Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester county, Massachusetts, with a history of Worcester society of antiquity, Vol. I, Part 92

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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crier of the Worcester court for seventeen years. He was a member and first president of the common council of the city of Worcester after incorporation, and all of his public duties he discharged with ability and faithfulness. He filled most of the offices of the state militia, from cor- poral to brigadier-general, with highest honor to himself and satisfaction to those under his com- mand. He was originally a Whig in politics, later a Republican. He attended the Old South Church.

He married (first), May 30, ISI0, Nancy Woods, of Groton, born February 19, 1718, the daughter of Colonel Sampson Woods. She died July 25, 1831. He married (second), October 30, 1832, Hannak Blair, born February 19, 1793, died August 23, 1873, daughter of Robert and Elizabeth (Harrington) Blair, of Worcester. He died September 5, 1855. Children of Thomas and Nancy Chamberlain were: Charles Thomas, born May 30, 1811, died July 4, 1867; married Sarah E. Hathaway, September 21, 1841. Nancy Woods, born June 16, 1813, died May 20, IS91 ; married, June 3, 1839, A. Watson Grant. George Alexander, born September 24, 1815, died July 22, 1866; married Martha W. Barnes, May 8, 1858. John Curtis, born October 7, 1817, died July 23, 1884; inarried, at Mobile, Alabama, Hannah Elizabeth Chamberlain. Mary Elizabeth, born July 25, 1819, died July 25, 1886; married (first) Andrew Kettell Hunt, December 7, 1843; married (second) Herbert Curtis. Francis Henry, born September 5, 1821, died August 10, 1888; married Lucy Parker. Sarah Jane, born July 1, 1824, died December 4, 1891 ; married Massena Parker, of Mobile, Alabama.

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Caroline Maria, born October 26, 1826, died April 27, 1854; married James P. Lowe, of Washington, D. C. The children of Thomas and Hannah (Blair) Chamberlain were: Dolly Curtis, born February 10, 1834, died October 4, 1872. Thomas, Jr., born June 4, 1835, married Augusta Hovey, August 31, 1858. Robert Horace, see forward.

(VII) General Robert Horace Chamberlain, youngest son of Thomas Chamberlain (6), was born at Worcester, Massachusetts, June 16, 1838. He was educated in the public schools of Worcester, followed by a course in Worcester Academy. At the age of eighteen he began an apprenticeship with Ball & Ballard, machinists, School street, where he remained until the civil war. He enlisted in Com- pany A, Fifty-first Regiment, Massachusetts Volun- teer Militia, September 25, 1862, for nine months, and was appointed a sergeant of his company. He was in the campaign in North Carolina, taking part in the engagements of Goldsboro, Whitehall and Kingston, and was afterwards at Fortress Monroe, White House, Baltimore, Harper's Ferry and with the Army of the Potomac after Gettysburg in pur- suit of Lee. He was mustered out July 27, 1863. He enlisted again July 20, 1864, in Company F, Sixtiethi Regiment, and received a lieutenant's com- mission. He was subsequently promoted a captain. The regiment was assigned to Indianapolis, Indiana, on special guard duty at a camp of five thousand Confederate prisoners. He was mustered out No- vember 30, 1864. He then returned to Worcester and worked at his trade of machinist until 1870, when he was appointed bv Mayor Blake superintend- ent of sewers. He held this position for eighteen years, from 1870 to 1888, during which time the sys- tem was developed and widely extended. In 1888 he was appointed master of the House of Correction, and in 1892 was elected to his present position of high sheriff of Worcester county.

