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(VIII) George Arthur Macomber, son of William Macomber (7), was born in Boston,
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in Shawmut avenue, April 16, 1857. He was educated in the Dwight School and the Eng- lish high school, Boston. He started in busi- ness as clerk in the clothing company of Chamberlain & Currier, Boston. He has made his home in Somerville since 1890, at 102 Thurs ton street. He is eighth in the line of descent from Peter Brown, who came over in the "Mayflower," and he is a member of the "Mayflower" Society. He is a Republi- can in politics. Mr. Macomber married, January 23, 1883, Hattie Osgood, daughter of Amos G. and Kate Amanda (Cutter) Osgood, of Charlestown, granddaughter of Eben and Mary (Currell) Osgood, of Stoughton. (See Osgood sketch.) Kate Amanda Cutter was the daughter of Edward (born September 28, 1803) and Fannie Locke (Dean) Cutter, granddaughter of John (born July 26, 1770, died November 23, 1825), and Mary (Hall) Cutter. The grandfather of Fannie L. Dean was in the Revolution, also the father of Mary Hall. The lineage of John Cutter is: John (6), John (5), Gershom (4), Gershom (3), Ger- shom (2), Richard (I). John Cutter, born September 26, 1737, died October 16, 1788, of Medford, was a soldier in the Revolution, married Rebecca Hill, January 24, 1765.
The children of George A. and Hattie (Os- good) Macomber are: I. Laurence Osgood, born May 21, 1885, attended Somerville pub- lic and private preparatory schools, class of 1910, Leland Stanford University, California. 2. Robert Leeds, born April 24, 1889. student in Dartmouth College, class of 1910. 3. George Arthur, Jr., born February 1, 1897.
OSGOOD The name of Osgood was es- tablished in several counties when the Domesday Book was compiled in 1086. The family was early in Hampshire county, and in his English re- searches Osgood Field traces the American an- cestry to Peter Osgood, of Nether Wallup, who was assessed in 1522 and whose will was proved in 1534. His son or grandson, Peter Osgood, whose will was dated January IO, 1585-86, proved February 21, of that year, was buried January 26, 1585-86, leaving a widow Elizabeth, son Robert, mentioned below, Rich- ard, John, and Peter, a minor in 1586; daugh- ters Margaret and Elizabeth. His widow was buried July 30, 1598. The son, Robert Os- good, was of Wherwell, a parish adjoining the Wallops, Hampshire. His will dated August 25, was proved November 17, 1630. In this instrument he styles himself of Cottingsworth
in the parish of Wherwell. Cottingsworth was a farm of some three hundred and sixty acres and formerly was owned by the Osgoods. His will mentions wife Joan, youngest daughter Dorcas, daughter Mary, son Robert and son Stephen ; Edward Abbott, probably a son-in- law. Among the list of debtors is a John Os- good, doubtless a son who had previously had his portion of the estate.
(I) John Osgood, son of Robert Osgood, mentioned above, was born in Wherwell, Hampshire, England, July 23, 1595, died in Andover, Massachusetts, October 24, 1651. His family came over in 1638 in the ship "Con- fidence." He settled first in Ipswich, Massa- chusetts, but soon removed to Newbury. In 1645 he made his home at Andover and his name is second on the list of charter members of the church, October 24, 1645. In 1651 he was deputy to the general court. His will was made April 12, 1650, proved November 25, 1651, in his fifty-fourth year. He married in England, Sarah , about 1627. She died April 8, 1667. Children : 1. Sarah, born about 1629, married, June 1, 1648, John Clements, of Haverhill. 2. John, born about 1630, men-
tioned below. 3. Mary, born in England about 1633, married Henry Ingalls. 4. Eliza- beth, born 1635-36, baptized at Wherwell, Oc- tober 14, 1636; married, October, 1653, Cap- tain John Brown, of Reading, Massachusetts. 5. Stephen, born 1638. 6. Hannah, born in Andover, 1644, married, May 21, 1660, Samuel Archer, son of Samuel and Susanna Archer.
