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HARLOW Hon. John M. Harlow died at his residence, 505 Main street, Woburn, May 13, 1907, after a lingering illness due to his advanced age, which was eighty-seven years and six months. As Dr. Harlow has been kind to many people and enjoyed during his lifetime a very ex- tensive medical practice, there are, doubtless a large number who have known him in his various characters as a financier, a politician (in the best sense), a medical man, an ad- viser and helper in their personal affairs, who would gladly read an account of his life in the pages of this work.
He was a native of Whitehall, New York, the son of Ransom and Annis (Martyn) Har- low. He was born November 25, 1819. He was fitted for college at educational institu- tions in West Poultney, Vermont, and Ashby, Massachusetts. In early life he was a teacher, and part of the time at Acton in this state. He. was also interested in singing, and while a very young man was leader of a choir in the local Baptist church in his native town. He began his study of medicine in 1840. He pursued a course in the Philadelphia School of Anatomy, and was graduated at the Jef- ferson Medical College of Philadelphia in 1844. He began the practice of medicine in 1845 at Cavendish, Vermont, where he re- mained fifteen years, when he was obliged to retire on account of ill health. After spending nearly three years in travel and in study in Stillwater, Minnesota, and in Philadelphia, he came to Woburn. By his agreeable manners and his skill Dr. Harlow soon became a com- petitor of the other physicians of the place, and worked hard and constantly until within a few years, when from his age he demanded a retirement. He, however, retained the care of his financial affairs, which occupied the greater part of his time until the last.
He was for many years the oldest physician living in Woburn, and the last remaining here of those of his school of practice who were
living in this city in the early eighteen hun- dred and sixties. He settled in practice in Woburn in 1861, where from the first he held a prominent position in his profession, a great variety of local offices and among them also that of state senator and a member of the Governor's Council.
Dr. Harlow's record as a family physician has been one of the longest-in all sixty-two years, and in Woburn alone a period of forty- six years. In skill he was far more than an ordinary practitioner, and his standing in the estimation of the public furnishes the highest tribute to his character, tact, sympathy and personal worth. In numberless homes he has shown a kindliness and friendship which will not be forgotten by the different generations of our citizens who have known and respected him as a man of high mind, and self-sacrific- ing, kind-hearted and true. These will pre- serve, while they live, anecdotes of his prow- ess in combating disease, and reminiscences of instances of his wit and cases of his gener- osity which have been in these long years not a few.
It may not be known to the younger gen- eration that Dr. Harlow acquired his fame be- fore his coming to Woburn by his cure of a remarkable case of accident. An account of it was read and published by himself, by invi- tation of the Massachusetts Medical Society, in 1868. This was, however, twenty years after the accident happened. The titleof the pamph- let read,"Recovery from the passage of an Iron. Bar through the Head." The circumstances were these: A young man, Phineas P. Gage by name who, while engaging in drilling a hole in a rock in Cavendish, on September 13, 1848, was the victim of a premature blast. The ex- plosion drove the iron bar which he had in his hand completely through his head and high into the air. The bar was three feet seven inches in length, and round in shape and smooth by use. The man was carried some distance in an ox-cart after the accident and got out of the cart himself, with but little assistance, and at a later hour walked up a long flight of stairs, with his physician's aid, and got upon the bed himself in his room. "He spoke and said : 'The iron entered there,' pointing to the hole in the cheek, 'and passed through my head.' He hoped he was 'not much hurt.' The iron had passed through the brain, and the patient continued in a reason- ably comfortable state, with his mind clear, saying he did not 'care to see his friends,' and said he should 'be at work in a few days.' After lingering between life and death-his
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friends were so certain of his immediate death that they had the coffin and clothes in readi- ness-he gradually improved under treatment and recovered, after which he took to travel- ing, visited many places near home, and in 1852 turned his back upon New England never to return. He remained nearly eight years in Chili, South America, and eventually went to San Francisco, California, and died there of convulsions on May 21, 1861, twelve years and six months after the date of his accident."
