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Alton Thompson was educated in the schools of Sutton, the American Correspondence College of Boston, also the Educational Association College of New York, from which he passed with high hon- ors, and since the completion of his studies has given his entire attention to carpentering and farm- ing. Being practical and progressive in his methods, and his land being highly cultivated and improved, bearing manifest evidence of the skill and industry of its proprietor, he has met with success in his undertaking. His political allegiance is given to the candidates of the Republican party. He is un- married.
HIRAM ELLIS BARNES. The Barnes family, represented in this work by Hiram Ellis Barnes and several other subscribers in Hardwick and Peter- sham, are the offspring of Thomas Barnes, who ar- rived at Boston from England in the "Speedwell" in May, 1636. He went to Marlboro, where, in 1663, he purchased real estate, and he died there in 1678. He married Abigail Goodnow, daughter of Thomas Goodnow, of Sudbury, and his children were: Thomas. Dorothy, John, William, who went to Had- dam, Connecticut : Abigail and Susanna.
Thomas Barnes, son of Thomas and Abigail (Goodnow) Barnes, was born in Marlboro, March 23, 1662. His house and its contents were destroyed by the Indians in King Philip's war ( 1675-76), and on August 27, 1691, he was granted a forty acre homestead lot in Brookfield, which he subsequently sold. His death, which occurred April 23, 1734, resulted from injuries inflicted by an infuriated bull. In 1685 he married Mary How, daughter of Samuel and Martha How, of Sudbury. She became the mother of Martha, Samuel, Prudence, Lydia, Thank- ful, Noah and Comfort. Mary, the mother, died February 4, 1719.
Samuel Barnes, son of Thomas and Mary (How) Barnes, had a grant of forty acres of land at "Matchuck" in 1710, and the total amount of his real estate holdings was three hundred and four- teen acres. He was town treasurer of Brookfield for some years, and died in office, October 7, 1733. He married Mercy, daughter of Deacon Henry Gil- bert. She survived him, marrying for her second husband Thomas Gilbert, and for her third Josiah Converse, Esquire. The children of Samuel and Mercy were: John, Moses. Miriam, Mary, Hannah, Abigail, Aaron, Lucy and Rachel.
Moses Barnes, son of Samuel and Mercy (Gil- bert) Barnes, was born in Brookfield, March 27, 1714, and died April 28, 1802. He married Hannah Old or Olds, and she died January 31, 1797. Their children were: Sarah, Samuel, Marcy, Miriam, Nathan, Jesse, Hannah, Moses, William, Elizabeth, Comfort, Mary and Patience. and perhaps one other. Jesse Barnes, son of Moses and Hannah ( Old or Olds) Barnes, was born in Brookfield. Novem- ber 7, 1744. About the year 1780 he settled upon a farm in the westerly part of Hardwick. He was married in Brookfield, December 8, 1763, to Pa- tience Gilbert. Their children were: John. Miriam, Eli, Lydia, Adonijah and Betsey, who were born in Brookfield, and Lucy, whose birth took place in Hardwick.
Adonijahı Barnes, son of Jesse and Patience
(Gilbert) Barnes, was born October 12, 1772. He followed agriculture during the active period of his life, which terminated in Hardwick. August 21, 1841, and his wife, Chloe (Knights) Barnes, whom he married April 9, 1793, died September 26, 1851, aged seventy-seven years. Adonijah and Chloe were the parents of several children, among whom were : Clarinda, Jonas, Ruth and Chloe. Their son Jonas, the date of whose birth is not at hand, married, 1830, Olean or Oleyine Fry, and was the father of Harrison F., Henry, Adelbert Forester, Lauriston, Brigham, Augustus, Elmer, Willard, Eve- lyn, Clariette, Alla Velorous (called A. Deforest in the record of his death); and (quoting Paige's History) others, among whom is Jonas Warren.
Jonas Warren Barnes, son of Jonas and Olean or Oleyine (Fry) Barnes, was born in Hardwick, March 24, 1831. His wife was before marriage Emily A. Cole. She became the mother of seven children, namely Henry Wilbur, born May 29, 1857 ; Harrison Almon, December 31, 1860; Albertine Au- gustine, May 29, 1863; Hiram Ellis, of whom later; Jennie Estelle (Mrs. Gould Ware), June 21, 1868; Clara Louise, December 22, 1871; and Emily War- ren, December 18, 1873.
