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(VII) Cyrus Cutter, son of James Cutter (6), was born at West Cambridge, Massachu- setts, February 17, 1794. Married, July 12, 1817, Hannah Hall, daughter of Ebenezer and Esther R. (Cutter) Hall. He was educated in the common schools. He was employed on his father's farm at West Cambridge, and for a time during his youth by a physician on Franklin street, Boston, where his wages were six dollars per month. Before he came of age he decided to leave home and strike out for himself, and he tramped to Ohio with his pack on his back. There he learned the trade of wheelwright and at length bought out his em- ployer. He sold out after a short time, mak- ing a good profit, and engaged in the brick- making business at Marietta, Ohio. His next venture was in partnership with his brother, James Cutter. Before the days of steamboats on the Mississippi river, they started as trad- ers on a boat of their own and engaged in the buying and selling of hogs, making four trips a year. During the famine at New Orleans, they arrived opportunely with a large cargo and sold out at high prices. Business pros- pered and from 1815 to 1823 he did a large business in pork in Boston, New Orleans and Cincinnati. "He then returned to his native town and bought the saw and grist mills of Stephen Cutter at West Cambridge, living on the homestead of his father. His death was caused by an accident while he was repairing his mill. He was a prominent citizen of West Cambridge, highly esteemed by his townsmen, and successful in business. He was an active member of the Universalist church, donating the site on which the building was erected. He was a Whig, later Republican, in politics. Children. I. Hannah Lemira, born February I, 1818, died August 7, 1819. 2. Hannah Hall, born May 27, 1821, married, October 17, 1839,
Cyrus. H- Cutter
Maria L butter
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James Porter, of West Cambridge ; accidental- ly killed by the bursting of a cannon at Aca- pulco, while on a voyage to California, in 1848; children: i. Alden, drowned in West Cambridge in childhood; ii. Almena, died young ; iii. Mary Frances, married Bissell Hunt, of Oswego, Illinois. 3. Cyrus Hall, born May 13, 1823, mentioned below. 4. James, died in early life. 5. James Russell, born July 17, 1825, died May 20, 1826. 6. James Russell, born February 25, 1829, mar- ried, March 29, 1855, Amanda M. Jolly, daughter of David and Isabella (Crowthers) Jolly, of Greenfield, Ohio; children: i. Mary Anna, born at Oswego, Illinois, January 26, 1856; ii. Eva, born May 2, 1858; iii. Ella Maria, born June 26, 1860, died 1861. iv. Isabella, born May 20, 1862, died March, 1866; v. Elizabeth Jolly, born January II, 1865 ; vi. Martha, born May 25, 1867 ; vii. Lil- lian, born at Chicago, October 14, 1869; two who were twins died in early life; Richard James, now deceased, and Arthur Cutter. 7. Henry Clay, born January 26, 1830, married, February 16, 1854, Mary Fox, daughter of Stephen and Mary Fox, of Oswego, Illinois ; went to California in 1849; successful; re- turned after two. years and settled on Fox river, Oswego, Illinois; children: i. child, died in early life. ii. Cyrus Henry, born June I, 1857; iii. Watts Devilla, born February I, 1860; iv. Mary Blanche, born May 26, 1864; v. Slale Fox, born August 29, 1867; vi. Scott Clay Cutter. 8. Ammi Pierce, born June 18, 1833, mentioned below. 9. Esther Anna, born July 1, 1835, married William Bates (second), January 1, 1857; child, Lillian Esther Bates, born March 29, 1858, unmar- ried. 10. Benjamin Franklin, born February 13, 1838, died August 10, 1839. II. Ella Ma- hala, born May 13, 1842, married Edwin L. Sterling, of Boston, December 30, 1869; no children.