Dr. Harlow lost sight of his patient for a time, but finally retraced him, through his family, who resided in California. After Gage's death Dr. Harlow prevailed upon the family, in the interest of science, to send him the skull and bar, which he placed in the Warren Museum of the Harvard Medical School. At the new Harvard Medical School to-day the skull and bar form two of the most prized exhibits. On an examination of the skull it may be seen that the larger pieces of bone which were replaced over the aperture have joined firmly. The bony substance of the jaw has been wholly renewed. A second skull accompanying the exhibit has been pre- pared to show the exact course of the iron. A cast of Gage's head shows its appearance after the healing of the wounds. And lastly the bar itself appears, on which is engraved an explanatory inscription.
Dr. Harlow was chairman of the school committee of Cavendish, Vermont, for nine years. He was appointed by Governor An- drew, of Massachusetts, a special examining surgeon .for recruits in 1862. He was coun- cillor in the Massachusetts Medical Society for many years, and president of the Middlesex East District Medical Society for several terms. He was a director, vice-president and president of the First National Bank of Wo- burn, and one of the directors of the new Woburn National Bank, also president and director of the Woburn Gas Light Company, trustee of the Woburn Public Library, and at one time chairman of the board of sinking fund commissioners of Woburn. It was due to his influence that the Woburn Public Li- brary was incorporated. He was elected to the Massachusetts Senate in November, 1884, and to the Governor's Council two terms in 1895 and 1896.
Dr. Harlow was of Pilgrim descent. His ancestor, William Harlow, came to Sandwich from Lynn, and moved to Plymouth. In Ply- mouth he married Rebecca Bartlett, whose grandfather, Richard Warren, came over in
1620 in the "Mayflower." The family have lived for several generations at Plymouth, ap- peared eventually at Pittsfield, whence they removed to the state of New York, to that part adjoining Vermont. In conformity with the ideas of his Puritan ancestry, Dr. Harlow held some positive opinions. He could never forgive Count Rumford-our eminent Wo- burn native-for fighting against the Ameri- cans in the ranks of the British, more than a century ago; and he had an old-fashioned sort of integrity which had no patience with those who practiced crooked methods of finance or who used their advantages in public life for their own private gain. He was endowed naturally with a large amount of executive ability, which displayed itself more publicly than ever before in his life on important occa- sions during the time when he was a member of the governor's council. He was appointed by Governor Wolcott a trustee of the Massa- chusetts General Hospital.
Isaac Harlow, grandfather of Dr. John M. Harlow, was born in New Jersey, July 26, 1757, and died at Whitehall, New York, Janu- ary II, 1829, aged seventy-two. He was mar- ried to Mehitable Lothrop, who was born July, 1752, and died at Whitehall, May 24, 1810, in her fifty-eighth year. Children: I. Ran- som, see forward. 2. Isaac, lived in White- hall. 3. Lucy, died April 20, 1842, aged sixty-five; married Dwyer, a Baptist minister, and lived in Essex, New York, where her death occurred.
Deacon Ransom Harlow, son of Isaac, and father of Dr. John M. Harlow, was born De- cember 22, 1780, and died in Whitehall, Feb- ruary 24, 1855, in his seventy-fifth year of age. He was married on May 15, 1803, to Annis Martin, who was born March 30, 1785, and died at Whitehall, June 28, 1861, aged seventy-six years. They were both members of the Baptist church, and this item has been preserved : "September 6, 1807, R. Harlow, Annis Harlow, and Hester, baptized and joined the Baptist church in Hampton; Isaac Harlow and wife baptized in October follow- ing." The last item evidently refers to the parents of Ransom Harlow. Children, born at Whitehall, New York: I. George C., born April 20, 1804, died at Whitehall, September 28, 1878 ; married, August, 1823, Polly Mans- field. 2. Clarissa Caroline, born May 22, 1806, died at Pawlet, Vermont, March, 1882; married, September 22, 1832, Hiel Hollister. 3. Lucy M., born January 9, 1808, died Oc- tober 10, 1847, in Pawlet; married, May 26, 1831, Chester L. Carver. 4. (Byron) Lothrop,
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born May 1, 1810, died in Michigan, 1888, aged seventy-eight years; married, February 9, 1834, Celia Manvill. 5. Adeline, born August 9, 1812, died January 9, 1890, aged seventy- eight years ; married, May 1, 1833, Philo Man- vill ; he died July 6, 1835, at Warsaw, Gene- seo county, New York, aged twenty-nine years ; and she married second, October 25, 1853, Asa E. Clark. 6. Frederick M., born April 7, 18.15; died September 2, 1835, aged twenty years. 7. Judson R., born November 30, 1817; died March 31, 1896, aged seventy- eight years ; married, March 28, 1844, Weltha Goodrich. 8. John M., born November 25, 1819 ; subject of this sketch. 9. Eliza C., born September 17, 1821 ; died January 29, 1824. IO. Isaac J., born July 10, 1823 ; died August 12, 1887 ; married, November 26, 1850, Atlanta F. Felton. II. Mary E., born April 10, 1826; died in Shaftsbury, Vermont, October 1864. 12. Stanley, born November 25, 1827; died August 28, 1828.