The birth of Hiram Ellis Barnes took place in Barre, May 2, 1866. He was educated in the public schools of Hardwick, and after the completion of his studies engaged in farming. At the age of twenty-one years he went to New York, where he learned the carpenter's trade and subsequently be- came a builder of recognized ability. Returning to Hardwick he opened a blacksmith's and wheel- wright's establishment, which he carried on suc- cessfully for about six years. He then resumed building operations and has acquired a high repu- tation in that line of work, having erected numerous handsome residences in Hardwick and the adjacent towns. He is quite active in local civic affairs, hav- ing held some of the town offices, including that of constable; is now serving as superintendent of school houses, and has attended as a delegate various Republican conventions.
July 28, 1903, Mr. Barnes was joined in mar- riage with Miss Edith A. Cleveland, daughter of George Cleveland, formerly of Hardwick; they have one daughter, Grace Ann, born May 25, 1904.
FLORIAN HERMAN KUPFER, a leading agriculturist of Sutton, and an active and prominent factor in the public affairs of the same, is a native of Saxony, Germany, born March 27, 1856, son of Florian Andrew Kupfer, born in Saxony, Germany, November 27, 1828, died August 16, 1904.
Florian H. Kupfer acquired a practical education in the schools of Saxony, and later entered a ma- chine shop in order to learn the trade of machinist, becoming a thorough and expert workman. Later he decided to test the business opportunities of the new world and accordingly emigrated to the United States, locating in Worcester. Massachusetts, where he entered a machine shop. In 1889 he changed his place of residence to Sutton, Massachusetts, where he engaged in farming. continuing the same up to the present time. He is the owner of a fine farm, which he has cultivated to a high state of perfection, and which now ranks among the most valuable estates in this section of the county. He has at various times held several town offices, having been elected on the Republican ticket, and every move- ment likely to promote the public welfare finds in him a stanch advocate. He is a member of the Con- gregational Church, and a liberal contributor toward its support.
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Mr. Kupfer married, June 3, 1879, Clara Minnie Gottleib, daughter of Carl and Carrie Christiana Gottleib. The issue of this union was ten children, as follows: Richard, born April 26, 1880; Nellie, November 30, 1881; Edith, November 3, 1883; Clara, June 21, 1885; Herman, January 11, 1887; Lilly, March 28, 1888; George, July 13, 1890; Charles, August 29, 1892; Elsie, November 11, 1894; Flora, January 4, 1896, deceased.
PETER ORRIN PUTNAM. John Putnam was the father of the immigrant ancestor of Peter Orrin Putnam, of Sutton, Massachusetts. His home was in Abbottsason, Buckinghamshire, England. His sons were: Thomas, see forward; Nathaniel ; John. (For full account of the English ancestry of the Put- nam family see elsewhere in this work.)
(II) Thomas Putnam, son of John Putnam (1), was born in England, married, August 17, 1643, Prudence Holyoke, from Tamworth, England, prob- ably daughter of Edward Holyoke, who came to New England in 1630. He was admitted freeman at Salem. (For sketch of his life and family, see Putnam family in this work.)
(III) Edward Putnam, son of Thomas Putnam (2), was born in Salem and resided there. He mar- ried, June 14, 1681, Mary Hale. Their children : Edward, born April 29, 1682; Holyoke, September 18, 1683, killed by Indians; Elisha, November 3, 1685, settled in Sutton; Joseph, November 1, 1687; Nehemiah, born December 29, 1694; Ezra, April 29, 1696; Isaac. March 14, 1698, settled in Sutton.
(IV) Edward Putnam, son of Edward Putnam (3), was born in Salem, Massachusetts, April 29, 1682. Children: Holyoke, born 1705, settled in Sutton; Edward, 171I see forward; Miles.
