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better be expressed than in the words of ex- Governor Samuel E. Pingree, lieutenant of his regiment, who, at the request of your com- mittee, has given the following most worthy and deserving tribute to this gallant and in- trepid soldier : 'I knew the Captain as inti- mately, perhaps, as any comrade in the regi- ment. He was one of the promoters of the old Third Vermont Regiment, starting out before any official call for its recruiting, soon after he 'heard the shot of Sumter hurtling through the air,' and seeming to know by in- stinct that it was up against him to raise a company up in Essex county, in anticipation of the governor's call for the regiment. His success was almost phenomenal, and, defer- ring to the military experience of General Thomas Nelson of the then late state militia, he came to camp as Captain Nelson's second lieutenant in Company I. A vacancy soon oc- curred in the captaincy of Company F of Hartford, and Lieutenant Beattie was sought for by both officers and men of that company for its captain, and, though detached through most of the remaining time of his service as commander of the Sharpshooters of the Sec- ond Division of the Sixth Army Corps, he was always borne on the rolls as Captain of Company F.
" 'Captain Beattie's services with this com- pany endeared him to every soldier in it. His care and providence for every need and com- fort of his men in the camp, on the march, or in the battle, were limited only by the ex- hausted physical strength of a man of cast- iron mould and a will and courage indomita- ble. He was detailed at length by General A. P. Howe of the Second Division of the Greek Cross Corps to organize a company of Sharp- shooters out of his own selection from the regiments of the Division. They were picked after careful competitive target practice, and his company was kept full in the same way These men underwent more perilous service than any other body of troops in the Division -over two hundred having served in Beattie's company while he was in command. The casualties were fearful, and yet his ranks were sought by the good shots of the regi- ments, knowing the peculiar exposure of the service. Captain Beattie had, and always had, a remarkable control over his men. They dis- cerned his skill in disposing them at critical times and places, and their confidence in his judgment was such that they were eager to take the posts assigned them. They always trusted to him to put them in the right pit or
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tree top, and to relieve them at the proper moment. In influence and standing with his men he was second to no officer of the Second Division of the Sixth Corps. He was an officer whose personal skill and courage in the fight were such that all men under him were inspired to deeds of availing valor for- getful of present dangers.'
"With such eulogy as this your committee can say no more, except to add that Com- panion Beattie was awarded the Congressional medal of honor for 'removing, under a hot fire, to a place of safety, a wounded member of his command who lay between the Union and Confederate lines, at the battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia, June 5, 1864.'
"Upon his muster-out of the United States service he returned to Vermont, and became interested in the lumber business in Brunswick, which town he represented in the legislature in 1867-68. Later he removed to Lancaster, New Hampshire, and purchased the Ziba Linds farm on the road leading from Lancas- ter to Northumberland, where he erected a beautiful home. In 1893-94 he represented Lancaster in the New Hampshire legislature.
"He was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, the Society of the Army of the Potomac, and, May 10, 1892, was elected a member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States through the Commandery of the State of Vermont.
"December 30, 1869, he married Celest Congdon, of Lancaster, who with one daugh- ter, Mrs. Dr. Charles D. Sawin, of Somer- ville, Massachusetts, survives him.
"For several years Companion Beattie suf- fered from a complication of diseases, which finally culminated in his death. The funeral obsequies were held in the Episcopal church, the rector, Rev. Mr. Harte, officiating. The casket was covered by 'Old Glory' sent by the Vermont Commandery, Military Order of the Loyal Legion, and his body was borne to its last resting place by the comrades of the Grand Army of the Republic.
"The same indomitable courage that our Companion showed while a soldier followed him in civil life, and with his pleasing per- sonality, won for him a legion of friends, and he carried to the end his love for his country and its flag which he so nobly represented."
FRANKLIN G. BUTTERFIELD, WILLIS W. MORTON,
THEODORE S. PECK,
Committee.
(For the first five generations see preceding sketch.)
