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He married, October II, 1853, Cynthia Anna Corey, born at Marlboro, New Hampshire, Decem- ber 20, 1834. daughter of Abraham and Hannah (Perkins ) Corey. Her father was a farmer. Their only child is Nellie Isadore, born February 15, 1855. married (first) F. L. Beals, of Winchendon ; married (second) Levi F. Martin, of Winchendon.
COREY FAMILY. Anthony Corey (1), grand- father of Mrs. John A. Kimball, of Winchendon, Massachusetts, was born in 1776. He removed from Wallingford, Vermont, to Richmond, New Hamp- shire, in 1797, and married, March 15, 1797, Lovisa Boorn, daughter of Captain Amos and Lovisa (Simmons) Boorn. He was a farmer at Richmond, and died there May 24, 1835, aged fifty-nine years. His widow died November 9, 1853, aged seventy- seven years. He owned the Esek Buffum farm, owned later by Ozial Ballou. Their children, born in Richmond: I. Abraham, see forward. 2. Hul- dah, born September 20, 1799, died at Fitzwilliam, June 20, 1870. 3. Anthony, born July 20, 1802, mar- ried, December 9, 1841, at Hampton, New Hamp- shire, Eliza Ann Emory; resided in Fitzwilliam several years. 4. James, born November 12, 1805, resided in Fitchburg; he married, April 2, 1835, Hannah Bowker: he died July 12, 1889. 5. Amos, born 1800, died August 26, 1857; he had his father's farm: he married Phebe Boyce. 6. Nicene, born March 5. 18II, married (first) Edward Tolman; married ( second) Kendall Fisher. She died Feb- ruary 22, 1887. 7. Mary, born 1817, died August 4, 1888; she married Daniel Wetherbee; resided in Marlboro, New Hampshire. 8. Cynthia L., born November 3, 1818, died January 7, 1852; she mar- ried Seth D. Ballou. There were four other chil- dren in the family, who died in infancy.
(H) Abraham Corey, son of Anthony Corey (1), was born at Richmond, New Hampshire, May IO, 1798, married, June 1, 1824. Hannah W. Per- kins, born in Jaffrey, New Hampshire, November
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26, 1806. He resided at Fitzwilliam, Jaffrey and Troy, New Hampshire, settling finally at Marlboro, New Hampshire, where he died August 4, 1890, at an advanced age. He lived for several years on the Franklin Clapp place, but lost his house by fire May 1, 1870, and afterward resided with his son Edward on the Sawyer place. Children: I. Louisa A., born at Fitzwilliam, March 8, 1826, married, 1847, Henry S. Applin, of Swanzey, New Hamp- shire ; (second ) Wesson Applin ; resided at Swanzey. She died June 24, 1890. 2. Phebe E., born at Jaffrey, New Hampshire, January 31, 1828, married, March 30, 1852, Charles Hunt, of Swanzey; resided in Peru, Vermont. She died September 24, 1905. 3. Mary Jane, born at Troy, New Hampshire, June 21, 1830, married, October 5. 1852, George Perkins, of Jaffrey; resided at Newport, Rhode Island. 4. Edward Clark, born at Fitzwilliam. December 8, 1831. 5. Cynthia Anna, born December 20. 1835, married, October 11, 1853, John A. Kimball, of Troy (see Kimball sketch). 6. Amos L., born at Fitz- william, August 1, 1837. 7. Alfred G., born at Fitzwilliam, April 13, 1840, died September 22, 1870. 8. Francis A., born at Troy, February 9. 1843, married (first), March 16, 1871, Rebecca Doudes, of Canton, Ohio; married (second), April 20, 1874, Nellie Medill Dilley, of Canton; married (third) May J. Beckly. 9. Clara A., born at Troy, July 3. 1845, married Joel S. Knight. 10. Henry C., born May 22, 1848, died August 23, 1852.