(V) Edward Putnam, son of Edward Putnam (4), was born in Salem, 1711, and died in Sutton, Massachusetts, February 17, 1800. He settled inl Sutton, where so many of his surname and family have lived, in 1737, and lived and died on the Put- nam homestead, where P. Orrin Putnam resides. He married Ruth Fuller, of Middleton. Their chil- dren: John, born at Middleton, August 25, 1735; Stephen, April 20, 1739, served in French war; Ruth, June 6, 1741, married Samuel Rich, Jr .; Archelaus February 16, 1743; Phebe, November 2, 1745, married Nathaniel Rice; Sarah, March 12, 1747, married Paul Sibley ; Molly, baptized April 22, 1750, married Bartholomew Putnam; David, born July 19, 1752, married Phebe Woodbury ; Caleb, October 25, 1754, married Judith Sibley; Peter, May 29, 1757, see forward; Lucy, June 2, 1760, mar- ried Henry Phelps, Jr .; Asa, April 30, 1763.
(VI) Peter Putnam son of Edward Putnam (5), was born at Sutton, Massachusetts, May 29, 1757. He was a soldier in the revolution, a private in Captain John Putnam's company, of Sutton, Colonel Ebenezer Larned's regiment, on the Lexing- ton alarm, April 19, 1775; corporal in Captain John Howard's company, Colonel Jonathan Holman's regiment, and was at the reduction of General Burgoyne in 1778. He was also in Captain Jona- than Woodbury's company, Colonel Jacob Davis' regiment, in Rhode Island in 1780. He married, Oc- tober 1, 1782, Sarah Marble. Their children, born at Sutton, were: Sarah, born April 2, 1784, married Moses Sibley ; Peter, March 22, 1788, see forward ; Fanny June 2, 1800, married Perley Waters; Persis, August 21, 1802, married Rufus Bacon.
(VII) Peter Putnam, son of Peter Putnam (6), was born in Sutton, Massachusetts, March 22, 1788. He settled in Sutton and married ( first) Patty Put- namn, who died April 26, 1822. He married ( second)
Ruth E. Watson, and (third) Mrs. Nancy Putnam, June 15, 1836. His children: Marble, born October 6, 1808, married Adeline Marsh; Waldo, October 8, 1810; Patty Waters, May 18, 1812, married Dea- con Ansel Holman; Peter Holland, September 24, 1814, see forward; Waters March 16, 1817; Andrew Jackson, April 25, 1819, married Charlotte A. An- drews; Ruth Edson, August 25, 1823, died October 28, 1826; Edwin Lombard, November 26, 1827; Solon Smith, June 14, 1829: Ruth Elizabeth, July 20, 1832, married George Gibson; Frances, April 20 1837, married Asa P. Dodge; Sarah Marble, February 15, 1840, married John R. Humes.
(VIII) Peter Holland Putnam, son of Peter Putnam (7), was born in Sutton, September 24, 1814. He married Hannah B. Putnam, October 29, 1837. They settled in Sutton, and their children were : Abigail, born July 29, 1838, married Abial Newton ; Peter Holland, October 19, 1840, see forward.
(IX) Peter Holland Putnam, Jr., son of Peter Holland Putnam (8), was born at Sutton, October 19, 1840. He married, July 6, 1862, Harriet A. Put- nam and they settled in Sutton, but removed to Minnesota. Their children: David O., born May 22, 1864; Peter O., March 1I, 1867, see forward; Frank H., February 1, 1869; Phebe N., December 24, 1870; Cora A., February 20, 1873; Wallace E., November 3. 1875; Carl W. S., January 7, 1878; Hannah H., September 26, 1880; Ford L., January 28, 1883.
(X) Peter Orrin Putnam, son of Peter Holland Putnam (9), was born in Sutton, March II, 1867. The early educational advantages enjoyed by P. Orrin Putnam were obtained in the schools of Sut- ton, and his studies were completed in the schools of Minnesota, whither he removed during his boy- hood. Upon his return from Minnesota, in 1887, lie engaged in lumbering and continued the same up to the death of wife, 1902, when he engaged in farming to the present time, 1906. As a farmer his enterprise, practical knowledge and sound judg- ment place him in the front rank of Worcester county agriculturists, and as a citizen he is active and alert, aiding to the best of his ability every enterprise calculated to benefit the community. He is now filling the office of selectman. He is an adherent of the principles of Democracy.
Mr. Putnam married, June 5, 1892, Lizzie W. Hoyle, born September 23, 1864, died February 27, 1902, daughter of Loring C. and Lois B. (Mascroft) Hoyle, of Millbury, Massachusetts. Loring C. Hoyle enlisted in Company E, Fifteenth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, which was known as the fighting regiment, under the command of Captain Charles H. Watson. After serving for a year and a half with the Army of the Potomac, he was discharged on account of physical disabil- ity, but upon regaining his health, he again entered the service and was attached to the commissary de- partment until the close of the war. Mr. and Mrs. Putnam are the parents of four children: Phebe E., born August 13, 1893; Orrin Earl, April 30, 1895; Lois Beth, July 26, 1900; Ruth W., February 22, 1902.
