Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester county, Massachusetts, with a history of Worcester society of antiquity, Vol. III, Part 21

Author: Crane, Ellery Bicknell, 1836-1925, ed
Publication date: 1907
Publisher: New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 772

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He married, December 4, 1858, Mary Ar Oakes, who was born in Wilton, Maine. Their children are : 1. Arthur F., born August 6, 1860, married. July 3, 1882, Alice Perkins, and their children are -Methyl L., Harry C., Ida May. 2. Etta L., born November 1, 1862, married George P. B. Clark, and their children are-Margie R., Marie L. 3. Frank S., born February 14, 1871, died December, 1871. 4. Frank E., born May 22, 1875, married Mary Thatcher, of Webster.

EDWARD EVERETT HOWE. John How, Esq., of Warwickshire, England, was the father of John How, of Marlboro, Massachusetts, according to Hudson, who says that he was a descendant of John How, and son of John How, of Hodinhall, England, and connected with Sir Charles How, of Lancaster, England, in the days of Charles 1. The name is certainly ancient English and the family distinguished and numerous in the old country.

(11) John How, son of John How (1), was the immigrant ancestor. He settled in Sudbury as early as 1639, and was admitted a freeman May 13, 1640. He was a town officer in 1657. In 1642 he was a selectman of Sudbury. In 1655 he was appointed by the pastor and selectman of Sudbury "to see to

the restraining of youth on the Lord's Day." He was one of the petitioners in 1657 for the grant which constituted Marlboro. According to tradi- tion he was the first white inhabitant who settled on the new grant. He went there in 1657 and built a cabin near the Indian plantation. Hudson states that he became a friend of the Indians and served as arbitrator for them in cases of dispute. He opened the first public house there in 1670. He died at Marlboro in 1687, and in his will left among other items to his son Thomas "the horse he troops on." His house was located one hundred rods from Spring Hill meeting house, a little east of the pres- ent road from Spring Hill to Feltonville. His wife Mary died about 1687. Their children were: John. born 1640, married, January 22, 1662, Elizabeth ; he was killed by the Indians; Samuel, born October 20, 1642, married, June 5, 1663, Martha Bent ; Sarah, born September 25, 1644, married, June, 1667, Sam- uel Ward; Mary, born June 18, 1646, died young ; Isaac, born August 8, 1648, married, June 17, 1671, Frances Wood; Josiah, married, March 18, 1674, Mary Haynes, of Sudbury; Mary, born June 18, 1651, married, September IS, 1872, John Witherby; Thomas, born June 12, 1656, married (first) Sarah Hosmer; (second) Mrs. Mary Barron; Daniel, born

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June 3. 1658, died 1661: Alexander, born December 29. 1661, died January following : Eleazer, see for- ward.

(111) Captain Eleazer How, son of John How (2). was born in Marlboro, Massachusetts, Janu- ary 18, 1662, died there March, 1737, aged seventy- five years. He commanded the military company of the town and was an able and reliable man, we are told. Ile was a man of property for his day and had silverware, an unusual possession for a colonial household. In searching the inventories of thou- sands of estates of that period one finds silver and china very seldom: the utensils were mostly pewter and wooden. Eleazer left a silver spoon to his son Gershom, a spoon each to his daughters, Martha Bartlett and Hannah Beaman. He mentions other children in the will. He married, 1683, Ilannali Ilow, daughter of Abraham How, another pioneer settler. She died June 24, 1735, aged seventy-two years. The children of Captain Eleazer and Han- nah How were: Martha, born September 4, 1686, married Daniel Bartlett: Deborah, born July 6, 1688. married. June 30. 1710, Benjamin Bailey ; Eleazer (twin), born July 3, 1692, died July 27, 1692; Hannah (twin), born July 3, 1692; Gershom, born September 8, 1694, see forward; Ephraim, born March 30, 1699. married, January 8, 1723, Elizabeth Rice ; Eleazer, born December 15, 1707, married Hepzibah Barrett; Hannah, married, May 2, 1726. Eleazer Beaman : Elizabeth, mentioned in will, mar- ried - Witherby.

