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He married, December 30, 1818, Abigail Harrington, of Arlington, born June 3, 1799, died January 30, 1877, of cancer. She was the daughter of Benjamin Harrington, of Charlestown, who died December 9, 1816, aged forty-seven, and Betsey (Frost) Har- rington, of Cambridge, who died March 18,
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1818, aged forty-two. Children: I. Edward Theodore, born January 13, 1824, died Octo- ber 10, 1903 ; married, May 29, 1859, Louisa Viola Hill, of Arlington; children: i. Ed- ward Theodore, Jr., born July 2, 1850; resi- dence, 43 Beacon street, Chelsea, Massachu- setts, married twice; ii. George Winslow, born in 1861, resides at the corner of Chester and Moody streets, Waltham, Massachusetts ; married (first) Jennie Nichols; (second) Mary Woodward; iii. Alice Josephine, born July 2, 1866, married, July 16, 1886, Martin H. Munhall, of Antrim, New Hampshire, and had Edna Viola Munhall, born July 22, 1887, who married, July 16, 1906, John W. Bunk, of Cambridge, and have Alice Gertrude Bunk, born January 12, 1907; iv. Louise Viola, born July, 1871, died August 15, 1891. 3. Sarah. 4. George Campbell, born March 29, 1821, mentioned below. 5. Caroline, born January II, 1823, died July 11, 1857; married Abel Lawrence, of Arlington: children: i. Henri- etta Lawrence, born July 22, 1853, died March 12, 1879; ii. Edward Russell, born December 2, 1848, died September 15, 1855. (The fore- going are not in order of their birth.)
(VIII) George Campbell Russell, son of Edward Russell (7), was born at Arlington, March 29, 1821, died there May 26, 1891. He was educated in the public schools. At the age of fourteen he entered the employ of the Schouler Print Works, driving their double team until 1845. Shortly afterward he estab- lished his livery stable, building his place of business on the main avenue of the town of Arlington. About 1853 he sold this stable business to good advantage and became the proprietor of the old Tufts Tavern, which he opened and conducted for several years. He sold out and removed to the old Cooper Tav- ern of Revolutionary fame, leasing it and con- ducting it successfully until 1861, when he returned to the old Tufts House Tavern, which he bought and conducted up to the time of his death. He was one of the most com- petent and successful hotel keepers of Arling- ton. He was a popular innkeeper, upright and honorable in all his dealings. A Univer- salist in religion, Democrat in politics, he never sought public office. He was a member of Bethel Lodge, No. 12, Odd Fellows, of Arlington.
He married, August 25, 1845, Harriet Prentiss, born March 4, 1825, died January 4, 1873. daughter of William and Frances (Rus- sell) Prentiss, of Arlington. Her father was a farmer and a butcher by trade: married, August 28, 1808, Frances Russell. daughter
of Walter Russell, of Charlestown, Massa- chusetts. William Prentiss was son of Solo- mon Prentiss. Children: I. Fannie Buck- nam, born January 13, 1850, married, April 3, 1872, Alvah Winslow Brown, of Arlington ; children: i. Howard Malcolm, born Septem- ber 12, 1877, died August 26, 1879; ii. Alvah Howard, born December 30, 1882. 2. Georg- iana, born December 29, 1853, mentioned below.
(IX) Georgiana (Russell) Hobbs, daugh- ter of George Campbell Russell (8), was born at Arlington, December 29, 1853. She re- ceived her education in the public schools of her native town, graduating in 1867 from the grammar schools and in 1870 from the Cot- ting high school. She learned the trade of dressmaking and followed it for an occupation until the time of her marriage, in 1873. Mrs. Hobbs resides in the old Tufts Tavern, later known as Russell Hotel, at 965 Massachusetts avenue. She is extensively interested in real estate improvements, among which is a block. that she built near the homestead. She is a Unitarian in religion ; member of the District Nurses' Association of Arlington. She mar- ried. January 16, 1873, Melnotte Augustus Hobbs, of Arlington. Children : I. Alice
Gertude, born May 6, 1873, died October 28, 1906; married, June 5, 1893, Harry Moses: Condit : children : i. Helen Russell, born August 28, 1894, died December 22, 1898; ii. Harry Moses, Jr., March 5, 1896. 2. Harry Russell, born November 21, 1881, unmarried .. 3. Roscoe Frost, born August 3, 1883.