(VIII) Cyrus Hall Cutter, son of Cyrus Cutter (7), was born in West Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 13, 1823, died August 28, 1901. He attended the public schools of his native town until he was fifteen, and worked on his father's farm there until a year after his marriage. In 1847 he bought his farm, which is a short distance to the west of the old homestead. In 1851 he erected the present dwelling place on the homestead. He was a prosperous farmer. In 1872 and again in 1878 his barns were destroyed by fire. He followed market gardening, sending his produce to the Boston market. He had about seventy- five acres in his farm, which was in many re-
spects a model. Upright and honest, he sup- ported every good movement in the town and was especially active in the cause of temper- ance. He was strongly built, of medium height, and always active and hard-working. He was an active member and liberal support- er of the Universalist church, serving on the standing committee and on the building com- mittee. In politics he was a Republican. He was on the committee that erected the sol- diers' monument, and subscribed to the fund. He married, December 24, 1846, Maria Louisa Russell, born at West Cambridge, Oc- tober 14, 1822, died September 19, 1893, daughter of Captain Jeremiah and Esther (Hall) Russell, of West Cambridge. Her father was a grain dealer; captain of the mili- tia company of his town. Children, born at West Cambridge: I. Waldo Russell, born May 2, 1849, married, January 19, 1880, Eu- nice J. Doane, of Melrose; he was an expert machinist and locomotive engineer for thirty years; they have no children. 2. Frederick Henry, born October 31, 1851, died August . IO, 1854. 3. Annie Maria, born December 18, 1853, married, November 24, 1881, Charles H. Easte, of South Boston; no chil- dren. Benjamin A. Easte, great-grandfather of Charles H. Easte, was a resident of Billeri- ca, at the beginning of hostilities, having re- ceived word of the attack of the British while he was eating his porridge in the evening at his home, and upon finishing his meal he im- mediately made preparations and joined the patriots at Bunker Hill; the next morning, whilst in the midst of the conflict, he fell with others of his colleagues in defense of his country. 4. Willard Fremont, born February 17, 1856, died August 17, following. 5. Ed- ward Hall, born November 3, 1857; married, May 13, 1889, Susan A. Cummings, of Som- erville (See sketch); children: i. Rachel Howland, born May 8, 1890; ii. Edward Rus- sell, born June 10, 1898. E. H. Cutter is prominent in Masonic circles; past worship- ful master of Hiram Lodge in 1893-94; past high priest of Menotomy Chapter of Royal Arch Masons at Arlington in 1890-91. 6. George Hill, born April 19, 1860, died Au- gust 9, 1898; past master of Hiram Lodge of Arlington. 7. Charles Sumner, born March II, 1864, mentioned below.
(VIII) Ammi Pierce Cutter, son of Cyrus Cutter (7), was born at Arlington, Massachu- setts, (West Cambridge) June 18, 1833. He worked on his father's farm in Arlington and attended the district schools, during the win- ter terms, and White's high school of Lexing-
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ton. He has followed farming as his chief oc- cupation through life, although he has at times been in trade. For about eight years he made regular trips to New York state, buy- ing apples and shipping them to Liverpool, England. For nine years of this period he traded also in hogs, poultry and butter, which he bought mainly for the Boston markets. From 1866 to 1873 his winter buying head- quarters were at Aurora, Illinois, and in 1875- 76 at the board of trade rooms, Chicago, where most of his hogs were purchased. He continued all this time to conduct his farm at Arlington, returning every spring for that purpose. In later years he devoted his atten- tion exclusively to market gardening, in which he was very successful. He raised large quantities of celery, cucumbers, dande- lions and other produce on his twenty acre farm, Summer street, Arlington. His farm is a part of the original Cutter homestead and he is the seventh generation of the family owning and occupying it. He is a Universal- ist in religion, and a Republican in politics. He has been a member of Bethel Lodge, No. 12, Odd Fellows, of Arlington, thirty-five years. He is an associate member of Francis Gould Post, No. 36, Grand Army; a member of North Cambridge Encampment, No. 40, Odd Fellows, for twenty years; was a mem- ber of Cambridge City Guards, Company C, Fourth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, from 1851 to 1855. He is public-spir- ited and zealous in his support of every plan for the improvement and development of the town, though he has never cared to accept public office.
He married, December 18, 1856, Eliza Fox, born June 29, 1838, daughter of Stephen and Mary (Fox) Fox, of Oswego, Illinois. Her father was a farmer at Oswego, Illinois. Chil- dren: I. Eliza Anna, born November II, 1857, married, November 29, 1882, Franklin Herbert Stiles. 2. Child, born and died May 18, 1861, (twin). 3. Stephen Webster (twin), born May 18, 1861, died September 5, 1886. 4. Frederick Pierce, born February 17, 1868, married Mary Slammon, and has children: i. Allen Pierce, born September 15, 1894; ii. Stanley, born February 10, 1896, died in July of same year. iii. Frederick Webster, born August 21, 1898. iv. William Wallace, born January 7, 1900. v. Rudolph, born August 5, 1901. vi. Edith May, born May 15, 1907. 5. Mabel Stuart, born February 8, 1879, lives with parents.