GALVIN FAMILY. Thomas Galvin, of county Clare, Ireland, married Honora Cummings and raised a family of children. One of their sons was John Galvin, a farmer of Shrewsbury, Massachu- setts, who died February 22, 1902, at the good old age of eighty-four years. John Galvin came to America from Ireland in 1847, and for a time lived in Quebec, Canada. Soon afterward he came to the States, settled at Worcester, Massachusetts, and be- gan farming. From Worcester he moved to West- boro in the same county and lived in that locality fifteen years, working at whatever he could find to do, for then John Galvin was a poor man, but was willing to work and was determined to get on in the world. He was honest, industrious and of saving habits, and at last he did make a start in life that placed him in comfort in his declining years. In Worcester he lived three or four years on a rented farm, and saved a little money. He then moved to Shrewsbury and purchased the farm on which he afterward lived and died. Hle was a good hus- band and father, and raised a large family of children.
He was married twice, and owed much of his success in life to the thrift and frugal habits of the women he married. His first wife was Margaret Connor, whom he married in Westboro. She was born in county Kerry, Ireland. She bore John Gal- vin eight children: Patrick, John deceased ; John, Michael, Margaret, Bridget, Thomas, deceased ; Mary, married Thomas Mora, of Worcester. The second wife of John Galvin was Catherine Lavin, widow of Bernard Harvey and daughter of James and Bridget McCormick. By her marriage with Bernard Harvey she had one son, Bernard Harvey. named after his father. By the marriage of John Galvin and Catherine Harvey six children were born. as follows: John, born in Shrewsbury, November 20, 1875; Bridget, born in Shrewsbury, January 15. 1877, died in infancy ; Catherine, born in Shrewsbury,
July 7, 1888; Joseph, born in Shrewsbury, May 16, 1890; Margaret, born in Shrewsbury, August 23, 1891 ; William, born in Shrewsbury, September 27, 1894.
HARRY DODGE POLLARD, second son and eldest child of Herbert Lee Pollard and Saralı Ayers Johnson, his wife, both of whom mention is made in this work, was born in New Braintree, Worcester county, Massachusetts, June 23, 1873. He was educated in the public schools in New Brain- tree, Westboro high school and Hinman's Business College in Worcester. After leaving school he re- turned home and worked with his father on the farm until he was about twenty-six years old. He then bought a farm near that of his father and has since managed it on his own account. Mr. Pollard married, November 30, 1899, Kittie Clara Sage, born in Sheffield, Massachusetts, December 6, 1875, daugh- ter of Charles D. Sage and Clara Dixon, his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Pollard have three children: Leroy Herbert, born December 15, 1900; Walter Edwin, born December 17, 1903 ; -, born November IO, 1905.
WALKER FAMILY. Although Melvin H. Walker, of Westboro, is not a native of that town, he and his family. which he established there nearly forty years ago, are among the best known residents, and his personal interest in its welfare goes back to the exciting period of the civil war, when with numerous other patriotic young men he responded to President Lincoln's urgent call for troops to pre- serve the Union. The ancestral line of Melvin H. Walker is traced as follows from
(1) Thomas Walker, of Boston, the brickmaker, 1650. He died in 1659, leaving a widow Anne and children, Thomas, Elizabeth, John, Annie, who died 1655, and Samuel. The amount of his estate as per inventory September 1, 1059, £323-10- 06. Admin- istration granted to Anne, his late wife, and son Thomas Walker.
(H) Thomas Walker and wife Mary, settled in Sudbury, Massachusetts. Their children were: Thomas, born May 22, 1664; William, July 22, 1666; Sarah, July 25, 1667; Hannah, November 26, 1668, died 1668; Hannah, January 10, 1669; Daniel, No- vember 2, 1672, died 1672: Daniel, February 10, 1673: Abigail, October 20, 1679; Elizabeth, March 4, 1680.
William Walker, born July 22, 1666, mar- ried Sarah Goodenow, May 6, 1686. Lived in Sud- bury and had children: William, born January 19, 1687: Sarah, August 20, 1688, died 1688; Thomas, August 15, 1689; Sarah, October 15, 1691; Jolin, September, 1693; Mary, October 30, 1706; Hezekiah, October 8, 1711.