Dr. Harlow was married January 5, 1843, to Charlotte Davis, daughter of Ebenezer and Abigail (Faulkner) Davis, of Acton. His first wife died on July 5, 1886, and he mar- ried second, August 2, 1888, Frances A. Kim- ball, daughter of Daniel and Mary A. (Ames) Kimball of Woburn. He left no children by either marriage.
After personal bequests to his widow and immediate relatives and a few personal friends, Dr. Harlow bequeathed the following sums to the following objects: The Woburn Home for Aged Women, $5,000; and the First Congregational Parish in Woburn, $5,000. The residue of the estate is given in trust as a life benefit to his wife, and at her decease is disposed of to the following organi- zations : Massachusetts General Hospital, seven-fortieths for establishing the "Dr. John M. Harlow Ward," with a proviso in certain contingencies about free beds ; the city of Wo- burn seven-fortieths, for the benefit of the Woburn Public Library, the income to be used for the purchase of certain books, or the maintenance of lecture courses on certain sub- jects ; the City of Woburn, one-fortieth for the establishment and maintenance of a reference library and the purchase of art works for the public high school; the Middlesex East Dis- trict Medical Society one-fortieth, the income to be used for its expenses and annual dinner ; the Woburn Home for Aged Women two- fortieths, in addition to the previous legacy ; the First Congregational Parish in Woburn two-fortieths, additional to the immediate leg- acy ; the First Baptist Church of Woburn one-
fortieth, as a memorial to his parents, "who were of that faith;" the Woburn Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, one-fortieth ; to the Trinity Episcopal Parish in Woburn, one-fortieth ; to the Congregational Society in North Woburn, one-fortieth; to the Church of Christ in Burlington, Massachusetts, one- fortieth; and to the Evangelical Society in. Acton as a memorial of his first wife, two- fortieths. The value of a fortieth part in the above distribution has been estimated at a con- servative figure to amount to about $5,500.
The surname Horne is also HORNE spelled Horn, Orne and Lahorne in the early records. John Horne was an early settler at Salem, Massachusetts, a proprietor of thetown ; on a court commission as early as 1638; deacon of the Salem church. Most of his descendants have spelled their names Orne. An immigrant of a generation later, Robert Horne, who located in Framing- ham, Massachusetts, came from Flanders.
(I) William Horne, brother of John Horne mentioned above, was the immigrant ancestor. He came from England to Dover, then Coche- co, New Hampshire, where his name first ap- pears on the tax list in 1659. It is said that even earlier he lived at Salisbury, and in 1661 and 1662 he lived in Salisbury, Massachu- setts. He settled in Dover, however, how- ever, and bought there September 20, 1661, two hundred and forty acres of land lying be- tween Cocheco and Tole End in Dover, a por- tion of which were recently owned by lineal descendants still. He was killed in the Indian Massacre, June 28, 1689. The inventory of, his estate was filed July 15, following. He married Elizabeth who survived him and settled the estate. Children: I. Elizabeth, born February 1, 1662, at Salisbury. 2. John, mentioned below. 3. William, born May II, 1674, resided in Dover; died April 12, 1697; and had only son Thomas and daughter Elizabeth who mar- ried Moses Kimmin. 4. Thomas, born No- vember 28, 1676, settled in Dover; married April 28, 1699, Judith Ricker, daughter of George and Eleanor (Evans) Ricker. 5. Margaret, born May 10, 1679, died 1697. 6. Mercy, married, April 6, 1704, Joseph Evans.
