Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester county, Massachusetts, with a history of Worcester society of antiquity, Vol. I, Part 94

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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Children of Edward and Margaret Spaulding were: I. John, born about 1633; died 1721; mar- ried Hannah Hale; freeman at Chelmsford, 1690. 2. Lieutenant Edward, born about 1635; died January, 1708; married (first) Priscilla Underwood; married (second) Margaret Barrett, November 22, 1681; she died May 25, 1748. 3. Grace, died May, 1641. Chil- dren of Edward and Rachel were: 4. Benjamin, born April 7, 1643, in Braintree; died before May 25, 1708; married Olive Farwell, October 30, 1668; daughter of Henry and Olive Farwell. 5. Joseph, born October 25. 1646; died April 3, 1740, aged ninety-six, at Plainfield, Connecticut ; married Mercy Jewell. December 9, 1670. 6. Dinah, born March 14, 1649. 7. Andrew, born November 19, 1652; died May 5, 1713; married Hannah Jefes, daughter of Henry Jefes, of Billerica, April 30, 1674.

(II) Benjamin Spaulding, SON of Edward

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Spaulding (1), born in Braintree, Massachusetts, April 7, 1643; died before 1708; married Olive Far- well, daughter of Henry and Olive Farwell, first of Concord, then of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, Octo- ber 30, 1668. Benjamin was admitted a freeman in 1689. He was mentioned in his father's will, having previously received his portion of the estate. He purchased a large tract of land in the north part of Canterbury, Windham county, Connecticut, now the town of Brooklyn. His homestead there descended to his son, Edward, and grandson Ebenezer, son of Edward.

Children of Benjamin and Olive (Farwell) Spaulding were: I. Sarah, born January 4, 1669; married John Merriam. 2. Edward, (see forward). 3. Benjamin, born July 6, 1685, in Chelmsford; died September 17, 1712; married Sarah Hall, daughter of Stephen Hall; she married (second) William Blodgett, August 18, 1714. 4. Elizabeth, married Ephraim Wheeler. 5. Mary, married Isaac Morgan. (III) Edward Spaulding, son of Benjamin Spaulding (2), born in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, June 18, 1672; died November 29, 1740, aged sixty- seven years. The Canterbury record gives the date 1739. He married Mary Adams, who died Septem- ber 20, 1754, aged seventy-eight years. They be- longed to the First church in Chelmsford and to the Canterbury church. They settled in Canterbury, Connecticut, on the Spaulding homestead, and he died there. He was the third settler within the present limits of Brooklyn, Connecticut. He bought land north of Canterbury bounds, at the foot of Tadwich, in 1707. He was with Joseph Adams and Henry Smith on the first committee of the Religious Society organized in 1731.

Children were: I. Benjamin, born July 20. 1696. 2. Elizabeth, born August 15, 1698; married William Darbe. 3. Ephraim, (see forward). 4. Jonathan, born April 15, 1704. 5. Ezekiel, born September 8, 1706. 6. Ruth, born September 28, 1710; married John Bacon. 7. Abigail, born March 10, 1713; mar- ried Banajah Douglass. 8. Ebenezer, born August 7, 1719. 9. John, born December 1, 1721.

(IV) Ephraim Spaulding, son of Edward Spaulding (3), born in Canterbury, Connecticut, April 3, 1700; married Abigail Bullard, of Plain- field, Connecticut, and settled there. His children were : 1. John, born August 8, 1724; died May 29, 1768; removed to Plainfield, New Hampshire. 2. Phineas, born March 25, 1726; died August 31, 1785. 3. Reuben, born February 26, 1728. 4. Josiah, born December 7, 1729. 5. Ezekiel, born September 30, 1731. 6. Palatiah, born March 19, 1734; died Octo- ber 3, 1750. 7. Abigail, born March 16, 1736; mar- ried Captain Samuel Hall, May 19, 1756. 8. Oliver, born September 30, 1739. 9. Mary, born May 16, 1744; married John Larrabee, December 16, 1662. 10. Ephraim, (see forward).

