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(VII) Thomas Andrews Morse, youngest child of Dr. John Morse (6), born March 13, 1786. He married Lucinda Wood. He was a man of great
industry and excellent character. He died July 29, 1810. His children were: Caroline, born November 28. 1810; Elizabeth A. (VIII), married Austin J. Morse (VIII), mentioned below ; Frederick J., Octo- ber 23, 1814; Franklin B., September 20, 1817; Ann W., June 8, 1822; Andrews T., October 17, 1824.
(VI) Joshua Morse, fourth child of Rev. Ebenezer Morse (5), was born in Shrewsbury North District (Boylston), March 8, 1752. He married Levinah Holland, of Boylston, daughter of Ephraim Holland, sister of the wife of Luke Knowlton, who came to Newfane, Vermont, with him in 1773 and settled on the farm lately owned by Welcome Allen, then removed to the Dr. Olds place on Newfane Hill and subsequently to the farm later owned by Sabine Morse. He died October 1, 1828. The chil- dren of Joshua and Levinah Morse were: Tabitha, born in Boylston. September 8, 1773, died unmar- ried 1817: Amherst, mentioned below; Ephraim, May 23, 1778; Joseph, September 16. 1780, died Janu- ary 26, 1792; Luke, February 6, 1783; Persis, Janu- ary 17, 1785; Ennice. March 28, 1787: Eunice, Au- gust 30, 1789; Windsor, January 7, 1793; Sewall, April 12, 1795, died 1795; Betsey, August 24, 1796. (VII) Amherst Morse, second child of Joshua Morse (6), was born in Newfane, Vermont, April 25, 1776. He married Abigail Holden, February II, 1800, and settled on the farm now or late of Mar- shall Houghton in Newfane; afterwards removing to his father's farm on Newfane Hill, where he lived until his death July 20, 1842. The children of Am- herst and Abigail Morse were: Maria, born May 4, 1804, married Nathaniel Cheney, of Wardsboro, Vermont, October 27, 1825, removed to Brattleboro; Abigail H., born May 20, 1807, married Huntington Fitch, April 23, 1832, removed to Columbus, Ohio; Austin J., mentioned above and below; Sabin P., March 15. 1817, married Sarah C. Fitts, September 12, 1839, owned the homestead.
(VIII) Austin J. Morse, third child of Amherst Morse (7), was born in Newfane, Vermont, Novem- ber II, 1812. He married, April 9, 1835, Elizabeth A. Morse (VIII), mentioned above, the daughter of Thomas Andrews Morse (VII). Married (sec- ond) Catherine Miller, March 18, 1847. He resided at Newfane many years and also at Fayetteville, Vermont. He was an extensive farmer and cattle drover. He was a representative in the legislature in 1863 and 1864; a delegate to the constitutional convention in 1870. He removed to Brattleboro, where he died April 18, 1895. The children of Austin J. and Elizabeth A. (Morse) Morse were: Edwin Ruthven, mentioned below; Amherst, who was a soldier in the civil war, a prisoner in Libby and died from its effects. The children of Austin J. and Catherine (Miller) Morse were : Ellen, Mrs. M. J. Reed, of Vermont : Allie F., unmarried.
BRADSTREET FAMILY. (I) Governor Simon Bradstreet was an ancestor of Edwin Ruthven Morse, of Worcester. He was born in Hobling. Lincoln, England, in 1603; received his A. B. at Cambridge in 1620: A. M. in 1624; was appointed assistant to the Massachusetts Bay colony March 18, 1630, and came with Governor Winthrop in 1630. He was secretary of the colony from August 23, 1630, to 1636: deputy governor 1673-8: governor 1679-86; again after the rising against Sir Edmond Andros 1689-92. He died March 27, 1697, aged ninety-four. He married Ann Dudley, daughter of Governor Thomas Dudley, who was born in Northampton, England, in 1576, came to Massachusetts in 1638 with the commission of deputy governor, was gov- ernor from 1634 to 1640; was one of the signers of the charter of Harvard College. Anne Dudley was the first poetess of note in New England ; one of her
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brothers was later governor of the colony and a nephew was chief justice. She died September 16, 1672, and Governor Bradstreet married (second) Ann Gardner, widow of Joseph Gardner, daughter of Emanuel Downing; she died 1683. The chil- dren of Governor Simon and Ann ( Dudley) Brad- street were: Samuel (H. C. 1653) ; Dorothy, married Rev. Seaborn Cotton; Simon, born September 28, 1643; Hannah; Mercy, 1647; Dudley, 1648; John, born July 22, 1652.
