Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester county, Massachusetts, with a history of Worcester society of antiquity, Vol. II, Part 18

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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(IV) Thomas Farnsworth, son of Josiah Farns- worth (3), was born at Groton, Massachusetts. He married. November, 1753, Elizabeth Tuttle, of Little- ton, Massachusetts. He lived in Lunenburg, Massa- chusetts, and New Ipswich, New Hampshire. His name appears on the first tax roll of New Ipswich in 1763, and at the first town meeting he was elected one of the highway surveyors September 13, 1762. He was drummer of the militia company in 1777 at trainings. He probably married (second) Elizabeth Davis, in New Ipswich. His children by his first wife were: I. Moses, born January 17, 1750, married (first) Annie Wilson in Alstead, New Hampshire ; she died August 29, 1790, and he mar- ried (second) Rohanna (Beckwith) Crocker. He served in the revolutionary war. He died at Sugar Grove, Pennsylvania, October 23, 1837. 2. Thomas, born probably at New Ipswich, New Hampshire, May 29, 1768, married, February, 1791, Dimmis Ladd, who resided at Alden, New York, in 1847. 3. Joseph, born probably at New Ipswich, June 25, 1772, married, February 27, 1803, Martha Shepard ; she was born November 4, 1780, died April 2, 1834. He married (second), November 27, 1834. Mrs. Tryphena Cheney, widow of Colonel William Cheney, of Newport, New Hampshire. He died at Newport, July 19, 1837. 4. Jonathan, born prob- ably at New Ipswich, August 12, 1774, of whom later. 5. Mary, born about 1755, resided at Jaffrey, New Hampshire, died July, 1843. 6. Elizabeth, born about 1759, married Daniel Emery. 7. Catherine, born 1762. died 1832, at Williamstown, Vermont. 8. Lucy, born 1770, at New Ipswich, married thrice, resided in Mexico, New York, 1847. 9. Hannah, born about 1764, died 1817; married, August 4, 1785, Abiiah Stone, lived at St. Albans, Vermont. Her daughter married United States Senator Jacob Collamore. 10. Rachel, died at Lancaster, New York, 1847. II. Sally, living in Alden, New York, 18.17.


(V) Jonathan Farnsworth, son of Thomas Farnsworth (4), was born probably at New Ips- wich, New Hampshire, August 12, 1774. He mar- ried Olive Kingsbury. They settled in Alstead, New Hampshire, where their children were born, as follows: Asa, June 2, 1707, of whom later ; Betsev, November 15, 1798, died April 26, 1812; Hannah. February 3, 1801, died April 16, 1853;


Zelinda, January 8, 1803, died February 22, 1880; Nancy, November 26, 1804, married, Cyril Carpen- ter, resided at Rochester, New York, died there February 1, 1866; Penlanda, September 15, 1807. married, June 13, 1826, Alpheus Kilbourne; Olive C., January 7, 1810, died August 27, 1829; Eliza- beth D., March 22, 1812, died July 20, 1829; Leonard H., November 20, 1814, died January 27, 1849; John B., July 3, 1817, died September 21, 1859; Mary Jane, December 16, 1820, married, October 29, 1853, Hopkins A. Reed.


(VI) Asa Farnsworth, son of Jonathan Farns- worth (5), was born at Alstead, New Hampshire, June 2, 1797. He was brought up on the farm on which he was born. He followed farming for a time at Alstead, then moved to Ware, Massa- chusetts, and later to Athol, Massachusetts, where he died April 21, 1867. He was a man of strong character and commanded the respect of his towns- men. He was a Whig in politics. He married Suphila Lathrop, at Alstead. Their children were: Phebe O., John B., of whom later.


(VII) John B. Farnsworth, son of Asa Farns- worth (6), was born in Ware, Massachusetts, Au- gust 6, 1833. When he was two years old his par- ents moved from Ware to Athol, Massachusetts. He attended the Athol schools. On completing his education in the schools he engaged with his father-in-law in the business of building mover and contractor. Later he engaged in the business of steam and gas fitting in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. He followed this business in Fitchburg until 1878 when he opened a plumbing, steam and gas fitting establishment on his own account in Leominster, Massachusetts. He has been successful in his busi- ness. He is a member of the Order of United Workmen. He is a Republican in politics. Though interested in public affairs and politics he has de- clined office.