(V) Ephraim Spaulding, son of Ephraim Spaulding (4), born in Plainfield, Connecticut, May 24, 1747; died in 1811. He married (first) Esther Snow, May 20, 1773. She died July 17, 1806, in her sixty-first year; married (second) Hannah Stowell, September 1, 1808. She died March 9, 1823, in her sixty-fifth year. They resided at Ashford, Connecti- cut. He was a soldier in the revolution and served in Captain Jonathan Parker's company, Colonel Comfort Sage's regiment, in 1776. His company was in the campaign in New York and Long Island, and the battle of White Plains. He was in the same com- pany, in Colonel Webb's regiment, in 1780, and ap- parently served during the war.

Children of Ephraim and Ether (Snow) Spauld- ing were: I. Alva, born May 30, 1773; died April 27, 1796, unmarried. 2. Betsey, born September 2,

1775; married Nicholas Aldrich in 1800; they settled in Tolland, Connecticut ; he died at Maltonville, New York. 3. Lena, born September 29, 1780; married Edward Holton or Houghton, and lived at Antwerp, New York. 4. Dua, (see forward). 5. Edmund, born September 27, 1784.

(VI) Dua Spaulding, son of Ephraim Spauld- ing (5), born September 26, 1782; died January 23, 1863, at Eastford, Connecticut ; married Mercy War- ren, April 30, 1807. She was born February 29, 1788. Children were: I. Warner, born March 18, 1808; died March, 1828. 2. Erastus, born April 23, 1809. 3. John Warren, born May 25, 1811. 4. Eliza, born April 12, 1813; married Nelson Whitford; re- sided in Wilmington, Connecticut. 5. Lyman, born March 25, 1815. 6. Nelson, born February, 1817. 7. Augustus, (see forward). 8. Gilbert, born July 3, 1821. 9. Ephraim, born December 26, 1822. 10. Edmund, born October 18, 1824. II. Mary Ann, born April 8, 1827; died unmarried.

(VII) Augustus Spaulding, son of Dua Spauld- ing (6), was born in Eastford, Connecticut; set- tled in Eastford; married Abigail Catherine Rich- ards, November 7, 1843. She was the daughter of Ebenezer and Catherine (Newell) Richards, of Dedham, born November 12, 1824; died July 25, 1905. He died August 17, 1898. Children were : I. Albert Augustus, (see forward). 2. George Rich- ards, born April 2, 1857. 3. Carrie Newell, born September 23, 1862.

(VIII) Albert Augustus Spaulding, son of Augustus Spaulding (7), born in Ashford, Connec- ticut, October 14, 1853. He was educated in the public schools of his native town and came to Wor- cester, Massachusetts, September 19, 1870, when seventeen years of age, his capital then consisting of seven dollars. He accepted a position as clerk for Charles B. Eaton, a dealer in dry goods, whose store stood where the State Mutual building now stands, and served in that capacity three years. The following seven years he was an employe of Den- holm & Mckay in the Boston store, a department store located then on the corner of Main and Me- chanic streets. In 1881 he became associated with John C. MacInnes, a dry goods dealer, whose busi- ness was established in 1873, at No. 462 Main street, Worcester, in the Gross & Strauss building. The business increased rapidly both in volume and im- portance, and is now (1906) one of the three largest department stores in Worcester, occupying 'several blocks on Main street, opposite the common. The present corporation was formed in 1892, when Mr. Spaulding was elected vice president. The other officers of the company are: President, John C. MacInnes, the founder of the business; clerk, Charles A. Homer; and director, with the other officers, Alexander T. Moir. The capital stock is $100.000. Mr. Spaulding has been very active in the development of the business, possessing a thorough knowledge of the details of the same, and deserves a full share of the credit for the prosperity of the house.

Mr. Spaulding is in every respect what is termed a self-made man. Beginning life humbly, without capital, and unaided by influential friends, he at- tained a position of honor and usefulness solely through his own ability, and the exercise of energy and unconquerable determination. At every stage of his effort he faithfully met every requirement with entire loyalty and trustworthy devotion, and his advancement from time to time came to him as the fruit of his own conduct. In all his business rela- tions he is integrity personified, and in his personal character is an earnest, christian man. He is a Republican in politics, but has never sought or held

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office, preferring to devote his leisure time to his home and family, in which he takes great pride. He is a consistent member of the Adams Square Congregational Church, takes an active part in the work thereof, serving as a member of the standing committee since 1898. He is a member of the Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows, Worcester Board of Trade, and the Worcester Automobile Club. A man of pleasing personality, genial in disposition, a good entertainer, and a lover of out-door sports. He married, June 1, 1880, Helen Fraser, born Feb- ruary 22, 1856, daughter of James and Mary (Mc- Pherson ) Fraser.

