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Edward R. Wheeler received his literary edu- cation in the common schools of Paxton, Leicester Academy, South Deerfield Academy, and Amherst College, from which institution he was graduated in 1860. He completed a course of study in medi- cine at Bellevue Hospital, New York city. He entered the army in the capacity of assistant sur- geon, and later was promoted to surgeon of the Twenty-fourth Massachusetts Regiment, which posi- tion he occupied during the civil war. Upon his return to civil life Dr. Wheeler located in Elmira, New York, where he practiced his profession until 1877, in which year he came to Spencer, Massa- chusetts, and continued along the same lines, gain- ing prominence and renown by reason of his ability and skill in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. He was active and prominent in public affairs, and being an orator of note, his services were frequently in demand for addressing large gatherings, he hav- ing no equal in the community. He was on building committee and up to the time of his decease one of the trustees of the Public Library of Spencer and served for a number of years as a member of Spencer's school committee. He attended the Universalist Church, although by faith an Epis- copalian. His political affiliations were with the Republican party. He held membership in the Masonic fraternity, Odd Fellows order, Society of Good Fellows, Upsilon Society of Amherst Col- lege, and Grand Army of the Republic. Dr. Wheeler also served as one of a board of pension examiners of Worcester county. Dr. Wheeler was the founder of the beneficent local institution known as the Good Samaritan Society of Spencer, to which he devoted much time and gratuitous professional service, and which organization showed the way for similarly formed societies elsewhere. Dr. Wheeler was a member of the Worcester County Medical Society, which he served as president and vice-president, of the State Medical Society, Amer- ican Medical Association and Pension Examiners' Association of the United States.
Dr. Wheeler married (first), June 23, 1865, Anna E. M. Field, who bore him two children : Dr. Walter F., married Sophia Bulgaria; and Elizabeth A., wife of Dr. F. A. Hubbard, of Taunton, Massachusetts. Mrs. Wheeler died September 9, 1873. Dr. Wheeler married (second) Amelia R. Roeder, of Boston, daughter of John Roeder, a civil engineer of Hesse Darmstadt, where he died. The children of Dr. and Amelia (Roeder) Wheeler were: Caroline, born Oc- tober 18, 1875, died October 21, 1875; Helen, born July 25, 1879, died in 1881; Henry H., born January 1881, married Harriet L. Brooks, of Thetford, On- tario; and Foster Reed, born May, 1882. The death of Dr. Wheeler occurred while visiting at Winthrop Beach, Massachusetts, April 30, 1904.
THE RYAN FAMILY. Anthony Ryan (1), the immigrant ancestor of the Ryan family of Charl- ton, Leicester and Millbury, to which Herbert A. Ryan, of Millbury, belongs, was born about 1720, probably in Ireland, and came to Leicester, Massa- chusetts, with other Protestant Irish, generally called
Scotch-Irish, and was living there with his family in 1743. It is probable that Jolin Rion or Ryan, of Sturbridge, was his brother. John bought land in Sturbridge, October 26, 1742, of John Stowell, of Watertown, a farm of seventy-eight acres; he was a soldier in the French and Indian war; died 1754, leaving a wife Ruth and a daughter Ruth. Darby Ryan, brother of Anthony Ryan, lived in Leicester and sold part of his farm, on which he lived, to his nephew, John Ryan, son of Anthony, April 6, 1767; Darby bought his place, March 23, 1763, at Leicester, of Ralph Inman, of Cambridge; he married, May 31, 1763, a week later, Love Crowell, of Leicester. Anthony Ryan's farm was part of what is known as the Mt. Pleasant farm at Leicester.
