Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester county, Massachusetts, with a history of Worcester society of antiquity, Vol. II, Part 112

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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pany, volunteered to essay the capture of Confed- erate officers. They surrounded the house, Lieu- tenant Clapp gave orders to fire upon the first one seen leaving the house, after challenging. He then en- tered to demand surrender. A violent thunder storm broke. Dogs were barking furiously, and amid the uproar the door was opened and a man in uniform hurried out. The sergeant challenged loudly, twice, then fired. The noise had prevented the challenge being heard, or any answer being given. Lieuten- ant Clapp fell with a ball between his eyes. His body was sent to Killingly, where he was buried. S. Sarah, born 1822; married Nelson Moffitt, of Killingly; died about 1855. No issue. Nelson Mof- fitt afterwards married his wife's niece, Laura Smith, daughter of Sylvia and Abial Smith. 9. John, born 1825 : married Hannah (Bickford) Fassenden.

(VI) Lydia Starr Wilson, daughter of Jonas and Mary (Starr) Wilson, born in Thompson, Con- necticut, June 29, 1813; married Esek Joslyn, Jr., March, 1834. He was the son of Esek Joslyn and Urania (Sprague) Joslyn. He was born at Pom- fret, Connecticut, October 12, 1812. His mother, Urania Sprague Joslyn, was of the line of Governor William Sprague of Rhode Island. She was born in Providence, Rhode Island, 1762; died at Tolland, Connecticut, 1850, in her eighty-ninth year. Lydia Starr (Wilson) Joslyn, died at Springfield, Massa- chusetts, December 4, 1866; buried at Tolland, Con- necticut. Esek Joslyn died at Tolland, August 2, 1883; buried at Tolland, Connecticut. Children were : I. Lydia Annie (see forward.) 2. Jane Eliza- beth, born at Tolland, Connecticut, November, 1839; died young. 3. Eleanor, born at Tolland. Connecti- cut, August 14, 1841 ; married at Monson, Massa- and Mary ( Starr) Wilson. born in Thompson, Con- chusetts, March, 1858, Daniel Moulton, of Mon- son ; died August 12, 1898; buried in Mon-

SON1. Their children George Raymond Moulton, born at Chicopee, Massachusetts, May, 1859, died at Monson in 1884. He was a soldier of the regular army where he contracted cold which ended in consumption. Freeborn Moulton, born at Monson, 1861, died at Springfield, Massachusetts ; Inez Moulton, died in infancy. Elizabeth Moulton, born at Monson, 1868; died at Monson, 1888. 4. Amoret Nichols, born at Tolland, Connecticut, August 23, 1847; married at Springfield, Massachu- setts, November 10, 1864, George Frederick Pollard, of Rochdale, Massachusetts, born at Royal George, Yorkshire, England, June, 1843. Only child

of George and Amoret Pollard; Frederick Townley, born at Tolland, Connecticut, June, 1866; died at Rochdale, Massachusetts, August, ISSI.

(VII) Lydia Annie Joslyn, daughter of Esek and Lydia Starr (Wilson) Joslyn, was born at Vernon, Connecticut, July 18, 1836; married Rev. Henry Weston Smith, February 23, 1858. Joshua Smith, father of Henry Weston Smith, was a na- tive of Ashford, Connecticut. Removed to Elling- ton, Connecticut. Married Persis Galpin, daughter of Deacon Galpin, of Berlin, Connecticut. Their children were: 1. Mary Ann, born 1806; married Lyman Sexton, of Somers, Connecticut, a music master. She died 1898, in Oklahoma Territory, where she was living with her son. 2. Lucy, mar- ried Dickinson. Had several children. 3- Thomas, killed in an accident at Long Meadow, Massachusetts; unmarried. 4. Chester, killed by kick of a horse. Left a widow and infant child. It is a singular coincidence that every male member of this family died by violence. Rev. Henry Weston Smith was the lest survivor of the brothers. He died at the hands of the Sioux.