(IV) Thomas Walker, born August 15, 1680. married Elizabeth Maynard, June 6, 1717. She died October 13, 1723, lived in Sudbury and had chil- dren : Hezekiah, born February 24, 1718; Saralı, December 18, 1720; Nathan, October 17, 1722.
(V) Hezekiah Walker, born February 24, 1718, married Hannah Putnam, in Sudbury, April 4, 1738. and had one child born in Sudbury, January 15, 1742-43. He purchased forty-one acres and forty rods of land in Shrewsbury of Daniel How, and re- moved to that place. His first wife died, and he married in Shrewsbury. Sarah Prescott, of Lan- caster, September 29, 1747. He bought and sold various pieces of land in Worcester county, in the
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towns of Holden and Lancaster. The home of the family was chiefly in Shrewsbury. Children were, Ruben, born February 11, 1739, in Sudbury ; Rachel, July 8, 1748; Hezekialı, February 14, 1750, baptized in Lancaster May 5, 1751; Sarah, baptized there May 29, 1754.
(VI) Hezekiah Walker, born February 14, 1750, married Lucy Raymond, intention of marriage dated May 16, 1775. He was a soldier in the war of the revolution, and died December 13, 1837. Children, Sally, born July 28, 1776, died 1778; Lucy, March 29, 1778; William Raymond, November 22, 1780, died 1790; Silas, February 2, 1783; Polly, March 6, 1785; Sally, May 30, 1787; John, May 20, 1789; Persis, June 20, 1791 ; Lydia, August 15, 1793; Tabatha, November 28, 1796; Joel, April S, 1798; Eli. The family lived in Holden.
(VII) Silas Walker, born February 2, 1783, in Holden, married Polly Hubbard, September 25, 1806. He died December 19, 1872. Children, born in Holden, Amos, born September 12, 1807; Silas, December 31, 1811; Charles, February 13, 1814; Alony, September 30, 1816; Polly, January 29, 1819.
(VIII) Silas Walker, Jr., was born in West Boylston, December 31, 1811. He was reared to the occupation of his ancestors and for a number of years tilled the soil upon his own account in his native town. From West Boylston he moved to Barre, this county, where he continued to carry on general farming for some time, and late in life re- moved to Michigan, where his death occurred in 1890, at the age of seventy-nine years. Silas Walker, Jr., married (first), January 9, 1826, Hannah Ful- ler, of West Boylston. Married (second), June 5, 1835, Louisa Everett, born in Massachusetts, daugh- ter of Joshua and Ruth (Wood) Everett, of Princeton, Massachusetts. She became the mother of seven children, namely : Jeanette, Irving, Erastus E., Herbert S .. Emma L., Myron K. and Melvin If. Jeanette and Herbert S. did not live to maturity. Irving went to the front during the civil war, was captured by the enemy and died in Libby prison. Erastus E. married Mary Lovell and their children are : Herbert, Rosa and Alfred. Emma L. is the wife of Oscar Rowland and has had two children, one of whom died in infancy. Myron K. married Louisette Stevens and they have two children, Mar- jorie L. and Richard E.
Melvin H. Walker was born in Barre, January 23, 1842. He was educated in the public schools. .At an early age he came to Westboro, and in 1861 enlisted as a private in Company K, Thirteenth Reg- iment, Massachusetts Volunteer infantry, for three years service in the civil war. He participated in several important engagements, in which he won distinction for brave and meritorious conduct, and he was wounded at the battle of Gettysburg. He was honorably discharged at the expiration of his term of service, and returning to Westboro he sub- sequently engaged in the manufacture of shoes, in which he became very successful. Mr. Walker was a pioneer in the production of modern factory made footwear in Westboro, and was one of its most prominent business men for many years or until his retirement. Since relinquishing the cares of business he has devoted his energies to the hand- ling of real estate, and he has also spent considerable time in travel. He still retains his interest in local financial affairs, being vice-president of the West- boro Savings Bank, and he also finds time to assist in the management of other institutions of a public
character, being a member of the school board, a trustee of the Lyman and Industrial School and a member of the Westboro Public Library com- mittee. In politics he is a Republican. He is a comrade of the local post of the Grand Army of the Republic. His religious affiliations are with the Baptists and he is a deacon of that church.