He married in 1860. Isabella L. Frost, daughter of Leonard R. Frost, of Phillipston, Massachusetts. Their children are: Frank S., of whom later; E. Clifton, died young; May O., died young.


(VIII) Frank S. Farnsworth, son of John B. Farnsworth (7), was born in Fitchburg, Massa- chusetts, October 12, 1864. When quite young his parents removed from Fitchburg to Leominster, and after concluding his attendance at the public schools he entered his father's office as an assistant. Hav- ing acquired a good knowledge of the business he became manager of the establishment, and in that capacity he has through his energy and progressive tendencies developed the business. He takes an earnest interest in the general welfare of the town and its various institutions, and is a director of the Leominster Co-operative Savings Bank. He is and active participant of the board of selectmen, and is also serving as town auditor. In politics he is a stanch supporter of the Republican party. His fraternal affiliations are with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Royal Arcanum. He at- tends the Unitarian church. On October 19, 1887, Mr. Farnsworth married Elizabeth Dodge, daugh- ter of William Dodge, of Leominster.


BURDETT FAMILY. Robert Burdett, the immigrant ancestor of Francis A. Burdett, of Leom- inster, Massachusetts, was born in England in 1633. He came to New England when a young man and made his home at Malden, where he married, No- vember. 1653, Hannah Winter. He died June 16, 1667, making his will the same day and mention- ing a child unborn. His widow married (second) Edmund Chamberlain, of Malden, at Chelmsford, June 22, 1670. The children of Robert and Han-


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nah Burdett were: Thomas, born at Malden. Sep- tember, 1655, of whom later; Hannah, born Novem- ber, 1656; Joseph, Mary, Sarah, Ruth, born May, 1666.


(II) Thomas Burdett, son of Robert Burdett (I), was born at Malden, Massachusetts. September, 1655, and died there June 20, 1729. He settled in his native town and married there Hannah


who died January 26, 1717-8, aged sixty-five years. He married (second) Elizabeth - He owned part of Moulton's Island and sold ten acres of it to Thomas Mitchell in 1693. His children were : Lieutenant Thomas, Jr., born January 13, 1682, died October 15, 1758; Elizabeth, August 19, 1686, died young : Elizabeth, August 28, 1688; Mary, Decem- ber 25, 1690; John, March 8, 1693, of whom later; Thomas, December 14, 1705: Jacob, February 14, 1707-8; Mary, July 31, 1710; Jabez, March 30, 1713; Joseph, February 2, 1716.


(III) John Burdett, son of Thomas Burdett (2), was born in Malden, Massachusetts, March 8, 1693, and died there December 28, 1778, aged eighty-three years. He settled at Malden; married there July 5. 1722, Hannah Cole, who died September 12, 1761, aged seventy-six years. Their children, all born at Malden, were: John, born October 15, 1722, of whom later ; Nathan, December 31, 1723, settled in the adjoining town of Charlestown; was drowned March 5, 1759; Elizabeth, June 2, 1726; Sarah, Jan- uary 3. 1727-8; Hannah, November 17, 1729.


(IV) John Burdett, Jr., son of John Burdett (3), was born at Malden, Massachusetts, October 15, 1722, and died there September 23, 1758. He mar- ried. February 6, 1745-6, and their children, all born at Malden, were: John, born October 19, 1746, mentioned below : Jemima, December II, 1751, mar- ried Phineas Sprague; Sarah, September 9, 1755; Ebenezer, June 23, 1757-8.


(V) John Burdett, son of John Burdett (4), was born at Malden, Massachusetts, October 19, 1746, and died at Leominster, December 19, 1843. He settled in Leominster, April, 1776, and entered the American army soon after the battle of Bunker Hill, serving in the battle of Bennington and sev- eral other engagements. He married, May 23, 1771, Abigail Sargent, daughter of Thomas Sargent, of Malden, who was born in 1726 and died in 1812. The will of John Burdett is dated August 7, 1820, and mentions wife Abigail. The children of John and Abigail, all born at Leominster except the first two, were: Abigail, born June 22, 1773, at Malden ; Mary, born at Malden, March 26, 1775: John, born about 1777, married, October 25, 1802, Sarah Shute, who died March 17, 1832, aged forty-seven years ; Nathan, of whom later; James mentioned in ad- ministration of estate.