(IX) Charles Sumner Cutter, son of Cyrus Hall Cutter (8), was born at West Cambridge,
March II, 1864. He attended the public and high school of his native town, and was for three years a student in the Massachusetts- Agricultural College at Amherst. He returned then to the homestead and with his two brothers worked at home for their father un- til 1886, when Charles S., George H. and Ed- ward H. Cutter, the three brothers, formed the firm of Cutter Brothers for the purposes of conducting the business established by their father. George H., died August 9, 1898, but the business has been continued by the sur- viving partners under the same name to the: present time. Charles S. Cutter is a Univer- salist in religion and a Republican in politics. He was a member of Hiram Lodge of Free Masons, Menotomy Chapter, Royal Arch Ma- sons, Boston Council of Royal and Select Masters, and Boston Commandery, Knights Templar. He is unmarried.
MURDOUGH
Hiram Murdough, a na- tive of New Hampshire, settled in Carroll, Maine.
He married Caroline Blanchard, a native of Bowdoinham, Maine, daughter of Captain John Blanchard, and had a family of three children : Albert B., William H. and Lucy Louisa.
Albert B. Murdough was born in Carroll, October 22, 1861. He was reared upon a farm, educated in the public schools, and when ready for the activities of life adopted me- chanical pursuits. For the past eighteen years he has been a building contractor, and from 1894 to the present time has carried on that business successfully in Watertown, Massa- chusetts. In politics Mr. Murdough is a Re- publican. He is a Thirty-second degree Mason, being a member of Pequosett Lodge, Newtonville Chapter, Gethsemane Command- ery, and the Massachusetts Consistory, and Aleppo Temple, Order of the Mystic Shrine. He also affiliates with Milford Lodge, Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows, Bunker Hill Encampment, of the same order, of Charles- town, and the Knights of Pythias, Watertown. He is deeply interested in the moral and re- ligious aspect of the community, and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.
On November 24, 1884, Mr. Murdough was united in marriage with Miss Ellen Lambert, daughter of Philip and Harriet (Jackson) Lambert, of Wiscasset, Maine. Mr. and Mrs. Murdough have had four chil- dren, two of whom are now living-Levi M. and Hazel E. The others died in childhood.
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William Spillsbury was
SPILLSBURY born at Battlefield,
Shropshire, England, July 27, 1867. His home was near the ancient town of Shrewsbury, where, in 1403, Henry I.V., King of England, in a bloody battle, de- feated the Welsh under Owen Glendower and Northumberland's son "Hotspur" (Harry Percy). He is a son of Ralph and Elizabeth (Overton) Spillsbury, the former of whom was born at Astley, England, died May 9, 1891, and the latter died June 7, 1889. They were the parents of two other children, as follows: Sarah, born November 19, 1853; married, June 17, 1875, at Battlefield Church, Edwin Lloyd, and their children are: I. William Earnest, born May 22, 1876; Florence, July 17, 1878; Edwin Percival, October 13, 1880, died June 13, 1881 ; Ethel, born May II, 1882; Allen Leonard, January 31, 1885; Gordon, July 5, 1889; Gertrude, March 7, 1892. They reside on London Road, Shrewsbury, Eng- land. 2. Annie, born January II, 1857, mar- ried (first), June 3, 1880, at Upton Chapel, Baptist, Lambeth Road, London, England, Samuel Blaney, son of Thomas Blaney, miner ; died September 21, 1882. Their child, Edith Blaney, born June 9, 1882, died when seven months old. She married (second), June 2, 1897, at Claremont Baptist Chapel, Shrews- bury, England, Edward Evans, a farmer.
