Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester county, Massachusetts, with a history of Worcester society of antiquity, Vol. II, Part 10

Author: Crane, Ellery Bicknell, 1836-1925, ed
Publication date: 1907
Publisher: New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 732

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Mr. Wood was the organizer and first president of the Massachusetts Retail Lumber Dealers' Associa- ii-3

tion in 1901, an organization that has already been beneficial to its members and successful in its objects to an unusual extent. In his capacity as buyer for the house and treasurer of the company he has al- ways believed in the principle of live and let live, and he believed that wholesale dealers should strictly regard the rights of the retail dealers. He realized the necessity of co-operation for mutual protection and fair dealing. Accordingly he wrote to about one hundred and fifty dealers in the state and found them practically unanimous in favor of an organization. So he called a meeting. It was held at the Board of Trade rooms in Worcester. De- cember 10, 1901. The dealers present organized the association and Mr. Wood was elected president. Three months later the association held its first an- nual meeting. March 22, 1902, at the Bay State House, Worcester. The annual report of the presi- dent was published in the Lumberman's Review. It shows the complete mastery of the subject on the part of its author, and it demonstrated the use- fulness of the organization and showed the wise plans made for the upbuilding and perpetuation of the association. Along the same line of thought Mr. Wood made an important address March 13, 1902, before the Massachusetts Whole- sale Lumber Dealers' Association in Boston. Mr. Wood not only has a clear insight and under- standing of the fundamental thing in business, but he has the ability to express his ideas and the ex- ecutive ability to put his ideas into effect.

Outside of business Mr. Wood takes an interest in various organizations. In 1873 he joined Olive Branch Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, at Mill- bury, and was secretary for three years. Since then he has taken all the degrees in Masonry both in the York and Scottish Rites except thirty-third de- gree, and is a member of the local Masonic bodies, to which his degrees entitle him to membership.

He still retains property interests in Millbury, his native town. He was a selectman of Millbury in 1891-93. He has been a director in the Millbury Young Men's Christian Association, and president of the Millbury Social Union. He belongs to other orders. He was a member of Morning Star Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Order of United American Mechanics, the Worcester Me- chanics' Association, the Tatassit Canoe Club, the Hancock Club, associate member of the Grand Army. Mr. Wood is a Baptist. He was chairman of the building committee of the Adams Square Baptist Church in 1898: was president of the Wor- cester Baptist Social Union in 1899. From 1898 to 1906 he has been a member of the board of di- rectors of the Worcester Young Men's Christian Association and is now a director of Worcester Board of Trade. He is a justice of the peace.

Mr. Wood ranks high as a business man and as a citizen. He has illustrated again the typi- cal American methods of winning success in life. He had to struggle with poverty to win his edu- cation, and he had to save his salary to begin business. Yet as he has succeeded he has broadened and realized fully his duties toward society, church and his fellowmen.

Mr. Wood married Mary Lizzie Lovell, daugh- ter of Russell B. and Lydia (Marble) Lovell. of Millbury. She was born at Woodstock, Vermont, August 16, 1854. She attended school at Wood- stock, Vermont, and Millbury, Massachusetts, where her folks moved. She graduated from the Millbury high school. Their children are: Pliny Williams, Jr., born October 3, 1875, graduated from the Mill- bury high school, class of 1892, and from the Worcester Academy in 1895. He then entered the

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Worcester Polytechnic Institute, where he graduated with the degree of M. B. in 1899. He is now a de- signer for the Worcester Loom Co .; Frances Irene, born July 29. 1877, attended the Millbury schools until 1896, graduated from the Worcester high school in 1897 and completed lier education at Lasell Seminary at Auburndale, Massachusetts; she has a fine musical education; Helen Lydia, born October 17, 1885, died at Millbury, October 23, 1887; Abial Wayland, born August 9, 1887, attended the schools at Millbury and graduated from the Classical high school at Worcester, the class of 1906; is preparing for entrance to Dartmouth College; Gladys Lovell, born at Millbury, August 15, 1892, attends Wor- cester schools.