For twelve years after the war he was active in the state militia. In 1865 he re-organized the Worcester City Guards and was the first captain of that company for two years. He also re-organized a battery of artillery in Worcester and it was called the Chamberlain Light Battery. He received the commission of major and afterwards of colonel of the Tenth Regiment and was made brigadier-gen- eral of the Third Brigade, December 31, 1868. He resigned and retired from the service in 1876. Be- fore he was superintendent of sewers, General Chamberlain had served from 1867 to 1870 in the common council of the city. He is a Republican in politics. He is a member of Union Congregational Church. General Chamberlain is a prominent Free Mason. He became a member of Montacute Lodge, A. F. and A. M., September 9, 1862; of Worcester Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, May 6, 1864; of Hiram Council of Royal and Select Masters, March 23, 1865. He received the Templar degrees in Wor- cester County Commandery, Knights Templar, De- cember 1, 1865. In 1892 he was elected grand com- mander of the Grand Commandery of Massachu- setts and Rhode Island. He is a member of Massa- chusetts Consistory, Thirty-second degree, of Scot- tich Rite Masonry. He is at present treasurer of the board of trustees of the Masonic fraternity and lias been for twenty years; also of the Masonic Mutual Relief Association. He is a charter member of George H. Ward Post, No. 10, Grand Army of the Republic, and a member of the Loyal Legion, Bos- ton. He is a member of the Hancock Club and of the Worcester Board of Trade.

He married, January 10, 1865, Esther Browning, born July 12, 1841, daughter of Joshua and Lavinia (Morse) Browning, of Hubbardston, Massachu-

setts. Her father was a carpenter and captain of a company of artillery. The children of Robert Horace and Esther Browning Chamberlain are: Flora Browning, born August 16, 1868, married Charles B. Weatherby, June 12, 1894, and their children are- Esther Sherman Weatherby, born July 16, 1898; Olive Benedict Weatherby, born August 21, 1902; Jean Chamberlain Weatherby, born December 31, 1904. Mabel Susan, born at Worcester, March 15, 1872, resides with her parents.

GEORGE H. RICE. Edmund Rice (1), the immigrant ancestor of George H. Rice, of Worces- ter, and of all the Rice families, in fact, of that vicinity, was one of the principal settlers of the old town of Sudbury, Massachusetts. He was born in England in 1594 and settled in Sudbury before 1639, when he was proprietor and selectman there. He was admitted a freeman May 13, 1642, and was deputy to the general court in 1643. He was a mem- ber of the committee to convey lands at Whip Suf- ferage in 1657. He was deacon of the church in 1648. He became a proprietor of Marlborough, Massachusetts, and moved there. Thomas, Samu-1 and Joseph Rice, his sons, and he were among the petitioners for church privileges in Marlborough. He sold land to his sons, Edward and Henry Rice, February 20, 1654. He died May, 1663. The petition for the division of his estate was signed June 16, 1663, by the widow, Mercy, eight elder and two younger children. While there were five other immigrants in Massachusetts from England of this surname before 1650 most of the name can trace their ancestry to Edmund, of Sudbury.

He married, in England, Tamazin -, wlio died in Sudbury, June 13, 1654. He married (sec- ond) Mercy (Heard) Brigham, widow of Thomas Brigham, March 1, 1655. The children of Edmund and Tamazin Rice were: Henry, born in England, 1616, of whom later; Edward, born in England, 1618, married Anna ; Thomas, married Mary -; Mathew, married Martha Lamson ; Samuel, married Elizabeth King; Jacob, born 1637, married Mercy King; Lydia, married Hugh Drury ; Daniel Edmund, Jr .; Benjamin, born May 31, 1640. The children of Edmund and Mercy Rice were : Ruth, born September 29, 1659; Ann, born Novem- ber 19, 1661; Mary. These are probably not in the correct order of birth.

(II) Henry Rice, eldest child of Edmund Rice (I), was born in England in 1616 and came to America with his father. He married at Sudbury, February 1, 1643, Elizabeth Moore, daughter of another of the Sudbury pioneers, John Moore. ( See sketch of Moore family in this work.) Henry Rice took the oath of fidelity July 9, 1645. His first grant of land was in 1643 on the southern part of Mr. Dunster's farm. He was admitted a freeman in 1658. He received from his father in 1659 the deed of a tract of land in the wilderness at what was called "New Trouble" and also about the same time land south of the Cochituate brook confirmed later by Indian deeds dated March 10, 1672-3. In 1679 his brother, Benjamin Rice, conveyed to him land near his house. Henry lived at what was called Rice's End in the adjoining town of Framingham, and he bequeathed his house there to his son Jonathan. Henry died February 10, 1710, and being older than his brother Edward, must have been about ninety- three years of age. His will was proved in Middle- sex county. His wife Elizabeth died at Framing- ham, August 3, 1705. Their children were: Mary, born September 9, 1646; Elizabeth, August 4, 1648, married John Brewer; Jonathan, July 3, 1654; Abi- gail, June 17, 1657, married Thomas Smith; David,

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December 27, 1659; Tamasin, February 2, 1661, mar- ried Benjamin Parmenter; Rachel, May 10, 1664; Lydia, June 4, 1668; Mercy, January 1, 1670; Hannah.

