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ERASTUS ALTON. William Alton (1) was probably the cmigrant ancestor of the Altons of Thompson, Connecticut, and of Erastus Alton, late of Webster, Massachusetts. He settled at Marble- head late in the seventeenth century and was later located at Charlton. Massachusetts. His will men- tions his sons: John, William, Joseph, David. Ben- jamin.
(II) John Alton, son of William Alton (1), was 111-12
born in Marblehead, Massachusetts, 1720. He mar- ried Elizabeth Hosmer. He died in 1780; she died in 1816, at the age of ninety-four years. They had ten children, among whom were: John, the eldest surviving son, married Anna Babcock and settled in Woodstock, Connecticut; Thomas, settled in Thompson, where he was born, one of the young- est ; Jesse, born in Thompson, one of the youngest, settled in Thompson; two daughters who married and removed to Vermont.
(II) William Alton, son of William Alton (I), was the head of the other family of Altons in Thompson, Connecticut. He married Sarah Cum- mins, December 19, 1744, and settled in Thompson. He died in 1787; she died in 1818, aged ninety-six years. They had nine children, among whom were: William, Daniel, born 1800; Joseph 2d, married Zerviah Lyon, of Woodstock, Connecticut, and had a son Joseph; David 2d, married Rebecca Gould, and they had children: Asa, married Pris- cilla Jefferds, December 21, 1774. was a soldier in the revolutionary war; David, Jr., married Keziah Davis. May 17, 1775-
(III) Jesse Alton, son of John Alton (2), was born at Thompson, Connecticut. He and his brother Thomas married and settled in Thompson, Con- necticut, where they were born. Among the chil- dren of Jesse Alton was Benjamin Alton, born be- fore 1808.
(IV) Benjamin Alton, son of Jesse Alton (3), was born at Thompson, Connecticut. He married. March 30, 1828. Salome Joslyn. They settled at Thompson, Connecticut. Their children were : Erastus, born at Thompson, Connecticut, January 17, 1829; Francis, born at Thompson, December 31. 1832. died April 3. 1901 ; Jane, born at Thompson, March 30, 1831, died April 13, 1866.
(V) Erastus Alton, son of Benjamin Alton (4). was born at Thompson, Connecticut, January 17. 1834. He was educated in the common schools of his native town. At the age of seven he was bound out under the old apprentice system, suffering hardships of an exaggerated type. His mother had aspirations for further matrimonial experience, and as the man of her choice objected to another's offspring as a member of his household, young Erastus was sacrificed to these conditions and as a tender lad of seven faced the serious problem of life. At the age of seventeen he went to Boston to work. He took advantage of every opportunity to make use of the public library to educate himself. He went to Webster five years later to establish a dry goods and grocery store in partnership with W. T. Shumway. He sold out his interest to his partner three years later and then established him- self in the same business alone. In 1877 he sold the grocery and bought Prospect Farm, which he conducted until his death. April 27. 1898. He was the founder of the Five Cents Savings Bank, one of its board of trustees and on investment com- mittee. He was a man of quiet, unobtrusive ways, a citizen of large influence and of high character. He mas a member and active worker in the Webster Baptist Church. also a teacher in the Sunday school.
He married, October 29, 1873, Emma Jane Nichols, daughter of Horace Nichols, of Holden. She was born in Holden, Massachusetts, where she went to school and spent her childhood and youth. Children of Erastus and Emma Jane (Nichols) Alton were: Kate Salome, born Janu- ary 25, 1875. died April 2, 1879. William Ruther- ford, born May 14. 1876, married Jennie Mooney, of Whitinsville, Massachusetts; they have had Ray- mond, born December 14. 1901 : Alice, born Decem- ber 8, 1902, died December 8, 1902; Mary Eliza-
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beth, born November 2, 1903, died September, 1904. He was a member of the Sixth Massachusetts Volunteers in the war with Spain. Susan Isabelle, born August 1, 1877, married George H. Clemence, of Southbridge, Massachusetts; they have had : Doris Alton, born April 5, 1900; Avis Marian ; Louise Nichols. Herbert Granville, born Septem- ber 2, 1879, married, June 21, 1905, Ruth M. Marsh, daughter of George H. Marsh, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this work.
