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Michael Mallahy was reared and educated in his native county, attending the common schools ad- jacent to his home. In 1870, when twenty-four years of age, lie decided to test the business opportunities of the new world and to make for himself a home amid new surroundings, and accordingly came to the United States, settling in Southbridge, Massachu- setts. His first employment was with the Hamilton Print Works, later was engaged in the livery business in New York city, following that he was an employe of the Hamilton Woolen Company, with which he re- mained until 1873. and finally was employed by P. S. Callahan, proprietor of a general store, where he
gained a thorough knowledge of the details of that line of work. In 1880 he opened a general store on his own account in Fiskdale, Worcester county, which he is conducting at the present time. Mr. Mal- lahy is a man of marked individuality, of thorough business methods, of inflexible integrity, and the large measure of success he has achieved has been the direct result of his own ambition and effort. He is a Democrat in politics, takes an active interest in all that concerns the welfare of his party, but lias never sought or held public office. lle is a member of the Improved Order of Red Men, the Ancient Order of Hibernians, and the Knights of Columbus. He is a member of St. Patrick's parish.
February 21, 1876, Mr. Mallahy married Mar- garette Ryan, of Southbridge, daughter of Patrick and Mary ( Shanahan ) Ryan. Their children are: Margarette E., born December 2, 1876; Mary S., Jan- uary 31, 1878; Catherine F .. September 24. ISSI ; Sarah M., January 24. 1884; John T., June 13, 1891 ; and William Patrick, October 4, 1893.
WILLIAM NELSON WOOD. William Wood, ancestor of most of the Wood families of northern Worcester county, settled in Concord, Massachusetts, and died there May 14, 1671. His will was dated September 15, 1670, when his age was given as about eighty-eight years. He left a son, Michael Wood, a sketch of whom is given elsewhere in this work.
(1) Elijah Wood, undoubtedly a descendant of William and Michael Wood, was one of the early set- tlers of Gardner, Massachusetts. He was born about 1740 and settled in the town about 1770, in the south- west part where Abijah Hinds lately lived. He mar- ried Isabella He was called of Westminster when he sold half of Lot 54, third division, in 1782. He died in 1791. His son Jonathan was on the widow's bond as administratrix. The children of Elijah and Isabella were: I. Jonathan, see forward. 2. Isabella, born at Gardner, December 5, 1772. 3. Elijah R., born September 18, 1774. 4. Susanna, born March II. 1777. 5. Eunice, born April 9, 1779. 6. Abel, born April 18, 1781. 7. Dolly, born April 5, 1784. 8. Timothy, born December 24, 1786.
(II) Jonathan Wood, son of Elijah Wood (I), was born about 1760 and lived near where his father settled in the southwest part of the town of Gardner. J. P. Allen lately lived on the Wood farm. He died in Gardner in 1819. The heirs signed the widow's dower, May 20, 1819, Caleb Wetherbee. Jonathan Wood. David Cobleigh, guardian, Eunice Wood and Jonathan Whitney. He married (first) Anna (second) Lois and (third) Lucy The children of Jonathan and Anna Wood: I. Jon- athan, born at Gardner, October 25, 1781, see for- ward. 2. Catherine, born June 9. 1790, died July 28, 1790. The children of Jonathan and Lois Wood : 3. Benjamin, born at Gardner, November 29, 1799, married Sarah Hill and they had : Betsey, born Jan- uary 28, 1826; Amanda, born October 6, 1827 ; Lowell, born September 17, 1829: Oliver, born October 31, 1831; George F., born February 25, 1831: Mary A., born July 17, 1836. 4. Windsor D., born at Gardner, July 26, 1801. 5. Oliver, born at Gardner, August 30. 1803. 6. Eunice, mentioned in will.