Anthony Ryan married Margaret Barnes, born on the water coming over to this country, her mother dying. Their children, all born in Leicester, Massachusetts, were as follows: I. John, born Feb- ruary 2, 1745 (twin), married Elizabeth Sinclair, of Spencer, January 6, 1764; resided at Charlton, was killed by falling from a wagon, the load going over him. 2. Mary, born February 2, 1745 (twin), married Walter Fanning, November 23, 1769. 3. Catherine, born September 18, 1746, married John Mansfield, of Boston, July 3, 1771. 4. Sarah, born 6. October 13, 1748. 5. Samuel, see forward. Susanna, born November 2, 1752, died young, 7. Daniel, born April 9, 1755, married Mehitable Harding, of Shrewsbury. 8. Margaret, born August 6, 1760, married Doctor Clark, of Waltham. 9. Susanna, born June 4, 1762, married Matthew Clapp, of Charlton. 10. Hannah, born March II, 1765.
(II) Samuel Ryan, son of Anthony Ryan (I), was born in Leicester Massachusetts, December 26, 1750, died at Charlton, December 13, 1817. He was a soldier in the revolution in Captain Loring Lin- coln's company, Lieutenant-Colonel Flagg's regi- ment, at the battle of Bennington. He was also a private in Captain Luke Day's company, Lieutenant John Brooks' regiment, in 1781. He settled in Spencer, June, 1778, married Mercy Stoddard, born in Spen- cer, May 31, 1755. Their children, all born in Spen- cer, were as follows : 1. Hannah, born April 24, 1779, married a Mr. Jennison, died in Auburn February 13, 1828. 2. Polly, born March 22, 1781, died in Spencer, November 13, 1793. 3. Samuel, born De- cember 16, 1782, died in Waltham, March 31, 1841. 4. Jacob, born July 10, 1784, died in Charlton, October 10, 1852. 5. Jonathan, born June 13, 1785, died in Charlton, March 21, 1860. Mercy Ryan, the mother, died in Spencer, June 17, 1785. Samuel Ryan, the father, married (second) Eunice Evans, born in Palmer, January 12, 1788. Her father's name is sup- posed to be Lyman Evans and her mother's maiden name Eunice Davis. Their children were as fol- lows: I. Nancy, born in Spencer, October 14, 1786, married Jabez Ainsworth, died in Uxbridge, May 31, 1812. 2. Eunice, born in Hancock, June 24, 1788, married Jahez Ainsworth, died in Hardwick, May 10, 1866. 3. Lyman, born in Spencer, October 28, 1790, died in Waltham, May 17, 1826. 4. Matthias, born in Spencer, July 9, 1792, married Evlina Hobbs, of Brookfield, and died in Charlton, March 5, 1859., 5. John, born in Spencer. May 22, 1794, married Caroline Merritt. of Charlton, settled in Millbury and died there, September 28, 1870. 6. Chloe, born in Spencer, April 13, 1796, married David Scott, died in Auburn, July 31, 1823. 7. Ruth, born in Spencer, April 14, 1798, married Walter Sibley, died at Pana, Illinois, in 1893 8. Ruel, born in Spencer, June 28, 1800, died in Charlton, September 7, 1828. 9. Margaret, born in Charlton, September 3, 1802, married James Goodell, March 30, 1825, died at Athol, January 29, 1882. 10. Edward Evans, born
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in Charlton, October 23, 1804, died in Concord, Feb- ruary 1, 1879. 11. William, see forward.
(III) William Ryan, son of Samuel Ryan (2), was born in Charlton, November 7, 1806, and died at Millbury, February 28, 1897. He married Maranda H. Hicks, daughter of Soloman Hicks, of Charlton, May 13, 1830, and settled in Millbury. There chil- dren were as follows: 1. Edward W., born, June 14, 1832, resides at Springfield, Massachusetts. 2. Hor- ace H., born December 12, 1833, died in Springfield, September 26, 1890. 3. Maranda H., born 1835, died young.
Maranda H. Ryan, the mother, died January 13, 1836. William Ryan married (second) September 5, 1837, at Charlton, Adaline Humes ; their children were as follows: 4. Waterman M., born 1838, was a soldier in the civil war, Company A, Thirty-fourth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, died April 6, 1899. 5. Charles R., born 1840. 6. Mary A., born August 8, 1842, died October 19, 1845. 7. George A., born January 2, 1845, enlisted in Company A, Thir- ty-fourth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, wound- ed at the battle of New Market, taken prisoner and died from his wound. 8. Henry F., born February 5, 1848, resides in Worcester. 9. Herbert A., see forward.