(II) John Horne, son of William Horne (I), was born at Dover, New Hampshire, Oc- tober 25, 1663, married, June 30, 1686, Mary Ham, daughter of John and Mary (Heard) Ham. She was born October 21, 1668. Horne died March, 1696-97, and she married (sec-
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ond), August 29, 1698, John Waldron, and was mother of Mehitable Waldron who mar- ried James Chesley (4), grandmother of Col- onel John Waldron, who married Margaret (Frost) Wentworth, widow of Hon. John Wentworth, Jr. Children: I. John Horne, born 1687, as the eldest son and heir of his father received sixty acres of land October 31, 1717, from his uncle, Thomas Horne (2), as his full share of his father's estate; married, December 29, 1708, Elizabeth Heard; chil- dren: i. Nathaniel, married Sarah Hayes, daughter of Ichabod and Abigail Hayes; ii. Isaac ; iii. William, sold to his brother John his rights in his father's estate; iv. John. 2. Wil- liam, mentioned below. 3. Daniel, born 1689. And perhaps others.
(III) William Horne, son of John Horne (2), was born about 1690, died December 20, 1742. There is on record a receipt in full that he gave his brother, John Horne, July 17, 1731, Thomas Horne, witness, for twenty pounds. He was a Friend, resided on north side of Willard's Pond, Dover, and was a housewright by trade. He conveyed his house and land to his son Ebenezer, February 26, 1754, and on the same date land in Somers- worth to his son William. His will was dated December 14, 1767, and proved August 29, 1770. He married, October 17, 1713, Mary Varney, who died September 18, 1735, mar- ried (second) Rachel -; married (third) Elizabeth -. He bequeathed to wife Eliza- beth, and to eleven children. Children: I. Eb- enezer, married Mary - -, and had five sons and two daughters at Dover; tax collector of Wolfeborough in 1791. 2. Andrew, settled in Dover and had sons, Andrew, Jacob, Gershom and Ephraim. 3. William, settled in Somers- worth. 4. Peter, mentioned below. 5. Moses, born June 8, 1741. 6. Sarah, married
Gould. 7. Mary. 8. Lydia, married - Twom- bly. 9. Mercy, married - Hussey. 10. Abi- gail, married - Hayes. II. Martha, married - Copp. The foregoing are not in order of their birth.
(IV) Peter Horne, son of William Horne (3), was born at Dover, New Hampshire, about 1730. He received from his father land in Rochester on Chestnut Hill, February 26, 1754, eighty acres of the original right. He was a blacksmith by trade. He died in 1795 ; his widow Mercy appointed administratrix that year ; her widow's third set off in Novem- ber, 1800. Children, born at Rochester: I. Daniel, born about 1760. 2. Rebecca, married October 20, 1783, John Wentworth. 3. Eli- jah, born May 4, 1764, baptized May 21, in
Rochester Church. 4. Moses, mentioned be- low. 5. Edmund, born May 24, 1769. 6. Ja- cob, born May 22, 1771, baptized in October .. 7. Abra, baptized September 20, 1778, in Ro- chester, married Joseph Corson, October II, 1795. 8. Rachel, born 1778, baptized Septem- ber 20, 1778; married Jones. 9. Rich- ard, born March 17, 1778, baptized September 20, 1778.
(V) Moses Horne, son of Peter Horne (4), was born in Rochester, New Hampshire, about 1765. He received land from his father and settled in Rochester on a farm adjoining his father's on Chestnut Hill .. He died in 1800. when guardians were appointed for four min- or children. These children were baptized October 17, 1802, in the Rochester church. He- married, June 9, 1788, Mary Wingate. He married (second), December 31, 1795, Alice Furber. Children : I. Jonathan, mentioned below. 2. Mary, married Dr. Hiram Cannon, August 18, 1811. 3. Rachel, baptized Janu- ary 5, 1802. 4. Peter, baptized October 17, 1802, married Sarah Piper. 5. Elizabeth Downing, baptized October 17, 1802, married George Carter. (See manuscript of Dr. J. R. Ham at Library of N. E. Historic-Genea- logical Society, Boston).