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BARNARD FAMILY. George Augustus Barn- ard, of Worcester, Massachusetts, is a prominent representative of the family bearing that patronymic, and in the fourth generation from Isaac, who re- moved from Watertown, Massachusetts, to Has- sanamisco, now Grafton, where in November, 1731. he was chosen one of a committee of five to appoint a day for the ordination of Rev. Solomon Prentice as minister in the work of the Gospel within that settlement. This Isaac Barnard purchased of John Ward lot No. 41, consisting of forty acres of land, for the sum of four hundred pounds lawful money. The deed was dated February 3. 1732-3. Within a year he purchased of William Ward, of Newtown, another tract of land in Hassanamisco of sixty acres for which he paid five hundred pounds. Although his father, James Barnard, died when Isaac was twenty-four years of age, the young man located a home within this frontier settlement and in due time became an unusually thrifty and active real estate dealer for his day, more than thirty transfers having been recorded to him, a record which is exceeded only by his son John, the great-grand- father of George Augustus Barnard, John having at least sixty transfers recorded to his name.

After a residence of a few years in Grafton, Isaac removed to that part of Sutton now known as Millbury, locating on a farm near the gun factory of Mr. Asa Waters. His next and final move was to transfer his residence to the town of Worcester, in which place his son John had previously lo- cated in 1771 or 1772. This was the introduction of the Barnard family of the Worcester township, and from that time to the present the name has been prominently associated with the local affairs of both church and state. Few public offices within the gift of the townspeople but have been generously dealt out to the members of this family. The chief or principal occupation of the male members of this family has been that of agriculture, but the last two generations in this particular line have found time to incorporate other employment with that of husbandry.

Captain John Barnard, father of George Augus- tus Barnard, while carrying on his farm work ad- vertised also in 1856 as a slater, he being the first to establish the husiness in this county. At that time the cost of slated roofs were far in excess of those covered with shingles, besides, it was thought to be the introduction of a luxury which only the rich could afford, therefore Mr. Barnard had little competition. That, however, did not inspire him to make excessive charges, and by fair and honor- able dealing he built up a steadily growing busi- ness which at his death, about the year 1873, George Augustus acquired and for more than thirty years has conducted it with skill and profit. The volume of business has been increased many fold, and today it is one of the largest industries of its kind in the state. He is a dealer in all kinds of copper, tin and galvanized iron work, metal skylights, asphalt and coal tar. He can turn out at his plant on Prescott street, Worcester, sheet metal work for building purposes and ornamental work of every description, and the samples of his work to be found in the various cities and towns throughout the commonwealth of Massachusetts and neighbor- ing states attest to the thorough workmanship and skillful manner in which the contracts with Mr. Barnard are executed.

(I). The immigrant ancestor of this branch of the family was John Barnard, who with wife Phebe and sons-John and Samuel-aged, respectively, two and one years. left Ipswich, England, in the ship "Elizabeth," William Andrews, master. on April

10, 1634, and found their way to the Massachusetts Bay colony and settled in Watertown, where he was admitted a freeman March 4. 1635, becoming one of the proprietors of that place in 1636-37,,and selectman in 1644. He was buried March 4, 1646. His wife Phebe died August 1685. Their children were: John, born 1631; Samuel, 1633, died 1685; Hannah, married Samuel Goffe, 1655; James, mar- ried, 1666; Mary, November, 1639, married in 1662, William Bassett, of Newton; Joseph, 1642; Benja- min. died 1694: Elizabeth, married, 1671, John Dix. (II) John Barnard, son of John Barnard (I), born 1631, was admitted freeman 1671. He mar- ried Sarah Fleming, November 15, 1654. Residence, Watertown. They had nine children, three of whom ‹lied young, and the remainder were: John, born October 30, 1657; Samuel, March 25, 1664; James, January 14, 1666-67; Ann, September, 1670; Phebe, August 8, 1673; Jane, March 17, 1678.

(III) James Barnard, son of John Barnard (2), born January 14, 1666-67, married, December 16, 1692, Judith, daughter of Ensign Samuel Jennison, and eldest sister of the first judge, William Jenni- son, a prominent early settler of Worcester. Mr. Barnard resided in Watertown, where he died Janu- ary 23, 1726, leaving four children : James, born An- gust 3. 1696; Samuel, July 19, 1699, married Susan- nah Harrington, and died 1762; Isaac, March 13, 1701-02; Hannah, June 1, 1705.