James Fraser was born in Wigtown, Scotland, 1823, died in Worcester, Massachusetts, 1885. When a young man he came to America, and later located and lived for a time at Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he was united in marriage to Mary McPherson, of Scotch descent, born 1822, died in Worcester, Mass- achusetts, 1879. They were the parents of six children : Bessie, deceased; Hannah, deceased ; Susan, Mary Ann, deceased; Helen, wife of Albert A. Spaulding ; Cora, deceased. James Fraser was a carpenter and cabinet maker by trade, a Master Mason, and a member of Plymouth Church, Wor- cester, Massachusetts.

The children of Albert A. and Helen (Fraser) Spaulding are: I. Cora Fraser, born January 18, 1881; graduate of Worcester high school; married, June 26, 1905, Harry C. Rose, of Worcester; re- sides at No. 299 Lincoln street. 2. Edith M., born December 25, 1885; graduate of the Worcester high school; a student in Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York. 3. Paul W., born September 14, 1893; at- tending city school.

Mr. Spaulding has been an extensive traveler and in this way has broadened his views and ideas of men and places. In 1900 accompanied by his eld- est daughter, Cora Fraser Spaulding, he took a trip to Europe, visiting many of the principal cities of the old world, and in 1904 he and his wife spent the winter in California, and also visited all of the im- portant points in the West; places of interest and note. The family reside in a beautiful colonial home on Marie avenue, Worcester, and enjoy the acquaintance of a wide circle of friends.

ROLLIN G. WHITE, for many years an enter- prising and prominent business man of Worcester, Massachusetts, and a well-known philanthropic citi- zen of that town, born December 17, 1823, in New- fane, Windham county, Vermont, son of Phineas and Susan (Tyler) White, died November 19, 1905.

Phineas White (father ) was born in Southbridge, Massachusetts, June 27, 1781, son of Cyrus White, also a native of Southbridge, Massachusetts. Phineas White was in his early days a merchant in Boston, and later moved to Vermont, where he followed farming. He married in Charlestown, Massachusetts, May 19, 1809, Susan Tyler, born April 20, 1790, in Woburn, Massachusetts. The following named children were born to them : Susan Putnam, born in Boston, July 18, 18II, de- ceased; James Lawrence, born August 23, 1813, 111 Boston, died in Warren, Massachusetts, June II, 1900; Thomas Cyrus, born December 8, 1815, in Boston, died in Minnesota, about 1895; George Tyler, born August 1, 1817, in Dover, Vermont, died in Baltimore, June 14, 1903; Charles Augustus, born November 8, 1818, in Dover, died about 1890 in Baltimore ; Catherine Lewis, born in Dover, May I, 1820, died in Boston, January 10, 1900; Sallie Tyler, born in Newfane, Vermont, April II, 1822, died in Troy, October 12, 1857; Rollin G., of whom later ; Cordelia E., born June 23, 1825, in Newfane, Ver-

mont, died in West Wardsboro, Verinont, June 12, 1861; Mary A., born November 19, 1827, in Newfane, Vermont, died in Leroy, New York, March 19, 1897; Artemisia, born May 13, 1829, in Newfane, died in Brattleboro, Vermont; Rhoda Ann, born June 26, 1832, resides at Auburn- dale, Middlesex county, Massachusetts, in the Woodland Park Hotel, and has a son Frederick M. Gooding. The father of these children died January 2, 1864, at Wardsboro, Vermont, and Mrs. White died in West Wardsboro, January 4, 1874.

