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(XXIV) Hiram Morgan, son of Calvin Mor- gan (23). was born at Brimfield, Massachusetts, August 1, 1803, died June 29, 1866. He married Clarissa Lucina Rich. daughter of Dr. Noah Rich. Hiram was a mechanic skillful in wood turning.
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Children were as follows: I. Charles Hill. born January 8, 1831. 2. Francis Henry, born September 23, 1833. 3. Hiram Dexter, born July 27, 1836, died in infancy. 4. Cyrus Rich, born July 4, 1838, married Adelaide Fisher. 5. Harriet Eaton, born March 27. 1845, died in infancy.
(XXV) Charles Hill Morgan, son of Hiram Morgan (24), was born at Rochester, New York, January 8, 1831. His parents moved to Clinton, Massachusetts, when he, was an infant. He at- tended the Clinton schools and Lancaster Academy. At the age of fifteen he began to learn the machin- ist's trade in his uncle's shop. He developed a love for mechanical drawing and acquired a thorough knowledge of mechanics as well as much technical skill. In 1852 when he was twenty-one years of age he had acquired sufficient knowledge of chem- istry to take charge of the dye house of the Clinton Mills. Mr. Morgan was for a time draughtsman for the Lawrence Machine Company and for Eras- tus B. Bigelow. He went to Philadelphia in 1860 and for a short time was associated in business there with his brother. Returning to Worcester in 1864 he accepted the position of general superintendent of the wire mills of Washburn & Moen, where he remained for twenty-three years, during eleven of which he was a director of the corporation. While with the Washburn & Moen Co. he designed the first hydraulic elevator introduced in New England. He made seven trips to Europe to visit the steel and wire mills of England, Belgium, Germany, France and Sweden. He studied the new patents, read the trade journals and kept his mill well to the front in the development of new methods and machines. An advance step in the wire business was an improvement of the continuous rolling mill designed and constructed in Manchester, England, in accordance with the designs of George Bedson. This continuous rolling was a great improvement · in methods, but production was limited by the im- perfections of the ordinary hand reel. Mr. Mor- gan's first improvement was a reel operated by steam power; the second was the invention and construction of a continuous train of rolls having only horizontal axles. Experience has shown that this mill consisting of a series of horizontal rolls with intermediate twistings or turning guides be- tween the rolls, giving the metal one quarter of a turn in its passage from one pair of rolls to the next, was far superior to a mill with alternate hori- zontal and vertical rolls. Nine years after the build- ing of the Bedson mill another mill from new de- signs furnished by Mr. Morgan was built on the Belgian and continuous plan and was known as the Combination mill. In 1886 Mr. Morgan patented automatic reels with vertically moving platform.
Mr. Morgan became consulting engineer for the American Wire Company of Cleveland in 1887 and introduced new and valuable inventions. In 1889 he completed and put in operation at Dollar Bay, Michigan. a large copper mill for, the Tamarack mine, one of the mines producing the famous lake copper.
Mr. Morgan hegan the manufacture of rolling mill machinery, etc., in 1888 and three years later incorporated the business under the name of The Morgan Construction Co. The capital stock of the company is $100,000. Mr. Morgan is president and his son, Paul B. Morgan, treasurer. The exe- cutive office and the mill is at II to 21 Lincoln street. Worcester. Branch offices are located in New York city and Brussels, Belgium. The com- pany manufactures rolling mill machinery for steel billets, merchant shapes, rods, cotton ties and barrel hoops ; also wire drawing and hydraulic machinery.
A specialty of the company is the equipment of en- tire plants from boilers to special devices made to order complete. Business has developed steadily and a large export trade has been built up. The company has valuable patents for machinery used in modern mills.