(II) John Bradstreet, son of Governor Simon Bradstreet (1), was born at Andover, Massachu- setts, July 22, 1652; married, June 11, 1677, Sarah Perkins, daughter of Rev. William Perkins, of Tops- field. He was living in Salem in 1681, but most of his life was spent in Topsfield. Their children were: Simon, mentioned below; John, born January 30, 1693; Mary, November 27, 1696; Samuel, August 4, 1699.
(III) Simon Bradstreet, eldest child of John Bradstreet (2), was born in Topsfield, Massachu- setts, April 14, 1682 : married Elizabeth Capen, Octo- ber 12, 1711. Their children, all born in Tops- field, were: Elizabeth, born August 28, 1712; Simon, April 21, 1714; Dudley. May 27, 1716; John, March 2. 1717-8: Margaret, born April 24, 1720, married Thomas Andrews. mentioned below; Priscilla, Sep- tember 27, 1722: Lucy, November 25, 1724; Joseph, May 13, 1727; Mercy, November 27, 1728; Mary, May 10, 1731.
(IV) Margaret Bradstreet, daughter of the pre- ceding. (See Andrews).
ANDREWS FAMILY. (I) Robert Andrews was the immigrant ancestor of Edwin Ruthven Morse, of Worcester, through Elizabeth Andrews, who married Dr. John Morse (VI), as given above. The mother of Elizabeth Andrews was Margaret ( Bradstreet ), mentioned above. Robert Andrews was a native of Boxford, England, who settled in Boxford, Massachusetts, in 1656, bringing with him six children and settling on a one hundred acre farm bought of John Lambert, of Rowley. He bought other land later. He died May 29. 1668. His will was made May 16, 1668, and proved July 1, 1668. His widow was Grace Andrews, died De- cember 25, 1700, and her will made September 4, 1699, was proved January 4, 1702-3. Both are buried at Topsfield. Their children, born there, were : Mary, 1638; Hannah. 1642; Elizabeth, 1645, married Samuel Simonds (see sketch of the Simonds family) ; Thomas, 1645, resided at Boxford; John, 1648, set- tled in Boxford, mentioned below; Robert, 1651 ; Rebecca, married Samuel Marble; Joseph, Septem- ber 18, 1657, great-great-grandfather of Governor John A. Andrew : Sarah, 1658; Ruth, May 27, 1664.
(II) John Andrews, son of Robert Andrews (1), was born 1648: married, July 9, 1713. Patience An- drews : married (second) Hannah Kimball. April 28, 1724. They settled at Boxford. The children of John and Patience were: Hannah, born April 28, 1715: Thomas, mentioned below; Mary, May 25, 1720. The children of John and Hannah were: Sam- uel, baptized May 28, 1727; Jeremiah, born August 7. 1727 : Daniel, December 27, 1729.
(III) Thomas Andrews, second child of John Andrews (2), was born in Boxford. Massachusetts, September 4, 1717; married, at Topsfield. November 27. 1739. Margaret Bradstreet, daughter of Simon Bradstreet, whose ancestry is given above. Her sis- ter Lucv married Robert Andrews and both Robert and Thomas removed to the North District of Shrewsbury, later called Boylston, Massachusetts. Thomas Andrews died at Newfane, Vermont, in 1760. His eldest children were: David; Jonathan,
died unmarried; Elizabeth, who married Dr. John Morse. (Stated above).
(IV) Elizabeth Andrews, daughter of Thomas Andrews (2), married Dr. John Morse. (See sketch above.)
(1X) Edwin Ruthven Morse, son of Austin J. Morse (8), was born in Newfane, Vermont, Febru- ary 24, 1843, and died in Worcester, August 30, 1887. Mr. Morse was for many years a provision dealer with a store at 145 Main street, Worcester, a man of high standing in business and successful. He was well known in Masonic circles, being a mem- ber of Montacute Lodge, Worcester Royal Arch Chapter, the Worcester County Commandery and in the Scottish Rite had taken all the degrees including the thirty-second. In politics he was a Republican, but never sought public office.