Herbert A. Ryan was born at Millbury, Massa- chusetts, March 5, 1850. He was educated in the public schools of Millbury, and at Eastman's Na- tional Business College at Poughkeepsie, New York. January I, 1877, he acquired a half interest with his father in the undertaking business (in which his father had been engaged since 1865), under the firm name of William Ryan & Son, which partnership continued until January 1, 1885, when, owing to the infirmities consequent to old age, the father retired from the firm, and Herbert A. continues the busi- ness at this time. He is managing director, clerk and treasurer of the Millbury Water Company, and also clerk and treasurer of the Millbury Electric Company. He is a member of Olive Branch Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, and also its treasurer. Mr. Ryan is a past grand of Morning Star Lodge No. 130, Independent Order Odd Fellows, for the estab- lishment of which he was largely responsible. He is and has been for the past twelve or fifteen years a justice of the peace. He and his entire family are members of the Baptist Church, of which he has been treasurer for the past twenty years; he is also superintendent of the Sunday school.
He married (first) Anna M. Frissell, of Mill- hury, in 1871. He married (second) Mary C. Thompson, of Worcester, in 1885. He married (third) Nellie (Grover) Nelson, of Worcester, widow of William Lindsey Nelson. The children of Herbert A. Ryan and his second wife, Mary C. (Thompson) Ryan, were: 1. Ethel L., born Febru- ary 6, 1886, at Millbury, graduate of Millbury high school, class of 1905, now a student of Miss Wheel- ock's Training School, at Boston, for Kindergarten Teachers, class of 1907. 2. George Herbert, born at Millbury, February 27, 1887, graduate of Worcester Academy, class of 1904, now a student in chemistry at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, class of 1908. 3. Edith A., born March 13, 1892, at Millbury, a student in the Millbury high school, class of 1909.
THE JOSLIN FAMILY of Webster is of ancient traceable lineage. Its known history ex- tends even further back than the time of Charle- magne. whose daughter married Count Joceline. One of the descendants of this union was Sir Gilbert Jocelyne, who accompanied William, Duke of Normandy, in his conquest of England, in 1066,
and became the founder of the Joslin family in England. He received from William I extensive territorial grants in the county of Lincoln, among. which were the lordships of Sempringham and Tyrington. His son Gilbert devoted himself to a religious life and founded the order of Gilbertines, and was canonized a Saint by Pope Innocent JI1 in 1202. The younger son, Thomas, married Maude, daughter and co-heiress of John Hyde, of Hyde Hall, and granddaughter of Baron Sudeley, by which marriage the family obtained the estate which has ever since remained in its possession. One of the descendants married Anne, the heiress of the- Percys, and became Duke of Northumberland. An- other was a signer of the Magna Charta. Another is the present Earl of Roden. Nathaniel Josselyne- (1) was born in 1452 and was brother of Sir Ralph, the Lord Mayor of London, and Sir Thomas, of Hyde Hall, from whom descended Lord New- port, Viscount Josselyn and Earl of Roden.
(II) James Joslin, seventh son of Nathaniel Joslin (1), was born in England, in 1497. He was. the first to spell the name Joslin. Previously the spelling varied according to the whim of the writer.
(III) Robert Joslin, sixth son and youngest child, of James Joslin (2), was born in England,. probably about 1560. He married Martha Cleve- land.
(IV) Thomas Joslin, son of Robert Joslin (3),. the fourth child, was born in England, about 1591. He was the emigrant ancestor of the American Joslins. He married, in 1614, in London, England, Rebecca Marlowe. He came over in the ship "In- crease" in April, 1635, and landed in Hingham. Massachusetts, with his wife Rebecca, son Na- thaniel, and four daughters, Rebecca, Dorothy, Eliza and Mary. Later an elder son Abraham, who had been left at school in England, joined the family. Elizabeth Ward, a servant, came with the Joslins. Thomas Joslin was a proprietor of the town and was elected to various town offices there. He was selectman in 1645. He removed about 1654 to Lan- caster, of which town he was one of the original proprietors. ' Thomas and Nathaniel Joslin sold their land at Hingham, March II, 1652-53, to George Lane and Moses Collier. Thomas Joslin died in 1660. His will was dated May 9, 1660, and proved March 20, 1661. He bequeathed to wife Rebecca, sons Abram and Nathaniel, daughters Rebeccca. Nichols and Elizabeth Emmons, son-in-law Roger Sumner; grandson Abram Joslin. His own signa- ture fixed the proper spelling of the name as Joslin, though variously spelled in records. His widow married William Kerly, of Lancaster.