HAZEN Edward Hazen, the immigrant ancestor, was born in England. The origin of the name is not: known, but a family of this name was located at Newcastle-on-Tyne in the last century. He- settled in Rowley, Massachusetts, before 1649, for his wife Elizabeth was buried there Sep- tember 18, 1649. He was a man of substance and influence in the town, was overseer of the poor, or selectman, in 1650-51-54-60-61- 65-68, and a magistrate in 1666. In the rec- ords of surveys February 4, 1661, he appears. entitled to "seven gates." These related to cattle rights on the town common, the aver- age number being three, and no one having more than seven. The inventory of his estate amounted to over four hundred pounds, a large sum for that period. He married (sec- ond). in March, 1650, Hannah Grant, daugh- ter of Thomas and Hannah Grant. He was buried in Rowley. July 22, 1683. His widow
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married (second), March 17, 1683-84, George Browne, of Haverhill, who September 9, 1693, adopted her youngest son Richard as sole heir to his large estate. Lieutenant Browne died October 31, 1699, aged seventy-six years ; his wife February, 1715-16. Children of Edward and Hannah (Grant) Hazen, all born in Row- ley : I. Elizabeth, born March 8, 1650-51, married, April 1, 1670, Nathaniel Harris, of Rowley. 2. Hannah, born September, 1653, married William Gibson. 3. John, born Sep- tember 22, 1655. 4. Thomas, born February 29, 1657-58, died April 12, 1735. 5. Edward, born September 10, 1660, mentioned below. 6. Isabel, born July 21, 1662, married, Janu- ary 16, 1680, John Wood, of Boxford. 7. Priscilla, born November 25, 1664, married, July 21, 1681, Jeremiah Pearson, of Rowley. 8. Edna, born June 20, 1667, married Timothy Perkins. 9. Richard, born August 6, 1669. IO Hepzibah, born December 22, 1671, died November 29, 1689. II. Sarah, born August 22, 1673, married, June 27, 1690, Daniel Wi- com, Jr., of Rowley.
(II) Edward Hazen, son of Edward Hazen (I), was born in Rowley, Massachusetts, Sep- tember 10, 1660, died 1748. He lived at Row- ley ; married Jane Pickard, daughter of John and Jane (Crosby) Pickard. His will was dated May 27, 1738, proved December 26, 1748. Children, born in Rowley: I. Jane, born October II, 1685, married, January I, 1707, Joseph Jewett. 2. Edward, born July 17, 1688, died April 19, 1723; married Sarah Perley. 3. John, born 1691, died November 19, 1756. 4. Benjamin (twin), born Febru- ary 19, 1694-95, died September 18, 1790, in Groton. 5. Hepzibah (twin), born February 19, 1694-95, married Nathaniel Perkins. 6. Samuel, born July 20, 1698, mentioned below. 7. Israel, born July 20, 1701, died January 2, 1784, at Rowley. 8. Hannah, married Greenleaf.
(III) Samuel Hazen, son of Edward Hazen (2), was born at Rowley, July 20, 1698, married, October 1, 1723. In 1736 he removed from his native place to Groton, Massachusetts, and in 1749 bought a farm in what was then called Stow Leg, a small strip of territory soon afterward annexed to Shir- ley, Massachusetts, and forming its entire southern part. This estate, after many changes and improvements, remains in the possession of the fourth and fifth generations of his descendants. He was in Shirley when the town was organized in 1753, and was elected on the first board of selectmen of the town, and for many years afterward, and
faithfully discharged his official duties when- ever called to act in a public capacity. The history of Shirley says: "Few families pass through four generations like the Hazens of Shirley, maintaining such general good char- acter and sustaining such unvariable thrift. A patient and honest industry and a consistent economy are usually at the foundation of such success." He died September 20, 1790; his wife August 1, 1794. Children: I. Edward, born at Rowley, May 26, 1724, died there January 10, 1736. 2. Samuel, born at Row- ley, January 31, 1726, died there November 25, 1736. 3. Margaret, born at Rowley, Janu- ary 23, 1729, died there December 24, 1736. 4. Sarah, born at Rowley, April 9, 1731, died there December 20, 1736. 5. Ben- jamin, born at Rowley, April 22, 1734, died there January 6, 1736. 6. Edward, born at Groton, May 2, 1738, married Sarah Willard, of Lancaster; (second) Mrs. (Dodge) Bath- rick, of Lunenburg; settled in Swanzey, New Hampshire, and in 1794 at Little Falls, New York. 7. Eunice, born at Groton, married Joseph Farwell, and (second) Nathaniel Wil- lard, of Lancaster. 8. Samuel, born May 24, 1740, mentioned below.