Chas. H. Morgan is also the president and owner to a large extent of the Morgan Spring Company which was incorporated in 1881. It is capitalized at $700,000. The business developed to its present proportions by steady but rapid growth. Mr. Mor- gan began the manufacture of springs at the Mor- gan mills on Lincoln street. In 1896 the extensive plant at Barber's Crossing was constructed and has been enlarged to allow for the increase in business. This location is ideal for the purposes of the com- pany. The works are at the junction of the Fitch- burg and Nashua Railroads, making shipping facili- ties admirable. In 1905 the Morgan Spring Com- pany purchased an extensive plant at Struthers, Ohio, where rod rolling and wire making machinery has been installed. The company manufactures wire rods, the best grade of oil-tempered steel wire, also spiral and flat springs of all kinds, many special designs being made for agricultural and other machinery. There are departments for wire drawing, tempering and spring making.
Mr. Morgan's connection with the Washburn Shops of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute gives him a high place among the benefactors of that institution. In March, 1886, Ichabod Washburn made his gift to establish the machine shop and working mechanical department of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute. The idea of Mr. Washburn was unique. Mr. Morgan more than any other man deserves credit for the successful development of the plan made by the founder. The shop is at the same tinie a laboratory and trade school for the Institute and a business concern self-supporting. Mr. Washburn recommended Mr. Morgan as a suit- able trustee knowing his great mechanical skill and large experience. Mr. Washburn dicd before the shop was completed. Mr. Morgan was elected a trustee of the Institute, March 27, 1886, and at the request of the dying founder of the institution Mr. Morgan took charge of the construction and equipment of the shops. Mr. Morgan at the re- quest of Mr. Washburn selected the first superin- tendent. Milton P. Higgins, a graduate of the Chandler Scientific School at Hanover, New Hamp- shire. From the first, Mr. Morgan co-operated with Mr. Higgins to set a high standard of efficiency. The success of the experiment in technical educa- tion has made the Worcester Polytechnic Institute famous and its shops are the model for the whole country. Mr. Washburn's idea as worked out by Mr. Morgan, Mr. Higgins and their associates has been a new triumph in American industrial educa- tion and progress.
Mr. Morgan has been an active member of the Plymouth Congregational Church and was one of the its founders and deacons; he has been director of the Y. M. C. A. and member of the Congregational Cluth of Worcester. He was a director of the First National Bank.
He married in 1852. Harriet C. Plympton, of Shrewsbury. In 1862 his wife died. He married second. August 4, 1863. Rebecca A. Beagary, of Philadelphia. Pennsylvania.
Ilis children were: I. C. Henry Morgan, born February 1, 1854, married Jessie Bradbury, resides in Worcester. 2. Hiram Plympton, born
-, 1862. died in infancy. 3. Harriet L., born June 9. 1864, married Dr. Winthrop D. Mitchell. of East Orange, New Jersey. (They have one child, Beat-
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rice Mitchell, born June 6, 1891.) 4. Charlotte, born July 10, 1866, married Frederick M. McFadden of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 5. Paul Beagary, born May 7, 1869, married June 15, 1893, Lessie Louise Maynard. 6. Ralph Landers, born September 5, 1872, married Alice Sawyer.
(XXVI) . Francis Henry Morgan, son of Hiram (24), was born September 23, 1833, and died June 19, 1899. Ife married Ellen A. Wright who died, and he married second Caroline Augusta Smith, October I, 1868. He resided in Worcester, being from the time of the founding of Morgan Spring Company to the date of his death, the treasurer and general manager of that company. His chil- dren are: Harry Wallis, born September 26, 1869, died August 13, 1870. 2. Mary Colchester, born June 28, 1874. 3. Charles Francis, born June 23, 1877. 4. Ray, born August 6, 1883, died November 28, 1888.
(XXVII) Paul Beagary Morgan, son of Charles Hill Morgan (25), and Rebecca A. (Beagary) Mor- gan. was born in Worcester, May 7, 1869. He at- tended the Worcester schools leaving the high school after three years to enter Worcester Acad- emy. He graduated from the Academy in 1887 and from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1890. He completed his education abroad with a year in Sweden studying the iron industry, taking a special course in metallurgy and chemistry in the Royal School of Mines at Stockholm. He had practical experience in the celebrated Munkfors Works of Uddeholm Company. Upon his return he went into business with his father and has had in recent years a large share in the management and respon- sibility for the business established by his father. He is treasurer of the Morgan Spring Company and of the Morgan Construction Company, and presi- dent of the Heald Machine Company.