William Spillsbury received his education in the school at Sundorne Castle, and at the age of twelve became a page there, serving for two years. Thence he went to London, where for a time he was a page at Kensington. He returned to Shrewsbury, and was em- ployed on the estate of W. F. Poole for two years. In 1884 he left his native land and en- tered the service of the Popham estate at Montreal, Canada, as gardener, at the sum- mer place at Lachine. Later he was in the employ of a brass finishing establishment. He returned to England, but came again to the Popham estate. Subsequently he was em- ployed in the lumber yards of the Grand Trunk railroad, and later had charge of Rev. G. H. Parker's estate at Compton village, in Sherbrooke, for two years. He engaged in the business of florist at Montreal with Percy Jenkins, but at the end of a year the firm decided to change its location and removed to Mount Auburn, Cambridge, Massachusetts. At the end of another year the firm was dis- solved. Mr. Spillsbury became gardener for J. H. Fletcher, Belmont, Massachusetts, for two years, and then removed to Woburn, where he was employed by Charles Cum- i-10
mings at the West End as his superintendent for a period of ten years. The business in his charge was profitable. In 1904 he purchased the Pierce farm of twelve acres in the eastern part of Woburn, on Washington street, and has erected on it a number of greenhouses with a glass area of seventeen thousand feet. He makes a specialty of cucumbers in sum- mer and violets in winter, finding a ready market for his products in Boston. His farm is one of the most attractive in the eastern part of Woburn. He is especially well known as a successful grower of violets. Mr. Spills- bury was brought up in the Church of Eng- land, but his family attends the Congregation- al church, Woburn. He is an independent in politics. He is a member of the Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Boston, and was form- ally a member of the American Carnation So- ciety.
Mr. Spillsbury married, April 21, 1892, Jane Hughson, who was born at Shrewsbury, England, April 22, 1869, daughter of John and Emma (Parr) Hughson, of Shrewsbury. Her father was a farmer. Children: I. Bertha Jane, born June 6, 1893, died April 2, 1894. 2. Ethel May, born April 19, 1894, student in the Plympton school. 3. Beatrice, born May 22, 1896. 4. William Henry, born June 5, 1899.
Thomas Nesmith was born
NESMITH in Lowell, Massachusetts, April 27, 1848, son of Thomas
and Lucinda Colburn-Fay Nesmith. He was graduated at Harvard College, Bachelor of Arts, 1871. He became a director in the Hill Manufacturing Company, Lewiston, Maine; a director in the Prescott National Bank, Lowell, Massachusetts, and in the Five Cent Savings Bank of Lowell. He served the city of Lowell as councilman for two years. Mr. Nesmith married, March 23, 1875, at Frankfort, Germany, Florence, daughter of Fisher Ames and Lauretta (Coburn) Hil- dreth, of Lowell, (See Hildreth sketch). The children of Thomas and Florence (Hil- dreth) Nesmith were: I. Hildreth Nesmith, born in Lowell, September 23, 1876; married October 6, 1899, Albert William Thompson. 2. Thomas Nesmith, born in Lowell, Massa- chusetts, January 4, 1879; was a pupil in Massachusetts Institute of Technology.3 Lauretta Nesmith, born in Lowell, Massachu- setts, May 2, 1881, died January 27, 1884. 4. Florence Nesmith, born in Lowell, Massa- chusetts, March 4, 1883: graduated at Smith
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College, Massachusetts, class of 1904. 5. Fisher Hildreth Nesmith, born in Lowell, Massachusetts, September 23, 1876; gradu- ated Harvard 1906; is a student in the Harv- ard University Law School, graduates 1908. Lucinda (Colburn-Fay) Nesmith, mother of Thomas Nesmith, grandmother of these chil- dren, was born in Massachusetts, June 22, 1810, and died at Lowell, Massachusetts, De- cember 18, 1852.
Thomas Gardner, the immi-
GARDNER grant ancestor, was born in England. He came to this country early in life and settled in Newbury (now Newburyport), Massachusetts. Among his children was a son Benjamin, born No- vember I, 1750, mentioned below.
(II) Benjamin Gardner, son of Thomas Gardner (I), was born in Newbury, Massa- chusetts, November 1, 1750. He resided in Newburyport and Salem, Massachusetts. Among his children was a son Robert, born December 22, 1796, mentioned below.
