B. Foss, Mr. Robinson was employed by his suc- cessor, with whom he remained for five years. In 1889 Mr. Robinson engaged in business for himself, dealing in furnaces and steam and hot water heaters .. His first store was at 20 Lincoln square. Two years later he removed to 47 and 49 Main street, near Lincoln square, where he was located for nine years. Then he removed to his present quarters, I Lincoln square, at 3 Prescott street, in the rear of the old Salisbury mansion. He has made a specialty of hot air furnace work, tin, copper, sheet iron work. He has installed in Worcester alone over six hundred furnaces. He has been success- ful in business and stands well among the business men of the city.

Mr. Robinson is a well known Free Mason, having taken all the thirty-two degrees of Masonry. He is also a member of the Odd Fellows order. He is a member of Adams Square Congregational Church. He resides at 7 Lyford street, near Brittan square.

He married Ida May Smith, daughter of Charles

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B. Smith, a farmer, of Denmark, Maine. Mr. and Mrs. Robinson have a cottage at Denmark, where they spend their summer vacations. Their chil- dren are: Paul W., born October 25, 1894; Ruth M., born in Worcester, September 2, 1896; Marion B., born in Worcester, February 14, 1898; Stanley S., born in Worcester, March 5, 1901.

ANDREW GARDNER HILDRETH. Richard Hildreth (I) was the emigrant ancestor of An- drew Gardner Hildreth, of Worcester, Massachu- setts. He settled first at Cambridge, Massachu- setts, where he was admitted a freeman May 10, 1643. He was a town officer in Cambridge in 1645. He removed to Woburn, Massachusetts. He signed the petition dated May 10, 1653, with twenty-eight others, for the town subsequently named Chelms- ford. He was before that a petitioner for Woburn and Concord. The Chelmsford town records show that Sergeant Hildreth received prior to March 3, 1663, from the general court, grants of eight separate lots of land amounting to one hundred and five acres. In 1664 the general court allowed him one hundred and fifty acres additional, on account of his having lost his right hand.

It is believed that Richard Hildreth and his son James were the ancestors from which all the Hildreth families of the country are descended. Richard Hildreth died in 1688, aged eighty-three years. Elizabeth, wife of Richard, died at Malden, August 3, 1693, aged sixty-eight.

Sergeant Hildreth made his will February 9, 1686, in which he mentions his wife Elizabeth and various children. The children of Sergeant Hildreth were: I. James, born 1631 (by the first wife of Ser- geant Richard Hildreth). 2. Elizabeth, born Sep- tember 21. 1646. 3. Sarah, born August 8, 1648. 4. Joseph, born April 16, 1658; married Abigail Wilson, December 12, 1683; he died January 28, 1706. 5. Persis, born February S, 1659-60. 6. Thomas, born February 1, 1661-2. 7. Isaac, born July, 1663. 8. Abigail, married Moses Parker, of Chelmsford. 9. ( Probably one of the eldest-mentioned as "natural" in the will) Ephraim, of Stowe, to whom the Chelmsford homestead was begeatthed.

( II) James Hildreth, son of Sergeant Richard Hildreth (I), was probably born in England in 1631, according to an affidavit made September 30, 1651, to be found in the Middlesex files. This affidavit establishes the fact that Richard was his father. He was a freeman in 1665.

He died intestate. The estate was administered by his son-in-law, Israel Proctor. The division of the estate in 1695 names the children then living in the order of birth. James Hildreth married Mar- garet Ward, June 1, 1659. He died April 14, 1695. Children were: Richard. the eldest son; Margaret, married Israel Proctor ; Abigail : Dorothy : Ephraim.

(III) Major Ephraim Hildreth, son of James Hildreth (2), born in Chelmsford, Massachusetts. January 9. 1680; died in Dracut, formerly part of Chelmsford, September 26, 1740: married Mercy ( Parish) Richardson in 1707. She was the daugh- ter of Lieutenant Josiah and Mercy (Parish) Richardson: was born January 9. 1688, in Chelms- ford : died December 25. 1743, in Dracut. Mercy Parish, her mother, was the daughter of Robert and Elizabeth ( Blanchard) Parish. of Groton, Massa- chusetts. Lieutenant Josiah Richardson was son of Captain Josiah and Remembrance (Underwood) Richardson. Captain Josiah Richardson was the son of Ezekiel and Susannah Richardson, of Woburn. (See Richardson Family).

