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(II) Dennis J. Harrington, son of Michael Har- rington, born May 15, 1867, has been in the news- dealing business since 1880. He was for ten years news agent on the Providence & Worcester Rail- road and since then has had almost exclusively the business in Whitinsville. He handles all the news- papers and periodicals for Whitinsville and the sur- rounding towns, and has ten or twelve sub-agents in the work of distributing the New York, Boston and Worcester newspapers, etc. He has been fortunate in business and has invested in Whitins-
ville property. He owns the block in which his store is located, and has seven tenants in it. The building was built in 1889 by Ira Southwick, con- tractor of Uxbridge. Mr. Harrington is a Demo- crat in politics and is counted a man of influence in political circles. He was secretary of the Demo- cratic town committee from 1890 to 1896. He mar- ried Eliza J. Walsh, daughter of Thomas and Cath- erine ( Mahaney) Walsh, of Whitinsville, Massa- . chusetts, January 24, 1899. Their only child died in infancy. Mrs. Harrington died May 2, 1900.
HENRY BUTLER DYER. Deacon Thomas Dyer (1), of Weymouth, was the immigrant ances- tor of Henry Butler Dyer, late of Fitchburg, Massa- chusetts. He was born in England, where the record of the Dyer family is to be found as early as 1436. The Dyer coat of arms was a plain shield sur- mounted by a wolf's head.
Thomas Dyer came from England in 1632 and settled soon afterward at Weymouth, Massachusetts. He was admitted a freeman there May 29, 1644. He was a cloth worker by trade. He also was an inn-keeper in Weymouth and was one of the lead- ing citizens of his day. He was a deputy to the general court in 1646 and four years afterward. He was deacon of the Weymouth Church. He held various town offices. He died November 16, 1676. His will was dated November 3, 1676. and proved November 13, 1676. He bequeathed to his wife fifty pounds and the estate of her former husband at Medfield. He bequeathed to his children named below, to his grandchildren, to his pastor, Mr. Sam- uel Torrey, and to the Weymouth Church. His estate was valued at two thousand one hundred and three pounds. The widow Elizabeth in her will dated November 20, 1678, proved January 31, 1678-9,. bequeathed to her sons Abraham and John Hard- ing ; daughter Elizabeth Adams ; daughter Prudence, son Joseph Dyer and grandchildren.
He married Agnes Reed, who died December 4. 1667. He married (second) Elizabeth Frary, widow successively of Abraham Harding. of Medfield, and of Jolin Frary, Jr. She died 1679. Their children were: Mary, born July 3, 1641, married Samuel White; John, born July 10, 1643; Thomas, born 1645, died young ; Abigail, born 1647, died March 13, 1717-8, married Jacob Nash; Sarah, born 1649. married John Roggles: Thomas. born May 5, 1651; Joseph, born November 6, 1653 (twin), married Hannah Frary; Benjamin (twin), born November 6, 1653: William, of whom later; Elinor, born about 1660.
(II) William Dyer, ninth child of Deacon Thomas Dyer of Weymouth (I), was born there about 1658; married Joanna Chard, who was born August 17. 1667. Their children were : William, Jr., born March 23. 1693. died 1750: Christopher. born I01, died August II, 1786, of whom later; Joseph. married Jane Stephens. Probably others. (III) Christopher Dyer, son of William Dyer (2), was born at Weymouth, Massachusetts, 1701. He settled in Abington, an adjacent town. He mar- ried Hannah Nash, daughter of Ensign James Nash, November 27. 1725. She died 1760. Their children were: Mary, born 1726; Hannah: Christopher, lieutenant. resided at Abington; Sarah: Jacob; Betty: James, of whom later. The preceding were born between 1726 and 1743.