(III) David Rice, son of Henry Rice (2), was born in Sudbury, Massachusetts, December 27, 1659. He was one of the original members and one of the first deacons of the Framingham Church. He was selectman of Framingham four years, town treas- urer two years, and was a leading citizen. His homestead was probably near that of the late Deacon Luther Havens. He died October 16, 1723, at Fram- ingham. His heirs divided the property by mutual agreement. He married, April 7, 1687, Hannah Walker, who died December 18, 1704. Their chil- dren were: Elizabeth, born September 8, 1689, mar- ried Samuel Frost, February 1, 1710-II; Hannah, January 5, 1691-2, married John Bent; Bezaleel, of whom later; Josiah, August 19, 1701.

(IV) Bezaleel Rice, third child of David Rice (3), was born in Framingham, Massachusetts. He married Sarah Buckminster, June 23, 1720, and owned the covenant with his wife February 19, 1721. She was admitted to the church May 5, 1722. He was a physican. His homestead was in the old red house near the late Elisha Belknap's house. He was a selectman in 1742. He was a soldier in the revolu- tion, being a private in Captain Clark's company from Framingham. Their children were: Bezaleel, of whom later; David, September 17, 1723; Sarah, September 21, 1725, married David Stone; died at Petersham, October 22, 1815, aged ninety years; Zerviah, February 14, 1727-8, died March 4, 1739- 40; Josiah, November 23, 1734; Martha, July 9, 1737 ; married Drury, and lived in Shrews- bury.

(V) Bezaleel Rice, eldest child of Bezaleel Rice (4), was born in Framingham, May 19, 1721. He married (first) Susanna Jennings, daughter of Stephen and Susanna (Bigelow) Jennings and granddaughter of Stephen and Hannah (Stanhope) Jennings, of Sudbury. His wife Susannah died September 15, 1750. He married (second) Sarah Bent, March 13, 1751, and she was admitted to the Framingham church, January 13, 1754. She was the daughter of David and Mary ( Drury) Bent. He lived in the house at Framingham lately owned by Joseph Goodnow. He died March 13, 1806, aged eighty-five years. He spent his last years with his son Samuel. The children of Bezaleel and Susannah Rice were: Bezaleel, born April 11, 1744, died August 10, 1748; Hezekiah, of whom later; Su- sanna, July 6, 1748, married Ezra Twitchell; Sarah, September 5, 1750. The children of Bezaleel and Sarah Rice were: Bezaleel, December 5, 175I, died unmarried; John, February 9, 1754; Nathan, August 1, 1756; Mary, baptized March 28, 1762; Samuel, born 1764, baptized September 23, 1764.

(VI) Hezekiah Rice, second child of Bezaleel Rice (5), was born in Framingham, October 2, 1745. He married Abigail Eames, of Hopkinton, in 1773. Both owned the covenant April 10, 1774. He mar- ried (second) Elizabeth Eames, of Hopkinton, Mass- achusetts, 1775. He removed to Dublin, New Hamp- shire, but returned to Framingham. He was a sol- dier in the revolution. He removed to Hopkinton, an adjoining town, in August, 1793, and was re- ceived in the church there. He was sometimes called Hezekiah Rice, Jr., because there was another Hezekiah Rice older than he in the same town. He lost three children in an epidemic of canker rash. The children surviving were: Ruth, baptized April 17, 1774; John, of whom later; Hannah, born about I778.

(VIII) Dexter Rice, son of John Rice (7), was

Dexter, the grandfather of George H. Rice, of born in Framingham, Massachusetts, about 1780. He settled in Hopkinton. Among his children was Worcester.