He has won a reputation among business men for his integrity, prudence and common sense. He was in 1004 elected a director of the Worcester National Bank. He is a trustee of the People's Savings Bank and of Memorial Hospital. He has accepted the honor and trying duties of the presi- dency of the Worcester County Musical Associa- tion. This organization gives the annual Musical Festival for which the name of Worcester is cele- brated in the musical world.
Mr. Morgan is a member of the Plymouth Con- gregational Church, of the Worcester Y. M. C. A., and of the Congregational Club. He is an ex-presi- dent of the Alumni Association of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, vice-president of the Alumni of Worcester Academy. He is interested in public affairs, a Republican, an honorary member of George H. Ward Post, G. A. R., and a member of the Sons of the American Revolution. He is a member of the Worcester Club. the Quinsigamond Boat Club, the Tatnuck Country Club, the Worcester Automo- bite Club, the Youngstown (Ohio) Club and the Engineers Club ( New York ).
He married Lessie Louise Maynard, daughter of William and Mary (Adams) Maynard, June 15, 1893, at Worcester, Massachusetts. His wife is a descendant of the Maynard family of Marlboro, for which the town of Maynard. Massachusetts, is named. Their children are: I. Philip Maynard, born April 13. 1896. 2. Charles Hill, 2d, born Sep- tember 19, 1002. 3. Paul Beagary, Jr., born June IT, 1904. 4. Vincent, born February 2, 1906.
(1) John Maynard, the emigrant ancestor of Mrs. Paul B. Morgan of Worcester, was one of the petitioners for the grant of Marlborough, Massa- chusetts. He was in Sudbury in 1638 and was one of the forty-seven who shared in the division of
Sudbury meadows in 1639. He was selectman of Sudbury. He removed to Marlborough soon after the grant in 1657. He married Mary Gates. He died December 22, 1711. His children were: I. Elizabeth, born May 26, 1649, died young ; 2. Han- nah, born September 30, 1653; 3. Mary, born Angust 3, 1656: 4. John, born January 7, 1661, married Lydia Ward; 5. Elizabeth, born April 2, 1664; 6. Simon, born June 15, 1666, married Hannah
7. David, born December 21, 1669, married Hannah -: 8. Zachariah, born October 27, 1672; 9. Sarah, born May 15, 1680, married June 9, 1705, Joseph Johnson; 10. Lydia, born August 29, 1682, married April 7, 1703, Thomas Haggate; II. Joseph, born August 27, 1685, married Elizabeth Prue and had Benjamin, born May 7, 1721.
(11) Simon Maynard, son of John Maynard (I), was born in Marlborough, June 15, 1666, mar- ried Hannah He died January 19, 1748. She died April 5. 1748. Their children were: I. Hannah, born June 9, 1694, married April 21, 1714, Joseph Crosby ; 2. Simon, born March 4. 1696, mar- ried November 18, 1718, Sarah Church; 3. Eliza- betli, born September 26, 1698, married 1723. Robert Horn; 4. Tabitha, born February 2, 1701, died April 7. 1724; 5. Elisha, born March 20, 1703; 6. Eunice, born November 17, 1705, married Nathaniel Falk- ner ; 7. Ephraim, born October 17. 1707, married Saralı - and Mary Balcom ; 8. Benjamin, born December 1, 1709, died 171I.
(III) Ephraim Maynard, son of Simon May- nard (2), was born at Marlborough, Massachusetts, October 17, 1707. He married first Sarah
who died May 24. 1742: second January 3. 1743, Mary Balcom. Their children were: 1. Tabitha, born July 21. 1738, died May 24, 1742; 2. Ephraim. born March 7, 1740, died May 10, 1742; Sarah, born November 6. 1743: 4. Ephraim, born August 29, 1745, married September 14, 1773, Eunice Jewell ; 5. Simon, born June 5, 1748, married Silence Priest ; 6. Joseph, born December 31. 1750, married Novem- ber 14, 1777, Lovina Barnes; 7. Benjamin, born March 10, 1753: S. Eunice, born February 7, 1757.