WILLIAM HENRY COOK. Among the prom- inent representatives of one of the various branches of the Cook family in America, we find the name of Hon. William Henry Cook, late of Milford, Massachusetts. He was son of James 1. C. and Marion E. (Robertson) Cook, and born in Ben- nington, Vermont, January 7, 1843, where he re- ceived lis schooling, and where about one year prior to that date his father had purchased an in- terest in a publication styled, The State Banner, the first number of which appeared in Bennington, Feb- ruary 5, 1841, under the hand of Enoch Davis. Within a year, however, the brothers, Benjamin G. and James I. C. Cook, became proprietors and editors of this prominent Republican organ of south- ern Vermont, and after the death of Benjamin G. in 1856, the publication was continued by James 1. C. with the help of his son until the year 1870. Two years later, in 1872, the family moved to Milford, Massachusetts.

At the early age of nine years, William Henry Cook began to learn the art of setting type in the office of The State Banner, and in his early teens delivered that paper to the subscribers about the village of Bennington, receiving therefor a salary of twenty-five cents per week. In 1859, when only sixteen years of age, he became a partner with his father, and was at that time the youngest editor of a newspaper in the state of Vermont, and was pres- ent at the organization of the Vermont Press Asso- ciation. During the interim from 1870 to 1872, Mr. Cook was a literary contributor to various papers. But in the spring of the latter year he, with his father and brother George G., purchased the Milford Journal and the job printing office connected with it, the senior Mr. Cook superintending the mmechan- ical departments, William H. assuming the duties as editor and George G. taking upon himself the business management of the plant. The latter was also postmaster during the Harrison administration. Jn 1888 this firm established the Milford Daily Journal, a penny paper, which met with popular favor and immediate success. It may truthfully be said that William H. Cook was born into the jour- nalistic profession, and acquiring by practice and ex- perience what he failed to secure by inheritance, he became a master of his line of work. As early as 1830, his father, then thirteen years of age, began to learn the typesetter's art at Bellows Fall, Vermont, in the office of the Intelligencer, of which the lat- ter's brother, Benjamin G. Cook, was proprietor, and it proved his occupation for life.

Hon. William Il. Cook was active in securing the formation of Suburban Press Association and for the first three years of its existence was its president. Ile was also president of the Massachu- setts Press Association two years, as well as of the Republican Editorial Association from its establish- ment in 1891 to 1899. In politics he was a stanch

Republican, even from boyhood, taking a deep inter- est in the principles of that party, and before he reached his majority was a delegate to a Republican convention in Vermont, and at the age of twenty- three was chairman of the Republican committee of Bennington county. In 1877 he represented the sec- ond Worcester county district in the lower branch of the legislature, receiving the compliment of a vote for a second term in 1878, and has served re- peatedly as delegate to various conventions of his party. fle was elected to the state senate, represent- ing the second Worcester county district in 1896, was chairman of committee on prisons, committee on liquor law, committee on engrossed bills and on special committee on redistricting the state, and was returned in 1897 and again in 1898. Mr. Cook was a consistent, faithful worker in behalf of his constituents, an able debator, a pleasing and con- vincing speaker and a strong defender of what he personally believed to be true Republican prin- ciples.

With all his accomplishments he was a lover of music, and found great enjoyment in devoting what time he could spare from his professional duties to the practice of music, being a proficient organist ; he officiated in that capacity for the Episcopal church in Milford, where he attended worship. He belonged to the order of Free Masons, being a mem- ber of Stark Lodge, Bennington, Vermont. In re- ferring to Mr. Cook's professional principles the National Journalist has said, "He is a firm believer in an individualized editorial column, which shall state honest convictions in a plain and unequivocal manner and stand by them."

Mr. Cook married, September 20, 1888, Mrs. Georgiana Fay, widow of the late Joseph Allen Fay, M. D., of Milford, a prominent physician of high rank in his profession, who died November 10, 1883. She was the daughter of George and Charlotte (Halstead) Glackmeyer, and born in New Orleans, Louisana, September 27, 1850.