(III) Robert Gardner, son of Benjamin Gardner (2), was born in Salem, Massachu- setts, December 22, 1796, died December 29, 1858. He married (first), April 5, 1828, Abi- gail Simon; (second) Abigail Noyes, daugh- ter of Michael Noyes (7) and his wife Abigail Symonds. Michael was son of Simeon (6) and Esther (Stanwood) Noyes. Simeon was son of Jonathan (5) and Mary (Willetts) Noyes. Jonathan was son of Cutting (4) and Mary (Woodman) Noyes. Cutting, born at Concord, New Hampshire, 1703, was son of Cutting (3) and Elizabeth (Toppan) Noyes. Cutting was son of Cutting (2), born Sep- tember 23, 1649, and Elizabeth (Knight) Noyes. Cutting was son of the immigrant, Rev. Nicholas and Mary (Cutting) Noyes. Children of first wife: Robert, born January 26, 1822. George Washington, born Febru- ary 22, 1824, married Sarah Marden. Chil- dren of second wife: Abigail, married John H. Griggs, lived in Boston and Roxbury. Sarah, married Edward Caldwell, of Rox- bury ; she is deceased. Emily, deceased. Ruth, deceased. Benjamin, married Jennie Dow, of Salem, Massachusetts ; he is deceased. Noyes, married Mary Green, of Roxbury. Lucretia, married (first) Alfred Earle, of New York ; (second) Abbott Osgood, of New Hampshire. She now lives with her son, Herman Osgood, of Nashua, New Hampshire. Harriet, died in childhood. Mary, married Stanley Seaver, of Roxbury; resides at Ashworth Park, Rox-
bury, Massachusetts. Henry, born April 27, 1847, in Roxbury, educated there and in Boston schools; became an engineer in the Charlestown navy yard. Married, November, 1866, Mary D. Kelley, who was born in Way- land, daughter of William Kelley, of Hard- wick, Massachusetts, and his wife, Alice (Thayer) Kelley, daughter of Benjamin Thayer, of Hardwick. Henry Gardner died in Charlestown, January 24, 1888, leaving no issue, and his widow resides with Miss Isa- bella Gardner.
(IV) Robert Gardner, Jr., son of Robert Gardner (3), was born in the home on Pleas- ant street, Boston, January 26, 1822, died March 8, 1900, at Malden, Massachusetts, where he had been living since October 18, 1872. He was educated in the public schools of Boston, graduating from the Roxbury Latin school. He left Boston for the south in 1842, was for seven years at head of navy yard at Memphis, Tennessee ; in 1855 was or- dered to the navy yard at Charlestown, where he was for many years superintendent of rope walk. He retired in 1890. He was a mem- ber of Middlesex Lodge of Odd Fellows and of Bunker Hill Encampment, Charlestown. He married, in 1848, Mary Elizabeth Scott, of North End, Boston, born on Salem street, Boston, 1828, daughter of Captain John Gor- don and Sarah Ann (Robbins) Scott. Cap- tain Scott was a native of Glasgow, Scotland ; he was lost at sea; he settled in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Sarah Ann (Robbins) Scott was born in Boston in a house at the corner of Salem and Hull streets. Children of Robert and Mary E. (Scott) Gardner: I. Isabella Graham Brocchus, born March 18, 1855, in Jamaica Plains, educated in the public schools of Charlestown and Malden. 2. Virginia, died on day of birth. 3. Robert Nicholson, born in Charlestown, July 31, 1860, graduate of Malden high school, married Martha Jane Sanford, of Nova Scotia; children: Ruth Gardner, born May 23, 1904; Robert Gard- ner, born October 6, 1906. Robert N. Gard- ner is retired from business; he resides in Malden, Massachusetts.
Henry Jefts, the immigrant an- JEFTS cestor, was born in England, about 1606, and was one of the early settlers at Woburn. The early records give the name spelled variously-Jeffs, Jeffes, Jefts, Jeftes, Jess. He was one of the proprie- tors of Woburn in 1640, became one of the purchasers of the Dudley farm, and was
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among the first settlers at Shawshine, after- wards Billerica. He was one of the incorpora- tors of that town in 1654. His home at first was near Indian hill north of Nutting's pond, but after his third marriage he lived west of Long street, near the corner. He died May 24, 1700, aged about ninety-four years. His will was dated March 4, 1691-92, and proved June 17, 1700. He married (first), Septem- ber 13, 1647, Anna Stowers; (second), May 21, 1649, Hannah Births, who died September 15, 1662. He married (third), October 3, 1666, Mary Bird, widow of Simon Bird; she died April 1, 1679. He married (fourth), May 5, 1681, Mary Baker, widow, of Concord. Children : I. John, born in Woburn, May II, 1651, died September 28, 1712; settled in Bil- lerica. 2. Hannah, died in first week of May, 1653, the first death in Billerica. 3. Hannah, born February 4, 1654-55, married Andrew Spalding, of Chelmsford. 4. Joanna, born May 24, 1656, married John Dunkin, who was killed by Indians, 1692. 5. Henry, born March 21, 1658-59, mentioned below.