Ephraim seems to have been a surveyor, and was repeatedly employed by the town. During his early

life he was a resident of Chelmsford, and after the part of the town in which he lived became Dracut he became identified with the history of the new town. He was town clerk of Dracut most of the time from 1713 to his death in 1740, and was suc- ceeded as clerk by his son Ephraim. It is rather remarkable that the succession continued through four generations. After Ephraim, Jr., came William and William, Jr., in direct line. On March 3, 1800, Lieutenant Israel Hildreth was chosen town clerk, making the fifth Hildreth in successive generations to hold the position.

Major Hildreth was a commissioner September 3, 1734. from Dracut to other neighboring towns concerning a new county, of which Chelmsford was to be the county seat. He was sergeant in 1712. He was assessor, surveyor of highways, tithingman, town treasurer, trustee and selectman of the town of Dracut at various times. He served on many special committees for the town. He be- came captain about 1722 and major about 1736. His will was proved in 1740. It mentions his chil- dren by name. Children were: I. Ephraim, Jr., born July 18, 1708; died in Dracut, Massachusetts, August 5, 1769; was very prominent in Dracut, town clerk, selectman, ensign and many other offices; mar- ried Mary Clark, of Chelmsford, February II, 1735. 2. Josiah, born February 14, 1710; died in Dracut, August 7, 1754: married Rebecca Wright, of Dracut. December 20, 1740; was town clerk in 1747. 3. Robert (see forward). 4. Mercy or Mary, born January 27. 1715; died in Dracut, Massachusetts, December 10, 1720. 5. Zachariah, born September 26, 1718; died in Dracut, January 10, 1745.

(IV) Robert Hildreth, son of Ephraim Hildreth (3), born at Dracut, Massachusetts, May 18, 1713; married Sarah Abbott, of Andover, Massachusetts, November 15. 1734. Robert Hildreth settled in Dracut. He was elected deer reeve March 5. 1749. His wife was school teacher for a time in Dracut. He served on various committees for the town. Children were: 1. Sarah, born in Dracut, August 31, 1735: married Simeon Wood, of Dracut, No- vember 16. 1754. 2. Bridget, born at Dracut, May 16, 1737; married Eliezer Colburn, of Dracut, No- vember 1, 1760. 3. Robert, born at Dracut. March 7. 1739: died there August 17. 1741. 4. Robert, Jr., born at Dracut, February 23, 1740. 5. Paul (see forward. 6. Susanna, born in Dracut, December 5. 1748. 7. Benjamin, born January 23. 1754

(V) Paul Hildreth, son of Robert Hildreth (4). was born at Dracut, Massachusetts, October 5. 1746. He was the first white settler at what is now Lewis- ton. Maine. He was a hunter. He built a log house there in 1770, and was a resident of the village in 1788, and was there when the place was incor- porated on February 18. 1795. The route by which he went to Lewiston from Dracut was down the Merrimac river to the sea in a boat. He was towed by a sailing vessel to Harraseket, now Freeport, Maine. Thence he went by portages through the forest to Royalstown, now Durham, where he again put out in his boat and eventually arrived at Twenty Mile falls in safety. He was joined in 1771 by David Pettingill and one of the Dracut Varnums. and one other from New Gloucester. Before he was married he had his cabin on the island in the river above the falls. The light in his cabin, by which he frequently read late at night. was a beacon to guide the Indians who were not afraid of the rapids. On one occasion an Indian girl warned him of a plot to murder him at night. The Indians were jealous of his success in killing otter. Paul shifted the beacon. putting his lantern in his boat, anchored in such a place that if the Indians came and mis-

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took the light for the cabin where it usually shone, they would be swept over the falls and lost. The trick was successful and the Indians, who never discovered the trick, left him alone afterward, be- lieving that he had a charmed life.

He married Hannah Merrill. The record of their children here is incomplete. Two of them were: 1. David, born November 9, 1770; died at Gardiner, Maine, July 12, 1848, aged seventy-seven years, eight months. He married April 22, 1792. Esther Moody, daughter, probably, of Samuel and Esther Moody who were early settlers of Industry, Maine. She was born in Waterboro, Maine, May 16. 1770. David Hildreth settled in Industry, Maine, in 1804, on the place now or lately owned by Charles S. Rackliff. He removed later to Gardiner, Maine, where he owned a saw mill. He was cap- tain of the Industry militia company. His wife died in Gardiner, February 15, 1842. They had ten chil- dren, the two eldest of which were born in Lewis- ton, Maine, where Paul Hildreth lived and where David was born. 2. Robert (see forward).