(I) Richard Nichols was the emigrant ancestor in this country of Mrs. Emma Jane ( Nichols ) Alton, of Webster, Massachusetts, and of the Nichols families of Holden. Before 1640 he came from England and settled in Ipswich, Massachın- setts, where he was one of the proprietors. He removed from Agawam, as Ipswich was then called, a few years later and settled in the western part of Reading, Massachusetts, in the south parish on the place subsequently known as the Lambert place. His wife was admitted to the Reading Church from the Ipswich Church in 1666, but the family was probably in Reading some years before that. He died in Reading, November 22, 1674. His will dated November 19, 1674, three days be- fore his death, was proved December II, 1674. He bequeathed property to his wife, Ann; to his sons John, Thomas and James; and to his daugh- ters Mary and Hannah. His widow died in 1692. Children of Richard and Ann Nichols were : I. Mary. 2. Captain Thomas, married Rebecca Eaton, daughter of John and Elizabeth Eaton, was deacon of the church, representative to the general court, selectman of Reading 1691 to 1722, died 1737; his children were: Thomas. born 1682; Rebecca, born 1684, married (first), 1700, Nicholas Brown, and (second) Deacon Jonathan Barrett ; Ebenezer, born 1686; Judith, born 1688; Abigail, born 1693, mar- ried, 1711, Jacob Hersey or Hussey; Elizabeth, born 1699; Timothy, born 1702; Daniel, born 1707. 3. James, see forward. 4. John, born 1651, married Abigail Kendall. daughter of Deacon Thomas Ken- dall; they settled in the west parish. Both died in 1721 : he was seventy and she was sixty-six. Their children were: John, born 1677. died 1721 ; Richard. born 1682; Thomas Kendall, born 1686; James, born 1688; Nathaniel, born 1691; Abigail, born 1692. married, 1713, William Flint; Samuel, born 1696: Benjamin, born 1699; Joseph, born 1702. 5. Richard, settled in the west parish of Reading. married, 1706, Abigail Damon, daughter of Samuel and Mary Damon. Richard died 1732. Their chil- dren were: Abigail, born 1708. died 1732; John, born 1711; Mary, born 1713; Richard, born 1715; Joshua, born 1718; Hepsibah, born 1721; Mahitable. born 1723: Jacob, born 1726.
(II) James Nichols. son of Richard Nichols (I), was born at Reading or Ipswich, Massachu- setts, about 1660. He married, 1682, Mary Poole. probably the daughter of Jonathan and Judith Poole. His wife died 1711. He died 1745, at the age of eighty-seven. Their children were: James, born 1683; Mary, born 1685. married. 1707, Benjamin Wilev: Jonathan, born 1601; William, born 1696; Sarah, born 1699, married, 1722, Joseph Burnap; Ebenezer, born 1703.
( III) William Nichols, son of James Nichols (2), was born at Reading. Massachusetts, 1696. He married Abigail -. and settled first in Read- ing whence he removed. it is said, after several children had been born there to Worcester. Pos- sibly he married (second). in 1754. Phebe Stimp- son. He probably left Reading about 1730. The children of William and Abigail Nichols were : William, born 1721; Joshua, born 1724, settled at
Holden, Massachusetts; Abigail, born 1726; Sam- uel, born 1729. About the same time that the Nichols family came to Holden, David Nichols came from Reading and founded the Nichols family of Gardner. The evidence that William Nichols was the father of William and Joshua Nichols of Hol- den might be strengthened.
(IV) Joshua Nichols, son of William Nichols (3), of Reading, was born at Reading, 1724. He married Sarah Glazier, of Holden, Massachusetts, June 25, 1746. Their children were: Abigail, born November 3, 1747; Jonathan. born January 6, 1749-50; James, born Marchi 9, 1752; Ruth, born February 9, 1754.