(VI) Nathan Burdett son of John Burdett (5), was born at Leominster or Lancaster, about 1785. He settled in that part of Lancaster now Clinton. He married (first), October 13, 1806, Elizabeth Grover, and (second), September 20, 1809, at Lan- caster. Margaret Darling. Margaret died Septem- ber 16, 1845, aged fifty-nine years, six months and nineteen days. Their children, all born in Lan- caster, were: (By the first marriage) Elizabeth, born December 18, 1808. (By the second marriage) Sarah Margaret, died March 19, 1825; William, born February 3. 18II; Nathan, born May 16, 1813; Thomas, born May 4, 1815, of whom later: Chris- topher Columbus, born February 28. 1817. died same day; George Washington, born February 17, 1819; Mary Ann, born March 31, 1821 ; Alfred Augustus, born June 20, 1827.


(VII) Thomas Burdett, son of Nathan Burdett (6), was born in what is now Clinton, Massa-


chusetts, May 4, 1815, and died there. He lived most of his life in Clinton, conducting a farm there. For two years he resided in Northboro, an adjacent town. He married at Lancaster, November 22, 1837, Sarah E. Woodbury, daughter of Israel Wood- bury, of Bolton, Massachusetts, formerly part of Lancaster. The children of Thomas and Sarah E. Burdett were: I. Thomas Earle, born June 8, 1838, at Lancaster ; he was formerly a dealer in stationery and newspapers at Clinton and had a similar store later at Woodstock, New Hampshire; he is now re- tired; married (first) Fanny Andrews; (second) Lillian Andrews, and they have two daughters : Edith and Ethel. 2. Charles A., born 1841, died at Lancaster, February 21, 1842, aged six months. 3. Elizabeth Sarah Wilder, born at Lancaster, now Clinton, December 6, 1843, married Josiah Proctor, of Northboro, Massachusetts, now deceased, form- erly a manufacturer of buttons there; the widow and eight children reside on the homestead at North- boro; the children were: Emma, Fanny, Charles, Frederick, Harriet, George, Evelyn, Edward. 4. Francis Wellington, of whom later. 5. Margaret Louisa, born at Clinton, December 27, 1847, mar- ried Charles Wright Clinton, and they had one daughter, Carrie L .; he was proprietor of a drug store in Clinton. 6. Louis Judson, born at Clinton, September 5, 1850-1, married Emma Reynolds and they have three children-Florence, Harold, Bernard; he resides at Northboro and is manager of Chapin's grocery store there.


(VIII) Francis Wellington Burdett, son of Thomas Burdett (7), was born in Northboro, Massachusetts, October 20, 1845. He attended the public schools of Clintonville, as Clinton was called when a district of Lancaster. He took a two-year course in the Leominster high school. Mr. Burdett has divided his time between the machine shop and the farm. He is a skillful mechanic, and for many years worked in the machine shops of the neighbor- hood in the winter and conducted his farm in the summer. He was machinist for some years for the F. A. Whitney Carriage Company. For the past ten years Mr. Burdett has been employed most of the time under contract with the Danforth Chemical Company, manufacturers of Bug Death, a very suc- cessful preparation for use in the garden to ex- terminate various insects that infest flower and vege- table plants. The factory of the concern is at 31 Spruce street, Leominster. Mr. Burdett attends the Baptist church with his family. In politics he is a Republican. He was a member of the Leominster Agricultural Society, but has preferred his home to all secret societies and clubs.