(IV) James Dyer, seventh and youngest child of Christopher Dyer (3), was born at Weymouth or
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in the vicinity in 1743, and died October 1, 1843, one hundred years old. He married Mercy Small, who was born August 5, 1755, and died December 5, 1817. They lived at Abington, Massachusetts. He was a soldier in the revolution. a private in Cap- tain Nathan Snow's .company, in which Christopher Dyer, his brother, was second lieutenant, in 1776. He served at Bristol, Rhode Island. He was also in Captain Benjamin Bates's company, Major Cary's regiment, in 1780. He was then of Abington, Massa- chusetts, but later he removed to Maine.
The children of James and Mercy Dyer were: Captain Reuben Dyer, of whom later ; Hannah S., born June 5, 1780, died October 7, 1869: Christopher. born August 29, 1782, died May 5, 1878; Mercy, born December 8, 1784, married James Small, Esquire, lived and died at Truro, Cape Cod, Massachusetts; James, Jr., born May 29, 1787, settled at Abington, died June 13, 1867; Lucy, born May 28, 1789, died May 28, 1790; Gideon B., born July 17, 1791, died October 28, 1873: John S., born November 25, 1793, died February 7, 1844; Nathaniel. S., born October 31, 1798, died June 10, 1847; Henry, born August 8, 1801, died March 12, 1881.
(V) Captain Reuben Dyer, son of James Dyer (4), was born in Abington or Truro, Massachusetts, March 18, 1778, and died in Maine, August 9, 1862. He married Mary Knowles, who was born July II, 1784, and died August 30, 1854. He settled in New Sharon, Maine, where his children were born. He was captain in the militia.
The children of Captain Reuben and Mary Dyer were: Reuben, of whom later; Adkins, born July 15. 1805, died February 15, 1821 ; Hannah, born Sep- tember 14. 1807, died November 18, 1890; Polly, born September 28, 1809, died July 19, 1855: Daniel A., born January. 1812, died January 4, 1862; James (2d). born May 1, 1814, died January 18, 1887; Charles S .. born November 9, 1822: Fanny E., born April 3. 1822, married - Edwards ; had daughter Elinor T., who fives at Befleviffe, Ontario; Mercy A .. born June 6, 1823, died March 21, 1890; Joshua K., born September 20, 1825. died July 18, 1889. (VI) Reuben Dyer, son of Captain Reuben Dyer (5), was born in New Sharon, Maine, September 26, 1803, and died July 21, 1875, at Lawrence, Massa- chusetts. He was a carpenter by trade and fived at New Sharon and Lawrence. He married Abigail Arnold Smith, who was born August 27. 18II. The children of Reuben and Abigail A. Dyer were : Arminta A., born December 22, 1829, died unmar- ried October 8, 1903; Henry Butler, born January 14. 1834, of whom fater : Charles E., born November 23, 1838, died December 22, 1897; married Geneva Payne, who was born March 24, 1843. and died June 28, 1875; their son, George Henry, was born November 7, 1866, and died April 19, 1889; Mahała S., born April 6. 1841, died August 9, 1800; married George W. Poore, who was born October 10, 1839, and died September 20, 1895.
(VII) Henry Butler Dyer, second child of Reuben Dyer (6), was born in New Sharon, Maine, January 14, 1834, and died in Fitchburg, Massachu- setts, April 20, 1905. He received a common school education in his native town. He began his busi- ness career in the manufacture of organ cases, hav- ing learned the trade of carpenter and cabinet maker. After a few years he found that the work was in- juring his health so he gave it up and about 1865 went to Fitchburg and established himself in the business of roofer. He made a specialty for some
forty years in Fitchburg of the gravel and tar roofs used on the large manufacturing and business build- ings. He had most of the work of the big mnifls there and had a long and honorable business career. Since his death the business has been continued under the same name by the widow and son of Mr. Dyer for the estate. Mr. Dyer was an earnest and faithful Republican. but always declined to accept public honors. He was a prominent member of Aurora Lodge of Free Masons and of the Mer- chants' Association of Fitchburg. He attended the First Universalist Church.