(IV) William Nichols, son of William Nichols (3), was born at Reading, Massachusetts, 1721. He married, July 26, 1749, Meriam Ward, at Holden, Massachusetts. Their children were: David (twin), born April 30, 1750, died 1756; Jonathan (twin), born April 30, 1750; Doley (so recorded), born November 16, 1752; William, born December 3, 1754, died young; William (twin), born March 3. 1757; David 2d (twin), born March 3, 1757; Thaddeus (not recorded).
(V) Thaddeus Nichols, son of William Nichols (4), of Holden, married Eunice Gleason, 1795 (in- tentions declared May 23). She died August 13, 1832, aged fifty-nine. They settled in Holden. Their children were: William, born March 15, 1796; Lois, born July 17, 1797; Thaddeus, born February 24, 1799, died October, 1800; Miriam, born January 19, 1801; John, born May 30, 1802; Eunice French, born March 24, 1804, died August 13, 1832; Betsey, born January 13, 1806; Therese, born and died March, 1808, aged twelve days; Maria, born Janu- ary 28, 1810; Horace, born December 2, 18II.
(VI) Horace Nichols, son of Thaddeus Nichols (5), was born at Holden, Massachusetts, died April, 1896. He married Jane Sawyer, of Boylston, Mas- sachusetts. They settled at Holden. Their chil- dren were: Austin Monroe, born May 29, 1835, died May 2, 1836; Thaddeus Lavender, born July 6, 1837; Emma Jane, born April 22, 1844, married Erastus Alton ; Aaron Sawyer, born May 5. 1847 ; William H., born November 2, 1849; Benjamin Franklin, born November 17, 1850; Lillian Isabelle, born May 3, 1854.
(VII) Emma Jane Nichols, daughter of Horace Nichols (6), was born at Holden, Massachusetts, April 22, 1844. She married, October 29, 1873, Erastus Alton, as mentioned above.
ALLEN LEROY TAFT, treasurer and general manager of the Allendale Woolen Company, of Spencer, Massachusetts, was born in Oxford, Mas- sachusetts, June 3, 1868. son of John Allen and Emogene (Stockwell) Taft, and grandson of the late Allen Taft, who was a prosperous agriculturist of Chestnut Hill, near Blackstone, Massachusetts. John Allen Taft, now retired from active pur- suits, was engaged in the woolen business in the town of Oxford, and his life has been one of activity and usefulness. His family consists of three sons and one daughter, as follows: Allen L., Carrie Louise, wife of Harry Snelling. of Mill- bury ; Charles Nathaniel, and Walter Stockwell Taft.
Allen L. Taft was educated in the common and high schools of Oxford, graduating from the latter institution with the class of 1885. He began his bitsiness career as an- office employe in the woolen business with the firm of Fred Thayer & Co., of Oxford, five years later incorporated as the Thayer Woolen Company, of which Mr. Taft became a stockholder. His connection with this company was maintained until the summer of 1898,
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when he came to Spencer to establish a woolen business under the name of Allen L. Taft. After conducting the same for five years it was incor- porated under the name of the Spencer Woolen Manufacturing Company, with Mr. Taft as treasurer and general manager. This business was succeeded by the Allendale Woolen Co. in 1906, with Mr. Taft as president and treasurer. Mr. Taft takes a deep interest in local affairs, especially along the line of education. For a number of years he was an efficient member of the school committee in Oxford. He holds membership in the Congrega- tional Church of Spencer, and has been president of its Men's League. He is a member of the Sons of Veterans, and a Republican in political affiliation, and has served his party as a member of the town committee for four years.
Mr. Taft married, December 17, 1892, Josephine Bartlett, daughter of Edwin Bartlett, a cotton manu- facturer of Oxford. She is a member of the Colonel Timothy Bigelow Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, of Worcester. They are the parents of one child, Le Roy Bartlett Taft, born July 31, 1898.