(VI) Moses Sawin, son of
SAWIN Thomas Sawin (5), John . (4),
Thomas (3), John (2), Robert (1), was born in Natick, Massachusetts, in 1758. He inherited the homestead with the old grist and saw mills which had already been re- built more than once, and ground corn and sawed lumber for the praying Indians of South Natick and vicinity, as well as the settlers in Sherborn and Natick. He was a soldier in the Revolution, private in Captain Sylvanus Smith's company, Colonel Benjamin Haws's regiment, in the Rhode Island campaign in 1777; also corporal in Captain Joshua Fisk's company, Colonel Abner Perry's regiment, enlisted July 28, 1780, and discharged July 31, 1780, serving in the Rhode Island campaign. He married, in 1783, Silence Jones, by whom he had one child; married (second), in 1787, Catherine Fisher, by whom he had nine chil- dren. He died in 1831 at Natick. Child. of Moses and Silence: I. Silence, born 1784, lived with her uncle, A. Jones, until she mar- ried David Adams in 1812; died at Rindge, New Hampshire, in 1835. Children of Moses and Catherine (Fisher) Sawin: 2. Bela, born 1789, resided in Manchester, New Hamp- shire, Ashland and Southborough, Massachu- setts; married Becca Barber in 1810. 3. Lucy, born 1791, resided in Natick; married John Bacon; one of their sons was the late Judge John W. Bacon, of Natick. 4. Betsey, born 1793, married Amos Whitney and Stephen Goodhue; no children. 5. Moses, born 1794, mentioned below. 6. Sarah, born about 1796, in Natick. 7. Sarah, born 1799. 8. Catherine, born 1800, married Nathaniel Kingsbury, M. D .; died in 1828 in Lancaster, Massachusetts; no children. 9. Charles, born 1802, died young. 10. Horatio, born 1803- 04, at Natick.
(VII) Moses Sawin, son of Moses Sawin (6), was born in Natick, Massachusetts, in 1794. He was a farmer and miller. In 1835 he removed to Southborough, Massachu- setts. He married, in 1820, Joanna T. Lane, by whom he had one child; married (second), in 1823, Mary Bigelow Morse, by whom he had five children born in Natick and four in Southborough. Child of Moses and Joanna T. Sawin: I. Joanna Lane, born August 16, 1821, married at Southborough, April 12, 1845, William Libby ; children : i. Mary J. Lib- by, born 1845; ii. Charles William, born October 9, 1848, died September 21, 1849; iii. Willie F. Libby. Children of Moses and
Moses M Sawine
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Mary Bigelow (Morse) Sawin: 2. John Bacon, born at Natick, May 6, 1826, married Susan Fisher, daughter of Captain Fisher, of Southborough; children: Harriet F., and Mary, who married Fred William Weinshank, dealer in gentlemen's furnishing goods in Cambridge, previously in charge of the Har- vard College printing office; killed accident- ally in 1901, leaving a widow and daughter, Dorothy. 3. Mary Betsey, born at Natick, July 18, 1828, married John Whiting, a brush manufacturer of Boston; since his death the business has been conducted for his estate by his only son, William Whiting, who mar- ried Mary Allen, of Somerville, Massachu- setts; they had also two daughters; resided in Southborough, Massachusetts. 4. Sarah Catherine, born September 4, 1830, resided at Southborough. 5. Maria Augusta, born De- cember 21, 1832, resided at Southborough. 6. Moses Morse, born May 5, 1835, mentioned below. 7. Lucy Ann, born at Southborough, May 16, 1837. 8. Charles Burleigh, born at Southborough, February 8, 1840, lives on the homestead in Southborough and has grist and saw mills there. 9. James H., born 1842, died in infancy.
(VIII) Moses Morse Sawin, son of Moses Sawin (7), was born in Southborough, Massa- chusetts, May 5, 1835. He was a farmer and miller, having a grist mill in his native town. He worked in his father's grist mill until 1860, attending the common schools of his native town in his boyhood. He left home and re- moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts, August 14. 1860, buying out what was then known as Buck's Express. He conducted this business several years under its old name, then changed it to Sawin's Express, which became one of the best known and most flour- ishing of the suburban express lines about Boston. His business was in transport- ing baggage and merchandise between Bos- ton and Cambridge. He continued in busi- ness until 1905, when he sold out to the Bos- ton & Suburban Express Company, and re- tired from active business. He has resided since 1866 in Cambridge, at No. 73 Brattle street, his present home. He is a well known and highly esteemed citizen.