He married Harriet Louise Nelson, daughter of Horatio and Harriet (Gray) Nelson, of Petersboro, New Hampshire. She was born there March 12, 1843. Their children are: Charles Bert, born Feb- ruary 10, 1875, died July 4, 1895, unmarried; Frank Bradley, born in Fitchburg. May 25, 1879, educated in the Fitchburg public and high schoof and was associated with his father in business; since his death is manager of the roofing business and has conducted it with marked success : married Florence Bartlett, and have two children: Florence Mabel, and Henry Bert.
JOHN W. CORCORAN, deceased, was born in Batavia, New York, June 14, 1853, whither his par- ents-James P. . and Catherine (Donnelly) Cor- coran-removed to from Clinton, Massachusetts. James P. Corcoran (father) was a native of Ire- land, as was also his wife, and their family con- sisted of six children. Upon his arrival in the United States he settled in New York state, and there became a prominent contractor.
At an early age John W. Corcoran accompanied his parents upon their return to Clinton, Worcester county, Massachusetts, and there the remainder of his life was spent. He attended the public schools in that town. afterwards taking a preparatory course at Holy Cross College, Worcester, then continuing his studies at St. John's, Fordham, New York, and graduating from the Boston University Law School in 1875. In the same year he was admitted to the courts for practice, and he followed his pro- fession in Boston, Worcester, and Clinton, in the latter named place baving as partner Herbert Parker. In January, 1886, Mr. Corcoran was appointed re- ceiver of the Lancaster National Bank, whose presi- dent had absconded, leaving the bank burdened with worthless paper, and its vaults rifled of the most valuable securities. In the following July Mr. Cor- coran declared a dividend of fifty per cent., and divi- dends periodically thereafter until the creditors re- ceived one hundred and nine per cent., in full of their claims, including interest, for all of which he was the recipient of special mention by the comp- troller of the currency.
His fellow-citizens in Clinton appointed him to the position of committeeman, town solicitor, secre- tary and treasurer of the water board, and president of the board of trade. He was a member of the Democratic state committee from 1883 until his resignation in 1892, and its chairman two years; dele- gate to the National Democratic conventions of 1884 and 1888, being chairman of the Massachusetts delegation in the latter year : judge advocate general on Governor Russell's staff, and chairman of the Massachusetts board of managers of the World's Columbian Exposition, resigning on his appointment to the hench. As candidate for lieutenant-governor in 1888-89-90-91, he ran ahead of all the other Demo-
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cratic candidates except the head of the ticket in the three years last named.
When Governor Russell, in May. 1892, appointed John William Corcoran as associate justice of the superior court, the Democracy of Massachusetts lost one of its most influential workers, but the bench gained a useful and honored member. Judge Cor- coran probably led more forlorn hopes than any other man in Massachusetts politics, having been a candi- date for state senator once, for district attorney of Worcester county twice, and for lieutenant-gov- ernor four times. His prominence as a candidate on the Democratic state ticket involved an immense amount of campaign service, and has made his name as familiar throughout New England as those of Russell, Collins, Prince or Matthews. He never became so fascinated with politics, however, as to let it impede his progress in the legal profession, in which. by close attention to work, he attained high rank. Gifted with versatile talents, the practical side of his character won for him the large measure of respect that is felt by all who have been brought into either business or political association with him.
Mr. Corcoran married. April 28. 1881. Miss Mar- garet S. McDonald, a daughter of Patrick and Mary (Graham) McDonald, of Jamaica Plain. Massachu- setts. Their children are: Mary G., born May 14, 1882: Alice R .. February 24. 1884: and John W., Jr .. 1886. a student at Harvard. The death of Mr. Corcoran occurred at his beautiful home in Clinton, Massachusetts, 1904.
JOSEPH C. JEWETT, of Hardwick, Worcester county. Massachusetts, is owner of one of the best farms in the county, and he himself is one of the most practical and therefore successful farmers in all that region of the state. His lands have been brought to a high state of cultivation through the practical. common sense efforts of the owner him- self. and are kept so, and therein lies the secret of his success as a farmer.