Rollin G. White, eighth child and fifth son of Phineas and Susan (Tyler) White, obtained his education at Wardsboro, Vermont. At the age of twenty-one he removed to Worcester, Massachu- setts, and entered into his first regular employment in a livery stable with G. S. Switzer and remained some five years, receiving for his services twelve

dollars a month. He then went into the retail meat business with Stowell Maynard, under the firm name of Maynard & White. In 1857 he engaged in the wholesale meat business in the Agricultural building on Front street. He conducted this busi -. ness with considerable success for about ten years, when he established himself in the pork packing business, associated with a Mr. Pevey and Mr. Dexter, and conducting business under the firm name of White, Pevey & Dexter. . This firm carried on a most extensive and profitable business, and in 1893 sold their plant to the firm of Swift & Company, Chicago, Illinois. From the outset Mr. White's business career was successful and prosperous, ow- ing in a great part to the straightforward methods and general fair dealing that always characterized his business transactions.

Politically Mr. White was a stanch Republican, and while he never aspired to public office was un- tiring in his efforts to promote the welfare of that organization. He attended the Old South Church for a number of years, and later became a member of the Union Church of Worcester, contributing five thousand dollars to the building fund and five thousand dollars to help pay off the debt of this church.

Rollin G. White was married three times: First to Sarah B. Mann, daughter of Jason and Sarah (Bond) Mann, of Holden, Massachusetts. She died about five years after her marriage, and Mr. White married for his second wife Lusanna T. Spear, daughter of Luther and Hanna (Conant) Spear, of Oakham, Massachusetts. Of this union the following named children were born: Alice and Susan, both deceased; Lucy A., wife of Ralph H. Brigham, of Southbridge, Massachusetts, and has one son, Rollin White Brigham, born August II, 1893. Mr. White married for his third wife, November 5, 1896, Mary E. (Parker) Reed, who was born in Rutland, Massachusetts, December 13, 1837, the daughter of Emory and Sarah (Estey) Parker, and widow of James G. Reed, of Rutland, Massachusetts, a farmer, who died in June, 1885.

CHARLES STEARNS HALL. John Hall, the grandfather of Charles S. Hall, deceased, for many years a citizen of Worcester, Massachusetts, was born 1779, died 1857. He married Nancy Moore, who was born in Leicester, Massachusetts, 1780, died 1860. Following are the children of John and Nancy Hall; Lucy, Jolin, Fidelia, John, Elbridge Gerry, Nancy, William Gray, Willard Moore, Nancy Hall.

Elbridge Gerry Hall, father of Charles S. Hall, married Elizabeth T., daughter of Stephen and Deborah Putnam Stearns, of Worcester. She was born April 19, 1814. Stephen Stearns was one of

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the largest real estate owners in Worcester and a man of prominence. His farm included Columbus Park and extended south to Hope cemetery. Deb- orah Putnam Stearns was a niece of General Israel Putnam. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Hall were : Anu Elizabeth, born August 7, 1843, died March 7, 1896; Charles Stearns Hall, born April 26, 1847, died June 18, 1905.

Charles Stearns Hall spent his youth in Wor- cester, attending the public schools, and after grad- uating from the high school pursued his studies at Howe's Business College. He then entered the employ of the Washburn & Moen Manufacturing Company, at the South Worcester plant, as ship- ping clerk. When this branch was destroyed by fire Mr. Hall was transferred to the main works at Grove street, where he became assistant quarter- master and then quarter-master. His next position was assistant to Superintendent Charles H. Morgan, with the title of assistant manufacturer, the super- intendent looking out for the construction and main- tenance of buildings and machinery, and Mr. Hall being charged with the manufacture and development of the wire making art. After a connection of thirty- four years with this company, Mr. Hall resigned on July 1, 1901, and engaged in business for himself as a manufacturer at North Brookfield. This busi- ness he conducted successfully for four years, or up to the time of his death. He was also a member of a real estate company, conducting bus- iness under the firm name of Davis & Hall. Mr. Hall was a Republican in politics, but never held office, having no taste for public life. He was a member of the Second Advent Church, and served on the official board and as teacher in the Sunday school. He was a life member of the Worcester Mechanics' Association, and for a time a director of the Worcester Co-Operative Bank. Mr. Hall was of a retiring nature, devoted to his home and friends. His sympathies were broad and tender, and almost every unfortunate who came to him found a friend.