(IV) Captain Samuel Hazen, son of Sam- uel Hazen (3), was born at Groton, May 24, 1740, married Elizabeth Little, of Lunenburg, who died at Shirley, September II, 1814. He died at Shirley, May 16, 1815. He was a soldier in the Revolution from Shirley, a pri- vate in Captain Henry Haskell's company, Colonel Prescott's regiment, on the Lexington Alarm, April 19, 1775; also captain of the Seventh Shirley Company, Sixth Massachu- setts militia, commissioned April 24, 1776. Children, born in Shirley: I. Sarah, born October 25, 176-, married Asa Longley. 2. Jane, born October 10, 1767, married Heze- kiah Patterson. 3. Elizabeth, born April 8, 1770, married Matthew Clark, October 24, 1788. 4. Samuel, born September 16, 1772, married Love Parker, April 7, 1796. 5. En- sign Thomas, born March II, 1775, mentioned below. 6. Margaret, born January 8, 1777, died young. 7. Peggy Little, married Josiah Bailey. 8. Lucy, born February 28, 1783, married Jonathan Burton, of Wilton, New Hampshire.
(V) Ensign Thomas Hazen, son of Cap- tain Samuel Hazen (4), was born in Shirley March II, 1775. Married (first) (published April 29), 1798, Anna Crocker, of Harvard, who died December 2, 1843; (second), No- vember 2, 1856, Sally Hartwell, daughter of Dr. Benjamin Hartwell, of Shirley. His com-
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mission as ensign in the militia was dated August 24, 1801. He inherited a portion of the homestead and built the house now stand- ing making the nails at his own forge for the house. He died November 2, 1856. Children, all by his first wife : I. Anna H., born June 8, 1800, married, November 17, 1840, Dr. Nath- aniel Kingsbury, of Temple, New Hampshire. 2. Thomas Little, born January 22, 1802, men- tioned below. 3. Joseph, born December 15, 1804, married Ann Longley, daughter of Stephen Longley, of Shirley. 4. William, born June 4, 1807, died August 3, 1807. 5. Samuel, born September 8, 1808, died April 8, 1810. 6. Luther, born February 7, 1812, died at Shirley, January 18, 1845, unmarried. (VI) Thomas Little Hazen, son of En- sign Thomas Hazen (5), was born at Shirley, January 22, 1802, married, May 12, 1842, Mary Pollard, of Groton. He died Septem- ber 18, 1847. He was educated in the district schools of Shirley, and at an early age began to work on his father's farm, where he lived until he married and began farming on his own account, but died five years afterward. Children: I. Thomas Little, Jr., born Feb- ruary 18, 1843, mentioned below. 2. Samuel, born at Shirley, May 18, 1844, inherited the homestead of father, married November 2, 1875, Julia A. Lawrence, a native of Vermont ; child, Mary Elizabeth, born September 27, 1876; all are deceased. 3. Jacob Pollard, born November 19, 1845, married, November 14, 1875, Kate Eliza Bancroft, born at Shir- ley, daughter of Hon. E. D. Bancroft, of Ayer, Massachusetts. Mary (Pollard) Hazen mar- ried (second), after her children were all mar- ried and settled in life, Benjamin Hastings, of Sterling, Massachusetts.