He married (first), December 25, 1867, Annie L. Davidson, of Prince Edward Island, British Amer- ica; she died in childbirth, November 1, 1868. He married (second), June 15, 1870, Emeretta Miranda Miller, daughter of Stephen A. and Miranda S. (Wilder) Miller, of Ashburnham. The only child of Francis W. and Annie L. Burdett was: Francis Davidson, born at Leominster, November 1, 1868. The children of Francis W. and Miranda Burdett were: Wilfred Ellis, born June 26, 1871, graduate of the Leominster public schools; is a button maker at Prevear's factory ; married Minnie De Wolfe and have one child, Marion, born 1902. Lewis Austin, born January 5, 1873, died young. Hallis Thomas, born at Leominster, December 5, 1875, graduate of the Leo- minster high school, 1890; employed in Wachusett Shirt Factory ; married Margaret McCloud, of Leo- minster, and they have two children-Vera, born 1901, died young ; Lois. 1903. Emmons Miller, born at Leominster, September 14, 1877, attended public and high schools; employed in Wachusett Shirt


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Factory ; married Mrs. Grace (Small) Lane. Edith Louise, born at Leominster, April 16, 1879, graduate of the high school there in 1900, of the State Nor- mal school in Fitchburg in 1903, taught school two years; is now living at home with parents. Ernest Granville, born at Leominster, September 16, 1880, educated at the public and high schools of Leo- minster and at the Eastman Business College at Poughkeepsie, New York; is at present bookkeeper at the works of the Slater Silk Company of Winsted, Connecticut. Grace, born at Leominster, 1884, died aged twenty months.


HARRINGTON FAMILY. Robert Harrington (I), the immigrant ancestor of the Harrington fam- ily of Worcester, was born in England, 1616, and was among the early settlers of Watertown, Massa- chusetts. His was the last name on the list of proprietors of that town for the years 1642 and 1644. He took the oath of fidelity in 1652 and was admitted a freeman May 27, 1663. He was a mill owner. His homestead was given him by Thomas Hastings, presumed from that transaction to be a relative. He was a prominent citizen and for fif- teen years was selectman of Watertown. He was the progenitor of all the Harringtons in this country. The name is spelled in the early records sometimes Errington and Arrington. He died May II, 1707, aged ninety-one years. His will names sons : John, Daniel, Benjamin, Samuel, Thomas, Edward ; daugh- ters: Susanna Beers, Mary Bemis. Sarah Winship; Joanna Ward, late wife of his son Joseph and her son Joseph.


He married October I, 1647, or 1648, Susanna George, who was born 1632 and died July 6, 1694. Their children were: Susanna. born August 18, 1649, married, February 9, 1671, John Cutting; John, born August 24, 1651, died August 24, 1741 ; Robert, born August 31, 1653, probably died young ; George, born November 24, 1655, killed at Lan- caster, February, 1675-76, by the Indians ; Daniel. born November 1, 1657, died April 19, 1728; Joseph, born December 28, 1659, admitted a freeman April 18, 1690; Benjamin, born January 26, 1661-62, died 1724; Mary, born January 17, 1663-64, inarried John Bemis; Thomas, born April 20, 1665, admitted free- man April 18, 1690; Samuel, born December IS, 1666; Edward, see forward; Sarah, born March 10, 1670-71, died November 28, 1710; married Joseph Winship, Jr .; David, born June 1, 1673, died March II, 1675.


(II) Edward Harrington, eleventh child of Robert Harrington (I), was born in Watertown, Massachusetts, March 2, 1669. He was a farmer at Watertown. He married (first), March 30, 1692, Mary Ocington; (second), May 24, 1727, Anna Bull- ard, widow of Jonathan Bullard, of Weston, Massa- chusetts. Children of Edward and Mary Harring- ton were: Mary, born January 2, 1692-93, married, December 7, 1710, Daniel Rogers, who died Novem- ber 5, 1711; she married (second), January 3, 1716-17, Joseph Grant; William, born November II, 1694, died February 27, 1651-52; Mindwell, born June 19, 1697, died October 14, 1700; Joanna, born August 16, 1699, married, May 25, 1720, John Tainter; Edward, born June 17, 1702, died December 6, 1792; Samuel, born August 3, 1704; Nathaniel, born June 25, 1706 ( H. C. 1728) ; Francis, born June II, 1709, see forward; Susanna, born September 9, 1711, married, November 25, 1731, Samuel Barnard.