Children of Thomas and Rebecca ( Marlowe) Joslin were: I. Rebecca, born in 1617. married' Thomas Nichols, and died in Hingham, September 22, 1675. 2. Abraham, born 1619, was in Hingham in 1647 and afterwards at Lancaster and Stow; he was lost at sea in 1670 and Beatrice his widow married (second), 1671, Sergeant Benjamin Bos- worth. of Hull; his son Abraham was killed by the Indians in Lancaster in 1674, aged twenty-five. 3. Joseph, born 1621, married and had children. 4. Dorothy, born 1624. 5. Nathaniel, born 1627. 6. Elizabeth, born 1629, married in Boston, June 21, 1652, Edward Yeomans (Emmons). 7. Mary, born 1634, married Roger Sumner, great-great-great- grandfather of Charles Sumner, the senator.
(V) Nathaniel Joslin, son of Thomas Joslin (4). was born in England. 1627, died in 1694, in Marlboro, Massachusetts. He married Sarah King, of Watertown, Massachusetts, and afterward of Lancaster. He removed to Marlboro after the de- struction of Lancaster in King Phillip's war. Chil-
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dren of Nathaniel and Sarah (King) Joslin were : Nathaniel, born June 21. 1658. died 1667; Sarah; Dorothy; Rebeeea; Elizabeth: Nathaniel, born probably 1668; Mary: Peter.
(VI) Nathaniel Joslin, son of Nathaniel Joslin (5). was born probably in Lancaster in 1668. He married Hester Morse, of Marlboro, where he re- moved with his parents in King Philip's war. They had thirteen children, among whom was Thomas, born March IO. 1707.
(VII) Thomas Joslin, son of Nathaniel Joslin (6), was born March 10, 1707. He married (sec- ond) Lucy Forbush, of Marlboro. Children of Thomas and - Joslin were: Lucy, born 1741. died 1743; Israel, born July 13. 1743, married Ann New- ton: Thomas, born August 6, 1745, was a soldier in the revolution: Jonas, see forward.
(VIII) Jonas Joslin, son of Thomas Joslin (7), was born April 25, 1754. His widow Lydia mar- ried (second) - Hill. Children of Jonas and Lydia Joslin were: Israel. see forward; Nathan, born February 6. 1782, died in Blackstone, Massa- chusetts ; Otis. horn August 13, 1784, resided in Medford, Massachusetts.
(IX) Israel Joslin, son of Jonas Joslin (8), was born in Marlboro, Massachusetts, December 13, 1778. He settled in Smithfield, Rhode Island. He mar- ried Asha Crosby, born November 20, 1788. She was the daughter of Benjamin Crosby, of Smith- field, a soldier in the revolution, who married, Octo- ber 26, 1775. Sarah Smith. born March 17, 1760. Children of Israel and Asha (Crosby) Joslin were : Elisha C., born March 31, 1807; Nathan, born May 5, 1810; Asher. sce forward.
(X) Asher Joslin, son of Israel Joslin (9), was born April 26, 1816, in Smithfield, Rhode Island. He was educated in the public schools of Smith- field and at Dudley Academy. He had. however, worked in the Slater mill in Webster some time before he went to the academy. When the mill was burned and he was thrown out of work, he took advantage of the opportunity to study. Ex- cept for his interruption he was for forty-seven years continuously employed in the woolen mills of S. Slater & Sons at Webster. He was ad- vanced from year to year until he became the head of the wool sorting department. For about twenty- five years he occupied this prominent and re- sponsible position. He bought wool for the mills in the west, in New York and the various markets. The profits of the business depended to a large extent upon his judgment in huying. He kept to his daily work until his final illness three weeks before his death, May 30. 1880.