(111) Jonathan Wond. son of Jonathan Wood (2), was born in Gardner, Massachusetts, October 25. 1781. and was educated in the common schools of that town. He worked on the farm with his father until he came of age. He followed farming all his active life in Gardner. He married (first ) Betsey Bancroft, daughter of Jonathan and Sarah (Case)
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Bancroft, of Gardner. Jonathan Bancroft came from Auburn (Ward) ( See sketch of the Gardner family of Bancroft). He was a farmer and shoemaker and lived where his grandson, Deacon S. W. Bancroft, lived in later years. He was a soldier in the revolu- tion and was at the capture of Burgoyne. The chil- dren of Jonathan and Betsey Wood : 1. Polly ( Mary) B., born at Gardner, November 4, 1809, married, Sep- tember 15, 1835, Oran Partridge, of Fitchburg, and they had four children-Maria, born September 29, 1839, died September 29, 1840; William Henry, born April 28, 1841, died May 16, 1864; George Homer, born August 6, 1843, hotel proprietor at Ashby, Massachusetts; Charles Edward, born October 12, 1851, died August 3, 1881; married, February 10, ISSO, Hattie E. Hessian, of Fitchburg. 2. Betsey, born at Gardner, July 2, 1812, married (first ) Crague Cowden, and (second) Leland Stockwell, of Fiteh- burg; child of Crague and Betsy Cowden-Elizabeth Crague Cowden, born December 10, 1832, inarried Thomas E. Sargent, of West Boylston, and had Martha Etta, born July 14, 1858; Inez E., born Au- gust 27, 1871; Charles E., born February 4, 1876. Children of Leland and Betsey Stockwell, Osmond and Edgare Stockwell. 3. Almond, born at Gardner, July 22, 1814. 4. Smyrna, born October 21, 1815, died December 2, 1887; married Clarissa Jennison, of Paxton, Massachusetts; she died May 19, 1897; children-Edward A., born September 11, 1844 . Ada F., born December 11, 1849, married, December 12, 1899. Charles W. Murdock, of Gardner. Jonathan Wood married ( second) Sarah Perley, daughter of Allen and Judith (Case) Perley, of Gardner. Her father was a farmer, and came to Gardner from Ward. Their children: 5. Sarah Case, born at Gard- ner, June 27, 1818; married (first) - Stackpole, and (second) Fred Parker. 6. Nelson Perley, see forward. 7. Alden B., born in Gardner, January 2, 1824, died March 18, 1903. He married (first) Al- mena L. Stearens, January, 1852. Their children : I. Charles D., born in Gardner, February 9, 1853, married, March 17, 1882, Abbie Holton, one child, Robert H. 2. George H., married Mary Holton, three sons: Walter G., born December 4, 1876; Roy E. : Edward H., married Ethel Harmon, daughter of Professor Harmon, of Tufts, September 27, 1906. 3. Ella F., born in Gardner, November 13, 1855. mar- ried O. W. Wright, November 13, 1872. Two chil- dren born to them: Florence B., November 10, 1874; married, October 17, 1900, Thomas M. Griffin : Charles O., born November 23, 1881, married, June 28. 1902, Grace M. Farley. 4. Effie J., married Eu- gene Sherman, four children: llarry, born August, 1882, married, July, 1900, Eva Rudman; Pearl, born 1884, died May 4, 1906; she married. April 8, 1905, Seth Burrows, one child, Bessie, died at birth ; Bes- sie, born 1887, died November 4, 1904; Daisy B., born 1889, deceased. Alden B. Wood married ( sec- ond) Alrs. Carrie A. Herrick; children: Fred A .; Carrie, died at age of three months and twenty-five days; Sadie L., born December, 1875. Jonathan Wood married ( third) Olive ( Haskell ) Morse, No- vember 6, 1833, daughter of Oliver and Betsey ( Dayis) Haskell.