(IV) Ensign Gershom How, son of Captain Eleazer How (3), was born at Marlboro, September 8, 1694. died October 28. 1738. The inventory of his estate included two firelocks, two swords, two belts. two girdles, wooden plates and trenchers, the whole amounting to three thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven pounds. He married, December 6. 1741. Hannah Bowker. Their children were : Miriam. born November 27, 1722, married, May 17. 1744. Jotham Bartlett; Moses, born March 6, 1725. married Hannah - --; Silas, born February 5, 1727, see forward; Zerviah, born October 9, 1729, married, October 28. 1747, David Felton; Persis, born March 2. 1736. married. December 18. 1755, John Gleason ; Hannah. born November 9, 1737.

(V) Silas Howe (as the name has been spelled in later generations). son of Gershom How (4). was born in Marlboro February 5, 1727. He mar- ried Beulah Leland, of Marlboro, November 22, 1749, and settled first in Shrewsbury, North Pre- cinct, where his two eldest children were born. In 1754 he removed to Brookfield, where many of his relatives were living, and four of his children are recorded there. In 1765 he removed to Leicester. where he lived the remainder of his life and where the remainder of his children were born. He died in Leicester, 1768, and his widow was appointed guardian of minor children, Lydia and Benjamin : Jonathan Knight being appointed guardian of Han- nah. The estate was finally settled in 1793, when all the heirs came of age. Moses Howe, of Marlboro, brother of the deceased, was a surety on the admin- istrator's bond. The heirs named in the settlement were: Isaac, the eldest ; Esther Sheffield, Lucy Ten- ney, Lydia Howe, John Howe, Benjamin llowe. The children of Silas and Beulah Howe were: Hannah, born at Boylston ( North Precinct), De- cember 10, 1750, married Eli Keyes, 1762; Isaac, born at Shrewsbury, North Precinct, February 28, 1753: Esther, born at Brookfield, August 31, 1755, inarried - Sheffield : Lucy, born January 16. 1757. married Tenney; John, born at Brookfield, February 9, 1761; Lydia, born October 30, 1764. married, December 16, 1784, William Peeso, of

Brookfield; Benjamin, born April 28, 1767, at Leicester. It should be noted that Silas, Jr., of Brookfield, and Silas, of Shrewsbury, whom Ward supposed to be his son, were not his sons, nor were they near relatives.

(VI) Isaac Howe, son of Silas Howe (5),was born at Shrewsbury, North Precinct, now Boylston, February 28, 1753, and died at Northboro, the ad- joining town, December 9. 1831, aged seventy-nine, years. He settled in Northboro. He was a soldier in the revolution in Captain Samuel Wood's com- pany of minute men who responded to the Lexing- ton alarm, April 19, 1775, under General Artemas Ward, of Shrewsbury. Later in 1775, he was on picket duty under Major Laommi Baldwin and also in Captain Wood's company, Colonel Jonathan Ward's regiment. He received one of the coats given in the winter of 1775 by Northboro to her soldiers on duty. In 1777 he was at Albany under Captain Silas Gates. He was a blacksmith by trade. In 1800 he sold land in Northboro to Joel Felton, of Northboro. In 1828 he deeded land on the east side of the Assabet river to Benjamin Wilson.

He married Hannah Fay, who died September 4. 1805, aged forty-eight years, eight months, four- teen days. He married (second), February 13, 1806, Louisa Morse, of Marlboro. She died Sep- tember 22, 1826, aged sixty-seven years, one month, eleven days. Children of Isaae, Sr., and Hannah Howe. born in Northboro, were Dinah, born Sep- tember 23, 1775, died October 9, 1795; Sarah, born December 20, 1776, died August 22, 1779; Hannah, born April 28, 1781; Abraham, born May 15, 1783; Rebecca, born July 11, 1785; Isaac, Jr., born March 13, 1788, see forward; Thankful, born April 6, 1790; Sarah, born September 24, 1792; Catherine Dexter, born January 21, 1794; Zerviah, born June 20, 1797 ; Jacob, born May 17, 1798 (record gives his father's name as Israel) ; Charles, born August 12, 1801.

(VII) Isaac Howe, Jr., son of Isaac Howe (6), was born at Northboro, Massachusetts, March 13, 1788. He settled at Leominster on a farm and lived there during his active years. He married Rebecca Houghton, about 1815, and she administ- ered his estate. He died March, 1843. Their chil- dren were: John, Sally, George, Henry, see for- ward; Emory.