Before the war. he was active in the anti-slavery movement. The Joslin house was a station in the Underground Railroad and sheltered many escaped slaves. His associates were largely Whigs, but he affiliated early with the Free Soil party. When he cast his first vote he heard that on account of his youthful looks his vote would be challenged on the ground that he was not of age. When he went to the polls he carried the family Bible under his arm and no questions were asked. In 1841 he voted for John G. Burney. When the Republican party was organized he joined it with other Freesoilers and continued in hearty accord with its principles the remainder of his life. He was always active in the organization and usually served on the Republican town committee. He was a representative to the general court in 1859 and senator in 1863. He took his part in town af- fairs. Out of thirty-five years he was twenty-five years on the board of assessors. He also served on the school committee.
He was one of the trustees of the Webster Five Cents Savings Bank. The resolutions of the board upon his demise declared that "the corpora- tion has lost an efficient and faithful officer, the community an upright citizen justly esteemed for his many sterling qualities of heart and mind." He was not in sympathy with secret orders and belonged to none. He was very active in the church. He joined the Methodist Church in 1837, at the time of revival services held by Rev. Isaac Stod- dard, while pastor of the old Methodist Church. As a member of the church has expressed it: "He has been connected with the Methodist Church as a faithful member, devoted communieant, liberal contributor, earnest worker. for the past forty-three years, and has been one of the official board for nearly the whole of that time and has been for over thirty years treasurer of the society. His life among the people of Webster has been such as to extol and commend to his fellow citizens the God he served so devotedly and so earnestly. He was an earnest advocate of temperance legislation and a believer in individual total abstinence."
He married Mary Clark, daughter of Waldo Clark, daughter of Waldo Clark, and granddaugh- ter of Asahel Clark. Waldo Clark married Sally Brown, whose father, Nathan Brown. maternal grandfather of Mrs. Asher Joslin, was a soldier in the revolution. Nathan Brown's wife was Phila. Asahel Clark; the paternal grandfather of Mrs. Asher Joslin, was a private in the Woodstock (Con- neeticut) company which responded to the Lexing- ton alarm. April 19, 1775. He was under General Putnam stationed in the centre division at Cam- bridge and he took part in the battle of Bunker Hill. His was the seventh company, third regi- ment. In 1776 he was in the sixth company and eleventh regiment at New York with the rank of corporal. He was made ensign, January 1, 1777, was in camp at Peekskill. New York, went to Penn- sylvania with McDougall's Brigade and was in the battle of Germantown, October 4. 1777. He was at Valley Forge during the trying winter of 1777-78. He resigned April 20, 1778. Children of Asher and Mary (Clark) Joslin were: Harriet Francelia, born July 21. 1839, died young : Helen Maria, see for- ward; Asher Waldo, see forward; Eva Josephine, born September 17, 1852, died young : Charles Sum- ner, see forward. All were born in Webster.
Mrs. Joslin passed away December 29, 1906. She was one of Webster's oldest residents, having come here when she was fifteen years old. She had at- tained the age of ninety-one years and was one of the best known women. Mrs. Joslin was a inem- ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Webster and was a constant attendant at services when her health permitted.
(XI) Helen Maria Joslin, daughter of Asher Joslin (ro), was born September 7. 1841. She is a graduate of the Webster high school and the Westfield Normal school. class of 1862. She began to teach immediately after her graduation in the district school at North Blackstone. She taught for three years in the grammar school at Holyoke. She went to Chicopee Falls to teach in the high school and after four years was transferred to the Chicopee high school. There she was a teacher for seventeen years. In 1890 she resigned because of duties at home, and since then has lived in Webster. Miss Joslin is a trustee of the Public Library and was the first woman in the town to hold this office.