(VI) Jonathan Horne, son of Moses Horne (5), was born at Rochester, New Hamp- shire, late in 1788 or early in 1789, and died here in 1871. He was a farmer. He married (first), July 5, 1815, Betsey Main, of Roches- ter; (second) Elizabeth Wallingford. Chil- dren : I. Mary B., born 1816, died 1844. 2. Elizabeth Adeline, born 1819, died 1841. 3.
Adaline, born 1821, died 1849; married James E. Gardner ; child: James Gardner, born 1848, died 1855. 4. Daniel W., men- tioned below. 5. Clara, born 1828, died 1906. 6. Emily Ann, born 1830. 7. Lydia Frances, born 1832, died 1851. 8. George W., born about 1835. 9. Charles S., born and died in 1840. Child of Jonathan and Elizabeth Horne: IO. Elizabeth, married Edwin Chesley ; chil- dren : i. Gertrude Chesley, married Ellsworth Pearl and had two children: Winifred and Alden ; ii. Guy Chesley.
(VII) Daniel W. Horne, son of Jonathan Horne (6), was born at Rochester, May 4, 1823, died April 1, 1903. Married, November 9, 1848, Mary Smith, born in Windham, New Hampshire, January 5, 1827, died July 3, 1891. He married (second), 1893, Mary Atherton. He settled in Lowell, Massachu- setts, and became a prosperous coal merchant there. Children of Daniel W. and Mary (Smith) Horne, all born in Lowell, Massachu-
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setts : I. Mary Ella, born October 18, 1849, married Woodward E. Murkland, November 8, 1871, resides at Springfield, Massachusetts, and had one child, Bertha Frances Murkland, born at Worcester, Massachusetts, January 15. 1874, married Rev. Harry C. Meserve, May 23, 1894; children, all born in Springfield: Faith Lucena, Jean Chamberlain, Constance Lambert, Louis, died young. 2. Frances, born March 21, 1852, married, January 5, 1876, Almy J. Flint; children: i. Edith Frances, born July 10, 1879, married, October 21, 1903, Walter N. Burtt and has child, Richard Flint Burtt, born September 12, 1904; ii. Rachel, born May 7, 1885. 3. Flora, born October 26, 1853, married, June 27, 1895, William H. England ; child : Doris, born July 6, 1896. 4. Fred., mentioned below. 5. Clara Belle, born September 26, 1858. 6. Catherine Wingate, born August 12, 1860.
(VIII) Fred. Horne, son of Daniel W. Horne (7), was born in Lowell, November 2, 1856. He was educated in the public schools of his native place. He learned the trade of stone cutting and followed it for a number of years. In 1891 he entered into partnership with his father in the coal business under the name of D. W. Horne & Son, and since his father's death has been the sole proprietor of the concern. The business was built up by his father to large proportions and has steadily prospered. He has taken a foremost position in the business world. The business has been incorporated under the name of the Horne Coal Company, of which he is director and treasurer. He is a prominent Republican, serving two years in the common council of the city of Lowell. He attends the Elliot Con- gregational Church of Lowell. He is a mem- ber of the Free Masons, Knight Templar's Pilgrim Commandery.
He married (first) April, 1877, Nellie Frye, of Lowell, who died shortly after the marriage. He married (second), September 20, 1883, M'artha W. Conlan, of Lowell. Chil- dren of Frederick and Martha W. Horne: I. Herbert W., born February 13, 1885; 2. Be- atrice M., born November 23, 1888. 3. Au- gusta M., born June 1I, 1892.
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POTTER grant ancestor, was born in England, and settled before 1638 on the Island of Aquidneck in New Eng- land. He was admitted an inhabitant in 1638, and April 30, 1639, he and twenty-eight others signed the compact for the government of the
colony. He died before 1644, leaving a wife Dorothy, born 1617, died 1696, who married (second) J. Albro, and had one son, Nathan- iel, Jr.