(IV) Isaac Barnard, third child of James Barnard (3), married, November 15, 1726, Sarah, daughter of Lieutenant Samuel and Mary ( Hawkins) Stearns. She was a sister of Prudence Stearns, first wife of Francis Harrington, ancestor of our ex-Mayor Harrington. Mr. Barnard re- moved from Watertown to Hassanamisco, now Graf- ton, about the year 1730, from thence, after a few years, to that part of Sutton now known as Mill- bury. and later, about 1772, located in Worcester. He was an extensive farmer and land owner, also justice of the peace, and bore the title of esquire. He was disposed to remain loyal to his King and his government, for at the age of seventy-three years it was natural he should not care to take up arms or rebel against the power under which he held a commission. Therefore, during the political agitation in choosing sides for the revolutionary struggle he remained passive. But for signing the pro- test against action of the inhabitants of the town, June 20, 1774, he was with others called to an ac- count by "The American Political Party" of Worces- ter, and subsequently with forty-two others signed a recantation, September 5, 1774, and was left to enjoy his political views in peace. He died March 18. 1788, aged eighty-one years. His wife died April 9, 1806, aged ninety-seven years. They were buried on the commons. Their children were: Isaac, born May 27, 1727; Sarah, May II, 1729, married Rev. James Wellman; Jonathan, March 31, 1732; Joshua. December 4, 1734; Solomon, May 15, 1737; Hannah, October 3. 1739, married Rev. Archibald Campbell ; Mary, September 13, 1741: John, August II, 1743; Phebe, 1746; Judith, born 1751.

(V) Captain John Barnard, eighth child of Isaac Barnard (4), married, October 30, 1766, Sarah Fiske, and settled in Worcester about 1771, where he be- came a prominent citizen. He administered on his father's estate, and held various public town of- fices. More than sixty transfers of real estate were recorded to him. He served as collector of taxes for the town, also on school committee, and signed the request asking to have Rev. Aaron Bancroft called to preach at the Old South Church. He died September 13, 1830, aged eighty-seven years. His wife died February 4, 1834, aged eighty-four years.

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Their children were : Sarah, born February 2, 1770; Polly, February 13, 1773; Lewis, December .25, 1776.

(V1) Captain Lewis Barnard, youngest son of John Barnard (5), married, December 9, 1802, Bathsheba, daughter of Ebenezer Lovell. Captain Barnard was a prominent and valued citizen of Worcester. From early manhood he was assigned places of public trust, and throughout his long life held the confidence of the townspeople. He was one of the town's committee who, January 5. 1818, recommended the purchasing by the town of the Widow Rebeckah Jennison farm to be used as a home for the town's poor. Previous to this time the poor of the town had been boarded out at private homes in various parts of the town. This report was accepted and the same committee author- ized to purchase the farm, and in 1825 he was on the committee to build a barn on the poor house land. He was one of the selectmen in 1830, also chosen in 1831, was one of a committee of three to build the Thomas street school house, and De- cember 31. 1838, was on the committee to consider enlarging and altering the town hall. He died April 6, 1853. His wife died August 13, 1847. Their children were: John, born October 14. 1803; Ebenezer Lovell, March 19, 1805; Eliza, March 23, ISII; Lewis, May 15, 1816; Harriet, May 17, 1819; Mary. November 22, 1821, married Adam L. Har- rington.

(VII) Captain John Barnard, eldest son of Captain Lewis Barnard (6), married, May IS. 1826, Sarah Rice Bigelow, daughter of Walter and Judith ( Trowbridge) Bigelow, born December 23. 1800. Captain Barnard was a farmer, and also intro- duced the slating of roofs, establishing the busi- ness which in the hands of his son, .George Au- gustus Barnard, has grown to such generous pro- portions. Their children were: Andrew Bigelow, born February 15, 1827; John Fiske, April 23, 1829; George Augustus, January 18, 1833.