ONSLOW PETERS MAYNARD, deceased, who was a musician of note and distinction, was born in 1827, in Westboro, Massachusetts. He re- ceived his educational training in his native place, and upon leaving the schoolroom turned his atten- tion to the study of music, in which he became very proficient. Professor Maynard was an expert on the guitar, harp, violin, bass viol, and piano, and traveled extensively. throughout the United States concertizing. thus becoming widely known as a musician of ability. He also educated in music many who became proficient musicians. During the civil war and for several years after Mr. and Mrs. Maynard conducted a depot restaurant at West Brookfield, which attained an enviable reputation with its large circle of patrons and was a most remunerative and important enterprise of that com- munity.
In 1854 Professor Maynard located in West Brookfield, Worcester county, Massachusetts, and remained there until his death. Amiable and genial in disposition he was beloved by all who knew him, and counted among his most devoted friends many little children. Politically he. was a supporter of the Republican party, but never sought nor held office. On October 16. 1852, he married Martha L. Warren, a daughter of Lyman and Sarah C. Warren, of Westboro, Massachusetts. There were no children by this marriage. On December 28, 1874, the death of Professor Maynard occurred at his home in West Brookfield, and was sincerely mourned by a large circle of friends. Mrs. May- nard is now living in West Brookfield.
NOAH SAGENDORPH, who is now leading a rather retired life at his beautiful home in Spen- cer, surrounded with peace and plenty, and realiz- ing to the full that there is no reward so satis- factory as the consciousness of a life well spent, was born in Dutchess county, New York. in 1840, one of twelve children born to Philip and Ellen (Minkler) Sagendorph, the former named having been one of the early settlers of that vicinity. He followed the occupation of farming. Subsequently he and his family moved to Ware, Massachu- setts, and there the remainder of his life was spent.
Noah Sagendorph was educated in the common schools of Ware, Massachusetts, whither his par- ents removed when he was a mere lad. On the
completion of his studies he entered a cotton mill at Ware, but after serving there a short period of time removed to Monson, Massachusetts, and worked in a woolen mill there up to 1863, in which year he took up his residence in Spencer and has since made his home there. The following year he built a woolen mill in that town, and in con- nection with the late William Upham conducted the same with great success for many years, finally disposing of it. Leaving his Spencer woolen man11 . facturing interests to Upham, he transferred the cotton mill at East Brookfield into a woolen mill and continued in the operation of that plant for about twelve years. Since 1895 he has conducted a large farm outside the limits of Spencer, of which he is the owner, called the Guernsey Stock tarm, and the greater portion of his time is devoted to the raising of fancy cattle, he having in his pos- session some of the finest specimens in this coun- try. Mr. Sagendorph is a stanch Republican. but has never aspired to political office, preferring to aid the party of his choice in a more substantial manner. He is identified with the Congregational Church of Spencer, has served as the superintendent of its Sunday school for a long period of time, and is also an active and earnest worker in every enter- prise that tends to promote the growth of chris- tianity. He is highly admired and respected in the community for his many excellent traits of char- acter which are displayed in his daily walk and conversation.
Mr. Sagendorph married, February 26, 1873. Emma Sugden, a daughter of Richard Sugden, of Spencer, who presented the fine free library to that town, and a descendant of a family of promi- nence in that vicinity. Two children were born to them: Arthur H., whose personal sketch fol- lows this, and Richard Leslie; the first born died in infancy.
ARTHUR H. SAGENDORPH, eldest son of Noah and Emma (Sugden) Sagendorph, was born in Spencer. Worcester county, Massachusetts, Au- gust 16, 1879. His preparatory education was ac- quired in the high schools of his native town. and this was supplemented by a course of study at a military academy and at Cornell University. Upon his return from college he devoted his attention to the raising of special breeds of stock, such as Guernsey cattle, English shire horses, etc., and has continued these pursuits up to the present time (1906), and upon constantly broadening lines. His farm is considered one of the best of its kind in the country, and is thoroughly equipped with all necessary modern appliances for the successful management of his chosen line of work. Mr. Sagendorph is an adherent of the principles of Republicanism, but has never allowed his name to be used as a candidate for political honors. The family attend the Congregational Church in Spencer.