(VIII) Henry Howe, son of Isaac Howe, Jr. (7), was born at Leominster, Massachusetts, 1824, died at Lunenburg, April 12, 1862. He received a common school education at Leominster and then learned the trade of his father and grandfather, that of blacksmith. He settled in Lunenburg, where he had a blacksmith shop. He married ( first)

-- , who died leaving one daughter. He married ( second ). October 3. 1855. Mary Ann Foster, born 1833. daughter of George and Roxanna ( Moffet) Foster, of Lunenburg. The only child of the first wife was: Mary A. F., born 1850. The children of Henry and Mary A. F. Howe were: Hattie, born April, 1856, died September 15, 1856; Edward Ever- ett, born September 10, 1857, see forward; Hattie Ellen, born August 31, 1858, died June 2, 1859; Adaline, born April 6, 1860; Jane M., born Novem- ber 22, 1861.

(IX) Edward Everett Howe, son of Henry Howe (8), was born at Lunenburg, Massachusetts, September 10, 1857. His father died when he was only four years old, and early in life he had to work for a living. He was employed by Stillman Stone, when ten years old and upwards, and later went to live with his mother at the place on Flat Hill. He had the ordinary common school educa- tion of his day. He worked at farming and lum- bering for various employers for several years, fin-

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ally engaging in business on his own account as a teamster. He has been employed considerably in town work with his carts and horses, for the past fourteen years, having been the highway surveyor and road commissioner of Lunenburg. In 1894 he bought the old Ramsdell farm of Augustus. Tay- lor, for whom he has done much teaming in the past twenty years. This farm is the present home of Mr. Howe. In politics Mr. Howe is a stanch Re- publican and in religion is a Methodist. He com- mands the fullest confidence and respect of his fel- low-citizens as a self-made man of ability, persistence and high character. He married Katherine Hughes, of Melrose, Massachusetts. They have no children.

MARCELLUS ROPER. Few Worcester county families have so much tragic history in the colonial days as the Ropers of Sterling and Rutland. From the earliest days of the Lancaster settlement the name of the family has figured prominently. The name is common in England. The progenitor of the family was Musard, probably of Norman de- scent, whose name was Latinized as Hasculphus. His grandson assumed the title of De Rubra Spatha or Red Sheath, and in time this came to be spelled Roper ; first run together as Rospeare, then Rousper, Rooper, Ropere. William of the Red Sheath and his Saxon wife, Elnith, were great benefactors of St. Martin's Priory in Dorn. His son was Adam, of Swacliffe, county Kent, and this was the home of Sir William Roper, husband of Margaret More, daughter of Sir Thomas More. The coat of arms of the Ropers of West Dereham, Norfolk county, is probably that of the American branch, if the American Ropers claim any rights to bear arms. It is: Crest, a buck's head, erased, or, at- tired sa .; in mouth a pear, gold, stalked, leaved, vert.

(I) John Roper, the immigrant ancestor of Marcellus Roper, of Worcester, came from New Buckingham, Norfolk county, England, and was probably born there in 1588; he sailed for New England in the summer of 1637 and settled in Dedham, Massachusetts, in August of that year. He died soon after 1664. His wife was living at the time of the Lancaster massacre in 1676, and the date of her death is not known. Two sons prob- ably came with him. They were: John, of whom later; Walter, born 1614, married Susan, founder of the Ipswich family.

(11) John Roper, son of John Roper (1), was born probably in New Buckingham, England, in 1611 ; married in England, Alice , who was born in 1614. He was examined April 13, 1637, at Yar- mouth, England, as to his intentions in emigrating to New England; he sailed probably on the "Rose of Yarmouth," John Andrews, master, with wife and two daughters. He was a carpenter by trade. He settled in Dedham and was admitted a freeman there June 2, 1641. He resided later at Charles- town and Lancaster, Massachusetts. He was se- lectman at Lancaster. He was killed by the In- dians in ambush March 26, 1676, at Lancaster. His widow, Alice, married (second). April 14, 1681, John Dickinson and they resided in Salisbury, Massachusetts. John Dickinson died December 30, 1683, and his widow married (third), at Salisbury, in 1684, William Allen. She died there April 1, 1687.