(VII) Thomas Little Hazen, son of Thomas Little Hazen (6), was born in Shir- ley, Massachusetts, February 18, 1843. His father died when he was a young child, and he went to live with his uncle at the age of eleven, residing there and working on his uncle's farm until he married. This uncle, Samuel Hazen, fourth, cousin of his father, married Betsey D. Pollard, a sister of his mother, thus becoming an uncle by marriage. Samuel Hazen, fourth, owned the farm op- posite the old homestead of Thomas Little Hazen, Sr., which was inherited by his son, Samuel Hazen. As Samuel Hazen, fourth, had no children, he bequeathed a large part of his estate to his nephew, Thomas Little Hazen, Jr., who was executor of the will; he was a very prosperous farmer, active in town affairs and one of the founders of the water-
works of the town; built a saw mill and shingle mill in 1829 at Lake Village, and es- tablished a thriving business there; in 1868. this plant was converted into a paper mill and Thomas L. Hazen, Jr., was placed in charge of it, continuing until it was sold about 1890. A short time before the death of his uncle, Thomas L. Hazen built the house that he now occupies in the village of Shirley on part of his uncle's farm. The Hazen Memorial. Library was founded by the widow of Samuel Hazen, fourth, who had accumulated a large estate for his day. When she died in March, 1891, she left the sum of three thousand dol- lars toward a building fund for the public. library, which had been established several years, but lacked suitable quarters ; to her be- quest the town added two thousand dollars ; the site was contributed by Thomas L. Hazen and the building erected. The library has been handsomely furnished by various donors, one man giving the heating apparatus, another the chandeliers, a third the clock and others various articles of furniture and furnishings ; the library has now some three thousand vol- umes. Mrs. Thomas L. Hazen was one of the trustees of the library, being succeeded by her daughter, Mabel Hazen. In addition to the gift for the library fund, Mr. Hazen's aunt left to the Unitarian church of Shirley five hundred dollars. Her husband had be- queathed a like amount at his death and had previously given generously to the church for various purposes.
Thomas L. Hazen conducts his farm of one hundred and forty acres and has one of the finest dairies of that section. He is the only dealer in anthracite coal in Shirley, supplying all the demands of the town and vicinity, doing business under the firm name of Hazen & Nickles. He is a director of the Ayer Na- tional Bank and a trustee of the Ayer Savings Bank. In politics Mr. Hazen was an old-line Democrat until late years, when he has voted the Republican national ticket, but whenever he has been candidate for public office has been complimented by the votes of his neigh- bors and townsmen of both parties. He was appointed postmaster by President Cleveland, was re-appointed in Cleveland's second admin- istration, and served in that office for a period of nine years. He has served his party many years as delegate to various conventions. He has been on the board of selectmen of Shirley, and on the board of assessors. He was brought up in the Unitarian faith and is a generous contributor to the Unitarian church of Shirley, and is at present the only living
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trustee of that church. He is a liberal con- tributor also to the Universalist church, and is a member of the parish committee of both Unitarian and Universalist churches. Mr. Hazen is in many ways the foremost citizen of the town, upright in character, able and successful in business, generous with his wealth and in all respects a useful and worthy citizen. He is a fine representative of a family that has taken a leading place in the town ever since it was incorporated.
He married (first), November 17, 1867, Julia Maria Page, born July 27, 1842, and died September, 1883. He married (second) Mary Joanna Carter, born at Leominster, Massachusetts, daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Whiting) Carter. He married (third), Sep- tember 26, 1906, Mary Amsden Winslow, born at Westfield, Vermont. Children of Thomas Little and Julia Maria Hazen: I. Mabel Gibson, graduate of Smith College, class of 1896, now teaching at. Lee, Massa- chusetts, in the public schools. Two children died in infancy. Children of Thomas Little and Mary J. Hazen : 4. Samuel Carter, died at the age of twenty-two months. 5. Barbara Betsey, born September, 1887, student in Vas- sar College, class of 1909. 6. Edna, born 1888, died young.