On November 12, 1902, Mr. Sagendorph was married to Miss Martha W. Page, a daughter of Joseph L. and Hannah (Veazie) Page, of Proc- ton, Massachusetts, ,and two children have been born of this union; Richard Sugden Sagendorph, born September 15. 1903, and Gretchen Sagendorph, born February 25, 1905.
RICHARD SUGDEN, deceased, one of Spen- cer's most valuable and public-spirited citizens and a leading manufacturer of Worcester county .. Mass- achusetts, was born near Bradford, England, March 26, 1815.
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boyhood. He coveted an education and in lieu of schooling accepted every opportunity afforded for the obtainance of instructive literature. The neigh- borhood of his home was possessed of two libraries, one of which contained three volumes, viz .: the Bible, Baxter's "Saints' Rest," Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress ;" the other, the property of an old Welsh cobbler, consisted of about sixty volumes, which were loaned, one at a time, for periods of a week each, to the young seeker after knowledge.
It was doubless the memory of an ungratified ambition for a wider and better range of reading that led Richard Sugden, when he had become a wealthy manufacturer, to devote a considerable share of the fortune to Spencer, Massachusetts, the home of his adoption and the scene of his success- ful life-work, in furnishing in the Pleasant street property and the building and furnishing of the beautiful Public Library, his gift to that town dedi- cated in 1889. He endowed it by his will with the sub- stantial block of buildings on the main street, and a dwelling house on Pleasant street, the net income from which is ample for the support of the institution and reasonable additions to its store of books. A further provision of the bequest was for the use of any surplus income not needed for the purposes men- tioned in the giving of free lectures in the town on scientific, industrial and educational subjects.
At thirty years of age Richard Sugden came to America, landing in New York Macrh 26, 1845 (the anniversary of his birth), and proceeding to Cherry valley, Leicester, where he found employ- ment in the wire-drawing mill of H. A. Denny. Two years later he and a fellow workman, Na- thaniel Myrick, went to Spencer, where they pur- chased the small wire-works owned by Roswell Bisco. In 1850 they purchased the machinery of a mill in Cherry valley, in which H. G. Henshaw was interested, and, moving it to Spencer, admitted Mr. Henshaw to the firm. The business developed rap- idly. Mr. Henshaw died a short time after the forming of the partnership, and the industry was conducted by Myrick and Sugden until Mr. Myrick's retiring in 1870. Thereafter Mr. Sugden and son, llenry H. Sugden, operated the plant, the latter dying July 5, 1878. In 1876 Mr. Sugden and others purchased the large works of J. R. and J. E. Prouty, in the lower wire village, and this was operated by an incorporation, the Spencer Wire Company, of which Mr. Sugden was president and general man- ager. He died January 9, 1895, leaving a daughter, Emma, who married Noah Sagendorph ( see sketch, this publication).
ARTHUR EUGENE KINGSLEY. Among the business men of Spencer whose industry and enter- prise have resulted in the building up of the most substantial establishment of that town, and whose integrity is responsible for the excellence of the commercial standing of the community, the gentle- man whose name forms the caption for this narrative may be appropriately numbered. Nor has his use- fulness been confined to the conduct of successful private enterprises. Recognized as a man to whom the discharge of the duties of offices of responsi- bility could be safely entrusted, his services have been sought and efficiently given in several public capacities.