(II) John Osgood, son of John Osgood (I), was born in England, probably in 1630, and died in Andover, August 31, 1693. He married at Haverhill, November 15, 1653, Mary Clements. He lived in Andover in the house his father left to him and where the first recorded town meeting was held in March, 1656. He was captain of the military com- pany, often selectman, representative to the general court in 1668-69, 1689-90, and as he had been imprisoned for nine or ten days by Sir Edmund Andros without warrant, during the opposition to his imposition of taxes in August or September, 1687, John Osgood was very popular among his townsmen at Andover. He was made sergeant 1658; promoted lieuten- ant 1666 ; captain 1683. Selectman 1670-71-72- 73-76-77, 80-81-82. He was inn holder in 1689.
Mary Clements, wife of John Osgood, was daughter of Mr. Robert Clements, of Haverhill. Her uncle, John Clements, married Sarah Os- good, her husband's sister. Her deposition states that she (Mary Clements) formerly lived in the
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city of Coventry in Warwickshire, Old Eng- land, and boarded in the same house with a granddaughter of a former mayor. She was charged with witchcraft and frightened into a confession when' she was examined at Salem, September 8, 1692, before John Hawthorne and other "Majestie's Justices." Even her husband is recorded as believing that her con- fession was true. Thereupon she and a num- ber of others were indicted in January, 1693, but October 16, 1693, Mrs. Osgood withdrew her confession, before Mr. Increase Mather, saying that she was frightened and browbeaten by the examiners. After about four months im- prisonment at Salem, she and four others were released upon petition of Mr. Dudley Brad- street and other Andover people. Her death is said to have been hastened by this dreadful experience. Children: 1. John, born in And- over, September 13, 1654. 2. Mary, Novem- ber 27, 1656, married, July 8, 1680, John Als- lett, of Newbury. 3. Timothy, August 10, 1659, died September 18, 1748. 4. Lydia, born at Andover, August 10, 1661, married James Frye. 5. Peter, born at Andover, Au- gust 30, 1663. 6. Samuel, born March 10, 1665 ; mentioned below. 7. Sarah, born April 7, 1667, died April 22, 1667. 8. Mehitable, born March 4, 1671, died January 14, 1691 ; married Daniel Poor. 9. Hannah, born May 30, 1674, died August 3, 1674. 10. Sarah, born November 4, 1675, married Thomas Per- ley. II. Ebenezer, born October 4, 1678, died August 18, 1680. 12. Clement, born in And- over, October 12, 1680, died November 18, I680.
(III) Samuel Osgood, son of Captain John Osgood (2), was born in Andover, March IO, 1665, died in the spring of 1717. Married, February 4, 1701-02, Hannah Dean, daughter of Thomas Dean, of Taunton. She married (second), November 5, 1724, James Pearson. He was a farmer at Andover ; fence viewer in 1693 ; corporal in 1694 and selectman in 1703. Children were left minors at the father's death. Children : 1. Samuel, born 1702, married, No- vember 9, 1727, Mrs. Hannah (Osgood) Bar- nard (John, John. John Osgood) ; no issue. 2. John, born 1703, mentioned below. 3. Han- nah, born 1704, married Obadiah Wood. 4. Mary, born about 1706, married, September 16, 1730, Simon Orne, son of Joshua Orne, of Marblehead. 5. James, born about 1707-08, died April 6, 1757. 6. Sarah, born about 1709, married, November 24, 1738, Joseph Lunt, of Newbury. 7. Mehitable, born 1711. 8. Dean, born July 27, 1714, married, December 3, 1736, Mary Harrod ; he was a hatter in Boston and
had sons Samuel, Dean and John. 9. Lydia, born October 20, 1716, died December 20, 1736; married John Johnson.
(IV) John Osgood, son or nephew of Sam- uel Osgood (3), was born probably in And- over in 1703-04. He and his brothers seem to have been the only residents of the name early in Boston and Dorchester. His uncle settled at Salem. He probably came to Dor- chester soon after the death of his father in 1717. He died at Stoughton in 1790, aged eighty-six or seven years. He married, No- vember 4, 1729, Hannah Mero or Merrow, also spelt Meroh. She died January 7, 1808, aged ninety-seven years. He and his wife were members of the Canton church, formerly Stoughton. In 1746 he bought of his wife's brothers, Josiah and Hezekiah, a fifth each of property probably formerly their father's in Stoughton. John, or his son John, had a pot- ash factory at Stoughton. In 1749 he sold some of his land to Robert Capen, amounting to sixty acres, and in 1753 he sold twenty acres to John Baily. Children, born at Stoughton : I. Hannah, born August 16, 1730. 2 John, Jr., born about 1732, married, (intentions Jan- uary 2,) 1755, Susanna Horton at Canton. 3. Samuel, born 1733, mentioned below.