He married Martha E. Osgood, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, March 16, 1869. She was born in New- fane, Vermont, daughter of Willard Emory and Han- nah (Park) Osgood and granddaughter of Deacon Jonathan Park, who was an officer in the revolu- tionary war and fought in the battle of Bennington. She was educated at Wesleyan Seminary and was a teacher in the public schools of Minneapolis before her marriage. Their only child was : Lulu Mabel, born in Worcester, February 24, 1884, educated in the Worcester public schools and at a business college.
HOMER RISING KING. John Alden (I), made famous by Longfellow in the poem "Court- ship of Miles Standish," was an ancestor of Homer Rising King, of Worcester, Massachusetts, and of others named elsewhere in this work.
John Alden was born in England in 1599. He joined the Pilgrims on the "Mayflower" at South- ampton as the ship was on its way to America. When the ship stopped there for supplies he was hired as the cooper. He had not been with them at Leyden and was probably not a member of the Independent church, but soon joined. He cast his fortunes with the Pilgrims after enduring the hardships of that first terrible winter at Plymouth, when so many died. He was doubtless influenced in this decision by his love for Priscilla Mullens, the story of which, with some embellishment, is told in "The Courtship of Miles Standish." She was the daughter of William Mullens, who came on the "Mayflower" with his family. John and Pris- cilla were married in the spring of 1621. When the common property of the colony was divided in 1627 Alden went with Captain Standish, Elder Brewster, John Howland, Francis Eaton and Peter Brown to Mattakeeset, the Indian name of the territory now included in Duxbury, Marshfield, Pembroke, Hanson and Bridgewater, Massachu- setts. For several years they were obliged to re- turn to Plymouth during the winter season to com- bine all their forces against the possible Indian attack that was always dreaded and not unex- pected. The residents in Plymouth in winter also gave then an opportunity to attend worship, and the records show a written agreement of Alden and others in 1632 to remove their families to Plymouth in the winter.
In 1633 Alden was appointed assistant to the governor, an office which he held for nearly the whole of the remainder of his life, serving with Edward Winslow, Josiah Winslow, Bradford, Prince and Thomas Hinckley. From 1666 until his death he held the office of first assistant, was often called the deputy governor, and was many times acting-governor in the absence of the gov-
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ernor. From 1640 to 1650 he was also deputy to the colonial council from Duxbury. Winslow's history of Duxbury says of him: "Holding offices of the highest trust, no important measure was proposed, or any responsible agency ordered in which he had not a part. He was one of the coun- cil of war, many times an arbitrator, a surveyor of lands for the government as well as for indi- viduals, and on several important occasions was authorized to act as agent or attorney for the colony. He was possessed of a sound judgment and of talents which, though not brilliant, were by no means ordinary. Writers who mention him bear ample testimony to his industry, integrity and ex- emplary piety, and he has been represented as a worthy and useful man of great humility, and emi- ment for sanctity of life, decided, ardent, resolute and persevering, indifferent to danger, stern, austere and unyielding, and of incorruptible integrity. He was always a firm supporter of the church, and every- thing of an innovating nature received determined opposition." From the Puritan point of view Alden was a model if the description of his virtues is truth- ful. He took his part in making the life of the Quakers at Plymouth colony intolerable.
On the Alden farm there stands the house built by John Alden's son Jonathan, having been oc- cupied by eight generations of Aldens in direct line. It is the oldest house in New England with three exceptions, the old Fort at Medford, built in 1634; the Fairbanks house at Dedham, built in 1636; and the old stone house at Guilford, Connecticut, built in 1640. Here Alden spent his declining years. He died in Duxbury, September 12, 1686, aged eighty- seven, the last of the famous band of Pilgrim Fathers, and the last of the "Mayflower" company except only Mary Allerton, who died in 1699, aged ninety.