(VI) Robert Hildreth, son of Paul Hildreth (5), born probably in Lewiston about 1780; married Phebe Marston, of West Gardiner, Maine. He died at West Gardiner, October 20, 1833; his wife died there February 4. 1871. Children, born in West Gardiner, were: I. Emma Jane, born December 22, 1814; died April, 1902. 2. William, born Novem- ber 16, 1816; died October 28, 1898; unmarried. 3. Daniel, born September 1, 1818; living at West Gardiner, Maine; unmarried (1905). 4. Mehitable, born October 12, 1822, died May 16, 1883; unmar- ried. 5. Robert Gardner (see forward. 6. Thad- deus, born May 17, 1826; died young. 7. Esther, born September 28, 1829; died young. 8. Hannah, born May 4, 1832; living at Farmingdale, Maine. (V11) Robert Gardner Hildreth, son of Robert Hildreth (6), born at West Gardiner, Maine, Sep- tember 24, 1824; was killed in the civil war July 29. 1863. He was a farmer. He married Janu- ary 3, 1856, Hulda Hodgton, of Framingdale, Maine, born October 17, 1838; died in Portland, Maine. He enlisted in Company E. Twenty-fourth Maine Infantry, in the fall of 1861 for nine months service, and his time had expired at the time he was killed. Children were: I. Charles Albert, born Novem- ber 18, 1856: married Carrie E. Chamel (?), of Lewiston, Maine, November 18, 1876; he is a manu- facturer of overalls, etc., at Lewiston, Maine. 2. Andrew Gardner (see forward). 3. Walter Thad- deus, born February 17, 1861; died April 17, 1885 : unmarried. 4. William Clinton, born May 10, 1863: married Jane Weymouth. of Webster, Maine. His daughter Myra Orissa, born March 26, 1884, is living in Worcester, Massachusetts. His son Herbert Leroy, born April 29, 1886, is living in Lewiston, Maine. He went to sea and has not been heard from for some years.

(VIII) Andrew Gardner Hildreth, son of Robert Gardner Hildreth (7), was born at West Gardiner, Maine, December 20, 1858. He was but four years old when his father was killed in the civil war. and the family was broken up. His mother mar- ried again, but lived only a few years. So Mr. Hildreth began life under adverse conditions. When a mere child he worked on the farms of those who were keeping him, attending the district and village schools in the winter terms only. The physical fatigue, the loneliness and the plain living of a New England farm life forty years ago either made a boy ambitious to do better or ground the very heart out of him. Sometimes the work developed the boy into a man of great physical strength; of a philosophy that met every difficulty in business

with patience and determination; of a strength of character that sternness alone develops. Worcester county has thousands of examples of successful men developed under similar conditions to those of Mr. Hildreth's boyhood.

At the age of sixteen he went to work in the Kennebec Wire Works at Hallowell, a town near his native place. He remained in this position until 1882, when he came to Worcester. He had arranged to enter partnership with his brother Walter Hildreth as soon as the volume of business was large enough to need two of them. But his brother died soon afterward, and although the firm was known as Hildreth Brothers in 1883, when the business was established, and for some years afterward, Mr. Hildreth was really alone in the business until 1890, when he formed a partnership with W. J. Hall, under the firm name of A. G. Hildreth & Co. Twelve years later, in 1902, Mr. Hall retired from the firm, and since then Mr. Hildreth has done busi- ness under his own name. The first shop was at 558 Main street. From there Mr. Hildreth moved to the Stevens building, Southbridge street. The factory was moved in August, 1904, to the present location 25 Hermon street. In April he bought the land and buildings which he occupies. The floor space used at present is about 15,000 feet. The regular force employed in the factory is 110. Since 1898 the product has been doubled, and every year the business has shown a large percentage of in- crease over the year preceding. In 1904 Mr. Hildreth made 45.370 dozens of garments and sold 44,438 dozen garments. Besides the making of overalls, Mr. Hildreth manufactures shirts, frocks, etc. Among well known specialties are his mechanic overalls and outing shirts. His trade extends all over the country. He has the best of machinery for the work: everything is made in the factory under his direct supervision. Mr. Hildreth is a member of Ridgeley Lodge, Independent Order Odd Fellows.

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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 132

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