(VII) John Rice, son of Hezekiah Rice (6), was born in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, about 1800. Ile married Mary Ann Adams, daughter of John Adams, of Hopkinton. She was a descendant of Henry Adams, of Braintree, the ancestor of President John Adams and most of that surname in this county. He was a carpenter and builder. He also conducted a farm and during part of his life was a shoe manufacturer. The twelve children of Dexter and Mary Ann (Adams) Rice were: John A., re- sides at 5 Gates street, Worcester, is a carpenter by trade ; Alfred D .; Marie Annie ; George H., of whom later; Lewis W., of whom later; Marilla; Alice B .; Abbott B .; Henry W .; Minnie. died young; Sarah B .; Wilbur C. All living but Minnie and Henry W.

(1X) George H. Rice, son of Dexter Rice (8), was born in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, August 10, 1854. He was educated there in the public schools. He began his business career as a clerk in a grocery store, where he worked for a year. He worked an- other year. in the ice business, then learned the trade of carpenter in Hopkinton. He began busi- ness there as carpenter and builder in 1876 and was a general contractor and builder in Hopkinton for about thirteen years. In June, 1889, he removed to Worcester, where he carried on the same business. He has built many residences and business blocks since coming to Worcester. He built the James A. Colvin machine shop on Lagrange street; the Beaver block on Main street; James Kindred's apartment house on Oread street; the Smith block in South Framingham, the largest building in that town, containing stores, offices and the Masonic Hall. He superintended the erection of a $100,000 building for T. M. Walker in Springfield, Massa- chusetts. His own contracts in Worcester amounted to over $300,000. In 1894 he began to build tenement houses for investment in Worcester in partnership with his brother, Louis W. Rice, under the firm name of George H. and L. W. Rice. They have at present seven large, modern brick buildings, contain- ing apartments. Mr. Rice is a Free Mason. In politics he is a Republican and is at present serving his second term on the school board of Worcester.

Mr. Rice married Frances Delia Clapp, daughter of Emory Pierce and Cynthia Jane (Woods) Clapp, August 29, 1877. Mrs. Rice was born October 19, 1856, in Barrington, Illinois, where her father was a contractor in the oil well supply business. He removed later to Michigan and later to the oil regions in Pennsylvania. He returned to his old home in Hopkinton and manufactured shoes. He enlisted in Company C, in the Fortieth New York Regiment, in 1861, being one of the first men to en- list from Hopkinton. He died in Westboro, Octo- ber 28, 1899. Mr. Rice's home is at 4 Lowell street and his office is there also. The children of George H. Rice are: Florence Pearl. born July 10, 1879; Bertha C., January 15, 1882; Freda F., April 3, 1894. (IX) Lewis W. Rice, son of Dexter Rice (8), was born in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, April 2, 1856. He was educated in his native town in the public schools. He worked on a farm after leaving school and later engaged in the meat business with Frank Chandler under the firm name of Rice and Chandler, on Main street, Westboro. Massachusetts, for sev- eral years. Later he sold out his meat business and worked in a boot factory at Hopkinton, Massa- chusetts, for several years. He learned the carpen- ter's trade, and worked at it in Hopkinton and vicin- ity. In 1894 he went into partnership with his

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brother, George H. Rice, in building and renting tenements in Worcester. He married, September 22, 1880, Annie Amelia Stebbins, daughter of George H. and Caroline Antoinette (Knowlton) Stebbins. Their children are: Edward Dexter born July 8, 1881; Nettie M., October 21, 1882; Blanche Maria, October 26, 1886.

EDWARD M. DODGE. Richard Dodge (1), the emigrant ancestor of Edward M. Dodge, of Worcester, Massachusetts, came to Salem, Massa- chusetts, in 1638. He was the son of Richard Dodge, of East Coker, Somersetshire, England. After he came to America he lived for a short time with his brother William Dodge, who had already established his home at Salem. Richard settled in what is now North Beverly, and the locality is called Dodge Row. It is near Wenham Lake. He and his wife Edith were members of the Wenham church before 1618. His name was first on a list of twenty-one subscrib- ers to Harvard College and he gave the largest amount. He was probably born in 1602. He died late in 1670, or early in 1671. His widow died probably in 1677.