CHARLES A. RICE, of Northboro, Worcester county, Massachusetts, who is a well known livery- man, is from an old and honored family of Worces- ter county. Asaph Rice, son of Amos Rice, grand- father of Charles A. Rice, was born at Northboro, November 11, 1768, and there received his educa- tion. His forefathers were among, if not the first, to locate at the present site of the city of Worces-
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ter. He married and among his children was Anson Rice, father of Charles A. Rice, who was born at the old Rice homestead in Northboro, Massachu- setts, October 25, 1798. He was educated at that place and after his school days had ended he fol- lowed farming for a livelihood for a time, and then entered into the mercantile business, in which he was very successful in his store at Northboro. Int IS23, he erected a large barn, in which he conducted a livery business. Through his genial manners, he became popular over a large scope of country. He married Lucy Sherman, of Northboro, by whom was born six children-five sons and one daughter. Among the sons in this family was Charles A.
Charles A. Rice was born at the old homestead of the Rice family at Northboro, Massachusetts, May 1, 1826. He received his education at the com- mon schools, from which he went to farm life on his cousin's farm, remaining one year, and then went to Keene, New Hampshire, where he learned in part the trade of baker and completed it at Springfield, Massachusetts. Not liking that for a business, he returned to his old home and assisted his father in his livery business for a period of time, and later went to Ashland, where he conducted a stable for his father and grandfather. In 1845 he resided in Concord, Massachusetts, where he took care of the stage horses. In 1846-47 he resided in Ohio, where he dealth in horses, and being a good judge of such stock was quite successful in this line of work. In 1848 he returned to Northboro and purchased his father's livery staging business, which he has conducted ever since. In his political views, Mr. Rice is a pronounced Democrat. He has held all of the town offices with much credit to himself and to the satisfaction of the people of the town. He is a member of the United Brethren Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; Houghton Chapter of Marlboro and Trinity Commandery of Hudson. He is an attendant of the Unitarian Church.
Mr. Rice married, March 17, 1849, Angenette M. Otis, who died September 2, 1905. She was the daughter of Henry Otis, of Westboro, Massachu- setts. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Rice are : Edwin, born December 20, 1849; he has been con- nected with the Boston Library over twenty years; he married (first) Sarah E. Bartlett, of Warner, New Hampshire, now deceased; he married (sec- ·ond) Georgianna - -. Henry, born December 7, 1853, unmarried.
BULLARD FAMILY. Robert Bullard, the im- migrant ancestor of the Bullard family of Sutton, Massachusetts, was the progenitor of Henry Beecher Bullard, of that town. Robert Bullard died at Watertown, a few years after he came to this coun- try, aged forty. (A full account of his life and family will be found elsewhere in this work.)
(II) Benjamin Bullard, son of Robert Bullard (I), was a child when his father died; was brought up by an uncle at Dedham, Massachusetts, and he became one of the first settlers and was for many years a leading citizen of Sherborn. Massa- chusetts. (See sketch of Bullard family elsewhere in this work for his biography and family record.) (III) Benjamin Bullard, son of Benjamin Bull- ard (2), was born at Sherborn, Massachusetts, March 1, 1670, died 1766. He settled in that town south of Brush Hill on the road from Holliston. He drew land in Mendon and Douglass. His last years were spent with his son Benjamin in Hollis- ton, dividing his large estate before his death. The children of Benjamin and Tabitha Bullard : Ben- jamin, born March 4, 1702-03, see forward; Jona-
than, October 24, 1706, died at Barre, June 4, 1784; Seth, February 17, 1708-09, married Sarah Twitch- ell; a son, name unknown.