The father of Joseph Allen Fay, M. D., was Allen Clark Fay, M. D., a skillful practitioner, also of Milford, where he was well-known and highly esteemed, and when he died, June 18, 1880, he was in the sixth generation from John Fay, who was born in England about 1648, and came in the ship "Speedwell" from Gravesend, arriving in Boston June 27, 1656, and resided at various times in Sud- bury, Marlboro and Watertown, Massachusetts. This Fay family line is John (1), the immigrant, Gershom (2), Gershom (3), Joseph (4), Joseph (5), Allen C. (6).

Honorable Henry Cook's line of ancestry we trace back to Aaron Cook (I), who was admitted freeman 1635, and of Northampton, Massachusetts, 1659, his son

(II) Aaron, baptized February 21, 1640, was representative in 1689-91-93-97, and died September 16, 1716, in the seventy-sixth year of his age. He married, May 30, 1661, Sarah, daughter of William Westwood. Slie died March 24, 1730. in her eighty- sixth year. He was known as Captain Aaron Cook and resided in Hadley, Massachusetts. Their children : Sarah, born January 30, 1662; Aaron, Joannah, July 10, 1665; Westwood, March 29, 1670; Samuel, November 16, 1672; Moses, May 5, 1675; Elizabeth, Jannary 9, 1677; Bridget, March 31, 1683.

(III) Moses Cook, born May 5. 1675, died March, 1758; married, July 4, 1698, Mary Barnard, who died 1753. He bore the title of captain, and resided in Hadley, Massachusetts. Children: Mary, born March 20, 1700; Moses, August I, 1702, died April 19, 1825; Joannah, October 13, 1704; Aaron, Feb- ruary 21, 1707; Margaret, March 18, 1711 ; Elisha,

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February 22, 1715; Martha, May 26, 1717; Hannah, October 16, 1719.

(IV) Elisha Cook, born February 22, 1715, died March 4, 1794; married, September 8, 1743, Sarah, daughter of Noah Cook. He was Ensign Cook, re- siding in Hadley. Children. Rebecca, born June 10, 1744, died May 23, 1751; Sarah, December 27, 1745, died August 23, 1746; Coleman, August 3, 1747; Elisha, September 3, 1749; Waitstill, February 25, 1752; Perez, February 18, 1754; Oliver, March 12, 1756, removed to Vermont; Gad, September 20, 1758; William Westwood, March 3, 1702.

(V) Coleman Cook, born August 3, 1747, mar- ried, January 31, 1771, Hannah Smith. She died February 22, 1824, aged eighty years, residence, Hadley, Massachusetts, where he was a farmer. Children: David Smith, born November, 1771; Sarah, February 14, 1774; Elizer, May 4, 1775; James, September, 1777; Hannah, April 20, 1780; Lucinda, April 26, 1783; Coleman, January 25, 1785, removed to Vermont.

(V1) Coleman Cook, born January 25, 1785, married Eunice Green, daughter of Jeptha and Mar- garet Green, of Springfield, Massachusetts, and was a shoe manufacturer in Hadley. Children : Benja- min G., born July 31, 1804, died October 25, 1856; Mary Ann, March 10, 1807; Eunice S., June, 1809; William C., January 27, 1812, died May 28, 1840; Francis H., August 22, 1815; James I. C., October 13, 1817; Alexander S. C., February 18, 1820.

(VII) James I. C. Cook, born October 13, 1817, married Maria E. Robertson, daughter of Will- jam and Christiana Robertson, at Putney, Vermont, October 13, 1840. He was a printer and publisher in Bennington, Vermont, also in Milford, Massachu- setts. Children, all born in Bennington, were : William Henry, born January 7, 1843, died August 26, 1900, in Milford. James Edwin, November 7. 1844, died October 16, 1847; Ella J., October 21, 1848; George G., September 9, 1854.

CLINTON SPAULDING MARSHALL, general manager of the Washburn & Moen branch of the United States Steel & Wire Company, at Worcester, Massachusetts, is a worthy representative of families whose members have won distinction in the build- ing of towns, erection of temples of worship, and as soldiers during the revolutionary and civil wars.