Moses M. Sawin married, January 18, 1859, in Augusta, New York, Susan Olive Kendall, daughter of Leonard Jarvis and Olive Ken- dall. Leonard Jarvis Kendall was son of David and Susan Kendall, of Cambridge, de- scendant of Francis Kendall, the immigrant settler and founder of Woburn, Massachu- setts. Children : 1. Jennie Olive, born March
I, 1861, married Henry Carleton Piper, son of Henry A. Piper, of Cambridge. Henry Carleton Piper resides in Australia, rep- resentative of the banking firm of Henry W. Peabody & Company of New York City; children: i. Margaret Piper, born May 25, 1892; ii. Warrene Piper, born Feb- ruary 8, 1898. 2. Charles Austin, born March 5, 1863, assistant cashier of the First National Bank of Boston; married Carrie Howland Al- len, a direct descendant of John Howland, who came in the "Mayflower;" reside in New- ton, Massachusetts; no children. 3. Susan Kendall, born May 17, 1867, resides at home with her parents. 4. Herbert Edward, born February 23, 1869, proprietor of H. E. Sawin's Express, Cambridge; married Edith Adams, of Cambridge; child, Edward Adams, born January 21, 1903. 5. Alice L., born January 17, 1872, resides with her parents. 6. George Alfred, October 12, 1878, is with the General Electric Company, Lynn, Massachu- setts; married Grace A. Schofield, whose fa- ther bought out the firm of Henry Plympton & Company, furniture dealers, Boston; child: George A., born March 21, 1907.
The surname Spalding ap- SPALDING pears quite early in English history. Some conjecture that it is a place-name from the town of Spalding, in Lincolnshire, which is said to have derived its name from a Spa or spring of mineral water in the market place. There have been many distinguished men of this name in England in ancient and modern times. Many had coats-of-arms. The Spald- ings of America, with the exception of a few that have recently emigrated to this country, are all descendants from three early settlers. One located .in Massachusetts, another in Maryland and the third in Georgia. The Spaldings of Georgia are descended from the Ashantilly Spaldings, Perthshire, Scotland, and they from Sir Pierce Spalding, who sur- rendered Berwick Castle to the Earl of Mur- ray. The Georgia pioneer, James Spalding, son of Captain Thomas Spalding, who came to America in 1760, had married in 1734 Anna Lermoth.
(I) Edward Spalding, the immigrant ances- tor, came to New England probably between 1630 and 1633. He settled in Braintree, Massachusetts, where he appears on the list of proprietors in 1640. He was admitted a freeman May 13, 1640. He removed to Wen- ham. He was one of the petitioners for the
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town of Chelmsford grant October 1, 1645, and was one of the early settlers in that town. He was a leading citizen; selectman in 1654- 56-60-61; in 1663 he was surveyor of high- ways; juryman, 1648. He died February 26, 1670. His will was dated February 13, 1666, and proved April 5, 1670, bequeathing to wife Rachel, sons Edward, John and Andrew, daughter Dinah. His wife Margaret died August, 1640, and his second wife Rachel soon after his death. Children of Edward and Margaret: I. John, born about 1633, men- tioned below. 2. Edward. 3. Grace, died May, 1641. Children of Edward and Rachel Spalding: 4. Benjamin, born April 7, 1643. 6. Joseph, born October 25, 1646. 7. Dinah, born March 14, 1649. 8. Andrew, born No- vember 19, 1652.
(II) John Spalding, son of Edward Spald- ing (1), was born about 1633 and died Octo- ber 3, 1721. Married, May 18, 1658, Hannah Hale, of Concord. She died August 14, 1689. He came to Chelmsford with his father in 1654; was admitted a freeman March II, 1689-90. He had many land grants in Chelmsford from time to time. John Spalding was a soldier under Captain Manning in King Philip's war. Children: I. John, born February 15, 1659. 2. Eunice, born July 27, 1660. 3. Edward, born September 16, 1663. 4. Hannah, born April 28, 1666. 5. Samuel, born March 6, 1668. 6. Deborah, born November 12, 1670. 7. Joseph, born October 22, 1673, mentioned below. 8. Timothy, born about 1676.
(III) Joseph Spalding, son of John Spald- ing (2), was born in Chelmsford, Massachu- setts, October 22. 1673. Married Elizabeth Colburn, daughter of John Colburn, of Chelmsford. He died March 12, 1728, aged fifty-four. His gravestone is nearly in the middle of the Chelmsford burying ground, just north of the main path. He had a grant of land from the town January II, 17II. His brother Timothy was guardian after his death of Joseph's minor children. Children of Jo- seph and Elizabeth Spalding: I. Elizabeth, born January 17, 1700, married Ebenezer Harris, a tailor. 2. John, born June 12, 1704. 3. Anna, born October 20, 1708. 4. Simeon, born August 4, 1713, mentioned below.