( VII) Lewis Barnard, son of Captain Lewis (6) and Bathsheba (Lovell) Barnard, born in Wor- cester. May 15, 1816, died March 31, 1897. He was in active business in Worcester for half a cen- tury. For many years he was an active member of and senior partner in the large dry goods house- second to none in this part of Massachusetts-the firm of Barnard. Sumner & Company. He obtained his education in the common schools, at the high school in Templeton, and at the Leicester Academy. When twenty-three years of age-in 1839 he en- gaged in the dry goods business in Springfield, Mas- sachusetts, where he remained until 1842. In 1847, having returned to Worcester. he became associated in business with Henry H. Chamberlain, and later with George Sumner and Otis E. Putnam. In 1890 the company was incorporated as the Barnard, Sum- ner & Putnam Company, with Mr. Barnard as its president. During all these years our subject stood high among the public-spirited men of Worcester. He served five years as a member of the board of aldermen, and was a representative at the general court of Massachusetts from 1870 to 1873, being on important committees, including railroads and insur- ance, in both of which he served as chairman. From 1855 he was a director of the City Bank, a director of the Bay State Fire and the Manufac- turers' Mutual Insurance Companies, a director of the Boston, Barre & Gardner Railroad, also trustee of the Mechanics' Savings Bank. To gain a rest from business cares he spent two years in travel with his family in Europe. His fine residence situ- ated on Lincoln street is still in the possession of his children

He was united in marriage September 2, 1839, to Mary Ann, daughter of Roland and Annie (Clark) Parkhurst. One son, John Clark Barnard, and two daughters, Mary Flora and Helen Jose- phine, survived their parents.

(VIII) George Augustus Barnard, youngest son of Captain John (7) and Sarah Rice (Bigelow) Barnard, was born January 18, 1833, in the house in which he now lives at the corner of Millbrook and Burncoat streets. He attended the old Adams Square School and for a short time was a pupil in a private school.

At the age of seventeen he went to work as a clerk in Adolphus Baylies' grocery store. He stayed here for three years and then went back to the farm but in 1855 he engaged, with his father, in the roofing business in which he has continued to the present time. In 1886 he bought out the sheet metal works operated by Henry C. Fish on Union street and, moving it into his shop on Prescott street, has run it ever since in connection with the roofing business. Both branches have increased steadily in volume and importance and now a large business is being done all through the north-eastern states.

Though not a member of any church Mr. Barnard attends the First Unitarian Church regularly, as have four generations of his family before him. A Republican in politics, he has repeatedly de- clined publie office with the exception of two years, 1872-73, when he served on the city council. He is at present one of the trustees of the Five Cents Savings Bank of Worcester.

On June 18, 1857 George Augustus Barnard mar- ried Almira Hayden, daughter of Joseph D. and Susannah (Patridge) Fuller, and born in Ilolden, July 30, 1833. Their children are: George F .. born April 20, 1858, married Alice, daughter of Henry and Caroline (Ruggles) Mason. Both Mr. Barnard and his wife were educated in the Worcester schools, graduating from the high school, and have inade their home in Worcester. Their children are Mason, John, George A. 2nd, Lewis R. Sarah, born Au- gust 12, 1861, married Frederick G. Davis. Resi- dence Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Their children : John Barnard, born September 17, 1898, in Chicago; William Brewster, born March 4. 1901, in Chicago. Walter, born October 24, 1862, married Alice Holden. Graduate of Worcester schools; residence Worces- ter. Have one child, Mary Bigelow. Josephine, horn December 30. 1869, married Sumner A. Brooks, September 7, 1898; residence Cambridge ; graduate Cowles Art School. Roy A., born March 30, 1876, attended Worcester schools and the Worcester Poly- technic Institute, graduating with the class of 1897. The sons are all associated with the father in busi- ness.

ARTHUR NATHANIEL WHITTEMORE. (1) Thomas Whittemore, the emigrant ancestor of Arthur Nathaniel Whittemore, of Worcester, has a long line of English ancestry traced in England and given under the genealogy of Eli J. Whitte- more in this work. Few American families have been able to obtain their English pedigree at all, very few with the completeness of the Whiittemore family.

Thomas Whittemore was born at Hitchin, Eng- land. He married (first) unknown: (second) Sarah Deardes, April 14, 1623. She was buried November 17. 1628. He married (third) Hannah, who was born in 1612. They were among the earliest settlers of Charlestown. Massachusetts, and their farm was in the part of Charlestown set off as Malden. He died at Malden, May 25, 1661. For more details see sketch

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of Eli J. Whittemore. His children were: Sarah, baptized April 14, 1616; Mary, baptized May 12, 1624; Thomas, baptized October 6, 1626; Daniel, born in England, baptized July 31, 1633; John, bap- tized April 27, 1635, died young; Nathaniel, born May 1, 1636; John, baptized February 11, 1638-9; (all of the preceding children were born at Ifitchin, England) : Elizabeth, Benjamin, Thomas, Samuel, Peletiah. died 1678; Abraham, was in army in 1675, died January 14, 1690, aged thirty-five years.