David Marshall born in Dedham, Massachusetts ; buried in Hebron, Maine, the earliest ancestor of whom we have any authentic information, married Lucy Mason, daughter of Dr. Moses, of Dover, New Hampshire. Their children were: I. David, buried in Paris, Maine. 2. Ashel, buried in Mechan- ics Falls, Maine. 3. Lucy, buried in Hebron, Maine. 4. Walter. 5. Aaron, buried in Hebron, Maine. 6. John. 7. Moses, buried in Hebron, Maine. 8. Mar- ian, buried in Paris, Maine. 9. Nathan, buried in Paris, Maine.

Ashel Marshall, son of David and Lucy (Mason) Marshall, was born at Minot, Maine. To him be- longs the distinction of being the first settler of Me- chanics Falls, he having founded a colony there in 1820, upon land left to him by his father, David Mar- shall, which land lay adjacent to the waterfall reach- ing across the peninsular to Bog brook, about three- fourths of a mile in width. In 1869 twenty acres of this farm, adjoining the brook, was purchased and fitted up for a cemetery. He married Lucy Calderwood, daughter of John and Thankful ( Morey) Calderwood, of Fox Island, Maine. John Calderwood was wounded in a naval battle in the revolutionary war, by being shot in the head; his skull was trepanned, and a silver dollar was em- ployed to cover the wound, which he wore through

life. The issue of this marriage was nine children, as follows: I. Henry, born at Belfast, Maine. 2. Sarah, born at Belfast, Maine. 3. Miriam, born at Turner, Maine. 4. Moses, born at Turner, Maine. 5. Mason, born at llebron, Maine. 6. John, born at Turner, Maine. 7. Lydia, born at Turner, Maine; 8. Hannah, born at Mechanics Falls, Maine, Feb- ruary 14, 1825, still living in Bridgeport, Connecti- cut. 9. George C., born in Mechanics Falls, Maine, September 18, 1827 ; died January 22, 1802.

George C. Marshall, youngest son and child of Ashel and Lucy (Calderwood) Marshall, born at Mechanics Falls, Maine, September 18, 1827, was major of the First Missouri Cavalry, known as the Merrill Horse regiment, and was brutally murdered January 22, 1862, at Knob Noster, by the notorious bushwhacker (rebel) known as "Arkansas Robin- son." A newspaper account of this treacherous and dastardly act is below recorded, and taken from clippings preserved by the family, dated, January 23, 1862: "A sad tale of treachery is connected with the fatal shooting of Major Marshall, commanding a batallion of Merrill's Horse that left here on Sunday for Johnson county. Yesterday morning, while the command was at Knob Noster, Major Marshall, Lieutenant Bennett and Surgeon Dr. Thayer, followed by the command went to ascertain the cause of gunshots which they heard a half mile distant. On approaching the house they saw two men galloping off, and immediately gave hot chase. The major's horse being the fleetest, was first to over- take the bandits, whom he 'covered,' the man throw- up his hands crying: '1 surrender,' but still hold- ing on to his double-barrelled gun. The major looked around to see where his comrades were, when he received a ball from the double traitor which brought fatal effect, the ball passing upwards and entirely through the body, a little above the diaphragm. Lieutenant Bennett gave chase, over- took him and fired three shots without effect, but the fourth shot struck the bandit in the eye, and he fell dead on the spot. He was left where he fell. A detachment arrived about 2 o'clock this A. M., bringing the major, still alive, but having no hopes of his recovery. Thus falls by the hands of an assassin, one of the purest and bravest spirits of our army. A terrible retribution is stamped on the countenances of his associates-in-arms, by whom he was idolized. The fellow who shot him is known as the notorious bushwhacker, 'Arkansas Robinson.' Major Marshall was buried at Minot, Maine, under arms, by the 'Mechanic Falls Zouaves.'" The body was afterward removed to Rutland, the home of his wife. Major Marshall enlisted at Chillicothe, Mis- souri, and together with Colonel Merrill, of Michi- gan, raised a regiment of one thousand cavalry, the major raising five hundred men from Missouri, which was then a slave state, and Colonel Merrill raising five hundred men from Michigan. His first enlistment was as captain of the First Missouri Cavalry, but after a few months was promoted, at Bentons Barracks, St. Louis, Missouri, with rank of major. At Rutland, Massachusetts, the George C. Marshall Post is named in honor of him. At the time of his enlistment he was station agent for the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad. He married, January 8, 1849, at Lunenburg, Massachusetts, Char- Irtte 1. Harrington, born at Acton, Massachusetts, October 16, 1827, daughter of Isaac and Relief (Watkins) Harrington, and one son was the issue, Clinton Spaulding, see forward. Edward Har- rington, the ancestor of Charlotte L. (Harrington) Marshall, married Anna Ballard, December 15, 1731, and they had twelve children. Their son, Edward Harrington, born May 22, 1735, married Anna