The children of John and Alice Roper were : Alice, born in England, married Thomas Adams; Elizabeth, born in England; Rachel, born in Ded- ham, (all the younger children were also borit there) March 18, 1639; Hannah, born April 2, 1642; Ephraim, born December 23, 1644, of whom

later ; Nathaniel, born December 23, 1644; Ruth, married Deacon John Haynes; Saralı, married James Mackinab.

(111) Ephraim Roper, son of John Roper (2), was born in Dedham, December 23, 1644; he married in Dedham, Priscilla - He was a farmer. He settled in Lancaster some time after the deatlı ot John Roper, Sr. He had one child born in Dedham, Priscilla, who was slain in the first Lan- caster massacre, February 10, 1676. Ephraim mar- ried (second), at Concord, Massachusetts, Novem- ber 20, 1677, Mrs. Hannah Goble, of Concord; they were both victims of the second massacre Sep- tember 11, 1697, at Lancaster, and their third daugh- ter was also killed. His children were: Priscilla, born November 26, 1672, killed February 10, 1676; Priscilla, February 5, 1679; Ruth, January 7, 1681 ; Elizabeth, January 17, 1683; Bathsheba, Ephraim, of whom below.

(IV) Ephraim Roper, youngest child of Ephraim Roper (3), was born in Sudbury, Massachusetts, 1687, and married in Sudbury, about 1714, Sybillah Moore, daughter of Richard and Mary ( Collins ) Moore, who was born in Sudbury, September 2, 1694. He was taken prisoner by the Indians at the time his parents were killed and was in captivity for two years. He resided in Sudbury until about 1720, and his first four children were born in that town; the others were born in Worcester, whither he moved. He was a farmer. He was accidentally shot and killed in the woods February 16, 1730, and is buried on the Worcester common. The chil- dren of Ephraim and Sybillah Roper were: Mary, born May 20, 1715; Ephraim, of whom below ; Pris- cilla, May 20, 1718; Sybillah, March 6, 1720; Abi- gail, March II, 1722; Kuth, January 14, 1724; John, October 27, 1725; Nathaniel, March 2, 1727; Han- nah, March 3, 1729; Daniel, October 2, 1730, pro- genitor of the Rutland branch.

(V) Ephraim Roper, second child of Ephraim Roper of Worcester (4), was born in Sudbury, Massachusetts, October 21, 1716. He was married in Sterling, Massachusetts, by Justice Houghton, April 8, 1748, to Michal Houghton, daughter of Benjamin and Zervial Houghton. Michal was born at Sterling, then called Chocksett, in Lancaster, June 22, 1725, and died December 31, 1816. He was a farmer; died December 5, 1793, and is buried in the old Sterling cemetery. The children of Ephraim and Michal Roper, all born in Sterling, were: I. Benjamin, born January 7, 1750, married Azubah Willard; Manasseh, May 26, 1752, married Lucy Livermore; Silas, January 20, 1754, married Eliza- beth Burpee; Asa, August 10, 1756, married Polly King; Nathaniel, February 23, 1758, married Naomi Gibbs; Enoch, December 7, 1758; Ephraim. John, Sylvester, July 22, 1702, married Catherine Pierce ; Joseph, December 29, 1763, married Ruth Gerry ; Lucy, February 10, 1767, married Joshua Everett.

(VI) Sylvester Roper, ninth child of Ephraim Roper (5), was born in Sterling, July 29, 1762; married in Sterling, November 11, 1804, Catherine Pierce. He settled on the farm at Justice Hill in Sterling. He was noted for his remarkable and accurate knowledge of the Bible as well as for liis gifts in conversation. He is described, by those who knew him, in middle life and during his active years as the leader and entertainer on all social occasions, "the delight of old and young alike." He died March 2, 1849. His wife was born March 6, 1771, and died November 3. 1841. Their children, all born in Sterling, were: Martin, June 13, 1805, married Persis Welsh Stanley; Eliza, May 12, 1807, died July 29, 1828; Merrick. October II, 1808, mar- ried (first) Mary Ann Ricard; (second) Mrs. Mar-

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tha J. Houghton, widow; Lydia, January 3, 1811, married Hull B. Witt.