John Alden had eleven children, only eight of whom are known. These were: 1. John, born at Plymouth about 1622; Freeman, 1648, at Boston ; died May 14. 1702, aged eighty-nine years; mar- ried, April 1, 1660, Elizabeth Everell, widow, daugh- ter of William Phillips. 2. Joseph, (see forward). 3. Elizabeth, born 1625, died at Little Compton, Rhode Island, aged ninety-three; married William Peabody. 4. Jonathan, born about 1627, captain, married, December 10, Abigail Hallett. 5. Sarah, married Alexander Standish, son of Captain Miles Standish. 6. Ruth, married John Bass, of Brain- tree, from whom the Presidents Adams descended. 7. Mary, married Thomas Delano, of Duxbury, son of Philip Delano, who came in the "Fortune" in 1621. 8. David, prominent man of Duxbury.
(II) Joseph Alden, son of John Alden (1), born in Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1624, died February 8, 1697. He inherited land at Bridgewater, where he settled, and also at Middleboro, Massachusetts. He was admitted a freeman 1659. He married Mary Simmons, daughter of Moses Simmons, Jr., who came in the "Fortune" in 1621 and settled at Dux- bury. Joseph Alden's will was dated December 14. 1696, and proved March 10, 1697. His children were: 1. Isaac, born at Bridgewater, married (sec- ond) Mehitable Allen, December 2, 1685. 2. Joseph, (see forward). 3. John, born at West Bridgewater. died September 29, 1730, aged fifty-six ; married Hannah White, daughter of Ebenezer White, of Weymouth. 4. Elizabeth, married, 1691, Benjamin Snow. 5. Mary, married, 1700, Samuel Allen.
(III) Joseph Alden, son of Joseph Alden (2), born at Bridgewater, Massachusetts, 1667; died Jan- uary 22, 1747. He was deacon of the church there and a prominent man. His will was dated Novem- ber 12, 1743. He lived at South Bridgewater. He
married, 1690, Hannah Dunham, daughter of Daniel Dunham, of Plymouth. She died January 13, 1748, aged seventy-eight. Their children were: I. Daniel, born January 29, 1691, married, 1717, Abigail Shaw and settled in Stafford, Connecticut. 2. Joseph, born August 26, 1693, died December 9, 1695. 3. Eleazer, born September 27, 1694, married, 1720, Martha Shaw; he died January 30, 1773. 4. Hannah, born 1696, married (first) Joseph Alden; married ( sec- ond), 1722, Mark Lothrop, of Easton. 5. Mary, born April 10, 1699, married, second, 1719, Timothy Ed- son. 6. Joseph, born September 5. 1700, died Octo- ber 5, 1700. 7. Jonathan, born December 3, 1703, died November 10, 1704. S. Samuel, ( see forward ). 9. Mehitable, born October 18, 1707, died April II, 1737. IO. Seth, born July 6, 1710, died September 6, 1784; married Mehitable Carver ; settled at Bridge- water.
(IV) Samuel Alden, son of Joseph Alden (3), born at South Bridgewater, Massachusetts, August 20, 1705. died 1785; married, 1728, Abiah Edson, daughter of Captain Joseph Edson, and settled at Titicut. Their children were: I. Abiah, born 1729, married Seth Harris, lived at North Bridgewater. 2. Mehitable, born 1732, married Joshua Packard, lived in Maine. 3. Sarah, born 1734, married Tim- othy Packard. 4. Samuel, born 1736, died 1816; married Hannah Williams. 5. Josiah, (see for- ward). 6. Simeon, born 1740, settled at Bridge- water and Titicut; married, 1763, Mary Packard. 7. Silas, died aged twenty-one. 8. Mary. 9. Hosea, killed by kick of horse; married two daughters of Josiah Washburn.
(V) Josiah Alden, son of Samuel Alden (4), born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, 1738; settled in his native town, later in Wales, Massachusetts. He married. 1761, Bathsheba Jones, of Raynham, Massa- chusetts. Their children were: I. Elijah, settled at Brimfield and Ludlow; was soldier in revolu- tion ; married Rebecca Fuller. 2. Azel (son), born 1770, died 1854, married. 1791, Bethany Wilbur. 3. Abiah. married Benjamin Winchester. 4. Bathsheba. 5. Charity, married Peter Trask, of Randolph, Ver- mont. 6. Josiah (see forward). 7. Lucy, married Amos Fletcher. S. Rebecca, married Benjamin Snoe ; settled in Belchertown, Massachusetts. 9. Benjamin, married Polly Hodges.