(V) Samuel Osgood, son of John Osgood, Sr., (4), was born in Dorchester or Stough- ton in 1733, died February 10, 1818, aged eighty-five years. He was a soldier in the Crown Point Expedition in Colonel Samuel Miller's regiment until December 3, 1756. An- other paragraph of the Canton history gives this service as May, 1756, to March, 1757, at Crown Point, age eighteen (this may be more nearly correct than the age at death, given above), Captain Nathaniel Blake's company, Colonel Jonathan Bayley's regiment. He was in the Revolution from Stoughton in the company of Captain Peter Talbot, brother of his second wife. This service was at the Lexington Call, April 19, 1775. His home in Stoughton was opposite the present Universalist church green, and is now taken up with business blocks. His son Hosea had his homestead after him. He sold house and seven acres of land in 1797. He married (first), October 16, 1761, Hannah Cushman, of Halifax, Massachusetts, who died August 24, 1781, aged forty-three years. He married (second), April 12, 1782, Esther Tal- bot, daughter of George and Elizabeth Talbot, of Stoughton. She was born February 18, 1757. They removed to Canton from Stough- ton, where she died April 30, 1822, aged sixty- five. Children : I. Ebenezer, mentioned be- low. 2. Samuel, born March 18, 1768, died 1834.
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3. John, born June 22, 1778. Children of Samuel and Esther: 4. Hosea (twin), born November 25, 1784, prominent Free Mason ; married, September 9, 1810, Hannah Battles ; son James H. in Civil war. 5. Huldah (twin), born November 25, 1784, married, April 23, 1818, Nathaniel Hunt, 2d., of Randolph. 6. Hannah, mentioned in will of Grandmother Abbott.
(VI) Ebenezer Osgood, son of Samuel Os- good (5), was born in Stoughton or Canton about 1765. They resided in Stoughton. He married, August 14, 1786, Rachel Swan, daughter of Colonel Robert Swan, a very prominent Stoughton man. He married (sec- ond), May 1, 1797, Mrs. Sally Holt, of Bos- ton; child of Ebenezer and Rachel Swan : Sally, born January 4, 1787, died April 8, 1846; married, November II, 1804, John W. Mon- roe, and their children were: Mary, Sally and Charles. Child of Ebenezer and Sally Holt was Ebenezer, born in 1800; mentioned be- low.
(VII) Ebenezer Osgood, son of Ebenezer Osgood (6), was born in 1800 at Boston, and died there April 27, 1838. He married Mary Currell, of a well-known family, probably from Walpole. Children : I. Sarah A., born April 22, 1827, died February 1, 1907 ; married Sam- uel Brintnall ; children : Elizabeth M., married George Clark; George, married Emma Felton. 2. Ebenezer, born February 23, 1828, died April, 1828-29. 3. Joseph Elbridge, born Au- gust 4, 1830, died 1835. 4. Ebenezer, born October 28, 1832, died January, 1833. 5. Amos Gustavus, born January 13, 1835, men- tioned below. 6. Harriet Melvina, born June 8, 1837, married (first), William Cutter, one child, Florence, married John Mack; married (second), Joseph N. Davis; Harriet M. died 1902.
(VIII) Amos Gustavus Osgood, son of Ebenezer Osgood (7), was born in Charles- town, Massachusetts, January 13, 1835, died at Charlestown, April 1I, 1902. He set- tled at Charlestown. He married, July 6, 1856, Katharine Amanda Cutter, daughter of Ed- ward and Fannie (Dean) Cutter (Edward, John, John, Gershom, Gershom, Gershom. Richard Cutter). Fanny Dean was the daugh- ter of Joseph and Sarah (Locke) Dean and grand-daughter of James Locke, a soldier in the Revolution in the company of Captain Josiah Johnson in 1775, then called of Wo- burn; fourth corporal in Captain John Wal- ton's company, Colonel Brook's regiment, from September 27, 1776, to November, 1776, and probably other service. For the ancestry
of Mary (Hall) see below. Children of Amos G. and Katharine A. Osgood: I. Fannie Louise, born at Charlestown, April 22, 1857. 2. Hattie, born October II, 1859, married, January 23, 1883, George Arthur Macomber. (See sketch).