(IV) Simon Maynard, son of Ephraim May- nard (3), was born at Marlborough, Massachusetts, June 5, 1748. He married Silence Priest. He died November 15, 1818. Their children were: I. Isaac, born December 3, 1779, married 1803, Lydia Howe; 2. Hannah, born December 28, 1782, married Janu- ary 31, ISO2, Peace Peters; 3. John Priest, born June 2, 1791, married 1812, Betsey Weeks, daughter of John Weeks.
(V) Isaac Maynard, son of Simon Maynard (4), was born at Marlborough, Massachusetts, De- cember 7, 1779, married in 1803, Lydia Howe, daugh- ter of Artemas Howe. She married second. Isaac's children were: I. Amory, born February 28, 1804, married Mary Priest, daughter Benjamin Priest ; 2. Lydia, born November 16, 1805, married Joel Wilkins.
(VI) Amory Maynard, son of Isaac Maynard (5), was born at Marlborough, Massachusetts, Feb- ruary 28, 1804. He married Mary Priest, daughter of Benjamin Priest of Marlboro. Among their chil- dren was William.
(VII) William Maynard, son of Amory (6), Maynard, was born May 6, 1833, at Marlboro. He married Mary Adams. Their children were: I. Lessie Louise, born June 23, 1868.
(VIII) Lessie Louise Maynard, daughter of William Maynard (7), was born June 23, 1868. She married Paul Beagary Morgan (27). See Morgan sketch.
(XXVIII) Ralph Landers Morgan, son of Charles H. Morgan (25), was born at Worcester,
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Massachusetts. September 5, 1872. He married, October 12, 1897, Alice Sawyer, daughter of Wil- liam H. Sawyer, the lumber merchant of Worcester. He was educated at Worcester Academy and W. P. I. After leaving school he was associated with the firm of Flint, Eddy & Co., of New York. He was president of the Morgan Motor Company. the business of which has been discontinued. He was for a year manager of the automobile department of the American Bicycle Co., at Toledo, Ohio. At present he is a consulting engineer, and is interested in a number of local and foreign enterprises. He is a member of Plymouth Church, Worcester, Quin- sigamond Boat Club and Engineers Club of New York.
(XXIX) Charles Francis Morgan, son of Fran- cis Henry Morgan (26), was born June 23, 1877. He married Edith Jeanette Norcross (daughter of Orlando W. Norcross), October 5, 1904. He is active in the management of Morgan Spring Com- pany, holding the office of assistant treasurer and clerk of the corporation. He is a member of the Winter Club.
THE COLTON FAMILY from which Paul B. Morgan is descended, originally came from Sutton Coldfield, Warwick county, England. George Col- ton, the emigrant. settled at Springfield. Massachu- setts, before 1644. Removed from Hartford. He did important service in King Philip's war. He was representative to the General Court in 1669, 1671 and 1677. By his wife Deborah Gardner, of Hart- ford. Connecticut. he had Isaac Colton, born Novem- ber 21, 1646, died September 3. 1670.
(II) Isaac Colton; son of George (I), was born November 21, 1646, married Mary Cooper, daughter of Thomas Cooper, June 30, 1670. She was born November 15. 1651. She married second Edward Stebbins. October 18, 1701 ; she died August 29, 1742.
( III) Deborah Colton, daughter of Isaac Col- ton (2), married Deacon David Morgan, of Springfield.
COOLEY FAMILY. (I) Benjamin Cooley of Springfield. a proprietor in 1645, was born in Eng- land about 1615. married Sarah He died August 17. 1684. She died August 23, 1684.
(II) Daniel Cooley, son of Benjamin Cooley (I), was born at Springfield, May 2. 1651, died February 9, 1727, inarried Elizabeth Wolcott, daugh- ter of Simon Wolcott, December 8, 1680. See Wol- cott sketch.
(III) Benjamin Cooley, son of Daniel Cooley (2), was born October 28, 1681, married January 31. 1701, Margaret Bliss, daughter of Samuel Bliss, Jr .. and wife, Sarah Benjamin. They removed to Brimfield, Massachusetts.