On May 1, 1866, Mr. Walker married Annie MI. Moses, born in 1845, daughter of William and Pamelia (Kidder) Moses, of Westboro. Of this union there are six children, namely: Irving E., Gertrude A., wife of Louis H. Bradley; Florence L., Raymond W., Mary E. and Melvin H., Jr.
DWINELL FAMILY. The particular branch of the Dwinell family here to be considered has been known in the history of this state less than a quarter of a century, but in Vermont the family has been known through several generations. Our pres. ent record begins with Archibald Dwinell, who was born in Hyde Park, Vermont, and came of a sub- stantial old family of that locality. He married twice, but had no children by his first wife. His second wife was Louisa Cook, of Morrisville, Ver- mont, and their four children, born at Hyde Park, were : Frances, Nora, James A. and Carroll A. Dwinell.
James A. Dwinell, of whom this sketch is in- tended particularly to treat, is a thrifty farmer and milk producer of the town of Barre. He was born in Hyde Park, June 29, 1865, and received his early education in the schools of that place. After leav- ing school he started out for himself and went to Lynn, Massachusetts, where he worked five years in the stitching room of one of the large shoe fac- tories of that city, and afterward for a year was in the employ of the L. A. May House Furnishing Company in the same place. He then married, re- turned to his old home in Vermont and lived there on a farm about two years. At the end of that time he went back to Lynn. In 1890 Mr. Dwinell came to Barre and with his brother-in-law took the farm which he purchased five years later. As a farmer he has made a complete success in business life and now is in comfortable circumstances. He is engaged in general farming pursuits and in 'con- nection therewith has a large milk route in Barre. He takes an especial interest in practical agricult- ure, is a member of Barre Grange, having been its master two years, overseer one year and also has held several minor offices in that organization. He has been an Odd Fellow about twenty years. having been initiated in Richard W. Drown Lodge of Lynn when he was twenty-one years old. Po- litically Mr. Dwinell is a Republican. He married Florence A. Penton, daughter of John and Hannah ( Burbank ) Penton, of Lynn. They have no children.
WILLIAM BARNABAS WALLACE. a sub- stantial farmer of Barre, Worcester county, Massa- chusetts, former secretary of Barre Grange of Pa- trons of Husbandry, a Republican in politics and a Unitarian in religious preference, was born in Barre, October 4, 1833. His father was the late William Wallace, also a native of Barre and a farmer in his business life. He was born February 9, 1802. His father was John Wallace, who married Beulah Allen, and both were descendants of old New England stock.
William Wallace, son of John and Beulah (Allen)
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Wallace, was a man of considerable prominence in his town three-quarters of a century ago. fle was a farmer, and old line Whig in politics and at one time was a lieutenant of militia. He married Mary Aun Atwood, born in Barre, a daughter of Barnabas Atwood of that town. They had five children, the eldest if whom, a daughter, died unnamed a few days after her birth, The children who grew to matur- ity were as follows: I. William Barnabas, see for- wa. J. 2. Mary Ann, born in Barre, married Edwin P. Beman, of Hardwick. 3. Caroline Wallace, born in Barre, married Charles L. Warner, of Hardwick. 4. Clara Jane, born in Barre, married Joseph Wal- lace, of Barre.
William B. Wallace, eldest of the children above mentioned, received his education in the schools of Barre and was brought up to work. He lived at home and with his father carried on the farm until the death of the latter, and afterward managed the property on his own account, he having become its owner, lle is a practical farmer and has made farm- ing a success. For several years he was prominently connected with the organization known as Patrons of Husbandry, and filled important offices in Barre Grange.
In January, 1861, Mr. Wallace married Mary E. Nourse, born in Barre, August 3, 1842, daughter of Francis and Eliza (Adams) Nourse. Two children were born of this marriage: I. Charles Henry, born in Barre, October 14, 1863, died December 21, 1886. 2. Mary Ann, born in Barre, October 10, 1865, mar- ried P. M. Harwood and has four children-Eunice Frances, Mary Louise, Alice Lucy and Ralph Wal- lace Harwood.