MORRILL Abraham Morrill, the immi- grant ancestor, came to Cam- bridge, Massachusetts, from England, before 1636, when he appears on the list of proprietors of the town. He was a member of the Boston Artillery Company in 1638. He was in Cambridge in 1632 and probably came from England on the ship "'Lion" with his brother, Isaac Morrill, ar- riving in September, 1632. Isaac settled in Roxbury, Massachusetts. In 1641 Abraham was fined for selling his time to his servant, one of the peculiar offenses under the Puritan code. He removed to Salisbury, Massachu- setts ; was propiretor there in 1640 and had land in Haverhill in 1649. He was a black- smith and iron founder by trade and also a planter. He had grants of land in the first divisions in 1640-44-54; was a commoner and was taxed in 1650; signed a petition in 1658 at Salisbury. He married, June 10, 1645, Sarah Clement. He fell sick while on a visit to Roxbury and died there June 20, 1662. His will was dated June 18 and proved October 14, 1662. The widow conveyed November I, 1665, to Thomas Bradbury, and her brother, Job Clement, certain property in trust for her
daughter Hepzibah, who was born after her father's death. The widow married (second), October 8, 1665, Thomas Mudgett. Children of Abraham and Sarah Morrill : I. Isaac, born July 10, 1646, mentioned below. 2. Jacob, born August 24, 1648, married, July 15, 1674, Susanna Whittier. 3. Sarah, born October 14, 1650, married (first), January 5, 1670, Philip Rowell; (second), July 31, 1695, Onesiphorus Page; (third), May 29, 1708, Daniel Merrill. 4. Abraham, born November 14, 1652, married Sarah Bradbury. 5. Moses, born December 28, 1655, married Rebecca Barnes. 6. Aaron, born August 9, 1658, died January 31, 1659. 7. Richard, born Feb- ruary 6, 1659-60, died Februarv 17, 1659-60. 8. Lydia, born March 8, 1660-61, married Ephraim Severance. 9. Hepzibah, born Janu- ary, 1662-63 (posthumous), married Captain John Dibbs.
(II) Sergeant Isaac Morrill, son of Abra- ham Morrill, was born in 1646. William Os- good was his guardian in 1666. He was se- lectman in 1693-94; town treasurer and deputy to the general court in 1696-97, and later. He was also a blacksmith, and he and his father made weapons and armor as well as tools and implements for the settlers. He and his wife were members of the Salisbury church in 1687, and both signed the Bradbury petition in 1692. His name is on the petition of 1680 also. He was in the Garrison fighting Indians in 1702. He died October 17, 1713. His will was dated January 12, 1713, and proved No- vember 26 following. He married, November 14, 1670, Phebe Gill, who died May 6, 1714. Morrill left a large property, including armor, books. ets, Children: I. Abraham, born Aug- ust 22, 1671, married Elizabeth Sargent. 2. Isaac, born July 24, 1673, mentioned below. 3. Sarah, born May 27, 1675. 4. Jacob, born May 25, 1677, married Elizabeth Stevens and Elizabeth Dalton. 5. John, born November 2, 1679, married Mary Stevens. 6. Rachel, born February 18, 1681-82, died February 29, 1681-82. 7. Daniel, born February 18, 1682- 83, married Hannah Stevens. 8. Jemima, born October 9, 1685. 9. Mary, born Sep- tember 10, 1689. 10. Rachel, born August 24, 1692, married John Shepard.
(III) Deacon Isaac Morrill, son of Isaac Morrill (2), was born at Salisbury, Massachu- setts, July 24, 1673. He settled in his native town and was a distinguished citizen ; repre- sentative to the general court eight years, from 1713 to 1737. He was a constituent member of the Second Church of Salisbury, November, 1718, and his wife was received
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the same year. He was a soldier against the Indians at Wells in 1696 and 1702. He died June 22, 1737. His will was dated June 18, and proved July 18, 1737. He married, May 30, 1696, Abigail Brown. Children: I. Ben- jamin, born January 27, 1697, mentioned be- low. 2. Abigail, born July 20, 1701, married Sarah Odiorne; minister at Rye and Ports- mouth, New Hampshire. 3. Joseph, born November 15, 1703, married Tabitha Stevens. 4. Paul, born May 5, 1706. 5. Micajah, born July 21, 1708, married, January 17, 1733-34, Mary Greeley. 6. Tamsen, born October 16, 1712, married John Jaques. 7. Phebe, bap- tized August 7, 1715, married, February 17, 1736, William Whittier, of Kingston, New Hampshire. 8. Rev. Isaac, born May 20, 1718, graduate of Harvard, 1737; married, 1741, Mary Ayer, of Haverhill.