(IV) Margaret Cooley, daughter of Benjamin Cooley (3), was born January 30, 1710, married Joseph Morgan.
THE SHERMAN FAMILY. (I) Edmund Sherman, the emigrant, came from Dedham, Essex county, England. and settled at Watertown, Massa- chusetts, about 1632. He married Judith Angin, 1611.
(II) Rev. John Sherman, son of Edmund Sher- man (1), was baptized January 14, 1614, married Abigail
(III) James Sherman, son of Rev. John Sher- man (2), was born 1645, died March 3, 1718, mar- ried May 13, 1680, Mary Walker.
(IV) Capt. and Dr. John Sherman. son of James Sherman (3), was born about 1683, died March Q. 1772, married Abigail Stone, who was born February 13. 1680.
(V) Thomas Sherman, son of Capt. John Sher-
man (IV), was born September 6, 1722, died No- vember 22, 1803, married Anna Blodgett, Septem- ber 12, 1751. She died December 10, 1808. He was in the revolution.
(VI) Abigail Sherman, daughter of Thomas Sherman (V), was born January 11, 1752, married Aaron Morgan, November 26, 1772. See Morgan sketch.
BLODGETT FAMILY. (I) Thomas Blod- gett, came from England in 1635, and settled at Cambridge, Massachusetts, married Susanna
(II) Samuel Blodgett, son of Thomas Blodgett (I), was born 1633, died July 3, 1687, married about December 13, 1655, Ruth Ingleden.
(III) Thomas Blodgett, son of Samuel Blod- gett (2), was born 1660, removed to Lexington, Massachusetts, about 1699, married Rebecca Tidd, November II, 1684.
(IV) Joseph Blodgett, son of Thomas Blodgett (3), was born September 17, 1696, married Sarah Stone, who was born at Lexington, November 7, 1700. She died May 6. 1755; married second Sarah Ingersoll, June 29, 1738.
(V) Anna Blodgett, daughter of Joseph Blod- gett (4), was born April 10. 1824, married Thomas Sherman. See Sherman sketch.
THE TIDD FAMILY. (I) John Tidd em- barked May 12, 1637, at Yarmouth, England, aged nineteen years, married Margaret, who died 1651. . He died April 24, 1657.
(II) John Tidd, Jr., son of John Tidd (I), was born in England, married April 14, 1650, Re- bekah Wood.
(III) Rebekah Tidd, daughter of John Tidd (2), was born -, married Thomas Blodgett, No- vember 11. 1685.
THE STONE FAMILY. (I) Gregory Stone was born in England, 1590, married there 1618, Mary Ganda.
(II) Deacon John Stone, son of Gregory Stone (1), was born August 31, 1644. died 1719. married Mary Ward, who was born about 1647. She died June 10, 1703.
(III) Abigail Stone. daughter of Deacon John Stone (2). was born February 13, 1680. married Dr. John Sherman of Springfield, Massachusetts.
WARD FAMILY. (I) William Ward of Sud- bury, was representative to General Court in 1644 and several other years. He was chairman of the selectmen. He served in King Philip's war. He died at Marlborough, August 10, 1687; married Elizabeth
(II) Mary. daughter of William Ward (1), married Daniel Stone. See Stone sketch.
WOLCOTT FAMILY. (I) Henry Wolcott was born in 1577, died 1655. He was the son of John Wolcott. of Tolland, Somersetshire, England, married January 19, 1606, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Saunders, of Tolland.
(II) Simon Wolcott, son of Henry Wolcott (1). was born September 11. 1624. married second Martha Pitkin, sister of William (parents of Roger the governor). She married second Daniel Clark, died October 13, 1719.
(III) Elizabeth Wolcott, daughter of Simon (2) and Martha, married December 8, 1680, Daniel Cooley. See Cooley sketch.