(III) Francis Harrington, eighth child of Ed- ward Harrington (2), was born in Watertown, Massachusetts, June II, 1709, and died at Worcester, July 18, 1793, aged eighty-four years. Directly after his marriage hie removed to Grafton, Massachusetts,


but after a few years settled in the adjoining town of Worcester. His homestead was on what is still the Harrington place on Harrington court, corner of Plantation street and Bloomingdale road. He was a farmer. He married, November 16, 1736, Prudence Stearns, of the well known Watertown Stearns family. She died August, 1751, aged thirty- eight years. He married (second), November 15, 1752, Deborahı Brigham, of Westboro, Massachu- setts. She died April 20, 1799, aged eighty-four years. Francis Harrington and both his wives are buried on the common, the gravestone being covered with the turf, but the location is known. The children of Francis and Mary Harrington were: Mary, baptized December 16, 1753, married, Feb- ruary 13, 1777, Jonathan Stone; Prudence, baptized April 20, 1755, married, July 6, 1780, Josiah Perry ; William, see forward; Nathaniel, had son Francis, father of Francis, Jr., also son Jonathan, father of Daniel (who had sons Charles A., Francis A., and Daniel A.) and of Benjamin Harrington ; Nathaniel was second sergeant in Colonel Timothy Bigelow's company at Lexington; first sergeant of this com- pany under Captain Jonas Hubbard ; selectman 1808; Francis, born 1737, at Grafton, died at Worcester, April 6, 1768, aged thirty-one.


(IV) William Harrington, third child of Francis Harrington (3), was born at Worcester, Massachu- setts, November 18, 1756 (November 7, in family records). He was brought up in Worcester on his father's farm and attended the district school there. He removed to Southboro after the death of his first wife, bought a farm there, but soon sold out and removed to Framingham, the adjoining town, where he bought the Mixter place and continued farming there until 1822, when he removed to Upton, Massa- chusetts, where for a year he worked a leased farm. He decided to settle there and built a house on land given him by his wife's father, who had also settled in Upton. Here Mr. Harrington carried on farm- ing until his death, November 7, 1838. In poli- tics Mr. Harrington was a Democrat. While in Southboro he served on the board of assessors. In religion he was an "Orthodox," a member of the Upton Congregational church. He was a soldier in the revolution, a gunner in Captain William Todd's company (Eighth), Colonel Thomas Craft's regi- ment, enlisted February 1, 1776; also enrolled as a bombardier; served in Boston Harbor and on Long Island.


He married, May 29, 1781, Mary Perry, daughter of Nathan and Hannah Perry, of Worcester, born there March I, 1759. (See sketch of the Worcester Perry family.) He married (second) Eleanor New- ton, of Upton (intentions dated October 10, 1801), daughter of Cyrus and Hannah (Johnson) Newton. He married (third) Lydia Newton, 1809. She was sister of Eleanor. There were no children by the first marriage. The children of William and Eleanor Harrington were: Mary Perry, born December 5. 1803, married Zenas D. Johnson; Elbridge, born May 31, 1805, died June 13, 1805; William Brigham, born February 8,


ISO7, married Martha Chamberlain ; Elbridge Newton, born


November 2. 1808. married Eleanor Jolın- son. The children of William and Lydia Harring- ton were: Richard Pratt, born December 9, 1809, died September 29, 1815; Stephen Sadler, born Jan- uary 4, 1812, married Louisa F. Temple; Eleanor Newton, born November 10, 1813, married David Bosworth; Richard Pratt, born October 5, 1815, see forward; Joseph Perry, born July 29, 1817, married Mary Claflin ; Francis Addison, born May 30, 1819, see forward; Curtis Newell, born July 10, 1821, mar- ried Elizabeth White; Charles Porter, born May


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22, 1823, married Esther Page. Eleven children were born at Framingham, the youngest only at Upton. (V) Richard Pratt Harrington, fifth child of William Harrington (4), was born at Framingham, Massachusetts, October 5, 1815. He is the only per- son of the fifth generation from the pioneer ances- tors known to the writer. Most of the present gen- eration are of the eighth, ninth, tenth and even eleventh generation from ancestors who came as early as Mlr. Harrington's viz. : before 1642. His immigrant ancestor was his great-great-grandfather, Robert, born three hundred years ago, lacking only ten years.