Joseph C. Jewett is a son of Dwight Jewett, of South Deerfield. Massachusetts. the latter himself a farmer of nearly three quarters of a century in experience, a landlord by more recent occupation. and one of the oldest living natives of that historic town. He was born December 23, 1812, and now is almost ninety-six years old. He always has lived in South Deerfield and always has been a farmer, and at the same time he has been for several years pro- prietor of the Sugar Loaf House in South Deerfield. Dwight Jewett has been twice married. His first wife was Eunice Orcutt, of Cummington. Massachu- setts. daughter of Joseph Orcutt, and a descendant of an old New England family. His second wife was Persis Chapin, of Holyoke, Massachusetts, and of an old Colonial family, and a descendant of Dea- con Samuel Chapin "The Puritan," whose statue in bronze by St. Gaudens adorns Library Square in the city of Springfield, Massachusetts. Deacon Chapin came to William Pynchon's colony of planters at Agawam (Springfield) soon after 1640. and from that time until his death was one of the noblest characters in the history of that region. All of the children of Dwight Jewett were born in South Deerfield, and of his first marriage. they were : 1. Ellen, married Granville Wardwell. of Winchester. and had four children-James, Jennie, Ned and Robert Wardwell. 2. Lucretia, married W. H. H. Stephens, of South Deerfield, and has one child- Hattie Stephens.
3. Everett, died young. 4.
Everard D., married Lizzie Baldwin, of South Deer- field. and has children : Minnie E., married Charles B. Patch: Dwight. died 1898; Ellen M .; Clarence A .. married Ruby Covley : Lucretia O., married Louis A. Phillips; Elizabeth M .; Pauline B .; Percy R .; Edwina H. ; Everard C. 5. Darwin, died in Ilolyoke. 6. Joseph C., see forward. 7. Addison, born February 15. 1854, now living with his brother in Hardwick. 8. Frederick, died in South Deerfield. 9. William Herbert, now dead.
Joseph C. Jewett. sixth child and fourth son of Dwight Jewett and Eunice Orcutt, was born in South Deerfield. Massachusetts. December 23. 1852. Ile was given a good common school education and was brought up to farm work. When about twenty-three" years old he went to Winchester, New Hampshire, and began farming on his own account. After three or four years there he went to Marlboro, Vermont, and was a large dairy farmer in that town about eight years. In 1885 he left Vermont and undertook the management of a fine farm in Hardwick then owned by Dr. A. M. Orcutt, and carried it on with excellent success for about ten years in the capacity of manager. In 1895 he married a daughter of Dr. . Orcutt, and since that time has been proprietor of the farm to which he moved in 1885.
Mr. Jewett has been twice married. In 1873 he married Addieline M. Chapin. Chicopee. Massa- chusetts. No children were born of this marriage. In 1895 he married Emma B. Orcutt, born in Hard- wick. January 9. 1863, daughter of Dr. Almon M. Orcutt and Mary Ann Knight, his wife, the latter of whom was born November 10, 1829. She mar- ried Dr. Orcutt. October 16. 1850. Children of Jo- seph C. Jewett and Emma B. Orcutt; Dorothy Or- cutt, born July 13. 1902; Majorie Knight, born Sep- tember 26, 1905. .
CHARLES E. JOHNSTONE, of Clinton, Massa- chusetts, was born in the Province of Quebec, Can- ada, April 27, 1835. He received his intellectual in Canada, and after leaving the schoolroom devoted his attention to learning the carpenter trade. At the age of forty-four years, Mr. Johnstone removed to Clin- ton, Worcester county, Massachusetts, where he re- sided until his death. November 17. 1900. Mr. John- stone strongly advocated the principles of the Re- publican party, but never aspired to public office, being a man of very quiet tastes. He was a member of the Order of Red Men. In religious matters he affiliated with the Unitarian Church.