(IV) Nelson Perley Wood, son of Jonathan Wood (3), was born in Gardner, Massachusetts, January 26, 1821. He was bound out when he was seven years old, and his opportunities for schooling were limited to about eighteen weeks in his youth. Ile served out his apprenticeship with Deacon S. W. Bancroft and then went to Paxton, where he
learned the trade of treer in the boot and shoe fac- tory of Bigelow & Co. He returned to Gardner after a few years in 1848 and entered the employ of Col- lester, Rugg & Co., where he worked in the finishing department for twenty-five years. He then started in business in Gardner as a fish dealer, but owing to the dishonesty of a clerk, continued the store but a short time. He worked at farming in Gardner and vicinity and finally bought a plot of two acres at the corner of Center and Lynde streets, Gardner, where he lived until about 1888, when he sold his place to Henry Heywood and built a residence at 64 Lincoln street and occupied it during the last three years of his life. He died 1890. The home was sold afterward to Cora E. Turner by his son, William N. Wood. Mr. Wood was a member of the Universalist Church. In politics he was a Republican. He was intensely interested in the order of Good Templars and was treasurer of that body. He was active in various temperance movements.
He married, May 1, 1850, Mercy W. Nichols, born August 23, 1828, died 1899, daughter of John Nichols, born May 5. 1788, and Mercy ( Woodward ) Nichols, born July 9, 1792. John Nichols, her father, was a Hubbardston farmer. The children of Nelson Perley and Mercy W. Wood: William Nelson, born July 21, 1854, see forward; James Smyrna, born No- vember 3, 1858, married, June 20, 1888, Lillian E. Perham, of Dublin, New Hampshire; their children -Marion, born May, 1889; Nelson Pierce, born September 20, 1890.
(V) William Nelson Wood, son of Nelson Per- ley Wood (4), was born in Gardner, Massachusetts, July 21, 1854. He received his education in the pub- lic schools of his native town. He attended the high school two years. At the age of seventeen he went to work in the Heywood Brothers' chair factory. In 1872 he entered the employ of Jonathan Alger as clerk in his clothing store in Gardner, and in a short time was placed in charge of the business. From 1874 to 18So he was variously employed. He then began to study the profession of a druggist under Dr. James Emmerson, of Gardner. Four years later he opened a drug store on his own account in the town of Ashburnham. For seven years he had his place of business on Central street and then moved to his present location. Ile has prospered in busi- ness, having the only drug store in that town. Iu 1899 he was elected cashier of the Ashburnham Bank, a position he held for five years, when he resigned on account of the demands of his own business. He attends the Congregational Church. In politics he is a Republican. He is a member of Naukeag Lodge, No. 196, Odd Fellows, at Ashburnham, and is past noble grand of that body. He is also a member of the Ashburnham Grange, Patrons of IIusbandry, No. 202, and was for a number of years one of its trustees. He is a member of the National Associa- tion of Druggists.
He married (first) Nellie F. Woodbury, daughter of Samuel D. and Jerusha ( Vose) Woodbury, of Winchendon, Massachusetts. Her father was a farmer. He married (second), September 1, 1897, Susan Ellen Heald, born December 3, 1871, daughter of George and Lucia A. ( Williams) Heald, of Ash- burnham. Iler father was a farmer. Children : Donald Heald, born August 28, 1898; Guy Carlton, April 26, 1900; Irene Elizabeth, November 6, 1902.
GEORGE A. FERGUSON. The grandparents of George A. Ferguson were William and Livinia
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Shrewsbury, Built by him about 1720. Mr. Wheelock was one of the first four Sergeants appointed in the Military Company first organized in Shrewsbury. He was afterwards ensign, lieutenant, and in 1712 commissioned captain in the regiment commanded by Col. Nahinn Ward.
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(Butman) Ferguson, who settled in Troy, Maine. early in the last century, and were identified with the development of that locality. Their son, Samuel Butman Ferguson, father of George A. Ferguson, was born in Dixmont, Maine, February 8, 1820, the year in which Maine was admitted to the Union as a separate state. His education, which was begun in the district schools of his native town, was com- pleted in Plymouth, Maine, and in early life he turned his attention to agriculture. In 1856 he came to Massachusetts, and being favorably impressed with the agricultural advantages of Worcester county, he located upon a farm in Westboro, where he re- sided for the remainder of his life. In politics he was a Republican, being one of the most stanch adherents to the principles of that party during the period of its development in this locality, and he was, when occasion demanded, quite active in local civic affairs, serving as member of the board of selectmen for one year, and he also held the office of road com- missioner. He was a man of progressive tendencies which were particularly emphasized in matters rela- tive to religious belief, and he was a member of the Unitarian Church. Samuel B. Ferguson died in Westboro, Massachusetts, September 15, 1883. He married Emily Norcross Tilton. She became the mother of five children, three of whom died in in- fancy. Those who lived to maturity are : George A., see forward; William N. Ferguson.