(II) Nathaniel Potter, son of Nathaniel Potter (I), was born in England; settled in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, and Dartmouth, Massachusetts. He was admitted a freeman in 1677. His will was dated October 18, 1704, and proved November 20, 1704, his wid- ow and son Stokes being executors, his friends James Tripp and Hugh Mosher overseers. He left to his son Stokes half the land on the north side of the road and other property. Children, born at Portsmouth: I. Nathaniel, born about 1640, died October 20, 1704 ; mentioned below. 2. Ichabod, died 1676; married, about 1651, Martha Hazard, daughter of Thomas and Martha Hazard.
(III) Nathaniel Potter, son of Nathaniel Potter (2), was born at Portsmouth, about 1640, died October 20, 1704. He married Eliz- abeth Stokes. He settled at Dartmouth, where his children were born, viz: I. Stokes, died 1718, mentioned below. 2. John, died 1769. 3. Nathaniel, died November 16, 1736. 4. William married Anne Durfee, daughter of Thomas Durfee. 5. Benjamin, married Mary -. 6. Samuel, born January, 1675; married Mary Benton. 7. Ichabod, died 1755; married Eleanor - 8. Mary, married Samuel Wil- bur. 9. Rebecca, married Robert Kirby. IO. Elizabeth, married July 31, 1709, Benjamin Tripp. II. Katherine, married Thomas Cor- nell. 12. Ruth.
(IV) Stokes Potter, son of Nathaniel Pot- ter (3), was born at Dartmouth; married Eliz- abeth -, who died in 1718. He died 1718. His will was dated January 25, 1718, and proved February 3, 1718, his wife, Elizabeth, executrix. He gave land at Dartmouth to his son Nathaniel. The inventory amounted to 384 pounds. Children, born at Dartmouth: I. Isabel, born October 19, 1703, married, Janu- ary 7, 1720, Jonathan Mosher. 2. Margaret, born June 30, 1705. 3. Hannah, born May 3, 1707. 4. Nathaniel, born January 7, 1709,. mentioned below. 5. Benjamin, born June 21, 17II, married, December 30, 1730, Prue Hicks, of Dartmouth. 6. Dorothy, born Feb- ruary 2, 1714, married, February 24, 1730, Richard Smith. 7. Sarah.
(V) Nathaniel Potter, son of Stokes Pot- ter (3), was born at Dartmouth, January 7, 1709, married, November 3, 1726, Mary De- vol. Children, born at Dartmouth. I. Lydia, born December 7, 1727, married, March I, 1748, William Sisson. 2. Desire, born Sep-
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tember 12, 1729, married, December 13, 1744, John Macomber. 3. Stokes, born December IO, 1731, married, May 30, 1750, Rebecca Shaw. 5. Joseph, born July 31, 1735, men- tioned below. 6. Bathsheba, born May 10 1737, married, February 13, 1755, Benjamin Wing. 7. Cornelius, born May 20, 1739, mar- ried, July 3, 1757, Deborah Carr. 8. Stephen, born March 5, 1741, married Bridget Allen. 9. Mary, born December 1, 1743, married Jacob Williamson. II. Hannah, born October 25, 1747, married Daniel Tripp.
(VI) Joseph Potter, son of Nathaniel Pot- ter (5), was born July 31, 1735, married Din- ah Gifford. He settled in Washington county, near Vermont, in New York state, and from there his descendants have scattered all over that section. Children, born in Washington county : 1. Jonathan, born May II, 1765, died September 30, 1835; married Mary -. 2. Cornelius, born September 4, 1767, died Au- gust II, 1835; married Judith Benson. 3. Jeremiah, born July 1, 1771 ; mentioned be- low. 4. Stephen, born June 14, 1777; died February 6, 1849; married, January 3, 1796, Lydia Potter, daughter of Benjamin and Keziah Potter. 5. Roba, married Joel Tal- madge, of Schaghticoke. 6. Gideon. 7. Jo- seph. 8. Elizabeth, married Jonathan Prince. 9. Desire, married Bildad Benson. 10. Na- thaniel, married Clara Cornell, daughter of Gideon.
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