(II) Henry Jefts, son of Henry Jefts (I), was born in Billerica, March 21, 1658-59, and died there May 20, 1738. He married, April 13, 1681, Mary Baldwin, daughter of John Baldwin. She died September 22, 1703. He married (second), November 9, 1704, Hannah Hill, daughter of Abraham Hill. Children, born at Billerica: I: Mary, born September 23, 1683, married, February 26, 1702-03, John Needham. 2. Hannah, born September 10, 1685, married Andrew Richardson. 3. Henry, born November 4, 1705, mentioned below. 4. Hannah, born May 2, 1708, died May 21, 1730. 5. Sarah, born June 24, 1710.
(III) Henry Jefts, son of Henry Jefts (2), was born in Billerica, November 4, 1705. Married, October 21, 1731, Mary Geary, of Stoneham. He removed to Groton- in 1738 and three of his children were born in Bil- lerica, three in Groton. His widow went to Mason, New Hampshire, with her sons and was living in 1769. Children: I. Jonathan, born 1732-33. 2. Molly, born December 26, 1734. 3. Henry, born July 1, 1737. 4. John, born October 2, 1739, died at Mason, Decem- ber IO, 1809, aged seventy; married Lois
, and had children, 1767-1789, at Mason. 5. Thomas, born October 20, 1741, died June, 1808; married Abigail Barrett and had nine children at Mason. 6. Benjamin, born 1747, mentioned below.
(IV) Benjamin Jefts, son of Henry Jefts (3), was born about 1747 and died at Mason,
April 7, 1807. He married Judith Degrett. Children : I. David, born August 7, 1780, mentioned below. 2. Judith, born August 5, 1783. 3. Henry, born August 29, 1788, set- tled at Washington, New Hampshire, and has many descendants. 4. William, born July 6, 1790.
(V) David Jefts, son of Benjamin Jefts (4), was born in Mason, New Hampshire, August 7, 1780. He settled in Charlestown, New Hampshire, and his brother in the adja- cent town of Washington.
(VI) Granville Jefts, son or nephew of David Jefts (5), was born in 1804, in New Hampshire. He came from Charlestown, New Hampshire, when a young man and set- tled in Malden, Massachusetts, where he died January 31, 1832, aged twenty-eight years. He married Elizabeth Wait, of Malden (by Rev. A. Green), March 26, 1825, and she married (second), May 19, 1839 (by Rev. A. W. McClure), Timothy T. Shute, of Malden. Children of Granville and Elizabeth Jefts : I. Granville A., mentioned below. 2. Mary Elizabeth, born 1830, died April 28, 1831.
(VII) Granville A. Jefts, son of Granville Jefts (6), was born in Malden about 1827. He married Rebecca A. Gould, daughter of Nathaniel Gould. They settled in Stoneham, Massachusetts. Children : I. Edwin, born 1857. 2. William Alonzo, born March 29, 1859, mentioned below. 3. Charles, born 1862. 4. George M., born 1866. 5. Nelson, born 1867.
(VIII) William Alonzo Jefts, son of Gran- ville A. Jefts (7), was born in Stoneham, March 29, 1859. He was educated in the public schools of his native town and at the Naval Training School at Newport, Rhode Island. He served on a United States boat and traveled around the world in the course of the cruise. He returned to this country on the recommendation of his superiors to be commissioned as a warrant officer, but was unable to secure his appointment until he reached the age of twenty-five years. He therefore decided to leave the service and went into the house furnishing business in Melrose, Massachusetts. He established a very successful business and carried it on alone for a period of nineteen years. He in- corporated the business, at the same time con- solidating it with the similar business of Clifford Black & Company, of Melrose, April 1, 1906, and he is a director of the corporation and manager of the Melrose store. The title of the company is Clifford Black & Co., Inc.
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