George A. Ferguson was born in Troy, Maine, January 13, 1844. When twelve years old he ac- companied his parents to Westboro, where he con- tinued his attendance at the public schools, and his studies were concluded in Worcester, this state. Like the majority of young men his patriotism was aroused to action by the secession of the slave-hold- ing states, and in 1862 he enlisted as a private in Company C. Thirty-fourth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, for service in the civil war. He ·experienced the hardships and vicissitudes of a some- what lengthy campaign during which, in addition to numerous skirmishes, he participated in several im- portant engagements, including the battles of Win- chester and Cedar Creek under General Sheridan, whose famous ride was immortalized by the poet, Thomas Buchanan Reid. He was severely wounded and taken prisoner at Cedar Creek, and in that dis- abled condition he was forced to undergo the horrors of a Confederate prison for a period of four months, at the expiration of which time he was exchanged, and shortly afterward was honorably discharged from the army. Returning to Westboro he engaged in general farming, which he has ever since followed with satisfactory results, and at the present time he is occupying the Judge Foster homestead. Politically he acts with the Republican party. His fraternal affiliations are with the Grand Army of the Republic and the Royal Arcanum. He is a member of the Unitarian Church.
On April 6, 1870, Mr. Ferguson was united in marriage with Miss Abbie O. Leland. She was born in Grafton, this county, October 4, 1841, daughter of Rodney and Orinda (Carpenter ) Leland, of that town. Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson have no children.
EUGENE A. DAVIS. On account of the fer- tility of its soil, due in a measure no doubt to its geological conditions, the formative rock being cal- careous Gneiss and sienite, Westboro has long been noted for its agricultural advantages, and its many productive farms are kept up to a high standard of cultivation. Among the most prominent farmers and
dairyman is Eugene A. Davis, who is a descender.t of an early Oxford (New Hampshire) settler. Many of the Davises in America are of Welsh descent. Several of this name immigrated early in the Colonial period, notably Dolor Davis, who arrived in 1635 and in all probability he was the immigrant ancestor of the family now under consideration.
Nathan Davis, grandfather of Eugene A. Davis, was a native of Oxford, New Hampshire, where he spent his entire life, and his active period was passed in tilling the soil. He reared a number of children, among whom was Thomas G. Davis, father of Eu- gene A. Davis.
Thomas G. Davis, born in Oxford, New Hamp- shire, spent his boyhood and youth in attending school and making himself useful upon the home- stead farm. When a young man he adopted agricul- ture as an occupation, and followed it in Oxford for some time. From the latter place he removed to Westboro, where he purchased a valuable piece of agricultural property, and thence forward until his death was one of the able and successful farmers of that town. He married Maria Allen, who was also a native of the Granite state, and she is no longer living. Thomas G. and Maria ( Allen) Davis were the parents of three children, namely: Allen K., Mary C. and Eugene A., of whom later.
Eugene A. Davis was born in Westboro. He was educated in the public schools, and at an early age displayed an interest in agricultural pursuits which has ever since continued unabated. His knowledge of agriculture has been acquired by long continued practical experience upon the home farm, where he is still residing, and he is regarded as one of the aBlest of Westboro's successful farmers. The Davis property is well located and exceedingly fertile, pro- ducing abundant crops, and in addition to general farming a large and well equipped dairy is carried on, the products of which find a ready market in Boston. Mr. Davis is unmarried. He is an active member of the local grange, Patrons of Husbandry, and is rarely absent from its meetings. Poli- tically he is a Republican, but refrains from active participation in civic affairs. His religious affilia- tions are with the Congregationalists.