PATRICK FINNERAN. The Finneran family has a long and honorable history in the old country. The records show that they were'prominent in pub- lic affairs as long ago as the year 1000. The grand- father of Patrick was William Finneran, of county Roscommon, Ireland, who married Margaret Glenn. They had ten children. Of these Matthew, the father of Patrick, was the only one who came to America. Matthew Finneran was born 1804, mar- ried, 1832, Ellen Kelly, coming to America with two children, namely: Patrick, born March 14, 1835; William, October 27, 1837 ; Catherine died in Ireland in early life. Matthew Finneran came to Worcester in 1852 and engaged in the contracting business. He was superintendent for Amos Black at the time of his death, January 23, 1860. His wife died January 24, 1880.
At the age of fifteen Patrick Finneran came to America with his parents. Though he came of a prominent and wealthy family in Ireland, his folks came at the time of the great emigration when fre- land was starved into exile by famine and oppres- sion. Coming at such an early age Patrick fell into the ways and adopted the customs and principles of his new country without difficulty or delay. No more patriotic and conservative citizens are to be found in this country today than the Irishmen who came here fifty years ago and grew up with the country. It was a refuge then, but they helped make it what it is today and they are as proud of their citizenship as those whose ancestors came nearly three hundred years ago.
The school that Patrick attended when his family came to Worcester stood on the Common near the site of the Soldiers' Monument. He worked morn- ing and evenings while attending school and helped support the family. That was not unusual then, it iv-18
is not so common now, though the Worcester even- ing schools and the great correspondence schools that do business in the county give evidence that the desire for learning and self-improvement is very strong among the boys and girls who have to work for their living or are obliged to support others Patrick 'worked for twenty years in the wire mill of Washburn & Moen. By shrewd and careful hus- banding of his means he acquired capital enough to venture in business, and for the past thirty years he has been dealing in real estate and growing wealth- ier year by year. In politics he is a staunch Re- publican. He is a faithful member of Sacred Heart Church ( Roman Catholic). He resides at 23 Col- ton street.
Patrick Finneran married Mary Finneran, Au- gust 18, 18So. Their children were: 1. Mary Ellen, born May 28, 1881, a graduate of the Worcester high school, graduate of the Worcester Classical high school, class of 1901, and graduate of State Normal school, class of 1904. 2. Catherine, born September 18, 1883, a graduate of the Worcester high school. graduate of the Worcester Classical high school, 1903, Framingham, Massachusetts, Normal school, 1905, and the Oread Institute of Worcester, class of 1906. 3. Gertrude, born Sep- tember 7, 1885, a graduate of the Worcester high school. 4. William Patrick, born June 20, 1888, a graduate of Worcester South high school, class of 1906.
PHILIP S. GALE, of Petersham, Massachu- setts, one of the painstaking fariners of Worcester county, was born January 7, 1844, son of Philip and Susan (Johnson) Gale, and grandson of Luther Gale. The father was a native of Bangor, Maine, born July 25, 1804, was educated at Heath, Franklin county, Maine, turned his attention to farming for some years and later traveled through the country selling brass balls. After three years at the last named work, he settled down at Heath and farmed from 1834 to 1865. He was the assessor of his town several years and was a member of the legisla- ture in 1859-60. He was a member of the Univer- salist Church and an excellent type of an old fash- ioned New Englander. He married Susan John- son, of Petersham, daughter of Aaron and Bessie Crosset, by whom he had three children : 1. Daniel J., born at Heath, August 23, 1842, is unmarried and lives at Petersham. 2. Philip S. 3. Henry A., born December 25, 1846, at Heath, married Georgi- ana Pecks, of Burlington, Vermont.