(IV) Benjamin Morrill, son of Isaac Mor- rill (3), was born in Salisbury, January 27, 1697. Married, January 21, 1719-20, Ruth Allen. They were received in the church March 7, 1741-42. Children, born at Salis- bury : I. Margaret, died November 27, 1770. 2. Nathaniel, born March 24, 1721-22, mar- ried Elizabeth French. 3. Margaret, born January 19, 1723-24. 4. Abigail, born Sep- tember 26, 1725. 5. Ruth, born August 27, 1727, married Jabez Tucker. 6. Micajah, born February 29, 1730, married Hannah Hackett. 7. Son, born and died April 23, 1732. 8. Benjamin, born September 23, 1736. 9. Isaac, born 1738, mentioned below. IO. Abigail, born December 11, 1740, married Ezekiel Morrill. 11. Stilson, baptized Decem- ber 16, 1744. 12. Dorothy, born May 15, 1746.
(V) Isaac Morrill, son of Benjamin Morrill (4), was born in Salisbury, Massachusetts, baptized there July 9, 1738, died August 16, 1815, aged seventy-eight years. He married, February 10, 1750, Hannah Merrill. He was a soldier in the Revolution, a private in Cap- tain Benjamin Sias's company, Colonel Thomas Stickney's regiment, raised to rein- force the garrison at Ticonderoga in 1777 and fought in Stark's Brigade. Again he went with his company to Rhode Island in 1778, under Colonel Moses Nichols. He resided in Salisbury, Massachusetts, and in Gilmanton and Loudon, New Hampshire. He and wife Hannah were received into the Second Church of Salisbury, April 5, 1761 ; were constituent members of the Amesbury Church; became Baptists in 1781. Children, born at Salisbury : Joshua, born November 29, 1750. 2. Hannah, born January II, 1762. 3. Betty, born May
26, 1764, died young. 4. Betty, born May 16, 1765. 5. Benjamin, born April 20, 1767, men- tioned below. 6. Dolly, born July 18, 1769, baptized October 14, 1770. 7. Isaac, born December 10, 1771. 8. Rhoda Wait, born April, 1773.
(VI) Benjamin Morrill, son of Isaac Morrill (5), was born at Salisbury, April 20, 1767. Married, June 10, 1795, Lydia Gilman, daugh- ter of Jonathan Gilman. She was born Sep- tember 7, 1771. Children: I. Micajah. 2. Mary, married John Munroe, Esq. 3. Eunice. 4. Dr. Edward Gilman, born July II, 1809, studied medicine under Dr. Dixi Crosby, Dart- mouth, 1833 and 1834, resided at Lowell and Gilmanton ; died July 31, 1844, at Cahaba, Dallas county, Alabama. 5. Francis C., born February 2, 1810, mentioned below.
(VII) Francis C. Morrill, son of Benjamin Morrill (6), was born at Gilmanton, New Hampshire, February 2, 1810. He settled when a young man in Stanstead, Canada, and his children were born there. He married, in 1828, Keziah Bickford, who was born Octo- ber II, 18II, and died February 20, 1872; he died August 6, 1876. Their children: I. Priscilla, born December 1, 1826. 2. Kezia, born March 28, 1831. 3. John Gilman, born January 6. 1832. mentioned below. 4. Isa- bella, born November 3, 1834. 5. Daniel B., born August 6, 1835. 6. Elizabeth J., born December 28, 1837. 7. Francis, born De- cember 28, 1837, died August 6, 1876, 8. Thomas B., born September 3, 1840, died 1905. 9. Joseph H., born September 11, 1842, died July 6, 1847. 10. Lydia A., born April 19, 1844. II. Mary A., born January 8, 1846. 12. Clara E., born May 18, 1851. 13. Joseph H., born July 12, 1853. 14. Jessie M., born Feb- ruary 12, 1856.
(VIII) John Gilman Morrill, son of Fran- cis C. Morrill (7), was born in Stanstead, Canada, January 6, 1832. He was educated in the schools of his native town. At the age of twenty-three he left home and entered the em- ploy of the Boston Ice Company, remaining with that concern several years, and afterward working for various ice companies. In 1871 he entered business on his own account in Wakefield, Massachusetts, taking his son into partnership, and making a notable success from the outset. He had gained a complete knowledge of the business and knew how to conduct it profitably. He was known as a man of sterling honesty and integrity and had the full confidence of his customers. In 1895 he formed a corporation in association with F. A. Atwood, under the title of Morrill-Atwood
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Ice Company. Business increased rapidly, and in 1902 the company had to enlarge their fa- cilities and at the present time it. controls one of the largest plants in eastern Massachusetts. He was the active head of the concern to the time of his death, April 25, 1904.
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