(VI) Josiah Alden, son of Josiah Alden (5), born 1773: died September 3, 1833; married ( first) Olive Brown; married (second) Widow Bates. Children of Josiah and Olive (Brown) Alden were : I. Azel (son), born August 12, 1792, died October 22, 1860, married Mary Bramard. 2. Justus, born September 15, 1793, died September 30, 1831 ; mar- ried Betsey Porter. 3. Zenas, born November 1, 1795. died January 1, 1840; married Betsey Taylor. 4. Charity, born June 5, 1797, died August 11, 1829. 5. Washington Brown, born July 14, 1799, died Aug- ust 5, 1859: married Hannah B. Bartlett. 6. Charles, born December 6, 1803, died May 22, 1862; married Margaret Moore and Louisa Paine. 7. John, mar- ried Huldah Wright, June 17, 1827. 8. Orsamus, born June 5, 1808, married, June 28, 1842, Eliza Ann Lehman. 9. Mary Needham, born September 13, 1810. married, October 27, 1831, Henry Fuller. 10. Eunice Brown (see forward).
(VII) Eunice Brown Alden, daughter of Josiah Alden (6), born at Ludlow, Massachusetts, Decem- ber 23. 1813, married, March 24, 1833, Marvin King, of Longmeadow. Massachusetts. They settled at Ludlow, where he had a farm. He died in Ludlow, January 1, 1903, aged ninety-five years. His wife died 1863. Their children were: 1. Mary Madelia, born February 9. 1834, married, November 26, 1852, Justus Alden. 2. Marvin Henry, born April 5, 1835-
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3. Ann Frances, born February 28, 1837, married Charles Henry Knapp, of Northampton. 4. Samuel Alden, born December 15, 1838, magistrate ; sergeant in civil war. 5. Julia Isadora, born March 22, 1841. 6. Arthur Delano, born May 13, 1843, corporal in civil war. 7. Homer Washington, born December 8, 1844, died September 5, 1846. 8. Homer Rising, born June 4, 1846. 9. Olive Eugenie, born May 14, 1848. 10. Frank E., born May 26, 1850, died Oc- tober 1, 1852. II. Frederick Augustus, born Novem- ber 17, 1852. 12. Lelia Imogene, born December 23, 1854.
(VIH) Homer Rising King, son of Marvin (7) and Eunice Brown (Alden) King, was born in Lud- low, Hampton county, Massachusetts, June 4, 1846. He attended the district schools of his native town and worked on his father's farm until the age of seventeen, when he enlisted in Company I, Twenty- seventh Massachusetts Infantry, Captain Henry A. Hubbard, Colonel Horace C. Lee, of Springfield, Massachusetts, under whom he served two years. He was with his regiment in the following battles: Wallhollow Junction, Virginia : Fairfield church, Virginia : Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Bermuda Hun- dred, and in the battles in front of Richmond up to 1864. He was mustered out at the end of the civil war. He returned to Ludlow and entered the grocery and provision business. In March, 1866, he gave up his store and went to Colorado. He travelled on foot from Atchison, Kansas, to Fair- play and South Park. Colorado, a distance of seven hundred miles. He engaged in placer-mining and in the provision business for four years. He was elected trial justice and deputy county clerk for Jefferson county, Colorado, for three years. In 1870 he came east and with his brother, Arthur D. King, started in the grocery and provision business in Wul- braham. Massachusetts. Three years later he re- moved to Worcester, where he followed the same business, dealing also in cattle. He has for many years been in the wholesale business only, dealing in meats and cattle. In 1880 he bought the farm of one hundred and forty acres at Tatnuck, in Wor- cester. It is well equipped for his business of deal- ing in cattle, and slanghtering purposes.
Mr. King has been repeatedly honored with pub- lic office. He was for three years alderman in 1893-94-95, and served on the committees of water and highways, being the chairman. He was a mem- ber of the common council also in 1890-91-92, and chairman of the same committees for three years. He represented the eighth ward district in the gen- cral court. He was on the water supply committee two years, and served on the special committee that dedicated the Massachusetts monument at Anderson- ville. Georgia, in 1901. He is a life member of Athelstan Lodge of Free Masons; Worcester Lodge of Perfection and Eureka Chapter. He is a mem- ber of the State Grange, Patrons of Husbandry : of Commonwealth Lodge, United Order of American Mechanics, and of Post 10, Grand Army.