At an early age Richard Pratt Harrington re- moved with his father's family to Upton, Massachu- setts, but immediately went to live in Worcester with his relative, Jonathan Harrington, where he lived until he was sixteen years old and received his education in the public schools thereof. He returned home and started with his brother Stephen to make shoes in the little shop on their father's farm at Upton. He removed to Milford and entered the employ of General Underwood, manufacturer of boots and shoes, as a sole leather cutter. Later he worked in the sole leather departments of the factories of Seth Carpenter, Adam Hunt and other concerns. Shortly after 1840 he entered partnership with Elliot Alden under the firm name of Alden & Harrington, boot and shoe manufacturers, and continued with marked success until 1887, when he retired. The factory was that now occupied by the F. W. Mann Company. Mr. Alden remained in business only two years after his partner withdrew. Mr. Harrington was for a time a real estate broker in Boston. He entered rather extensively at one time in the manufacture of collars, but the business was not profitable and had to be given up. During the latter part of his life he sold household utensils in Milford and vicinity. He was a man of unques- tioned integrity and strict honesty in all his dealings. He was a member of the Congregational church at Upton. He was a Republican in politics. He loved music and at one time played in the Milford brass band. He married, 1839, Melita W. Rockwood, of Upton, born September 12, 1821, daughter of Per- ley and Prudence (Ward) Rockwood, of Upton, Massachusetts. Their children were: Prudence Melissa, born in Milford, July 5, 1844, died July 12, 1844; Myra Ethlin, born in Upton, September 21, 1852.


(V) Francis Addison Harrington, tenth child of William Harrington (4), was born in Framingham, Massachusetts, May 30, 1819. When only three years old he moved with his father's family to Upton, where he began life on his father's farm, attending the common schools of Upton. He learned the trade of shoemaker, as did also his brothers and most of the young men of his neighborhood. He worked for Colonel Artemas Fay in Southboro. Later he went into business on his own account, employing eight or ten men in the shop at his home in Upton, getting his stock from the shops of B. T. Godfrey and General Underwood in the adjoining town of Milford. It was the custom at that time for the shoemakers to last and finish the hoots and shoes in their own shops on their farms. They combined in many cases farming in summer with shoemaking in winter. When the conditions changed, Mr. Harrington went to work in the fac- tory of General Underwood and worked there for about sixteen years as a leather cutter. He re- moved to Chicago, where he entered a partnership with his son-in-law, Charles W. Aldrich, under the firm name of Aldrich & Harrington, dealers in boots and shoes. After the great fire the firm discontinued


business and Mr. Harrington removed to St. Louis, where he manufactured slippers for about four years. He sold out then and went to Athol, Massachusetts, where he entered the employ of Merritt & Lec, shoe manufacturers, as foreman, and he held this position until the time of his deathi. In religion he was a Universalist and in politics a Republican. He was a member of the Odd Fellows Order. When a young man he was active in the state militia, a member of the Upton company.


He married Mary T. Brightman, of Newport, Rhode Island, daughter of Robert Brightman. Their children were: Elizabeth Burdock, married Charles W. Aldrich, of Milford, and they have two children -William and George; Winslow Milton, born Au- gust .11, 1843, see forward.


(VI) Winslow Milton Harrington, only son of Francis Addison Harrington (5), was born at Up- ton, Massachusetts, August II, 1843. His parents moved to Milford when he was six years old and he attended the common schools of that town until sixteen years of age. He learned the trade of laster, and at the age of seventeen entered the en- ploy of his uncle, Richard P. Harrington, where he became an expert stitcher. After eight years in that factory he removed to Chicago and entered the en- ploy of Aldrich & Green, making shoes, remaining for a year, and then he was with Whitney, Yunk & Brothers for four years. About the time that his employers went out of business on account of the great fire, Mr. Harrington came back to Worcester and entered the employ of Rawson & Linnell, whose business was merged later with the Goddard & Fay concern on Austin street. After working for this concern six years he entered the employ of S. R. Heywood & Company, Winter street, where he was in charge of the stitching department for a period of nineteen years. He then accepted a position in the leather works of Graton & Knight, Worcester, as an operator in belt making. In 1896 he came to his present position with the Warren Leather Goods Company. He has charge of all the stitching ma- chinery and is an operator in leather work. He re- sides at 7 Vernon street, Worcester. Mr. Harring- ton is a Universalist in religion and a Republican in politics. He was formerly a member of Wor- cester Council, No. 29. American Mechanics. He is a member of the Worcester County Mechanics' Association.




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