Mr. Hall married, June 17, 1880, Einma God- dard, born November 25, 1859, daughter of Dor- rance S. Goddard. Their children, born in Wor- cester, Massachusetts, were as follows: Winthrop Goddard, born April 1, 1881; Raymond Stearns, born December 12, 1884; Annie Gertrude, born June 29, 1888; Marjorie Williams, born February 2, 1891; Roderick Chesley, born April 13, 1893; Eliza- beth Putnam, born June 17, 1896. Mr. Hall died at his home in Worcester, Massachusetts, June 18, 1905.

GEORGE H. MILLS. Samuel Mills (I), the pioneer ancestor ef George H. Mills, of Worcester, is believed to have come from Lancashire, England. He came to New England before 1640, and was at Weymouth, working for Henry Waltham March II, 1640. He deposed then that he was twenty-one years old, making his date of birth 1619. He re- moved to Dedham, where he settled and spent the remainder of his days. He was a townsman there January 1, 1644-5, and a member of the Dedham church before 1646. He married (first) Frances and (second ) Mary The latter died October 30, 1694. He died January 16, 1695.

Children were: I. Samuel, baptized March 29, 1646; died April, 1616. 2. Samuel, died December 15, 1649. 3. Benjamin, (see forward). 4. Eliza- beth, born December 5. 1652. 5. Stephen, died December 3, 1653. 6. Sarah, born November 5. 1654. 7. Rebecca, born April 10, 1657.

(II) Benjamin Mills, son of Samuel Mills (1), born in Dedham, Massachusetts, April 13, 1651;

married Mary , and settled in Dedham. His children as recorded at Dedham, were: I. Benja- min, born June 7, 1675. 2. Mary, April 25, 1677. 3. Samuel, March 7, 1677-8. 4. William, (see for- ward).

(III) William Mills, youngest child of Benja- min Mills (2), born in Dedham, Massachusetts, May 2, 1682. He removed to the adjoining town of Needham, or was living in that part of Dedhamn when it was set off. He was one of the original members of the First church at Needham. He died at Needham July 9, 1759. His wife died October 3. 1759. Among their children, was William Mills, Jr., probably the eldest son.

(IV) William Mills, Jr., probably the eldest son of William Mills, Sr., born in Needham, Massa- chusetts, about 1725 ; married (first) Hannah

who died at Needham, February 23, 1758; second -; and (third) Eunice Eddy, at Oxford, March 4, 1772. He seems to have had a distinguished record as soldier and officer in the revolutionary war. Children of William and Hannah Mills were: I. James (see forward). 2. Esther, December 10, 1751. Children by the second wife were: 3. Enoch, born May 27, 1759. 4. Rhoda, born January 2, 1761.

(V) James Mills, eldest child of William Mills, Jr. (4), born in Needham, Massachusetts, January 30, 1750. He served in the revolutionary war in Captain Nathaniel Heath's company, Colonel Jona- than Reed's detachment of guards, in 1778. He served in 1779 with the guards at Cambridge and elsewhere about Boston. Nehemiah Mills, of Need- ham, supposed to be a relative, was in the same company. Philip Mills who was with James Mills, later at Dublin, New Hampshire, served in a Need- ham company also, under Captain Robert Smith and Colonel William Heath in 1775. James Mills set- tled before the war was over at Dublin, New Hamp- shire, where Philip Mills went the year before. (See history of Dublin, New Hampshire, and Bethel, Maine). He married a Dublin girl and lived there about four years, when with others from Dublin, including relatives of his wife, he removed to Bethel, Maine. Philip and his wife Anna remained in Dub- lin until 1797. It should be mentioned that Philip and his wife were dismissed to the Dublin church, although just after they arrived they had been warned, after the ancient custom of New England (January, 1780).

James Mills married February 7, 1782, Hannah Mason, daughter of Moses Mason. They removed to Bethel in 1785, and settled on a farm on Grove Hill. In 1790 he was killed by a falling tree while cutting wood. He left a widow and five young chil- dren. The widow married (second) September 10, 1792, Elijah Grover. He died in 1805.

Hannah Mason was the sixth child of Moses Mason, born in Dublin, New Hampshire, May 4, 1762. Moses Mason was a great-grandson of Cap- tain Hugh and Esther Mason. (See sketch of Mason family). Captain Hugh Mason was a settler at Watertown : a tanner by trade ; captain of the Water- town company; Indian fighter; magistrate, and deputy to the general court; born in England in 1606, sailed April 30. 1634, with wife Esther in ship "Francis of Ipswich." The line is through Captain Hugh (1); John (2), Daniel (3). Moses Mason (4), was the youngest son of Daniel (3) and Ex- perience. He married Lydia Knapp, daughter of Jesse and Mary Knapp, of Boston, who settled in Dublin, New Hampshire. The Mason family re- moved to Bethel, Maine, in 1799.