DUDLEY FAMILY OF DOUGLASS. Francis Dudley (1), the immigrant ancestor of the Dudley family of Douglass, Massachusetts, and of James Hill Dudley, of Douglass, was born about 1640 1\ England. He settled in Concord, Massachusetts, probably in 1663. It has been thought that he was a relative of Governor Dudley, but the degree of re- lationship is not known. Francis may have been a son of Jolin Dudley, who was living in Charlestown 1655 to 1671. Francis was in King Philip's war and received payment for his service February 29, 1675- 76. He married Sarah Wheeler, of Concord, daugh- ter of George Wheeler, October 26, 1665, and he probably died in Concord. She died December 12, 1713. Their children were: 1. Mary, born February 9, 1666, married Joseph Fletcher. 2. Joseph, married Abigail Goble, 1601, died November 3, 1702; his father helped settle his estate. 3. Samuel, born June 27, 1682, of whom later. 4. Sarah, born August 4. 1701. 5. John, born March 10, 1675, married, May 16, 1697, Hannah Poulter, of Medford. 6. Benjamin, born March 6, 1681-82. 7. Francis, married (first) Sarah (second) Abigail
(II) Samuel Dudley, son of Francis Dudley (1), was born in Concord; Massachusetts, 1682. He re-
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moved from Concord to Littleton, a town adjoining, in 1714-15, and was town clerk there in 1716-17. The last seven of his children were born at Littleton. He removed to Sutton, Massachusetts, in 1728, and to Douglass in 1745. He was moderator of the town meeting at Sutton in 1728, was lieutenant of the mili- tary company in 1730, and in 1731 was the first rep- resentative to the general court from Sutton. He was one of the foremost citizens of the town. When the meeting house was seated in 1731-32 he had the first place in the front seat. At that time a man's rank in a community was indicated by his seat in the meeting house. Later he built a pew in the meeting house. He was on the first board of select- men of the town of Douglass and served from 1757 to 1770. He was town clerk of Douglass in 1748 and assessor in 1750. He also held the offices of sealer of weights and measures, constable in 1759 and was on the committee on school money from 1764 to 1768. The Dudley farm where Samuel Dud- ley first settled is on the road between Millbury and Wilkinsonville, and Samuel built the house near the late residence of George Dudley. He was one of the largest owners of land in Sutton. He died at Douglass, May 27, 1777, at an advanced age.
He married, November 1, 1705, Abigail King, who died August 9, 1720. He married (second), 1720, Lydia Wetherbee, who died at Douglass, March 27, 1747. He married (third) ; (fourth) Sarah Shepard. The children of Samuel, and Sarah ( Wheeler ) Dudley were: Samuel, Jr., born at Con- cord, July 28, 1705, married Abigail Waters ; Francis, born December 10, 1706, married Sibyl Leland ; David. born November 4, 1709 (triplet) ; Jonathan ( triplet ), born November 4, 1709, married Hannah Putnam, daughter of Deacon Elisha, August 18, 1736, died at Sutton, November, 1789; Abigail (triplet), died young; Sarah, born July 28, 1713, at Concord ; Abigail, born October 28, 1714; Mary, born February 22, 1716; Patty, born September 13, 1718; Roger, born August 9, 1720, married Mary Sibley, May 31, 1743. The children of Samuel and Lydia Dudley were: Paul, born September 24, 1721, died young; Charles, born December 10, 1722, died without issue ; William, born May 28, 1726, of whom later. The only child of the third wife was : Douglass, or Doug- lassette, born September 9, 1748.