Philip S. Gale was educated at Shelburne Falls and at Suffield high school. He followed farming until he was thirty years of age and then went to Burlington, Vermont, and engaged in the meat and ice business, and later removed to Barre, Massa- chusetts, where he engaged in the lumber trade. In 1887 he purchased his present farm and removed to Petersham. He is a Republican in politics, 2 member of the Unitarian Church, and has served on the parish committees.
He was first married to Miss Lizzie Gould, of Heath, and they had one child-Lizzie, born Janu- ary 5. 1873; she is now the wife of Webster Hart and they have two children. Mrs. Gale died Janu- ary 8, 1873. For his second wife he married Susan Yaw, of Heath, a native of Florida. By this union one child was born-Arthur J., born at lleath, Au gust 7, 1879, now lives at Philippine Islands. Tnr second Alrs. Gale died August 2, 1881, at Petersham. For his third wife Mr. Gale married Emma M.
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Johnson, in 1885. She was born at Petersham, May 9, 1854, the daughter of Rufus and Caroline Fisher. Their children were: Philip Rufus, born at Barre, October, 7, 1885, died February 26, 1896; George Bryant, born at Petersham, November 7, 1887; Fannie D. born January 10, 1892.
GREENWOOD FAMILY. Thomas Greenwood (1), the pioneer and progenitor of the family in this country, was born in England, it is presumed, in 1643, and died in Newton, Massachusetts, September II, 1693. He came to Newton in 1667, when he was twenty-four years old. He was a weaver by trade, and became a useful and distinguished citizen. He was elected constable at the first meeting, August 27, 1679, when the town was organized and is sup- posed to have been the first town clerk. He was selectman in 1686-87-90-93. His homestall was be- tween that of Captain Prentice and John Ward. He bought it in 1673 of Nathaniel Hammond, and from time to time later bought real estate extensively. His widow administered his estate, which was val- ued at more than four hundred and eighty-one pounds.
He married (first) Hannah Ward, daughter of John Ward, Sr., July 8 or 16, 1670. He married ( second) Abigail Spring. Children of Thomas and Hannah (Ward) Greenwood were : . Thomas, born January 23, 1671, died young. 2. Thomas, born July 15, 1673, Harvard College, 1690, minister at Rehoboth, Massachusetts. 3. John, see forward. Children of Thomas and Abigail (Spring) Green- wood were: 4. James, born December 19, 1687, ancestor of the Holliston branch. 5. Deacon Will- iam, ancestor of the Sherborn branch, born Octo- ber 14, 1689.
(Il) John Greenwood, third child of Thomas Greenwood (I), was born in Newton, about 1675, married Hannah Trowbridge, daughter of Deacon James Trowbridge. She died June 21, 1728, aged fifty-six years. He married ( second) Alice Lyon, of Roxbury, in 1729. He was prominent in town affairs for many years. As the squire-justice of the peace-for many years he celebrated nearly all the marriages in the town. He was selectman for eighteen years successively after 1711, and was for three years deputy to the general court. He died August 9, 1737. Children of John and Hannah Greenwood were: Thomas, see forward ; Elizabeth, born September 20, 1697; Hannah, born March 4, 1699; Ruth, born October 12, 1701; Daniel, Novem- ber 27, 1704; Susanna, born December 21, 1709, lieutenant, selectman and ancestor of some of the Hubbardston family.
( III) Deacon Thomas Greenwood, eldest son of John Greenwood (2), was born in Newton Janu- ary 28, 1600. He married Lydia - He was even more honored in public life than his distinguished father and grandfather. Ile was deacon of the church, justice of the peace, deputy to the general court for thirteen years, town clerk for the unusual period of twenty-three years and selectman four years. He died August 31, 1774, aged seventy-eight years ; his will was proved in 1774; his wife Lydia, son Joseph, and son-in-law, Captain John Wood- ward, were the executors. His widow died 1777, aged eighty-five years. Their homestead was in the west parish. Their children: Joseph, see for- ward; John. born May 7, 1725; Thomas, born May 9, 1727, married Esther Hammond, 1750, and re- moved to Holden; Ilannah, born May 21, 1729; Abijah, born April 6, 1731, died 1745.
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