He married. December 9, 1869, Hattie L. Ward, daughter of E. L. Ward, of Worcester, sister of Mrs. H. M. Tompkins. (See sketch of Tompkins Family.) They have one child: Mabel L. King, born February 9, 1876.
THE MOONEY FAMILY, represented in the present generation by Nicholas Joseph Mooney, Richard Henry Mooney. A. M., and John Francis Henry Mooney, residents of Worcester, Massachn- setts, was founded in this country by Patrick Mooney, farmer, who came from Carrick-Beg, county of Waterford, Ireland, 1842, and settled in Worcester, Massachusetts, where a number of his descendants
are now to be found. He was accompanied by his daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. John Blade, and his two sons, Richard and Nicholas, his wife, Nancy ( Hagerty) Mooney, having died in Ireland. Patrick Mooney, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. John Blade, went to Wisconsin, where he engaged in farming, and subsequently became the owner of one of the largest and most productive farms in his region, which he cultivated and improved, and re- sided on up to the time of his death. Nicholas Mooney, aforementioned, died in Worcester, Massa- chusetts, June 12, 1848, and was the first person buried in St. John's cemetery.
Richard Mooney, son of Patrick and Nancy (Hagerty) Mooney, was born in Ireland, fron whence he came to the United States with his father. He was a builder and contractor, learning his trade in Ireland, where he served an apprenticeship of seven years, becoming at the same time a practical surveyor and architect. He was continuously en- gaged in his business and built a large number of houses in Worcester. By prudent and careful man- agement he acquired considerable landed property, and was one of the most prominent men of his day, taking an active part in all town and municipal af- fairs. Being among the earliest Irish residents of Worcester, and a man of education and business ability, his assistance and advice was often sought by his countrymen. His home was a center of in- formation for the Irish people, and he not only re- ceived their letters but often wrote their replies.
Richard Mooney was married in 1845, at St. John's Church, Worcester, Massachusetts, by the Rev. Matthew W. Gibson, to Margaret Doyle, a native of the county of Waterford, Ireland. Their children are: Julia A., married James H. Mellen, had seven children: William R., John F. H., Annie T., Catharine, James, deceased ; Francis, deceased. and Richard F. Mellen. Nicholas Joseph, mentioned hereinafter. Annie Statia, died September 24, 1874. Richard Henry, mentioned hereinafter. John Fran- cis Henry, mentioned hereinafter. Margaret Eliza- beth, married John J. Foley, who was for many years organist at St. Anne's Church; he died in 1902, leaving five children: Margaret, Catherine, Anna, Elizabeth, and John J. Foley. Richard Moon- ev, father of these children, died February 16, 1860, aged forty years, as the result of an accident, caused by the giving away of a scaffolding. His widow Mar- garet (Doyle) Mooney, died at her home, 78 Madi- son street. Worcester, December 19, 1905, aged eighty years. The funeral services were conducted in St. Paul's Church, of which she was a benefactor. At the time of her death, she was the oldest Irish Cath- olie in Worcester, in point of residence. She located in Worcester in 1842, when the city was only a town. She was one of the attendants at the laying of the corner stone of the College of the Holy Cross in 1843, and was one of the original members of St. John's parish, being present at the exercises of the laying of the corner-stone of that church in 1846. Mrs. Mooney is survived by three sons- Nicholas J., Richard H., and John F. H .- and one daughter, Mrs. Margaret M. Foley. Another daugh- ter, Mrs. James H. Mellen, died May 9, 1885.
Nicholas Joseph Mooney, son of Richard and Margaret (Doyle) Mooney, was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, October 10, 1848. He attended the public schools of his native city, and after complet- ing his studies worked as a carpenter, machinist and boot crimper. In 1877 he was appointed a mem- ber of the police force of Worcester, Massachusetts. by Hon. Charles B. Pratt, mayor. After a service of fifteen years on the force, he resigned therefrom, and later engaged in the fire insurance business,
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