(Il) Daniel Whittemore, fourth child of Thomas Whittemore (I), was baptized July 31, 1633, at Hitchin, England. He settled in Malden, Massachu- setts. He married Mary Mellins, daughter of Richard Mellins, of Charlestown, Massachusetts, March 7, 1662, died May II, 1683. His homestead was bequeathed to his two sons, John and Daniel, by a nuncupative will. John was the father of John Whittemore, of Leicester, ancestor of the Leicester branch given elsewhere in this work. To Daniel was given the dwelling house in Malden. Mary Mellins, his widow, was the administratrix. Their children were: Daniel, see forward: John, born February 12, 1664-5, died at Malden, 1730: Thomas, born March 5, 1667; Mary, February 15, 1608-9; Nathaniel, February 7, 1670; Peletiah, born IOSo; James.

(III) Daniel Whittemore, eldest son of Daniel Whittemore (2), was born at Malden, Massachu- chusetts. April 27. 1663. He resided at Charles- town and Malden, Massachusetts. He married Lydia Bassett, who died April 6, 1755, at an ad- vanced age. He died at the age of ninety-four, September 21, 1756. His will was made 1742 and proved October 4. 1756. He mentions his wife who died after the will was made, and also his chil- dren, as follows: Daniel, born February 28, 1689- 90, of Chelsea; Lydia, born January 24, 1691-2; Joseph, March 13, 1693-4: Mary, March 26, 1696; Richard, March 144, 1697-8, of Killingly, Connec- ticut : Elizabeth, June 22, 1701, married Joshua Whittemore; Jonathan, see forward; Hannah, born May 28, 1706, married Michael Woodward, April IO, 1735, and settled at Needham, where her brother lived : William, born 1709-10; Sarah, March 10, 1714-5.

(IV) Jonathan Whittemore, seventh child of Daniel Whittemore (3), was born in Malden, Massachusetts, April II, 1705. He settled at Need- ham and married Sarah Woodcock, of Needham, April 10, 1735. The children of Jonathan and Saralı (Woodcock) Whittemore were Sarah, born Au- gust 31, 1736, married William Mills, July 15, 1758; she died September 30, 1780; Jonathan, born No- vember 7, 1737, at Needham; Elizabeth, November 28, 1739; Esther, August 28, 1742; Jemima, Janu- ary 23, 1745: Joshua, November 29, 1748; Lydia, May 11, 1751: Mary, May I, 1756 (called Polly). (V) Jonathan Whittemore, eldest son of Jona- than Whittemore (4), was born in Needham, Massa- chusetts, November 7. 1737. He was a soldier in the French wars. In 1760 he was in Captain Cheever's company at Ft. Cumberland, and in 1762 served in Captain William Jones' company. He served seven years in the revolutionary war. In 1777 he was taken prisoner by the British and taken to England where he was confined in the old mill prison in Plymouth. He was exchanged after the war was over. Upon his return he settled in Jay, Maine. He married Eunice Smith and Sarah The children of Jonathan Whittemore, born in Needham, Massachusetts, were: Timothy, born September 7. 1763, was a soldier in the revolution six months in 1780; Sarah, born in Needham, April 12, 1768; Eunice, married Thomas Dascomb, re-

sided in Maine; Ebenezer, born December 16, 1772, baptized August 28, 1774, at Needham, Massachu- setts, resided at Livermore, Maine; Arnold, see forward.

(VI) Arnold Whittemore, youngest child of Jonathan Whittemore (5), was born in Needham, Massachusetts, February 22, 1775. He married Bet- sey (or Nancy) Dascomb. They settled in Fayette, Maine, and Jater removed to Hopkinton, Massachu- setts. Their children born in Fayette, Maine, were : Martin, born February 1, 1798, married Mary Ly- ford; died in Hopkinton, July 22, 1862; Daniel, see forward; Anna, born 1804; Arnold S., born August 4, 1806, married Betsey Holmes about 1831, died July 14, 1837; Jonathan, born October 7, 1808, resided in Hopkinton, Massachusetts; Betsey, born 1816, died 1837; Eunice, born 1818, died January 4, 1837.