(V11) Martin Roper, eldest child of Sylvester Roper (6), was born in Sterling, June 13, 1805, married in New Hampshire, March 27, 1838, Persis Welsh Stanley. He lived on the Sylvester Roper place, Justice Hill, Sterling, where he died Octo- ber 7, 1889. His widow died at the home of their daughter, Mrs. W. Clarence Phillips, Leominster, Massachusetts, December 2, 1896. Their children, all born in Sterling, were: George Stanley, January 2, 1839, married Nettie Robbins; Albert B., July 4, 1842, married Frances Lincoln; Eliza C., March 23, 1845, married Josiah H. Wilder; Jerome, May 19, 1847, married Amanda C. Carter; Lydia, June 19, 1849, died December 23, 1866; Ella Frances, May 30, 1854, married W. Clarence Phillips.

(VIII) George Stanley Roper, eldest child of Martin Roper (7), was born in Sterling, January 2, 1839; married, May 16, 1866, Nettie Robbins, of Upton, Massachusetts. He was a farmer and owned the old Sylvester Roper place on Justice Hill, Sterling. He was a man of sterling qualities, genial, kind-hearted and beloved by everyone. He served the town of Sterling as highway surveyor, overseer of the poor and assessor. He died March 4, 1899. The children of George Stanley and Net- tie Roper were: Marcellus, of whom below; Her- bert Francis, born November 22, 1871, married, January 9, 1895, Annie Hale Randall, of Woburn ; he is in charge of the receiving department in the Boston Store, a department store in Worcester ; Ethel Lydia, born July 28, 1878, in Sterling, mar- ried there, March 23, 1898, Ralph Herbert Hosmer, who is a civil engineer, and they have: Lucile Min- netta Hosmer, born in Sterling in 1898, and Stanley Roper Hosmer, born in Sterling, September 23, 190.4.

(IX) Marcellus Roper, eldest child of George Stanley Roper (8), was born at Sterling, Massa- chusetts, September 19, 1869. He attended the pub- lic and high schools of his native town, grad- uating from the Sterling high school in 1886. He is also a graduate of Hinman's Busi- ness College, Worcester. He began his busi- ness career Worcester as bookkeeper for the firm of Brown & Simpson, manufacturers and dealers in pianos and organs, at the present location of the Hammond Organ Reed Company, 9 May street. In addition to the bookkeeping Mr. Roper had entire charge of the retail business of the company. When the business was incorporated in 1892 as the Brown & Simpson Company, Mr. Roper became a director with Andrew H. Hammond president, and Theodore P. Brown, treasurer. The capital of the concern was seventy-five thousand dollars.

In 1895 Mr. Roper, while retaining his con- nection with the Brown & Simpson Company, en- gaged in the bicycle business in the store at 148 Main street. At that time the bicycle business was very active and in the year 1896 alone Mr. Roper sold over eleven hundred wheels. In 1899 Mr. Roper added pianos to his business at 148 Main street and withdrew from the Brown & Simpson business. In 1900 he decided to devote his atten- tion exclusively to the piano business. His busi- ness grew rapidly. His own gifts as a salesman, his practical knowledge of manufacturing pianos and his knowledge of the instruments in which he was dealing attracted business, and in a few years he outgrew his original quarters. In 1905 he leased the entire building at 284 Main street, including four floors and basement. The building was re- modeled expressly for his business; a new show

window on the ground floor, also on the second floor was added, new floors laid, the rooms deco- rated, and special elevator facilities added. Mr. Roper has the most convenient and attractive quar- ters for the piano business in Worcester. He occu- pied the new premises March 1, 1906. Mr. Roper represents some of the best piano manufacturers in the world; the Knabe, the Vose, the Lester, the Henry F. Miller, Haines Brothers, and ten other leading firms. He has in stock in the new store over two hundred pianos. His business was in- corporated under Massachusetts laws in 1902 with a capital of fifty thousand dollars. Mr. Roper is the principal owner of the stock and is president, treas- urer and general manager.

He is well known in Masonic circles, having taken all the degrees, including the thirty-second. He is a member of Quinsigamond Lodge, Eureka Royal Arch Chapter, Hiram Council and the Wor- cester County Commandery, Knights Templar ; the Consistory in Boston and Aleppo Temple, Mystic Shrine. He is also a member of Quinsigamond Tribe of Red Men, the National Piano Dealers' Association of America; Conquest Council, Royal Arcanum; the Commercial Travelers' Association of America, also the Worcester Merchants' Asso- ciation. He is a Republican in politics. His resi- dence is in Sterling, where he has recently built a handsome and attractive home.