He is lineally descended from John Kingsley, the founder of the American family of that name, who was a native of England, whence he came to the American colonies prior to 1636, for his name appears upon the records as one of the founders of the Cotton Mather Church at Dorchester, Massa- chusetts, the record in question bearing date of
August 23, 1636. John Kingsley outlived all of his. associates in that notable pioneer Church establish- ment. He moved thence after 1648, to Rehoboth, Massachusetts, where he was living in the period of Indian hostilities. He wrote a letter bearing date May 6, 1676, to the authorities in the colony of Connecticut, asking assistance for the harrassed set- tlers in their direful and almost helpless condition This letter is preserved in the State Librarian's office at Hartford Connecticut, and is published in Trumbal's Colonial Records of Connecticut, page- 445, of the children of John Kingsley.
Eldad Kingsley, born in 1636, married, in 1662, at Rehoboth, Mehitable, a daughter of Roger Morey, of Rehoboth. They had a son, John Kingsley, born at Rehoboth, May 6, 1665, who married, July 1686, Sarah, daughter of Samuel Sabin. Their son,. Eldad Kingsley, born at Windham, Connecticut, January 19, 1707, married, January 20, 1733, Priscilla Elad Kingsley died, January 20, 1787, leaving a son, Oliver Kingsley, born at Windham, Connecticut, January 24, 1734, mar- ried, in 1760, Mary, daughter of John Dewey, of Lebanon, Connecticut. Oliver Kingsley died, July 31, 1816. Of his children, Asahel Kingsley, born June 12, 1762, at Lebanon, Connecticut, married Naomi, daughter of Eliab Hill. Asahel Kingsley died, April 4, 1849, leaving a son, Shubael W. Kings- ley, born at Columbia, October 5, 1805, married, May 8, 1831, Mary, daughter of Abraham Loomis. Shubael W. Kingsley died, August 30, 1870. Of his children, the third son and sixth child was Arthur Eugene Kingsley, born at Lebanon, Connecticut, June 30, 1843. He was educated in the public schools of his native place, and at the age of fifteen entered upon the serious business of life, the earning of a livelihood as a farmer, in which pur- suit he continued to be engaged until he was in his. twenty-third year, when he determined upon mas- tering a trade. To this end he found employment with Cyrus Garigus, a builder, of Rockville, Con- necticut, and so well-directed were his efforts that within two years he had become a competent me- chanic, entering the service, as journeyman car- penter and joiner, of John G. Bailey, the leading. contractor of Rockville, in which capacity he con- tinued for four years when he was made foreman of the business, a position which he held for the ten years following.
In 1881-82 he was engaged for a short time with the firm of Parker & Whiteley, at Rockville. In 1883, in conjunction with Benjamin Whiteley, he established his present business in Spencer, which he has conducted alone since 1884, when he pur- chased his partner's interest therein. He is a dealer in furniture and the leading undertaker of the vicinity, and in the conduct of both of these branches of business has kept abreast of the times, developing them from comparatively small enter- prises to recognized leading industries. His services as a member of the board of selectmen of Spencer for a period of three years and as park commissioner for a number of years were characteristically capa- ble. He is a member of the Independent Order Odd Fellows and chairman of the board of trustees of his lodge. The family attend the Congregational Church.
He married. February 17, 1870, Sarah E., daugh- ter of the late James and Mary Stewart, of Rock- ville, Connecticut. Mr. and Mrs. Kingsley have a son, born September 1, 1877, Harry S. Kingsley, associated with his father in business.
EDWARD REED WHEELER, deceased. for almost three decades a practicing physician of Spen-
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cer, was born in Paxton, Massachusetts, August 1. 1839, a son of Dr. Edward Marshall Wheeler, of Rehoboth, Massachusetts, who was a son of Nathan- iel Wheeler, also of Rehoboth, who was subsequently engaged in the manufacture of milling machinery at Fall River and Swansea, Massachusetts, and Troy, New York. Dr. Edward MI. Wheeler mar- ried for his first wife Elizabeth Flint Reed, of Rowe, who bore him one son, Edward Reed Wheeler. His second wife was Caroline Duncan, of Paxton, Massachusetts.
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