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Lawrence, April 1, 1756, and they had six children. He served as captain in the revolution, and died at Ticonderoga, September 23, 1776. Edward Har- rington, Jr., born in Watertown, May 20, 1758, en- listed three times in the revolutionary war, first for nine months when sixteen years of age; he served as drummer. He married, October, 1778, Susanna Wellington, who bore him nine children. Susanna was visiting her sister Rebecca, whose hus- band, John Monroe, kept a tavern in Lexington, when the British soldiers marched upon them, April 19, 1776. They demanded food and drinks and she helped to serve them. They returned from Con- cord in such a hurry that they did not call again. The children of Edward and Susanna ( Wellington) Harrington were: Edward, Nancy, Susan, Thank- ful, Phineas, Rebecca, Jacob, Jonas, Isaac.

Isaac Harrington was born at Concord, Massa- chusetts, November 23, 1802, died February, 1868. He was a successful farmer. He was married to Re- lief Watkins, daughter of Edward and Keturah (Dennison) Watkins, at the "Old Manse," Concord, Massachusetts, by Dr. Ezra Ripley, July 14, 1825. Children of Edward and Keturah ( Dennison ) Wat- kins were: I. Royal. 2. Miriam; she had a son who became the governor of Ohio. 3. Ira. 4. Relief, born August 22, 1802; died July 25, 1898. 5. Char- « lotte. Isaac Harrington and Relief ( Watkins) Har- rington were the parents of five children: I. George E., born April 26, 1826; died February, 1902. 2. Charlotte L., born October 16, 1827, widow of George C. Marshall, and mother of Clinton S. Mar- shall. 3. Elizabeth M., born July 12. 1830, died February, 1905. 4. Sarah A. T., born May 9, 1833, died August 1, 1862. 5. Susan R., born April 16, 1841, living at the present time (1905).

Clinton Spaulding Marshall, only child of Major George C. and Charlotte L. (Harrington) Marshall, born in Rutland, Massachusetts, February 6, 1860. He received his education in the Worcester public and high schools, and later pursued higher branches of study at Wilbraham Academy. After leaving school, in 1877, he engaged with the Washburn & Moen Wire Company, and after repeated advance- ments has risen to the highest position attainable in this district in this world-renowned enterprise, that of general manager of the Washburn & Moen branch of the United States Steel & Wire Company at Worcester, Massachusetts. This branch oper- ates three immense plants, located at Worcester, which are distinctly known as the North works, Central works and South Works, which collectively, employed about six thousand hands, upon whom about forty thousand people in the city of Worcester depend for a Hivlihood, not to speak of the extensive aid given to the men of profession, merchants and various tradesmen who make up the population of the city. Thus it will readily be seen and appreciated that such a position is one that involves no little re- sponsibility, and requires the services of a man of shrewdness, sagacity, business ability and a keen knowledge of human nature, all of which character- istics Mr. Marshall, possesses in a remarkable de- gree. Mr. Marshall enjoys the confidence and re- spect of his brother officers, together with that of every member of the army of skilled workmen under his management. He is connected with the Methi- odists, being an ardent believer in the tenets of that church, and furthers the cause of that denomination whenever an opportunity presents itself. His con- tributions to this work are known to be generous, but being of a quiet nature, and not aspiring for public praise in matters of this kind, very few are aware of the extent of his benevolences. He is a Republican in politics, whether local, state or na-