(VII) Danicl Whittemore, second child of Arnold Whittemore (6), was born at Jay, Maine, February 22, 1800. He married Nancy Lyford, April 1, 1821. He died 1837. She married (sec- ond) Martin Whittemore, brother of Daniel Whitte- more. Daniel Whittemore lived at Fayette, Maine, and Hopkinton, Massachusetts. The children of Daniel and Nancy (Lyford) Whittemore were: George S., born at Fayette, Maine, September 9, 1821, married Harriet Huntoon, who died Febru- ary 15. 1894; they lived in Worcester, Massachu- setts ; Martha, born May 3, 1823. died July 5, 1838; Franklin, .born March 29, 1825, at Wilton, Maine ; Joseph, born January 26, 1828, married, January 22, 1852, Susan Fuller; he died May 27, 1869; Labrucia, born December 29, 1830, married

Wood: she died February 27, 1833; Nathaniel, born April 9, 1832, married Fora E. Brimmer in 1860; he died July 4. 1886; Charles P., born August 25, 1834. married Clara M. Goddard, see forward.

(VII) Charles Preston Whittemore, youngest child of Daniel Whittemore (6), was born in Fay- ette, Maine, August 25, 1834. He came with the family to Hopkinton, Massachusetts. Ife learned the trade of shoemaker and came to Worcester to work. After a time he started in to manufacture shoes in a shop at the corner of Foster street, where he also kept a retail store. He was for a time after his store was burned engaged in the manufacture of shoes with H. B. Fay in the shop in Barton court. He sold his interests in the firm to his part- ner and under the name of H. B. Fay & Co. the business was continued until 1887. Mr. Whitte- more enlisted in Company C, Fifty-first Regiment of Worcester, and his health was shattered by typhoid fever and pneumonia at Ft. Scott. He was a Free Mason, a member of Montacute Lodge of Worcester. The children of Charles P. and Clara (Goddard) Whittemore were: Ellen M., born 1857 ; Arthur N., see forward; Herbert L., born 1860, is in the trucking business, Worcester; Mary M., born 1862: Charles Fred, born 1865; Cora B., born 1867; Robert L. S., born 1870, nickel plater, 21 Hermon street, resides at 33 Baker street, Worcester ; Olive E .. born 1872.

(VIII) Arthur Nathaniel Whittemore, son of Charles P. Whittemore (7), was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, October 7, 1859. He received his education in the common schools of his native city. After leaving school he went to work in the shops of Johnson, Bye & Co., manufacturers of pistols at 44 Central street. He preferred his father's trade of shoemaker, however, and after a short time in the machine shop went to work for Robert L. Smyth, shoe manufacturer, where he worked sev- eral years. He worked in various other well known shoe factories in Worcester, Dadmun & Heywood's,

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Nichols, Damon & Co., J. W. Brigham & Co. He worked for the Hammond Organ Reed Co., for four years. Then, when still a young man, he be- gan bookkeeping in the office of C. W. Sears, grain dealer, formerly of the firm of Houghton, Garland & Sears. Two years later, in 1889, Mr. Whittemore formed a partnership with H. H. Houghton, formerly the senior partner of the old firm of Houghton, Garland & Sears. The new firm of Houghton & Whittemore purchased the business of Mr. Sears, who retired. The business was then located at 525 Main street in the Holbrook store. The laboring oar was Mr. Whittemore's, on account of the ill health of the senior partner. The busi- ness was highly successful, however, and the firm removed to larger quarters in 1895 in the building at 5 and 7 Beacon street, near Southbridge street, built for the purpose by Mr. Whittemore and since occupied by the business. In addition to this large brick building the firm had an elevator and store house at Bloomingdale road, in the freight yard of the Boston & Albany Railroad, and another near Lincoln square in the yards of the Boston & Maine Railroad. In 1899 Mr. Houghton withdrew from the firm and since then Mr. Whittemore has con- ducted the business alone under the firm name of A. N. Whittemore & Co. The annual business re- cently has amounted to two hundred thousand dol- lars. Mr. Whittemore deals in hay, grain, feed, straw and various miscellaneous lines of a similar nature used by horse owners and farmers.

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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 112

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