Their children were: John, baptized December 29, 1631, in England, lived in North Beverly, died October II, 1711. Mary, born 1632, married, 1653, Zachary Herrick ; died August 18, 1710. Sarah, bap- tized 1644; died 1726; married Peter Woodbury, who was born 1640, and died 1704; Richard, born 1643. lived at Wenham, Massachusetts; died April 13, 1705: Samuel, born 1645, died December 4, 1705; Edward, born at North Beverly, died February 13, 1721; Joseph, born 1651, at North Beverly, died August 10, 1716.

(II) Samuel Dodge, son of Richard Dodge (1), was born at Beverly 1645; died December 4, 1705 ; he married Mary, daughter of Thomas Parker, of Reading. His wife died August 6, 1717. He was a farmer at Ipswich, and was well-to-do. In his will, proved December 24, 1705, he left property valued at one thousand and fifty-one pounds. The house he lived in was left to his son Antipas. The graves of both Samuel and his wife are marked by stones in the burying ground at Dodge Row. Their children were: Samuel, born January 22, 1668, at Ipswich, died young; Joseph, February 14, 1670, married Martha White, of Wenham; Annaniah, born January 9, 1672, was a tailor in Boston; Ann, born December 20, 1674. married John Edwards; Antipas, (sce forward) ; Mary, born June 6, 1680, married Rice Knowlton; Amy, born August 27, 1682, died 1719: Deborah, born April, 1685; Jabez, born March 22, 1686, married Margery Knowlton, lived at Ips- wich, Manchester, and Shrewsbury, Massachusetts: died October, 1774. at Shrewsbury ; Parker, married Mary Choate, lived at Ipswich, died September, 1742 ; Samuel, born December 11, 1692, married Susannah Bishop.

(III) Antipas Dodge, son of Samuel Dodge (2). born September 7. 1677; married Joanna Low in 1600, and settled in Ipswich on the old homestead, of which he inherited a fifth in 1705. He died soon afterward. In May. 1707, his wife was appointed his administratrix. The estate was valued at two hundred and five pounds. The widow married Joseph Hale, of Boxford, published September 19. 1708, and he was appointed guardian of Joshua Dodge. her minor son. The children of Antipas Dodge were : Joshua, born February 1, 1701; Joanna, born July 15, 1702, married Ambrose Hale, of Boxford, who was born February 10. 1698-9. son of Joseph and Mary (Watson) Hale; David, born 1704, married Martha Esgate, in Haverhill.

(IV) Joshua Dodge, son of Antipas Dodge (3), was born February 1, 1701, in Ipswich, Massachu-

setts. He was brought up by his step-father who was appointed his guardian. He went to Boston and worked at his trade of cordwainer. He was elected scaler of leather in Boston 1729 and 1735. Joshua Dodge bought of Timothy Brown, of Brookfield, seventy-five acres of land on the west side of the township of Brookfield, August 12, 1734. He bought land extensively. He gave half the homestead to his son Josiah, June 24, 1760, and willed the other half to him. His will was dated November 13, 1706, and proved July 2, 1793. His children were: Joshua, Jr., born probably at Boston; Caleb, born probably at Boston; Josialı, born probably at Boston; Eliza- beth; Sarah, married Peabody; Samuel, of Londonderry, New Hampshire.

(V) Joshua Dodge, son of Joshua Dodge (4), was born in Boston. 1723-7. His father removed from Boston about 1740, and was a cordwainer at Marlborough, Massachusetts, in 1742. In 1743 the family was living at Brookfield, Massachusetts. He married Thankful Morse. She died November 1, 1797. He died at West Brookfield, Massachusetts, February 24, 1796. His will dated February 22, 1796, and proved April 26, 1796, mentions his wife Thankful, five sons and other heirs. All the children were probably born at Brookfield. They were : Lydia, born July 9, 1749, married, June 5, 1775, David Smith, of Brookfield; Moses, born October 23, 1750, married Betsey Parker, of Shrewsbury, 1773; Jonas, born August 27, 1752; Nathaniel lived on the old Dexter Forbes place: Rufus : Thaddeus. born June 18. 1758, married Susan Holloway, of Ipswich, published December 10, 1781 ; Artemas, born July, 1765, died March 9. 1845; Eunice, married Joshna Dodge, of New London, Connecticut.