(IV) Colonel Simeon Spalding, son of Jo- seph Spalding (3), was born in Chelmsford, August 4, 1713. His father was then living in his homestead residence, since demolished, situated about a mile from the centre of the village, to the westward. In February, 1736, he bought of Nathan Kendall ten acres of land in Chelmsford on the county road and
built thereon his homestead, and from time to time added to his holding of land. He was town treasurer in 1755-56-57; selectman in 1761-62. He was commissioned cornet of the First Troop of Horse in the Second Regi- ment of Provisional militia, March 18, 1755, and served in the French and Indian wars. He took an active part in the Revolution be- fore and during the war. In 1770 he was chosen representative to the general court; he was representative in 1773-74-75-78; justice of the peace in 1775, and in February, 1776, was commissioned colonel of the Seventh Regiment of the Provincial militia. In 1776 he was chairman of the committee of corre- spondence, inspection and safety. In May, 1778, he was chosen one of a committee to adjust all past services done in the war by the inhabitants of the town since March, 1777. He was elected a delegate to the convention for framing a constitution for the state of Massa- chusetts Bay. He died April 7, 1785, and was buried in the Chelmsford burying ground next north of his father's grave.
He married (first) Sarah Fletcher, about 1736; (second), November 13, 1751, Mrs. Abi- gail Wilson, of Woburn, the daughter of Ed- ward Johnson. She was born July 15, 1723, and died June 20, 1812. His will dated Feb- ruary 24, 1785, mentions his children, viz: Children of Simeon and Sarah Spalding: I. Abel, born September 2, 1737. 2. Sarah, born November 22, 1739, married Jonathan Fletcher, of Westford. 3. Joel, born March 12, 1743. 4. Joanna, born August 4, 1744, died August 24, 1747. 5. Silas, born October 30, 1746. Children of Simeon and Abigail Spalding: 6. Micah, born November 6, 1752, mentioned below. 7. Jephthah, born Novem- ber 10, 1754. 8. Azariah, born February 2, 1757. 9. Simeon, born March 15, 1759. 10. Abigail, born March 15, 1759, married, Janu- ary 10, 1779, Joseph Tyler; she died Decem- ber 21, 1840. II. Philip, born June 4, 1762. 12. Rebecca, born May II, 1764, married, March 29, 1785, Joseph Warren; she died. August, 1848. 13. Matthias, born June 25, 1769. 14. Noah, born February 4, 1771.
(V) Micah Spalding, son of Simeon Spald- ing (4), was born at Chelmsford, Massachu- setts, November 6, 1752. He was a soldier in the Revolution from Chelmsford, a private in Colonel Moses Park's company at the Lex- ington alarm, April 19, 1775. He died April 23, 1830, in Lowell, formerly Chelmsford. He married, April 23, 1778, Mary Chamberlain, born August 27, 1755, died June 4, 1847, at nearly ninety-two, daughter of Aaron Cham-
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berlain. Children, born in Chelmsford, now Lowell: 1. Micah, born February 1, 1779, died May 5, 1801, unmarried, on the Island of Java. 2. Mary, born July 22, 1780, married Benjamin Brown, of Tewksbury, November 30, 1830; resided in Tewksbury and Lowell; she died December 22, 1857. 3. William, born July 22, 1782, died October 22, 1820;
married Laura Ann Millard. 4. Simeon, born December 9, 1785. 5. John, born De- cember 21, 1787, died September 1I, 1790. 6. Martha, born January 31, 1790, died August 15, 1868, at Lowell, unmarried. 7. Sophia, born June 22, 1792, married John Symmes, of Woburn, May 31, 1836; resided in Winches- ter, Massachusetts, where she died June 12, 1867. 8. Rufus, born July 29, 1794. 9. Mat- thias, born May 14, 1796, studied medicine; died August 16, 1831, at Montabello, Ohio. IO. Noah, born May 14, 1796, mentioned be- low. II. Sidney, born November 14, 1798.