(I) Ralph Hall, immigrant ancestor, set- tled in Charlestown, Massachusetts. He sold land there with wife Mary in 1648. She joined the church at Cambridge, his widow, all her children then being adults in 1658. Two of her children, John and Susanna, joined the church at Concord. She had a grant of land from Cambridge in 1662. Her children: I. John, mentioned below. 2. Susanna. 3. Steph- en. 4. William. 5. Mary, married, February 26, 1669, Israel Meade. 6. Hannah, married December 27, 1770. 7. Lydia, married, Au- gust 1, 1677-78.
(II) John Hall, son of "Widow Mary" Hall (I), settled in Concord before 1658. Married, 1656, Elizabeth Green, of Cambridge; was of Cambridge, 1667 to 1675. He bought land at Medford, June 27, 1675, of Caleb Hobart. Children: I. Elizabeth, born September 18, 1658. 2. John, December 13, 1660, mentioned below. 3. Nathaniel, July 7, 1666. 4. Mary, 1668. 5. Stephen, 1670. 6. Percival, February II, 1672. 7. Susanna. 8. Jonathan, 1677. 9. Sarah, 1679. 10. Thomas.
(III) John Hall, son of John Hall (2), was born at Medford, December 13, 1660. Mar- ried, December 2, 1687, Jemima Syll, of Cam- bridge, who died November 14, 1720. Chil- dren, born at Medford: I. John, born Septem- ber II, 1689, died October 2, 1689. 2. John, September 19, 1690. 3. William, June 24, 1692, died October 4, 1694. 4. William, No- vember 1, 1694, died January 3, 1695. 5. Eliza- beth, June 10, 1696. 6. Andrew, May 5,-% 1698. 7. Jemima, October 8, 1700, married, January 14, 1725, Alden. 8. Joseph, November 30, 1702. 9. Stephen, January 19, 1704 ; mentioned below. 10, Martha, August 30, 1706.
(IV) Stephen Hall (called Jr. in records), son of John Hall (3), was born January 19, 1704, married Mary . Children, born at Medford: I. Willis, August 20, 1733. 2: Stephen, March 7, 1735, mentioned below. 3. Aaron, April 23, 1737. 4. Mary, April 27, 1739. 5. Ezekiel, April 14, 1741. 6. Eliza- beth, May 15, 1743. 7. Jane, April 11, 1746. 8. Edmund, July 15, 1749. .
(V) Stephen Hall (called "the 4th" in town and Revolutionary records), son of Stephen Hall (4), was born March 7, 1735, married Mary Hill. He was ensign in Captain Isaac
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Hall's company, Colonel Thomas Gardner's regiment ; lieutenant in Captain Caleb Brook's company (eighth Medford), first Middlesex regiment, commissioned June 17, 1776; also first lieutenant in Captain Benjamin Blaney's company, Colonel Samuel Thatcher's regiment. Children: I. Stephen, born December 22, 1770. 2. Mary, June 22, 1772, married John Cutter, mentioned above. 3. Elizabeth, March IO, 1777. 4. Zechariah, December 16, 1778.