(VI) Thaddeus Dodge, son of Joshua Dodge (5), born at Brookfield, Massachusetts. June 18. 1758; married (published December 10, 1781), Susan Hol- loway, of Ipswich; she died May 20, 1812; married (second). May 21, 1815. Esther Tyler, of West Brookfield. He died February 18, 1837. She mar- ried ( second ), May 12. 1840. Ephraim Dewing. The children of Thaddeus Dodge were: Lewis. born 1782; Darius, born March 18, 1784. died September 8, 1854; Rebecca, married Wright: Susan. married Sly: Pliny (see forward) : Fanny, born Sep- tember 30, 1794; married, December 30, 1813. Reu- ben Stoddard, of North Brookfield; she died Novem- ber 24, 1871; Harriet ; Betsey.

(VII) Pliny Dodge. son of Thaddeus Dodge (6), born June 11, 1791, in Brookfield. He inarried De- cember 9, 1821. Cynthia Converse, of North Brook- field. She was born in Spencer, Massachusetts, 1799, and died in Warren August 15. 1883. He died June II, 1869. Their children were: Luke Converse, born April 23, 1822. married Minerva Adams, daugh- ter of Amos and Eliza (Sanborn) Adams, of Lowell, Massachusetts; Henry H., born August 11, 1823, married Elvira M. Pratt and Jane Chambers : Ed- win L., born April 10, 1825, married Lucy A. Haven, of Worcester : Charles, born April 29, 1826, married July 8. 1849, Lauretta E. Ainsworth, of Sturbridge, Massachusetts; died March 10, 1883, at Worcester ; Warren F., born May 9. 1827, married. March 7, 1867. Rebecca A. Stout, of Topsham, Maine, died at Earlville, Illinois, October 5, 1884: Thomas W., born September 10, 1829, at Spencer, Massachusetts ; John Q., born July 28, 1832; Pamelia C., born May 26, 1836, at Warren. Massachusetts, married. July 21, 186.1. Celia M. Wheeler, of West Brookfield, who died at Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire, December 22, 1877; Anna E., born September 22, 1840; Theodore O., born May 24. 1843.

(VIII) Henry H. Dodge. son of Pliny Dodge (7), born August 11, IS23: died at Bureau county,

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Illinois, about June 6, 1887 : married Elvira M. Pratt, of Worcester, September 22, 1844. Divorced. He married (second), June 29, 1859, Jane Chambers. Elvira married (second) Dr. J. Marcus Rice, sur- geon for the Twenty-fifth Massachusetts Regiment in the civil war. She accompanied him and acted as a nurse with the Twenty-fifth Massachusetts Regi- ment. She died January 28, 1893. Henry H. and Elvira Dodge had Edward H. Dodge, born Novem- ber 26. 1845.

(IX) Edward H. Dodge, son of Henry H. Dodge (8), born in Worcester, November 26, 1845; married June 19, 1872, Ella A. Hubbard. He served in the commissary department of the Twenty-fifth Regi- ment, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, during the civil war. He was an expert accountant and book- keeper hy profession. He died at Worcester. May II, 1897. They had but one child: Edward M., born at Worcester, July 20, 1873.

(X) Edward M. Dodge, son of Edward H. Dodge (9), was born at Worcester, July 20, 1873. He attended the Worcester public schools, and grad- uated from the English high school in 1893. He was a member of the Suinner Club and treasurer of the class of '93. He was with George H. Clemence, the architect, at his office in the Walker building, for five years. He then formed a partnership with Wil- liam Estabrook to carry on the business of fire insurance. January I. 1906, Mr. Estabrook with- drew from the firm and Mr. Dodge is still in busi- ness. He has been an active member of the Church of the Unity in Worcester. He was secretary and assistant superintendent of the Sunday school for six years, resigning in 1903. He is well known in Unitarian circles, in the city and county. He is a member of the Worcester County Mechanics' As- sociation, of the Worcester Board of Underwriters, the Commercial Travellers' Association, the Wor- cester Grange, Patrons of Husbandry.

He married. September 23, 1903, Helen Esther Fletcher, daughter of Charles A. Fletcher, of Wor- cester. She was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, May 21, 1876. She was educated in the Worcester schools and at Miss E. A. Kimball's School for Girls, Worcester.

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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 92

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