(VI) Simeon Spalding, son of Micah Spald- ing (5), was born December 9, 1785, and died August 13, 1855, at Lowell, where he lived all his life. He married Rhoda Bradley Ho- vey, of Dracut, July 21, 1816. She was born October 17, 1795. Children born in Lowell: I. George, born May 15, 1817, pastor of the Congregational church at Woodburn and the New School Presbyterian Church of Bright- on, Illinois, May 10, 1848; became April 26, 1849, pastor of the Congregational church at Bunker Hill; resigned May, 1852; preached as supply at Rochester, New Hampshire, for a time and other places; married, April 5, 1843, Emeline Augusta Larcom, of Beverly, Massachusetts. Children: i. Emeline Au- gusta, born February 20, 1844, died April 18, 1845; ii. George Francis, born July 7, 1845, died October 23, 1846; iii. Charlotte, Eliza- beth, born May 10, 1847, died May 31, 1870, in Lowell; iv. George Herbert, born Decem- ber 27, 1848, died September 17, 1849; v. Ed- ward Heber, born January 16, 1850, died Au- gust 8, 1851; vi. Theodore Norton, born August 20, 1851; vii. Frances, born Septem- ber 8, 1853, died October 17, 1854; viii. Louis Simeon (twin), born June 14, 1855, died November, 1856; ix. Lucy Larcom (twin), born June 14, 1855: x. Agnes Louisa, born September 5, 1857; xi. Henrietta, born April 2, 1859; xii. Grace Adeline, born April 5, 1861. 2. Charles, born February 9, 1819, re- sided at Benicia, California: married Mary Ann Silsbee, of Boston, April 30, 1843; only son Charles Edward, born April 7, 1847, drowned August 26, 1856. 3. Edward, born March 27, 1821, drowned May 30, 1825. 4.
Francis, born March 26, 1824, physician; re- sided at Colusa, California; married Rosa N. Howe, daughter of John and Rosanna Howe; judge of Colusa county. 5. Edward August- us, born March 31, 1832, died February 8, 1838.
(VI) Rufus Spalding, son of Micah Spald- ing (5), was born July 29, 1794, in Chelms- ford, died July 30, 1871. He went to Maine, but after four years returned to Lowell, thence to Charlestown, Massachusetts, where he died. He married Harriet Byron Hunt, of Tewksbury, October 8, '1822. Children: I. Rufus Henry, born January 9, 1824, in Mil- ford, Maine; married Mary Roberts Hobbs, of Norway, Maine, December 18, 1850; chil- dren: i. Mary Emma, born October 7, 1851, died October 9, 1851; ii. Ida Isabel, born March 2, 1853: iii. Frederic Henry, born Feb- ruary 25, 1857, died November 22, 1860; iv. Maud, born November 12, 1863. 2. Harriet Augusta, born in Lowell, December 14, 1827. 3. Abigail Warren, born June 29, 1830, mar- ried, November 9, 1869, Samuel G. Spear; resided in Charlestown. 4. Sarah Caroline, born March 27, 1833. 5. Mary Brown, born January 23, 1836, died January 27, 1854, in Lowell. 6. William, born October 9, 1838, enlisted in Company H, Fifth Massachusetts Volunteers, in Civil war, August, 1862; com- missioned second lieutenant in the same com- pany July 16, 1864; mustered out November 16, 1864; married Mary Augusta James, of Charlestown, July 31, 1866. 7. Martha, born February 2, 1842.
(VI) Noah Spalding, son of Micah Spald- ing (5), was born in Chelmsford, now Lowell, May 14, 1796, and died there January 10, 1880. He was a good citizen and highly esteemed by his townsmen. He was a devout member of the Appleton Street Congregation- al Church of Lowell. He married, December 9, 1821, Hannah Parker, of Chelmsford. Chil- dren: I. William Pliny, born November I, 1823, mentioned below. 2. Hannah Maria, born December 13, 1828, resides in the home- stead at Lowell and notwithstanding her age retains the entire management of her estate, inherited from her father; she is a woman of unusual business ability; she is an active member and liberal supporter of the High- land Congregational Church. 3. Ann Au- gusta, born June 14, 1835. died in infancy.