March 4, 1860, Mr. Johnstone was united in mar- riage to Mabel Monteith, of Quebec, Canada, born October 28, 1841. The following four children were born to them: I. Alma V., married C. S. Wood, and has two living children : Mabel M. and Charles W. 2. Thomas A .. married Margaret McClure. of South Carolina, and they have two children : Mabel Lillian and Henrietta : they now reside in Portland, Maine, where Mr. Johnstone is foreman in an iron foundry. 3. Mabel E .. married Emery E. Trott. and has one child. Emery Johnstone Trott. Mr. and Mrs. Trott live in Lawrence. Massachusetts, where he is super- intendent of the Briggs & Allen works. 4. Henrietta Maria. married George C. Stone, son of Judge Stone, of Clinton: they have two sons: Walter C. and Charles C. Stone.
ETHAN ALLEN CURRIER, who resided in the town of Clinton for almost four decades, remov- ing in 1863 to Lancaster. Massachusetts, thence to
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Clinton, three years later, from the town of Warner, New Hampshire, where he was born in the year 1836. He was educated in the schools of his birthplace, and upon the completion of his studies taught school there, and also followed the same vocation in Lancaster, Massachusetts. After his retirement from this calling he gave his undivided attention to agricultural pursuits, which occupation proved highly remunerative. For five years he was a member of the board of assessors of the town of Clinton, during which time he per- formed the duties assigned to him in a highly creditable manner. He was a member of the Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows, the Grange, and a universally esteemed citizen of Clinton.
In 1861 Mr. Currier married a Miss Breed, of Weare, New Hampshire, who was born in Weare, New Hampshire, a daughter of Amos and Anna (Gove) Breed, the former named a farmer and the recipient of a number of public offices. Their chil- dren : H. Eliza (Mrs. Currier) Dillwyn and Levi Breed. Mr. and Mrs. Currier are the parents of one living child, Anna, born December 10, 1865. who is now employed as bookkeeper for W. A. Fuller, of Clinton, Massachusetts. Children deceased are : Arthur, died in childhood; Helen M., died in girl- hood. Ethan Allen Currier died June 19, 1906.
DANIEL CROSS. Robert Cross (1), the immi- grant ancestor of the late Daniel Cross, of Fiteh- burg, Massachusetts, was an early settler in Ipswich. He was born in England about 1610. He was one of the proprietors of Ipswich in 1635. He served in the Pequot Indian war. He had a case referred to the general court December 1, 1640, by the Ips- wich court. His daughter married William Nelson. His son Stephen deposed in 1663 that his age was sixteen years and a half. His son Robert was twenty-one on the same date. His daughter Martha married. 1664. William Dirkee. He deeded land January 13, 1674 to son Stephen and his wife Eliza- beth, to be given them at his death. His children : Peter, of whom later ; Ralph, born February 5. 1658-9: Martha : Robert ; Stephen ; a daughter, mar- ried William Nelson.
(II) Peter Cross, son of Robert Cross (1). was born in Ipswich, Massachusetts, about 1653. He re- moved with his wife Mary after the birth of some of their children to Windham, Connecticut, where the remainder of them were born. His wife died December 9. 1695, and he married again. The chil- dren of Peter and Mary Cross were: Mary, born in Ipswich, April 20, 1679; Stephen. born May 15, 16SI : Elizabeth, born May 15, 1681 : Peter, Jr .. born November 8, 1685, married Dorothy Royce, at Mans- field, Connecticut, March 30, 1719: Daniel, of whom later : Experience, born December 1, 1691; Abigail, born June 23, 1694; Mary, born December 9, 1695, died without issue. The children of Peter Cross by his second wife: Mary, born 1697; Wade, born December 15. 1699, settled at Wilmington, Connecti- cut : married Rebecca and had children: Rebecca, born 1733: Eleanor, Mary, Peter.
(III) Daniel Cross, son of Peter Cross (2), was born probably at Ipswich, Massachusetts, March 8. 1688, and was from early childhood surely in Windham. Connecticut. He settled in the adjacent town of Mansfield with some of his brothers. He married Desire -, November 5, 1712, at Mans- field. Their children were: Daniel, Jr., born July 20, 1713, settled in Mansfield; Zebulon, born Novem-
ber 19, 1714, resided in Mansfield; Abigail, born May 31, 1718: William, of whom later; Desire, born May 8, 1823: John, born March 8, 1724-5; Ex- perience (son), born April 4, 1728.