He married, June 19, 1901, Rosa Edith, daugh- ter of Elmore R. and Elizabeth E. Willard, of Ster- ling. Their child, Marcellus Roper, Jr., born May 12, 1906.

JOHN JOSEPH ROGERS, of Worcester, the genial and popular proprietor of the Waldo House, and president of the Massachusetts branch of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, is a worthy repre- sentative of that class of foreign-born citizens who have aided so materially in the advancement and development of all lines of enterprise, and who have been loyal and true to the government of their adopted country, giving up their lives if need be to its protection.

Cornelius Rogers, grandfather of John J. Rogers, was a native of Ballyfarnon, county Roscommon, Ireland. Among his children was a son, Hugh Rogers, father of John J. Rogers, who followed farming as a means of livelihood in his native place, Ballyfarnon. His farm bordered on the historic McDermott Roe's estate. He took great pride in raising early vegetables. One field he kept con- tinually under cultivation, and it was known far and wide as "Rogers Corrigeen." When crops failed everywhere else you could depend on this spot; it produced the best potatoes in all Ireland. He was also an expert judge of cattle and traded in them considerably. Late in life he came to this country and lived with his son, John J., from 1900 until his death, July 30, 1904. Hugh Rogers mar- ried Maria Lenehan, a native of Ireland, daughter of Francis and Bridget (Shivnan) Lenehan, of Ballyfarnon, county Roscommon, Ireland. She was a woman of culture and refinement. She was the mother of seven children, as follows: John J., born March 22, 1869, of whom later; Cornelius P., set- tled in Worcester, Massachusetts, married Eliza- beth Cahill ; Bridget, married Peter Breen, of Wor- cester, a barber by trade; Anna M., married John Minns, of Worcester, clerk: Elizabeth M., book- keeper; Sarah J., bookkeeper at the Waldo House ; Francis, died in early life; Marie, died in early life. Mrs. Rogers died at the early age of thirty- seven years; she is interred in the historic old churchyard of Kilronan, close by the resting

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place of Carolan, the last of the Irish bards.

John Joseph Rogers was born in Ballyfarnon, county Roscommon, Ireland, March 22, 1869. He received his education in his home town, going through all the early thorough training for which the "old countries" are still said by many to be unsurpassed, and assisted his father on the home farm. At the age of seventeen he emigrated to the United States and at once located in Quinsigamond village, Worcester, Massachusetts. He obtained employment in the Crompton loom works, mastered the trade of machinist, which he worked at for sey- eral years. In 1903 he became the proprietor of the Waldo House, one of the oldest and largest hotels in Worcester, well known to all the commercial travelers who visit that city. Mr. Rogers has been successful in this line, owing to the fact that he is attentive to the wants and wishes of his patrons, conducts everything in a first-class manner, is genial and kindly in disposition and enjoys a wide acquaintanceship.

For many years Mr. Rogers has been identified with the Ancient Order of Hibernians of Worces- ter and the county, and has been instrumental in making the organization the success that it is. He joined Division 3, that order, in 1888, and became one of its most active members, attending all the meetings and showing that he was earnest in the ad- vancement of the order. The first office he was elected to was assistant financial secretary and soon was elected financial secretary of the same division, which position he held three and a half years. At the expiration of that time he was elected president of the division and served three years and a half. At the county convention in April, 1896. he was elected president of the Worcester County Hi- bernians and held the position six years. During his regime he organized a number of divisions in Worcester and the county and assisted the order materially. After serving six years, he declined to take the office again. Mr. Rogers was the only one ever elected to that position for the third term and received the rare tribute of the unanimous en- dorsement of the two re-elections. During his term in Worcester county he gave cspecial attention to the military branch of the order, and for many years has held the position of captain of Company A, Hibernian Rifles of Worcester. He has always been known as a strict and painstaking officer and was elected captain on account of his skill and pro- ficiency in drill. He holds two gold medals received as prizes in individual competitive drills.

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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. III, Part 21

Author: Crane, Ellery Bicknell, 1836-1925, ed Publication date: 1907 Publisher: New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company Number of Pages: 772

Author: Crane, Ellery Bicknell, 1836-1925, ed
Publication date: 1907
Publisher: New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 772