(VI) Sidney Spalding, son of Micah Spald- ing (5). was born in Chelmsford, now Lowell, November 14, 1798. When a young man he went to Georgia and settled. He returned home thoroughly roused to the evils of slav-
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ery and was active in the Abolitionist move- ment; one of the organizers of the Free Soil party. He purchased land in Lowell, and as in the case of his brother Noah became rich through the rise in value of real estate as the city grew. In 1847 he became interested in the railroads, and was one of the large stock- holders of the Salem & Lowell and the Lo- well & Lawrence railroads. He was presi- dent of the latter company for a time. He married (first) Mary Brown, of Wilmington, Massachusetts, April 20, 1831. She was the daughter of Dr. Silas Brown; she died July 27, 1833, aged twenty-four years, six months. He married (second), November 11, 1834, Pamelia Clark, of Tewksbury. She was born March, 1806, and died February 25, 1855. He married (third), May 19, 1859, Mrs. Harriet Maria Parker (nee Kimball), widow of Fred- erick Parker, Esq. Mr. Spalding adopted the two sons of his wife by her former marriage and they took his name-Charles Parker Spalding, graduate of Harvard, 1870, and Frederick Parker Spalding. Children of Sid- ney Spalding: I. Edward Johnson, died Au- gust 7, 1832, aged six months. 2. William, died August 4, 1833, aged six weeks. 3. Mary Jane, born November 15, 1835, married, June 21, 1857; she died August 15, 1857. 4. Dora, born December 13, 1860, died Decem- ber 27, 1860. 5. Harriet Sidney, born August 7, 1865.
(VII) William Pliny Spalding, son of Noah Spalding (6), was born at Lowell, November I, 1823. He resided in Harvard, McHenry county, Illinois, and in Minnesota, where he died June 10, 1891. He was a farmer. He mar- ried (first) Mahala Lawton, of Maine, October 20, 1846. She died April 1, 1852, aged twenty- six years. He married (second) Ellen Ann Oakman, of Poultney, Vermont, March 31, 1853. Children: I. Jane, born March 18, 1848. 2. William Parker, born September 5, 1849. 3. Maria, born July 31, 1854. 4. Henry, born March 20, 1856.
(For early generations see preceding sketch.)
(V) Azariah Spalding, son SPALDING of Colonel Simeon Spalding (4), was born in Chelms- ford, February 2, 1757, and died there Sep- tember 13, 1821. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, a private in Captain John Minot's company, Colonel Josiah Whitney's regiment, and was present at the surrender of Burgoyne. He was a farmer in Chelmsford. He married, September 24, 1782, Lucy Bar-
ron, who died July 19, 1820. Children, born in Chelmsford: I. William Barron, born No- vember 24, 1783, lost at sea, unmarried. 2. Timothy, born August 17, 1786, died in Eng- land in 1810 unmarried. 3. Abigail, born January II, 1789, died 1809, unmarried. 4. Otis, mentioned below.
(VI) Captain Otis Spalding, son of Aza- riah Spalding (5), was born in Chelmsford, May 16, 1793. He was captain of cavalry in Chelmsford. He married, February 2, 1815, Elizabeth Adams, of Chelmsford, who died January 8, 1868. Children, born at Chelms- ford: I. Augustus Edwards, mentioned be- low. 2. Lucy Abigail, born July 2, 1820, never married. 3. Mary Elizabeth, born May IO, 1823, died July 5, 1867, unmarried.
(VII) Major Augustus Edwards Spald- ing, son of Otis Spalding (6), was born at Chelmsford, June 23, 1818, and died in Low- ell, January 10, 1877. He was educated in the public schools of his native town and Fitchburg, Massachusetts, and during his youth worked in his uncle's store at Derry, New Hampshire. He was a man of keen, shrewd business instincts, and very early in his career began to buy up large tracts of timber land in the vicinity of Chelmsford. He cut the timber and sold it to good advantage, acquiring a competence. He invested freely in Lowell real estate, and the growth of the city added materially to his wealth by increas- ing the value of his houses and lands. His later years were spent in the care of his prop- erty. Among his associates in business Mr. Spalding was deemed a man of sound, conser- vative judgment, progressive, enterprising and thoroughly upright and honorable. He was quiet, unassuming, agreeable in his man- ner, devoting his time largely to his business and his home. He was persevering and in- dustrious and, withal, a man of high christian ideals. In politics he was a Republican and . served the city in 1877 in the common council, dying during his term of office. He was a prominent member of the Odd Fellows. Or- der, a member of Oberlin Lodge and Wanna- lancet Encampment. In his younger days he was active in the militia and rose to the rank of major, serving on Brigadier-General Adams's staff. In religion he was a Unitar- ian. He married, June 4, 1850, Maria Au- gusta Burtt, of Chelmsford, who was born at Hancock, New Hampshire, May 25, 1830, daughter of Arnold B. Burtt, an active and en- terprising citizen who built the hotel at Ben- nington Village ; was captain of his militia com- pany ; married, September 25, 1825, Betsey
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