(IV) Benjamin Bullard, son of Benjamin Bull- ard (3), was born at Sherborn, Massachusetts, March 4, 1702-03, died 1766. He married (first), November 9, 1727, Judith Hill; (second), August 12, 1762, Ruth Hill. Benjamin settled in Hollis- ton before 1727 and built his house in what is now
the northeast corner of Milford. He and his brother Seth owned land in Holden before 1754. He died intestate 1766. The children of Benjamin and Judith Bullard: Asa, born July 10, 1730, see forward; Judith, August 20, 1733, married Seth Thayer; Tabitha, February 8, 1734-35, married Mordecai Day; Eleazer, March II, 1737, married Hannah Rawson; Daniel, June 11, 1739; David, August II, 1741, married Hopestill Taft; Mary, June 5, 1744; Dinah; Nathan, married Bathsheba Hill; Lydia; Ezekial, March 3, 1748-49, settled in Maine.
(V) Asa Bullard, son of Benjamin Bullard (4), was born in Holliston, Massachusetts, July 10, 1730. He inherited the homestead there, bequeathed it to his son Artemas, who sold it to his brother Walter. It is the site of the present steam railway station at Holliston. He married (first) Hannah Jones, born August 6, 1734, died April, 1762, daughter of Eli and Mercy (Underwood) Jones, of Holliston. He married (second) Hannah Cook, daughter of Walter Cook, of Mendon, November 1, 1762. His will was dated December 17, 1802, and proved June 12, 1804. Children of Asa and Hannah (Jones) Bullard : Asa, born March 6, 1755, married, June, 1776, Lucy Harvey and died at Sturbridge; was a soldier in the revolution; Aaron, March 26, 1757, married Lovice Godrey ; Joshua, June 28, 1759; Judith, June 24, 1761. Children of Asa and Hannah (Cook) Bullard: Hannah, March 6, 1764; Walter, April 26, 1765; Eli, died September 22, 1775; Artemas, borti December 8, 1768, see forward; Haziah, No- vember 25, 1770, married Keziah Leland; Lydia, December 11, 1772; Olive, June 16, 1774; Benjamin, August 9, 1776, died at Paxton; Amos, August 23, 1778; Jonathan, September 14, 1781; Polly, October 6, 1783, settled in Montague; Joseph, September 18, 1786, settled in West Medway; Eli, 1788, died 1871, aged eighty-three years.
(VI) Dr. Artemas Bullard, son of Asa Bullard (5), was born'at Holliston, Massachusetts, December 8, 1768, and died at Sutton, Massachusetts, May 6, 1842. He studied medicine under Dr. John B. Kittridge, of Framingham, and completed his studies under Dr. Daniel Fiske, of Oxford. He began to practice at Northbridge, Massachusetts, August 28, 1794, and continued there until he removed to Sut- ton, April 8, 1805, to carry on the farm of his father- in-law, Esquire Waters, who conveyed the farm to him. He continued to practice as long as he lived. In 1805 he was surgeon of the regiment to which hie belonged, and in 1814 was elected fellow of the Massachusetts Medical Society. The residence of Dr. Bullard at West Sutton was on what is still known as Bullard Hill. He died there May 6, 1842, aged seventy-three years. William G. Barton, his grandson, wrote of him: "In his desire for the preferment of his children, he always seemed to forget himself. They were all well educated-three of his sons were graduates and entered the ministry; one is a physician in extensive practice in India- napolis; and his three daughters all married profes- sional men. * * * He possessed ardent feelings and great energy of character, united with a sound judgment. His integrity was proverbial-always
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doing exact justice to others, and expecting the same from them. He thus secured the confidence and respect of all, while he failed to gain that per- sonal popularity which often results from an in- discriminate indulgence of faults, under the name of charity."
He married (first), February 17. 1796, Maria Waters, daughter of Ebenezer and Mary ( Adams) Waters, of Sutton, and (second), December 6, 1798, Lucy White, daughter of Jesse White, of North- bridge. The children, all by the second wife, were: Maria Waters, born January 25, 1800, married, No- vember II, 1823, Hon. Ira Moore Barton; (see sketch elsewhere in this work.) Rev. Dr. Artemas, born at Northbridge, June 3, 1802; Rev. Asa, born March 26, 1804, married, May 16, 1832, Lucretia G. Dickinson; Joseph, born October 30, 1806. see for- ward; Lucy Ann, born November 9, 1809, married, May 19, 1831, Rev. Lot Jones; Rev. Ebenezer Waters, born November 9, 1809, married, August 8, 1838, Mary P. Smith; Eunice White, born August 3, 1812, married the famous Rev. Henry Ward Beecher ; Talbut (M. D.), born August 16, 1815, married, August 1, 1839, Susan B. Cotton; Jesse Mason, born November 12, 1818, lost, unmarried, with the ship "Albert R. Harris" off San Francisco, February 3, 1851 ; Oliver Crosby, born January 20, 1822, married Sarah Jane Hartwell, October 19, 1843.