LINSCOTT Andrew Dunning Linscott, born in Chesterville, Maine, was one of the early settlers
in Wilton, Maine, going there from his native town. He owned one of the largest farms in Wilton, raising in addition to the usual pro- ducts cattle, sheep and horses, and as an agriculturist was very successful. In connec- tion with farming he followed the carpenter's trade, and manufactured large quantities of barrels annually. He was strong and active physically, derived much pleasure from ath- letic sports, especially wrestling, in which he excelled, and was an earnest advocate of total abstinence from intoxicating liquors. In his younger days he served in the militia. Politi- cally he supported the Whig party, and in his religious belief he was a Unitarian. He died September 2, 1838, respected and lamented by his fellow townsmen. His wife, whom he married in Wilton or the immediate vicinity, in 1808, was before marriage Polly Cheney, of Dunstable, Massachusetts, born February 18, 1788, died February 16, 1861, a daughter of John and Abigail (Blodgett) Cheney, the former of whom was a native of Groton, Massachusetts, and Abigail's parents were Josiah and Jemima (Nutting) Blodgett of Dunstable. Mrs. Polly Linscott became the mother of nine children: I. Newton, born February 26, 1809, married, and had a fam- ily of four children. 2. Andrew, born August 10, 1810, married a Miss Butterfield, and his son Andrew is now residing in Jay, Maine. 3. Abby, born December 17, 1812, became the wife of Benjamin Kendall. 4. John, born April 30, 1815. 5. Jacob, born September 8, 1817. 6. Josiah, born August 3, 1820, mar- ried Mary Small, who is now residing in Providence, Rhode Island. 7. Charles, born August 1, 1824. 8. Dorcas, born March 8, 1827, became the wife of George Holt, and their son Clarence is now residing in New York City. 9. Daniel B., born March 26, 1831, died in childhood.
Jacob Linscott, born September 8, 1817,
fourth son and fifth child of Andrew D. and Polly (Cheney) Linscott, was born in Jay, or Wilton, September 8, 1817. He spent his boyhood and youth at the homestead, attend- ing the district school winters, and assisting his father upon the farm during the rest of the year, and when a young man learned the blacksmith's trade. Shortly after his mar- riage he came to Massachusetts, going first to Burlington and establishing himself as a blacksmith in the centre of the town. A few years later, however, he decided to change his calling, and removing to Woburn he learned the shoemaker's trade. Entering the employ of Messrs. Nichols & Winn, shoe manufacturers, he followed his trade as a journeyman in their factory until about 1860, when he was given a position in the stock de- partment, and he remained there some ten years. About 1871 his services were secured by Daniel Bond, and he continued in the lat- ter's employ as a leather trimmer until about 1886, when he retired. He thenceforward re- sided with his son, Andrew R. Linscott, on Poole street, and his death occurred in 1903. Both in stature and disposition he resembled his father, being jovial, kind-hearted, honest and sympathetic; was strictly temperate and exceedingly fond of children. In politics he was originally a Whig, but readily accepted the principles of the Republican party at its formation, and rendered his share of public service by serving upon the school board. His views in religious matters were broad and op- timistic, and he united with the Unitarian church. He married Lucy Ann Ross, who was born in 1811, and died in May, 1894. She was the mother of two children, Andrew, who died in childhood; and Andrew Roscoe.
Andrew Roscoe Linscott, youngest son of Jacob and Lucy (Ross) Linscott, was born in Wilton, March 6, 1844. At the age of six years he came with his parents to Woburn, where he acquired his education, and when leaving the high school he entered the em- ploy of Messrs. Nichols & Winn as a clerk in their general store at North Woburn. In August, 1862, he enlisted as a private in Company K, Thirty-ninth Regiment Massa- chusetts Volunteer Infantry, for service in the civil war. Upon reaching Washington the regiment was quartered at Arling- ton Heights, and for a time was em- ployed in picket duty along the Potomac river, going into winter quarters in December at Pooleville, Maryland. The following spring it was ordered to provost duty at the capitol, whence in July, 1863, just after the battle of
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Gettysburg, it joined the Army of the Poto- mac under General Meade, first forming a part of the First Corps, and later being trans- ferred to the Fifth Corps. Once in the field, the Thirty-ninth had ample opportunities to display its metal, as it was called into action in the Wilderness, and subsequently at Spottsylvania, North Ann River, Cold Har- bor, Petersburg, and the Weldon Railroad, and in each of these encounters rendered able and meritorious service. In October, 1864, Air. Linscott was detailed from the ranks as i suing clerk in the commissary department of the Second Brigade, Third Division, Fifth Army Corps, and served as such until hon- orably discharged in July, 1865.