(IV) William Cross. son of Daniel Cross (3), was born in Mansfield, Connecticut, May 25, 1720. He married Miriam Abbe, daughter of Ebenezer Abbe, October 5, 1745. Their children, all but the two youngest born at Mansfield, were: Eunice, born July 7. 1747; William, Jr., born June 25, 1748; Miriam, born February 18, 1750; Eleazer, born Sep- tember 28, 1753; Nathan. born March 6, 1756, of whom later; Thomas, born about 1758, married, March 10, 1785, Hannah Olcott, daughter of Benja- min Olcott; settled on Pine Hill, Swanzey, New Hampshire, and died there October 21, 1815; Thomas, born about 1760, married Sarah Pember- ton : settled near Joseph Cross in Swanzey, but died in Highgate, Vermont.
(V) Nathan Cross, son of William Cross (4), was born in Mansfield. Connecticut, March 6, 1756. He probably married (first). December 28, 1779, at Mansfield, Connecticut, Mary Cross. a distant relative, from Windham, Connecticut. About 1782, at the close of the revolution, they removed with his brothers Thomas and Joseph to Nottingham, New Hampshire, thence removing in 1790 to Swan- zey. He was a soldier in a Connecticut regiment in the revolution.
He married (second) about 1792, Betsey Law- rence, who was born 1772 and died December 13, 1854. He died at Westport, New Hampshire, Janu- ary 26. 1842. The children of Nathan and Mary Cross were: Zebulon, born at Mansfield, September 30, 1780, and probably others in New Hampshire. The children of Nathan and Betsey Cross were: Polly, born April 5. 1793, married, June 3. 1818, Enos Stevenson ; Otis, born August 21, 1794; Eldad, born 1796; Betsey, born December 20, 1799, married Rev. Tristam Aldrich; Matilda, born about 1800, married. December 27, 1826, David Read. Zadock, Allen, David, Daniel, born March 13, 1813, of whom later.
(VI) Daniel Cross, youngest child of Nathan Cross (5), was born in Swanzey, New Hampshire, March 28, 1813, and died January 13. 1890. at Fitch- burg. Massachusetts. He served his apprenticeship at the tailor's trade in Keene, New Hampshire, and' in 1833 removed to Fitchburg, Massachusetts, where he lived the remainder of his days. He began busi- ness at his trade there when there were only three stores in the town. His first place of business was in a small building on the present site of the City Hall. After a year he removed to the second floor of the Sentinel building, where he remained for eight years. For the next thirty or more years he conducted a merchant tailoring business on the opposite side of the street in a store that was afterwards occupied by A. L. Williams & Co. From there Mr. Cross removed to the store at 355 Main street. in the Stiles block, where he was during the remainder of his life. He built up a large and pros- perous business in men's clothing, his stock keeping pace with the growth of the town and city. At the time of his death Mr. Cross was the oldest merchant in active business. His death was caused by heart failure during an attack of the influenza. Through his long and successful career, Mr. Cross maintained a high reputation for integrity and square dealing. He was respected and esteemed by his fellowmen.
He was a Republican in politics, but declined to
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be a candidate for office until late in life. He was elected an alderman in 1888 and served the city ably. He was on the committees on police, water supply and public buildings. He was the oldest man to hold the office up to that time, being sixty-five years of age at the time of his election. He was the first president of the Fitchburg Merchants' As- sociation, elected March 24. 1886, and a compli- mentary dinner was given to him by the association January 16, 1888. Prominent business men expressed their admiration for the character and achievements of Mr. Cross. He was a trustee of the Fitchburg Savings Bank from 1876 to the time of his death; was auditor since January 29, 1880, and on the investment committee from March 3, 1885. He served as director of the Fitchburg Mutual Fire In- surance Company from July 3, 1873, until his death. He was a member of Mt. Roulstone Lodge of Odd Fellows and of Aurora Lodge of Free Masons of Fitchburg. He was an active member and deacon of the Unitarian Church.
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