(XI) Asher Waldo Joslin, son of Asher Joslin (10), was born in Webster, Massachusetts, April 23. 1847. He entered the wool business in early
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life. He married Antoinette Lucy Goddard, of Webster. He resided in Brooklyn, New York, for seven years. He is now living in Webster and occupied in the care of his extensive real estate interests. He owns the Hub block. a business build- ing. in Webster. He is a graduate of the Webster high school. His children are: Arthur Waldo, a Boston builder; Bertha Antoinette; Lawrence, a Boston builder; Ralph Joel (twin), formerly with B. A. Corbin & Sons Co., shoe manufacturers, of Webster. now in Lowell, Massachusetts; Roy Asher (twin), died young; Ernest Asher, assistant cashier of the Webster National Bank; Stanley Goddard electrician ; Lois, graduate of Webster high school, and now student of Worcester; Eunice Aline, in senior class of Webster high school.
(XI) Charles Sumner Joslin, son of Asher Jos- lin (10), was born in Webster, Massachusetts, Au- gust 22. 1854. He was a graduate of the Webster high school and of Worcester Polytechnic Insti- tute. He was the valedictorian of the class of 1874. He worked for a time for Worcester, Lowell and North Attleboro drug concerns, purchasing the last named business. He was later made agent and for twelve years filled the position in the jewelers' sup- plies department of George L. Claflin & Co., deal- ers in chemicals, etc., Providence, Rhode Island. He was a quiet man in his daily life, able and honorable in business and highly esteemed for his personal characteristics showing great courage and fortitude during liis illness under the almost cer- tain knowledge that death in a comparatively short time was inevitable.
He married (first) Ellie Prudence Carter. Octo- ber 23. 1878. She was the daughter of John W. and Mary' (Grinnell) Carter. and was born Sep- tember 6, 1855, at Lowell. She died July 2, 1886, at North Attleboro. He married (second) Grace Guernsey Dyer. August 22, 1888. She was the daughter of Major Cyrus G. and Ellen (May) Dyer, and was born in Norwich. New York, Sep- tember 21. 1866. He had one son by the first mar- riage: Charles Asher, born in North Attleboro, Massachusetts, August 26, 1881, graduate of the North Attleboro high school. designer of jewelery in Keller's, New York. Charles S. Joslin died June 23, 1906. in a sanitarium in Indianapolis, Indiana. The following is taken from the North Attleboro Chronicle :
In the early part of the week word was re- ceived of the death of Charles S. Joslin in a Western city, where he had, accompanied by his wife, gone only two or three days before in the liope of obtaining relief from the malady which had assailed him something more than a year ago, and which was undoubtedly incurable from the first. a cancerous growth in the throat. which several months since deprived him of the power of speech
An operation was submitted to early last spring as the only means of prolonging life. To this he submitted with rare good courage and it was then thought that he had a fair chance of living several years longer, but before many months it became evident that the disease was making headway. rather than the patient. and the end came unex- pectedly. the third day after his arrival in the city to which he had journeyed in the hope of relief. Although not a citizen of Webster at the time of his death. he was as well known and esteemed here as in the city in which he took up his residence some five or six years ago. Providence, Rhode Isl- and, where lie left a large circle of friends and busi- ness associates to mourn his loss. He had no enemies for the reason that he deserved none, was of the most unfailing good nature and at all times
the gentleman. He had no trouble in making hosts of friends in the circles in which his exemplary life and intellectual attainments entitled him to move. In company with the writer he joined the Providence Whist club in 1900 and has been ever since an honored member of that organization, as well as for a number of years a member of the Narragansett Whist Club of Providence and the Providence Athletic club during the years of its existence, also retaining his membership in the Gen- tlemen's Whist club of this town, of which he was president to the day of his death, though not tak- ing any active part in the past year or two. His fondness for the game was proverbial and he was well known as a player of the first rank in Provi- dence, Boston and other cities where the experts gather several times a year. An excellent ac- countant, and mathematician, no problems requir- ing patient and unremitting study were too diffi- cult for him to undertake and he simply would not be beaten by them. These qualities were of great assistance to him not only in his business, in which he was successful beyond the average, but also in his recreations.
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