HON. WALTER H. BLODGET, the present mayor of Worcester, comes from a New York family. The grandfather, Jesse Blodget, was the first male settler in what is now known as Den- mark. New York. He was born in 1764 and died in 1848. He was a man of great energy and known as one of the leading factors of that town for many
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years. By occupation he was a farmer. He mar- ried and the lady of his choice was the first woman to settle in Denmark, New York. They were the parents of several children, including among the number Harrison, the father of Walter H. Blodget. Harrison Blodget was the first male child born in Denmark. He was born in 1801 and died in 1899. He was educated in the common schools of his day and worked in spare hours, assisting his father, as best he could. He finally chose law for a pro- fession and soon became one of the foremost at- torneys of the state. He was active in local and state politics, being a staunch Democrat. He be- came a member of the general assembly and was in- strumental in the passage of several important bills. He was later appointed as associate judge of Lewis county, New York, filling the position with credit. He married Diantha Dewey, of Leyden, New York, born October, 1806, and died in 1890. By this union the following children were born: Philander, Irene L., Charles D., Francis A., Florence C., and Walter H.
Walter H. Blodget was born at the old home- place erected by his grandfather, in Denmark, New York, November 2, 1850. He was educated in the common schools and in the Ives Seminary and then attended a business college in New York state, where he fitted himself for the activities of a business carcer. On finishing his education, he entered a sinall store in his home town, where he clerked for a time and later became agent for a warehouse on the Black river canal. After following this for a time he decided to go into business for himself and opened up a small store at Lowville, New York, in which he dealt in butter, cheese and produce generally. Success attended him from the start. He remained there until ISSt, when he came to Worcester and engaged in the produce business. He associated with him A. C. Boshart and chose as a location the Warren block; at present (1906) is located at 65 to 77 Park street. under the name of Blodget & Boshart. Later on Mr. Boshart retired from the firm, selling to Mr. Blodget. It was in 1898 that the firm of W. H. Blodget & Co. was formed and incorporated, with Mr. Blodgett as president and his son, Walter H .. Jr., as vice-presi- dent. The firm also opened a large place of busi- ness at Boston. Their annual sales are immense. In 1904 they were more than one million dollars. Soon after arriving in Worcester, Mr. Blodget became identified with many business associations here and in Boston. He became a member of the local board of trade, of which he was president two years. 1902-03. He served on the railroad committee of this body, of which he became chairman, and in all their offices proved himself equal to the emergencies which came up for speedy action and final solution. He is a member of the Fruit and Produce Exchange of Boston. He is one of the regular speakers of the Farmers' Institute and is registered as such in Washington, and vice-presi- dent of the Massachusetts state board of trade. He also is vice-president of the advisory board of the Philadelphia Museum. Politically he differs from his forefathers and lias ever been a progres- sive Republican, and he fully believes in the great principles of that political party. He was elected to the office of mayor of Worcester in 1903, and re-elected in 1904, proving a highly satisfactory official, ever guarding the interests of all the people. While absorbed in actual business affairs and of- ficial duties, he forgets not to care for the higher and more sacred trusts of life. He is active in church work and was one of the organizers of the Adams Square Church and has served at the super-
intendent of the Sabbath school from the first. 'He is a person of rare judgment. As a speaker, he has no little notoriety. As a toast-master at ban- quets and public gatherings, he has a remarkable tact. His benevolent spirit is manifested toward the unfortunate poor and suffering within his com- mnunity.
In December, 1873, Mr. Blodget was united in marriage to Miss Lotta J. Boshard, daughter of Garrett Boshard, of New York. She died in 1882. By this union one son was born-Walter H., Jr., born in New York in 1882. He was educated in the schools of the Empire state and Worcester, Massachusetts, and is now vice-president of his father's company. In 1883 Mr. Blodget, Sr., mar- ried Miss Mary F. Spaulding, daughter of M. W. and Verrila (Arsbury) Spaulding. Mr. Spaulding was a merchant and county clerk of Canton, New York. Mr. and Mrs. Spaulding had nine children. Mr. and Mrs. Blodget are the parents of four chil- dren as follows: Bertha, born April 20, 1889; Chester, born May 27, 1892; Anna D., born July 24, 1894; Jesse MI., born October 16, 1900. Mr. Blodget still retains the old homestead at Denmark, New York, which is used as the summer home for his family. He also lias considerable property in- terests in Worcester county.
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