Upon returning from the army he resumed his position with the Nichols & Winn Com- pany at North Woburn, but in 1866 he turned his attention to educational pursuits, entering the service of the (then) town of Woburn as schoolmaster, and for forty years he was ac- tively identified with the Woburn public schools, teaching at intervals in the Rumford, the Central Grammar and the Cummings schools, and at length was chosen principal of the Rumford school. There he continued to labor until ill health compelled him to resign in 1906, and he not only retired with the repu- tation of being a most able and faithful instruc- tor, but carried with him the esteem and good will of his subordinates, and the sincere respect of the thousands who have profited by his instructions. Mr. Linscott occupies a comfortable residence at No. 2 Poole street, North Woburn, which he inherited from his father. Politically he is a Re- publican, and in addition to serving as a delegate to various conventions he was a mem- ber of the board of aldermen in 1899 and 1900, and is on the cemetery commission, and was elected to the state legislature in 1906, being assigned to the house committee on public edu- cation. A Unitarian in his religious belief, he was for twenty-five years superintendent of the Sunday school, and formerly served upon the parish committee. He is a member and past chaplain of Mount Horeb Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons ; is at the present time serving as chaplain of Burbank Post No. 33, Grand Army of the Republic; is secretary of the Rumford Historical Association of North Woburn, and a life member of the National Unitarian Association.
On July 3, 1867, Mr. Linscott was joined in marriage with Miss Mary Hall Ryder, born in Annapolis, Nova Scotia, July 20, 1844, daughter of Amos and Ann (Hall) Ryder, of
that town. Mrs. Linscott died July 19, 1891. She was the mother of six children: I. Percy William, born July 22, 1868; married (first), Stenia Jane Levers, of North Woburn; (sec- ond), Grace Bond, of Woburn, in 1904, and has one son, Daniel Bond. 2. Arthur Hall, who is referred to at length in the succeeding paragraph. 3. Alice Ross, born March 31, 1874, became the wife of Eugene Warren Poole, of Woburn, in 1894, and has two chil- dren, Allen Linscott, born September 6, 1895, and Mary Linscott, born May 9, 1906. 4. Louis Roscoe, born December 21, 1876; married in 1902 to Katherine Bennett, a native of Eng- land, and has two children : Dorothy Bennett, born in 1903, and Virginia, born in 1907. 5. Harry DeLuce, born February 22, 1881 ; mar- ried Mary Josephine Riley, of North Woburn, in 1905. 6. Robert Newton, born May I, 1886.
Arthur Hall Linscott, second child of An- drew R. and Mary H. (Ryder) Linscott, was born in Woburn, February 16, 1871. He con- cluded his attendance at the Woburn high school at the age of sixteen years, working in the Woburn Library during his leisure hours while still a pupil, and at the completion of his studies he became an office assistant for the J. B. Lewis Company, a wholesale shoe house in Boston. Two years later he was advanced to the position of traveling sales- man, which he retained for fifteen years, and was very successful. In 1903 he established himself in business at North Woburn as a manufacturer of leather heels, originating the now well-known trademark "Honest Heels for Honest Shoes," and in order to develop the en- terprise, thereby exending the trade, a corpora- tion was formed in 1906, under the laws of Massachusetts, with Mr. Linscott as president and treasurer. The capacity of the Ward street plant was largely increased, as was al- so the working force, and as the volume of trade has already expanded into large propor- tions, the success of this new addition to Wo- burn's industrial establishments is assured. At the present time the concern is making a specialty of high grade heels for women's and misses' shoes, and its products find a ready market in the various shoe centres through- out the United States.
For the years 1903 and '04 Mr. Lins- cott was a member of the board of aldermen, served on the school board in 1905, and in 1906 was chosen mayor of the city, being the first successful Republican candidate for that office in seven years. During his adminis- tration various public improvements were
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projected and completed, notably the new high school edifice, the new Central Square fire station, and the Jonathan Thompson Me- morial Library building at North Woburn. His popularity as chief magistrate of the city was so universal that at conclusion of his term of office he was solicited by influential citizens irrespective of party to accept a re- nomination, but business pressure compelled him to decline. In 1907 he resumed his former seat upon the school board. He is a member of Mount Horeb Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and Woburn Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; also of the To- wanda Club, and was formerly a member of the Meshawun Club. He is secretary of the United Heel Manufacturers' Association and a director of the Woburn Co-operative Bank. His religious affiliations are with the Unitar- ian church. He is superintendent of the Sun- day school, and is at present serving on the parish committee. He occupies a handsome residence on Ward street.
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