The Grover family was closely allied by mar- riage with the Mills family. They are very numerous and highly respectable. They are descended from

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Thomas Grover (I), the emigrant, who came from England and settled in Charlestown, Massachu- setts. in 1642. He removed to Malden later.

Thomas Grover, son of the emigrant, mar- ried Sarah Chadwick, daughter of John Chad- wick, and had three sons : Thomas (3) ; Andrew (3) ; and Ephraim (3). In 1702 he settled in that part of Norton, Massachusetts, known as the Taunton West Purchase, afterwards incorporated as Norton, later as Mansfield (1770). Andrew Grover (3), and Mary, had Jonas, born September 7, 1699. He married Sarah Austin. Their son, James, Jr. (5), born August 15, 1729, married April 8, 1754, Sarah Wellman. James Grover (5), moved from Mans- field, Massachusetts, to Peckersfield, now Nelson, New Hampshire, and later went to Bethel, Maine. His son Elijah married Mrs. Hannah (Mason) Mills.

Children of James and Hannah (Mason) Mills were: 1. John, born July 31, 1783, at Dublin, New Hampshire; married Asenath Cummings. 2. James. 3. Hannah, born in Dublin, January 9, 1786. 4. Deborah, born at Bethel, January 27, 1786. 5. Cyrus (see forward).

(VI) Cyrus Mills, youngest child of James Mills (5), born in Bethel, Maine, April 28, 1790; settled in Bethel, Maine; later removed to the Frye- burg Academy grant, now Mason, Maine, adjoin- ing Bethel. In 1816 he and his brother John were living in Bethel, and a road was laid out by the town from their houses to that of their mother, Widow Grover. Cyrus married Abiah Bean, daugh- ter of Daniel and Margaret (Shaw) Bean, born December 31, 1792. Margaret Shaw was the daugh- ter of Ebenezer and Anna (Philbrick) Shaw, of Standish, Maine. Daniel Bean was a revolutionary soldier and late in life drew a pension. He was the son of Jonathan Bean, of Kingston, or the adjacent town of Brentwood, New Hampshire, who with his wife Abigail removed to Sudbury, Canada ; he died in 1800, aged forty-three; married in 1780 and had thirteen children. He was born in Kings- tonton, or Brentwood, New Hampshire; resided at Chester, New Hampshire, and was a descendant of John Bean, a native of Scotland, who settled in Exeter, New Hampshire. He removed to Standish, Maine, and later to Bethel, where he bought a farm near that of his brother-in-law, Eleazer Twichell.

Children of Cyrus and Abiah (Bean) Mills were : I. William Dexter, born September 18, 1816, in Bethel. 2. Daniel, born April 10, 1818, Bethel. 3. Nelson, September 20, 1819, in Bethel. 4. Mary Bean, born April 5, 1822, in Mason, Maine. 5. Charlotte, born 1823. 6. Nathan Grover, born February 20, 1824. 7. Cyrus, Jr., born 1826. S. O'Neal R., born 1828. 9. Betsey S .. born 1830. 10. J. Mason, born 1832. II. George H. (see forward). 12. Elijah G., born January 9, 1835. 13. Stephen, died when one and a half years of age.

(VII) George Horace Mills, son of Cyrus Mills (6), next to the youngest of the children, was born March 31, 1833. in Fryeburg Academy grant, now the town of Mason, Maine. He received a common school education in the schools of his native town. He removed to Charlestown, Massachusetts, when a young man, and there learned his trade of carpen- ter. He came to Worcester to take the position of foreman for Henry W. Eddy, the contractor and builder, with whom he has been associated during most of his residence in Worcester. . One of the early triumphs of building in Worcester was the freight house of the Boston & Maine Railroad, the roof of which. 65x400 feet, was the largest in the country, huilt up to that time without supports or pillars. Mr. Mills had a notable career in the

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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 94

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