(III) William Dudley, son of Samuel Dudley (2), was born at Littleton, Massachusetts, May 28, 1726. He removed to Douglass with his father. He was town clerk there many years, selectman from 1757 to 1770, was constable in 1759, district clerk from 1762 to 1770, assessor 1764, surveyor of lumber and on many important committees. He died Sep- tember 8, 1786. He married Ann Shepherd, of Stoughton, who died January 22, 1799, aged sixty- seven years. Ilis estate was inventoried. at 410 pounds, his son Paul administrator. The children of William and Ann Dudley were: Captain Benja- min, born June 8, 1752, died October 24. 1731, at Douglass; Major Paul, born at Douglass, August 21, 1758, of whom later; Lemuel, born March 26, 1702, died August 29, 1834; David, born May 20, 1764, died 1783 at Douglass unmarried ; Peter, died young; Samuel, died young ; Hannah, died August 19, 1760, married Samuel Wallis, of Douglass; Polly, born 1760, married William Robinson, of Dudley, Febru- ary 26, 1792, resided at Webster; Olive, born 1773, married Asa Chase, of Douglass.
(IV) Major Paul Dudley, son of Samuel Dud- ley (3), was born in Douglass, Massachusetts, Au- gust 21, 1758, and died February 9, 1837, in his cigh-
tieth year. He was a soldier in the revolution in Captain Samuel Baldwin's company, Colonel Dike's regiment, in 1776 and 1777; in Captain Job Knapp's company, Colonel Nathan Tyler's regiment in 1780; in Captain Edward Seagraves's company, Colonel Wade's regiment in the Rhode Island campaign in 1778. He was also corporal in Captain Ebenezer Everett's company, Colonel McIntosh's regiment un- der General Lovell later in 1778.
He married, October 16, 1781, Dorothy Reed, of Taunton. Their children were : David, born Novem- ber II, 1787, died May 16, 1829; John, born Septem- ber 8, 1791, of whom later; Captain William, born October 29, 1793, married llarriet Cragin, daughter of Benjamin Cragin, January 18. 1816, resided in Worcester; married (second) Mary Cobb, and (third) Sophronia Lincoln; Willard, born Novem- ber 25, 1796, married Eunice Balcom ; Dorothy, born March 29, 1802, married Benjamin Ilill, of Douglass ; Harriet, born December 15, 1804, married Josiah Adams, of Douglass, May 14, 1823.
(V) John Dudley, son of Major Paul Dudley (4), was born at Douglass, Massachusetts, Septem- ber 8, 1791. He settled in Douglass. He married Submit Hill, daughter of Colonel Moses Hill, of Douglass, September 16, 1810. She was born March 3, 1790. Their children were: James Hill, born De- cember 10, 1814, of whom later; Edwin, born April 9, 1812, died young; Emily Hill married Mowry Lapham, of Douglass.
(VI) James Hill Dudley, son of John Dudley (5), was born in Douglass, Massachusetts, Decem- ber 10, 1814. He attended the public schools of Douglass and the academy at Dudley. He went to work in the American House, Boston, to learn the hotel business thoroughly in order to be of assistance to his father who was proprietor of the hotel in Douglass. He worked at Uxbridge, Massachusetts, Norwich, Connecticut, and elsewhere until 1844, when he returned to his native town and took charge of the hotel. For the next fifty-five years he was the proprietor of the old hotel which had been run by his ancestors and himself from 1750 to 1891. Many famous men were guests of the old hotel, and many interesting incidents have happened there. The story of that old tavern would make a book in itself. Mr. Dudley has not been in active business since he re- tired and closed the hotel. He is living at the ripe old age of ninety-one years ( 1906), honored and re- spected by his townsmen, who are now all of later generations. Mr. Dudley is a Republican in politics and a Congregationalist in religion. He is a member of the Douglass Congregational Church. He has served the town of Douglass as tax collector and selectman.
He married, 1836, Eliza Avery Prentiss, daughter of Joseph Prentiss, a lawyer of Hampton, Connecti- cut. Their children were: Arthur James, born May 7, 1839, of whom later; Louise Maria, born March 9, 1842, married ( first) Harrison Vining, of South- wick, Massachusetts; their only child was Bessie Vining, now living in Roxbury, Massachusetts; she married (second) James Manning, of Nevada, but he died in Walpole, Massachusetts; Harriet Eliza, born in Donglass, May 5, 1848, married Edward Nel- son Pickering, of Boston, now living in Chicago, Illinois; they have no children.
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