(VII) Joseph Bullard, son of Dr. Artemas Bullard (6), was born in Sutton, Massachusetts, October 30, 1806, died September 15, 1872. Married, April 3, 1834, Olivia P. Hill, born in Oxford, 1812, daughter of James and Betsey ( Kingsbury) Hill. They lived several years in Holden, Massachusetts, where several of the Bullard family located ( see Bullards of Holden), but finally settled on the homestead at Sutton. In early life he was a school teacher, but most of his days were spent farming. In religion he was a Baptist, in politics a Republi- can. Children : Eliza Ann, born May 31, 1835, at Sut- ton; Ira Barton, born at Holden, May 26, 1837, de- ceased; Henry Beecher, born April 9, 1839, see for- ward; Agnes Olivia, born 'August 20, 1841, died No- vember 5, 1841, at Holden; Franklin Eugenc, born September 13, 1842: Mary Augusta, born February 14, 1855, married Frank D. Tucker, of Charlton, January 2, 1878. He is now postmaster and general storekeeper in Rochdale, Massachusetts. Their children: Lucy Bullard Tucker, born August, 1874, died January 3, 1880; Fred Lester Tucker, born June 15, 1883; George Daniel Tucker, born July 7, 1888. Celia Francis Tucker, born October 28, 1894. (VIII) Henry Beecher Bullard, son of Joseph Bullard (7), was born in Holden, Massachusetts, April 9, 1839. His parents removed from Holden to the old homestead in Sutton when he was five years old, and in that town he was educated in the public schools. After some years spent in farm- ing, Mr. Bullard engaged in the wood and lumber business in West Sutton and continued in it until 1869, when he opened the general store which he has since conducted at Sutton. Mr. Bullard is a capa- ble, progressive, business man, a conscientious, ac- commodating gentleman, and his store is afforded a generous patronage.
Mr. Bullard is a Republican in his political af- filiations, and has held the office of selectman for nine years, chairman of the board of assessors for five years, member of the school committee, and postmaster from 1869 to 1901, when the office was abolished and free delivery substituted. Fle served in the legislature 1890-91. In all these offices Mr. Bullard has discharged his duties creditably and well, and has won the confidence and esteem of his
fellow-men. He is a director in the Worcester- Providence Street Railway Company. He is a mem- ber of the Masonic order, and in church relations- a Baptist.
He married, November 3. 1861, Miss Huldah Ann Wilcox, born in Sutton, October 22, 1841, died March 29, 1906, daughter of Joseph and Huldalı (Fuller) Wilcox. Joseph Wilcox was born in Wilmington, Vermont, July 27, 1803, died December 2, 1882. Huldah (Fuller ) Wilcox was born March. 15, 18II, a daughter of Turner and Mary (Buxton) Fuller, and died in May, 1899. Mr. and Mrs. Bullard had two children, viz .: Louisa I., born June 21, 1863, married, 1887, Charles R. Luther, and they have the following children-Robert H., born Au- gust 13, 1890, and Clifford Raymond, born January 14, 1894. Henry Clifford, born July 9, 1867, mar- ried Lucy Belle Stockwell, of Sutton, February 28, 1890. Huldah Ann ( Wilcox) Bullard was educated in the public schools of Sutton and at a ladies seminary in New London, Connecticut. One year before her marriage Mrs. Bullard accepted Christ as her Lord and Savior and was received into the membership of the Baptist Church in Manchaug, Massachusetts, from which she transferred her mnem- bership to the church in West Sutton in 1873. Since then, together with her husband, she has given her- self without stint to all the interests of God's kingdom. Like Mary in her eagerness to honor her Lord she spared not even the box that held the ointment, and the odor of her precious service filled the community. For forty years Mrs. Bullard was a teacher of young ladies' classes in the Sunday school, of which for almost as long, her husband has been, and still is, superintendent, and almost without ex- ception the girls under her instruction were led to Christ. Her service for the church touched every department and need.
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