tional, but has never sought or held office. He is a prominent member of the Worcester Commandery, and a Fourteenth Degree Mason; an active member of the Commonwealth Club, Worcester Club, Lake- side Boat Club, Tatassit Canoe Club, and several other organizations, all of which are composed of members of the first families of Worcester. He married, March 4, 1880, Floretta A. Bigelow, born March 4, 1860, at Boylston, came to Worcester in 1877, daughter of Charles P. and Rhoanna I. ( Ball) Bigelow, of Boylston, Massachusetts. Their children are: 1. Charlotte J., born at Worcester, Massachusetts, November 25, 1887 ; attended Worces- ter high school, two years, then went West and entered Monticello Seminary, at Godfrey, Illinois, remaining for one year, and now enters Lasell Seminary, Auburndale, Massachusetts, to complete this course. 2. Helen B., born at Worcester, Massa- chusetts, May 11, 1892, is now ( 1905) attending the Worcester schools.

Charles P. Bigelow, a native of Boylston, born November 12, 1827, and his wife Rhoanna I. ( Ball) Bigelow, a native of Holden, born April 15, 1830, were the parents of: I. Charles E., born July 23, 1852. 2. George E., born October 12, 1854. 3. Frederick F., born February 4, 1858. 4. Floretta A., born March 4, 1860, wife of Clinton S. Marshall. 5. Endora M., born February 18, 1862. 6. Herbert, born August, 1864, died June, 1865. 7. Lillian I., born August 24, 1873. Charles P. Bigelow was a son of Solomon and Rebecca (Parker ) Bigelow, and grandson of Andrew and Sarah (Fawcett) Bigelow. Solomon Bigelow was born at Boylston, Massachusetts, March 18, 1795; married Rebecca Parker, and their children were: 1. Caroline, born August 22, 1829. 2. Solomon Slater, born Decem- ber 27, 1821. 3. Rebecca Maria, born March 13, 1824. 4. Charles P., born November 12, 1827, died March 14, 1877, mentioned above. 5. Henry Alonzo, born February, 1834.

Rhoanna ( Ball ) Bigelow . was the daughter of Nathan and Abigail (Carruth) Ball, who were the parents of one other child, Edward, who died at the age of five years. Nathan Ball was a son of Nathan and Susanna (Hastings) Ball, who were the parents of twelve or thirteen children; and Abigail (Carruth) Ball, born at Paxton, Massachu- setts, was a daughter of Ephraim and Sally ( Sever) Carruth, of Spencer, Massachusetts, who were the parents of twelve children. Ephraim Carruth was a son of Silas Carruth.

The Bigelow family can be traced back to the first known settler of that name in New England, namely: John, son of Samuel and Mary (Flagg ) Biglo, of Watertown. Samuel, son of John and Mary (Warren) Biglo, horn in Watertown, Octo- ber 28, 1653. The Ball family is traced back in the family name, Nathan Ball, to 1720, when he ( Nathan Ball) with his brother James, settled Ball Hill in Northboro.

FRANK WILBUR NOURSE. Francis Nourse (I), the immigrant ancestor of Frank Wilbur Nourse, of Winchendon, Massachusetts, was born in England, January 18, 1618, and died at Salem Village, now Danvers, Massachusetts, November 22, 1695. On account of the witchcraft delusion in Salem he and his wife hecame historical characters. The name of Rebecca Nurse or Nourse is perhaps the best known of all the unfortunate victims of the Puritan fanatics.

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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. II, Part 10

Author: Crane, Ellery Bicknell, 1836-1925, ed Publication date: 1907 Publisher: New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company Number of Pages: 732

Author: Crane, Ellery Bicknell, 1836-1925, ed
Publication date: 1907
Publisher: New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 732